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Varlink is a core interface and protocol that is easy to read by both humans and machines. The Varlink interface combines traditional UNIX command-line parameters, text formats for STDIN/OUT/ERROR, man pages, service metadata, and is equivalent to file descriptor FD3. Varlink is accessible from any programming environment. The Varlink interface defines the methods that will be implemented and how. Each […]
Korean developer Park Ju Hyung, specializing in porting Android firmware for various devices, has introduced a new version of the exFAT file system driver — exfat-linux, which is a fork of the "sdFAT" driver developed by Samsung. Currently, the exFAT driver from Samsung has already been added to the Linux kernel's staging branch, but it is based on the old driver codebase (1.2.9). […]
In 2017, Sony released a very unusual, interesting, high-end, and insanely expensive camera, the RX0. It drew attention due to its incredible feature set in a compact size, while technically echoing the popular compact from the renowned Sony RX100 series. Externally, the RX0 resembled a typical action camera: it was water-resistant, drop-resistant, and […]
The developers of the XMPP client Xabber have released their own XMPP server based on a fork of ejabberd. The project code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. Key features of Xabber Server include: Fast installation that allows you to automatically set up the server and configure all the necessary certificates; A new group chat protocol; Editing, deleting, and recalling messages; A quick client synchronization feature; A reliable message delivery protocol; Session management (the ability to log out (revoke the right […]
Reddit user u/DavidAGra (David Jorge Aguirre Gracio) has introduced the first version of his own rocket flight simulator – 'F9sim' 1.0. Currently, this is a free simulator written in Delphi using OpenGL technologies, but the project author is considering opening the source code and rewriting the project's code in C++/Qt5. The original goal of the project is to create a realistic 3D simulation of the flight of the first stage of a launch vehicle […]
The development team of the Clear Linux distribution, maintained by Intel, has reduced the Linux kernel boot time from 3s (three seconds) to 300ms (three hundred milliseconds). Discussion on HN (YCombinator/Hacker News) Discussion on r/Linux (Reddit) Clear Linux source code repository (GitHub) Source: linux.org.ru
Daniel Robbins, the founder of the Gentoo distribution who stepped away from the project in 2009, has presented the release of his now developed distribution Funtoo 1.4. Funtoo is based on the Gentoo package base and aims to further improve existing technologies. Work on the release of Funtoo 2.0 is planned to begin in about a month. Key features of Funtoo include support for automatic package building […]
Following Mozilla, Google announced its intention to conduct an experiment to test the implementation of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) developed for the Chrome browser. In the upcoming Chrome 78 release, scheduled for October 22, some user categories will be switched to using DoH by default. Only users with certain system settings will participate in the DoH activation experiment […]
There are quite a few popular articles on Habr about relocating to different countries. I have gathered information about moving to the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. Today we will discuss how easy it is for a developer to find job openings with relocation options, how much one can earn, and what to generally expect from life in Northern Europe. Tallinn: a developed startup ecosystem. Despite the fact that the population of Estonia as a whole […]
It is now a fairly common practice to install voltage control relays in residential sectors to protect electrical equipment from neutral disconnection, as well as from overvoltage and undervoltage issues. On Instagram and YouTube, many of my colleagues can be seen facing problems in this area after installing voltage control relays from Meandr and several other manufacturers, which often fail […]
In the field of extreme memory overclocking, the first half of the year has been dominated by Intel's Coffee Lake Refresh processors, as they quickly advanced the limits of memory operation beyond DDR4-5500, although each subsequent step was achieved with increasing difficulty. The AMD platform managed to regain some ground after the release of the Ryzen 3000 processors, but the current memory overclocking record for systems based on […]
A new version of QMapShack has been released — a program for working with various online mapping services (WMS), GPS tracks (GPX/KML), and raster and vector map files. The program is a further development of the QLandkarte GT project and is used for planning and analyzing travel and hiking routes. Prepared routes can be exported to different formats and used on various devices and navigation […]