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An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI—Wine 5.18—has taken place. Since the release of version 5.17, 42 bug reports have been closed and 266 changes have been made. The most important changes include: wined3d now compiles shaders through the Vulkan API using the vkd3d-shader library, which is included in the vkd3d package. The USER32 library has been transformed into PE format. The console implementation has been freed from dependencies […]
On September 24, the development team announced the release of PostgreSQL version 13. In this new release, the main focus, among other things, was on improving performance, speeding up internal maintenance services, and simplifying database monitoring, as well as providing more reliable access control to the system. Work continued on optimizing table indexing concerning the handling of duplicates among indexed data in binary […]
The release of the cataloger, viewer, and editor of electronic books Calible 5.0 has taken place. Key changes in the new version include a new ability to highlight, color, and add annotations to text fragments, as well as a full transition to Python 3. In the new release, you can highlight the text that interests you and apply color highlighting, as well as formatting styles (underline, strikethrough…) and […]
In this article, we will explore the components of Terraform and step-by-step launch our own infrastructure in the cloud with VMware — preparing three VMs for different purposes: proxy, file storage, and CMS. Everything is covered in detail across three stages: Terraform — description, advantages, and components Building the infrastructure Initializing the infrastructure Working with Terraform on existing infrastructure 1. […]
The emergence of Chromebooks marked a significant moment for American education systems, allowing them to purchase affordable laptops for students, teachers, and administrators. Although Chromebooks have always run on a Linux-based operating system (Chrome OS), until recently, most Linux applications could not be run on them. However, everything changed when Google released Crostini — a virtual machine allowing the execution of […]
On the forum 4chan and the file-sharing service Mega.nz, an unknown person published an archive (torrent, 43 GB) that includes the complete source texts of the Windows XP SP1, Windows Server 2003, MS DOS 3.30, MS DOS 6.0, Windows 2000, Windows CE 3, Windows CE 4, Windows CE 5, Windows Embedded 7, Windows Embedded CE, Windows NT 3.5 and Windows NT 4 operating systems […]
The release of the decentralized file system IPFS 0.7 (InterPlanetary File System) has been presented, forming a global version-controlled file storage deployed in the form of a P2P network made up of participant systems. IPFS combines ideas previously realized in systems such as Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the Web, and resembles a single 'swarm' of BitTorrent (peers participating in the distribution), exchanging Git objects. IPFS is characterized by content addressing, and […]
Vifm is a console file manager with Vim-like modal control and some concepts borrowed from the email client mutt. The new version updates the application's state file format, enabling a range of new features. Other improvements include new interface settings and a series of optimizations. Key changes: the ability to save sets of open tabs between restarts; session saving/loading; a new vifminfo format (previous data [...])
The translation of this article was prepared in anticipation of the launch of the course "NoSQL Databases." Key points: It is crucial to design a schema even though it is optional in MongoDB. Similarly, indexes should align with your schema and access patterns. Avoid the use of large objects and large arrays. Be cautious with MongoDB settings, particularly regarding security and reliability. In MongoDB […]
In this article, I will discuss how we attempted to build a decentralized scooter rental service using smart contracts and why we still needed a centralized service. How it all began In November 2018, we participated in a hackathon dedicated to the Internet of Things and blockchain. As an idea, our team chose scooter sharing since we had a scooter […]
Collabora has released version 6.4 of the CODE platform (Collabora Online Development Edition), offering a specialized distribution for the quick deployment of LibreOffice Online and facilitating collaborative remote work with the office suite via the web to achieve functionality similar to Google Docs and Office 365. The distribution is presented as a pre-configured container for Docker and is also available as packages for […]
A year after the closure of Linux Journal, it is returning to operation under the guidance of Slashdot Media (which owns and manages the technical news site Slashdot and the open source developer portal SourceForge). The editorial team currently has no plans to resume a subscription model for the publication; all new content will be published for free on LinuxJournal.com. The team also invites anyone to contact them […]