Back during the Linux 6.18 merge window Linus Torvalds commented on "mindless and completely crazy Rust format checking" and that the RUst format checking "is all bass-ackwards garbage" with condensing multi-line import statements into single lines. Merged minutes ago to Linux Git ahead of tomorrow's Linux 6.18-rc2 are fixes to the Rust format checking and updated guidelines to address Torvalds' criticism...

"Windows 10 is officially dead," writes Slashdot user darwinmac, "and the vultures are circling. Or maybe they are liberators, depending on your point of view." Neowin reports: Of all the projects trying to poach Windows users, Zorin Group might be the most aggressive, launching its biggest OS upgrade, Zorin OS 18, on the very day Windows 10 died. In a recent post on X, Zorin Group celebrated the launch of version 18, claiming that it hit 100,000 downloads in "a little over 2 days". The company called it its "biggest launch ever" and claimed that over 72% of those downloads came from Windows... Zorin OS 18 now includes an updated version of WINE 10 for better support of Windows software. On top of that, there's also an expanded database that helps when it detects a Windows installer. The system checks the file and suggests the best way to run over 170 popular apps, whether that means installing a native Linux version, using the web-based alternative, or firing it up through WINE. The article also notes LibreOffice's creators have been presenting Linux as a secure and cost-effective alternative since June, and "We have also seen initiatives like The "End of 10" Campaign by KDE, making the case for Linux and providing guides and info on how to switch."

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Življenjska doba diskov se podaljšuje

• Matej Huš :: 18. okt 2025 ob 21:20
• Diski

Slo-Tech - Backblaze nas že 12 let marljivo zalaga s statistikami odpovedi diskov iz svojega ogromnega podatkovnega centra. To je že dovolj dolga doba, da je možno opaziti številne pojave, o katerih imamo večinoma teoretične modele. Med najbolj znane sodi U-krivulja odpovedi diskov, katere utemeljitev se zdi logična. Nekaj diskov zaradi defektov odpove takoj po izdelavi, preostali potem pridno meljejo, zato delež okvar upade, nato pa se ob izteku življenjske dobe spet poveča. A v praksi tega pojava ni več opaziti. Več na Slo-Techu.

Kljub prepovedi Nvidijini čipi brez težav prispejo na Kitajsko

• Matej Huš :: 18. okt 2025 ob 21:20
• Grafične kartice

Slo-Tech - Sveža fotografija, ki je zaokrožila po Redditu, je vnovič vzpodbudila razprave o učinkovitosti prepovedi izvoza najzmogljivejših grafičnih čipov na Kitajsko (in še kam). Na fotografiji je več polno naloženih palet z originalno zapakiranimi grafičnimi karticami MSI RTX 5090, ki so pred neko stavbo na Kitajskem. MSI ni zanikal avtentičnosti fotografije. Več na Slo-Techu.

Ameriške univerze ne podpisujejo dogovora o državnem nadzoru

• Matej Huš :: 18. okt 2025 ob 21:20
• Znanost in tehnologija

Slo-Tech - V ponedeljek se bo iztekel rok, ki ga je ameriška administracija postavila devetim prestižnim univerzam, da sprejmejo Dogovor o akademski odličnosti v visokem šolstvu, s katerim želi vlada pridobiti nadzor nad usmeritvami in delom univerz. V nasprotnem primeru so univerzam zagrozili z ukinitvijo zveznih sredstev za razvoj in raziskave, česar si univerze praktično ne morejo privoščiti. Štiri izmed deveterice so se že odzvale in zatrdile, da Dogovora ne bodo podpisale. Več na Slo-Techu.

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Mozilla has published today the final builds of the Firefox 144 open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on October 14th, 2025.

some FOSS leftovers

focus on GNU/Linux

Free software at the back end

Security links for today

a pair of OpenSUSE posts

GNOME news and updates

Development picks for today

mostly Fedora

Hardware leftovers

Some DB picks