In this article, I will attempt to compare two completely different technologies: VDI and VPN. I have no doubt that, due to the pandemic that unexpectedly struck all of us in March of this year, specifically the shift to remote work, you and your company have long made a decision on how to optimally ensure comfortable conditions for […]
The developers of the Chromium project have made a change that sets the maximum lifespan for TLS certificates at 398 days (13 months). This condition applies to all public server certificates issued after September 1, 2020. If a certificate does not comply with this requirement, the browser will reject it as invalid, specifically responding with the error ERR_CERT_VALIDITY_TOO_LONG. For certificates issued before September 1, 2020, trust […]
At the age of 33, I've decided to pursue a master's degree in computer science. I graduated with my first degree back in 2008, and it was not in the IT field; a lot has changed since then. Like any other student, especially one with Slavic roots, I became curious about what I could receive for free (in […]
Salvatore Sanfilippo, the creator of the Redis database, announced that he will no longer be maintaining the project and will dedicate his time to something else. According to Salvatore, in recent years his work has been focused on reviewing external proposals for improving and changing the code, which is not what he wanted to be doing, as he prefers writing […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 78 has occurred, along with the mobile version Firefox 68.10 for the Android platform. The release of Firefox 78 is classified under long-term support (ESR) branches, for which updates are released over the course of a year. Additionally, an update for the previous long-term support branch 68.10.0 has been prepared (with two more updates, 68.11 and 68.12, expected in the future). In the near […]
A new version of the QtProtobuf library has been released. QtProtobuf is a free library released under the MIT license that makes it easy to use Google Protocol Buffers and gRPC in your Qt project. Key changes include: support for nested types added; gRPC API for QML added; static build for well-known types fixed; a basic usage example with a step-by-step guide added; added […]
Version 4.0 of the well-known financial accounting program GnuCash has been released. It features a hierarchical account system, can split a single transaction into multiple parts, and directly import account data from the internet. It is based on professional accounting principles, comes with a set of standard reports, and allows users to create their own reports, both new and modified […]
Firefox 78 is now available. The PDF download dialog has been updated with an option to 'Open in Firefox'. Users can now disable the display of top sites when clicking on the address bar (browser.urlbar.suggest.topsites). The menu items 'Close Tabs to the Right' and 'Close Other Tabs' have been moved to a separate submenu. If a user has closed several tabs at once (for example, using 'Close Other Tabs'), the 'Restore Closed […]
Hello, Habr! Today I want to share our experience in automating backup processes for large Nextcloud data stores under various configurations. I work as the CTO at 'Lightning AK,' where we handle IT systems configuration management, utilizing Nextcloud for data storage, including a distributed structure with redundancy. The challenges arising from these installations stem from the large volume of data. […]
Hello! A feature branch (also known as a deploy preview or review app) is when not only the master branch is deployed, but also every pull request is assigned a unique URL. You can check whether the code works in a production environment, and features can be demonstrated to other programmers or product managers. While you are working in a pull request, each new commit removes the current deploy for the old code, and a new […]
By using more modern alternatives alongside older command-line tools, you can enjoy more and even enhance productivity. In everyday Linux/Unix work, we use a variety of command-line tools—such as du for monitoring disk usage and system resources. Some of these tools have been around for a long time. For instance, top was introduced in 1984, […]
Developers have announced the first release of 'Podman 2', a major update to the podman project – a utility for creating, running, and managing OCI standard containers. Podman serves as an alternative to Docker and allows for container management without the need for a background system service or root privileges. For the end user, the changes will be nearly imperceptible, although the format of the json data will change in some cases. The primary distinction of the second version […]