Author: ProHoster

Ubuntu will only ship Chromium as a snap package

Ubuntu developers have announced their intention to abandon the delivery of deb packages with the Chromium browser in favor of distributing self-sufficient images in snap format. Starting with the release of Chromium 60, users have already been given the opportunity to install Chromium both from the standard repository and in snap format. In Ubuntu 19.10, Chromium will be limited to the snap format only. For users of previous branches of Ubuntu […]

Meson build system release 0.51

The release of the Meson 0.51 build system has been published, which is used to build projects such as X.Org Server, Mesa, Lighttpd, systemd, GStreamer, Wayland, GNOME and GTK+. Meson's code is written in Python and is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. The key goal of Meson development is to provide high speed of the assembly process combined with convenience and ease of use. Instead of the make utility [...]

Devil May Cry 4, Shadow Complex and several other games will leave Xbox Game Pass by the end of June

According to information from TrueAchievements, Next Up Hero, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, Shadow Complex Remastered, Ultimate Marvel vs. will leave the Xbox Game Pass catalog by the end of the month. Capcom 3 and Zombie Army Trilogy. The Xbox Game Pass gaming service provides access to more than 200 titles for a monthly fee. The catalog is updated several times a month, and [...]

In Marvel's Avengers, the story must be played alone, but there are additional co-op missions

IGN shared details of the story campaign in Marvel's Avengers. Journalists spoke with lead combat system designer Vincent Napoli from Crystal Dynamics and project creative director Shaun Escayg. They said that the story campaign is designed exclusively for one player - due to the frequent switching between different superheroes, it becomes impossible to implement co-op in it. The developers said that […]

STALKER 2: solving ciphers, development process, atmosphere and other details

Two parts of an interview with developers from the GSC Game World studio appeared on the Antinapps YouTube channel. The authors shared details of the creation of STALKER 2 and talked a little about the concept of the project. According to them, the early announcement was made for active communication with fans. Representatives of the company said: “The beginning of the creation of the second part of the franchise is a significant event, there is no point in hiding it from fans.” Developers […]

How to get the most out of a conference

The question of the benefits and necessity of going to IT conferences often causes controversy. For many years now I have been involved in organizing several major events and I want to share a number of tips on how to make sure you get the most out of the event and not think about a lost day. First, what is a conference? If you think “reports and speakers”, then this is not […]

How to get the most out of a conference. Instructions for the little ones

Conferences are not something unusual or special for established professionals. But for those who are just trying to get back on their feet, the hard-earned money they shell out should bring maximum results, otherwise what was the point of sitting on doshiraki for three months and living in a dorm? This article does a pretty good job of explaining how to attend the conference. I suggest expanding a little […]

Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 2. 2001: Hacker Odyssey

2001: A Hacker's Odyssey Two blocks east of Washington Square Park, Warren Weaver's building stands as brutal and imposing as a fortress. New York University's computer science department is located here. The industrial-style ventilation system creates a continuous curtain of hot air around the building, equally discouraging scurrying businessmen and loitering loafers. If the visitor still manages to overcome this line of defense, [...]

Meeting for Java developers: talking about asynchronous microservices and the experience of creating a large build system on Gradle

DINS IT Evening, an open platform bringing together technical specialists in the areas of Java, DevOps, QA and JS, will hold a meeting for Java developers on June 26 at 19:30 at Staro-Petergofsky Prospekt, 19 (St. Petersburg). Two reports will be presented at the meeting: “Asynchronous microservices – Vert.x or Spring?” (Alexander Fedorov, TextBack) Alexander will talk about the TextBack service, how they migrate from […]

PCLinuxOS 2019.06 Linux distribution release

The release of the custom distribution PCLinuxOS 2019.06 has been presented. The distribution was founded in 2003 on the basis of Mandriva Linux, but later branched into an independent project. The peak of PCLinuxOS popularity came in 2010, in which, according to a survey of readers of the Linux Journal, PCLinuxOS was second in popularity only to Ubuntu (in the 2013 ranking, PCLinuxOS already took 10th place). The distribution aims […]

Huawei demands that US operator Verizon pay more than $1 billion for 230 patents

Huawei Technologies has notified US telecommunications operator Verizon Communications of the need to pay licensing fees for the use of more than 230 patents it owns. The total amount of payments exceeds $1 billion, an informed source told Reuters. As the Wall Street Journal previously reported, back in February, Huawei's head of intellectual property licensing said Verizon should pay […]

@Kubernetes Meetup #3 at Mail.ru Group: June 21

It seems like an eternity has passed since the February Love Kubernetes. The separation was a little brightened up only by the fact that we managed to enter the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, certify our Kubernetes distribution kit for the Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program, and also launch our Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler implementation in the Mail.ru Cloud Containers service. It's time for the third @Kubernetes Meetup! In short: Gazprombank will tell you how they […]