A recent update (2.3-3ubuntu9.4) in Ubuntu 18.04 breaks the normal operation of the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) system used to build third-party kernel modules after updating the Linux kernel. A sign of a problem is the message “/usr/sbin/dkms: line### find_module: command not found” when manually installing modules, or suspiciously different sizes of initrd.*.dkms and the newly created initrd (this can be checked by unattended-upgrade users) . […]
Hello! My name is Alexey Svirido, I am a digital product designer at Alfa-Bank. Today I want to talk about how to become a product designer from an “ordinary designer.” Under the cut you will find answers to the following questions: Who is a product designer and what does he do? Is this specialty right for you? What to do to become a product designer? How to create your first product portfolio? […]
The first unofficial firmware for the LineageOS platform has been published for the Nintendo Switch game console, allowing the use of an Android environment on the console instead of the standard FreeBSD-based environment. The firmware is based on LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1) builds for NVIDIA Shield TV devices, which, like the Nintendo Switch, are based on the NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC. Supports operation in portable device mode (output to built-in […]
Vifm is a console file manager with Vim-like modal controls and some ideas borrowed from the mutt email client. This version expands support for managing removable devices, adds some new display capabilities, combines the previously two separate Vim plugins into one, and also introduces a number of smaller improvements. Major changes: added file preview in Miller's right column; added macro […]
After nearly two years of development, the free 3D modeling package Blender 2.80 has been released, becoming one of the most significant releases in the project's history. Main innovations: The user interface has been radically redesigned, which has become more familiar to users who have experience working in other graphics packages. A new dark theme and familiar panels with a modern set of icons instead of text […]
Nixery is a Docker-compatible container registry capable of creating container images using Nix. The current focus is on targeted container imaging. Nixery supports on-demand image creation based on image name. Each package that the user includes in the image is specified as a name component path. Path components refer to top-level keys in nixpkgs […]
A year ago, NVIDIA introduced the first video cards with support for hardware acceleration of ray tracing, after which games that use this technology began to appear on the market. There are not too many such games yet, but their number is growing steadily. According to NVIDIA research scientist Morgan McGuire, around 2023 there will be a game that […]
The lightweight web browser Midori 9, developed by members of the Xfce project based on the WebKit2 engine and the GTK3 library, has been released. The browser core is written in the Vala language. The project code is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license. Binary assemblies are prepared for Linux (snap) and Android. The generation of builds for Windows and macOS has been discontinued for now. Key innovations of Midori 9: The start page now displays icons […]
Google researchers have discovered six vulnerabilities in iOS software, one of which has not yet been fixed by Apple developers. According to online sources, the vulnerabilities were discovered by Google Project Zero researchers, with five of the six problem areas being fixed last week when the iOS 12.4 update was released. The vulnerabilities discovered by the researchers are “non-contact”, meaning they […]
Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 76 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, the presence of a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, the ability to download a Flash module on request, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, and transmitting RLZ parameters when searching. The next release of Chrome 77 […]
In March, developers from the Russian studio Battlestate Games presented the first episode of the live-action Raid series, based on the multiplayer shooter Escape from Tarkov. This video turned out to be quite popular - at the moment it has already been watched by almost 900 thousand people on YouTube. After 4 months, fans of the game got the opportunity to watch the second episode: The video talks about […]
The release of the Electron 6.0.0 platform has been prepared, which provides a self-sufficient framework for developing multi-platform user applications, using Chromium, V8 and Node.js components as a basis. The significant change in version number is due to an update to the Chromium 76 codebase, the Node.js 12.4 platform and the V8 7.6 JavaScript engine. The previously expected end of support for 32-bit Linux systems has been postponed and the release of 6.0 in […]
