Russia Threatens to Block VPNs If Twitter Row Isn’t Resolved
Mar19

Russia Threatens to Block VPNs If Twitter Row Isn’t Resolved

The Russian government takes the issue of so-called “prohibited content” extremely seriously. The term can be used to describe anything from terrorist material, media depicting the abuse of minors, content that encourages suicide or promotes drugs, right through to pirated movies and TV shows. While different standards are applied depending on severity, the Russian authorities are not afraid to flex their muscles when Internet...

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uTorrent Continues to be Flagged as ‘Severe Threat’ and It’s Not alone
Mar19

uTorrent Continues to be Flagged as ‘Severe Threat’ and It’s Not alone

Installed on dozens of millions of devices, uTorrent remains the go-to torrent client for people all around the world. Research last year showed that roughly two-thirds of all BitTorrent users prefer it over the many available alternatives. In 2018, the uTorrent team released a “Web” version of the software. For now, however, most users still prefer the standalone client. That is, if they manage to run it without anti-virus vendors...

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Create a countdown clock with a Raspberry Pi
Mar19

Create a countdown clock with a Raspberry Pi

For 2021, Pi Day has come and gone, leaving fond memories and plenty of Raspberry Pi projects to try out. The days after any holiday can be hard when returning to work after high spirits and plenty of fun, and Pi Day is no exception. As we look into the face of the Ides of March, we can long for the joys of the previous, well, day. But fear no more, dear Pi Day celebrant! For today, we begin the long countdown to the next Pi Day! read...

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Manage Linux software packages with this Pulp plugin
Mar19

Manage Linux software packages with this Pulp plugin

Foreman is a data center automation tool to deploy, configure, and patch hosts. It relies on Katello for content management, which in turn relies on Pulp to manage repositories. See Manage content using Pulp Debian for more information. Pulp offers many plugins for different content types, including RPM packages, Ansible roles and collections, PyPI packages, and deb content. The latter is called the pulp_deb plugin. read more Powered...

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