The release of composite manager Sway 1.4 has been prepared (release 1.3 was not created), built using the Wayland protocol and fully compatible with the tiling window manager i3 and the i3bar panel. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project is aimed at use in Linux and FreeBSD. Compatibility with i3 is ensured at the level of commands, configuration files […]
One of the most overloaded professions is managers overseeing programmers. Not all, but those who have never been programmers themselves. Those who think they can 'enhance' efficiency (or 'improve efficiency'?) with methods from books, without even bothering to read those books—there are videos available. Those who have never written code. Those for whom special arrangements are made […]
I want to share some thoughts on the necessity or lack thereof of having a control panel for a commercial single-server web project with a very part-time admin. The story began a couple of years ago when acquaintances asked me to assist with the technical side of purchasing a business — a news website. I needed to understand what works where and ensure that everything […]
On January 21, 2020, the official release of Wine 5.0 took place — a free tool for running native Windows applications in UNIX environments. This is an alternative, open-source implementation of the Windows API. The recursive acronym WINE stands for 'Wine Is Not an Emulator.' This version represents about a year of development and includes over 7,400 individual changes. Lead developer Alexandre Julliard highlights four: […]
The release of SQLite 3.31.0 has been announced, a lightweight DBMS presented as a dynamic library. The SQLite code is in the public domain, meaning it can be used freely and without restrictions for any purpose. Financial support for SQLite developers comes from a specially formed consortium that includes companies like Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley, and Bloomberg. Key changes include support for generated columns […]
The developers of the Android-x86 project, which is a community-driven effort to develop a port of the Android platform for x86 architecture, have released the second test build based on Android 9. This build includes fixes and enhancements that improve Android's performance on x86 architecture. Universal Live builds of Android-x86 9 are available for x86 32-bit (725 MB) and x86_64 (920 […]
Google has announced an extension of the support period for Chromebook devices to 8 years, during which automatic updates will be provided. Initially, automatic updates were released for Chromebooks for three years, but the support period was then extended to six years, and now to eight. For example, the Lenovo 10e Chromebook Tablet and Acer Chromebook 712, released in 2020 […]
Work — home, work — home, and that’s every day. They say life is a great adventure, but in the monotony of days, you don't even feel alive. This led to reflections on the theme of 'Is there a meaningful life in the realm of office plankton?' and the conclusion was — perhaps, provided each unicellular strives to perform its duties […]
Technologies are evolving and becoming more complex year by year, and along with them, attack methodologies are improving. The current realities demand online applications, cloud services, and virtualization platforms, so it's no longer sufficient to hide behind a corporate firewall and avoid venturing into the 'dangerous internet.' All of this, coupled with the proliferation of IoT/IIoT, the growth of fintech, and the increasing popularity of remote work, has drastically […]
The IT sector is thankless, and forecasts are as dependable as last summer's weather; you'll either freeze, get soaked, or suffer a sunstroke. However, our predictions for 2019 turned out well, so we decided to discuss the CRM trends for 2020 as we see them for small and medium-sized businesses. We have […]
Developments in hybrid electronics that combine traditional and optical technologies have been underway for a long time. The startup Ayar Labs and its innovations have been known since 2015. Now, the company is ready to launch a serial product, which was detailed in WikiChip Fuse. Ayar Labs is focusing on creating an optical interconnect system to replace current SerDes technologies. The first […]
Intel has introduced a significant release of the scalable 3D rendering engine OSPRay 2.0, designed for realistic high-quality visualization using ray tracing, suitable for interactive applications. The engine is being developed as part of the larger Intel Rendering Framework project, aimed at creating software visualization tools for scientific calculations (SDVis), which include the Embree ray tracing library, the photorealistic rendering system GLuRay, […]