Hello! Last winter, on the pages of Habr, I talked about creating a “hunter” robot using Arduino. I worked on this project with my son, although, in fact, 95% of the entire development was left to me. We completed the robot (and, by the way, already disassembled it), but after that a new task arose: how to teach a child robotics on a more systematic basis? Yes, interest after the completed project […]
Oracle has introduced the second beta release of the VirtualBox 6.1 virtualization system. Compared to the first beta release, the following changes have been made: Improved support for nested hardware virtualization on Intel CPUs, added the ability to run Windows on an external VM; Recompiler support has been discontinued; running virtual machines now requires support for hardware virtualization in the CPU; Runtime is adapted to work on hosts with large […]
Recently, quite by accident, at the suggestion of one good person, an idea was born - to attach a brief summary to each article. Not an abstract, not an enticement, but a summary. Such that you can not read the article at all. I tried it and really liked it. But it doesn’t matter - the main thing is that the readers liked it. Those who had long ago stopped reading began to return, branding […]
After a year of development, the open source video player MPV 0.30 is now available, a fork from the codebase of the MPlayer2 project several years ago. MPV focuses on developing new features and ensuring that new features are continually backported from the MPlayer repositories, without worrying about maintaining compatibility with MPlayer. The MPV code is licensed under LGPLv2.1+, some parts remain under GPLv2, but the migration process […]
After a recent attempt to enable telemetry, GitLab expectedly faced a negative reaction from users. This forced us to temporarily cancel the changes to the user agreement and take a break to search for a compromise solution. GitLab has promised not to enable telemetry in the GitLab.com cloud service and self-contained editions for now. Additionally, GitLab intends to first discuss future rule changes with the community […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 - [...]
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 […]
