Add the July 2024 report

content/news/this-month-240731.md

@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ He is also improving the Apache HTTP Server port.
 
 ## Self-Hosting Update
 
-We finally successfully built C and C++ Hello World programs!
+We finally successfully built Rust, C and C++ Hello World programs!
+
+4lDO2 also fixed Cargo and built a Hello World program from it.
 
 It's a first step to test the compilation of more complex programs.
 
@@ -45,6 +47,12 @@ It's a first step to test the compilation of more complex programs.
 - Andrey Turkin improved the ARM64 code on the kernel.
 - Andrey Turkin fixed the debug code of the kernel.
 
+## UEFI Improvements
+
+bjorn3 fixed a violation of the UEFI specification (calling runtime services with interrupts enabled) and added workarounds for buggy firmware.
+
+These changes will allow more computers to boot Redox.
+
 ## Userspace Improvements
 
 - bjorn3 updated most system daemons to use the new scheme format.
@@ -69,12 +77,17 @@ It's a first step to test the compilation of more complex programs.
 
 wget is finally working thanks to 4lDO2 and Ribbon!
 
+- 4lDO2 fixed most bugs on the COSMIC programs
 - Ron Williams fixed the Helix text editor.
 - bjorn3 converted the Orbital recipes to TOML, fixing the "desktop-minimal" variant.
 - Ribbon converted more recipes to TOML to remove obsolete and broken code from our package system.
 
 More exciting Rust programs were packaged as usual.
 
+## Orbital Improvements
+
+Ribbon configured Orbital to launch the FFMPEG media player (ffplay) when video and audio files are opened from graphical programs.
+
 ## Build System Improvements
 
 - bjorn3 updated the system configuration on the filesystem configuration to use the new scheme format.