Using COBOL As A Shader Language
Yep, what's in the title apparently can be done.
COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language, and is an extremely verbose language designed purposely to be understandable to managers. Everything in COBOL reads like it does, which makes it hard to work with. A fair portion of the financial world still runs on COBOL, in some ca
https://setsideb.com/using-cobol-as-a-shader-language/
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(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
Rust 1.94 introduces array windows, Cargo config inclusion, and TOML 1.1 support in Cargo:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/rust-1-94-introduces-array-windows-cargo-config-inclusion-annd-toml-1-1-support-in-cargo/
DBeaver 26.0: AI filter settings, bug fixes & Salesforce currency support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/dbeaver-26-0-ai-filter-settings-bug-fixes-and-salesforce-currency-support/
FosseryWeb progress report:
All Java cheatsheet pages are now generated using the new page-builders tool, to make the code more consistent, and also to test the tool, discover bugs, edge cases. HTML, CSS and JavaScript cheatsheets will also be regenerated, although the CSS ones have a bit more "unique" elements like images, figures consisting of HTML and CSS code, etc., will see if I can make those be generated with the tool, or if they will still require manual work.
https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/java/
https://fosseryweb-min.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/java/
Vulkan 1.4.345 Released With New ARM Shader Instrumentation Extension:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.345-Released
libavif 1.4 Released For Advancing AVIF Image Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/libavif-1.4-Released
/e/OS 3.5 released with LineageOS 22.2 base, WebAssembly support, and FairPhone 6 upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/-e-os-3-5-released-with-lineageos-22-2-base-webassembly-support-and-fairphone-6-upgrades/
3mdeb Making Progress On AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard Port With Coreboot + openSIL:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/3mdeb-Ryzen-MSI-Port-Progress
GNU Hurd On Guix Is Ready With 64-bit Support, SMP Multi-Processor Support "Soon":
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Hurd-64-bit-2026
Haiku OS Pulls In WiFi Driver Updates From OpenBSD, Other Improvements In February:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-February-2026
FreeBSD 15.1 On Track With Better Realtek WiFi & KDE Desktop Install Option:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1-Realtek-KDE-Wins
NetBSD 11.0-RC2 Released For Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0-RC2-Released
MidnightBSD blocks downloads from California due to the Californian age verification law:
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/midnightbsd/status/2027101491211718765
Redox OS Gets Vulkan & Node.js Working On This Rust-Based Open-Source OS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-February
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