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After 2 years of development, the new version of the open forum engine phpBB 3.3, code-named "Proteus", has been released. Changes include support for PHP versions 7.1-7.4, an expanded emoji set, convenient quoting, easy updates, reCAPTCHA 2.0, improved notifications, and new icons (using CSS). Source: linux.org.ru
The first beta version of the OS Trident, transitioned from FreeBSD and TrueOS to a package base of Void Linux, is available. The size of the bootable ISO image is 515MB. The build uses ZFS on the root partition, allows rollbacks of the boot environment via ZFS snapshots, comes with a simplified installer, supports systems with EFI and BIOS, enables swap partition encryption, and offers package options for standard […]
Bram Moolenaar, the author of the text editor Vim, announced the creation of the Vim9 repository, where work is underway on an experimental fork of Vim aimed at exploring ways to enhance performance and functionality of the Vim scripting language. Key optimizations involve reworking methods for determining, calling, and executing functions, as well as moving away from using dictionaries for arguments and […]
Telegram has published a statement on its website clarifying some aspects regarding the operational principles of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform and the Gram cryptocurrency. The statement highlights that the company will not be able to control the platform after its launch, nor will it have any other management rights over it. It has been revealed that the TON Wallet cryptocurrency wallet will be operational at launch […]
Brief Introduction: I want to talk about the YouTube player for Android with local playlists, channels, and recommendations. Expanded Introduction: Some time ago, I encountered exactly the same problem as the author of the wonderful app Channel Whitelist, and I came to have exactly the same attitude towards it: I want to be able to occasionally give my child the tablet or […]
Adam Baldwin, who leads the team responsible for the security of the NPM repository, published statistics prepared based on last year's results: Despite ongoing incidents involving the takeover of NPM repositories, only 9.27% of package maintainers use two-factor authentication to secure access; 13.37% of new accounts attempted to reuse compromised passwords found in known leaks according to data from the […]
The release of project Nuitka 0.6.6 has been prepared, which develops a compiler that can translate a script in Python into a C++ representation that can then be compiled into an executable file using libpython to ensure maximum compatibility with CPython (using standard CPython tools for object management). Full compatibility with the latest releases of Python 2.x and 3.x has been provided. Compared to […]
The second release candidate of the libmdbx library is available for testing, featuring a high-performance, compact embedded key-value database. The current version (0.5) is a technical release, marking the completion of any refinements and the transition to the public final testing and stabilization phase, with subsequent formation of the first full release of the library. The libmdbx code is distributed under the OpenLDAP Public License. The MDBX library is […]
Note: I apologize for the serious typo in the first version of the note. Thank you to all readers who reported the typo. God Mode is a convenient way to access Windows commands in a single window. Let's look at how to use this mode. God Mode is a special option that has long been available in Windows, giving you quick access to most […]
Clickhouse is a columnar database management system for online analytical processing (OLAP) with open source, developed by Yandex. It is used by Yandex, CloudFlare, VK.com, Badoo, and other services worldwide to store truly large amounts of data (inserting thousands of rows per second or petabytes of data stored on disk). In a typical 'row-based' DBMS, examples include […]
The plan to enable the earlyoom background process by default in Fedora 32 has been published, allowing for early response to memory shortages in the system. If the available memory falls below a specified value, earlyoom will forcefully terminate the process that consumes the most memory (with the highest value in /proc/*/oom_score) by sending SIGTERM (less than 10% free memory) or SIGKILL (< 5%), without letting the state […]
At the beginning of 2020, many set their goals for the upcoming year or even decade. This also applies to Markus Persson, known as Notch, one of the creators of the increasingly popular Minecraft and the founder of the development studio Mojang. In a recent tweet, Notch asked his loyal community of 4 million followers what they would […]