Author: ProHoster

Firefox 69

Firefox 69 is available. Major changes: Blocking of scripts that mine cryptocurrencies is enabled by default. The “Don't allow sites to play audio” setting allows you to block not only audio playback without explicit user interaction, but also video playback. The behavior can be set globally or specifically for an individual site. Added about:protections page with tracking protection performance statistics. Manager […]

Go 1.13

Go programming language 1.13 released, major innovations Go language now supports a more unified and modernized set of numeric literal prefixes, including for binary, octal, hexadecimal and imaginary literals Compatible with Android 10 TLS 1.3 support is enabled by default in the crypto/tls package Error support wrapping Unicode 11.0 is now available from the Go Unicode package This is the latest […]

Distri is a distribution kit for testing fast package management technologies

Michael Stapelberg, author of the mosaic window manager i3wm and a former active Debian developer (maintaining about 170 packages), is developing an experimental distri distribution and package manager of the same name. The project is positioned as an exploration of possible ways to increase the performance of package management systems and embodies some new ideas for building distributions. The package manager code is written in Go and distributed under […]

Firefox 69 release

The Firefox 69 web browser was released, as well as the mobile version of Firefox 68.1 for the Android platform. In addition, updates to long-term support branches 60.9.0 and 68.1.0 have been generated (ESR branch 60.x will no longer be updated; a transition to branch 68.x is recommended). In the near future, the Firefox 70 branch will enter the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for October 22. Key innovations: […]

Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL: case with support for E-ATX and EEB boards

Lian Li has announced the O11 Dynamic XL computer case, designed to form a top-level desktop system. The design of the new product uses aluminum and tempered glass. There are two color options - black and white. Dimensions are 471 × 513 × 285 mm. It is possible to install motherboards of E-ATX and EEB sizes. Eight slots are available for expansion cards. Data storage subsystem […]

1. Overview of Extreme Enterprise Switches

Introduction Good afternoon, friends! I was surprised to notice that there are not many articles on Habré devoted to the products of such a vendor as [Extreme Networks](https://tssolution.ru/katalog/extreme). To fix this and introduce you closer to the Extreme product line, I plan to write a short series of several articles and I want to start with switches for Enterprise. The series will include the following articles: Review […]

Load balancing in Openstack

In large cloud systems, the issue of automatic balancing or leveling the load on computing resources is especially acute. Tionix (a developer and operator of cloud services, part of the Rostelecom group of companies) has also taken care of this issue. And, since our main development platform is Openstack, and we, like all people, are lazy, it was decided to select some kind of ready-made module, which […]

Load balancing in Openstack (Part 2)

In the last article we talked about attempts to use Watcher and presented a test report. We periodically conduct such tests for balancing and other critical functions of a large enterprise or operator cloud. The high complexity of the problem being solved may require several articles to describe our project. Today we are publishing the second article in the series, dedicated to balancing virtual machines in the cloud. Some terminology […]

Race of minds - how smart electric vehicles compete

Why do we love auto racing? For their unpredictability, the intense struggle of the pilots’ characters, high speed and instant retribution for the slightest mistake. The human factor in racing means a lot. But what happens if people are replaced by software? The organizers of Formula E and the British venture capital fund Kinetik, created by former Russian official Denis Sverdlov, are confident that something special will turn out. And at [...]

Trailer for Negative Atmosphere, an independent horror movie inspired by Dead Space

Independent studio Sunscorched Studios has released a short trailer featuring snippets of Negative Atmosphere gameplay. This is a sci-fi horror game inspired by Dead Space, so fans of this famous series will probably be interested in taking a look at the introductory video. By and large, the video only shows a ship flying in the darkness of space, as well as a small scene inside it: […]

Square Enix has released a release trailer for the Final Fantasy VIII remaster

Square Enix studio has published the release trailer for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. The game is currently available for purchase on the Microsoft Store, Nintendo eShop and PS Store. In the evening the project will be available on Steam. Cost of Final Fantasy VIII Remastered: Microsoft Store - $20; Nintendo eShop - 1399 rubles; PlayStation Store - 1399 rubles; Steam - 999 rubles. Metacritic already has […]