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vSphere 8 support ends in 2027—plan for a costly platform decision now

VMware vSphere 8 customers have until October 11, 2027, to escape a forced platform and licensing change. After that date, bug fixes, security patches, and perpetual licensing end, leaving organizations to choose between VMware Cloud Foundation 9, vSphere Foundation 9, or a migration to another virtualization platform.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/vsphere-8-support-ends-in-2027-plan-for-a-costly-platform-decision-now/

Релиз Chrome 152

Компания Google опубликовала релиз web-браузера Chrome 152. Одновременно доступен стабильный выпуск свободного проекта Chromium, выступающего основой Chrome. Браузер Chrome отличается от Chromium использованием логотипов Google, наличием системы отправки уведомлений в случае краха, модулями для воспроизведения защищённого от копирования видеоконтента (DRM), системой автоматической установки обновлений, постоянным включением Sandbox-изоляции, поставкой ключей к Google API и передачей RLZ-параметров при поиске. Для тех, кому необходимо больше времени на обновление, отдельно поддерживается ветка Extended Stable, сопровождаемая 8 недель. Следующий выпуск Chrome 153 в рамках нового двухнедельного цикла разработки запланирован на 8 сентября.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66143

📰 Chrome/Chromium Experimenting With Flatpak Packaging

Google engineers responsible for the Chrome/Chromium web browser are experimenting with Flatpak packaging on Linux. They aren't yet committed to officially supporting Flatpak packages but for now are at least exploring the option...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak

#chromium #flatpak #linux

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https://phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak

📰 Wayland Found To Be "Intrinsically Faster Than X11, But Not Necessarily More Efficient"

The PorteuX Linux distribution focused on being a high performance, modular, and minimalist distro took to forking Xfce's xfwm4 window manager into "xfwm4-gl" for OpenGL compositing support. As part of that they developed a window manager / compositor benchmark for evaluating the performance and efficiency of typical operations. Their results are fascinating...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-X11-Performance-PorteuX

#distro #linux #wayland

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https://phoronix.com/news/Wayland-X11-Performance-PorteuX

Z.AI confirms Ox Alpha after stealth launch overtakes DeepSeek

China’s Z.AI has confirmed that its anonymously launched Ox Alpha model is a new GLM-series system after it rapidly became OpenRouter’s most-used model. The free reasoning model reportedly more than doubled DeepSeek’s usage, and Z.AI plans to publish its weights, enabling developers to run and adapt the model in their own AI applications.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/z-ai-confirms-ox-alpha-after-stealth-launch-overtakes-deepseek/

📰 Lilbits: Framework Laptop 12 gets a Wildcat Lake upgrade, Pine64 halts Linux device production due to RAMageddon

Fairphone is finally bringing a smartphone to the US market. Framework is upgrading its cheapest laptop. And RAMageddon claims another victim. Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web. Pine64 is halting production of Linux devices like the PineTab2 tablet and PineNote E Ink slate due to the DRAM/eMMC shortage, and will .

🔗 Source: /

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https://liliputing.com/lilbits-framework-laptop-12-gets-a-wildcat-lake-upgrade-pine64-halts-linux-device-production-due-to-ramageddon

📰 AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers

The latest criticism of the increased burden placed on open-source software project maintainers caused by AI / LLM agents is around too many bug reports effectively causing a "denial of service" attack on project maintainers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers

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https://phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers

LibreOffice 26.8 released with paragraph layout changes, draft view + more

The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 26.8, a new version of its open-source office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux. Among the changes is a new Paragraph Composer, which improves the way Writer handles justified text. In many word processors, justified text gets stretched to create a straight edge on both sides of the page, but this has often looked uneven. Some lines packed tight, others gappy. LibreOffice 26.8’s new composer allows spacing to be balanced several lines at once rather than one at a time, which leads to a better look: Other typography changes in LibreOffice 26.8 include native support for […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/libreoffice-268-released

SLEEPWALKER backdoor hides in ESET agent and wakes on a crafted packet

A newly documented Windows backdoor named SLEEPWALKER can remain inactive in memory until it receives a specially formed network packet, then execute commands through a private 23-instruction bytecode. The 59,904-byte unsigned DLL impersonates Microsoft’s `dpapi.dll` while side-loading through ESET Management Agent, but no victim, campaign, or threat actor has been confirmed.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/sleepwalker-backdoor-hides-in-eset-agent-and-wakes-on-a-crafted-packet/

📰 Ardour 9.8 Open-Source DAW Is Now Available with Initial Scales Support

Ardour 9.8 open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software is now available for download with initial scales support, session recovery and clip recording improvements, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ardour-9-8-open-source-daw-is-now-available-with-initial-scales-support

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A hidden Ubuntu feature I use to tidy up my desktop

Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons NG (DING) extension has a little-known way to bring order to a chaotic desktop: stacks. Stacks groups multiple files of the same type into a collapsible icon. Images in one stack, PDFs in another and so on. Folders aren’t grouped, and your files don’t get moved anywhere; this is visual grouping, not relocating. If there is only one of a type of file on the desktop, it is not stacked. Expanding a stack by clicking on it reveals all files in the stack (other file icons bump out of the way). Multiple stacks can be expanded or […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-desktop-icons-stacks

‍Gram 3.3.0

После почти месяца разработки состоялся выпуск 3.3.0 IDE и редактора кода Gram — форка Zed (linux.org.ru). Проект написан на языке Rust и распространяется по лицензии GNU GPL 3.
Проект начинался не с идеи создания идеального редактора, а как реакция на то, что происходило и происходит в мире разработки программного обеспечения, в мире в целом, а также в таких редакторах, как VS Code, Zed и Vim. Основная идея проекта заключается в том, что писать код от руки, тщательно следя за процессом, — это правильно и хорошо, и Gram стремится стать хорошим инструментом именно для этого.
Gram появился как сильно переработанный форк редактора Zed. Цель автора проекта — сделать так, чтобы Gram стал редактором, который сможет скачать, установить и использовать «из коробки» любой, кто впервые пробует себя в программировании. Не нужно будет настраивать редактор или устанавливать расширения, а сам редактор не должен предлагать пользователю что-то потенциально вредоносное, отвлекающее или сбивающее с толку.
( читать дальше... )
>>> Документация

>>> Исходный код на codeberg.org



 gram, rust, zed, редакторы кода

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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18366610

Выпуск офисного пакета LibreOffice 26.8

Организация The Document Foundation опубликовала релиз офисного пакета LibreOffice 26.8. Готовые установочные пакеты подготовлены для различных дистрибутивов Linux, Windows и macOS. Наиболее заметные изменения.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66090

📰 PackageKit 2.0 Is Coming with a Complete API Break After More Than a Decade

PackageKit 2.0 is being planned with a complete interface break, major code cleanup, and a redesigned Linux offline update experience.

🔗 Source: /

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https://linuxiac.com/packagekit-2-0-is-coming-with-a-complete-api-break-after-more-than-a-decade

📰 The Modern NTFS Linux Driver Adds Read Support For Windows System Compression (WOF)

The pull requests for the existing Paragon NTFS3 kernel driver as well as the new modern "NTFS" drivers have been submitted for the ongoing Linux 7.3 kernel cycle. Besides bug fixes, most notable among these NTFS file-system drivers are Windows System Compression "WOF" read support for the modern NTFS driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-NTFS-Driver-WOF

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-NTFS-Driver-WOF

📰 DisplayPort 2.1 ALPM Still Being Worked On For Intel Xe3P / Nova Lake

The in-development Linux 7.3 kernel is marking Nova Lake Xe3P graphics as stable in being enabled by default and no longer hidden behind the "force probe" flag. While on-by-default, there still are some features that have yet to land like the DisplayPort 2.1 ALPM functionality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-DP-2.1-ALPM-v5

#intel #kernel #linux

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https://phoronix.com/news/Intel-DP-2.1-ALPM-v5

Cerebras CS-5 targets 10,000 tokens per second as CS-4 goes rack-scale

Cerebras is turning its wafer-scale processors into a reusable datacenter platform with the CS-4 Nexus rack, while setting a 2027 target of up to 10,000 output tokens per second per user for CS-5. The design could let operators upgrade compute without replacing the rack’s power, cooling, and I/O infrastructure, although the most ambitious performance figures remain projections.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/cerebras-cs-5-targets-10000-tokens-per-second-as-cs-4-goes-rack-scale/

Microsoft Marketplace rolls out AI-powered discovery worldwide

Microsoft has made Intelligent Discovery in Microsoft Marketplace generally available worldwide, giving customers a conversational way to find, compare, and evaluate cloud, AI, and agent solutions. Instead of starting with a product name or keyword, buyers can describe a business problem in natural language; Microsoft says preview users were 68% more likely to find a suitable solution and proceed toward purchase.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-marketplace-rolls-out-ai-powered-discovery-worldwide/

📰 OpenSSL 4.0.2 Released with Important Security and Bug Fixes

OpenSSL 4.0.2 open-source TLS/SSL and crypto library is now available for download with fixes for several security vulnerabilities and bugs.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/openssl-4-0-2-released-with-important-security-and-bug-fixes

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Первый выпуск mklinux для одновременного выполнения нескольких экземпляров ядра Linux

Представлен первый публичный выпуск проекта Multikernel Linux (mklinux-v7.0-mk2), развивающего вариант ядра Linux, дополненный возможностью выполнения нескольких независимых экземпляров ядра на одном физическом компьютере без использования гипервизора и виртуализации. Каждый экземпляр ядра имеет прямой доступ к аппаратным ресурсам и может использоваться для запуска отдельных изолированных системных окружений. Первый выпуск основан на ядре Linux 7.0 и содержит сборочную настройку "CONFIG_MULTIKERNEL", при отключении которой ядро становится полностью аналогично штатному ядру 7.0. Из архитектур CPU пока поддерживается только x86_64.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66142