The State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin was founded by the enthusiast Ivan Tsvetaev, who sought to bring bright images and ideas into the contemporary environment. Over just over a century since the museum's opening, this environment has changed drastically, and today it's time for digital representations. The Pushkin Museum is at the heart of an entire museum quarter in Moscow, serving as a major venue […]
ESET specialists have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Russian-speaking users of the World Wide Web. Cybercriminals have been distributing an infected version of the Tor browser for several years, using it to spy on victims and steal their bitcoins. The infected web browser was spread through various forums disguised as the official Russian version of Tor Browser. The malware allows attackers to see which websites the victim is currently visiting. Theoretically, they […]
NordVPN, a provider of virtual private network (VPN) services, confirmed the fact of a hacker breach of one of its servers in a data center that occurred in March 2018. According to the company, the attacker was able to access the data center server in Finland using an unprotected remote management system left by the data center provider. Moreover, NordVPN claims that it had no knowledge of […]
The release of the package manager Pacman 5.2, used in the Arch Linux distribution, is now available. Key changes include: Complete removal of delta update support, which allowed for downloading only changes. This feature was removed due to the discovery of a vulnerability (CVE-2019-18183) that allowed arbitrary command execution in the system when using unsigned databases. For an attack to occur, the user would need to download prepared files with the database and delta update from the attacker.
The release of MirageOS 3.6 has taken place, enabling the creation of single-application operating systems, where the application is delivered as a self-sufficient 'unikernel' that can run without operating systems, separate OS kernels, or any layers. The development of applications uses the OCaml language. The project's code is distributed under the ISC free license. All low-level functionality inherent to an operating system is implemented in the form of a library attached to […]
There was quite a bit of noise about the fact that due to the new T2 chip, it is impossible to install Linux on the new MacBook 2018 models with Touch Bar. As time passed, by the end of 2019, third-party developers implemented a number of drivers and kernel patches to interact with the T2 chip. The main driver for MacBook models 2018 and later enables VHCI functionality (operation […]
The IT department of VTB has faced emergency situations in system operations several times when the load on them increased significantly. Thus, the need arose to develop and test a model that would predict peak loads on critical systems. To do this, the bank's IT specialists set up monitoring, analyzed data, and learned to automate forecasts. What tools helped forecast the load, and were they successful […]
One of the features of Samsung smartphones and tablets is the Linux on DeX application. It allows users to run a full Linux OS on mobile devices connected to a larger screen. At the end of 2018, the program was already capable of running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. However, it appears that this will be its limit. Samsung has announced the discontinuation of support for Linux on DeX, although it did not specify any details.
System76, a company specializing in laptops, PCs, and servers shipped with Linux, has released Pop!_OS 19.10, developed for deployment on System76 hardware instead of the previously offered Ubuntu distribution. Pop!_OS is based on the Ubuntu 19.10 package base and features a redesigned desktop environment based on a modified GNOME Shell. The project developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. ISO images have been generated.
Mozilla, as part of the Bergamot project, has begun creating a machine translation system that operates on the browser side. The project will allow the integration of a self-sufficient page translation engine into Firefox, without relying on external cloud services and processing data exclusively on the user's system. The main goal of the development is to ensure user privacy and protect user data from potential leaks when translating the content of opened pages.
Samsung has announced the discontinuation of the Linux on DeX testing program. Support for this environment on devices with firmware based on Android 10 will not be provided. It is worth noting that the Linux on DeX environment was based on Ubuntu and allowed users to create a full desktop experience by connecting their smartphones to a stationary monitor, keyboard, and mouse via the DeX adapter.
"A master makes more mistakes than a novice - attempts" We offer 8 project ideas that can be done 'just for fun' to gain real development experience. Project 1. Trello Clone Trello clone by Indrek Lasn. What you will learn: Organizing request handling routes (Routing). Drag and drop. How to create new objects (boards, lists, cards). Processing and validating input data. With […]