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OpenELA Marks Major Milestones in Governance and Code Availability

Press Release: https://openela.org/news/2023.11.02-governance_and_code_availability/ You can read more about it: – https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/03/openela_enterprise_linux_source/ – https://www.zdnet.com/article/ciq-oracle-and-suse-unite-behind-openela-to-take-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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OpenBSD v7.4 Released

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v7.4. https://www.openbsd.org/74.html The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 23.10 Released

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v23.10. https://releases.ubuntu.com/23.10/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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New Raspberry Pi 5 Announced

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced a new Raspberry Pi 5. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/ Specifications: 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2 Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® display output 4Kp60 HEVC decoder Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi® Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) High-speed microSD card interface with SDR104 mode support 2 […]

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OpenBSD v7.3 Released

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v7.3. https://www.openbsd.org/73.html The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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EBCDIC Code Pages and Square Brackets

Back in the previous millennium, I created a set of simple routines for handling initialization files (section & parameters) that worked all platforms. i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix, IBM i (OS/400) and z/OS (mainframe). And over the years, the routines have worked well on any platform I tested them on. i.e. Sample initialization file The problem […]

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OpenBSD v7.2 Released

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v7.2. https://www.openbsd.org/72.html The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 22.10 Released

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v22.10. https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.10/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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Java/PCF Program to Delete an IBM MQ Channel

A couple of days ago, I posted a Java/PCF program that would create a IBM MQ channel. So, if you require creating a channel via Java/PCF then you probably will need to delete a channel via Java/PCF. If you are used to deleting an IBM MQ channel using runmqsc command then the following simple Java/PCF […]

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FreeBSD v13.1 Released

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has just released FreeBSD v13.1. https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.1R/announce.html FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD’s code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive […]

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