NetBSD 11.0 released

NetBSD, the operating system specifically designed to run on anything from a supercomputer to a toothpick, just released version 11.0. There's a ton of changes and improvements here, such as a brand new port to RISC-V, which supports a number of the more popular RISC-V SoCs (sadly, not the one I have just yet). NetBSD 11.0 also adds initial support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform, a

https://www.osnews.com/story/145663/netbsd-11-0-released/

#NetBSD

Regressive JPEGs

One of the cool features of JPEG files is that there's the option to save low frequency components first. This means that a partially downloaded image will be displayed at low resolution instead of being cut off.
↫ maurycyz.com

Oh I know where this is going...

Doing this, I can get Chrome to render around 90 frames before giving up. Other browsers like Firefox have more patience, but a 90 s

https://www.osnews.com/story/145568/regressive-jpegs/

#MultimediaAV

Haiku enables AVX512 support

We're a little deep into June already, but it's only now that Haiku published its monthly progress report for May. There's a bunch of fixes for drag-and-drop behaviour in Tracker, AVX512 support can now be enabled thanks to changes to the kernel’s FPU handling, some low-level changes were made for the Rust and Zig compilers, and further improvements were made to the boot process o

https://www.osnews.com/story/145306/haiku-enables-avx512-support/

#Haiku

Tribblix Milestone 40 for x86 released

Tribblix, the Illumos distribution focused on giving you a classic UNIX-style experience, has been updated with the release of Milestone 40.

This version has some major component updates. Perl in now 5.42 instead of 5.34, and the default Python is now 3.13. The GCC suite is now version 14.2.0, go is version 1.26, Xfce has been updated to version 4.18, nod

https://www.osnews.com/story/145304/tribblix-milestone-40-for-x86-released/

#Solaris

“Your EPUB is fine. Kobo disagrees. Blame Adobe.”

An infuriating story about something most of us don't really stop to think about: e-books and the rendering engines companies and software use to display them.

It’s the year 2026. Thanks to the horrendous [Adobe] RMSDK which Kobo decided to use as their backbone for all book rendering (probably for DRM reasons), a single li

https://www.osnews.com/story/145302/your-epub-is-fine-kobo-disagrees-blame-adobe/

#GeneralDevelopment

Running DOS on the Behringer DDX3216 with a DIY BIOS from scratch

In 1994 I got my first computer: an Intel i486 DX2-66 with 4 MB RAM and a 512MB harddisk. The software was IBMs OS/2 and Microsofts Windows 3.11. In the next four years I was upgrading this machine every few months with more RAM (up to 16MB), a CD-ROM-drive and a soundblaster card. So I learned upgradin

https://www.osnews.com/story/145297/running-dos-on-the-behringer-ddx3216-with-a-diy-bios-from-scratch/

#LegacyOSes

MacOS 27 drops Intel support, will be last release with Rosetta 2

With the announcement of an upcoming new macOS release also come the usual changes in which Macs will still be supported. MacOS 27 Golden Gate is an important release in this regard, as it will be the first release of Apple's desktop operating system that will be entirely ARM-only, dropping support for all In

https://www.osnews.com/story/145279/macos-27-drops-intel-support-will-be-last-release-with-rosetta-2/

#macOS

Once again, Apple blatantly lies about the EU’s DMA

Apple recently announced its next crack at integrating "AI" into its operating systems, this time opting to simply whitelabel Google's Gemini "AI" tools instead of developing its own LLM technology. Called "Siri AI", Apple also stated it's not coming to the EU, and the company stated that's because the EU's basic consumer protection le

https://www.osnews.com/story/145275/once-again-apple-blatantly-lies-about-the-eus-dma/

#Apple

Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow

For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo h

https://www.osnews.com/story/145273/google-chrome-is-killing-all-ublock-origin-bypasses-microsoft-edge-opera-to-follow/

#Internet

A raycasting first-person shooter written in COBOL

On a related note, what about a raycasting first-person shooter written in... COBOL?

Can you think of a better programming language than COBOL to implement an FPS from scratch? I know I can't, so buckle up and enjoy what can only be described as an out-of-body experience for COBOL enthusiasts as I set out to make a Wolfenstein3D-like

https://www.osnews.com/story/145271/a-raycasting-first-person-shooter-written-in-cobol/

#Games

Microsoft makes Windows printing easier with Windows Ready Print

Microsoft has detailed that Windows 11 is going to switch away from dedicated printer drivers to its Windows Ready Print system. This should make it a lot easier and less cumbersome to get printers running on Windows 11.

At the core of Windows Ready Print is a transition away from legacy, third party dri

https://www.osnews.com/story/145266/microsoft-makes-windows-printing-easier-with-windows-ready-print/

#Windows

x86CSS: a working CSS-only x86 CPU/emulator/computer

x86CSS is a working CSS-only x86 CPU/emulator/computer. Yes, the Cascading Style Sheets CSS. No JavaScript required.

What you're seeing above is a C program that was compiled using GCC into native 8086 machine code being executed fully within CSS.
↫ Lyra Rebane

Hand-written CSS, no JavaScript, and effectively no HTM

https://www.osnews.com/story/145224/x86css-a-working-css-only-x86-cpu-emulator-computer/

#GeneralDevelopment