Author: ProHoster

My first day with Haiku: she's surprisingly good

TL:DR; A newbie tried Haiku for the first time and thought it was awesome. Especially compared to the desktop environments available on Linux I've already shared my ideas (and frustrations) about #LinuxUsability (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6). In this review, I will describe my first impressions of Haiku, the operating system […]

We invite you to the Summer Medium Summer Meetup on August 3

Medium Summer Meetup is a gathering of enthusiasts interested in information security, Internet privacy, and the development of the Medium network. We meet periodically to discuss the most important issues regarding projects developed by the Community, as well as exchange experiences with fellow enthusiasts. We invite everyone who is interested in information security and privacy on the Internet to participate. Medium Summer Meetup […]

Dying Light 2 won't be too big, and changing the world with decisions wasn't planned from the start

Lead designer at Techland studio Tymon Smektala discussed with GamesIndustry how the world of Dying Light 2 will be influenced by the player's decisions - according to him, this feature was not originally planned to be added. At E3 2019, Techland said that you'll only be able to see about 50% of the game on your first playthrough, largely due to the new ability to influence […]

RPG Sandbox Citadel: Forged With Fire Coming to PC and Consoles October 11

Blue Isle Studios has announced that Citadel: Forged With Fire will leave Steam Early Access on PC on October 11th and will be released simultaneously on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The project belongs to the sandbox MMORPG genre with survival elements, in which you will play as a wizard trying to survive in dangerous lands. The game being developed in Toronto has some potential and […]

Microsoft unexpectedly showed a new Start menu in Windows 10

Microsoft released a test version of Windows 10 for internal use under the number 18947. However, it was mistakenly released to members of the Windows Insider program, regardless of whether they are in the Fast or Slow Ring channel. And this version, as it turns out, has a new Start menu design that will lose its signature tiles. The leaked build was created […]

Oxygen Not Included will leave early access at the end of July

Studio Klei Entertainment has announced the official release date for the survival simulator Oxygen Not Included. The project will leave early access on July 30, 2019. For the release of the game, the developers will implement some changes: several asteroids and three new biomes will appear, and adjustments will be made to the balance. New buildings and materials processing methods are also promised. Oxygen Not Included is now in early access […]

We invite you to VK Hackathon 2019. The prize fund of this year is two million rubles

From September 27 to 29, we will hold the fifth VK Hackathon in the St. Petersburg exhibition hall “Manege”. This year there will be 600 participants at the hackathon, a total prize fund of two million rubles and additional rewards for finalizing projects after the finals. If you love the spirit of competition, teamwork and creative solutions, gather your team and fill out an application. […]

Front end crisis?

Three days ago I created my resume. From the description it is clear that there is no real work experience, but some knowledge of Angular. No specifics. Nothing good. I created a resume and forgot... Number of views in the last 3 days: A new HR calls every 2 hours. They write in messengers. Conclusions IMHO Few people like to work with the front. Few people are willing to work for 120k. […]

dhall-lang v9.0.0

Dhall is a programmable configuration language that can be described as: JSON + functions + types + imports. Changes: The old literal Optional syntax is no longer supported. Prohibition of surrogate pairs and non-characters. Added the toMap keyword to create homogeneous association lists from records. Beta normalization: improved sorting of post fields. What's new: Implemented import of paths as locations – […]

Sailfish 3.1 mobile OS release

Jolla has published the release of the Sailfish 3.1 operating system. Builds have been prepared for Jolla 1, Jolla C, Sony Xperia X, Gemini devices, and are already available in the form of an OTA update. Sailfish uses a graphics stack based on Wayland and the Qt5 library, the system environment is built on the basis of Mer, which has been developing as an integral part of Sailfish since April, and packages of the Nemo Mer distribution. Custom […]

Release of XCP-NG 8.0, a free variant of Citrix XenServer

The release of the XCP-NG 8.0 project has been published, within the framework of which a free and free replacement for the proprietary XenServer 8.0 platform is being developed for deploying and managing the operation of cloud infrastructure. XCP-NG recreates functionality that Citrix removed from the free version of Citrix Xen Server starting with version 7.3. XCP-NG 8.0 is positioned as a stable release suitable for general use. Supports upgrading XenServer to […]