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Jessica Brown

📚 Recommended Cloud Computing Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Cloud Computing and Security Author(s): Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Elisa Bertino Subject: cloud_computing Title: Unraveling the Intricacies of Cloud Computing a Review of 'Cloud Computing and Security' by Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Elisa Bertino A Definitive Guide to the Cloud No phenomenon has revolutionized the world of Information Technology in the 21st century quite like cloud computing. It's all around us, powering our personal devices, organizational infrastructu
Jessica Brown

📚 Recommended Programming Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Reconfigurable Processor Array a Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA) Author(s): A. Rushton Subject: programming The Breakthrough of Parallel Computing: A Review of A. Rushton's 'Reconfigurable Processor Array a Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)' In the ever-evolving world of technology, keeping up with the innovation and concepts that define the landscape can be a challenge. Yet, in his book, 'Reconfigurable Processor Array - A Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)', A. Rushton provides a solid f
Jessica Brown

Harden and Secure Linux Servers by Level (1 - 6)

Securing a Linux server is an ongoing challenge. Every day, bad actors attempt to penetrate systems worldwide, using VPNs, IP spoofing, and other evasion tactics to obscure their origins. The source of an attack is often the least of your concerns, what matters most is implementing strong security measures to deter threats and protect your infrastructure. Hardening your servers not only makes them more resilient but also forces attackers to either move on or, ideally, abandon their efforts altog
Jessica Brown

📚 Recommended Linux Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Linux in a Nutshell Author(s): Jessica Perry Hekman, Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins, Stephen Spainhour Linux in a Nutshell: An In-Depth Review "Linux in a Nutshell", is a prodigious technical reference book penned by an impressive team of authors – Jessica Perry Hekman, Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Arnold Robbins, Stephen Spainhour and Robert Love. It provides a comprehensive and utterly engaging tour of the Linux operating system for begin
Jessica Brown

JavaScript Skill Progression: The Path from Beginner to Extreme

{{#anchor-lvl1}} Level 1 - The Foundations: Understanding JavaScript Basics Introduction to JavaScript: What it is, how it works, and where it runs (browsers, Node.js). (part 1) JavaScript Variables & Data Types: var, let, const, and primitive types (String, Number, Boolean, Undefined, Null, Symbol, BigInt). (part 2) JavaScript Operators & Expressions: Arithmetic, comparison, logical, and assignment operators. (part 3) JavaScript Conditional Statements: if, else, switch. (part 4) Jav
Programmer's Corner

Should We Even Have :closed?

by: Sunkanmi Fafowora Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:10:26 +0000 For the past few months, I’ve been writing a lot of entries on pseudo-selectors in CSS, like ::picker() or ::checkmark. And, in the process, I noticed I tend to use the :open pseudo-selector a lot in my examples — and in my work in general. Borrowing words from the fine author of the :open entry in the Almanac: So, given this: details:open { background: lightblue; color: darkred; } We expect that the <details>
F.O.S.S

Deploy Your Thanksgiving Dinner with Cranberry sOSS

by: Sourav Rudra Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:55:33 GMT There is an ongoing OSS maintainer burnout crisis. A new report reveals that a significant portion of developers have experienced burnout, with most of them being unpaid and very close to quitting. Luckily, all's not lost. With proper funding, support, and recognition, there is a chance this crisis can be handled. Alongside releasing that report, Sentry and the Open Source Pledge also announced something very wholesome. Celebrate Thanksgiving,
F.O.S.S

Blender 5.0 Released with HDR Support, Video Sequencer Overhaul, and ACES Workflows

by: Sourav Rudra Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:32:58 GMT Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite used across film, animation, game development, and VFX production. Organizations like Ubisoft, NVIDIA, AMD, and others rely on it for their commercial projects. With a recent announcement, the Blender team has released Blender 5.0, introducing major improvements to color management, video editing, and rendering workflows. 🆕 Blender 5.0: What's New? Blender 5.0 adds support for ACES 1.3 and 2.0
F.O.S.S

FOSS Weekly #25.47: AI Mode in Firefox, Nitrux 5, GNOME Panel, Rust Alternative Commands and More Linux Stuff

by: Abhishek Prakash Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:31:34 GMT Nitrux has released a major new version, and it now uses Hyprland instead of KDE Plasma. Hyprland popularity is soaring, and I predict that more distros will start offering their Hyprland soon. Are we entering a Hyprland era of desktop Linux? Nitrux 5.0.0 Released: A ‘New Beginning’ That’s Not for Everyone (By Design)The Debian-based distro goes all-in on Hyprland, immutability, and intentional design.It's FOSSSourav RudraLet's see what el
F.O.S.S

Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature Comes With Warnings About Malware and Data Theft

by: Sourav Rudra Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:14:02 GMT If you ask me, Microsoft has been one of the biggest driving forces behind Linux adoption in recent years. The way they've been handling Windows, with its forced updates, aggressive telemetry, and questionable AI features, has sent more people to Linux than any marketing campaign ever could. And they are at it again with a new AI feature that could be tricked into installing malware on your system. Isn't This Too Much? Microsoft is rolling out
F.O.S.S

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role

by: Sourav Rudra Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:10:35 GMT Mastodon is a decentralized social network built on the ActivityPub protocol. Unlike Big Tech platforms, it operates as a federated network where users can choose or host their own servers. The key advantage is that no single entity controls your data or content. We already have an active presence on the instance owned and operated by the Mastodon non-profit, so you can follow us there if you have not already. Now let’s move on to the topic at
F.O.S.S

Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away

by: Sourav Rudra Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:42:55 GMT Your favorite apps run on code maintained by exhausted volunteers. The databases powering your company? Built by developers working double shifts. Those JavaScript frameworks everyone depends on? Often shepherded by a single person, unpaid, drowning in demands. A new report reveals just how bad things have gotten. Sentry funded this research through their Open Source Pledge initiative. Miranda Heath, a psychologist and PhD student at The Univer
Programmer's Corner

417: Iframe Allow Attribute Saga

by: Chris Coyier Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:11:32 +0000 There was a day not long ago where a Google Chrome browser update left any page with a CodePen Embed on it throwing a whole big pile of red JavaScript errors in the console. Not ideal, obviously. The change was related to how the browser handles allow attributes on iframes (i.e. <iframe allow="...">). CodePen was calculating the appropriate values inside an iframe for a nested iframe. That must have been a security issue of sorts, as n
F.O.S.S

RustDesk Pulls Ahead of TeamViewer, AnyDesk with Wayland Multi-Scaled Display Support

by: Sourav Rudra Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:09:02 GMT RustDesk has positioned itself as a compelling open source alternative to proprietary remote desktop solutions like TeamViewer and AnyDesk. Built with Rust and licensed under AGPL 3.0, it offers cross-platform support across Linux, Android, Windows, macOS, and iOS. The project has now announced a major update for Linux users. RustDesk's latest nightly build introduces support for multiple monitors with different scaling factors on Wayland sessi
Programmer's Corner

Chris’ Corner: Cursors

by: Chris Coyier Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:00:37 +0000 CSS has a bunch of cursors already. Chances are, you’re not using them as much as you should be. Well, should is a strong word. I can’t cite any evidence offhand that special cursors is some absolute boon to user experience or accessibility. But it certainly seems like a nice touch. Like: .copy-button { cursor: copy; } Or [disabled] { cursor: not-allowed; } These cursors are actually supplied by your OS, and thus can be altered
Programmer's Corner

The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: asin(), acos(), atan() and atan2()

by: Juan Diego Rodríguez Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:47:54 +0000 This is a series! It all started a couple of articles ago, when we found out that, according to the State of CSS 2025 survey, trigonometric functions were the “Most Hated” CSS feature. I’ve been trying to change that perspective, so I showcased several uses for trigonometric functions in CSS: one for sin() and cos() and another on tan(). However, that’s only half of what trigonometric functions can do. So today, we’ll poke at
F.O.S.S

Clean Up Your GNOME Panel With This New Extension

by: Sourav Rudra Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:49:10 GMT I rely heavily on GNOME extensions for my daily workflow. From Dash to Dock for quick app launching to Tiling Shell to effortlessly manage app windows while working. These basically turn the vanilla GNOME experience into something that truly fits my needs. While browsing through the latest This Week in GNOME post, I stumbled upon something interesting. A developer announced Veil, describing it as a cleaner and more modern way than Hide Items to
F.O.S.S

Snapchat Opens Valdi Framework to Developers After 8 Years of Internal Use

by: Sourav Rudra Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:30:47 GMT Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, has open-sourced Valdi, a cross-platform mobile UI framework. The social media company typically keeps its technology in-house, but this marks a surprising move into open source territory. While there was no dedicated announcement for this on their news portal, The New Stack were the first ones to report this; I am assuming they received a press release for this. Anyhow, let's dive into this interesting d
F.O.S.S

Better Than Original? 14 Rust-based Alternative CLI Tools to Classic Linux Commands

by: Neville Ondara Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:47:33 GMT If you’re like me, you probably grew up with the classic Linux command-line tools such as ls, cat, du. These commands have carried me through countless scripts and late-night debugging sessions. Here's the thing. While these tools do their job, they can be plain looking and difficult to use for certain tasks. Take the du command for example. It shows the disk usage on the system but use it without any option, and it is a mess. Terminals tod
Programmer's Corner

Quiet UI Came and Went, Quiet as a Mouse

by: Ryan Trimble Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:32:50 +0000 A few weeks ago, Quiet UI made the rounds when it was released as an open source user interface library, built with JavaScript web components. I had the opportunity to check out the documentation and it seemed like a solid library. I’m always super excited to see more options for web components out in the wild. Unfortunately, before we even had a chance to cover it here at CSS-Tricks, Quiet UI has disappeared. When visiting the Quiet UI websi
F.O.S.S

Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups

by: Sourav Rudra Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:37:14 GMT Firefox has been pushing AI features for a while now. Over the past year, they've added AI chatbots in the sidebar, automatic alt text generation, and AI-enhanced tab grouping. It is basically their way of keeping up with Chrome and Edge, both of which have gone all-in on AI. Of course not everyone is thrilled about AI creeping into their web browsers, and Mozilla (the ones behind Firefox) seems to understand that. Every AI feature in Firefox i
Linux Tips

LHB Linux Digest #25.35: Trap, Network Troubleshooting Tips, Self-host Server Management and More

by: Abhishek Prakash Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:08:50 +0530 Feels like 2025 is ending sooner than expected. I know that's not the case but it just feels like that 😄 On that note, we plan to publish at least two more courses for you before the year ends. They are likely to be on Terraform and Kubernetes. I am also planning a microcourse on 'automated backups with cron and rsync'. These classic Linux tools are always reliable. And in the meantime, we are also working on expanding our collection of hand
F.O.S.S

Ubuntu's New 15-Year Commitment Targets Long-Lived Enterprise Systems

by: Sourav Rudra Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:44:14 GMT Ubuntu is Canonical's flagship Linux distribution that powers a significant portion of the information technology infrastructure today. It has two major versions: an interim release that comes with nine months of support and a long-term support release that comes with five years of standard support that is extensible via Ubuntu Pro. If you didn't know, Canonical introduced Ubuntu Pro in 2022 as a subscription service that extends LTS coverage b
Linux Tips

Find Subdomains Fast with OWASP Amass: Don't Miss Hidden Entry Points

by: Hangga Aji Sayekti Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:49:11 +0530 Did you know that many security breaches happen through assets companies didn't even know they had? Subdomains like staging.company.com or test.api.company.com are frequently overlooked yet can expose your entire infrastructure. OWASP Amass solves this by automatically discovering all your subdomains, giving you a complete picture of your attack surface. In this guide, we'll show you how to use it like a pro. What is OWASP Amass? OWASP Ama
F.O.S.S

FFmpeg Calls Google's AI Bug Reports "CVE Slop"

by: Sourav Rudra Fri, 14 Nov 2025 01:53:05 GMT FFmpeg maintainers have publicly criticized Google after its AI tool reported a security bug in code for a 1995 video game. The maintainers called the finding "CVE slop" and questioned whether trillion-dollar corporations should use AI to find security issues in volunteer code without providing fixes. Unchecked Automation is Not an Answer So what happened is, Google's AI agent Big Sleep found a bug in FFmpeg's code for decoding LucasArts Smush
Programmer's Corner

The Range Syntax Has Come to Container Style Queries and if()

by: Daniel Schwarz Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:20 +0000 The range syntax isn’t a new thing. We‘re already able to use it with media queries to query viewport dimensions and resolutions, as well as container size queries to query container dimensions. Being able to use it with container style queries — which we can do starting with Chrome 142 — means that we can compare literal numeric values as well as numeric values tokenized by custom properties or the attr() function. In addition, this featur
Linux Tips

Why I Stopped Hating Systemd

by: Umair Khurshid Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:02:00 +0530 Every few years, the Linux world finds something to fight about. Sometimes it is about package managers, sometimes about text editors, but nothing in recent memory split the community quite like systemd. What began as an init replacement quietly grew into a full-blown identity crisis for Linux itself, complete with technical manifestos, emotional arguments, and more mailing list drama than I ever thought possible. I did not plan to take a side
F.O.S.S

Nitrux 5.0.0 Released: A 'New Beginning' That's Not for Everyone (By Design)

by: Sourav Rudra Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:13:58 GMT Nitrux is a Debian-based Linux distribution that has always stood out for its bold design choices. It even made our list of the most beautiful Linux distributions. Earlier this year, the project made a significant announcement. They discontinued its custom NX Desktop and the underlying KDE Plasma base, prioritizing a Hyprland desktop experience combined with their in-house developed app distribution methods. Now, the first major release reflect

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