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Google has unveiled the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 15. The release of Android 15 is expected in the third quarter of 2024. To evaluate the new features of the platform, a beta testing program has been proposed. 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. Key innovations in Android 15 Developer Preview 1: […]
The developers of the openSUSE project have published a plan for the development of the new Agama installer (formerly D-Installer), which is being developed to replace the classic installation interface of SUSE and openSUSE, notable for separating the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama allows for the use of various frontends, such as a web interface for managing the installation. Live builds for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures are being created to test the new installer, supporting […]
The new version of the text desktop environment vtm v0.9.69 adds an experimental mode for continuous synchronization of the current working directory between running text consoles. Terminal notifications OSC 9;9, which contain information about the current directory, are used to implement synchronization, followed by generating keyboard input for the entire group of consoles with the active Sync switch in synchronization mode. By default, the keyboard input string template […]
Developers of the collaborative development platform Forgejo have announced a change in their development model. Instead of maintaining a synchronized fork of Gitea, the Forgejo project has now diverged into a completely independent codebase, which will develop autonomously and follow its own path. It is noted that the complete fork is the culmination of the divergence in development and management models of Forgejo and Gitea. The Forgejo project originated in October 2022 as a result of […]
On February 16, 2024, the release of the Qucs-S electronic circuit simulator version 24.1.0 was announced. It is recommended to use the open Ngspice modeling engine: https://ngspice.sourceforge.io/. Starting from this version, the version numbering system has switched to CalVer. Now, the first digit indicates the year, the second is the release number in that year, and the third is the patch number. Release v24.1.0 contains both new features and bug fixes: […]
Correcting releases of the Node.js server JavaScript platform 21.6.2, 20.11.1, and 18.19.1 are available, which fix 8 vulnerabilities, 4 of which are assigned a high danger level: CVE-2024-21892 — a vulnerability allowing an unprivileged user to inject code that inherits elevated privileges under which the process runs. This vulnerability is caused by an error in the exception handling implementation that allows an unprivileged user to manipulate environment variables in a privilege-escalated process. Exception […]
Google has announced the opening of the Magika project source code, designed for content type determination based on file data analysis. Magika can accurately identify programming languages, compression methods, installation packages, executable code, markup types, audio, video, document, and image formats used in the content. The related toolkit and ready-to-use machine learning model have been published under the license […]
The non-profit organization lowRISC, overseeing the development of a free microprocessor based on the RISC-V architecture, has announced the availability of the first chip ready for commercial production, built on the open platform OpenTitan, developed as an independent collaborative project. The project was initially founded by Google, but after the transfer to lowRISC, companies like Western Digital, Seagate, Nuvoton Technology, and Winbond joined its development. […]
The release of the mobile platform LineageOS 21, based on the Android 14 codebase, has been announced. It is noted that the LineageOS 21 branch has reached parity in functionality and stability with branch 20, and has been deemed ready for the first release. Builds are prepared for 109 device models. LineageOS can also be run in the Android Emulator and in Android Studio. Additionally, the option to [...]
After two years of development, the release of DOSBox Staging 0.81 has been published, which develops a cross-platform emulator for the MS-DOS environment, written using the SDL library and aimed at running old DOS games on Linux, Windows, and macOS. DOSBox Staging is developed by a separate team and is not connected to the original DOSBox, which has seen only minor changes in recent years. The code is written in C++ [...]
The GNU Project has released a new version of the classic text editor ed, which was the first standard text editor for UNIX operating systems. The new version is numbered 1.20.1. This version includes: New command-line options ‘+line’, ‘+\/RE’, and ‘+?RE’, which set the current line to a specified line number or to the first or last line matching the regular expression 'RE'. Filenames containing control […]
The release of library Louvre 1.2.0 is now available, providing components for developing compositing servers based on the Wayland protocol. The library takes care of all low-level operations, including graphics buffer management, interaction with input subsystems, and graphics APIs in Linux, and also offers ready-made implementations of various extensions of the Wayland protocol. A composite server created based on Louvre consumes significantly fewer resources […]