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In Qt 6.5, a QNativeInterface::QWaylandApplication interface will be added for Wayland, allowing direct access to native Wayland objects used in Qt's internal structures, as well as access to user activity information, which may be needed for protocol extension communications. The new interface is implemented in the QNativeInterface namespace, which also […]
Testing has begun for the first release candidate of Wine 8.0, an open-source implementation of WinAPI. The codebase has reached a freeze stage ahead of the release expected in mid-January. Compared to the Wine 7.22 release, 52 bug reports have been closed and 538 changes have been made. Key changes include: the vkd3d package implementing Direct3D 12, functioning via call translation to the graphic API […]
The Computer History Museum has received permission from Adobe to publish the source code of one of the earliest implementations of the PostScript printing technology, released in 1984. PostScript technology is notable because the printed page is described in a special programming language, with the PostScript document representing a program that is interpreted during printing. The published code is written in C and […]
The release of Kali Linux 2022.4 has been announced, created based on Debian and designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the consequences of attacks by malicious actors. All original developments created within the framework of the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several ISO image options have been prepared for download, with sizes of 448 MB, 2.7 […]
Intel has begun testing a significant update to the Windows drivers Intel Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3959 for graphics cards with Arc (Alchemist) and Iris (DG1) GPUs, as well as for integrated GPUs supplied in processors based on the Tiger Lake, Rocket Lake, Alder Lake, and Raptor Lake microarchitectures. The most significant changes in the new version relate to efforts to increase the performance of games using DirectX […]
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN, Switzerland) and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab, USA), which once developed the Scientific Linux distribution but later switched to CentOS, have announced the selection of AlmaLinux as the standard distribution for supporting experiments. This decision was made due to changes in Red Hat's policy regarding CentOS support and the premature termination of support […]
The release of Deepin 20.8 has been announced, based on the package base of Debian 10, but developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and around 40 user applications, including the music player DMusic, video player DMovie, messaging system DTalk, installer, and application center Deepin Software Center. The project is founded by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. […]
The Blender Foundation has released the free 3D modeling package Blender 3.4, suitable for various tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation creation, and video editing. The code is distributed under the GPL license. Ready builds have been created for Linux, Windows, and macOS. At the same time, a corrective release Blender 3.3.2 has been formed in the branch […]
A significant release of the specialized Tor Browser 12.0 has been created, which has transitioned to the Firefox 102 ESR branch. The browser focuses on providing anonymity, security, and privacy; all traffic is routed only through the Tor network. It is impossible to connect directly through the current system's standard network connection, which prevents tracking the user's actual IP address (in case the browser is hacked, attackers may gain access […]
The developers of the gccrs project (GCC Rust) have released the fourth edition of patches implementing the frontend of the Rust language compiler for GCC. It is noted that this new edition addresses nearly all comments previously raised during the review of the proposed code, and the patches meet all technical requirements for code added to GCC. Richard Biener, one of the maintainers of GCC, mentioned that the code now […]
Amazon has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), an organization dedicated to protecting the Linux ecosystem from patent claims. By joining OIN, the company has demonstrated its commitment to collaborative innovation and non-aggressive patent management. Amazon considers Linux and open-source software key factors in driving innovation within the company. It is noted that the aim of Amazon joining OIN is to strengthen […]
After two and a half years of development, a significant release of the ProFTPD FTP server 1.3.8 has been published, with strengths in extensibility and functionality, but weaknesses due to the periodic discovery of critical vulnerabilities. Additionally, a patch release of ProFTPD 1.3.7f is available, which will be the last in the ProFTPD 1.3.7 series. Key innovations in ProFTPD 1.3.8 include the implementation of support for the FTP command CSID (Client/Server ID), which can be used to send information […]