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Bitwise Works has completed the port of the GCC 9.2 compiler suite for the OS/2 operating system and its derivative platforms, ArcaOS and eComStation. Previously, GCC 4.9.2 was offered for ArcaOS, while GCC 8.3.0 was available in the ports for OS/2. It is noted that the ability to use GCC 9 will allow the community to adapt more applications and libraries for use on OS/2, including […]
In anticipation of the upcoming Embedded World 2020 exhibition, I decided to take a look at the list of companies from Russia. After filtering the participant list by country of origin, I was pleasantly surprised. The official exhibition website turned out 27 companies!!! For comparison, there are 22 companies from Italy, 34 from France, and 10 from India. What could this mean, where are all these domestic hardware producers […]
The APEC Business Travel Card simplifies the border and immigration control procedures for citizens of APEC member countries traveling for business (official) purposes to all countries within this association. This card is issued exclusively by special decision and is valid for 5 years. During this period, its holder can cross the borders of the member states.
In the nineteenth episode of our podcast "To Infinity and Beyond," titled "I Want to Get Married!" we discuss how to study properly, starting at the 16th minute, and the phrase "I don't want to study, I want to get married" serves as an apt slogan for this episode. We also talk about the humanitarian mindset and discuss issues related to group dynamics.
The release of the Electron 8.0.0 platform has been prepared, which provides a self-contained framework for developing cross-platform user applications using components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js as its foundation. The significant version number change is associated with the update to the Chromium 80 codebase, Node.js 12.13 platform, and V8 8.0 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in the Electron-specific API: the ability to check spelling in forms has been added.
Mozilla developers have added support for extensions in the codebase of the mobile browser Firefox Preview (Fenix), which is being developed to replace the Firefox edition for the Android platform. The new browser is based on the GeckoView engine and the set of Mozilla Android Components libraries. The ability to connect extensions based on the WebExtension API is available for testing in nightly builds of Firefox Preview. An 'Add-ons Manager' option has been added to the menu.
The release of RawTherapee 5.8 has been introduced, providing tools for editing photos and converting images in RAW format. The software supports a wide range of RAW file formats, including those from cameras with Foveon and X-Trans sensors, and can also handle the Adobe DNG standard as well as JPEG, PNG, and TIFF formats (up to 32 bits per channel). The project code is written in...
The "Universe: A Journey Through Time and Space" is written by professional astronomer Sergey Yazev, the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk State University. "Oh, if only we wrote about what is truly known, think about it, sober minds, how uninteresting reading would be!" It is a tale of our steps on the path of understanding the Universe — from boiling and turbulent matter to intelligent beings; […]
The release of the full-screen console window manager (terminal multiplexer) GNU screen 4.8.0 is now available, allowing a single physical terminal to work with multiple applications, each being assigned separate virtual terminals that remain active between different user sessions. Among the changes: Fixed a memory corruption issue that under certain conditions could lead to overwriting 768 bytes beyond the buffer. The overflow occurs while processing […]
The end-of-life date for the CoreOS Container Linux distribution has been set, which has been replaced by the Fedora CoreOS project (after acquiring the CoreOS project, Red Hat merged Fedora Atomic Host and CoreOS Container Linux into a single product). The last update for CoreOS Container Linux is scheduled for May 26, after which the project lifecycle will conclude. CoreOS related […]
The release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.2 has been announced, which fixes the vulnerability CVE-2020-3123 in the DLP (data-loss-prevention) mechanism aimed at blocking the leakage of credit card numbers. Due to an error in boundary checking, conditions may be created for reading data from outside the allocated buffer, which can be exploited to perform a DoS attack and initiate a crash of the worker process. Additionally, […]
Moving to another country has been my dream since childhood. And if you're truly determined about something, it becomes a reality. I will share how I searched for a job, how the entire relocation process went, what documents were needed, and what questions were resolved after the move. (Many photos) Phase 0. Preparation My wife and I started actively preparing about 3 years […]