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AdDuplex: the share of the Windows 10 November 2019 Update is nearly a quarter of all PCs running 'the ten'

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A statistical report from AdDuplex has been released, analyzing the market state and share of the Windows 10 operating system for February 2020. According to the report, the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (version 1909) occupies 22.6%, which is 7.4% more than the previous month. The source indicates that the users who upgraded to Windows 10 October 2018 Update are transitioning to the new OS most actively […]

Windows 10 may receive a new Start menu without the tile interface

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According to network sources, Microsoft plans to update the Start menu in Windows 10 by removing the tile interface that has been actively used in the corporation's operating systems for several years. It is expected that instead of the tile interface, the Start menu will display the applications that the user interacts with most frequently. Currently, Windows 10 uses the default Start menu, which contains […]

In Firefox 75, https:// and www will be removed from the address bar dropdown

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In the nightly builds of Firefox, which will form the basis of the release of Firefox 75 scheduled for April 7, the design of the address bar has been updated. The most noticeable change is the cessation of displaying the https:// protocol and the 'www' subdomain in the dropdown link block that appears while typing in the address bar (for example, the contents of https://opennet.ru and https://www.opennet.ru will become indistinguishable). The http:// protocol will continue to be displayed in […]

Bridging Python and Bash: smart-env and python-shell libraries

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Good day to everyone. Today, Python is one of the most widely used languages in the field of creating not only software products but also ensuring their infrastructure. As a result, many DevOps professionals, whether by choice or not, had to learn a new language to use it as an addition to the good old Bash scripts. However, Bash and Python […]

Envoy. 1. Introduction

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Greetings! This is a short article answering the questions: 'What is Envoy?', 'What is it for?' and 'Where to start?'. What is Envoy — it’s an L4-L7 load balancer written in C++ focused on high performance and availability. On one hand, it is somewhat analogous to nginx and haproxy, comparable with them in terms of performance. On the other hand, it is more focused on […]

HAPS Alliance will promote the "Internet on Balloons"

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The Loon project, aimed at providing broadband Internet access using balloons, has found substantial support in the tech sector. It is worth noting that the implementation is being handled by Loon LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., and HAPSMobile, part of SoftBank Group Corp. By the end of this week, a group of telecommunications, technology, aviation, and aerospace companies, including Airbus Defence and Space and […]

Release of Manjaro Linux 19.0 distribution

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The release of Manjaro Linux 19.0 has been announced, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users. This distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live builds with graphical environments KDE (2.8 GB), GNOME (2.5 GB), and Xfce (2.6 GB). At […]

Beta release of openSUSE Leap 15.2

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Testing of the beta version of openSUSE Leap 15.2 has begun, formed from the base package set of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2, on top of which newer versions of desktop and user applications are supplied from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. A universal DVD image, sized at 3.9 GB (x86_64), is available for download. The release of openSUSE Leap 15.2 is expected on May 7. Features of openSUSE Leap 15.2 include […]

DNS-over-HTTPS is enabled by default in Firefox for users in the US.

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Firefox developers have announced the inclusion of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for users in the United States. Encrypting DNS traffic is viewed as a fundamentally important factor in protecting users. Starting today, DoH is activated by default for all new installations performed by users in the U.S. Existing users in the U.S. are expected to be switched to DoH over the next […]

On-the-fly image resizing using Nginx and LuaJIT (OpenResty)

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It's been quite a while since I was inspired by the article on dynamically resizing images, and I configured image resizing using the ngx_http_image_filter_module, which worked perfectly. However, a problem arose when the manager needed to obtain images with specific dimensions for uploading to certain services, as that was their technical requirement. For example, if we have an original image sized 1200×1200, and when […]

Resize images on the fly

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In almost any web application that uses images, there's a need to create reduced copies of these images, and often in several additional formats. Adding new sizes to an existing application can be quite a headache. Hence, the task: Let's outline the list of requirements: To generate additional images of any formats on-the-fly without adding extra functionality to the application at any moment during its existence; […]

OpenResty: Transforming NGINX into a Full-Fledged Application Server

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We are once again publishing the transcript of the report from the HighLoad++ 2016 conference, which took place in Skolkovo, near Moscow, on November 7-8 of last year. Vladimir Protasov talks about how to extend the functionality of NGINX using OpenResty and Lua. Hello everyone, my name is Vladimir Protasov, and I work at Parallels. I'll share a bit about myself. For three-quarters of my life, I have been writing code. I became […]

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