Author: ProHoster

First alpha release of Protox, Tox client for mobile platforms

The first alpha release of Protox, a mobile application for serverless messaging between users, implemented based on the Tox protocol (toxcore), has been published. At the moment, only Android OS is supported, however, since the program is written on the cross-platform Qt framework using QML, in the future it is possible to port the application to other platforms. The program is an alternative to Tox clients Antox, Trifa and […]

New versions of Debian 9.12 and 10.3

The third corrective update of the Debian 10 distribution has been published, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes bugs in the installer. The release includes 94 updates to fix stability issues and 52 updates to fix vulnerabilities. At the same time, Debian 9.12 was released, which offered 70 updates with fixes and 75 with vulnerabilities. Among the changes in Debian 10.3 […]

Release of Raspbian 2020-02-05, distribution for Raspberry Pi. New HardROCK64 board from Pine64 project

The developers of the Raspberry Pi project have published an update to the Raspbian distribution, based on the Debian 10 “Buster” package base. Two assemblies have been prepared for download - a shortened one (433 MB) for server systems and a full one (1.1 GB), supplied with the PIXEL user environment (a branch of LXDE). About 35 thousand packages are available for installation from repositories. In the new release: A file manager based […]

Tiny Core Linux 11.0 release

The Tiny Core team has announced the release of a new version of the lightweight distribution Tiny Core Linux 11.0. Fast operation of the OS is ensured by the fact that the system is completely loaded into memory, while requiring only 48 MB of RAM to operate. The innovation of version 11.0 is the transition to kernel 5.4.3 (instead of 4.19.10) and broader support for new hardware. Also updated busybox (1.13.1), glibc […]

How LANIT equipped a dealing center in Sberbank with engineering and IT systems

At the end of 2017, the LANIT group of companies completed one of the most interesting and exciting projects in its practice - the Dealing Center of Sberbank in Moscow. From this article, you will learn how exactly the "daughters" of LANIT equipped a new house for brokers and met in record time. The Dealing Center source refers to turnkey construction projects. Sberbank […]

Immune imprinting in childhood: the origin of virus protection

Almost every one of us has heard or read the news about the spreading coronavirus. As with any other disease, early diagnosis is important in the fight against a new virus. However, not all infected people show the same set of symptoms, and even scanners at airports designed to detect signs of infection do not always successfully identify the sick among the crowd of passengers. The question arises […]

How to distribute kittens

Distributing kittens via DHCP Attach a leash to the kitten Launch the kitten into the crowd When the owner is found, he himself will untie the kitten from the leash. Distributing kittens via HTTPS - Do you need a kitten? — Does he have a pedigree and a vaccination certificate? - Yes, look. By the way, is your passport expired? - No, he just [...]

Setting up WireGuard on a Mikrotik router running OpenWrt

In most cases, connecting a router to a VPN is not difficult, but if you want to protect the entire network while maintaining optimal connection speed, then the best solution is to use the WireGuard VPN tunnel. Mikrotik routers have proven to be reliable and very flexible solutions, but unfortunately there is still no support for WireGurd on RouterOS and it is not known when […]

Is WireGuard the great VPN of the future?

The time has come when VPN is no longer some exotic tool of bearded sysadmins. Users have different tasks, but the fact is that VPN has become necessary for everyone. The problem with current VPN solutions is that they are difficult to properly configure, expensive to maintain, and full of dubious quality legacy code. A few years ago, a Canadian specialist in […]

WireGuard will "come" to the Linux kernel - why?

At the end of July, the developers of the WireGuard VPN tunnel proposed a set of patches that would make their VPN tunneling software part of the Linux kernel. However, the exact date of implementation of the "idea" is still unknown. Let's talk about this tool in more detail under the cut. / photo Tambako The Jaguar CC Project Brief WireGuard is a next-generation VPN tunnel created by Jason A. Donenfeld, […]

The developers of CoD: Modern Warfare have published a plan to update the shooter in the second season

Infinity Ward studio has published a plan to update Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in the second game season. The shooter will feature no less than three new operators, five game modes, three types of weapons and several new maps. The second season of Modern Warfare will begin today, February 11th. On the first day, users will receive no less than four new maps: a remake […]

Cliff Bleszinski's studio could have released a story-driven shooter in the Alien universe, but it didn't work out

Game designer Cliff Bleszinski admitted in his personal microblog that his now-deceased studio Boss Key Productions was in negotiations with 20th Century Fox about creating a story-based shooter in the Alien universe. Discussion of the issue apparently began shortly after the release of Alien: Isolation in 2014 and continued until the acquisition of Fox by Disney. The deal was […]