Why the C programming language still rules
The C programming language has been alive and kicking since 1972, and it still reigns as one of the essential building blocks of our software-studded world. But what about the dozens of newer languages that have emerged over the last few decades? Some...
Intro to Ktor: The HTTP server for Kotlin
Kotlin is a modern general-purpose language that brings together object-oriented and functional programming power in a sleek syntax. Ktor is the official HTTP server for Kotlin, leveraging Kotlin’s expressiveness for building endpoints and other ser...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - December 2024
Tumbleweed continues to exemplify a solid rolling release and December 2024 wraps up a year of several snapshots and large array of updates! KDE Gear 24.12 improves app usability, SQLite introduces innovative query features and snapshots brought critic...
KDE Plasma 6.3 To Offer Better Night Light Mode On HDR Displays
KDE KWin developer Xaver Hugl is out with a new blog post on his quest of providing optimal High Dynamic Range (HDR) display experience with the KDE desktop. The latest focus by Xaver has been on fixing the "night light" mode support under KDE Plasma o...
Open3D v0.19 Brings Cross-Platform GPU Support Via SYCL
Open3D v0.19 is out as the newest feature release to this open-source library for 3D data processing in C++ and Python. Open3D provides various 3D data structures, processing algorithms, 3D visualizations, physically based GPU rendering, and machine le...
Gleam 1.7 brings faster record updates
Gleam 1.7 has arrived with faster record updates and a dynamic coder for a custom type. Overall, the latest version of Gleam touts performance and package publishing improvements. This latest update to Gleam was announced January 5 and is accessible ...
Almost nothing remains of Software AG
Software AG (now legally known as Software GmbH) has sold its Alfabet and Cumulocity divisions, following on from the recent sales of webMethods, StreamSets and TrendMiner. Its remaining divisions, the mainframe business around Adabas & Natural (A&N) ...
Cross-Vendor Mesh Shading Being Worked On For OpenGL
While it's very rare in recent times for a new OpenGL extension -- especially one that is exciting -- given the continued great adoption of the modern Vulkan API, in 2025 we are looking at an interesting addition to OpenGL with cross-vendor mesh shadin...
