Ubuntu 24.10 to Introduce User-Controlled Permissions Prompts
Ubuntu 24.10 will ship with a new security feature called permissions prompting to put users in full control of their Ubuntu machines. The post Ubuntu 24.10 to Introduce User-Controlled Permissions Prompts appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce...
AMD Submits Initial Zen 5 Enablement For LLVM/Clang Compiler
Early in the year we enjoyed seeing AMD Zen 5 "znver5" support upstreamed for the GCC 14 compiler in making it into that annual GNU Compiler Collection feature release. It was great seeing AMD Zen 5 support make it into this open-source compiler well a...
File handling in server-side JavaScript
Working with files on the server is a perennial need for developers. Server-side JavaScript platforms like Node, Deno, and Bun offer a flexible and fairly simple approach to doing things with files. This article shows you how to use the fs library t...
Python 3.13 RC2, with and without GIL
Python 3.13 RC2 is now available in Tumbleweed. This new version of the Python interpreter will be released in October 2024. There is a lot of changes and new features in 3.13, but we’re also bringing exiting experimental features in Tumbleweed. Expe...
System insights with command line tools: lsof and lsblk
In our ongoing series on Linux system insights, we have a look into essential command-line utilities that provide information about the system’s hardware and status. Following our previous discussions on lscpu, lsusb, dmidecode and lspci, we now ...
TypeScript 5.6 now generally available
TypeScript 5.6, the latest version of Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant, is now available as a production release. The update features capabilities that include disallowing nullish and truthy checks on syntax that never varies on nullish...