Author: Yuri Gagarin

Firefox Preview 5.2 is available for Android

A new experimental version of the Firefox browser for Android, developed under the codename Fenix as a replacement for the standard Firefox for Android, has been released. It will soon be available in the Google Play catalog (requires Android 5 or newer). Additionally, starting with Firefox 77, beta builds of the regular Firefox will now be offered on […]

111 Chrome extensions, downloaded 32 million times, caught collecting sensitive data

Awake Security has reported the discovery of 111 Google Chrome extensions that send users' confidential data to external servers. Among these extensions were those capable of capturing screenshots, reading clipboard contents, analyzing the presence of access tokens in cookies, and intercepting input in web forms. In total, the identified malicious extensions accounted for 32.9 million downloads in the Chrome Web Store, […]

Ubuntu Appliance — a new initiative from Canonical

Canonical, in collaboration with NextCloud, Mosquitto, Plex, OpenHAB, and AdGuard, presents new specialized Ubuntu builds. These allow you to easily and quickly turn a PC or Raspberry Pi into a ready-made solution. The following builds are available: OpenHAB — smart home automation platform https://ubuntu.com/appliance/openhab Media server Plex https://ubuntu.com/appliance/plex Cloud server NextCloud https://ubuntu.com/appliance/nextcloud MQTT Broker Mosquitto for IoT communications […]

Overview of graphical interfaces for Kubernetes

For the system to work properly, it is essential to know command line utilities: in the case of Kubernetes, this is kubectl. On the other hand, well-designed, thoughtful graphical interfaces can handle most regular tasks and open additional possibilities when operating systems. Last year, we published a translation of a brief overview of the web UI for Kubernetes, timed to coincide with the announcement of the Kubernetes Web interface […]

Mozilla VPN has been introduced

Mozilla has launched a new service called Mozilla VPN, which was previously tested under the name Firefox Private Network. This service allows users to set up VPN access for up to 5 devices at a price of $4.99 per month. Access to Mozilla VPN is currently only available for users in the USA. The service can be useful when working on networks that are untrustworthy, for example, when […]

Experience in using the RUTOKEN technology for user registration and authentication in the system (part 3)

Good day! In the previous part, we successfully created our own certification authority. How can it be useful for our purposes? With a local certification authority, we can issue certificates, as well as verify signatures on those certificates. When issuing a certificate to a user, the certification authority uses a special request for certificate issuance Pkcs#10, which has the file format ‘.csr’. […]

MMS system in the data center: how we automated the management of technical maintenance

Imagine you have a complete server infrastructure: several dozen air conditioners, a bunch of generators, and uninterruptible power supplies. To ensure the hardware functions properly, you regularly check its operability and do not forget about maintenance: you conduct test launches, check oil levels, and replace parts. Even for a single server, a lot of information needs to be stored: equipment registry, list of consumables in stock, maintenance schedule, […]

Chrome and other applications will consume less RAM in the new Windows 10

In the May update for Windows 10, Microsoft introduced an improved mechanism for managing dynamic memory, which will reduce RAM consumption by various applications. Microsoft stated in its official Windows blog that it is already utilizing this new capability in the development of its proprietary Edge browser, which now, as a reminder, is based on the Chromium engine. According to the results of early tests, memory consumption reduction […]

The Ubuntu project released builds for deploying server platforms on Raspberry Pi and PCs

Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu Appliance project, initiating the release of fully configured Ubuntu builds optimized for the quick deployment of ready-made server applications on Raspberry Pi or PCs. Currently, there are builds available for launching cloud storage and collaboration platform NextCloud, MQTT broker Mosquitto, media server Plex, home automation platform OpenHAB, and the ad-blocking DNS server AdGuard. Builds […]

Release of the Rescuezilla Backup Distribution 1.0.6

A new version of the Rescuezilla 1.0.6 distribution has been released, designed for backup, system recovery after failures, and diagnosing various hardware issues. The distribution is built on the Ubuntu package base and continues the development of the 'Redo Backup & Rescue' project, which was discontinued in 2012. Rescuezilla supports backup and recovery of accidentally deleted files in Linux, macOS, and Windows partitions. […]

Mozilla has transitioned to using a shared regular expression engine with Chromium

The JavaScript engine SpiderMonkey used in Firefox has been transitioned to use an updated implementation of regular expressions based on the current Irregexp code from the JavaScript engine V8, used in browsers based on the Chromium project. The new RegExp implementation will be proposed in Firefox 78, scheduled for June 30, and will enable the implementation of all missing ECMAScript features related to regular expressions in the browser. It is noted that […]

The Easiest Way to Switch from macOS to Linux

Linux allows you to do almost the same things as macOS. Moreover, this has been made possible by the thriving open-source community. One of the stories of transitioning from macOS to Linux is presented in this translation. It has been almost two years since I switched from macOS to Linux. Before that, I used the operating system from […]

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