News: Google Play Store increasing file size .

To help developers build apps , Google Play Store increasing file size limit from 50 MB to 100 MB.
Seam Google wants to encourage developers to create richer apps and games.
Also, users will see a warning only when the app exceeds the 100MB quota and makes use of Expansion Files.
You can read more at support googleplay apk

GIF file animated with open-source software.

I tested the Blender 3D version 2.76 with Inkscape and Synfig to make this GIF animated.
This is the result :

I used the default cube from Blender 3D to make a SVG image. 

Also I working with Synfig software to create this GIF. 

I will make one good tutorial about this GIF. 

I hope this will help you to find new ways to deal with the open-source software.

Google Shutting Down Google+ Photos !

Google announced in a post on its social network site, it will begin winding down Google+ Photos: on August 1st we’ll start to shut down Google+ Photos -- initially on Android, and soon thereafter on the Web and iOS. How to fix that ... ? So you need to download the new Google Photos today for uninterrupted access to all your photos, videos and albums. To do that use android.apps.photos. With the new app you’ll still be able to backup, edit, and share your photos and videos, with unlimited storage, automatic organization, and more. The biggest difference is that :

• Google+ users had to actually visit the network on the web to access photos;
• Google Photos has its own dedicated web interface.

Also your photos and video will still remain available for download through Google Takeout - a program that allows users to download a copy of their data stored within Google products.

The VirtualBox and Fedora 22.

I used the VirtualBox - version 4.3.28.xxxx and Fedora Linux 22.
The main reason was to test how fast it's the  Fedora 22 over VirtualBox.
And the answer was just a few minutes.
My hardware come with NVIDIA video card Geforce 740M, CPU: 2117U -1.80Ghz and 4Gb RAM.
I used Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-22.iso.
This will take some time when you install because this will use the network to download all packages.
You need to set one new  Linux os over Virtual Box and make this setting:
Load the Fedora .iso and start it with Show/Play button.

After that, if all packages are on your computer then the next step comes with unloading the .iso file and select the virtual drive.
This can be seen under Controler: SATA. Let all settings under Network: NAT.
Start it with Show button and you will see working well.


I like very much the new Virtual Box and Fedora also, because it's fast (~ 1 min) and I don't need to start another hardware to test my linux stuff.

News: The Tangram is designed for real-time rendering of 2D and 3D maps.

Mapzen builds open-source mapping tools and collaborates on open geodata initiatives and one good choice is Tangram.
The Tangram is a flexible mapping engine, designed for real-time rendering of 2D and 3D maps.
Come with some features like matrix maps:

Fix Bash shell vulnerability under Linux OS .

If some Bash code outside of the curly brace then it will then be executed by the linux system.

env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c " bash test "

If your system is vulnerable, it will then output:

vulnerable
bash test 

How Do You Fix It ? Just open up a terminal, and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

or under Fedora with :

sudo yum update

Also you can see more about linux and linux tutorials here.

News: Scribus 1.5.0 released.

The new version 1.5.0 for test purposes is now based on Qt 5.2. Some features come with this version:

• Scribus can now store bitmap images within its native file format;
• offers a "Symbol" or clone feature similar to Adobe Illustrator;
• the new "Weld" feature, objects are combined and moved without being grouped;
• each object remains fully editable;
• most often requested text features: vertical scaling of text, orphans and widows control, foot and endnotes, text variables, cross references;
• with a huge number of new or rewritten import filters - and some are still experimental;
• also: vector drawings, 3D, bitmap files, ...

Read more about this new version: 1.5.0 release webpage.

News: San Francisco Python Meetup Group ...

 ... Python Meetup is putting out a call for speakers:

Meet other local Python Programming Language enthusiasts! Please join us on the second Wednesday of each month for a Presentation Night of intermediate and advanced Python talks. Please join us on the third Wednesday of each month for a Project Night of Python tutorials, mentors helping new and intermediate Python developers, sprints on Python projects, and developers working on their own projects.

More about this www.meetup.com- sfpython.

Try now with your linux os : the plan .

Working under many operating systems, like PC, MAX and Linux OS.
Very good effect and with a great music this game will take your attention.
Also available on Steam:
"A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence. The Plan was developed as a side project by Krillbite Studio, who's currently finishing their main project Among the Sleep. "Hey, You Should Play This" - Patrick Klepek, Giantbomb "Some may argue that The Plan isn't"

News: GNOME 3.16.1 is out.

GNOME 3.16 is the latest version of GNOME 3 and is the result of six months' work by the GNOME project.
It includes major new features, as well as a large number of smaller improvements and enhancements. The release incorporates 33525 changes, made by approximately 1043 contributors. New features and improvements being introduced in GNOME 3.16 include:

The lists of updated modules and changes are available here:
  core   -  https://download.gnome.org/core/3.16/3.16.1/NEWS
  apps   -  https://download.gnome.org/apps/3.16/3.16.1/NEWS

The source packages are available here:
  core   -  https://download.gnome.org/core/3.16/3.16.1/sources/
  apps   -  https://download.gnome.org/apps/3.16/3.16.1/sources/

News: Godot - This new game engine working with Linux .

The last version of Godot Engine Reaches 1.0 come with new features:

• working simple, flexible and feature-rich editor, with tools under multi-platform editor: Linux, Windows and OSX;
• the game result work for your multi-platform: iOS, Android, Desktop Platforms: Windows, OSX, Linux, Web Platforms: PNaCL and consoles: PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita (only with a license from Sony); 
• 2D and 3D game development;
• GUI library for UI Game Interfaces;
• A python-based scripting language, designed to make games with C++ API to optimize parts of the game or extend any part of the engine;
• you can animate 2D or 3D. - simulate 2D and 3D physics engines;

First look: I run it, working well.
You need to make some settings to export the game.
Working with .obj to import objects.
Not working with tff fonts.
Seam to be a lite dizzy, but I saw some good youtube tutorials.

download the templates for exporting, see the next image:

and export your game ...
I use Linux and great I have the .bin file.
I don't test it under Linux OS.

Blender 3D - great addon for game developers.

I found one great addon for game developers.
I make also one simple tutorial about this addon.
Can be read here.

News: NVIDIA for Linux Released with GL_NV_command_list.

Nvidia comes with new drivers for Linux OS and support for the following GPUs:
Quadro K620M, Quadro K2200M, GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 965M.

NVIDIA has published a long-lived branch release for Linux OS:

• Linux 64-bit
• Linux 32-bit
• Linux ARM
• Solaris
• FreeBSD 64-bit
• FreeBSD 32-bit

Add also adds one new extension: GL_NV_command_list and exposes 368 OpenGL extensions for a GeForce GTX 970.