AFRINIC WHOIS database tampered?
In a recent official communiqué, AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, wished its members and the community a happy new year while giving updates about some changes in the different...
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Kopano: Unknown MAPI Error
If you're thrown an Unknown MAPI Error: MAPI_E_NOT_FOUND when logging with a newly created account on Kopano, it is mostly because the user does not have a store. The kopano-server log doesn't help...
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LibreOffice dark icons
Every application has a dark mode now or will surely have a dark theme in the near future. I am running openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma and Materia Manjaro Dark theme. It's almost like the Breeze...
View ArticleopenSUSE Board election 2019-2020 result
The openSUSE Board election 2019-2020 reached an end on the night of 31 January 23h59 CET after running for about two weeks.Four candidates ran in this election and the result is as follows:Simon Lees...
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oSLO Conference 🐧
oSLO is short for openSUSE + LibreOffice.The two projects are celebrating their 15ᵗʰ and 10ᵗʰ anniversary respectively in 2020. To mark the occasion, openSUSE and LibreOffice projects are organizing a...
View ArticleAnatomy of a generic function in Rust
Consider the following function in Rust:fn additems<T: Add<Output = T>>(i: T, j: T) -> T { i + j }It can handle different input types and thus it's called a generic function. The generic...
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DevCon 2020 is just about a month away
The annual Developers Conference of Mauritius is happening on 2 - 4 April. That leaves us like about a month of final preparations.A bunch of DevCon regulars met today during Code & Coffee at Mugg...
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DRM Plugin crashes after openSUSE Tumbleweed update
A few days ago openSUSE users started complaining about DRM Plugin crashes in Firefox after running a Tumbleweed update.Netflix requires the DRM plugin in Firefox to be able to play encrypted videos....
View ArticleopenSUSE community welcomes new board member
The results of the openSUSE Board election were published on 1 February 2020. The community welcomed Sarah Julia Kriesch and Simon Lees as they started their new term.However, ten days later, Sarah...
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DevCon is free to attend. How to register?
What is DevCon by the way?First I need to tell you about the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community (MSCC).Some time around May or June 2013, Jochen Kirstätter (aka JoKi) started this trend called...
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DevCon 2020 | Kubernetes - Introducing through openSUSE MicroOS & Kubic
Guest post by Chittesh Sham 😉DevCon 2020 is just about three weeks away and the hype is real. People know me as a friendly neighborhood SysAdmin and this year I am excited to announce that I will be...
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Bitcoin Is Dead ...
Guest post by Chittesh Sham 😉B**coin, the most promising cryptocurrency set upon the humongous mission to revolutionize and modernize our current financial institution in this day and age… is dead -...
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Herold🌀
I woke up this morning hearing on the radio that a cyclone warning Class I is in force in Mauritius.Herold is the eighth tropical storm of this cyclonic season. It was named last night after the system...
View ArticleFirst COVID-19 cases in Mauritius
The Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth held a press conference tonight to announce that three persons, all of them Mauritians, have been tested positive to the new coronavirus, COVID-19. One...
View ArticleNationwide confinement announced in Mauritius
The Prime MInister of Mauritius had a press conference scheduled at 14h30 today. 1.5 hours later it was canceled and journalists were told that the PM will address the nation directly later.At around...
View ArticleHow will people cope with the COVID-19 confinement financially?
People of Mauritius are under a nationwide confinement since 19 March 2020. This confinement is to last for about two weeks, during which people are to remain at home and special permits are given to...
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Where to obtain COVID-19 updates?
Six days ago the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth, announced to the population that we have recorded the first cases of COVID-19 in Mauritius. Since then much has happened.The number of...
View ArticleCourt appearing through WhatsApp
The Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth, announced a complete lockdown of all supermarkets, shops and bakeries, two days ago. This comes on top of the nationwide confinement that started...
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Over 100 positive COVID-19 cases in Mauritius & supermarkets are re-opening soon
We have reached 102 positive COVID-19 cases in Mauritius, including two deaths. This was announced last evening by the National Communication Committee.Two hospitals have been dedicated to treat...
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What is an essential food pack?
Last week several online shopping services sprouted to answer the call of numerous people who needed food provisions amid the COVID-19 confinement. I say « services » rather than websites because some...
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