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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 […]
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 […]
The first test release of the utility for customizing the appearance of applications based on Qt6 has been unveiled. This utility is an adapted version of the previously known qt5ct for Qt6. The current version supports the recently released Qt 6.0 Alpha, allowing customization of application appearances to the same extent as qt5ct. Compatibility with qt5ct has also been ensured when using both in one system. […]
After a year of development, a significant release of the Python programming language 3.9 has been presented. Python 3.9 is the first release after the project transitioned to a new cycle for preparing and maintaining releases. Major releases will now be formed annually, while corrective updates will be issued every two months. Each major branch will be supported for one and a half years, after which another three […]
A new stable release of the popular programming language Python has been launched. Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language focused on improving developer productivity and code readability. Its main features include dynamic typing, automatic memory management, full introspection, exception handling mechanisms, support for multithreaded computations, and high-level data structures. Python is a stable and widely used language. It is employed in many projects and in […]
The Ubuntu RescuePack build, designed for malware detection and remediation of infected computers, is now available for download. It includes antivirus packages ESET NOD32 4, BitDefender, COMODO, eScan, F-PROT, and ClamAV (ClamTk). The build also comes with tools for recovering deleted files. The size of the bootable Live image is 2.6 GB. The provided disk allows operation without launching the primary operating system installed on the computer (MS […
Malicious activity has been detected in four packages in the NPM repository, which included a preinstall script that sent information about the IP address, location, username, CPU model, and home directory of the user to GitHub before package installation. The malicious code was found in the packages electorn (255 downloads), lodashs (78 downloads), loadyaml (48 downloads), and loadyml (37 downloads). The problematic packages were hosted in […
Microsoft has finally released an update that fixes a bug that has been troubling Windows 10 users for the past few months. This concerns an issue with internet connection status notifications that occurred for some users after installing one of the cumulative updates for Windows 10. Earlier this year, some Windows 10 users reported issues with internet connectivity. […
MCST has released the Elbrus Linux 6.0 distribution, built using insights from Debian GNU/Linux and the LFS project. Elbrus Linux is not a rebuild but an independent distribution developed by the Elbrus architecture developers. It supports systems with Elbrus processors (Elbrus-16C, Elbrus-12C, Elbrus-2C3, Elbrus-8SV, Elbrus-8C, Elbrus-1C+, Elbrus-1SC, and Elbrus-4C), SPARC V9 (R2000, R2000+, R1000), and x86_64. Builds for Elbrus processors are supplied […
Hello to all fans of the game "Heroes of Might and Magic 2"! We're excited to announce that the free engine fheroes2 has been updated to version 0.8.2, which is a small but confident step towards version 0.9. This time, we focused our attention on an element of gameplay that may seem inconspicuous at first glance but is one of the most essential — artificial intelligence. Its code has been completely rewritten […]