Low-Cost BeaglePlay SBC Gains Fully Upstream PowerVR Graphics with Vulkan 1.2
(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
Java 26 has been released with improved G1 garbage collector, HTTP/3 support, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/java-26-has-been-released-with-improved-g1-garbage-collector-http-3-support-and-more/
OpenJDK 26 Released With The Java Applet API Finally Removed:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenJDK-Java-26-Released
Kotlin 2.3.20 brings Gradle 9.3.0 support and name-based destructuring:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/kotlin-2-3-20-brings-gradle-9-3-0-support-and-name-based-destructuring/
Next.js 16.2 launches with faster rendering & startup, a redesigned error page, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/next-js-16-2-launches-with-faster-rendering-and-startup-a-redesigned-error-page-and-more/
Intel Ends Work On Open-Source kAFL-Fuzzer For Fuzzing VMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-kAFL-Fuzzer
Cambalache 1.0 Released After Five Years For Designing Modern GTK UIs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cambalache-1.0-GTK-UIs
CMake 4.3 Released With Package Import/Export Using The Common Package Specification:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CMake-4.3-Released
FFmpeg 8.1 adds new codec support, Vulkan improvements, EXIF metadata parsing, and more:
https://9to5linux.com/ffmpeg-8-1-hoare-multimedia-framework-brings-d3d12-h-264-av1-encoding
Imagination's Open-Source PowerVR Vulkan Driver Now Plays Nicely With Zink OpenGL::
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PowerVR-Vulkan-Does-Zink
The Linux Foundation secures $12.5 million to boost open source security:
https://betanews.com/article/the-linux-foundation-secures-12-5-million-to-boost-open-source-security/
(They should rather secure money for lobbying against the age verification laws, if they were truely for Linux, but of course they do nothing, because there are a bunch of big tech companies behind it...)
FosseryWeb progress report:
Started the regeneration of HTML cheathseets using page-builders, but didn't get far, because I had some other stuff to do, plus I have to deal with the age verification nonsense, work on a contingency plan in case things get too bad... I mean it's already too bad with Systemd laying the ground work...
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