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Erin Catto, the creator of the Box2D project, announced the development of a new physics simulation engine called Box3D, which is a fork of Box2D, having the same architecture but redesigned and expanded for use in three-dimensional games. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. It supports builds for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The Box3D engine was created in […]
During the porting of the cryptsetup-suspend tools for NixOS, an error was discovered in the disk encryption subsystem LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup), which caused the encryption key clearance from RAM to fail when the system entered sleep mode starting from Linux kernel 6.9 (the problematic commit) released in May 2024. The cryptsetup-suspend tool is used in Debian for automatic locking […]
Qualcomm has unveiled Qualcomm Linux 2.0, a Linux distribution that provides a software stack optimized for Qualcomm Dragonwing IoT platforms. The project implements a unified distribution that enables rapid development of solutions for various Qualcomm SoCs such as QCS5430, QCS6490, IQ-8275, IQ-9075, and IQ-615. Qualcomm Linux is based on tools and meta-packages from the Yocto and OpenEmbedded projects, enhanced with patches, drivers, firmware, packages […]
A corrective release of the OpenWrt 25.12.5 distribution has been released, developed for network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports over 2200 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and the creation of custom builds. Such builds allow for the formation of ready-to-use firmware with the desired set of pre-installed packages, optimized for specific tasks. Ready builds have been published for 41 target platforms. Among […]
In the upcoming Fedora Linux 45 release scheduled for fall 2026, the use of shadow stack is planned to be enabled by default on x86_64 systems to block exploits that overwrite the return address of functions in the event of a stack buffer overflow. Protection is intended to be activated for all applications and libraries compiled with gcc (C, C++) and clang (C, C++) compilers […]
The lightweight Linux distribution ArchBang 010726 has been released, based on the developments of Arch Linux and providing a user interface based on the composite manager MangoWM. The distribution offers a continuous release cycle, allowing users to always work with the latest versions of programs from the Arch Linux repositories. The size of the ISO image is 1.4 GB. In the new version, the default use of the lightweight composite manager MangoWM has been implemented […]
The release of Precizer 0.16.0 has been published, a command-line utility designed to verify the integrity of large file trees and detect discrepancies after data synchronization. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready builds have previously been available for Linux and macOS, and a key change in the new release is the experimental support for Windows. The Precizer project has been developing for over two years […]
By popular demand from the community, ALT Mobile has expanded its list of supported devices with affordable smartphones featuring the Snapdragon 845: OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T. The porting work was completed fairly quickly thanks to the efforts of Vasily Doylov (neko@) — the maintainer of packages and some devices for postmarketOS, a member of the ALT Gnome Development team, who recently began the Join process in ALT Linux […]
Alexey Milovidov, co-founder of the ClickHouse DBMS, with the assistance of AI assistant Claude, published a ray tracing system fully implemented in SQL. Rendering with path tracing-based lighting simulation has been implemented as a single SQL query without user-defined functions (UDF) and without connecting external code. For graphics output, ClickHouse's ability to save query results in PNG format is utilized. The project is fully […]
The latest version of ZLUDA has been released — a compatibility layer for parallel computing on non-Nvidia graphics processors, aimed at full CUDA compatibility. It corresponds to CUDA version 13.1. Currently, only AMD is supported (ROCm version up to 7.2), with plans for Intel support as well. It is written in Rust. Initial support is claimed for operating the PhysX physics engine and the 3D editor Blender over ZLUDA. About the name. Cuda in Polish — […]
System76, the company behind the Pop!_OS Linux distribution, has released the COSMIC desktop environment version 1.2.0. Packages for COSMIC 1.2.0 are available in the Pop!_OS 24.04 distribution and are expected soon in Fedora, NixOS, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Aeyrin OS, Redox, and CachyOS. The code is written in Rust and is distributed under GPLv3 (for applications) and MPL-2.0 (for libraries). COSMIC is evolving as a universal […]
The second alpha release of the Pidgin 3.0 instant messaging client (2.96) has been introduced. This release is noted as still not ready for everyday use. Builds are prepared in Flatpak format and are available in the beta repository on Flathub. The Pidgin 3 branch has been under development since 2011, after three years of discussions at the conceptual and idea levels prior to that. Pidgin 3 marks a transition […]