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Google has announced the default inclusion of support for the WebGPU graphics API and WGSL (WebGPU Shading Language) in Chrome version 113, scheduled for release on May 2. WebGPU provides a programming interface similar to Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12 for executing operations on the GPU, such as rendering and computations, and also allows the use of the language […]
The release of Electron 24.0.0 has been prepared, which provides a self-contained framework for developing cross-platform user applications, using components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js as its foundation. The significant version change is related to the update to Chromium 112 codebase, Node.js 18.14.0 platform, and V8 11.2 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in the new release: The logic for handling image size in the method nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath(path, […]
The release of package ppp 2.5.0 has been published, implementing support for the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), which allows for the establishment of an IPv4/IPv6 communication channel using connections through serial ports or point-to-point connections (e.g., dial-up). The package includes the background process pppd, used for negotiating connections, authentication, and network interface configuration, as well as auxiliary utilities pppstats and pppdump. The project's code is distributed under […]
Google has introduced the release of the Chrome 112 web browser. At the same time, a stable version of the open-source Chromium project, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. Chrome differs from Chromium by using Google logos, having a crash notification system, modules for playback of copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, supplying keys for Google API, and passing on […]
After nine months of development, the stable release of Wayland 1.22, a protocol, inter-process communication mechanism, and libraries, has been presented. The 1.22 branch is backward compatible at the API and ABI level with 1.x releases and contains primarily bug fixes and minor protocol updates. The composite server Weston, providing code and working examples for using Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions, is evolving in […]
SUSE has released the third prototype of the ALP 'Piz Bernina' (Adaptable Linux Platform), positioned as a continuation of the development of the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution. The key distinction of ALP is the separation of the distribution's core into two parts: a trimmed-down 'host OS' for running on hardware and a layer for application support, focusing on running in containers and virtual machines. ALP is initially being developed with […]
Owen Taylor, creator of GNOME Shell and the Pango library, part of the development working group for Fedora Workstation, has proposed a plan for default encryption of system partitions and user home directories in Fedora Workstation. The transition to default encryption is expected to provide data protection in case of laptop theft, as well as protection against attacks on unattended […]
The release of the FerretDB project 1.0 has been published, allowing the document-oriented database MongoDB to be replaced by PostgreSQL without modifying application code. FerretDB acts as a proxy server, translating MongoDB queries into SQL requests for PostgreSQL, enabling PostgreSQL to serve as the actual storage. Version 1.0 is marked as the first stable release ready for widespread use. The code is written in Go and […]
The release of a graphic editor for children's creativity — Tux Paint 0.9.29 has been announced. The program is designed to teach drawing for children aged 3 to 12 years. Binary builds are available for Linux (rpm, Flatpak), Haiku, Android, macOS, and Windows. In this release, 15 new 'magic' tools, effects, and filters have been added. For example, a Fur tool for creating fur effects has been included, Double […]
The Tor project and VPN provider Mullvad have introduced the jointly developed Mullvad Browser, focused on user privacy protection. Technically, Mullvad Browser is based on the Firefox engine and incorporates nearly all changes from the Tor Browser, primarily differing in that it does not use the Tor network and sends requests directly (a version of Tor Browser without Tor). It is expected that the Mullvad Browser can […]
The Qt Company has released the Qt 6.5 framework, which continues to stabilize and enhance functionality in the Qt 6 branch. Qt 6.5 supports platforms including Windows 10+, macOS 11+, Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, openSUSE 15.4, SUSE 15 SP4, RHEL 8.4/9.0), iOS 14+, Android 8+ (API 23+), webOS, WebAssembly, INTEGRITY, and QNX. The source code for Qt components […]
The release of the uutils coreutils toolkit 0.0.18 is available, which is being developed as an alternative to the GNU Coreutils package, rewritten in Rust. The coreutils package includes over a hundred utilities, including sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. The goal of the project is to create a cross-platform alternative implementation of Coreutils that can also run on platforms […]