Will JavaScript Containers Overtake Linux Containers?
"Developers of the Deno JavaScript and TypeScript runtime are exploring the possibility of JavaScript containers — and the JavaScript sandbox itself — as a higher-level alternative to Linux containers," reports InfoWorld, citing a blog po.....»»
Tons Lightology suffers delay in shipment
LED lighting maker Tons Lightology has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until several months after but has had shipments deferred due to congested logistics operations at many harbors around the world and shortage of containers, according to.....»»
Kali Linux hits version 2021.3, offers virtualization improvements
As seen on Mr. Robot, Kali Linux is a distribution that specializes in security penetration. It can run natively, from a live USB, or within a VM......»»
Budding PS4 emulator starts to show progress, can run hundreds of games
PS4 emulation is starting to get real. Earlier this month, there was a new significant update to the promising closed source project called Spine, a PS4 emulator that runs on Linux and is in private development by Reddit user devofspine......»»
This Quake clone is just 13 kilobytes and plays right in your browser
Q1K3 was created by Dominic Szablewski for entry into Js13kGames, a JavaScript coding competition in which the file size limit is set at 13 kilobytes. The game is based on the original Quake, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and f.....»»
Linux For Apple Silicon Macs Gets Closer To Reality
"Asahi Linux for Apple M1 Macs is moving closer to reality," writes Slashdot reader TroysBucket. An Asahi developer posted a detailed status update on Twitter. Linux enthusiast Bryan Lunduke offers this succinct summary: - The Asahi Linux team ha.....»»
Linux Distros are So Much Better Than They Were 30 Years Ago
With the 30th birthday of Linux coming up, TechRepublic's Jack Wallen argues that its distros "are so much better today." I remember like it was yesterday. The very first time I booted into the Linux desktop. The distribution in question was Caldera.....»»
Slackware 15.0 RC1 Released
Long-time Slashdot reader ArchieBunker writes: Slackware, one of oldest Linux distributions, has just announced the long awaited version 15.0 RC1 is available for download from the usual mirrors. Here's the changelog. Phoronix points out it's been.....»»
Former Loki Developer Jerryrigs a Multiplayer Zork, Available Via Telnet
Programmer Ryan C. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a former employee at Loki Software, one of the first companies to port videogames from Microsoft Windows to Linux, according to his Wikipedia page. He's still hosting many Loki software projects at.....»»
New Linux Syscall Enables Secret Memory Even the Kernel Can"t Read
RoccamOccam writes: After many months of development, the memfd_secret() system call was finally merged for the upcoming 5.14 release of Linux. There have been many changes during this feature's development, but its core purpose remains the same: all.....»»
Windows 11 recreated in a browser
In development since last month, this Windows 11 demo was built in React and JavaScript along with CSS. The project has a GitHub page detailing its progress where you can already try it out. It doesn't have much other than some basic functionality in.....»»
Google"s Fuchsia OS Is Rolling Out Widely To 1st-Gen Nest Hubs
More owners of the first-generation Nest Hub are receiving the update to Google's Fuchsia operating system as it expands beyond the Preview program. 9to5Google reports: Back in May, Google formally released Fuchsia, its effort to develop a "not Linux.....»»
Not-a-Linux distro review: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ’90s
Although it's nowhere near ready for prime time, there's a lot to love here. If this desktop doesn't look hauntingly familiar to you, you either didn't live through the 1990s—or perhaps just.....»»
Not-a-Linux distro review: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ‘90s
Although it's nowhere near ready for prime time, there's a lot to love here. If this desktop doesn't look hauntingly familiar to you, you either didn't live through the 1990s—or perhaps just.....»»
ByteDance, TikTok"s Parent Company, Joins the Open Invention Network
ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), the world's largest non-aggression consortium that protects Linux and related open-source software and the companies behind them from patent attacks and patent trolls. Z.....»»
World"s Largest Solar-Powered Battery Is Now 75% Complete
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: The Manatee Energy Storage Center -- the world's largest solar-powered battery storage facility -- is now 75% finished with 100 of 132 total containers already installed, reveals a pre.....»»
Linux Glibc Security Fix Created a Nastier Linux Bug
A fix that was made in early June to the GNU C Library (glibc) introduced a new and nastier problem. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes via ZDNet: The first problem wasn't that bad. As Siddhesh Poyarekar, a Red Hat principal software engineer wrote, "I.....»»
Debian 11 "Bullseye" Released As Stable
"One of the oldest and most renowned distributions of Linux has been released!" âwrites Slashdot reader Washuu2. Phoronix reports it took "just over two years in development." Debian 11 brings many new features as outlined this morning with the.....»»
Report: Java "Surges" Back Up in Programming Language Popularity
"The programming language Java's popularity has been slowly declining in some programming language index rankings, but it's popped back into the second spot in RedMonk's latest chart," reports ZDNet: Javascript still rules in RedMonk's Q3 2021 langu.....»»
SerComm impacted by component shortage despite robust demand
Networking/communication device maker SerComm has received significant amounts of orders but faces the difficulty of fulfilling them on schedule simply due to serious shortages of components - especially ICs - and shipping containers, according to co.....»»
Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck will be based on Arch Linux—not Debian
The best Linux gaming happens on the bleeding edge—just where Arch Linux shines. Enlarge / SteamOS is rebasing from Debian to Arch Linux for the Steam Deck. As long as Valve puts in plenty of ongoing maintenance work, we think it's a smart mov.....»»