Author: ProHoster

Ubuntu stops packaging for 32-bit x86 architecture

Two years after the end of the creation of 32-bit installation images for the x86 architecture, Ubuntu developers decided to completely end the life cycle of this architecture in the distribution kit. Starting with the fall release of Ubuntu 19.10, packages in the repository for the i386 architecture will no longer be generated. The last LTS branch for users of 32-bit x86 systems will be Ubuntu 18.04, support for which will continue […]

Percona open meetups in Russia June 26 – July 1

The Percona company is organizing a series of open events on the topic of open source DBMS in St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Moscow from June 26 to July 1. June 26, St. Petersburg at the Selectel office, Tsvetochnaya, 19. Reports: “10 things a developer should know about databases”, Pyotr Zaitsev (CEO, Percona) “MariaDB 10.4: review of new features” - Sergey […]

Percona will hold open meetups in St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Moscow

The Percona company is holding a series of open meetups in Russia from June 26 to July 1. Events are planned in St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Moscow. June 26, St. Petersburg. Selectel office, Tsvetochnaya, 19. Meeting at 18:30, presentations start at 19:00. Registration. Access to the site is provided with an ID card. Reports: “10 things a developer should […]

What's at ITMO University — IT festivals, hackathons, conferences and open seminars

We talk about events held with the support of ITMO University. Photo tour of the robotics laboratory of ITMO University 1. Lecture by Alexander Surkov on the Internet of Things When: June 20 at 13:00 Where: Kronverksky pr., 49, ITMO University, room. 365 Alexander Surkov - IoT architect of Yandex.Cloud and one of the leading experts in the field of Internet of things - gives an introductory lecture on […]

New AMD EPYC Rome benchmarks show performance improvement

There is not much time left before the release of the first server processors based on the AMD Zen 2 architecture, codenamed Rome - they should appear in the third quarter of this year. In the meantime, information about new products is seeping into the public space drop by drop from various sources. Recently, on the Phoronix website, known for its database of real […]

Ansible: updates in key solutions for automating your world

The Ansible community is constantly delighting with new content - plugins and modules - and creating a lot of new work for those involved in maintaining Ansible, since new code needs to be integrated into the repositories as quickly as possible. Meeting deadlines is not always possible, and the launch of some products that are quite ready for release is postponed until the next official version of Ansible Engine. Until recently […]

Sysadmin in a non-IT company. The unbearable burden of being?

Being a system administrator in a small non-IT company is an adventure. The manager considers you a parasite, employees in bad times - the deity of the network and hardware, in good times - a lover of beer and tanks, accounting - an application to 1C, and the whole company as a driver for the successful operation of printers. While you're dreaming of a good cisca, and […]

When will they make “cheburnet” from the Internet: an overview of the project

As you remember, in early May 2019, the President signed the law “On the sovereign Internet”, which will come into force on November 1. The law is nominally designed to ensure the stable operation of the Russian segment of the Internet when disconnected from the worldwide network or coordinated attacks. What's next? At the end of May, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications prepared a draft government decree “On approval of the Procedure for centralized management of the […]

GeekUniversity opens enrollment for the Faculty of Product Management

Our online university GeekUniversity is launching a product management department. In 14 months, students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a product manager, complete assignments from major brands, fill a portfolio with four projects, and create their own product in cross-functional teams with developers and designers. Upon completion of training, employment is guaranteed. Studying at the faculty will allow students to work in the specialties of product manager, [...]

Hackers infiltrate NASA JPL systems through unauthorized Raspberry Pi

Despite significant advances in developing technologies for space exploration, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has many cybersecurity deficiencies, according to a report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). OIG conducted a review of the research center's network security measures following a hack in April 2018, in which attackers entered a computer system via a […]

The gloomy beauty of locations in the screenshots of Witchfire - a horror shooter from the authors of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Polish studio The Astronauts announced a first-person shooter with horror elements, Witchfire, back at The Game Awards 2017. Now the team continues to work on the mentioned project, as evidenced by the appearance of new screenshots on the official Twitter. The developers have posted images demonstrating various locations. It appears that during the playthrough, users will visit the demonstrated settlement and descend into a crypt, the entrance to which […]

Star Conflict celebrates the anniversary of the landing of a man on the moon

StarGem and Gaijin Entertainment have released update 1.6.3 “Moon Race” for the online space action game Star Conflict. With its release, an event of the same name began, timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon. For three months, Star Conflict will host the Moon Race event with rewards for pilots. The event will be divided into three […]