Category: Open Source

unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 16.0.01 Released

Posted on by Michael G

10 September 2024

Unifont 16.0.01 is now available.  This is a major release.

From the NEWS file:

  * Updates to synchronize Unifont with Unicode 16.0.0 release.

  * Many new upper-plane Chinese ideographs added.

  * New “make” build dependency on ImageMagick’s “convert” program

    to build thumbnail images of the Unicode plane bitmaps.

  * unifont-combining-$(VERSION).txt is now included in the

    distribution set to provide spacing information on all

    combining characters.

  * Many other minor updates; see ChangeLog for details.

Download this release from GNU server mirrors at:

     https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/

or if that fails,

     https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/

or, as a last resort,

     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/

These files are also available on the unifoundry.com website:

     https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/

Font files are in the subdirectory

     https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/font-builds/

A more detailed description of font changes is available at

      https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

and of utility program changes at

      https://unifoundry.com/unifont/unifont-utilities.html

Enjoy!

Paul Hardy

Mozilla extends Firefox support on unsupported Windows versions to March 2025

Posted on by Michael G
Not too long ago, Mozilla announced it was going to extend its support for Windows 7, and was mulling over extending support for Windows 8.x as well, without providing any time frames or details. Well, we’ve got the details now. According to the Firefox Release Calendar website, Firefox 115 ESR, the latest Firefox version with support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, will continue receiving updates until April 1, 2025. Firefox 115.21 ESR is expected on March 4, 2024, which means users with old Windows versions have at least seven more months of support from Firefox. ↫ Taras Buria at Neowin The same extension to March 2025 for Firefox 115 ESR also covers macOS 10.12-10.14. The reasoning behind the extension is simple: there’s still enough users on these older operating system version for Mozilla to dedicate resources to it, despite how difficult backporting security fixes to 115 ESR has become. Firefox is pretty much the only mainstream browser still supporting Windows 7 and 8, and that’s definitely commendable.

Apple iPhone 16: Brexit boost for UK users as Apple Intelligence to be available in UK – but not EU

Posted on by Michael G

Video by via Dailymotion Source Apple’s new artificial intelligence systems will be available to UK consumers but not their counterparts in the European Union, an expert has highlighted as details of the new iPhone 16 were revealed.Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the artificial intelligence tools powering the tech giant’s new iPhone 16 range will have a…