Radovan Rockov
@navodar.bsky.social
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Software developer, GNU/Linux advocate, Internet/music/coffee addict navodar.carrd.co
#Oracle
seems to have ended the Open Source era of
#MySQL
www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/o...
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Monty Widenius 'heartbroken' over Oracle's MySQL job cuts
: Original author of open source database 'not surprised' but 'saddened' as critics slam vendor's layoffs
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/oracle_slammed_for_mysql_job/
about 2 months ago
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Introducing
#GNOME
49 “Brescia”
release.gnome.org/49/
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GNOME Release Notes
Discover what's new in GNOME, the distraction-free computing platform.
https://release.gnome.org/49/
3 months ago
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#Microsoft's
#DocumentDB
project has found a new home at the
#Linux
Foundation
news.itsfoss.com/documentdb-m...
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Microsoft's DocumentDB Finds New Home with Linux Foundation
DocumentDB joins the Linux Foundation to ensure open, vendor-neutral development.
https://news.itsfoss.com/documentdb-moves-to-linux-foundation/
3 months ago
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#Debian
GNU/Hurd 2025 Released With Completed 64-bit Support, Rust Ported
www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-...
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Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 Released With Completed 64-bit Support, Rust Ported
Following this weekend's release of Debian 13.0 'Trixie', Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 has been released as the state of Trixie while running atop Hurd rather than Linux.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-GNU-Hurd-2025
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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The
#KDE
project is developing its own immutable
#Linux
distribution called KDE Linux
www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-im...
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You Can Help Test the Official KDE Linux Distro
The KDE project is developing its own immutable Linux distribution called KDE Linux, and testing builds are available for download. The distro gives you a
https://www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-immutable-os/
4 months ago
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#Debian
13 (Trixie) is scheduled for release on August 9, featuring
#KDE
Plasma 6.3.5,
#GNOME
48, and
#Linux
kernel 6.12 LTS.
linuxiac.com/debian-13-se...
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Debian 13 Set to Launch on August 9
Debian 13 (Trixie) is scheduled for release on August 9, featuring KDE Plasma 6.3.5, GNOME 48, and Linux kernel 6.12 LTS.
https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-set-to-launch-on-august-9/
5 months ago
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How repair groups can help their community as support for
#Windows
10 ends
therestartproject.org/end-of-windo...
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End of 10: Guide for repair groups
A guide for community repair groups on how your repair group can support people in your community who are facing the end of Windows 10.
https://therestartproject.org/end-of-windows-10-toolkit-for-repair-groups/
5 months ago
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French City of Lyon Kicks Out
#Microsoft
share.google/4jF9qx3LOsjP...
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French City of Lyon Kicks Out Microsoft
Microsoft faces growing rejection in Europe whereas open source software sees growing adaption.
https://share.google/4jF9qx3LOsjPv4Oqd
5 months ago
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Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to
#LibreOffice
blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07...
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Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog
Following the example of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice, the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is doing the same. Caroline ...
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/#:~:text=08%20Jul%202025-,Danish%20Ministry%20switching%20from%20Microsoft%20Office/365%20to%20LibreOffice,-Posted%20in%20LibreOffice
5 months ago
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#Qt
Creator 17 released
www.qt.io/blog/qt-crea...
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Qt Creator 17 released
See what's new in Qt Creator 17! Explore default themes, integrated run configurations, improvements on CMake, Python support, C++ and QML editing, etc.
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-17-released
6 months ago
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#KDE
Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Officially Released
9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6...
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KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment is now available with various new features, enhancements, and other improvements.
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
6 months ago
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Once the main go-to database for developers,
#MySQL
has lost ground to
#PostgreSQL
and other specialized databases
www.infoworld.com/article/3982...
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MySQL at 30: Still important but no longer king
Once the main go-to database for developers, MySQL has lost ground to Postgres and other specialized databases.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3982439/mysql-at-30-still-important-but-no-longer-king.html
7 months ago
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#Mozilla
Say
#Google
Search Deal Vital to
#Firefox’s
Survival
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozi...
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Mozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survival
Google's search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to compete - or even survive,
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozilla-says-google-search-deal-vital-to-firefoxs-survival
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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Government censorship comes to
#Bluesky
, but not its third-party apps … yet
techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
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Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch
Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.Earlier this
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/government-censorship-comes-to-bluesky-but-not-its-third-party-apps-yet/
7 months ago
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reposted by
Radovan Rockov
Monica
8 months ago
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Mozilla is rolling Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival
www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/t...
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Firefox maker Mozilla prepares Gmail-like Thundermail
: Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/thunderbird_pay_services/
8 months ago
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reposted by
Radovan Rockov
Gizmodo
8 months ago
The Adult Swim series is a must-watch for fans of animation, dry comedy, and speculative fiction.
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Common Side Effects Is as Trippy as It Is Brilliant
The Adult Swim series is a must-watch for fans of animation, dry comedy, and speculative fiction.
https://gizmodo.com/common-side-effects-is-as-trippy-as-it-is-brilliant-2000580940
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The European Union has its own Linux Distribution and it's Called EU OS
news.itsfoss.com/eu-os/
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The European Union has its own Linux Distribution and it's Called EU OS
Can this Linux-powered operating system disrupt Windows' hold in the European Union?
https://news.itsfoss.com/eu-os/
9 months ago
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Open source Windows clone
#ReactOS
gets shell, plug-n-play, file system, Registry upgrades, more
www.neowin.net/news/open-so...
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'Open source Windows' ReactOS gets shell, plug-n-play, file system, Registry upgrades, more
As promised, ReactOS has received a major update with a better shell, plug-and-play, file system, performance improvements and more.
https://www.neowin.net/news/open-source-windows-reactos-gets-shell-plug-n-play-file-system-registry-upgrades-more/?s=09
9 months ago
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#NVIDIA's
Open-Source Kernel Driver Ported To
#HaikuOS
, Mesa NVK Adapted To Run On Top
www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-...
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NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver Ported To Haiku OS, Mesa NVK Adapted To Run On Top
Haiku OS developer X512 has managed a rather impressive feat: porting NVIDIA's open-source kernel modules to Haiku
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Haiku-OS-NVRM?s=09
9 months ago
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#Qt
Creator 16 released
www.qt.io/blog/qt-crea...
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Qt Creator 16 released
Qt Creator 16 released
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-16-released
9 months ago
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#Google
Starts Tracking All Your Devices As
#Chrome
Changes
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices As Chrome Changes
Backlash as new tracking goes live—here’s what to know.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/02/20/google-starts-tracking-all-your-devices-as-chrome-changes/
10 months ago
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reposted by
Radovan Rockov
ricardo
10 months ago
Today is 30 years since
#Delphi
was launched.
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#GTK
is about do drop X11
news.itsfoss.com/gtk-drops-x11/
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GTK Drops X11!
And Broadway Support, Lays the Foundation for New Android Backend
https://news.itsfoss.com/gtk-drops-x11/
10 months ago
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#GNOME
has announced a change to its default UI and monospace fonts ahead of the upcoming GNOME 48 release
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnom...
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GNOME Introduces New UI & Monospace Adwaita Fonts
GNOME has announced a change to its default UI and monospace fonts ahead of the upcoming GNOME 48 release — a typographic turnabout that won't impact
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts
10 months ago
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reposted by
Radovan Rockov
John
10 months ago
LMFAO, life hack... apparently you can just add the word 'fucking' to any of your searches and avoid the AI shit
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Add F*cking to Your Google Searches to Neutralize AI Summaries
Google will probably close this loophole soon enough.
https://gizmodo.com/add-fcking-to-your-google-searches-to-neutralize-ai-summaries-2000557710
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Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer
www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/l...
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Linus Torvalds offers to build free guitar effects pedal
‘I'm a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/linus_torvalds_guitar_pedal_offer/
11 months ago
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The latest language in the GNU Compiler Collection: Algol-68
www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/a...
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The latest language in the GNU Compiler Collection: Algol-68
That is not dead which can eternal lie… including the grandparent of C, apparently
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/algol_68_comes_to_gcc/
11 months ago
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reposted by
Radovan Rockov
NPR
12 months ago
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/26/nx-s1-5231543/copyright-public-domain-2025-cartoon-popeye-tintin-faulkner-hemingway
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New nonprofit organisation 'A New Social' aims to bring together developers, researchers, startups, and industry leaders building infrastructure for the open social web (like Bluesky’s AT Protocol and ActivityPub, which powers Mastodon, Meta’s Threads...)
techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/b...
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Bridgy Fed, a project to connect the open social web, is now becoming a nonprofit | TechCrunch
Bridgy Fed, which is working to connect the social network Bluesky with the wider fediverse (i.e., the open social web), which includes sites like
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/bridgy-fed-a-project-to-connect-the-open-social-web-is-now-becoming-a-nonprofit/
12 months ago
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Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone
techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/s...
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Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist's phone | TechCrunch
Amnesty said it found NoviSpy, an Android spyware linked to Serbian intelligence, on the phones of several members of Serbian civil society following police stops.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/serbian-police-used-cellebrite-to-unlock-then-plant-spyware-on-a-journalists-phone/
12 months ago
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Limbo, a project to re-implement
#SQLite
in
#Rust
devclass.com/2024/12/12/s...
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SQLite re-implemented in Rust to achieve asynchronous I/O and other changes • DEVCLASS
Turso, a developer focused on database solutions, is re-implementing the SQLite database engine in Rust, in order to […]
https://devclass.com/2024/12/12/sqlite-re-implemented-in-rust-to-achieve-asynchronous-i-o-and-other-changes/
12 months ago
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Linux Foundation Report Spotlights Open Source Software Package Challenges
devops.com/linux-founda...
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Linux Foundation Report Spotlights Open Source Software Package Challenges - DevOps.com
A Linux Foundation report identifies the most used software packages and fundamental challenges the open source community needs to address.
https://devops.com/linux-foundation-report-spotlights-open-source-software-package-challenges/
12 months ago
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#Qt
Creator 15 released
www.qt.io/blog/qt-crea...
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Qt Creator 15 released
Explore the latest features of Qt Creator 15, including enhanced platform support, new themes, Lua scripting, CMake project improvements, Git integration, and automatic crash reporting.
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-15-released
about 1 year ago
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Both
#KDE
and
#GNOME
to offer official distros
www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/k...
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Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros
Leading Linux desktops boldly address the "not enough distros" non-problem
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/kde_and_gnome_distros/
about 1 year ago
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James Webb Space Telescope 'pushed to its limits' to see most distant galaxies ever
www.space.com/james-webb-s...
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James Webb Space Telescope 'pushed to its limits' to see most distant galaxies ever
"We are entering a completely uncharted territory and cannot know for sure what we will find."
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-earliest-galaxies-glimpse
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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Radovan Rockov
Open Culture
about 1 year ago
The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades & Now Considered One of the Greatest Animations (1965)
www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-...
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The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades & Now Considered One of the Greatest Animations (1965)
For obvious reasons, most art produced under oppressive regimes comes off as painstakingly inoffensive. For equally obvious reasons, the rare works that criticize the regime tend to do so rather obliq...
https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-hand.html
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The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++
www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/t...
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The US government wants devs to stop using C and C++
Does anyone want to tell Linus Torvalds? No? I didn't think so
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/
about 1 year ago
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#Google’s
#Flutter
framework has been forked
www.infoworld.com/article/3595...
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Google's Flutter framework has been forked
Dubbed 'Flutter, by the community for the community,' Flock seeks to expand the Flutter labor pool and accelerate development.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3595687/googles-flutter-framework-has-been-forked.html
about 1 year ago
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Open source gets complicated
www.infoworld.com/article/3591...
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Open source gets complicated
Global politics, chip wars, and the ever-present confusion of managing AI source code. It’s been a tough week for open source.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3591051/open-source-gets-complicated.html
about 1 year ago
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The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source
www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/o...
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The open secret of open washing
Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/opinion_open_washing/
about 1 year ago
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The contents of Winamp’s “open source” GitHub repository has been deleted after less than a month
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Winamp owner deletes 'Open Source' repository after a bumpy month on GitHub
It seems that not all of the source code was its to share
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/winamp-owner-deletes-open-source-repository-after-a-bumpy-month-on-github
about 1 year ago
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#KDE
is 25 years old!
25years.kde.org
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KDE's 25th Anniversary
Celebrate with us 25 years of awesomeness
https://25years.kde.org/
about 1 year ago
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Castlevania: Nocturne Goes on Hiatus Amid Uncertain Future
comicbook.com/anime/news/c...
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Castlevania: Nocturne Goes on Hiatus Amid Uncertain Future - ComicBook.com
Castlevania: Nocturne's production is on hiatus while the staff waits on a potential Season 3
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/castlevania-nocturne-season-3-hiatus/
about 1 year ago
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The Wayback Machine is back online after a data breach and DDoS attacks
www.theverge.com/2024/10/14/2...
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The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks
The Wayback Machine is back online.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/14/24269741/internet-archive-online-read-only-data-breach-outage
about 1 year ago
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#Google
is developing the framework to let you run
#Debian
in a virtual machine on your
#Android
device
www.androidauthority.com/android-linu...
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Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
Google is developing a Terminal app for Android that'll let you run Linux apps. It'll download and run Debian in a VM for you.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-terminal-app-3489887/
about 1 year ago
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#Qt
6.8 LTS Released!
www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8-...
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Qt 6.8 LTS Released!
Qt 6.8 is now available, packed with support for new desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms, and exciting new features to meet the needs of demanding applications.
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8-released
about 1 year ago
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