Author: ProHoster

Release of desktop environment Trinity R14.0.8, continuing the development of KDE 3.5

On the tenth day of the project, the release of the Trinity R14.0.8 desktop environment was published, which continues the development of the KDE 3.5.x and Qt 3 code base. Binary packages will soon be prepared for Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE and other distributions. Trinity's features include its own tools for managing screen parameters, a udev-based layer for working with equipment, a new […]

The elementary OS project implemented monetization based on technical support

The elementary OS project has given $50/month subscriptions through GitHub Sponsors the opportunity to request personalized help with their issues from leading developers once a month. Moreover, if the solution requires more than 1 hour, then the developers will only write some conclusion and express gratitude for the sponsorship. Until this point, elementary monetization […]

Camelot v0.1 - the first release of a cross-platform file manager

The first version of the cross-platform two-panel file manager Camelot, codenamed “Tintagel,” has been released. The application is written in C# 8 (.Net Core 3.1) and supports Linux, macOS and Windows. This version implements basic functionality: basic file operations, support for multiple tabs on the panel, working with the clipboard and others. Plans for further development of the project can be viewed here. Source: […]

Postgres: bloat, pg_repack and deferred constraints

The effect of bloating tables and indexes (bloat) is widely known and is present not only in Postgres. There are ways to deal with it “out of the box” like VACUUM FULL or CLUSTER, but they lock tables during operation and therefore cannot always be used. The article will have some theory about how bloat occurs, how you can deal with it, […]

Xswitcher layout corrector for linux: step two

Since the previous publication (xswitcher at the “proof of concept” stage) received a lot of constructive feedback (which is nice), I continued to spend my free time developing the project. Now I want to spend a little bit of yours... The second step will be not quite familiar: proposal / discussion of the design of the configuration. Somehow it turns out that it is wildly boring for normal programmers to set up all these twists. To not […]

New analogue of Punto Switcher for linux: xswitcher

The end of xneur support has caused me some pain in the last six months (with the advent of OpenSUSE 15.1 on my desktops: with xneur enabled, windows lose focus and funny flicker in time with keyboard input). “Ah, damn it, again I started typing in the wrong layout” - in my work it occurs obscenely often. And does not add positive. At that […]

Windows 10X supports classic single screen devices

It was previously reported that Microsoft has slowed down the pace of development of the Windows 10X OS and postponed the release of the Surface Neo folding tablet and other devices with two screens (for Windows 10X) to 2021. However, judging by the same sources, Microsoft plans to use Windows 10X to work with classic single-screen devices. And now, the other day, it’s precisely these “traditional” devices [...]

“I had no idea!”: 505 Games accidentally released Indivisible on Switch ahead of schedule

505 Games accidentally released Indivisible on Nintendo Switch ahead of schedule. The game development studio found out about this only after the fact, from fans on Twitter. Indivisible development lead Mike Zaimont took to Twitter early Tuesday morning to announce the game's release on the Nintendo eShop. But instead I found a number of messages from users with congratulations [...]

Tennis players and celebrities to play at Mario Tennis Aces Charity Tournament

Professional tennis players and various celebrities will take part in a charity tennis tournament at Mario Tennis Aces. Polygon writes about this. The competition will take place on May 3. The championship will be attended by Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Kei Nishikori, model Gigi Hadid, musician Steve Aoki and others. The matches will be commentated by the legendary tennis player […]

Roots of Pacha is a pixel sandbox about the development of a village in the Stone Age

Soda Den studio has enlisted the support of publisher Crytivo and announced Roots of Pacha, a pixel sandbox with RPG elements and a farm simulator. The game will be released in the first quarter of 2021 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The project description says: “After wandering around the prehistoric world, it’s time to settle down […]

Co-op shooter Generation Zero became free on Steam before the end of the week

Studio Systemic Reaction has made its co-op shooter Generation Zero temporarily free on Steam. Anyone can go to the Valve site, download the project and have fun with it until May 4. There is also a 60% discount on the game until this date. In Generation Zero, users will travel to an alternative Sweden in the eighties of the XNUMXth century. The territory of the state was occupied by robots […]

Significant update to the global decentralized file system IPFS 0.5

A new release of the decentralized file system IPFS 0.5 (InterPlanetary File System) has been introduced, forming a global versioned file storage deployed in the form of a P2P network formed from participant systems. IPFS combines ideas previously implemented in systems such as Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS and Web, and resembles a single BitTorrent “swarm” (peers participating in the distribution) exchanging Git objects. To access the global FS […]