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Ubuntu

Ubuntu Ports mirror for Mauritius officialised

ARM64 Linux users in Mauritius, rejoice! Ubuntu Ports mirror has been officialised.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
MSCC

First meetup of 2023 by the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community

After a very long pause on physical meetups due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community is back with its monthly physical meetups. This year's first meetup was themed around the .NET stack and was hosted by SD Worx in Ébène.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Mauritius

How to add a missing road in Google Maps?

Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets, real-time traffic conditions, etc.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Laravel

Laravel discontinues official ties with certification platform

Laravel is an open source PHP framework created by Taylor Otwell. It is popular for creating web applications. Laravel has an elegant syntax and it very well documented.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
DevOps

Containers — why do we need multi-stage builds?

Docker is a platform designed to help developers build, share, and run modern applications. Docker Inc. was founded by Kamel Founadi, Solomon Hykes, and Sebastien Pahl in 2010. The company released Docker as an open-source software in 2013.

Ish Sookun

3 min read
openSUSE

openSUSE Board Election 2022 — Results

openSUSE Board Elections are carried out every year and members are called to cast their vote electronically for their preferred candidate. The Election Platform is run by the Election Committee. Ariez Vachha, Edwin Zakaria and I were the Election Officials.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Conference

Google DevFest 2022

What is DevFest? DevFests are local tech conferences hosted by Google Developer Groups (GDG) around the world. Each DevFest event is crafted by its local organisers to fit the needs and interests of its local developer community.

Ish Sookun

9 min read
MSCC

Developers Conference 2022, as it happened

The Developers Conference is an annual event organised by the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community. After two years of waiting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, #DevConMu was undeniably a successful event and we will all have great memories of this one.

Ish Sookun

21 min read
openSUSE

openSUSE Board Election 2022 campaign has begun

The electronic voting for the openSUSE Board Election is scheduled to begin on 1 December and ballots will close on 15 December. Six candidates are running for three seats on the Board.

Ish Sookun

1 min read