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After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.8. Among the most notable changes are: Xe driver for Intel GPU, block device protection mode with mounted filesystems, Deadline server task scheduler mechanism, automatic optimization of identical memory page merging, the first driver written in Rust, system calls listmount and statmount, removal of bpfilter and SLAB, the guest_memfd mechanism in […]
IBM has introduced two new initiatives aimed at developing skilled professionals for mainframe work. The first, the Mainframe Skills Council, will include IBM clients and partners, academic representatives, non-profit organizations, and open communities, as well as virtually everyone interested in enhancing mainframe skills. The second initiative is the IBM Z Mainframe Skills Depot online resource, […]
The Arch Linux distribution has transitioned to using the new release of the package manager Pacman 6.1, which features support for the built-in CacheServer, caching packages to speed up package downloads and simplify mirror creation. Other changes in the new version of Pacman include: additional output formatting specifiers added to the "--print" option, the ability to add extended fields containing package data, and provided output […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have released a portable edition of the LibreSSL 3.9.0 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on robust support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary features, adding additional protections, and undertaking significant cleaning and reworking of the code base. The LibreSSL 3.9.0 release is considered experimental, in which […]
The release of the Chrome OS 122 operating system, based on the Linux kernel, Upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome browser 122, is now available. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard programs, web applications are used; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The source code is distributed under […]
Developers of the LXQt desktop environment have announced 100% readiness for Wayland. Changes have been made to the LXQt codebase to transition PCManFM-Qt to using the layer-shell-qt component, enabling the desktop to function in Wayland-based environments without additional hacks that work around compatibility with certain composite managers like LabWC. As it stands, LXQt does not […]
Bruce Perens, one of the authors of the Open Source definition and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, has introduced the first draft of a new license, 'Post-Open Zero-Cost', aimed at addressing the accumulated issues related to the interaction between open-source developers and commercial companies in the context of receiving fair return from commercial use of the code. The license reflects the possibility of imposing additional conditions […]
Laura Chambers, recently confirmed as the CEO of Mozilla Corporation, announced the appointment of developers to implement the tab grouping feature in Firefox. The work on adding tab grouping support has been given high priority. This decision was made after yet another user attempted to draw attention to Mozilla's significant resource expenditures […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.4 — has occurred. Since the release of 9.3, 25 bug reports have been closed and 321 changes have been made. The most significant changes include further development of the winewayland.drv driver, allowing Wine to be used in Wayland-based environments without the need for XWayland and X11 components. The new version includes initial support for OpenGL. Basic […]
As reported by the US Space Command, on January 8, 2014, a meteorite identified as the first interstellar object to reach Earth fell in the ocean near Papua New Guinea. This object later became the focus of interest for a group of scientists from the Galileo project searching for extraterrestrial technologies. They believed that the fallen body was likely an alien probe, traces of […]
The K-D Lab Association has released the source code of the game engine qdEngine, designed for creating quests. The entire code, except for third-party libraries, is published under the GPLv3 license. The engine supports Windows 10 and can be tested with resources from the game 'The Adventures of the Brave Soldier Schweik'. Based on the published engine, the following games were created: Brothers Pilots 3D. The Case of Garden Pests […]
After nearly a year of development, the release of the new stable branch of the Postfix mail server — 3.9.0 — has been announced. At the same time, the support for the Postfix 3.5 branch, released in early 2020, has been discontinued. Postfix is one of the few projects that combine high security, reliability, and performance, achieved through a thoughtful architecture and a strict coding policy […]