Copier 6 has finally arrived! I’ll tell you what’s new. You may also be thinking about volunteering to maintain an open source project. I’ll tell you what this experience has been like, in case it helps you to decide. What’s new I refactored the whole core of the program. Now it is much more maintainable. Thanks to the fact that there were so many tests, I could check that everything still works fine.
“How to install the application _______?” I’m sure you’ve asked yourself. If you use GNU/Linux, the usual answer is: by installing a software package. But… there are many package formats. How do you know which one is best? Let me tell you. System packages I say “system” because, by installing a package in this format, what we are really doing is allowing a new software component to become part of our operating system.
Sometimes you may have a webcam that shows flickering. How to solve it? In my case, I have a Logitech C920 HD Pro and I was having this problem. Why it happens Usually it is because the camera is working at 60 Hz and the monitor at 50, or vice versa. How to solve it in Windows For my particular camera, it was simple: download and install the Camera Settings application.
I’ve been interviewed in Podcast.__init__ talking about Copier. Listen to the interview.
Having a Windows virtual machine in Linux has a lot of utilities: If you’re testing Linux for the first time, it can help you “unhook yourself” from Windows little by little. You know you have Windows there, and that placebo gives you the necessary courage to test this little weird new world that is Linux. You’re a developer and you want to see how your apps or services work on Windows.
I hate negative booleans. If any time, for any reason, you need to use a boolean variable (very common), please always think in positive. You don’t know how many brain cells I have wasted interpreting code like this: # Declare variable no_update = True # Use variable if not no_update: do_something() I mean… why not just write it like this? # Declare variable update = False # Use variable if update: do_something() And time and again I keep on seeing that pattern… Seriously, always be positive please.
What to do when you find this 💩 in the terminal? ➤ sudo apt-get remove linux-image-generic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-generic : Depends: linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.143.151) but it is not going to be installed linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-143-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-143-generic but it is not going to be installed o linux-image-unsigned-4.
Something completely unnecessary but essential at the same time: To install it: Page to install the extension. Source code. It doesn’t work as good as the old Compiz, but it’s better than nothing!
Well, well… ok… let’s get real… Yeoman and Cookiecutter are not dead, it’s just that I wanted a catchy headline. 😁 What I mean is that suddenly a new competitor has emerged with lots of advantages, and it’s going to give them a good fight… If you’re reading this, I guess you already know these tools, but just in case: What are Yeoman and Cookiecutter? Cookiecutter is a generator. Actually, until now, it’s the main referent in Python, and one of the most importants in any language.
Half the planet is under quarantine, and the other half will be soon (no matter if you still believe you won’t)… but we want to keep in touch with our relatives! What options do we have?