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Thirty years ago at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, developer Dave Plummer registered a temporary code for the 'Formatting' dialog box. It was expected that the appearance and functionality of this window would be redesigned in the future, but no one ever got around to doing it — in Windows 11, the 'Formatting' tool looks exactly like it did in Windows NT. […]
iXsystems announced plans for further development of the TrueNAS CORE distribution for rapid deployment of network storage, continuing the FreeNAS project. A release of TrueNAS CORE 13.3 based on FreeBSD 13.3 is expected in June (the previous release was based on FreeBSD 13.0 in 2021), along with OpenZFS 2.2.3 and Samba 4.19. Future development will focus solely on […]
The Pack project has made an attempt to create a file archiving format based on the SQLite library and the ZSTD (Zstandard) compression algorithm. The prepared prototype, written in Pascal and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, surpassed the most common archivers in speed while its operation was limited to reading data, compressing with the libzstd library, and executing SQL operations on […]
The release of the DDX drivers developed by the X.Org project has taken place, operating in user space and requiring no KMS/DRM drivers on the kernel side. The new versions include accumulated bug fixes and ensure compatibility with modern compilers. Available updates: xf86-video-nv 2.1.23 — a driver for older NVIDIA graphics cards that no longer receive kernel-level support. xf86-video-vboxvideo 1.0.1 — a driver for virtual […]
An update for the OpenWrt 23.05.3 distribution has been released, aimed at use in various networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports multiple platforms and architectures and has a build system that allows for easy cross-compilation, incorporating different components into the build to easily create firmware or disk images tailored to specific tasks […]
The developers of the Palemoon browser plan to increase CPU requirements for the ready-made builds. The reason cited is the desire to utilize AVX processor instructions to significantly speed up browser performance. This change is scheduled for the summer of 2024. To use the new builds, a processor supporting the second version of the x86-64 microarchitecture (x86_64-v2) will be required, which has been supported by processors since around 2009, starting with AMD FX […]
Mozilla has decided to terminate its partnership with Onerep, the company developing a centralized personal data removal service that was the basis for the Mozilla Monitor Plus product, which extends the capabilities of the built-in Mozilla Monitor system in Firefox (enabled through the setting browser.contentblocking.report.monitor.enabled in about:config). This decision comes after the connection of the founder of Onerep with networks involved in the search and sale of personal data was revealed. The founder […]
Google has introduced the second beta version of the open mobile platform Android 15. The release of Android 15 is expected in the third quarter of 2024. A beta testing program has been proposed to assess the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet devices. Changes in Android 15 Developer Preview 2 […]
Version 1.5.0 of the Vitastor data storage software has been released, now supporting a clustered file system (VitastorFS). Vitastor is a distributed block storage software system, meaning it is a storage solution for virtual machine images or container disks, developed by the author since 2019. Starting from version 1.5.0, it is also a clustered file system. VitastorFS is mounted using the NFS 3.0 protocol either locally or […]
The first alpha version of the etcd-operator project has been released, which develops tools to simplify the deployment of the distributed etcd storage in a Kubernetes environment and manage etcd clusters. The toolkit can handle tasks such as deploying nodes, configuration, management, scaling, and recovery in case of failures. Configuration is specified in YAML format. The project code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The project was created […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.5 has been made. Since the release of 9.4, 27 bug reports have been closed and 264 changes have been made. The most important changes include initial support added to the Web Interface Definition Language (WIDL) compiler for generating a type library (TypeLib) in the old format (SLTG). For the ARM64EC (ARM64 Emulation Compatible) ABI, implementation has been achieved […]
Nintendo has achieved the suspension of the main repository of the Suyu project on GitLab, one day after the first release was published. The repository was blocked after a complaint was sent to GitLab regarding violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States. An alternative repository has been launched on a self-hosted server using the Forgejo platform (a fork of Gitea), as well as a repository with […]