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On May 1, version 9.4 of the RHEL distribution was released. According to the company, the focus is on making cloud computing easier to work with and manage, including the involvement of AI, and on automating various processes. This approach is intended to respond to the expectations of the majority of their clients, 88% of whom have recently noted a sharp increase in computing complexity […]
This week, the first hearing took place in the High Court of the UK regarding IBM UK's lawsuit against the Swiss company LzLabs, which is accused of using its British subsidiary Winsopia to purchase IBM software for mainframes with the aim of reverse engineering and developing the Software Defined Mainframe (SDM) platform. According to IBM, the SDM platform, which is essentially an emulator, allows […]
Recently, the creators of the Genode microkernel OS framework delighted us with the release of the general-purpose OS Sculpt 24.04. This release includes: a new driver management interface; (experimental) suspend/resume support; a new audio interface; support for 4K displays; and the ability for remote debugging. Briefly about the project: support for multiple microkernels; free (GPL) source code; configuration of everything in XML; incredibly detailed and constantly […]
Eelco Dolstra, the author of the Nix package manager, announced his decision to step down as the head of the governing board of the non-profit NixOS Foundation, which supports the infrastructure, manages financial flows, and addresses legal issues for the NixOS project. This decision comes after the publication of a collective open letter criticizing Eelco's actions and expressing concerns about the future of Nix and NixOS. The letter was originally published […]
IBM has won an appeal against a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which in 2022 imposed a $1.6 billion penalty for allegedly replacing BMC Software Inc.'s products with its own on the mainframes of their mutual client AT&T Inc., reports The Register. This week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New […]
The social network I*******m has introduced several new features aimed at giving users more creative ways to share content and interact with each other. The new Reveal option enables users to post blurred Stories, which viewers will need to send a direct message to the author to view. In addition, other features have been added that allow the sharing of favorite audio recordings and memories […]
The release of Chrome OS 124, based on the Linux kernel, with the upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and web browser Chrome 124, has been announced. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are used; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. Display output is carried out […]
The release of the free boot firmware Libreboot 20240504, which has attained stable release status (the previous stable release was published in June 2023), has been announced. The project develops a ready-made build from the Coreboot project, providing an alternative to proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmware responsible for initializing the CPU, memory, peripherals, and other hardware components, with minimal binary insertions. Libreboot aims to form a system environment […]
Developers of the LXQt desktop environment have published corrective updates for some components, mainly related to fixing issues that arose after updating Qt to version 6.7. xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt 1.0.2 — the problem with file paths that contained a null character has been resolved. This issue has been occurring recently when using Firefox. Image-Qt 2.0.1 — the crash when using Qt ≥ […]
The FreeBSD Foundation is developing a new graphical installer for FreeBSD, designed to make the installation and initial system setup process more user-friendly for newcomers. It is noted that the new installer will enhance the system's appeal for users accustomed to graphical installers and who view text interfaces as outdated. Furthermore, the graphical installation mode will allow for the formation of a more cohesive environment in builds that use […]
French mathematician Fabrice Bellard, who founded the projects QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL, and TinyCC, has published the TSAC audio encoding format and the associated toolkit for compressing and decompressing audio files. The format is aimed at transmitting data at very low bitrates, for example, 5.5 kb/s for mono and 7.5 kb/s for stereo, while preserving […]
Nintendo has sent a request to GitHub to block 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator. The request is based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) currently in effect in the United States. The projects are accused of circumventing the protection technologies used in Nintendo Switch consoles. GitHub has now complied with Nintendo's request and has blocked the Yuzu fork repositories.