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The release of the web browser Pale Moon 28.8 has been introduced, which forks from the Firefox codebase to provide higher performance, maintain the classic interface, minimize memory usage, and offer additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 license (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]
Microsoft has announced that the Collections feature is now available to all users of the Edge browser on the Canary and Dev channels. This feature allows users to collect, organize, export, and share content from the Internet, resembling an advanced version of bookmarks. Previously, the company tested the innovation with a limited group of users, but it is now adding it for everyone. New features include collection synchronization, header editing, and support […]
The release of the Lustre 2.13 clustered file system has been published, which is used in the majority (~60%) of the largest Linux clusters containing tens of thousands of nodes. Scalability in such large systems is achieved through a multi-component architecture. The key components of Lustre include metadata processing and storage servers (MDS), management servers (MGS), object storage servers (OSS), object storage (OST, supported to work over ext4 and ZFS), and clients. […]
In the coming days, Windows 10 Mobile will receive its final updates, and Microsoft is preparing to completely discontinue support for the mobile OS. This is partly reflected in the abandonment of support for other applications. Reportedly, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for the mobile system will no longer receive security updates, non-security fixes, free assisted support, or new […]
The IGF 2019 has concluded in Berlin. A week of intense debates among experts from around the globe under the UN flags about Internet Governance. All Internet stakeholders, who today shape the Internet, utilize the Internet, innovate the Internet, and protect the Internet across different continents gathered at the IGF. Numerous pressing issues were raised at the annual Forum, concerning all progressive […]
The article discusses several methods for determining the mathematical equation of a simple (pairwise) regression line. All the methods described here are based on the least squares method. We will denote the methods as follows: Analytical solution, Gradient descent, Stochastic gradient descent. For each method of solving the equation of the line, the article provides various functions, which are primarily divided into those written without […]
The release of the Exim mail server version 4.93 has occurred, incorporating results from the past 10 months of work. New features include the addition of the $tls_in_cipher_std and $tls_out_cipher_std variables, which contain the names of cipher suites corresponding to the names in RFC. New flags have been added to control the logging of message identifiers (set through the log_selector configuration): 'msg_id' (enabled by default) includes the message ID, and 'msg_id_created' includes the generated […]
The release of the Bromite Android browser version 78.0.3904.130 has been presented, based on Chromium, providing advanced ad-blocking capabilities and improved user privacy. A significant update is the implementation of a popular request from the tracker to add a feature for filtering content links based on customizable user filters. Source: linux.org.ru
After 10 months of development, the release of mail server Exim 4.93 has occurred, incorporating accumulated fixes and new features. According to a November automated survey of around a million mail servers, Exim accounts for 56.90% (up from 56.56% last year), Postfix is used on 34.98% (up from 33.79%), Sendmail — 3.90% (down from 5.59%), and Microsoft Exchange — 0.51% (down from 0.85%). Key changes include: Support […]
David S. Miller, responsible for the Linux kernel's networking subsystem, has accepted patches implementing a VPN interface from the WireGuard project into the net-next branch. At the beginning of next year, the changes accumulating in the net-next branch will form the basis for the release of Linux kernel 5.6. Attempts to promote WireGuard code to the mainline kernel have been made over the past several years but with no success […]
Hello, esteemed hub community. Yesterday (while inebriated), after reading a post by @arslan4ik titled "Why Do People Leave IT?", I pondered a truly good question: "Why...?" Given that I live in the sunny city of Los Angeles, I decided to find out if there are people in my beloved city who, for various reasons, have left (to the dark side of the force) the IT field. […]
In this article, I will share my personal experience of memorizing English words using the remarkable program with a non-obvious interface, Anki. I will show how to avoid turning the creation of new cards with audio for memorization into a routine. It is assumed that the reader already has an understanding of spaced repetition methodology and is familiar with Anki. But if not, it's time to get acquainted. Laziness for an IT person is […]
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