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Release of Kwort 4.3.4 Distribution

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After more than a year of development, the Kwort 4.3.4 Linux distribution has been released, based on the CRUX project and offering a minimalist user environment based on the Openbox window manager. The distribution differs from CRUX by using its own package manager, kpkg, which allows installing binary packages from the repository maintained by the project. Kwort also develops its own set of GUI applications for configuration (Kwort user manager for managing […]

GraphicsMagick 1.3.32 update with vulnerability fixes

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A new release of the image processing and transformation package GraphicsMagick 1.3.32 has been presented, in which 52 potential vulnerabilities identified during fuzz testing by the OSS-Fuzz project have been fixed. Since February 2018, a total of 343 issues have been identified with the help of OSS-Fuzz, of which 331 have already been resolved in GraphicsMagick (the remaining 12 have not yet passed the 90-day deadline for fixes). It is separately noted […]

Marvin Minsky "The Emotion Machine": Chapter 8.1-2 "Creative Approach"

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8.1 Creative Approach "Although such a machine could do many things as well or perhaps better than we can, in other respects it would necessarily fall short, and it would turn out that it operates not consciously, but merely by virtue of the arrangement of its organs." — Descartes. Discourse on the Method. 1637. We are used to using machines that are stronger and faster than humans. […]

Reading datasheets 2: SPI on STM32; PWM, timers, and interrupts on STM8

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In the first part, I attempted to explain to hobbyist electronics enthusiasts who have grown out of Arduino overalls why and how they should read datasheets and other documentation on microcontrollers. The text became lengthy, so I promised to show practical examples in a separate article. Well, here I am. Today, I will show how to use datasheets to solve some quite simple yet necessary tasks for many projects […]

Dark times are coming

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Or what to keep in mind when developing a dark mode for an application or website. The year 2018 showed us that dark modes are on the way. Now that we're already halfway into 2019, we can confidently say: they are here, and they are everywhere. An example of an old 'green-on-black' monitor. Let's start by noting that dark mode is not a new concept at all. It has been used […]

Exaile 4.0.0

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On June 6, 2019, after four years of development, Exaile 4.0.0 was released — an audio player with extensive music management capabilities, extendable with plugins, of which there are over fifty. Changes: The playback engine has been rewritten. The graphical interface has been rewritten using GTK+3. The speed of processing large music libraries has been improved. The placement of some buttons has been fixed for RTL localization. The tag editor's response to scrolling has been fixed […]

Firefox 68 will introduce a new add-ons manager

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In the Firefox 68 release, expected on July 9, the inclusion of a new default add-ons manager (about:addons), completely rewritten in HTML/JavaScript using standard web technologies, has been approved. The new interface for managing add-ons has been developed as part of an initiative to eliminate XUL and XBL-based components from the browser. To evaluate the functionality of the new interface before Firefox 68, you can adjust settings in about:config […]

What kind of student does a wizard need, and what kind of AI do we need?

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WARNING Judging by the record-high ratio of silently dissatisfied individuals to commentators who have something to say, it's not obvious to many readers that: 1) This is purely a theoretical discussion article. There won't be practical recommendations for choosing cryptocurrency mining tools or assembling a multivibrator to blink two bulbs. 2) This is not a popular science article. There won't be an explanation for beginners […]

They waited for him, and he did not disappoint: ONYX BOOX Nova Pro

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Hello, Habr! After several months of waiting, we finally received it: ONYX BOOX has released its first reader of the 2019 model year, and this is the professional version of the electronic book Nova, which was very successful last year. The advantage of the new device is that it has an additional WACOM touch layer (along with a stylus, of course) and an application for creating […]

Ezblock Pi — programming without programming, this time for Raspberry Pi fans

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The idea of writing code without writing code (yes, yes, writing — the gerund of the verb to write, now live with that) has crossed the minds of both smart people and just lazy ones. The dream of a graphical interface, within which you can throw one block onto another, draw mutual connections, and select properties of objects from cute dropdown lists, has […]

Microsoft does not abandon Internet Explorer in Windows 10

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As is known, Microsoft is currently developing the Edge browser based on Chromium, trying to offer users and companies numerous tools, including compatibility mode with Internet Explorer. This is expected to help corporate users utilize existing and already outdated services in the new browser. However, the developers in Redmond do not intend to completely remove Internet Explorer from Windows […]

At the end of the year, the Chinese manufacturer ChangXin Memory will start producing 8-Gbit LPDDR4 chips

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According to industry sources in Taiwan referenced by the online resource DigiTimes, the Chinese memory manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is actively preparing its lines for the mass production of LPDDR4 memory. ChangXin, also known as Innotron Memory, reportedly developed its own DRAM manufacturing process using 19-nanometer technology standards. The commercial release of the memory is expected soon.

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