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Author: Erik Peterson

A ProHoster specialist with over seven years of experience in hosting, network infrastructure, and internet security. I participate in the development and maintenance of server solutions, VPN services, and client platforms. I specialize in stability, data protection, and service optimization for clients. I regularly monitor updates in industry standards and best practices.

The Linux kernel is proposed to include the distributed replicated block device DRBD 9.

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A set of patches has been proposed for the Linux kernel, implementing the distributed replicated block device DRBD 9, allowing the creation of a RAID-1-like array formed from network-mirrored storage devices connected to different systems. The driver is intended to be initially tested in the linux-next branch and brought to readiness for integration into the Linux kernel 7.2. The old version of DRBD has been included in the kernel since […]

Red Hat has increased the paid support for intermediate releases of RHEL to 6 years.

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Red Hat has introduced a new extended paid support program called 'Extended Life Cycle, Premium', which will provide a 14-year support cycle for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9/10 distribution branches: 5 years of complete public updates + 5 years of public updates addressing critical bugs and vulnerabilities (without introducing new features or extending hardware support) + 4 years of updates with […]

Arch Linux has switched iptables to use the nft backend by default.

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The Arch Linux developers have announced a switch to the nft backend for the iptables toolkit, which translates rules into nftables bytecode. The option to use the classic toolkit is preserved, but by default, the iptables-nft package is now enabled, providing utilities with the same command-line syntax. The iptables-nft package has been renamed to iptables, while the classic iptables package is now iptables-legacy. It is noted that the change […]

Release of Cozystack 1.2, an open PaaS platform based on Kubernetes

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The release of the free PaaS platform Cozystack 1.2, built on Kubernetes, is now available. The project aims to provide a ready-made platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform is installed directly on servers and covers all aspects of infrastructure preparation for providing managed services. Cozystack allows for the deployment and provision of Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform's code […]

Telegram has started marking users of third-party clients, warning about decreased message security.

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Telegram users have discovered that the messenger has started displaying a warning on the profile of a contact who is using an unofficial client. The notification is accompanied by an explanation regarding potential reductions in message security. The service has not publicly announced the launch of this feature. At the same time, Telegram did not clarify whether the labeling applies to all third-party applications without exception or only to some of those clients. News of the impending change became known […]

Wireless optical communication indoors has shown new records in speed and efficiency.

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The infamous 'tin foil hats' will no longer be needed for those concerned about health in a world saturated with radio waves. Wireless optical networks promise to alleviate Wi-Fi congestion in indoor spaces, including homes. This new technology will not replace cellular networks or regular Wi-Fi access points but may address speed shortages for various tasks and save on energy consumption. [ … ]

OpenVMS Software has released the VMS/XDE developer toolkit for Linux

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I don't know who will need this, but I was delighted. As an old VMS user, I couldn't pass this by. The company OpenVMS Software, which acquired the rights to OpenVMS and is now continuing the development of this OS for x86, has released a developer toolkit for VMS on Linux. It installs on Linux/X86-64 and Windows/WSL. VMS/XDE is a set of compilers and libraries, natively executed on Linux, [ … ]

For the first time, a woman will lead Debian. The position on age verification in Debian

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Andreas Tille, the leader of the Debian project, published a monthly report explaining that he did not participate in the project leader elections for the third time to encourage other members to put forward their candidacies. As a result, this year there is only one candidate for the leadership position — Sruthi Chandran, a participant from India. Voting started yesterday and [ … ]

Microsoft will forcibly upgrade computers with older OS versions to Windows 11 25H2.

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Microsoft will forcibly upgrade computers running Windows 11 24H2 to the current 25H2 version. Support for 24H2 officially ends on October 13, 2026 — this new measure is obviously part of the company's strategy to ensure that all devices remain up to date. The automatic installation of the new platform version will be rolled out on computers with Windows 11 24H2 in Home and Pro editions; systems with [ … ]

The release of MidnightBSD 4.0.4 with age verification tools

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The release of the desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 4.0.4 has taken place, based on FreeBSD with elements ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The basic desktop environment is built on Xfce (optionally, you can install the combination of GNUstep + Window Maker + GWorkspace). Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, the MidnightBSD OS was originally developed as a fork of FreeBSD 6.1-beta, which was synchronized in 2011 [ … ]

A regression has been identified in the Linux kernel 7.0 that reduces PostgreSQL performance by half.

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An engineer from Amazon has identified a regression specific to Linux kernel 7.0, which is expected to be released on April 13. Changes to the task scheduler settings have led to a significant reduction in throughput and responsiveness when running the PostgreSQL database on ARM64 architecture systems. Using kernel 7.0, performance metrics during the pgbench "simple-update" test have nearly halved — from […]

Durov promised to complicate the detection and blocking of Telegram traffic.

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov, commenting on the blocking of Telegram in Russia, stated that the messenger will continue to adapt, making its traffic more difficult to detect and block. According to Durov, 65 million Russians use the messenger daily via VPN, with more than 50 million sending messages every day. Ahead of the block, Telegram proposed that Russians subscribe to the Premium service for two years […]

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