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The eighth season of the iconic series "Game of Thrones" has already started, and it won't be long before we find out who will sit on the Iron Throne and who will fall in the struggle for it. High-budget series and films pay particular attention to details. Observant viewers watching the series in the original have noticed that the characters speak with different English accents. Let’s explore what accents they speak with […]
In mid-January, the cryptocurrency Grin was launched based on the MimbleWimble protocol, designed to be more profitable to mine on graphics cards rather than custom ASICs. Grin mining utilizes the Cuckoo Cycle (Cuckatoo) hashing algorithms, which are expected to be continually developed, thereby making Grin mining less profitable on ASICs. However, ASIC developers disagree […]
A new version of Ubuntu has been released — 19.04 "Disco Dingo." Ready-made images have been created for all editions, including Ubuntu Kylin (a special version for China). Among the main innovations is the coexistence of X.Org and Wayland. Additionally, fractional scaling has been introduced as an experimental feature, working in both modes. The developers have improved the performance and responsiveness of the desktop, […]
The Epic Games Store officially does not support Linux, but now users of the open OS can install its client and run almost all games in the library. Thanks to Lutris Gaming, the Epic Games Store client now works on Linux. It is fully functional and can run nearly all games with minimal issues. However, one of the largest projects on the Epic Games Store, Fortnite, […]
Some users report that Microsoft has started sending notifications to computers running Windows 7, reminding them of the imminent end of support for this OS. Support will end on January 14, 2020, and users are expected to upgrade to Windows 10 by then. Apparently, the notification first appeared in the morning of April 18. Posts on […]
At the Shanghai International Auto Show, Infiniti unveiled the Qs Inspiration concept car featuring a fully electric powertrain. The Qs Inspiration is a sporty sedan with a dynamic appearance. There is no traditional grille at the front, as it is simply unnecessary for an electric vehicle. Unfortunately, the technical specifications of the power platform are not disclosed. However, it is known that the car is equipped with an e-AWD all-wheel drive system.
The release of Valgrind 3.15.0 is now available, a toolset for debugging memory management, detecting memory leaks, and profiling. Valgrind supports Linux (X86, AMD64, ARM32, ARM64, PPC32, PPC64BE, PPC64LE, S390X, MIPS32, MIPS64), Android (ARM, ARM64, MIPS32, X86), Solaris (X86, AMD64), and macOS (AMD64) platforms. The new version features: A significantly redesigned and expanded heap profiling tool, DHAT (Dynamic Heap Analysis).
Bluecherry is a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) solution for video surveillance, consisting of a server running on GNU/Linux and a client application that operates on GNU/Linux, MacOS, and Windows, as well as through third-party mobile apps for Android and iOS. Until April 18, 2019, only the Bluecherry client was open-source, but starting from this date, the development company decided to fully open the source code of […]
Despite the fact that Google Chrome is widely popular around the world, it has always lacked some useful features. Some tools that have successfully been working in other browsers for years are still absent in Google's browser. One of these popular features will soon make its way to the desktop version of Chrome. This refers to the reading mode (Reader Mode), which is expected to be introduced soon.
After 10 months of development, the latest version of the application for chart creation and data analysis has been released. The program's goal is to make the creation of charts simple and intuitive while providing numerous customization and editing options. LabPlot is also available as a Flatpak package. Changes in version 2.6: full support for histograms, including cumulative and multiple; […]
A release with short support of 9 months. It uses the Linux kernel version 5.0. Development tools have been updated: glibc 2.29, OpenJDK 11, boost 1.67, rustc 1.31, GCC 8.3 (GCC 9 can be installed), Python 3.7.3 by default, ruby 2.5.5, php 7.2.15, perl 5.28.1, golang 1.10.4. Key changes in the desktop edition: New wallpaper featuring a mascot of an Australian dog […]
The increase in the major version number to 5 does not signify any groundbreaking changes or compatibility breaks. It simply helps our dear Linus Torvalds maintain his peace of mind. Below is a list of some changes and innovations. Core changes: The CFS process scheduler on asymmetric processors like ARM behaves differently — it prioritizes low-power and energy-efficient cores first. Through the fanotify file event tracking API […]