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After six months of development, the release of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.40 has been published, which fully complies with the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2017 standards. The new release includes fixes from 68 developers. Notable improvements implemented in Glibc 2.40 include: new exponential and logarithmic functions added to the math.h header file, defined in the C23 standard: exp2m1, exp10m1, log2p1, […]
Postgres Professional has released an updated introductory course DBA-1 on administering the open-source database management system PostgreSQL. The material is available for self-study on the website, as well as in authorized training centers. Key changes include: added information about PostgreSQL versions 14, 15, and 16; four topics in the 'Access Management' section have been replaced, for which a detailed standalone course will be developed later; the structure has been partially modified: […]
Nxs-data-anonymizer 1.9.0 has been released — a tool for anonymizing PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB/Percona database dumps. The tool is written in Go and is released under the Apache License 2.0. It supports data anonymization based on templates and functions from the Sprig library. Nxs-data-anonymizer can be used through unnamed pipes in the command line to redirect the dump from the source database directly to the target […]
Changes have been accepted into OpenBSD that add the libva 2.22.0 library to the Xenocara X11 stack used in OpenBSD to form the graphical environment, based on modified versions of X.Org 7.7, X Server 21.1.11, freetype 2.13.0, and Mesa 23.1.9. The inclusion of the libva library allows for the use of the VA-API (Video Acceleration API) for hardware acceleration of video encoding and decoding in various […]
After a year of work, GemRB version 0.9.3 has been released. GemRB is a portable implementation of the Infinity Engine from Bioware with open-source code. The Infinity Engine is the engine used in classic games like Baldur’s Gate (1 and 2), Planescape: Torment, and many others. Change log: GemRB v0.9.3 (2024-07-10): New features: full i18n support (language), custom log entries; […]
OpenMandriva ROME 24.07 has been released, a new version of the distribution with a continuous update model. Key updates: Transition to KDE Plasma 6: Plasma 6 is now used by default. Desktop environment options: Versions with LXQt 2.0.0 (Qt6) and GNOME 46.3. Wayland support: An ISO image with Plasma 6 Wayland is available, although Wayland is not yet replacing X11 by default for most users. […]
The board of the GNOME Foundation has expelled Sonny Piers from the board of directors and all GNOME committees, as well as blocked his account on GitLab and the GNOME Discourse project. Sonny was suspended back in May, but this has only now been announced. The decision to expel was made in a closed meeting, without publishing the voting protocol and without […]
Microsoft has released an official Recovery Tool to address the fallout from the global PC outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update. The issue affected over 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide, crippling critical infrastructure operations. According to Microsoft, the problematic update impacted more than 8.5 million Windows devices. However, this represents less than 1% of […]
Right now, hundreds of thousands of applicants are submitting their exam results to universities across our vast country, with many facing additional tests. This period is quite exciting and labor-intensive, as the number of available spots in universities is significantly lower than the number of applicants. Soon, the fortunate ones will need to choose a reliable study assistant for five, or even seven years. Of course, […]
The Blender Foundation has released the free 3D modeling package Blender 4.2, suitable for various tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation creation, and video editing. The code is distributed under the GPL license. Ready-made builds have been created for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The release has obtained extended support release status […]
The end of this week was marked by an unprecedentedly widespread failure of computers running Microsoft Windows, which had CrowdStrike's software installed, intended to protect against cyber attacks. An update to this software led to massive outages, but Microsoft has noted that the affected 8.5 million PCs actually represent less than 1% of the entire operating park of […]
Intel has improved XeSS by releasing an updated version 1.3.1 of the Intel XeSS SDK for its image scaling technology. The update includes bug fixes and stability improvements. However, the technology still lacks its own frame generation feature. According to Tom's Hardware, only "Bug fixes and stability improvements" are listed on GitHub, so details about the new features are quite limited […]