Category: Internet News

Release of the self-sufficient package system Flatpak 1.6.0

A new stable branch of the Flatpak toolkit 1.6 has been released, providing a system for building self-contained packages that are not tied to specific Linux distributions and run in a special container that isolates the application from the rest of the system. Support for running Flatpak packages is provided for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mageia, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu. Flatpak packages are included in the Fedora repository and are supported […]

Release of the mobile OS Sailfish 3.2.1.

The company Jolla has released the Sailfish OS 3.2.1. The builds are prepared for Jolla 1, Jolla C, Sony Xperia X, Xperia XA2, Gemini, Sony Xperia 10 devices, and are already available as OTA updates. Sailfish uses a graphical stack based on Wayland and Qt5 libraries, with its system environment built on Mer, which has been developed as part of Sailfish since April, […]

Google Lens will help you choose the right hair dye color.

One way to change your appearance is by dyeing your hair. However, it's difficult to envision the final result of hair dyeing in advance. Soon, deciding on a shade will become easier. A pilot project organized by the Google Lens platform in collaboration with L’Oréal offers a quick way to virtually 'dye' your hair. Currently, the pilot project is being implemented in […]

Project Management Professional (PMP): 6th Edition What? Why? and How?

We publish an article by our colleague ITBotanik In the recent past, I led many retail projects at Gazpromneft gas stations, focusing on loyalty, franchising, retail automation systems, and more. Now, I head the sales architecture direction, developing the corporate IT landscape. Additionally, I am passionate about classical education; specifically, I have defended a PhD in technical sciences and I possess […]

Stellarium 0.19.3

On December 22, a new version of the popular free planetarium Stellarium was released, visualizing a realistic night sky as if you were viewing it with the naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. A total of about 100 changes have been made compared to the previous version. Among the key changes, direct support for ASCOM in the telescope control plugin can be highlighted […]

Microsoft has restored the Visual Studio Code repository following SantaGate.

After a 24-hour pause, Microsoft has restored the operation of the previously forcedly blocked GitHub repository for Visual Studio Code (the source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS, distributed as open source but under a non-free license). The issue arose due to SantaGate—a complaint regarding an 'Easter egg' feature in the editor's interface featuring a Santa Claus hat, along with about 50 other complaints about […]

Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU16 Update

An update to the Solaris 11.4 OS, SRU 16 (Support Repository Update), has been released, introducing a series of further fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the suggested fixes from the update, simply run the command ‘pkg update’. In the new release: Oracle VM Server for SPARC has been updated to version 3.6.2. The add-vsan-dev command has been enhanced with support for migrating domains with guest […

Gentoo developers are considering the possibility of preparing binary builds of the Linux kernel

Gentoo developers are discussing the provision of universal packages with the Linux kernel that do not require manual configuration of parameters during compilation and are similar to the kernel packages provided in traditional binary distributions. An example of a problem that arises from the manual tweaking of kernel parameters practiced in Gentoo is the lack of a unified set of default options that guarantees functionality after an update (when manually configured, […

How Quantum Computers Work. Assembling the Puzzle

Quantum computers and quantum computing are new buzzwords that have entered our information space alongside artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other high-tech terms. However, I still haven't been able to find material on the internet that puts together the puzzle in my head titled 'how quantum computers work.' Yes, there are many great works in […]

Windows EducationPack 19.11 Update, a collection of open educational programs for Windows

An update to the Windows EducationPack 19.11 has been prepared, which includes 70 open educational and scientific applications for the Windows operating system, as well as programs for organizing, managing, and controlling the educational process. The pack may be useful for schools (including elementary classes), lyceums, and higher education institutions. The pack is offered for free download in the form of images of three DVD discs. The new release […]

Reatom 1.0 state manager has been released, positioned as an alternative to Redux.

Reatom 1.0.0 has been released, a state manager for web applications that operate under the flux model. The project can serve as an alternative to Redux. The code is written in JavaScript and is distributed under the MIT license. The project author is Artyom Arutyunyan. Key features include: Continuity of the Redux ecosystem; Type safety and good type inference; Optimized subscriber notifications; Ease of testing; Lazy computations (only when subscribers are present); […]

LCG Entertainment explained the difference between the old and new Telltale.

Earlier this year, LCG Entertainment resurrected the Telltale Games brand. Now that the studio's first project, AdHoc — The Wolf Among Us 2, has been unveiled, more details about the revival of the renowned developers have come to light. In an interview with IGN, LCG Entertainment CEO Jaimie Ottilie explained the differences between the old and new Telltale. According to him […]

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