Tablet from Kish (circa 3500 BC) That reading is useful is not in doubt. But the answers to the questions “What exactly is reading fiction useful for?” and “Which books are preferable to read?” vary depending on sources. The text below is my version of the answer to these questions. Let me start with the obvious point that it is not [...]
The first release of the graphics editor Glimpse has been published, a fork from the GIMP project after 13 years of trying to convince the developers to change the name. Builds are prepared for Windows and Linux (Flatpak, Snap). 7 developers, 2 documentation authors and one designer took part in the development of Glimpse. Over the course of five months, about $500 dollars in donations were received for the development of the fork, of which $50 […]
After five months of development, the release of the user environment Cinnamon 4.4 was formed, within which the community of developers of the Linux Mint distribution is developing a fork of the GNOME Shell shell, the Nautilus file manager and the Mutter window manager, aimed at providing an environment in the classic style of GNOME 2 with support for successful interaction elements from the GNOME Shell . Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]
A new branch of the open platform webOS Open Source Edition 2, aimed at equipping smart devices, has been presented. The platform is developed in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, and development is community-led, adhering to a collaborative development management model. Raspberry Pi 4 boards are considered as the reference hardware platform. The webOS platform was purchased by LG from Hewlett-Packard in 2013 and […]
The project, which develops the free automated PCB design system KiCad, has come under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. The developers expect that development under the auspices of the Linux Foundation will attract additional resources for the development of the project and will provide the opportunity to develop new services not directly related to development. The Linux Foundation, as a neutral platform for interaction with manufacturers, will also allow […]
Experts from the information security company Trustwave reported the discovery of a large-scale campaign of spam messages that are used to download ransomware victims onto their PCs under the guise of updates for the Windows operating system. Microsoft never sends emails asking you to update Windows. It's clear that the new malware campaign is targeting people who don't […]
Publisher Nimble Giant Entertainment and developers from Saibot Studios have announced the release of a demo version of the crazy and brutal action game Hellbound, created as a tribute to the classics of the 1990s - DOOM, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and Blood, but with new graphics and modern dynamics . Hellbound is not without a plot, but little attention will be paid to the latter - the main emphasis is […]
CD Projekt has summarized its operations for the third quarter (July 1 – September 30) and the first nine months of the 2019 fiscal year. Indicators as a whole remain consistently high, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, released more than four years ago, was once again among the main sources of profit. The company also shared information about the development progress of Cyberpunk 2077 and published a new illustration. Behind […]
Publisher Tripwire Interactive and developer Digital Lode have announced that Espire 1: VR Operative is now available for all major VR platforms. The game supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift-S, HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality, and Sony PlayStation VR. To celebrate this event, the publisher has released a new trailer: Espire 1: VR Operative should not […]
Microsoft is discussing with its own and third-party studios the creation of exclusive games for the Project xCloud cloud service. Company representative Kareem Choudhry confirmed this information at the X019 conference in London during an interview with Australian agencies, emphasizing: “We are not yet ready to share information about specific projects. But developing a new game and intellectual property requires […]
Google not only regularly launches new projects, but also closes old ones. This time it was decided to discontinue the Cloud Print cloud printing service. The corresponding message, which states that the service will stop working at the end of next year, was published on the Google technical support website. “Cloud Print, Google's cloud-based document printing solution, […]
Iceberg Interactive and Pawley Games have announced the Star Dynasties strategy. Star Dynasties is a sci-fi strategy game set in a sectored galaxy following the destruction of Earth. The game mixes empire management with a procedurally generated narrative of human drama and feudal politics, where your choices will shape the story. As soon as humanity took its first timid steps [...]
