Author: ProHoster

Wine Launcher - a new tool for launching games through Wine

The Wine Launcher project develops a container for Windows games based on Wine. Among the features that stand out are the modern style of the launcher, isolation and independence from the system, as well as the provision of separate Wine and Prefix for each game, which ensures that the game will not break when updating Wine on the system and will always work. Features: Separate Wine and Prefix for each […]

The most effective online lesson services for students and teachers: the top five

Distance learning is now becoming more popular for all of us for obvious reasons. And if many readers of Habr know about various kinds of courses in digital specialties - software development, design, product management, etc., then the situation is a little different with lessons for the younger generation. There are many services for online lessons, but what to choose? In February, I was evaluating different platforms, and […]

DEVOXX UK. Kubernetes in production: Blue/Green deployment, autoscaling and deployment automation. Part 2

Kubernetes is a great tool for running Docker containers in a clustered production environment. However, there are tasks that Kubernetes cannot solve. With frequent production deployments, we need a fully automated Blue/Green deployment to avoid downtime in this process, which also needs to process external HTTP requests and perform SSL offloading. This requires integration […]

Return value from powershell invoke-command to SQL-Server agent

When creating my own backup management technique on many MS-SQL servers, I spent a lot of time studying the mechanism for passing values ​​\u0b\uXNUMXbto powershell during remote calls, so I am writing a memo to myself, in case it is useful to someone else. So let's take the simplest script first and run it locally: $exitcode = $args[XNUMX] Write-Host 'Out to host.' Write-Output 'Out to […]

Tencent hasn't pushed OtherSide away from System Shock 3 development, but studio can't share details yet

Not long ago, OtherSide Entertainment announced that Tencent would be taking the "System Shock franchise into the future." The wording apparently means that the Chinese conglomerate has become the publisher of the third part, since Nightdive Studios owns the rights to the brand. As for OtherSide, the studio is still involved in developing a sequel to the series. The team spoke about this in a new statement. […]

Video: cinematic and gameplay trailers for the launch of the shooter Valorant

Riot Games has released a cinematic trailer for “Duelists” and a gameplay video for “Episode 1: Ignition” in honor of the release of the online shareware shooter Valorant on PC. Let us remind you that it became available in Russia today at 8:00 Moscow time. In the cinematic trailer for The Duelists, Phoenix and Jett attempt to grab an important bag and engage each other in battle with unique abilities. […]

Total War Saga: Troy will be released on August 13 in EGS and will be free for the first day

Creative Assembly studio has announced release details for Total War Saga: Troy. The strategy will be released on the Epic Games Store on August 13 and will become an annual store exclusive. This is reported on the game website. On the first day, platform users will be able to receive the project for free, and a year later it will be released on Steam. The developers emphasized that the decision to make the release exclusive to EGS was […]

Ubuntu Linux Lite 5.0 Emerald Released

For those who are still running Windows 7 and don't want to upgrade to Windows 10, it might be worth taking a closer look at the open source operating system camp. After all, the other day there was a release of the Linux Lite 5.0 distribution kit, designed to work with outdated equipment and also intended to introduce Windows users to Linux. Linux Lite 5.0 […]

Google Pixel 4a is already being tested by app developers

The Google Pixel 4a smartphone is one of the most anticipated devices of this year. Almost everything is already known about it, but the release of the device is constantly being postponed. Now, during the launch of the COVID-19 contact tracing app in France, the Pixel 4a has appeared on the list of StopCovid-compatible devices. Fandroid experts have discovered an official list of devices that the contact tracing app supports […]

By the end of the decade, Tesla will control up to 15% of the electric car market

The long downtime of the assembly line at Tesla's main electric vehicle production facility due to the pandemic will negatively impact this year's production program, but industry analysts believe that the company will be able to repeat its success outside the American market. By the end of the decade, it could occupy up to 15% of the market for electric vehicles. Tesla shipped less than 2019 electric vehicles in 400, but this […]

Smartphone Honor Play 4 will be released in three colors

The announcement of the Honor Play 4 and Honor Play 4 Pro smartphones is expected in the near future. Official press images of the new products have been published on the Internet. The basic version of Honor Play 4 is expected to receive a 6,81-inch Full HD+ display with a resolution of 2400 × 1080 pixels. In the front part, in a small hole in the screen, there will be a selfie camera based on a 16-megapixel sensor. The rear camera is expected to […]