The release of the Mir 1.8 display server is presented, the development of which continues by Canonical, despite the refusal to develop the Unity shell and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. Mir remains in demand in Canonical projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of things (IoT). Mir can be used as a composite server for Wayland, allowing it to run in […]
Roman Gilg, involved in the development of KDE, Wayland, Xwayland and X Server, presented the KWinFT (KWin Fast Track) project, developing a flexible and easy-to-use composite window manager for Wayland and X11, based on the KWin codebase. In addition to the window manager, the project is also developing the wrapland library with the implementation of a wrapper over libwayland for Qt/C++, which continues the development of KWayland, […]
The NGINX Unit 1.17 application server was released, within which a solution is being developed to ensure the launch of web applications in various programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Go, JavaScript/Node.js and Java). NGINX Unit can simultaneously run multiple applications in different programming languages, the launch parameters of which can be changed dynamically without the need to edit configuration files and restart. Code […]
Legitimate traffic in the DDoS-Guard network recently exceeded one hundred gigabits per second. Now 50% of all our traffic is generated by client web services. These are many tens of thousands of domains, very different and in most cases requiring an individual approach. Under the cut - how we manage front nodes and issue SSL certificates for hundreds of thousands of sites. Customize the front for one site, even if it's very […]
Continuing a series of articles on the topic of organizing Remote-Access VPN access, I cannot but share an interesting experience in deploying a highly secure VPN configuration. A non-trivial task was thrown by one customer (there are inventors in Russian villages), but Challenge Accepted was creatively implemented. The result is an interesting concept with the following characteristics: Several protection factors against endpoint spoofing (hardly tied to the user); […]
Open spaces have always annoyed me. Stuffiness. Fight for draft. Non-stop background noise. Everyone needs to communicate. You are constantly wearing headphones. But they don't save either. Dozens of colleagues You sit facing the wall. Everyone is watching your screen. And at any moment they strive to distract. Creeping up from the back. Now at home in quarantine. Good luck with being able to work remotely. WITH […]
In May, the Windows 10 operating system will receive a search engine similar to Spotlight in macOS. To enable it, you will need to install the PowerToys utility, which simplifies certain tasks and is intended for advanced users. It is reported that the new search tool will replace the “Run” window, called up by the Win + R key combination. By entering queries into the pop-up field, you can quickly find […]
In today's environment, with many of us working from home, it is becoming increasingly obvious that many computers are equipped with very mediocre microphones. But what’s even worse is that many people don’t have a quiet environment at home that’s conducive to audio and video conferencing. To solve this problem, NVIDIA introduced the RTX Voice software tool. The new application is not related to ray tracing, like […]
SmileBoom has announced that SmileBASIC 4 will be released on Nintendo Switch on April 23rd. Users will soon be able to start creating their own games for the console. SmileBASIC 4 allows people to create their own games or run basic projects designed for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS. The app has USB keyboard and mouse support and also offers a guide for […]
Last September, the web interface of the Apple Music service was launched, which until recently was in beta version status. All this time, it could be found at beta.music.apple.com, but now users are automatically redirected to music.apple.com. The web interface of the service largely replicates the appearance of the Music application and contains sections such as “For You”, “Review”, “Radio”, as well as recommendations […]
At the end of last year, Google began working on creating a QR code generator built into the company's Chrome web browser. In the latest build of Chrome Canary, the version of the browser in which the search giant tests new features, this feature is finally working properly. The new feature allows you to select the “share page using QR code” option in the context menu called by right-clicking the mouse. For […]
AMD management has so far refrained from quantifying the impact of coronavirus on its business, but as part of its appeal to the public, Lisa Su considered it necessary to list the measures that the company is taking to protect employees and the entire population of the planet from the coronavirus infection COVID-19. Above all, AMD staff are making the most of remote work opportunities. Where to organize […]
