Author: ProHoster

GNU screen 4.7.0 console window manager release

After two years of development, the release of the full-screen console window manager (terminal multiplexer) GNU screen 4.7.0 has been published, which allows you to use one physical terminal to work with several applications, which are allocated separate virtual terminals that remain active between different user communication sessions. Among the changes: Added support for the SGR (1006) protocol extension provided by terminal emulators, which allows you to track mouse clicks in the console; Added […]

Why do you need a support service that does not support?

Companies announce artificial intelligence in their automation, talk about how they have implemented a couple of cool customer service systems, but when we call technical support, we continue to suffer and listen to the suffering voices of operators with hard-won scripts. Moreover, you probably noticed that we, IT specialists, perceive and evaluate the work of numerous customer support services of service centers, IT outsourcers, car services, help desks […]

Review on the desire for habra reviews

(Review, like literary criticism in general, appears along with literary magazines. The first such magazine in Russia was “Monthly Works Serving for Benefit and Entertainment.” Source) Review is a genre of journalism, as well as scientific and artistic criticism. A review gives the right to evaluate the work done by a person who needs editing and correction of his work. The review informs about the new […]

ARIES PLC110[M02]-MS4, HMI, OPC and SCADA, or how much Chamomile tea a person needs. Part 1

Good afternoon, dear readers of this article. I’m writing this in review format. A small warning. I want to warn you that if you immediately understood what I’m talking about from the title, I advise you to change the first point (actually, the PLC core) to anything from a price category one step higher. No amount of money saving is worth that much nerves, subjectively. For those who are not afraid of a little gray hair and [...]

ARIES PLC110[M02]-MS4, HMI, OPC and SCADA, or how much Chamomile tea a person needs. Part 2

Good afternoon friends. The second part of the review follows the first, and today I am writing a review of the top level of the system indicated in the title. Our group of top-level tools includes all the software and hardware above the PLC network (IDEs for PLCs, HMIs, utilities for frequency converters, modules, etc. are not included here). The structure of the system from the first part I […]

KDE moves to GitLab

The KDE community is one of the largest free software communities in the world, with over 2600 members. However, the entry of new developers is quite difficult due to the use of Phabricator - the original KDE development platform, which is quite unusual for most modern programmers. Therefore, the KDE project is starting a migration to GitLab to make development more convenient, transparent and accessible for beginners. The page with gitlab repositories is already available […]

The new Honor Note smartphone is credited with a 64-megapixel camera

Online sources report that the Honor brand, owned by the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, is soon going to announce a new smartphone in the Note family. It is noted that the device will replace the Honor Note 10 model, which debuted more than a year ago - in July 2018. The device is equipped with a proprietary Kirin processor, a large 6,95-inch FHD+ screen, as well as a dual rear camera with […]

Xiaomi has no plans to release new Mi Mix series smartphones this year

Not long ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi introduced the Mi Mix Alpha concept smartphone, priced at $2800. The company later confirmed that the smartphone will go on sale in limited quantities. After this, rumors appeared on the Internet regarding Xiaomi’s intentions to launch another smartphone in the Mi Mix series, which will receive some of the capabilities of the Mi Mix Alpha and will be mass produced. More […]

How we collected data on advertising campaigns from online platforms (a thorny path to a product)

It seems that the field of online advertising should be as technologically advanced and automated as possible. Of course, because such giants and experts in their field as Yandex, Mail.Ru, Google and Facebook work there. But, as it turned out, there is no limit to perfection and there is always something to automate. Source Communication group Dentsu Aegis Network Russia is the largest player in the digital advertising market and is actively […]

Linux Piter 2019: what awaits guests of a large-scale Linux conference and why you should not miss it

We have been regularly attending Linux conferences around the world for a long time. It seemed surprising to us that in Russia, a country with such high technological potential, there is not a single similar event. That is why several years ago we contacted IT-Events and proposed to organize a large Linux conference. This is how Linux Piter appeared - a large-scale thematic conference, which this year will be held in […]

Permissions in Linux (chown, chmod, SUID, GUID, sticky bit, ACL, umask)

Hi all. This is a translation of an article from the book RedHat RHCSA RHCE 7 RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 EX200 and EX300. From myself: I hope the article will be useful not only for beginners, but also help more experienced administrators organize their knowledge. So, let's go. To access files in Linux, permissions are used. These permissions are assigned to three objects: the owner of the file, the owner […]

1C Entertainment will bring King's Bounty II to IgroMir 2019

1C Entertainment will present the role-playing game King's Bounty II at the largest Russian interactive entertainment exhibition IgroMir 2019 and the pop culture festival Comic Con Russia 2019. At IgroMir 2019 and Comic Con Russia 2019, visitors will meet the developers of the hotly anticipated King's Bounty II and gameplay demo. In addition, the creators of the role-playing project will be ready to answer questions [...]