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Brick smartphone: Samsung came up with a strange device

On the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), according to the LetsGoDigital resource, information about a Samsung smartphone with a very unusual design has appeared. We are talking about a device in a folding case. In this case, three joints are provided at once, which allow the device to fold in the form of a parallelepiped. All facets of such a brick smartphone will be covered by a flexible display. When folded […]

Release of KWin-lowlatency 5.15.5

A new version of the KWin-lowlatency composite manager for KDE Plasma has been released, which is supplemented with patches to increase the responsiveness of the interface. Changes in version 5.15.5: Added new settings (System Settings > Display and Monitor > Compositor) that allow you to choose a balance between responsiveness and functionality. Support for NVIDIA graphics cards. Disabled support for linear animation (can be returned in the settings). Using glXWaitVideoSync instead of DRM VBlank. […]

GDB 8.3 debugger release

GDB 8.3 debugger released, supporting source-level debugging for a wide range of programming languages ​​(Ada, C, C++, Objective-C, Pascal, Go, etc.) on various hardware (i386, amd64, ARM, Power, Sparc , RISC-V, etc.) and software platforms (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Unix, Windows, macOS). Key improvements: The CLI and TUI interfaces now have the ability to define the style of the terminal […]

Part 5. Career of a programmer. A crisis. Middle. First release

Continuation of the story "Programmer Career". 2008 year. Global economic crisis. It would seem, what does a lone freelancer from a deep province have to do with it? It turned out that even small businesses and start-ups in the West were also impoverished. And these were my direct and potential clients. On top of that, I finally got my bachelor's degree from university and other things besides freelancing - […]

Xiaomi hints that Mi A3 with reference Android will have a triple camera

The Indian division of Xiaomi recently released a new teaser of upcoming smartphones on its community forum. The image shows triple, double and single cameras. Apparently, the Chinese manufacturer is hinting at the preparation of a smartphone with a triple rear camera. Presumably, we are talking about the following devices based on the Android One reference platform, which are already rumored: Xiaomi Mi A3 and […]

Enermax TBRGB AD.: quiet fan with original lighting

Enermax has announced the TBRGB AD. cooling fan designed for use in gaming-grade desktop systems. The novelty is an improved version of the TB RGB model, which debuted at the end of 2017. From the progenitor, the device inherited the original multi-color backlight in the form of four rings. At the same time, from now on, you can control the operation of the backlight through a motherboard with support for ASUS Aura Sync, […]

Release of the composite manager KWin-lowlatency 5.15.5

The release of the KWin-lowlatency 5.15.5 project has been released, within which a version of the composite manager for KDE Plasma 5.15 has been prepared, supplemented with patches to increase the responsiveness of the interface and fix some problems related to the speed of response to user actions, such as stuttering input. The developments of the project are distributed under the GPLv2 license. For Arch Linux, the AUR provides a ready-made PKGBUILD. Included in Gentoo […]

Smart watch Lenovo Ego: up to 20 days of battery life

The smartwatch shelf has arrived: the Lenovo Ego wristwatch has debuted, which will be available for an estimated price of $30. The gadget is equipped with a monochrome display measuring 1,6 inches diagonally. Dimensions are 55 × 48 × 15,8 mm, weight - approximately 40 grams. The watch is endowed with a set of sensors, including a heart rate sensor. Users will be able to track activity, calories burned, sleep quality and […]

Docker container for managing HP servers via ILO

You may probably wonder - why is Docker here? What's the problem with accessing the ILO web interface and setting up your server properly? So I thought when they gave me a couple of old unnecessary servers that I had to reinstall (what is called reprovision). The servers themselves are overseas, the only thing available is the web [...]