maandag 23 december, 2024
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife The German government has launched a new open source software project called openDesk, “a collection of Open Source software modules that are important for day-to-day work in the public sector, such as text creation, file collaboration, project management, email, calendar and messaging,” reports Corinna...

FreeBSD 14.0 Released

Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife The FreeBSD team has announced the availability of FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE, which is the first release from the stable/14 branch of the operating system. Highlights of this major release include: OpenSSH updated to version 9.5p1 OpenSSL updated to version 3.0.12 FreeBSD supports up to 1024 cores on AMD64 and...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife Certifications with a focus on cloud computing or cybersecurity tend to earn IT professionals higher salaries, says Skillsoft’s annual survey. The IT Skills and Salary survey, which surveyed thousands of IT professionals, notes that “cybersecurity, in particular, continues to grow in importance to individuals and organizations as threats...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife Basic Operation When it comes to writing the rules, the nft developers rely on the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) and use the classic tcpdump as a guide, so you don't have to learn everything from scratch. In addition, nft also provides a number of address families. The...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife 2023 has seen the largest number of first-time open source contributors on GitHub, says the latest State of the Octoverse report, which looks at software development and open source trends related to the popular development platform. Along with a 26% increase in new developers on...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has announced the general availability of AlmaLinux 9.3 codenamed “Shamrock Pampas Cat.” AlmaLinux 9.3 Stable, which is built alongside Red Hat Enterprise Linux using source code from CentOS Stream, “offers enhanced security and compliance. Additionally, it provides enhanced flexibility, stability, and reliability...

Blender 4.0 Released

Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife The Blender Foundation has released Blender 4.0 as a major update to the free and open source 3D graphics software, reports Marius Nestor.  The latest edition of the cross-platform tool, which is available for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems, introduces light and shadow linking, provides...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife Canonical has announced MicroCloud, a lightweight cloud solution designed specifically for scalable clusters and edge deployments, reports Jack Wallen. “MicroCloud was built with simplicity, security, and automation at its core to help minimize the time required for deployment,” Wallen says.  MicroCloud can be run on the...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife The chmod program lets you modify file and directory permissions, assuming you are the owner or the system administrator, using either letters or numbers. Here, I’ll concentrate on using letters, because they’re easier to remember. Using letter notation, u stands for user (owner), g for...
Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij FOSSlife The Frontier exascale system at Oak Ridge National Labs leads the list of global high-performance computing systems with an HPL score of 1.194 EFlop/s, according to the latest TOP500 list released at SC23.  However, the new Aurora system at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility has...