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The third preview release of the Xfce 4.14 user environment

The third preliminary release of the Xfce 4.14 desktop environment has been proposed for testing. The release is expected on August 11. A Docker image has been prepared for testing Xfce 4.14pre3. A review of the new features of Xfce 4.14 can be found in the previous announcement. Compared to the first test release, the main highlight is the bug fixes. For instance, in xfce4-session, the risk of race conditions due to applying settings has been minimized […]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

I have been developing web applications for a long time. A very long time. I created my first web applications in the Lotus Domino environment back when the word "google" wasn't a verb yet, and people used Yahoo! and Rambler for online searches. I used Infoseek — they had a narrowing search feature and a much less cluttered interface than […]

Chrome 76 release

Google has released web browser Chrome 76. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the basis for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a system for sending notifications in case of crashes, the ability to load the Flash module on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transfer of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release of Chrome 77 […]

Release of Electron 6.0.0, an application development platform based on the Chromium engine

The release of Electron platform version 6.0.0 has been prepared, which provides a self-contained framework for developing cross-platform user applications based on the components of Chromium, V8, and Node.js. The significant version number change is due to the update to Chromium codebase 76, Node.js platform 12.4, and JavaScript engine V8 7.6. The previously expected discontinuation of 32-bit Linux system support has been postponed, and the release 6.0 is […]

Not getting lost in the woods: an egocentric view of the environment

Movement is life. This phrase can be interpreted as a motivation to move forward, not to stay in one place, and to achieve what you desire, as well as a statement of fact that almost all living beings spend most of their lives in motion. To ensure that our movements and transitions in space do not end with bumps on the forehead and broken little toes every time […]

How to transition from a regular designer to a product designer

Hello! My name is Alexey Svirido, and I am a digital product designer at Alfa-Bank. Today, I want to talk about how to transition from being an 'ordinary designer' to a product designer. Below, you will find answers to the following questions: What is a product designer and what do they do? Does this profession suit you? What should you do to become a product designer? How to create your first product portfolio? […]

Vifm 0.10.1

Vifm is a console file manager with Vim-like modal control and some ideas borrowed from the email client mutt. This version expands support for managing removable devices, adds some new display features, merges two separate Vim plugins into one, and brings a number of smaller improvements. Key changes include the addition of file previews in the right column of Miller; a macro has been added […]

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Nixery is a Docker-compatible container registry capable of creating container images with Nix. Currently, the main focus is on targeted creation of container images. Nixery supports on-demand image creation based on image names. Each package that a user includes in the image is specified as a component path name. Path components reference top-level keys in nixpkgs […]

Release of the Midori 9 web browser

The release of the lightweight web browser Midori 9 has taken place, developed by members of the Xfce project based on the WebKit2 engine and GTK3 library. The browser's core is written in Vala. The project code is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license. Binary builds have been prepared for Linux (snap) and Android. The formation of builds for Windows and macOS has been temporarily halted. Key innovations in Midori 9: The start page now displays icons […]

SQL. Engaging tasks

Hello, Habr! For over 3 years, I have been teaching SQL in various training centers, and one of my observations is that students learn and understand SQL better when they are given tasks, rather than just being told about the possibilities and theoretical foundations. In this article, I will share my list of tasks that I provide […]

The second episode of the series 'The Raid' based on Escape from Tarkov has been released

In March, developers from the Russian studio Battlestate Games presented the first episode of the series "Raid" with live actors, based on the multiplayer shooter Escape from Tarkov. This clip turned out to be quite popular — as of now, almost 900,000 people have viewed it on YouTube. After 4 months, fans of the game got the opportunity to watch the second series: The clip tells about […]

DKMS operation is disrupted in Ubuntu.

In a recent update (2.3-3ubuntu9.4) in Ubuntu 18.04, the normal operation of the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) system, used for building third-party kernel modules after a Linux kernel update, has been disrupted. A sign of the problem is the message output "\/usr\/sbin\/dkms: line### find_module: command not found" during manual module installation, or suspiciously differing sizes of initrd.*.dkms and the newly created initrd (this can be checked by users of unattended-upgrade). […]

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