Author: ProHoster

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 […]

Intel and Mail.ru Group agreed to jointly promote the development of the gaming industry and eSports in Russia

Intel and MY.GAMES (the gaming division of Mail.Ru Group) announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement aimed at developing the gaming industry and supporting e-sports in Russia. As part of the cooperation, the companies intend to conduct joint campaigns in order to inform and expand the number of fans of computer games and e-sports. It is also planned to jointly develop educational and entertainment projects, and create […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nissan IMk concept car: electric drive, autopilot and smartphone integration

Nissan has unveiled the IMk concept car, a compact five-door car specially designed for use in metropolitan areas. The new product, as Nissan notes, combines sophisticated design, advanced technology, small size and a powerful power plant. The IMk uses a fully electric drive. The electric motor provides excellent acceleration and high responsiveness, which is especially necessary in city traffic. The center of gravity is located [...]

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 […]

ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Impact: Compact Board for Powerful Ryzen 3000 Systems

ASUS releases the ROG Crosshair VIII Impact motherboard based on the AMD X570 chipset. The new product is designed for assembling compact, but at the same time very productive systems on AMD Ryzen 3000 series processors. The new product is made in a non-standard form factor: its dimensions are 203 × 170 mm, that is, it is slightly longer than Mini-ITX boards. According to ASUS, this is not […]

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 […]

openITCOCKPIT for everyone: Hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest 2019 Celebrate Hacktoberfest by getting involved in the open source community. We would like to ask you to help us translate openITCOCKPIT into as many languages ​​as possible. Absolutely anyone can join the project; to participate, you only need an account on GitHub. About the project: openITCOCKPIT is a modern web interface for managing a monitoring environment based on Nagios or Naemon. Description of participation […]