The NomadBSD 1.3.2 Live distribution is available, which is an edition of FreeBSD adapted for use as a portable desktop bootable from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. DSBMD is used to mount drives (mounting CD9660, FAT, HFS+, NTFS, Ext2/3/4 is supported), and wifimgr is used to configure a wireless network. The boot image size is 2.6 GB (x86_64). In the new issue: […]
The SeaMonkey 2.53.3 set of Internet applications has been released, which combines a web browser, an email client, a news feed aggregation system (RSS / Atom) and a WYSIWYG html page editor Composer within one product. The Chatzilla IRC client, the DOM Inspector web development toolkit, and the Lightning calendar scheduler are offered as preinstalled add-ons. The new release carries over fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is […]
The Document Foundation, which oversees the development of the free LibreOffice package, announced upcoming changes regarding branding and positioning of the project in the market. Expected to be released in early August, LibreOffice 7.0, currently available for testing in release candidate form, is planned to be distributed as "LibreOffice Personal Edition". At the same time, the code and distribution conditions will remain the same, the office package, like […]
Purism has announced the start of pre-orders for the new Librem laptop model - Librem 14. This model is positioned as a replacement for the Librem 13, codenamed “The Road Warrior”. Main parameters: processor: Intel Core i7-10710U CPU (6C/12T); RAM: up to 32 GB DDR4; screen: FullHD IPS 14" matte. Gigabit Ethernet (absent in Librem-13); USB version 3.1: […]
Since 2019, Russia has had a law on mandatory labeling. The law does not apply to all groups of goods, and the dates for the entry into force of mandatory labeling for product groups are different. Tobacco, shoes, and medicines will be the first to be subject to mandatory labeling; other products will be added later, for example, perfume, textiles, and milk. This legislative innovation has prompted the development of new IT solutions that will […]
The translation of the article was prepared on the eve of the start of the course “Linux Administrator. Virtualization and clustering". DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device) is a distributed, flexible, and universally replicable storage solution for Linux. It reflects the contents of block devices such as hard drives, partitions, logical volumes, etc. between servers. It creates copies of data on […]
The pandemic has harshly forced each of us, without exception, to recognize, if not take advantage of, the predominantly information environment of the Internet as a life support system. After all, today the Internet literally feeds, clothes and educates many people. The Internet penetrates our homes, taking up residence in kettles, vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. IoT internet of things is any equipment, household appliances, for example, […]
There is no longer any doubt that Samsung will soon introduce the Galaxy Z Flip 5G smartphone in a folding case, which will receive support for fifth-generation mobile networks. Images of this device were presented by popular blogger Evan Blass, also known as @Evleaks. The flexible display smartphone is shown in Mystic Bronze color option. In the same color, [...]
The Chinese company Huawei, according to online sources, is close to announcing computer monitors under its own brand: such devices will debut within a few months. It is known that panels are being prepared for release in three price segments - high-end, mid-level and budget categories. Thus, Huawei expects to attract buyers with different financial capabilities and different needs. All devices […]
Details have emerged about the planned program for the first ever spacewalk by a space tourist. The details, as reported by RIA Novosti, were revealed at the Russian representative office of Space Adventures. Let us remind you that Space Adventures and the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation named after. S.P. Korolev (part of the Roscosmos state corporation) recently signed a contract to send two more tourists to the International Space Station (ISS). […]
Eduard Shishkin implemented support for selective file migration in Reiser5. As part of the Reiser5 project, a significantly redesigned version of the ReiserFS file system is being developed, in which support for parallel scalable logical volumes is implemented at the file system level, rather than a block device level, allowing for efficient distribution of data across a logical volume. Previously, data block migration was carried out exclusively in the context of balancing the Reiser5 logical volume […]
After almost five years of development, a new video coding standard, H.266, also known as VVC (Versatile Video Coding), has been approved. H.266 is touted as the successor to the H.265 (HEVC) standard, developed jointly by the MPEG (ISO/IEC JTC 1) and VCEG (ITU-T) working groups, with the participation of companies such as Apple, Ericsson, Intel, Huawei, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Sony. Publication of a reference implementation of the encoder […]
