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Add the June 2024 report

Merged Ribbon requested to merge june-report into master
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ The pread() and pwrite() system calls were implemented on relibc.
4lDO2 updated the bootstrap and initfs to use the new scheme interface through the `redox-scheme` library.
He also improved the scheme protocol to remove the need for ugly workarounds.
## User-Space Debugging From GDB
Thanks to bjorn3 the GNU Debugger can read the Redox user-space now (where most of the system components run).
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ Ribbon added an ABI separation on the LLVM recipe, it protect programs with a de
He also fixed many recipe scripts, many Rust programs built successfully for the first time!
Many Rust libraries were fixed with the recent changes on Redox, Ribbon is checking the TODOs of each program.
## Build System Improvements
The grnmeira contributor discovered that our "server-minimal" variant lacked network support and created confusion about the name.
@@ -103,7 +107,17 @@ Ribbon improved the [binary packages explanation](https://doc.redox-os.org/book/
Ribbon improved our FAQ as always, he improved some benefits of Redox and the image variants information.
He also updated the FAQ to report that we support USB HID devices.
He also updated the FAQ to report that we support USB HID devices, improved the Community page to recommend Fractal instead of Nheko as a Matrix client alternative for Element, because it's written in Rust, better maintained and has advanced features.
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