Linux Format

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Once upon a time Jitsi was far more than a simple web-conferencing solution. The full-blown Jitsi Desktop package worked like any other chat tool, with users able to combine one-to-one chat, audio and video messaging with group calling features acros

Cosmopolitan South Africa

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This enviable role is sometimes known as ‘software developer’, and involves the development and deployment of new software. This is who have to thank you every time you need to update an app. Part-artist and part-web programmer, designers or develope

Techfastly

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What is Java - A brief history In the early 90s, the software tech domain saw the inception of two of the most influential entities that came into existence, which shaped the Software Industry as it is now. Those were the World Wide Web - www(1989) a

Linux Format

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Matt Yonkovit is the head of Open Source Strategy at Percona “Many modern programs are built with dozens of different open source components, constructed like LEGO from pre-built blocks. This approach to picking and choosing the best tools and compon

NPR

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By a 6-to-2 vote, the justices said Google's use of Oracle code did not infringe copyright laws.

Linux Format

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Nick Peers has been playing around with computers for over 30 years, and has been immersing himself in Linux for over a decade.. Another place to find files you can install through the Software Centre is Flatpak (https:// flatpak.org/). Install it

Linux Format

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As we state elsewhere, G’MIC is in fact a script-based programming language, one that can be invoked from the command line using the G’MIC interpreter. The latest version can be installed via a DEB package supplied at https://gmic.eu/download.html. C

Linux Format

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Once you’re used to an IDE, you may want to stay with it even when you learn a new language. Let us see what you can do when you want to transition between languages. Eclipse is a Java program, but is excellent for C++ development. It also supports

Computeractive

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What you need: LibreOffice Base Time required: Two hours or more While spreadsheets are great for listing data in columns and rows, and they’re easy to search if you want to find a single record, they’re less useful when you need to identify patterns

Linux Format

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If Java is too complex or not your cup of tea, Greenfoot also supports Stride, a programming language of sorts, developed by the same team that created Greenfoot. Stride is a frame-based programming language, somewhat a hybrid between block-based and

Computer Music

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The range of open-source freeware is constantly growing. The collaborative nature of open-source invites anybody (with the necessary know-how) to tinker with the root code of the program, often enhancing it. Some great examples include the inaugural

Linux Format

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Syntax errors tend to prevent programs from compiling, but logic and runtime errors can be more tricky to find. Greenfoot has an inbuilt debugger that allows step-by-step running of programs. Documentation, tutorials, reference materials and videos

Linux Format

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All of the programs that we’re looking at, other than Asset Forge, are open source and free. In all fairness, Asset Forge is reasonably priced ($19.95 and $39.95 for the Standard and Deluxe versions, respectively). When you make a payment, you’re sen

Futurity

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A new digital tool called Carpentry Compiler allows users to design woodworking projects and then gives them optimized fabrication instructions based on the materials and equipment they have available. “To make a good design, you need to think about

Techfastly

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The open-source programming language Python has been around for a long time, but it continues to be a dominant force. Its popularity in the digital age is attributed to the fact that you can build many cool things with Python (like basic QA Systems).

CQ Amateur Radio

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When you hit the compile button for your compiler, there’s a whole bunch of stuff that takes place that isn’t obvious while the code compiles. In general terms, the C compiler: 1) invokes a preprocessor pass on the code;2) performs syntax/semantic ch

Linux Format

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There are several reasons for wanting to use a terminal-based web browser. Often it’s because you don’t want to leave the command line. Other times it’s because you don’t have a graphical user interface, which is the case when you’re working over ssh

TechLife

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I’ve been using Open Hardware Monitor to control my CPU fan. This was the only app I could find that controlled it. I have an Asus ROG Strix B450-F motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 overclocked to 4,150MHz, and the stock AMD CPU cooler. I tried to contro

Linux Format

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We’ve discussed the early days of the web and how Perl became a de facto scripting tool. Later, in a time when people thought it was a good idea to give version numbers to general concepts, this would usher in the “Web 2.0” era. This mainly refers to

TechLife

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WHEN YOU CHECK in to a hotel, the hotel receptionist uses a machine to store a code onto a magnetic strip or computer chip on your key card. This code matches the one stored by your hotel room’s electronic lock, which reads the code when you insert t

MacLife

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From $39 From YoYo Games, yoyogames.com Features Code preview, image editor, auto tiling Needs OS X 10.11 or higher Some great games have been produced in previous versions of GameMaker Studio, including Hyper Light Drifter, Spelunky, Hotline Miami,

AppleMagazine

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The Supreme Court said it will referee a high-profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google. The case stems from Google’s development of its hugely popular Android operating

Futurity

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A new quantum computer programming language is as elegant, simple, and safe as classical computer languages, researchers report. Their quantum language, called Silq, is the first of its kind. “Programming quantum computers is still a challenge for re

Linux Format

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Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language that was first released in 1991 by its creator, Guido van Rossum. Very similar in programming construct to how BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Sybollic Instruction Code) was used

TechLife News

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The Supreme Court said it will referee a high-profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google. The case stems from Google’s development of its hugely popular Android operating

Linux Format

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Google’s long battle with Oracle over the use of Oracle-owned software in Android was given a major boost recently. The US Supreme Court backed Google’s claims that its use of the code fell under fair use by a 6-2 majority. This overturns an earlier

Newsweek

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The 'copyright case of the decade' is a $9 billion copyright infringement suit Oracle filed against the search giant, Google, nearly 10 years ago. Google is asking for the Supreme Court to hear the case. Will it happen?

Linux Format

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It’s a common misconception that concurrency is the same thing as parallelism. Parallelism is the simultaneous execution of multiple entities of some kind, whereas concurrency is a way of structuring your components so that they can be executed indep

Minecraft World Magazine

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Simply put, shaders change the way Minecraft looks. Most devices can display graphics far more complicated than Minecraft asks of them, so shaders unlock that power. Not all devices can run shaders, though, so while we can tell you how to get them, b

MacLife

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From $39 From YoYo Games, yoyogames.com Features Code preview, image editor, auto tiling Needs OS X 10.11 or higher Some great games have been produced in previous versions of GameMaker Studio, including Hyper Light Drifter, Spelunky, Hotline Miami,