Author: ProHoster

Alienware 25 AW2521HF AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-Sync Gaming Monitor

Sales of the gaming-grade Alienware 25 AW2521HF monitor, which was first demonstrated at the beginning of the year at the CES 2020 consumer electronics exhibition, are beginning. The new product is made on an IPS matrix measuring 24,5 inches diagonally. The panel has a traditional flat design, and the resolution is 1920 × 1080 pixels - Full HD format. The monitor has a refresh rate of 240 Hz. The response time of the matrix is ​​[...]

Synology DS220j: NAS for home or office

Synology has released the DiskStation DS220j, a basic network-attached storage system designed for home or office use. The new product is built on a quad-core Realtek RTD1296 processor with a clock frequency of up to 1,4 GHz. The amount of DDR4 RAM is 512 MB. You can install two 3,5-inch or 2,5-inch drives with a SATA 3.0 interface. Maximum supported […]

Postfix 3.5.0 mail server release

After a year of development, a new stable branch of the Postfix mail server was released - 3.5.0. At the same time, it announced the end of support for the Postfix 3.1 branch, released in early 2016. Postfix is ​​one of the rare projects that combines high security, reliability and performance at the same time, which was achieved thanks to a well-thought-out architecture and a fairly strict coding policy and […]

The Redox OS project introduced the pkgar package manager written in Rust

The developers of the Redox operating system, written using the Rust language and the microkernel concept, introduced a new package manager pkgar. The project is developing a new package format, a package management library, and a command line toolkit for creating and retrieving a cryptographically verified collection of files. The pkgar code is written in Rust and is distributed under the MIT license. The pkgar format is not […]

NetFilter complex list matching will be accelerated in the Linux 5.7 kernel

The developers of the Netfilter network packet filtering and modification subsystem have published a set of patches that significantly speed up the processing of large matching lists (nftables set), which require checking a combination of subnets, network ports, protocol and MAC addresses. The patches have already been accepted into the nf-next branch, which will be proposed for inclusion in the Linux 5.7 kernel. The most noticeable acceleration was achieved thanks to the use of AVX2 instructions […]

Lazygit is a pseudo-graphical console client for Git.

If you have problems understanding the basics of working with a Git repository from the console, then you can always use a graphical client. One of them is Lazygit, a pseudo-graphical client written in Go using the gocui library. In the official description of the program, the author describes how difficult it can be to understand what and how to do in a git if […]

Thin backup of Linux filesystems. How to Create Working Copies of a 20TB MySQL Database in XNUMX Seconds

My name is Yuri, I am the head of the system administration group at Citymobil. Today I will share my experience with thin provisioning technology for Linux file systems and tell you how it can be used in a company’s technological CI/CD processes. We will analyze the situation when, in order to automatically test the code when delivering it to production, we need copies of the MySQL database as quickly as possible, […]

How to simplify and secure your home devices (sharing ideas about Kauri Safe Smart Home)

We specialize in working with data - we develop and implement Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that work for all business sectors. But recently we have switched our attention to a new product designed primarily for the “smart” home or office. Now the average metropolis resident has a Wi-Fi router, a set-top box from an Internet provider or media player, and a hub for IoT devices in his apartment. We thought […]

Automating Entry in SecureCRT Using Scripts

Network engineers often have the task of copy/pasting certain fragments from Notepad into the console. You usually have to copy several parameters: Username/Password and something else. The use of scripts allows you to speed up this process. BUT the tasks of writing a script and executing the script should take less time in total than setting it up manually, otherwise the scripts are useless. What is this article for? This article is from […]

Google is building a website dedicated to the coronavirus with detailed data on the United States

US President Donald Trump misspoke when he said that Google was developing a nationwide site for sampling and test results for all coronavirus patients - at the moment we are only talking about a pilot project by the Verily team in the San Francisco Bay Area. However, there was a certain amount of truth in the president’s words. In a series of clarifying tweets, Google stated that […]

The Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem team will work on finalizing the game instead of releasing new content

Wolcen Studio spoke about the future of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem. The game was released on February 13, 2020, and within a month it was loved by many, but at the same time caused a wave of dissatisfaction due to shortcomings. The developers are working to fix the problems, but due to this, the release of new content had to be postponed. The team has been working to resolve the issues over the past few weeks. “Server problems, [...]

Konami has introduced an update to Euro 2020 for PES, although the championship itself may be postponed to 2021

Konami has announced the release date of the Euro 2020 expansion for its football simulator PES 2020, despite growing confidence that the real championship will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Japanese company announced that the free downloadable Euro 30 add-on will be released on April 4 on PC, PlayStation 2020 and Xbox One. It will add all 55 UEFA national teams, as well as […]