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Jens Axboe, the creator of io_uring and the I/O schedulers CFQ, Deadline, and Noop, has proposed a patch for inclusion in the QEMU emulator's codebase that reduces latency when using fdmon (file descriptor monitoring) in 'aio=io_uring' mode while the system is in an idle state by 50-80 times. The issue arose due to the conversion of the ppoll() operation into a sleep state with a timeout of 499 […]
The release of the multimedia server pipewire 1.6.0 has been published. This new version is API and ABI compatible with the previous 1.4.x branch. Key changes include the addition of an LDAC decoder (used in Bluetooth); SpanDSP is now used to hide Bluetooth packet loss; PODs are now safely parsed and assembled in shared memory; node commands and events can now include additional user data; support for changing the maximum […]
Mozilla has updated the support information page for Firefox on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 platforms, now indicating that the final release of the ESR branch Firefox 115 will be published on February 24, after which updates will no longer be issued. At the same time, a notice about the end of the support cycle for Firefox 115 has been added to the ESR update release schedule page. Initially, the deadline […]
Updates for Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2 and 20.04 OTA-12 firmware, based on Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 package bases, have been presented. The firmware is developed by the UBports project, which took over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical distanced itself from it. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch update […]
After nearly a year of development, a new stable branch of the multimedia server PipeWire 1.6.0 has been established, replacing the PulseAudio sound server and distinguished by the addition of tools for handling video streams, the capability for low-latency audio processing, and a new security model for managing access at the level of individual devices and streams. The project is applied by default in Fedora Linux, […]
The Community Manager at Oracle (MySQL Community Manager) published a note announcing changes in engineering leadership, enhancing collaboration with the community and accelerating the development of new features. The new MySQL development strategy includes three areas: implementing innovations and new features for developers in MySQL Community Edition; expanding the ecosystem and developing tools, frameworks, and […]
The release of MariaDB database version 12.2.2 has been published, marking it as the first stable release of the 12.2 branch. The MariaDB 12.2 branch is classified as an intermediate release (rolling), continuing the gradual development of features and succeeding the MariaDB 12.1 branch. At the same time, MariaDB 12.3.1 has been released with a new implementation of binlog, which has the status of a candidate for future LTS releases. The MariaDB 12.2 branch will be supported until the formation of […]
The first release of the Netbase project, which focuses on porting NetBSD utilities to other operating systems, has been published. The first release primarily addresses the functionality of NetBSD user space components on systems with Linux kernels and the standard C library, Glibc. It also mentions the not fully tested support for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS, and potential support for GNU/Hurd. The project's developments are distributed under the BSD license. […]
On January 30, version 26.1 of the cross-platform video editor Shotcut was released, which supports a wide range of audio and video formats through the use of FFmpeg libraries. The project is written in C++ using the MLT and Qt frameworks and is distributed under the GPL 3.0 license. Key changes in version 26.1 include improving video hardware decoding (with many limitations) and adding an option in the Settings > Preview Scaling menu […]
After several months of development, LineageOS 23.2 has been released, based on Android 16 QPR2. As Google transitioned to a 6-month update cycle, LineageOS is following suit, except for security patches, which are released monthly. New features include Material 3 Expressive and some applications updated for this design by the Lineage team: Twelve, ExactCalculator, and Deskclock. The updater […]
With the growing popularity of AI assistants, developers have seen an increase in leaks of confidential data into public Git repositories, which is among the information stored by AI tools in the project's working directory. AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, Aider, OpenAI Codex, Copilot, Sourcegraph Cody, and Amazon Q create local configuration files and directories in the project's root folder where operation histories may be stored […]
On February 17, version 0.8.0 of the C++ library (C++20 standard) libunicode was released. The project is developed by the team behind the Contour terminal emulator and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The library's features include support for Unicode standards 17.0: UAX #11 East Asian Width, UAX #24 Unicode Script Property, UAX #29 Unicode Text Segmentation, UTS #51 Unicode Emoji; API for obtaining Unicode properties; […]