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Mesh VS WiFi: Which One to Choose for Wireless Connectivity?

When I still lived in an apartment building, I faced the issue of slow speeds in rooms far from the router. Many people have their router in the hallway, where the provider has run fiber or UTP, and where a standard device is also placed. It’s fortunate when the owner replaces the router with their own, but standard devices from providers are like […]

The Avast Secure Browser has undergone significant revisions.

Developers at the Czech company Avast Software have announced the release of an updated web browser, Secure Browser, built on the open-source Chromium project with a focus on ensuring user security while browsing the internet. The new version of Avast Secure Browser, codenamed Zermatt, includes tools for optimizing memory and CPU usage, as well as a feature to ā€˜Extend operation time […]

Chrome plans to completely remove FTP support

Google has announced its plan to end support for the FTP protocol in Chromium and Chrome. In Chrome 80, scheduled for early 2020, the gradual disabling of FTP support for users on the stable branch is expected (a flag, DisableFTP, will be added for corporate implementations to restore FTP). In Chrome 82, the code and resources used to facilitate the FTP client will be completely removed. The gradual reduction […]

Oracle Linux 7.7 distribution is available.

Oracle has released the industrial distribution of Oracle Linux 7.7, based on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7. An installation ISO image, sized 4.7 GB and prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures, is available for unlimited download after free registration. Additionally, Oracle Linux offers unlimited free access to the yum repository with binary package updates […]

Release of QEMU Emulator 4.1

The release of QEMU 4.1 has been announced. As an emulator, QEMU allows running programs compiled for one hardware platform on a system with an entirely different architecture, for example, executing an ARM application on an x86-compatible PC. In virtualization mode, QEMU’s code execution performance in an isolated environment is close to native systems due to direct execution of instructions on the CPU and the utilization of […]

Rust 1.37.0 has been released

Among the innovations: It is now allowed to reference enum variants through type aliases, for example, via Self. cargo vendor is now included in the standard distribution. With cargo vendor, you can explicitly download and use a full copy of all source codes of all dependencies. This is useful for companies with monorepositories that want to store and analyze all the source code used in […]

Google Assistant will allow sending reminders to friends and family

Google will add a new feature to its assistant that will allow users to assign reminders to other users if they are part of a trusted user group in Assistant. This feature is primarily intended for families—it will work with the Family Group feature—so for example, a father can send reminders to his children or spouse, and that reminder will appear […]

Microsoft Edge based on Chromium has introduced a dark theme for new tabs

Currently, Microsoft is testing the Edge browser based on Chromium as part of its insider program. New features are added almost daily, which should ultimately make the browser fully functional. One of Microsoft's main focuses is the widely popular dark mode. They want to extend it to the entire browser, not just to individual pages. And […]

Setting Up NextCloud + ONLYOFFICE on a Single Server Using Docker

Hello, Habr! I present to you the translation of the article "Setting up NextCloud and ONLYOFFICE on a single server with Docker." It’s difficult to underestimate the benefits of online office application suites like Google Docs and cloud storage for tech-oriented individuals. These technologies have become so widespread that even Microsoft, which has long dominated the office applications market, […]

Infrastructure testing as code with Pulumi. Part 2

Hello everyone. Today, we share with you the final part of the article "Testing Infrastructure as Code with Pulumi," a translation prepared specifically for the students of the "DevOps Practices and Tools" course. Deployment Testing The tested style is a powerful approach that allows us to conduct white-box testing to examine the inner workings of our infrastructure code. However, it somewhat limits what can be done […]

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