An update to the KDE project library set is available. This release contains over 200 changes, including: tons of new and improved icons for the Breeze theme; memory leaks in the KConfigWatcher subsystem have been fixed; Optimized creation of color scheme previews; Fixed a bug due to which it was not possible to delete a file on the desktop to the trash; the mechanism for checking free space in the KIO subsystem has become [...]
Daniel Robbins, the founder of the Gentoo distribution, who stepped away from the project in 2009, presented the release of the Funtoo 1.4 distribution he is currently developing. Funtoo is based on the Gentoo package base and aims to further improve existing technologies. Work on the release of Funtoo 2.0 is planned to begin in about a month. Among the key features of Funtoo, support for automatic package building […]
Following Mozilla, Google announced its intention to conduct an experiment to test the “DNS over HTTPS” (DoH, DNS over HTTPS) implementation being developed for the Chrome browser. With the release of Chrome 78 scheduled for October 22, certain categories of users will be switched to DoH by default. Only users will take part in the experiment to enable DoH; in the current system settings […]
Currently, more and more companies are transferring their infrastructure from hardware servers and their own virtual machines to the cloud. This solution is easy to explain: there is no need to worry about hardware, the cluster is easily configured in many different ways... and most importantly, available technologies (like Kubernetes) make it possible to simply scale computing power depending on the load. The financial aspect is always important. Tool, […]
Articles about moving to different countries are quite popular on Habré. I collected information about moving to the capital of Estonia - Tallinn. Today we’ll talk about whether it’s easy for a developer to find vacancies with the possibility of relocation, how much you can earn and what to generally expect from life in the north of Europe. Tallinn: a developed startup ecosystem Despite the fact that the entire population of Estonia is […]
As part of my job, I interviewed a person who has been researching the market, software development trends and IT services in Central and Eastern Europe for many years, 15 of them in Russia. And although the most interesting, in my opinion, the interlocutor left behind the scenes, nevertheless, this story can be both interesting and inspiring. See for yourself. Eugene, […]
Nowadays, it has become a fairly common practice to install voltage control relays in the residential sector to protect electrical equipment from zero loss, from overvoltage and undervoltage. On Instagram and YouTube you can see that many of my colleagues are experiencing problems in this area, after installing voltage control relays from Meander, and some other manufacturers who very often come out of […]
New Lenovo ThinkPad laptops come with PrivacyGuard to limit the vertical and horizontal viewing angles of the LCD display. Previously, this was possible using special optical film coatings. The new function can be turned on/off depending on the situation. PrivacyGuard is available on select new ThinkPad models (T480s, T490, and T490s). The issue of enabling support for this option on Linux was to determine […]
For quite a long time, NVIDIA has been promoting the idea of BFG displays (Big Format Gaming Displays) - giant 65-inch gaming monitors with a high refresh rate, low response time, supporting HDR and G-Sync technology. But so far, as part of this initiative, there is only one model actually available for sale - the 65-inch HP OMEN X Emperium monitor with a price of $4999. However, this is not at all [...]
Chain of trust. CC BY-SA 4.0 Yanpas SSL traffic inspection (SSL/TLS decryption, SSL or DPI analysis) is becoming an increasingly hot topic of discussion in the corporate sector. The idea of decrypting traffic seems to contradict the very concept of cryptography. However, the fact is a fact: more and more companies are using DPI technologies, explaining this by the need to check content for malware, data leaks, etc. […]
Today we will look at the advantages of two types of switch aggregation: Switch Stacking, or switch stacks, and Chassis Aggregation, or switch chassis aggregation. This is section 1.6 of the ICND2 exam topic. When developing a company network design, you will need to provide for the placement of Access Switches, to which many user computers are connected, and Distribution Switches, to which these access switches are connected. […]
The Chinese company Xiaomi has released a new external battery designed to replenish the batteries of various mobile devices. The new product is called Xiaomi Wireless Power Bank Youth Edition. The capacity of this battery is 10 mAh. The product supports Qi wireless charging technology. This system uses magnetic induction method. The new Xiaomi Wireless Power Bank Youth Edition is reported to support 000W […]
