Introduction to Operating Systems Hello, Habr! I would like to present to your attention a series of translated articles on a literature that I find interesting — OSTEP. This material delves deeply into the workings of Unix-like operating systems, specifically focusing on processes, various schedulers, memory, and other similar components that make up a modern OS. You can view the original materials here.
Humans are known to be lazy beings, especially when it comes to choosing a strong password. I believe that every administrator has faced the problem of using easy and standard passwords. This phenomenon is often seen among the upper echelons of company management. Yes, indeed, among those who have access to confidential or commercial information, and it would be extremely undesirable to deal with the consequences.
Perfect World Entertainment has announced that it is partnering with Panic Button to release the action RPG Torchlight II for current-generation consoles this fall. Specific platforms have not been named. Torchlight II was released on PC in September 2012. It is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world where you fight hordes of enemies and search for treasures. On […]
Services that provide a temporary number for receiving SMS online emerged after many social networks, marketplaces, and other internet resources shifted from user identification at registration through email addresses to identification via a code sent to a phone number, often requiring both a code sent to the phone and confirmation via email. Who are these services for, […]
Emoji domains have existed for many years, but still have not gained popularity [Unfortunately, the Habr editor does not allow emojis in the text. Emoji links can be found in the original text of the article (a copy of the article on the Archive site) / translator's note.] If you enter ghostemoji.ws and .ws in your browser’s address bar, you will end up at two different […]
The Intel Xe graphics card with GPU SGX support Since the announcement that Intel would be developing its own discrete graphics card, the progressive public has been waiting for plans to turn into something tangible. Few technical details are known at this time, but today we can share something specific and important. It has been revealed that the upcoming graphics card […]
Wireless data transmission technologies have firmly established their place in our lives. Daily, often without realizing it, we benefit from this achievement of civilization at home, in the office, on the way home, or while relaxing on the beaches of sunny, warm countries. Our voices, our images, all the pieces of the digital world that are so dear to us, are almost always connected at some stage […]
Good afternoon, dear friends. It was Thursday evening and one of our admins was supposed to resize a disk on one of the KVM virtual machines. It may seem like a trivial task, but it can lead to data loss altogether… And so… the whole story is under the cut. As I mentioned — Thursday evening (seems like a little rain […
A radical design change is coming to the Google Chrome browser. Reportedly, two major updates have been made to the layout in Chrome Canary 75. This includes support for a dark theme on the home page and the ability to set wallpapers on it. Currently, in the latest builds of Chrome 73, the home page only has instructions for new users. […]
March 31 is celebrated worldwide as International Backup Day, and this year we are conducting our fifth survey dedicated to backups. You can find the results on our website. Interestingly, according to the research, 92.7% of consumers back up their data at least once a year — this is 24% more than the previous year. At the same time, 65% […]
This is the final part of the article, here is the beginning habr.com/ru/post/445568 Last time I wrote about how I implemented device monitoring, now we will discuss management. In discussions with the “techies” from the Customer's side, I often find a limited perception of the capabilities of such small devices (with low memory and performance resources); many believe that “the most we will need is to send […]
For two years now, 3DNews has featured a “Computer of the Month” column, where we explore the optimal hardware configuration according to the customer's requests and wallet thickness. However, our site has been around since 1997, and back then, we hadn’t invented any “Computer of the Month” yet. What if we mentally transported ourselves to the distant past of the IT industry (though not to the very beginning […]