Drupal Association blog: The Drupal Association still stands with Ukraine

February 25, 2024 by Michael G

On the two-year anniversary of the Russian government’s attack on Ukraine, the Drupal Association wishes to reiterate its support for Ukraine. The invasion was an act of aggression, and our hearts are still with our Drupal Ukraine community.

We want to bring attention once more to the ways that the Drupal community can continue to support Ukraine. Here is a list of organizations* accepting donations to help people directly affected by the events in Ukraine:

Nova Ukraine, a Ukraine-based nonprofit, provides citizens with basic needs and resources. Donate here.
United Help Ukraine receives and distributes donations, food, and medical supplies to internally displaced Ukrainians and anyone affected by the war. Donate here.
People in Need provides humanitarian aid to over 200,000 people on the ground. Donate here.
The Ukrainian Red Cross undertakes humanitarian work, from aiding refugees to training doctors. Donate here.
UN Refugees Agency supports refugees. Donate here.
UNICEF Ukraine is repairing schools damaged by the bombings and providing emergency responses to children affected by the war. Donate here.

As always, our global Drupal community is better together. We stand in solidarity and hope for peace.

*List of resources originally compiled by Global Citizen

Why I’m using justfiles in my Rails apps

February 25, 2024 by Michael G

Here’s how I’m using the just command runner to build consistent developer experiences across Rails apps, and why you might consider doing the same. https://everydayrails.com/2024/02/24/rails-just-commands

unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 15.1.05 Released

February 25, 2024 by Michael G

24 February 2024 Unifont 15.1.05 is now available. This release adds the 222 CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D glyphs (U+2B740..U+2B81D) and 335 Plane 2 and Plane 3 common Cantonese ideographs, as well as other additions amounting to almost 600 ideograph additions, from Boris Zhang, Yzy32767, and others.

This release also replaces the Hangul blocks outside the Hangul Syllables range with new glyphs from Ho-seok Ee that are now consistent with the style of the Hangul Syllables glyphs.

Other minor changes are also included. Details are in the ChangeLog file.

This release no longer builds TrueType fonts by default, as announced over the past year. They have been replaced with their OpenType equivalents. TrueType fonts can still be built manually by typing “make truetype” in the font directory.

Download this release from GNU server mirrors at:

https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/unifont/unifont-15.1.05/

or if that fails,

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.1.05/

or, as a last resort,

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.1.05/

These files are also available on the unifoundry.com website:

https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.1.05/

Font files are in the subdirectory

https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.1.05/font-builds/

A more detailed description of font changes is available at

https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

and of utility program changes at

https://unifoundry.com/unifont/unifont-utilities.html

Information about Hangul modifications is at

https://unifoundry.com/hangul/index.html

and

http://unifoundry.com/hangul/hangul-generation.html

Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge

February 25, 2024 by Michael G

I frequently write about Windows, Edge, and other Microsoft-adjacent technologies as part of my day job, and I sign into my daily-use PCs with a Microsoft account, so my usage patterns may be atypical for many Ars Technica readers. But for anyone who uses Windows, Edge, or both, I thought it might be useful to detail what I’m doing to clean up a clean install of Windows, minimizing (if not totally eliminating) the number of annoying notifications, Microsoft services, and unasked-for apps that we have to deal with. ↫ Andrew Cunningham at Ars Technica Five pages of nonsense you have to go through to make Windows 11 somewhat less of a trashfire. I can’t believe we’ve reached a point where this is normal and accepted, and often even defended by Windows users, here on OSNews as well. I know “just install Linux” generally isn’t a helpful comment, but at what point is installing Linux the path of least resistance compared to whatever the hell this is? Especially now that most work is done online in the browser anyway?