Author: ProHoster

The Linux kernel is 28 years old

On August 25, 1991, after five months of development, 21-year-old student Linus Torvalds announced on the comp.os.minix teleconference that a working prototype of the new Linux operating system had been completed, porting bash 1.08 and gcc 1.40 had been completed. The first public release of the Linux kernel was introduced on September 17th. The 0.0.1 kernel was 62 KB compressed and contained […]

Video: archeology of a lost civilization in the story game Some Distant Memory for Switch and PC

Publisher Way Down Deep and developers from the Galvanic Games studio presented the project Some Distant Memory (in Russian localization - "Vague memories") - a story-driven game about exploring the world. The release is scheduled for the end of 2019 in versions for PC (Windows and macOS) and the Switch console. The Nintendo eShop does not yet have a corresponding page, but it already exists on Steam, […]

Introduced the first solution to the problem of insufficient RAM in Linux

Red Hat developer Bastien Nocera has announced a possible solution to the problem of low RAM in Linux. This is an application called Low-Memory-Monitor, which is supposed to solve the problem of system responsiveness when there is a lack of RAM. This program is expected to improve the experience of the Linux user environment on systems where the amount of RAM is small. The operating principle is simple. The Low-Memory-Monitor daemon monitors the volume […]

Disney+ subscribers will get 4 streams at the same time and 4K is much cheaper

According to CNET, the Disney+ streaming service will launch on November 12 and will offer four simultaneous streams and 6,99K support for a base price of $4 per month. Subscribers will be able to create and configure up to seven profiles on one account. This will make the service highly competitive with Netflix, which raised prices at the beginning of the year and set stricter […]

Installing Wasteland 3 will require 55 GB of free space

The company inXile Entertainment announced the system requirements for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game Wasteland 3. Compared to the previous part, the requirements have changed quite a lot: for example, now you need twice as much RAM, and you will have to allocate 25 GB more free disk space. The minimum configuration is as follows: operating system: Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 […]

Valve showed two new heroes for Dota 2019 at The International 2 — Void Spirit and Snapfire

Valve presented the new 2th hero at the Dota 119 World Championship - Void Spirit. As the name suggests, he will be the fourth spirit in the game. Currently it contains Ember Spirit, Storm Spirit and Earth Spirit. Void Spirit has come from the void and is ready to fight with enemies. At the presentation, the character conjured a double-sided glaive for himself, which hints at […]

The final version of The Surge 2 will not have Denuvo protection

The developers from the Deck13 studio reacted to the information about the possible presence in the action game The Surge 2 of Denuvo protection, which is so unloved by many players. So, in the release version it will not be. It all started with the fact that one of the participants in the closed beta shared a screenshot on reddit with information about the game's executable file. The size of 337 MB is unambiguously […]

The first exclusive Epic Games Store diabloid Hades will be released on Steam on December 10

Diabloid Hades, which became the first Epic Games Store exclusive, will be released on Steam on December 10, 2019. PC Gamer writes about this. A page for the game has already appeared on the Valve service, but it is not yet available for purchase. A year later, Hades is still in early access. During its existence, the project received six major updates. Studio representatives emphasized that […]

HyperX introduces new gaming devices with Qi wireless charging

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, timed to coincide with gamescom 2019 with the announcement of new input devices and accessories for computer gamers. In particular, a new version of the HyperX Alloy Origins keyboard with multi-color backlighting has debuted. She received new switches HyperX Aqua, designed for 80 million operations. Their specs include a 45g actuation force and reduced […]

Telegram, who's there?

Several months have passed since the launch of our secure call to owner service. Currently, 325 people are registered on the service. A total of 332 objects of ownership are registered, of which 274 are cars. The rest is all real estate: doors, apartments, gates, entrances, etc. Frankly speaking, not very much. But during this time, some significant things have happened in our immediate world, [...]

Release of the CUPS 2.3 printing system with a change in the license for the project code

Almost three years after the formation of the last significant branch, Apple introduced the release of the free printing system CUPS 2.3 (Common Unix Printing System), used in macOS and most Linux distributions. The development of CUPS is completely controlled by Apple, which in 2007 absorbed the company Easy Software Products, which created CUPS. Starting with this release, the license for the code has changed [...]