Some users report that Microsoft has started sending notifications to computers running Windows 7, reminding them of the imminent end of support for this OS. Support will end on January 14, 2020, and users are expected to upgrade to Windows 10 by then. Apparently, the notification first appeared in the morning of April 18. Posts on […]
The Epic Games Store officially does not support Linux, but now users of the open OS can install its client and run almost all games in the library. Thanks to Lutris Gaming, the Epic Games Store client now works on Linux. It is fully functional and can run nearly all games with minimal issues. However, one of the largest projects on the Epic Games Store, Fortnite, […]
The release of Valgrind 3.15.0 is now available, a toolset for debugging memory management, detecting memory leaks, and profiling. Valgrind supports Linux (X86, AMD64, ARM32, ARM64, PPC32, PPC64BE, PPC64LE, S390X, MIPS32, MIPS64), Android (ARM, ARM64, MIPS32, X86), Solaris (X86, AMD64), and macOS (AMD64) platforms. The new version features: A significantly redesigned and expanded heap profiling tool, DHAT (Dynamic Heap Analysis).
Despite the fact that Google Chrome is widely popular around the world, it has always lacked some useful features. Some tools that have successfully been working in other browsers for years are still absent in Google's browser. One of these popular features will soon make its way to the desktop version of Chrome. This refers to the reading mode (Reader Mode), which is expected to be introduced soon.
Bluecherry is a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) solution for video surveillance, consisting of a server running on GNU/Linux and a client application that operates on GNU/Linux, MacOS, and Windows, as well as through third-party mobile apps for Android and iOS. Until April 18, 2019, only the Bluecherry client was open-source, but starting from this date, the development company decided to fully open the source code of […]
After 10 months of development, the latest version of the application for chart creation and data analysis has been released. The program's goal is to make the creation of charts simple and intuitive while providing numerous customization and editing options. LabPlot is also available as a Flatpak package. Changes in version 2.6: full support for histograms, including cumulative and multiple; […]
A release with short support of 9 months. It uses the Linux kernel version 5.0. Development tools have been updated: glibc 2.29, OpenJDK 11, boost 1.67, rustc 1.31, GCC 8.3 (GCC 9 can be installed), Python 3.7.3 by default, ruby 2.5.5, php 7.2.15, perl 5.28.1, golang 1.10.4. Key changes in the desktop edition: New wallpaper featuring a mascot of an Australian dog […]
The increase in the major version number to 5 does not signify any groundbreaking changes or compatibility breaks. It simply helps our dear Linus Torvalds maintain his peace of mind. Below is a list of some changes and innovations. Core changes: The CFS process scheduler on asymmetric processors like ARM behaves differently — it prioritizes low-power and energy-efficient cores first. Through the fanotify file event tracking API […]
Microsoft previously announced that support for the Windows 8 operating system would last until 2023. However, the situation now seems to have changed. It is reported that the corporation intends to accelerate the transition of users from 'eight' to newer versions, meaning that support for computers running Windows 8 will end on July 1, 2019. It should be noted that updates for […] will also cease on the same day.
The Bleeping Computer portal reached out to Mozilla to clarify their position regarding the click tracking mechanism for hyperlinks using the "ping" attribute, which is currently disabled by default in Firefox. Interest in the "ping" attribute arose after options to disable it were removed from Chrome and Safari. Mozilla representatives stated: We agree that enabling the "ping" attribute, which is typically […]
NVIDIA is gradually expanding its list of Adaptive Sync monitors that are compatible with its own G-Sync technology. These displays are labeled as "G-Sync Compatible," and according to PCWorld, the next GeForce Game Ready driver update will add seven more monitors to their list. It is worth noting that NVIDIA designates monitors as G-Sync Compatible if they support the Adaptive […]
A representative of our client, whose application stack resides in the Microsoft Cloud (Azure), reported a problem: recently, some requests from clients in Europe have started to end in a 400 (Bad Request) error. All applications are written in .NET and deployed in Kubernetes… One of the applications is an API, through which all traffic ultimately flows. This traffic is handled by an HTTP server […]