Author: ProHoster

Release of proprietary video driver Nvidia 435.21

What's new in this version: a number of crashes and regressions have been fixed - in particular, a crash of the X server due to HardDPMS, as well as a libnvcuvid.so segfault when using the Video Codec SDK API; added initial support for RTD3, a power management mechanism for Turing-based laptop video cards; support for Vulkan and OpenGL+GLX has been implemented for PRIME technology, which allows rendering to be offloaded to other GPUs; […]

StereoPhotoView 1.13.0

A new version of the program has been released for viewing stereoscopic 3D photos and video files with the ability to quickly edit them. MPO, JPEG, JPS images and video files are supported. The program is written in C++ using the Qt framework and the FFmpeg and OpenCV libraries. The update was released for all supported platforms, including binary builds for Windows, Ubuntu and ArchLinux. Main changes in version 1.13.0: Settings […]

KNOPPIX 8.6 release

Release 8.6 of the first live distribution KNOPPIX has been released. Linux kernel 5.2 with cloop and aufs patches, supports 32-bit and 64-bit systems with automatic detection of CPU bit depth. By default, the LXDE environment is used, but if desired, you can also use KDE Plasma 5, Tor Browser has been added. UEFI and UEFI Secure Boot are supported, as well as the ability to customize the distribution directly on the flash drive. Additionally […]

Release of Trac 1.4 project management system

A significant release of the Trac 1.4 project management system has been introduced, providing a web interface for working with Subversion and ​Git repositories, a built-in Wiki, an issue tracking system and a functionality planning section for new versions. The code is written in Python and distributed under the BSD license. ​SQLite, ​PostgreSQL and ​MySQL/MariaDB DBMS can be used to store data. Trac takes a minimalist approach to handling […]

Release of BlackArch 2019.09.01, distribution for security testing

New builds of BlackArch Linux, a specialized distribution for security research and studying the security of systems, have been published. The distribution is built on the Arch Linux package base and includes about 2300 security-related utilities. The project's maintained package repository is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used in regular Arch Linux installations. The assemblies are prepared in the form of a 15 GB Live image [...]

Windows 10 setup script

I have long wanted to share my script for automating the setup of Windows 10 (currently the current version is 18362), but I never got around to it. Perhaps it will be useful to someone in its entirety or only part of it. Of course, it will be difficult to describe all the settings, but I will try to highlight the most important ones. If anyone is interested, then welcome to cat. Introduction I have long wanted to share [...]

How I worked in Turkey and got to know the local market

An object on a “floating” foundation for protection against earthquakes. My name is Pavel, I manage a network of commercial data centers at CROC. Over the past 15 years, we have built more than a hundred data centers and large server rooms for our customers, but this facility is the largest of its kind abroad. It is located in Turkey. I went there for several months to advise foreign colleagues […]

Huawei CloudCampus: high cloud service infrastructure

The further we go, the more complex the interaction processes and the composition of components become, even in small information networks. Changing in line with digital transformation, businesses are experiencing needs that they did not have just a few years ago. For example, the need to manage not only how groups of working machines function, but also the connection of IoT elements, mobile devices, as well as corporate services, which […]

Paper board game DoodleBattle

Hi all! We present to you our first board game with paper figures. This is a kind of wargame, but only on paper. And the user makes the entire game himself :) I would like to say right away that this is not another adaptation, but a project completely developed by us. We made and came up with all the illustrations, figures, rules down to every letter and pixel ourselves. Such things 🙂 […]

Tomorrow at ITMO University: the educational process, competitions and education abroad - a selection of upcoming events

This is a selection of events for beginners and technical students. We talk about what is already planned for the end of August, September and October. (c) ITMO University What's new Results of the 2019 admissions campaign This summer, in our blog on Habré, we talked about the educational programs of ITMO University and shared the experience of career growth of their graduates. These […]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti is preparing for an autumn debut

The spring confidence in the inevitability of the release of the GeForce GTX 1650 Ti video card for some could turn into disappointment, since there was a fairly noticeable gap between the GeForce GTX 1650 and GeForce GTX 1660 in terms of characteristics and performance. The most interesting thing is that the ASUS brand has even registered a decent variety of GeForce GTX 1650 Ti video cards in the EEC customs database, […]

How to look Cassandra in the eye without losing data, stability, and faith in NoSQL

They say that everything in life is worth trying at least once. And if you are used to working with relational DBMSs, then it is worth getting acquainted with NoSQL in practice, first of all, at least for general development. Now, due to the rapid development of this technology, there are a lot of conflicting opinions and heated debates on this topic, which especially fuels interest. If you delve into [...]