Running .NET 10.0 on FreeBSD 15.0 Our projects have always been designed with cross-platform support in mind, with C# being the primary chosen language because our flagship project, Nitrocid, was released in 2018. Currently, we are using the modern .NET 10.0 framework released last year to power our projects, but our most recent project, which is Aptivi Development Toolkit (ADT), used Python for its purpose.

We have tested .NET 10.0 on FreeBSD 15.0, and it worked! 🎉

#dotnet #csharp #programming #FreeBSD #BSD #TechNews #TechUpdates #experiments

Launchpad projects for our projects have been removed Following the silent deprecation of our usage of Launchpad Projects to manage our projects and their announcements back in 2023 when we released the first beta version of Nitrocid 0.1.0, we have to take a hard decision. Prior to the release of Nitrocid 0.1.0 Beta 1, project release announcements used to be published in Launchpad project announcement board for every version released.

Launchpad projects for our projects have been removed, following the Bazaar shutdown.

#Launchpad #Bazaar #Ubuntu #TechNews #TechUpdates #Aptivi #csharp #programming #dotnet #Nitrocid

Colorimetry and Calendrier demos are now available! When we started 2026, we've introduced two new libraries that are built for the .NET ecosystem, such as C# projects that work in various contexts. While Colorimetry was introduced to provide more applications, such as web and mobile applications, an ability to utilize Terminaux's method of processing colors, Calendrier was introduced to provide a wrapper for some of the most common calendars.

Colorimetry and Calendrier demonstrations are now available! 🎉

#Colorimetry #Calendrier #Colors #Aptivi #TechNews #TechUpdates #csharp #programming #dotnet #Website #Demo #Demos

Samsung updates the list of supported devices in April 2026 SMR! Samsung has re-evaluated the supported devices list as of this month as of today, and you can see the updated list in full here. We have run a comparison of supported models, and the results are now in: The following devices have been added to the list: Monthly security patches Galaxy A57 5G Quarterly security patches Galaxy A37 5G…

Samsung updates the list of supported devices for the April 2026 SMR!

#Samsung #Galaxy #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates #GalaxyA57 #GalaxyA37 #GalaxyM23 #GalaxyA53

Aptivi branding wallpapers now available for ultra-wide monitors! When we released the official Aptivi branding kit, we said that this was just the beginning of the new era, as the new branding described the "Prism of the Tech Future" more clearly than the previous iterations of our branding. The official wallpapers were made available within the branding kit in various screen formats. Today, we have released a new version of the Aptivi branding kit that includes the new aspect ratios for the official branding wallpapers!

Official Aptivi branding wallpapers are now available for ultra-wide monitors! 🎉

Aspect ratios: 12:5, 43:18, and 64:27

#Aptivi #Branding #Wallpapers #TechNews #TechUpdates #UltraWide #Monitors

Samsung will add Galaxy S26’s features to the Galaxy S25 with One UI 8.5! When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 on February 25th's Galaxy Unpacked 2026 event, they revealed all the innovations that were made, especially when it comes to new Galaxy AI features. Call screening uses artificial intelligence (AI) to filter unwanted calls and to manage them, and is currently available on the Galaxy S26 series. Initially, Samsung made call screening and other features that were introduced with the Galaxy S26 exclusive to this year's flagship device series, which caused community outrage.

Samsung releases an announcement clarifying about Galaxy S26's AI features on the Galaxy S25 with One UI 8.5!

#Samsung #Galaxy #OneUI8_5 #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates #GalaxyS25 #GalaxyS26

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon increases its system requirements As we are heading towards the imminent final release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon, which is going to mark 20 years of Ubuntu LTS releases with the eleventh LTS release since 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake, Canonical has recently updated the system requirements for this version of Ubuntu in the operating system's website. This system requirements update is going to disappoint some people, especially when they're using old computers, as some of those requirements to be able to run Ubuntu have been increased.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon's system requirements have changed!

#Ubuntu #Linux #UbuntuLinux #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

Arch Linux now uses the “nft” backend for iptables! iptables is a utility program for Linux that provides you a method to configure filtering rules for IP protocol, configured as different Netfilter modules. It works as a firewall to implement a different set of rules that change how the packets are treated. Arch Linux used to provide two packages for this utility, which included: iptables-nft: This package contains the…

Arch Linux now uses the "nft" backend instead of the legacy one for the iptables firewall solution!

#iptables #firewall #ArchLinux #Linux #Arch #TechNews #TechUpdates

Linux 7.0 RC7 released! Linux 7.0 RC7 is now live for developers and curious users to try out. All the interesting changes from performance improvements to bug fixes have been integrated to this release candidate. The below announcement confirms that the final version of Linux 7.0 will be released next week, which will be a big milestone in the history of Linux. Rolling distributions, such as Arch Linux, should be able to utilize Linux 7.0 first as soon as it gets released.

Linux 7.0 RC7 is now available!

There's no RC8 next week.

🎉 Expect the official release next week! 🎉

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

Going back in time: How Terminaux was born Terminaux is a console tools library that allows you to write colorful text to the console, manipulate with the terminal, and make your console applications more powerful. With awesome features that this library provides, you can create an interactive textual user interface (TUI) application using .NET as the framework, and is the first C# console library that supports mouse events!

How Terminaux was born? Let's go back in time with a short timeline.

#Terminaux #csharp #programming #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #Aptivi

Linux Weekly Releases (Week 14 – 4/4/2026) Every week, new Linux versions that are under a supported version series get released to incorporate bug fixes and other general improvements that are pushed to the servicing branches. This ensures that your Linux user experience gets better when latest versions fix some of the bugs. This week, the below Linux kernel versions are released:

Linux Kernel releases as of Week 14, April 4th, 2026.

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

BassBoom is now available via WinGet! Starting from today, BassBoom, which is a cross-platform MPEG music player written in C# with libmpg123 as the backend library, is now available via WinGet! This was done as part of our package efforts to make installation easier for our users. Previously, BassBoom was made available in the official Ubuntu PPA, the Windows Installer format, the Arch Linux PKGBUILD format, in Chocolatey package format, and in NuGet package format.

You can now install BassBoom via WinGet! 🎉

#BassBoom #Music #MusicPlayer #MP3 #csharp #programming #dotnet #TechNews #TechUpdates

One UI 8.5 stable release will not happen on April One UI 8.5 Beta first appeared for the Galaxy S25 series on December 8th, 2025, which allowed users to try out this version of One UI 8.5 in its earliest form. Since then, eight beta versions of One UI 8.5 have been released for the Galaxy S25, while other devices like the Galaxy S24 have received their first One UI 8.5 beta update.

The stable release of One UI 8.5 will not happen this month, but in next month.

#Samsung #Galaxy #OneUI8_5 #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates #GalaxyS23 #GalaxyS25

Aptivi Blog nominated for “The Sunshine Blogger Award” Our official Aptivi blog has been selected for "The Sunshine Blogger Award", which is the community award that selects bloggers as the nominees who bring positivity! To learn more, here's the Newsroom article: Learn more Here's the message from the operator exclusive to this blog: I would like to thank Victoria Kenanda for nominating me as one of the nominees for "The Sunshine Blogger Award"!

Aptivi Blog has been nominated for "The Sunshine Blogger Award"! 🎉

#Aptivi #Blogging #Website #TechNews #TechUpdates #SunshineBloggerAward #TSBA #SBA #WordPress

How Nitrocid solves problems related to threading? Aptivi Newsroom has just published an article explaining how Nitrocid solves problems related to threading when it comes to managing threads. This includes stopping and restarting the same thread without creating a new class instance of the thread by abstracting this procedure away from end developers. When Nitrocid's kernel thread management system was first introduced, it was made as a solution to a common issue that talked about restarting the same thread without a new instance of the thread class.

How Nitrocid KS manages threads? And how does it abstract thread regeneration process once a thread stops?

#Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #Aptivi

UNIX Fourth Edition on SIMH v3.12-5 UNIX v4 was officially released for the DEC PDP-11/45 computers on November 1973, when those computers were the only computers eligible for this version of UNIX. Since then, it was thought to be lost until November 7th when the tape has been rediscovered. Apparently, this tape was sitting somewhere in one of the storage rooms in the University of Utah.

We have tested UNIX Fourth Edition with SIMH v3.12-5, and it worked!

#UNIX #UnixFourthEdition #Retrocomputing #DEC #PDP11 #PDP #TechNews #TechUpdates #Computers

Google Play System Update (March 2026) rolls out for Samsung devices Google Play System Update was a feature that was introduced for devices that ship with Android 10 or newer. It's mandatory for device manufacturers that plan to release their devices with Android 10 to support Google Play System Updates. As a result, non-Google devices, such as Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets released with Android 10 (One UI 2.1), can receive such updates, too.

Google Play System Update of March 2026 is now available for Samsung devices!

#Samsung #Galaxy #Google #GooglePlay #GPSU #GooglePlaySystemUpdate #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates

Samsung Quick Share update contains the One UI 8.5 design An update to Samsung Quick Share was released to hold version 13.8.51.58 for the main application. Alongside that, two separate Quick Share components, Quick Share Agent and Quick Share Connectivity, were updated to versions 3.5.22.24 and 1.5.13.15, respectively. This update was said to expand AirDrop support for some of the older Galaxy devices, but it's either not working properly yet or not present in the settings.

Quick Share has been updated to maintain One UI 8.5's aesthetics!

#QuickShare #Samsung #Galaxy #OneUI8_5 #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates #GalaxyS26

Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake (Alpha 6) on 86Box with Socket 370 [1998] We're now back with the sixth alpha of Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake, which was released on June 2006! Two months shy of the 20th anniversary of the first Ubuntu LTS release, we are very excited for this experiment on 86Box. Our focus in this article is testing Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake on an 86Box emulated machine with a Socket 370 motherboard.

We have tested Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake (Alpha 6) on 86Box with Socket 370 [1998]!

#Ubuntu #Linux #UbuntuLinux #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #DapperDrake #DapperDrakeAlpha6 #Alpha #Alpha6

Getting ready for the second quarter of 2026! We have finished the first quarter of 2026, which was full of excitement and anticipation, because a huge milestone happened on February 12th when we had finalized our new design and released several versions of Nitrocid, which were all big! As we have moved on to focus on the future in the first quarter, we are now getting ready for the second quarter.

Are you ready for the second quarter of 2026?

One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Z Fold/Flip6 is now open! One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features, design improvements, and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip6 in the following countries: Korea United States of America United Kingdom India This gives us a hint that the Beta Program is now open.

One UI 8.5 Beta Program for Galaxy Z Fold/Flip6 is now open!

#Samsung #Galaxy #OneUI8_5 #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates #GalaxyZFold6 #GalaxyZFlip6

Linux 7.0 RC6 released! Linux 7.0 RC6 is now live for developers and curious users to try out. All the interesting changes from performance improvements to bug fixes have been integrated to this release candidate. The official announcement from the kernel mailing list says: It turns out that rc5 finally starting to calm things down this release cycle was a mirage - with rc6 we're back to many more fixes than are normal for this time in the release.

Linux 7.0 RC6 is now available!

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

Aptivi releases the Newsroom! We are working on improving our projects and how we announce their releases. This is to ensure that we keep the high bar for the quality and the stability. As we are focusing on those improvements, such as Terminaux and Nitrocid, we are hereby announcing a completely new place for announcements and other articles that are related to Aptivi and its updates, including release announcements and press releases.

Aptivi Newsroom is available as of today!

#Aptivi #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #BassBoom #Terminaux #Hugo #Website #Blogging #Newsroom

Overview of Damn Small Linux 2024 RC7 If you remember what Damn Small Linux is, this Linux distribution used to be a distro that provided 50 MB discs that contained the Linux live system with the minimal window manager. Now, a modern version of Damn Small Linux no longer focused on being a business card size Linux distribution, but it focused on being minimal at the same time.

We've installed Damn Small Linux 2024 RC7 on VMware!

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #DamnSmallLinux #DSL2024 #DamnSmallLinux2024 #VMware

Linux Weekly Releases (Week 13 – 3/28/2026) Every week, new Linux versions that are under a supported version series get released to incorporate bug fixes and other general improvements that are pushed to the servicing branches. This ensures that your Linux user experience gets better when latest versions fix some of the bugs. This week, the below Linux kernel versions are released:

Linux Kernel releases as of Week 13, March 28th, 2026.

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

Damn Small Linux 4.4.9 on 86Box with Socket 370 [1998] We have earlier showcased how Damn Small Linux 2024 RC7 works on a VMware virtual machine, and it was different from the classic DSL Linux distribution, which focused on being a small distribution that has the size of 50 MB. Unlike the classic Damn Small Linux, which can fit on a business card sized CD-ROM, the modern version doesn't fit on a mini CD because it has a size of 718 MB.

Damn Small Linux 4.4.9 on 86Box with Socket 370 [1998]

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #Retrocomputing #DamnSmallLinux #DSLLinux

Overview of Vitruvian OS 0.3 on QEMU As we have posted earlier about the team behind Vitruvian OS announcing version 0.3 to the public for the first time, this project is not yet another Linux distribution. It's a Linux-based operating system with BeOS components on top, with the Nexus module to allow BeOS applications to run on top of Linux for maximum compatibility. If you have been our long time reader, you might have noticed that we've tested…

We ran VitruvianOS 0.3 on QEMU!

#Vitruvian #VitruvianOS #Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #QEMU #BeOS #Haiku #HaikuOS

Embracing stability and security of our projects Our projects always show their high quality and stability, because they're battle tested with different conditions under consideration. Our applications currently use our libraries as part of their dependencies to ensure that this is possible. With that in mind, we are introducing a layer of stability and performance to our projects, which is a big plus. However, we think that improvements are needed to ensure that we embrace them, along with security, without compromising their quality overall.

Stability and security of our projects will witness quality-of-life changes!

#Aptivi #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #Terminaux #BassBoom

Galaxy Buds4 series sales skyrocketed! Samsung has recently released the Galaxy Buds4 series (the base and the Pro variants) with the Galaxy S26 series in this year's Galaxy Unpacked event, which provides you with ultra high quality audio, deeper bass, and richer treble. With support for head gestures, active noise cancellation, and 24-bit / 96 kHz audio, your listening experience just got a lot better, especially when listening to hi-fi audio.

A huge milestone for the Galaxy Buds4 series has come!

🎉 Over 100,000 units sold in Korea! 🎉

It's selling well!

#Samsung #Galaxy #TeamGalaxy #GalaxyAI #TeamSamsung #TechNews #TechUpdates #GalaxyBuds4 #GalaxyBuds4Pro

Windows 11 March 2026 preview patch is out! Microsoft have recently released this month's preview patch for Windows 11 computers and laptops, and they usually contain new features that the normal patches will include. These new features, along with many improvements and bug fixes, will enhance your user experience by making some of the features easier to use. The official changelogs for this preview patch is: New! 1 Narrator provides rich image descriptions on Copilot+ PCs and now works with Copilot on…

Windows 11 March 2026 preview patch now available!

#Windows #Microsoft #TechNews #TechUpdates #MicrosoftWindows #Windows11 #Computers #Laptops