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You've probably noticed: when facing a long task or a challenging path to a goal, heavy procrastination sets in. The fear of starting to write text, code, focus on your health, or pursue learning… The outcome is simple and incredibly frustrating: time passes, yet nothing changes; you haven’t done anything to ease your life. At some point, it becomes distressing to think about the wasted time […]
At the XDC2020 (X.Org Developers Conference), it was announced that ARM has joined the development process of the Panfrost project, which is working on an open driver for Mali GPUs. ARM has expressed its willingness to provide driver developers with the necessary information and documentation for a better understanding of the hardware and to focus attention on development, without wasting time deciphering puzzles during the reverse engineering of binary drivers […]
The first release of the Simplest Studio program is available, designed for lossless file optimization (FLAC, WAV) and conversion of FLAC, WAV, and MP3 formats. There are 4 different optimization modes available, utilizing an automated smart quality detection mode. The code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The FFmpeg package is used for content manipulation. Packages have been prepared in […]
The release of the Sculpt 20.08 operating system has been announced, which is being developed based on the Genode OS Framework technologies. This general-purpose operating system will be usable by regular users for everyday tasks. The project's source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image, sized at 26 MB, is available for download. It supports operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystems with […]
As a result of the vulnerability check, support for scrolling buffers was removed from the vgacon and fbcon drivers. With the new kernel versions, scrolling the console using Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn will no longer be possible. Linus Torvalds has promised to reintegrate the code into the kernel if a new maintainer can be found to handle the buffer overflow checks. It seems all developers have shifted to graphical interfaces, and the bare console has been largely abandoned. […]
Hello, Habr. Today, I continue the series of publications that I wrote specifically for the launch of the new stream of the 'Software Architect' course. Introduction Choosing an architectural style is one of the fundamental technical decisions when building an information system. In this series of articles, I propose to explore the most popular architectural styles for building applications and answer the question of when each architectural style is most preferable. […]
The release of the Geary 3.38 email client has been announced, aimed at use in the GNOME environment. The project was initially founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but development has since been taken over by the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared in the form of a self-contained flatpak package. […]
Rich Geldreich has transferred his compression libraries LZHAM and Crunch to the Public Domain category, meaning he has fully relinquished all property rights and granted the freedom to distribute and use them in any form without restrictions. For jurisdictions where the Public Domain category is not recognized, appropriate stipulations have been included. Previously, the projects were distributed under MIT licenses and […]
GitHub has released the first version of the cross-platform GitHub CLI toolkit, allowing users to manage their projects from the command line. The utility, named 'gh', enables users to create and view issues, create and review pull requests, conduct change reviews, and manage release formations. The toolkit also allows for the creation of scripts using the GitHub API. Builds of the toolkit are available for Linux (deb, […]
The latest version of Windows 10 for insiders (20211) has received another update to the WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Now, with console commands and no additional software, it is possible to mount partitions (or entire disks) into the WSL subsystem, and this file system will be available to all of Windows. There is now no need for third-party software to mount ext4; additionally, it has been stated that […]
For a number of reasons, it was necessary to set up a VPN connection between the network in VMWare Cloud Director and a separate Ubuntu machine in the cloud. This note does not claim to be a complete description; it is just a small how-to. The only article found on this topic is from 2015: 'Site to Site IPSEC VPN between NSX Edge and Linux strongSwan.' Unfortunately, it cannot be used directly […]
Hello! My name is Mikhail, and I am the Deputy Director of IT at 'Sportmaster.' I want to share a story about how we dealt with the challenges that arose during the pandemic. In the early days of the new reality, the usual offline retail format of 'Sportmaster' came to a standstill, and the load on our online channel, especially in terms of delivery to the customer, increased tenfold. […]