Author: ProHoster

Man with four "en" or Soviet Nostradamus

Friday. I propose to talk about one of the best, in my opinion, Soviet science fiction writers. Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov is a special figure in Russian literature. It, unlike many, becomes more and more the further you go. He is one of the few writers whose books were actually read (voluntarily read!), and is remembered with warmth by the entire population of the country. Moreover, although the Soviet classics barely […]

Self-development of a programmer and the question "Why?"

From a certain age the question arose: “Why?” Previously, you came across a mention, for example, of popular technology. And you immediately began to study it. If you were asked: “Why?”, you would say: “Well, why? What are you, a fool? New technology for me. Popular. It will definitely come in handy. I’ll study it, try it, well!” And now... They offer you to study, but you think: […]

They are waking up! (n.-f. story, part 2, and the last one)

/* The ending of a fantasy story is published. The beginning is here */ 10. In search of sympathy, Roman wandered into Varka’s cabin. The girl, in a gloomy mood, sat on the bed and read a printout of the second interview. -Have you come to finish the game? – she suggested. “Yeah,” the pilot confirmed happily. — Rook h9-a9-tau-12. — Pawn d4-d5-alpha-5. How did it all go, according to [...]

Release of GhostBSD 19.10

On the official website, the distribution's developers announced the availability of the GhostBSD 19.10 release. The distribution contains a number of improvements and bug fixes: it became possible to install with dual boot on systems with UEFI, where other operating systems are already installed; changed boot settings in iso-image; Removed network partition mount service (netmount). Source: linux.org.ru

Release of GhostBSD 19.10

A release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 19.10 is available, built on the TrueOS platform and offering the MATE user environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC init system and the ZFS file system. Both work in Live mode and installation on a hard drive are supported (using its own ginstall installer, written in Python). Boot images are created for x86_64 architecture (2.3 GB). […]

MX Linux distribution release 19

The lightweight distribution MX Linux 19 has been released, created as a result of the joint work of the communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. The release is based on the Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and numerous native applications that make it easy to configure and install software. The default desktop is Xfce. 32-bit and 64-bit builds are available for download, 1.4 GB […]

MX Linux Release 19

MX Linux 19 (patito feo), based on the Debian package base, was released. Among the innovations: the package database has been updated to Debian 10 (buster) with a number of packages borrowed from the antiX and MX repositories; Xfce desktop has been updated to version 4.14; Linux kernel 4.19; updated applications, incl. GIMP 2.10.12, Mesa 18.3.6, VLC 3.0.8, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 60.9.0, LibreOffice […]

Following in Ninja's Footsteps: Popular Streamer Shroud Says He Will Stream Only on Mixer

It seems that Microsoft is seriously engaged in promoting its Mixer service with the help of popular streamers. This summer, the corporation reached an agreement with Ninja and, according to rumors, paid Tyler Blevins about a billion dollars for the transition to a new site (however, the specific amount was never announced). And now another famous streamer, Michael Shroud Grzesiek, announced that […]

Update for Intel Cloud Hypervisor 0.3 and Amazon Firecracker 0.19 written in Rust

Intel has published a new version of the Cloud Hypervisor 0.3 hypervisor. The hypervisor is built on the basis of components of the joint Rust-VMM project, in which, in addition to Intel, Alibaba, Amazon, Google and Red Hat also participate. Rust-VMM is written in the Rust language and allows you to create task-specific hypervisors. Cloud Hypervisor is one such hypervisor that provides a high-level monitor of virtual […]

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne PC Release Date Set for January 9, 2020

Capcom has announced that the massive expansion Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from September 6, will release on PC on January 9 next year. “The PC version of Iceborne will receive the following improvements: a set of high-resolution textures, graphics settings, DirectX 12 support, and the keyboard and mouse controls will be completely updated to […]

Panzer Dragoon: Remake will be released on PC

The remake of Panzer Dragoon will be released not only on Nintendo Switch, but also on PC (on Steam), Forever Entertainment announced. The game is being revived by MegaPixel studio. The project already has its own page in the mentioned digital store, although we don’t know the release date yet. The estimated release date is this winter. “Meet the new redesigned version of the game Panzer Dragoon - [...]

The head of Ubisoft: "The company's games have never been and never will be pay-to-win"

Publisher Ubisoft recently announced the transfer of three of its AAA games and recognized Ghost Recon Breakpoint as a financial failure. However, the head of the company, Yves Guillemot, assured investors that the current year will be successful even taking into account the current situation. He also said that the publishing house does not plan to introduce elements of the “pay-to-win” system into its projects. Shareholders asked […]