Almost a year after the first stable release, the second major version of Pleroma — a federated social network for microblogging written in Elixir and utilizing the standardized W3C ActivityPub protocol — has been presented on International Women's Day. It is the second largest network in the Fediverse. Unlike its closest competitor, Mastodon, which is written in Ruby and relies on […]
The Administrative Budget Management of the U.S. President's Office has requested comments on the new guidelines for transitioning to IPv6 in U.S. government institutions. The new version of the guidelines notes that support for dual-stack creates additional operational complexities and recommends that the internal networks of government organizations transition to IPv6-only instead of dual stack. Of course, public services should maintain IPv4 addresses during the transition. The guidelines also require, […]
The release of the APT 2.0 (Advanced Package Tool) package management toolkit developed by the Debian project has been prepared. In addition to Debian and its derivatives, APT is also used in some distributions based on the RPM package manager, such as PCLinuxOS and ALT Linux. The new branch incorporates changes accumulated during the development of the experimental 1.9.x branch. The new release is expected soon […]
Hello, and first a bit of lyricism. I sometimes envy my colleagues who work remotely — it’s wonderful to have the ability to work from anywhere in the connected world, take vacations at any time, and have project and deadline responsibilities rather than being in the office from 8 to 5. My position and job responsibilities practically eliminate the possibility of being away from the data center for long. […]
Vivo produces numerous smartphones with attractive designs, the latest hardware, features, and often innovative solutions. However, when it comes to rolling out updates, the company significantly lags behind competitors. Android 10 is no exception (though part of this can be attributed to the coronavirus outbreak). Vivo introduced Funtouch OS 10 back in December. The latest version of the company's interface is based on […]
A new version of Delta Chat 1.2 has been released — a messenger that uses email as a transport instead of its own servers (chat-over-email, a specialized email client functioning as a messenger). The app code is distributed under the GPLv3 license, and the base library is available under the MPL 2.0 (Mozilla Public License). The release is available on Google Play. In the new version: Traffic consumption has been reduced. Delta Chat no longer […]
When any strategically important decision is made for the company, employees go through a basic protective mechanism well-known as the 5 stages of response to change (by E. Kubler-Ross). The outstanding psychologist once described emotional reactions, highlighting 5 key stages of emotional response: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally, acceptance. We have prepared a series of articles dedicated to ISO 27001 certification, where […]
This article presents key points on using power over Ethernet (PoE) in a popular Q&A format. It covers differences between standards, provides information on surge protection for devices, and discusses other useful aspects. What is PoE? PoE (Power over Ethernet) is a technology that supplies power to a client device through a twisted pair of Ethernet standards (usually […]
The release of the web browser Min 1.13 has taken place, offering a minimalist interface built around address bar manipulations. The browser is created using the Electron platform, allowing for the development of standalone applications based on the Chromium engine and Node.js platform. The Min interface is written in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Builds are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Min supports navigation […]
A vulnerability has been identified in the pppd package (CVE-2020-8597), allowing the execution of custom code by sending specially crafted authentication requests to systems using the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) or PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) protocols. These protocols are commonly used by providers for establishing connections over Ethernet or DSL, and are also used in some VPNs (such as pptpd and openfortivpn). To check for vulnerability in your […]
Hello, Habr! You might have heard that the new Windows Terminal is coming soon. We've already written about it here. Our colleague Scott Hanselman has prepared some tips on how to work with the new terminal. Join us! So, you've downloaded Windows Terminal and... what's next? At first, you might not be thrilled. After all, it's still a Terminal, and it […]
The release of version 0.9 of Windows Terminal has taken place. This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features until the release of v1. You can download Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the releases page on GitHub. Let's take a closer look at the update details! Command Line Arguments The wt alias now supports command line arguments. You can now launch the Terminal with […]
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