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The plan for the GTK 4 release has been outlined. It is noted that bringing GTK 4 to its proper form will take about another year (GTK 4 has been in development since the summer of 2016). By the end of 2019, another experimental release of the GTK 3.9x series is planned, followed by a final testing release of GTK 3.99 in spring 2020, which will include all the intended functionality. The release […]
The official release of Firefox 69 is scheduled for today, September 3rd, but developers uploaded the builds to the servers yesterday. Release versions are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and source codes are also provided. Firefox 69.0 can currently be obtained via OTA updates in the installed browser. Additionally, you can download the network or full installer from the official FTP. And […]
I have an engineering background, but I interact more with entrepreneurs and production directors. Some time ago, the owner of an industrial company approached me for advice. Despite the fact that the enterprise is large and was established in the 90s, management and accounting operate in an outdated way within a local network. This is a result of concerns for their business and increased state control. Laws and regulations […]
Syncthing is a program for synchronizing files between two or more devices. Fixes in the latest version: Attempts to revert changes in the Sync Protocol Listen Address were unsuccessful. The chmod command did not work properly. Log leak was prevented. There are no indications in the GUI that Syncthing is disabled. Adding/updating pending folders increased the number of saved configurations. Closing a closed channel […]
A major update has been released for the widely used Linux initialization system. Release notes include the new systemd-network-generator tool, support for NUMAPolicy determination for systemd services, now PID1 listens to kernel memory shortage events, the service manager now provides I/O resources used by systemd modules, support for MACsec in the network, custom BPF applications in cgroups, and a new Pstore service. Systemd 243 — this is […]
Have you ever thought about how all teachers can be divided into those who allow cheating and those who do not? Once, I sincerely believed that a teacher does not see the nervously wandering hands under the desk, does not hear the rustle of prepared notes, or the tearing of pages from textbooks, and does not notice that your perfectly written answer does not match what […]
Josh Triplett, who works at Intel and is part of the committee overseeing the development of Crates.io, presented a working group aimed at bringing the Rust language to parity with C in the domain of system programming during his speech at the Open Source Technology Summit. The working group, which is in the process of being established, includes Rust developers collaborating with engineers from […]
Canonical has released a significant update to the Dqlite 1.0 project (Distributed SQLite), which develops an SQLite-compatible embedded SQL engine supporting data replication, automatic fault recovery, and ensuring fault tolerance through the distribution of handlers across multiple nodes. The database is implemented as a C library that can be attached to applications and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license (the original SQLite is provided as public domain). Bindings are available for […]
The 4MLinux 30.0 release is available, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for multimedia file playback and user tasks but also as a recovery system and a platform for running LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
Hello, tomorrow we are gathering development leaders from various well-known companies at one table — we will discuss six eternal questions: how to measure development efficiency, implement changes, hire, and so on. And the day before, we decided to raise a seventh eternal question — what to read to grow? Professional literature is a complex issue, especially when it comes to literature for leaders in the field of […]
As is known, the new version of Microsoft Edge based on Chromium will not support the EPUB document format. However, the company has disabled support for this format in classic Edge. Now, when trying to read a document in the corresponding format, a message appears stating, “Download an .epub app to continue reading.” Thus, the system will no longer support e-books using the .epub file extension. The company suggests downloading […]
How do you feel about your boss? What do you think of him? Sweetheart and darling? A tyrant? A real leader? A total nerd? A complete idiot? Oh God, what a man! I counted – I’ve had twenty bosses in my life. Among them were department heads, deputy directors, general directors, and business owners. Naturally, each can be assigned some specific description, not always polite. Some have left […]