Author: Yuri Gagarin

There's a controller – no problem: how to easily maintain wireless network operation

In 2019, the consulting firm Miercom conducted an independent technology assessment of Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wi-Fi 6 controllers. For this study, a testbed was assembled featuring controllers and Wi-Fi 6 access points from Cisco, and an evaluation of the technical solution was conducted in the following categories: Availability; Security; Automation. The results of the study are presented below. Since 2019, the functionality of Cisco controllers […]

An initiative to create GNOME OS builds for real hardware

At the GUADEC 2020 conference, a report was presented on the development of the "GNOME OS" project. Initially conceived plans for developing "GNOME OS" as a platform for creating operating systems have now transformed into viewing "GNOME OS" as a build that can be used for continuous integration, simplifying the testing of applications in the codebase being developed for the next release of GNOME, assessing the progress of development, […]

In GNOME, they proposed to consider the environmental impact of development

Philip Withnall from Endless spoke at the GUADEC 2020 conference about introducing tracking of the environmental impact of GNOME application development. For each application, it is proposed to display a 'Carbon Cost' parameter, showing the estimated level of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and allowing assessment of how development affects global warming. According to the speaker, despite this idea, […]

NoiseTorch, a noise suppression application for microphones

The NoiseTorch application has entered the beta testing phase. It provides an interface for real-time microphone noise suppression. The program is equipped with a graphical interface for parameter settings and uses PulseAudio to redirect audio streams. To enable noise suppression in any audio application, simply select the NoiseTorch virtual microphone from the list of audio input devices. The code is written in Go and is distributed […]

digiKam 7.0.0

A major new update of digiKam has been released – a program for working with digital photos, a cataloger, and editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows. With digiKam, you can easily transfer photos, raw files, and videos directly from your camera or external storage devices (SD cards, USB drives, etc.). The application allows you to customize import settings and rules that handle […]

We accept 10,000 events in Yandex.Cloud. Part 1

Hello everyone, friends! * This article is inspired by the open workshop REBRAIN & Yandex.Cloud. If you prefer to watch the video, you can find it at this link — https://youtu.be/cZLezUm0ekE Recently, we had the opportunity to experience Yandex.Cloud firsthand. Since we wanted to explore it thoroughly, we immediately dismissed the idea of launching a simple WordPress blog with a cloud database — […]

The strength of 'digital doors'

In the online world, just like in real life, an open door doesn't always mean that everything behind it is safe, and a closed one doesn’t guarantee peace. Today's story is about several major data breaches and financial thefts in the history of the World Wide Web. The tragic story of a young talent is linked to the name of the wunderkind Jonathan Joseph James, which is associated with one of the most […]

A new ultra-fast port scanning utility, RustScan, has been introduced.

The first release of a new network port scanning utility, RustScan, is available, optimized for significantly increasing scanning speed. High speed is achieved through intensive parallelization of checks. In tests, scanning 65,000 ports took only 8 seconds while performing 10,000 simultaneous checks. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Pre-built packages are available for […]

Issuer — GitHub Action for enforcing self-service for repository users

As part of the Issuer project, a GitHub bot has been developed to tackle repository users' self-service tasks. On GitHub, there are repositories whose sole purpose is coordinating people through the Issue system. In some of them, those leaving Issues are asked to fill out a form. Then a moderator comes in, checks the accuracy of the form completion, and assigns tags according to those specified in the form (tags […]

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 — kiosk mode

Introduction Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 is the marketing name for another release of Windows 10. The launch of this version was announced in September 2018, and it corresponds to version 1809, where 18 is the year and 09 is the month. Many articles have been written about the new Windows 10 1809 release, but most focus on various "decorations," "beauties," and different functionalities that are in demand in […]

Release of REMnux 7.0, a distribution for malware analysis

Five years after the release of the previous version, a new release of the specialized Linux distribution REMnux 7.0 has been formed, designed for studying and reverse engineering malicious software code. During the analysis, REMnux provides a controlled laboratory environment where one can emulate the operation of a specific targeted network service to study the behavior of malware in conditions close to real-life scenarios. Another area […]

Release of wxWidgets 3.1.4 graphical toolkit

The release of the cross-platform toolkit wxWidgets 3.1.4 has taken place, allowing the creation of graphical interfaces for Linux, Windows, macOS, UNIX, and mobile platforms. wxWidgets 3.1 is positioned as a branch for developers, in which new features are being developed for the next stable release 3.2.0. Compared to the 3.0 branch, a number of API-level incompatibilities are observed, and ABI stability between intermediate 3.1.x releases is not guaranteed. […]

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