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After five years of development, the second release candidate for libmdbx 1.0 has been published

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The second release candidate of the libmdbx library is available for testing, featuring a high-performance, compact embedded key-value database. The current version (0.5) is a technical release, marking the completion of any refinements and the transition to the public final testing and stabilization phase, with subsequent formation of the first full release of the library. The libmdbx code is distributed under the OpenLDAP Public License. The MDBX library is […]

Fedora 32 plans to include earlyoom for early response to memory shortages.

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The plan to enable the earlyoom background process by default in Fedora 32 has been published, allowing for early response to memory shortages in the system. If the available memory falls below a specified value, earlyoom will forcefully terminate the process that consumes the most memory (with the highest value in /proc/*/oom_score) by sending SIGTERM (less than 10% free memory) or SIGKILL (< 5%), without letting the state […]

Arch Linux has switched to zstd archives: 1300% increase in package extraction speed

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Arch Linux developers have announced that they have changed the package compression scheme. The algorithm previously used was xz (.pkg.tar.xz). Now, zstd (.pkg.tar.zst) is employed. This has resulted in a 1300% increase in extraction speed at the cost of a slight increase in the size of the packages themselves (approximately 0.8%). This will speed up the installation and updating process of packages in the system. Currently, there is talk of transitioning to […]

Linus Torvalds dispelled issues with the task scheduler that arose in the performance test.

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Game developer Malte Skarupke published a comparison of the performance of mutex-based and spinlock-based locks using various task schedulers. The tests showed abnormally high latencies when using spinlock with the default Linux task scheduler. The author of the tests concluded that the Linux task scheduler has issues that negatively affect the performance of games developed for the Google Stadia service, […]

The Kuleshov Effect in Disco Elysium: How Context Creates Meaning

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Before diving into Disco Elysium, let’s go back 100 years. In the 1910s and 20s, Lev Kuleshov demonstrated the effect of cinematic montage – depending on the juxtaposition of two frames placed next to each other, new meaning emerges. Kuleshov filmed a close-up of an actor's face, followed by three more shots: a bowl of soup, a girl in a coffin, and a girl on a sofa. Depending on […]

What the Coming Year Holds for Us or Memories of the Future

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The New Year holidays are a great opportunity to sit down, take stock of the year, and 2020 is also a moment to reflect on the past 5/10 years, and write an article titled "What I Would Advise My Younger Self 5-10 Years Ago, and What I Advise Today." KDPV (メモリーズ) Under the cut: dullness, scattered sclerosis, unproven statements, and more. Additionally: The Graveyard of IT Professions. This moan […]

And yet she is alive — ReiserFS 5 announced!

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No one expected that on December 31, Eduard Shishkin (developer and maintainer of ReiserFS 4) would announce a new version of one of the fastest file systems for Linux — RaiserFS 5. The fifth version introduces a new method for combining block devices into logical volumes. I believe this represents a qualitatively new level in the development of file systems (and operating systems) — local volumes […]

Release of the OpenCV 4.2 computer vision library

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The release of the free library OpenCV 4.2 (Open Source Computer Vision Library) has taken place, providing tools for processing and analyzing image content. OpenCV offers over 2500 algorithms, both classical and reflecting the latest achievements in the field of computer vision and machine learning systems. The library's code is written in C++ and distributed under the BSD license. Bindings are provided for various languages […]

Bruce Perens left the OSI organization due to disagreements regarding the CAL license.

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Bruce Perens announced his departure from the Open Source Initiative (OSI), which is responsible for verifying licenses against Open Source criteria. Bruce is a co-founder of OSI, one of the authors of the Open Source definition, the creator of the BusyBox package, and the second leader of the Debian project (replacing Ian Murdock in 1996). The reason for his departure is said to be the desire to avoid […]

The Microsoft Edge icon has been changed for the beta version of the browser on Android and iOS.

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Microsoft aims to maintain a consistent style and design for its applications across all platforms. This time, the software giant presented a new logo for the beta version of the Edge browser on Android. Visually, it mirrors the logo of the desktop version based on the Chromium engine, which was introduced back in November of last year. At that time, the developers promised that they would gradually add the new visual appearance across all platforms. […]

Release of window manager cwm 6.6, developed by the OpenBSD project.

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A portable release of version 6.6 of the window manager cwm, developed as part of the OpenBSD project, has been released. This window manager is based on the code from evilwm but utilizes modern interfaces of the X11 protocol and, traditionally for OpenBSD, is developed with a strong focus on security. In this portable release, in addition to OpenBSD, support is provided for FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS (versions 10.9 and above), as well as OS […]

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