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On November 19, versions 1.21 and 2.7 of the ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) utility for analyzing disk usage with a text user interface were released. The utility is written in C (LTS version) and Zig (version 2.*) using the ncurses library and is distributed under the MIT license. The Zig version includes added multithreaded scanning and a new binary format (with built-in compression) for exporting scan results. […]
After more than a year of development, the release of the open-source parametric 3D modeling system FreeCAD 1.0 has been published, featuring flexible customization and functional expansion capabilities through plug-ins. The interface is built using the Qt library. Plug-ins can be created in Python. It supports saving and loading models in various formats, including STEP, IGES, and STL. The FreeCAD code is distributed under […]
Canonical has released the MicroCloud 2.1 cloud infrastructure management toolkit, enabling rapid deployment of cloud systems and computing clusters with shared distributed data storage and a secure virtual network on your own hardware. MicroCloud 2.1 is touted as the first LTS release that will ensure a long support cycle. MicroCloud is packaged as a snap package, including components necessary for managing the operation of cluster nodes. […]
FreeCAD is a modern free (LGPLv2+) CAD software written in C++ using Qt for the graphical interface and Python for scripts. The first major version introduces the long-awaited solution to the topological naming issue, adds an assembly workbench (no longer requiring installation through the add-ons manager), and improves the user interface appearance. Main changes General changes: The topological naming problem has been addressed thanks to the efforts of several […]
Nastene (also known as ii) is a distributed messaging system, an extremely simplified Fido. Operations occur with two objects. The message object is a message. The echo object is a named list of messages. Stations download lists from other stations based on pre-defined routing, and then retrieve messages they do not have. Points write messages at the station (via the web interface or client). That's all, this […]
Microsoft has announced an expansion of the capabilities of the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) layer and the implementation of official support for running Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions in WSL. It is stated that soon Red Hat will start creating special builds of RHEL for WSL, which can be found and installed using the commands "wsl --list --online" and "wsl […
Google has introduced the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 16. To evaluate the platform's new capabilities, a beta testing program has been proposed. Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. The preliminary release was formed three months earlier than […
Canonical has published the results of evaluating performance changes when rebuilding packages with profile-guided optimization (PGO), which allows for generating more optimized code based on the analysis of program execution characteristics. It was concluded that enabling PGO optimization reduced CPU load by 5-7% and sped up build time. In […
Qualys has identified three vulnerabilities in the needrestart utility, which is designed to restart background processes after updating libraries used by those processes. Starting from Ubuntu 21.04, the needrestart utility is included in the base environment of Ubuntu Server, where it runs with root privileges at the end of each transaction of the APT package manager, scans running processes, and restarts those associated […
The developers of the Arch Linux distribution have announced their decision to relicense all source code of components used to build packages, such as PKGBUILD files, ".install", and ".desktop", under the 0BSD license, which can be considered analogous to public domain status. Previously, the source code of package build scripts in Arch Linux was distributed without a license, leading to uncertainty and allowing for different […
The release of Rocky Linux 9.5 has been announced, aimed at creating a free RHEL build capable of taking the place of traditional CentOS. The distribution is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 9.5 and CentOS 9 Stream. Support for the Rocky Linux 9 branch will be maintained until May 31, 2032. Installation iso images of Rocky Linux have been prepared for […]
Android Authority has received information about Google's intention to replace the Chrome OS platform with a new implementation based on the Android platform. Reports of plans to incorporate certain components of Android into Chrome OS, such as the kernel and system libraries, were made in June, but according to new information, the plans are more extensive than just utilizing parts of Android in Chrome OS […]