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Microsoft has released the open-source .NET 9 platform, created by unifying the .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono products. With .NET 9, you can develop cross-platform applications for browsers, cloud systems, desktops, IoT devices, and mobile platforms using a single set of libraries and a unified build process, regardless of the application type. The .NET SDK 9 and .NET Runtime 9 builds […]
The developers of the Debian Junior project, which focuses on enhancing the usability of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution for children, have announced the formation of Live builds (3 GB) featuring a user environment optimized for kids and a selection of applications that are useful and interesting for children up to 12 years old. The proposed Live build is planned to be updated weekly. Originally, Debian Junior aimed to refine the standard Debian and maintain the set of […]
Red Hat has introduced the beta version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 distribution and the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5. Ready-to-use installation images have been prepared for registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal (the iso images of CentOS Stream 10 and CentOS Stream 9.5 can also be used for functionality evaluation, as well as free RHEL developer builds). Repositories with binary packages of RHEL […]
The release of the DXVK 2.5 layer is available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 8, 9, 10, and 11, running through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting Vulkan API 1.3 are required, such as Mesa RADV 24.0, NVIDIA 535.183.01, Intel ANV 24.0, AMDVLK 2024.Q1.3, AMDGPU-PRO, and NVK 24.1. DXVK can be applied for […]
Microsoft has announced the Hyperlight project, which develops a hypervisor intended for embedding within applications for the isolated execution of untrusted code or code that requires special protection. The hypervisor is structured as a shared library, enabling the execution of individual functions in lightweight virtual machines (micro-VMs) and organizing data exchange with these functions. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under […]
A corrective release of Firefox 132.0.2 is now available, which fixes several issues: An error that caused crashes during certain operations in the Network Monitor panel in web development tools has been corrected. For instance, it was sufficient to open the network activity tracking panel for the website X.com to trigger a crash. Issues with playing encrypted multimedia content via some streaming services using Widevine L3 DRM protection have also been addressed. […]
The startup Trasec is developing the programming language TrapC, which is a dialect of C, designed to ensure safe memory operations. To prevent memory errors such as buffer overflows and dereferencing freed memory, TrapC employs a fundamentally different approach to pointers and a special error handling mechanism based on exception handlers (trap). […]
The release of version 1.19.0 of the cross-platform (Linux, MacOS, Windows) console utility hyperfine, written in Rust and distributed under the Apache-2.0 and MIT licenses, has occurred. The utility is designed for benchmarking the performance of other console utilities. Change log: added the option —reference that allows you to manually specify the command to compare the results of executing other commands; added the option —conclude , which executes the command […]
The release of the CachyOS 241110 distribution, based on the Arch Linux package base and developed under a continuous delivery model, has been announced. The distribution is notable for including optimizations to enhance performance and providing the ability to install various desktop environments. In addition to the base environment based on KDE, the installation options include GNOME, XFCE, i3WM, Wayfire, LXQT, OpenBox, Cinnamon, Cosmic, UKUI, LXDE, Mate, Budgie, […]
Google DeepMind has released the source code for the machine learning system AlphaFold 3, which is designed to predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins and model protein interactions with other types of molecules. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this year for the machine learning algorithms implemented in the second version of AlphaFold. The toolkit related to AlphaFold 3 is written in Python and C++, and is distributed […]
The release of GNU Wget 1.25, a program for automating file downloads using HTTP/HTTPS and FTP/FTPS protocols, has been presented. The utility supports features such as resuming interrupted downloads, mirroring websites with filtered downloads based on masks, converting links within documents, setting Cookies, and updating only modified files. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. In […]
Broadcom, which acquired VMware's business a year ago, has introduced new terms for distributing proprietary virtualization products for workstations — VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion, which operate on Linux, Windows, and macOS platforms. The opportunity for free personal use provided in spring has now been expanded to cover all applications, including commercial use. The supply of individual paid products Workstation Pro […]