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low-memory-monitor: announcement of a new low-memory userspace handler

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Bastien Nocera has announced a new low-memory handler for the Gnome desktop. Written in C. Licensed under GPL3. The daemon requires kernel 5.2 or later to run. The daemon checks memory pressure via /proc/pressure/memory and, if the threshold is exceeded, sends a proposal via dbus to processes about the need to moderate their appetites. The daemon can also try to keep the system responsive by writing to /proc/sysrq-trigger. […]

Founded Glimpse, a fork of the GIMP graphics editor

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A group of activists, dissatisfied with the negative associations arising from the word "gimp", founded a fork of the graphics editor GIMP, which will be developed under the name Glimpse. It is noted that the fork was created after 13 years of attempts to convince developers to change the name, who resolutely refused to do so. The word gimp in some social groups of English speakers is perceived as an insult and also has a negative connotation associated […]

The trailer for the Star Wars series The Mandalorian has been released - launching November 12 on Disney+

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Back in October last year, Disney and Jon Favreau announced that the Disney+-exclusive Star Wars series The Mandalorian would take place after the fall of the Empire and before the rise of the First Order. The plot will tell about a lone gunfighter in the spirit of Jango and Boba Fett, who will appear on the outskirts of the galaxy, beyond the control of the New Republic. […]

Ewan McGregor to return as Obi-Wan in Star Wars series for Disney+

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Disney intends to push its subscription service Disney+ very aggressively and will bet on universes like Marvel comics and Star Wars. The company spoke about its plans for the latter at the D23 Expo event: the final season of the animated series “Clonic Wars” will be released in February, future seasons of the fresh animated series “Star Wars Resistance” will also be exclusively released on this service, […]

The world of Cyberpunk 2077 will be slightly smaller than in the third “The Witcher”

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The world of Cyberpunk 2077 will be smaller in area than in the third “The Witcher”. Project producer Richard Borzymowski spoke about this in an interview with GamesRadar. However, the developer noted that its saturation will be significantly higher. “If you look at the area of ​​the world of Cyberpunk 2077, it will be slightly smaller than in The Witcher 3, but the content density will be […]

gamescom 2019: the creators of Skywind showed 11 minutes of gameplay

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The Skywind developers brought to gamescom 2019 an 11-minute demonstration of the gameplay of Skywind, a remake of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on the Skyrim engine. The recording appeared on the authors’ YouTube channel. In the video, the developers showed the passage of one of the Morag Tong quests. The main character went to kill the bandit Sarain Sadus. Fans will be able to see a giant map, remade wastelands of TES III: Morrowind, monsters, and […]

Enlightenment 0.23 User Environment Release

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After almost two years of development, the Enlightenment 0.23 user environment was released, which is based on a set of EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Library) libraries and Elementary widgets. The release is available in source code; distribution packages have not yet been created. The most notable innovations in Enlightenment 0.23: Significantly improved support for working under Wayland; The transition to the Meson assembly system has been carried out; A new Bluetooth module has been added […]

Disney+ subscribers will get 4 streams at the same time and 4K is much cheaper

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According to CNET, the Disney+ streaming service will launch on November 12 and will offer four simultaneous streams and 6,99K support for a base price of $4 per month. Subscribers will be able to create and configure up to seven profiles on one account. This will make the service highly competitive with Netflix, which raised prices at the beginning of the year and set stricter […]

Video: archeology of a lost civilization in the story game Some Distant Memory for Switch and PC

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Publisher Way Down Deep and developers from the Galvanic Games studio presented the project Some Distant Memory (in Russian localization - "Vague memories") - a story-driven game about exploring the world. The release is scheduled for the end of 2019 in versions for PC (Windows and macOS) and the Switch console. The Nintendo eShop does not yet have a corresponding page, but it already exists on Steam, […]

Valve showed two new heroes for Dota 2019 at The International 2 — Void Spirit and Snapfire

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Valve presented the new 2th hero at the Dota 119 World Championship - Void Spirit. As the name suggests, he will be the fourth spirit in the game. Currently it contains Ember Spirit, Storm Spirit and Earth Spirit. Void Spirit has come from the void and is ready to fight with enemies. At the presentation, the character conjured a double-sided glaive for himself, which hints at […]

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