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technology2 days ago

Solo Developer Uses AI to Release Free, Open-Source Rust Alternatives to Adobe Creative Suite

Software engineer Brandon Thomas has released ArtCraft, a suite of free, open-source applications built in Rust using Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 AI. The project includes 'clean-room' reimplementations of Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat, After Effects, and InDesign. While the apps are currently in alpha and available for Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD, they aim to provide a subscription-free alternative to Adobe's Creative Cloud. The release has sparked debate over legal implications, software stability, and the potential of AI to disrupt the subscription-based software model.

via Phoronix|
#adobe#ai#artcraft
AI-Powered ArtCraft Launches Free, Open-Source Adobe Rivals in Rust
technology3 days ago

AI-Powered ArtCraft Launches Free, Open-Source Adobe Rivals in Rust

Software engineer Brandon Thomas has launched ArtCraft, a suite of seven free, open-source applications designed to replicate Adobe’s Creative Cloud tools. Built using Anthropic’s Opus 5.5 AI and written in Rust, the apps include PhotoCraft, FilmCraft, and LightCraft. While currently in alpha, the project aims for full feature parity with Adobe’s software within months, challenging the dominance of subscription-based creative tools.

via Ars Technica|
#adobe#ai-development#artcraft
ArtCraft Launches Free, Open-Source Adobe Alternatives Built with AI
technology3 days ago

ArtCraft Launches Free, Open-Source Adobe Alternatives Built with AI

Software engineer Brandon Thomas has released ArtCraft, a suite of seven free, open-source applications designed to replicate Adobe’s Creative Cloud tools. Built using Anthropic’s Opus 5.5 AI and written in Rust, the apps include PhotoCraft, FilmCraft, and LightCraft. While currently in alpha, the project aims for full feature parity with Adobe’s software within months, challenging the dominance of subscription-based creative tools.

via PetaPixel|
#adobe#ai-development#artcraft
Rust and resilience: Lincoln shows wear after marathon deployment
world1 month ago

Rust and resilience: Lincoln shows wear after marathon deployment

The USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand after a marathon 286-day deployment at sea, and observers noted rust along the hull. Navy experts say surface rust on vessels spent long periods at sea is common, with about 30 days of dockside work typically needed to address it and prevent larger damage, though some upper-wulder areas can be treated underway. The voyage, which included combat operations in the Middle East and morale/supply strain reports, has also seen at least one crew member go overboard, reflecting broader challenges of extended deployments. Overall, the rust is seen as an expected consequence of the Lincoln’s lengthy at-sea duties rather than an immediate threat to its operation.

via CNN|
#deployment#maintenance#navy
Cloudflare frees 100TB of RAM by reengineering its DNS cache in Rust
technology1 month ago

Cloudflare frees 100TB of RAM by reengineering its DNS cache in Rust

Cloudflare cut the 1.1.1.1 DNS cache’s memory footprint by more than half—about 100TB across its network—without new hardware by reworking Big Pineapple in Rust. Changes shrank each cache entry from 953 to 420 bytes, replaced growable data structures with fixed-size slices, and stored responses as a single buffer with two-byte offsets and length-prefixed wire-format data. Throughput rose from 625k to 893k inserts/sec, lookups halved latency (828ns to 670ns), and p99 memory per instance fell from 9.3GB to 5.3GB. With over 250 billion DNS entries cached, the savings free RAM for larger caches, boosting hit rates and reducing traffic to authoritative servers; the effort follows a prior Rust rewrite of Cloudflare’s FL2 layer.

via TechSpot|
#caching#cloudflare#dns
technology2 months ago

CachyOS August 2026 Refresh Sets Stage for Server Edition With Rust Rewrites and Installer Improvements

CachyOS’s August 2026 media refresh focuses on desktop improvements and advances toward a forthcoming Server Edition, including substantial CLI installer updates, desktop tooling refinements, and backend rewrites (kernel-manager chwd and update tray) in Rust, plus Shelly GUI package manager moving from C# to Zig, bug fixes, and wiki updates; downloads and details are available at CachyOS.org.

via Phoronix|
#cachyos#installer#linux
technology3 months ago

Git 2.55 Enables Rust by Default, Adds History Fixup and Repacking Enhancements

Git 2.55 ships with Rust support enabled by default (opt-out via NO_RUST), while keeping Rust tooling optional. It also adds the git history fixup for applying changes to older staged commits and improves repacking with incremental multi-pack indexes; the history sub-command remains experimental. Full release notes and a GitHub blog overview provide more details.

via Phoronix|
#git#history-fixup#rust
Rusty X11 Rival: yserver Aims to Replace Xorg with a Leaner Rust Display Server
technology3 months ago

Rusty X11 Rival: yserver Aims to Replace Xorg with a Leaner Rust Display Server

yserver is a Rust-written display server that positions itself as a leaner alternative to Xorg. It uses Vulkan and targets relatively modern hardware, and on Linux it can run full desktops (e.g., MATE, Cinnamon, XFCE) via DRM/KMS and can be used with Xwayland or Xorg; however, it cannot launch multiple screens yet, so multi-monitor support is incomplete and it isn’t a full Xorg replacement. FreeBSD is a secondary target per docs. It has been tested with the X.Org X Test Suite, scoring 66.2%, suggesting early-stage viability and introducing competition in the ongoing Wayland/X11 landscape.

via Hackaday|
#display-server#rust#technology
technology5 months ago

Kconfirm Targets Linux Kernel's Kconfig Woes With Rust-Powered Cleanup Tool

A new Rust-based tool named Kconfirm is being developed to detect misuses and issues in the Linux kernel's Kconfig configuration system, including dead code, constant conditions, and invalid ranges, as well as dead links in help text. It has already helped surface problems like hundreds of duplicate dependencies in Linux 7.0, and, as of 7.1-rc2, raises alarms under its default checks (489 or 1,789 with extra checks) while patches for mainline consideration (RFC v2) are circulating on the Linux kernel mailing list.

via Phoronix|
#kconfig#kernel#linux
Civil Case Over Rust Shooting Advances Toward Trial
entertainment5 months ago

Civil Case Over Rust Shooting Advances Toward Trial

A Los Angeles judge allowed Serge Svetnoy’s civil case against Alec Baldwin and the Rust production company to proceed toward trial, finding negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims viable after Baldwin’s criminal case was dismissed in 2024; Svetnoy, who was near Halyna Hutchins when she was fatally shot, accuses the set of violating firearm-safety protocols, while Baldwin says he did not pull the trigger and had no duty to personally verify the gun’s contents; the trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 12 and involves other Rust personnel and the production company.

via The New York Times|
#alec-baldwin#civil-lawsuit#entertainment