GitHub has announced the opening of the source codes that power the docs.github.com service, as well as published the documentation hosted there in Markdown format. The code can be used to create interactive sections for viewing and navigating the project documentation, originally formatted in Markdown and translated into various languages. Users can also propose their edits and new documents. In addition to GitHub, the specified […]
Google has released version 86 of the Chrome web browser. The stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser features Google branding, a crash notification system, the ability to load the Flash module on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release, Chrome 87, is on the way […]
An interesting news item was reported on ZDNet: Wayland has been ported to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, allowing the execution of graphical applications from Linux on Windows 10. They were operational before, but it required a third-party X server; with Wayland's port, everything will work immediately. Essentially, users will see an RDP client through which they can view the application. […]
There are many articles out there on how to configure PowerChute Business Edition and how to connect to VMWare from PowerShell, but I haven't found all of this in one place with descriptions of the nuances involved. And there are certainly some. 1. Introduction Although we have some connection to the energy sector, power issues sometimes occur. Here it comes into play […]
Most of us, noticing yet another new term in the IT blogosphere or conferences, sooner or later ask ourselves: “What is this? Another trendy word, a 'buzzword' or something truly worthy of close attention, study, and promising new horizons?” This is exactly what happened to me with the term GitOps some time ago. Armed with a wealth of existing articles, as well as knowledge […]
Mozilla has published instructions for resolving the issue preventing users from opening Twitter in Firefox (showing an error or a blank page). The problem has been evident since Firefox 81 but only affects a portion of users. As a workaround to restore access to Twitter, it is recommended to go to the page ‘about:serviceworkers,’ find the block ‘Origin: https://twitter.com,’ and disable it by clicking the ‘Unregister’ button. The issue also […]
The NasNas project is developing a modular framework for creating 2D games in C++, utilizing the SFML library for rendering and focusing on pixel art style games. The code is written in C++17 and is distributed under the Zlib license. It supports operation in Linux, Windows, and Android. There is a wrapper for Python. An example is the game History Leaks, created for a competition […]
DuploQ is a graphical interface for the command-line utility Duplo (https://github.com/dlidstrom/Duplo), designed to find duplicated code in source files (commonly known as 'copy-paste'). The Duplo utility supports several programming languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, C#, and can also be used to find duplicates in any text files. For specified languages, Duplo aims to ignore macros, comments, empty lines, and whitespace […]
This article addresses the issue of cleaning up images that accumulate in container registries (Docker Registry and its analogs) in the context of modern CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications deployed in Kubernetes. It outlines the main criteria for the relevance of images and the resulting challenges in automating cleanup, saving space, and meeting team needs. Finally, through a specific Open Source project example, we will discuss how these […]
Our newest feature is support for installing applications from the Microsoft Store. Our goal is to simplify software installation on Windows. We also recently added tab autocompletion in PowerShell and feature toggling. As we work towards building our version 1.0, I'd like to share the following features on our roadmap. Our immediate focus is on completion […]
The release of the Ephemeral 7 web browser has been published, developed by the elementary OS team specifically for this Linux distribution. The development utilized Vala, GTK3+, and the WebKitGTK engine (the project is not a fork of Epiphany). The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready builds are prepared only for elementary OS (recommended price $9, but a custom amount, including 0, can be chosen). From […]
Qt Company has announced the transition of the Qt 6 branch to alpha testing. Qt 6 includes significant architectural changes, and a compiler supporting the C++17 standard is required for building it. The release is scheduled for December 1, 2020. Key features of Qt 6: an abstracted graphical API that is independent of the operating system's 3D API. A key component of the new graphical stack of Qt is the engine […]