Mozilla has officially introduced the updated WebThings component — a universal hub for smart home devices, named WebThings Gateway. This open-source router firmware is designed for privacy and security. Experimental builds of WebThings Gateway 0.9 are available on GitHub for the Turris Omnia router. Firmware support is also provided for the Raspberry Pi 4 single-board computer. However, […]
Mozilla's virtual reality web browser has gained support for Facebook's Oculus Quest headset. Previously, the browser was available to owners of HTC Vive Focus Plus, Lenovo Mirage, and others. However, the Oculus Quest headset is wireless, allowing users to browse web pages in a new way without being tethered to a PC. In an official developer statement, it was mentioned that Firefox […]
Who will find this article useful: students who have decided to take up tutoring, graduate students or specialists assigned to a seminar group, older siblings when younger ones ask to learn programming (cross-stitching, speaking Chinese, analyzing markets, job searching). In other words, anyone who needs to teach and explain but isn't sure how to plan lessons or what to teach. Here you will find: […]
Despite the widespread acknowledgment of the importance and necessity of testing software, and the fact that many people have long been doing it automatically, there has not been a single recipe found on Habr for setting up the integration of popular tools in this niche, such as our beloved GitLab and JUnit. Let's fill this gap! Introduction To start, let me outline the context: As all of our […]
A group of enthusiasts has emerged, taking over the development of the Antergos distribution, which had been halted in May due to the remaining maintainers' lack of free time to support the project adequately. The development of Antergos will continue under a new team of developers called Endeavour OS. The first release of Endeavour OS (1.4 GB) has been prepared, providing a simple installer for setting up the basic Arch Linux environment […]
The celebration is on Friday, dedicated to admins, and it's their day. With contests, games, and fun activities. Just like it was 8 years ago. Preparations for Admin Day 2011 started several months earlier. I received such a letter: Dear ADMINISTRATORS! The 'System Administrator Day' is approaching! Preparations for the third IT festival ADMINFEST have begun. Traditionally, the IT festival will take place in Rostov-on-Don […]
While part of the software is heading towards total simplification and some strange design transformations, the IT infrastructure of companies is becoming more complex and convoluted. If you're itching to argue with this, you've probably never configured Cisco routers, dealt with DevOps, have no connection to monitoring and print management, and still think that an admin is just a cat, a shredder, […]
Continuing the series of articles dedicated to custom implementations of Windows command-line utilities, we cannot overlook TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) — a simple file transfer protocol. As in the past, we'll briefly cover the theory, look at the code that implements functionality similar to what is needed, and analyze it. More details are below. I won't copy-paste reference information, links to which can traditionally be […]
LG Electronics (LG) has announced that its 2019 model year 'smart' ThinQ AI TVs will start receiving an update on July 25, enabling support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit. The AirPlay technology allows users to stream videos, photos, music, and other content from Apple devices directly to the large television screen. Users will be able to cast to LG TVs […]
As the QuakeCon festival approached, Bethesda Softworks, along with developers from Avalanche and id Software, unveiled a new trailer for the open-world shooter Rage 2. In it, the authors discussed the second major update for their project, which was released on July 25 and included a host of free enhancements such as new game modes, another difficulty level, and much more […]
GitHub has published a new revision of the rules defining its policy regarding compliance with U.S. export regulation laws. The rules impose restrictions on private repositories and corporate accounts of companies operating in areas subject to sanctions (Crimea, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Sudan, North Korea), but until now, they have not been applied to individual developers of non-commercial projects. New […]
The story of a small tragedy and great victories of a very good developer who needs help. At the Far Eastern Federal University, there is a project activity center — where master's and bachelor's students find engineering projects that already have clients, funding, and prospects. There, lectures and intensives are also held. Experienced specialists talk about modern and applied topics. One of the intensives […]