Brief: Linux may not have a decent market share in desktop, but it rules the supercomputers with 498 out of the top 500 supercomputers running on Linux. Linux is still running on more than 99% of the top 500 fastest ...
Last week computer giant IBM unveiled it’s own, bespoke typeface. The font is called IBM Plex. It’s designed by IBM designers, and will (say FastCoDesign) be “be used almost everywhere letters appear”, from software and websites, to press releases, visitor passes, and ...
Samsung wants to bring the full power of desktop Linux to its smartphones. The mobile giant has this week announced the ‘Linux on Galaxy’ project that, it says, will give smartphones the capability to “run Linux-based distributions on mobile devices”. So if you dream ...
SuperTuxKart is now available on Android & ChromeOS. The hugely popular open-source kart racing game is available on Linux, Windows and Mac, but this marks its official mobile debut. Its arrival on Android has been several years in the making. ...
A brand-new version of the Skype desktop app is now available The new Skype for desktop client is rolling out from today across macOS, Linux and (some versions of) Windows. ‘Beyond the gaudy colours and large typography there are useful new ...
The Napa.js runtime is in development to bring C++-like performance to Node.js Microsoft’s beta Napa.js runtime is offering multithreaded support for the Node.js server-side JavaScript platform, to provide the flexibility of JavaScript with speedy performance akin to C++’s. By introducing multithreading ...
Sparkle, the international services arm of TIM Group, and Malta’s GO plc, have upgraded the Italy-Malta bilateral cable and introduced 100GB transmission technology. The upgrade is in response to the growing demand for hosting and online gaming servers in Malta, ...
MySQL, the popular open-source database that’s a standard element in many web application stacks, has unveiled the first release candidate for version 8.0. Features to be rolled out in MySQL 8.0 include: First-class support for Unicode 9.0 out of the ...
OpenShift gets all the attention, but the Ansible configuration automation tool for devops shows how to moving to the future seem boring Ansible is the Rodney Dangerfield of Red Hat’s software portfolio: It, too, “don’t get no respect.” Despite the Ansible ...
A new version of Brackets, Adobe’s open-source code editor, is now available — and it’s a notable one for Linux users. ‘The Linux build is now at par with what you get on Mac and Windows’ Brackets 1.11 is said to ...
The Ubuntu desktop has seen very little change since Ubuntu 14.04 LTS was released two years ago. That’s about to change with today’s launch of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS—code-named “Xenial Xerus”—which brings big changes and welcome polish to the classic Unity 7 desktop. What’s ...
The KDE project continues work on the Plasma desktop, launching Plasma 5.6 on March 22, 2016. It’s coming soon to a Linux distribution near you, and you can get it now with personal package archives or try it using the ...
PCSX2 is a Playstation 2 emulator for PC. The compatibility rates for the emulator boast over 80% of all PS2 games as playable. If you own a reasonably powerful computer then PCSX2 is a great emulator. The application also provides ...
OpenToonz, the open source version of the Toonz animation software used by Studio Ghibli, was released to the public this weekend. If you want to get your hands on the software, OpenToonz can be officially downloaded at Github.io. The robust ...
Compared to other technology companies, Apple is known to lock down its code. However, last year the company decided to open source Swift, its rapidly growing iOS and OS X app development programming language. Going one step ahead, Apple has decided to bring ...