Author: Yuri Gagarin

FreeBSD 13-CURRENT supports at least 90% of popular hardware on the market

A study conducted on the portal BSD-Hardware.info indicates that hardware support in FreeBSD is not as poor as commonly claimed. The evaluation took into account that not all hardware on the market is equally popular. There are widely used devices that need support, and there are rare devices whose owners can be counted on one hand. Accordingly, the weight of each individual device in the assessment was considered […]

We enable event logging for suspicious process launches in Windows and identify threats using Quest InTrust

One of the common types of attacks is the spawning of a malicious process within a tree of otherwise legitimate processes. Suspicion may arise from the path to the executable file: malware often uses AppData or Temp folders, which is uncharacteristic of legitimate programs. Fairness dictates noting that some automatic update utilities run in AppData, so merely checking the location […]

Release of the Pale Moon browser 28.12

The release of the Pale Moon 28.12 web browser has occurred, which branched from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization features. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 license (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]

Riak Cloud Storage. Part 1. Configuring Riak KV

Riak CS (Cloud Storage) is user-friendly software for organizing object storage, built on top of Riak KV. Riak (KV) is a distributed NoSQL key-value database. Riak CS is designed to provide simplicity, availability, and distribution of cloud storage at any scale, and can be used for building cloud architectures — both public and private — or […]

Canary Deployment in Kubernetes #3: Istio

Using Istio+Kiali for Running and Visualizing a Canary Deployment Articles in this series Canary Deployment in Kubernetes #1: Gitlab CI Canary Deployment in Kubernetes #2: Argo Rollouts (this article) Canary Deployment using Jenkins-X Istio Flagger Canary Deployment We hope you read the first part, where we briefly explained what Canary deployments are and showed how to implement it with […]

A Quick Start and Low Barrier to Entry. What Awaits Young Data Science Specialists in the Job Market

According to research by HeadHunter and Mail.ru, the demand for specialists in the field of Data Science exceeds supply, yet even so, young professionals do not always manage to find a job. We explain what graduates of courses lack and where to learn for those planning a significant career in Data Science. "They come in thinking they will earn 500k a second just because they know […]

Proposal for Blocking Driver Interfaces Providing Access to GPL Kernel Calls

Christoph Hellwig, a well-known Linux kernel developer and former member of the governing technical committee of the Linux Foundation, who was a plaintiff in a GPL-related lawsuit against VMware, has proposed to tighten protections against the binding of proprietary drivers to Linux kernel components exported only for GPL-licensed modules. To circumvent the limitation on exporting GPL symbols, producers […]

Release of Mastodon 3.2, a Platform for Creating Decentralized Social Networks

The release of the open-source platform for deploying decentralized social networks—Mastodon 3.2—has been announced, allowing users to create services on their own infrastructure that are not controlled by individual providers. If a user cannot launch their own node, they can choose a trustworthy public service for connection. Mastodon falls into the category of federated networks, where a set of […] is used to form a unified structure of connections.

SPI Report on Donations to Debian, X.Org, systemd, FFmpeg, Arch Linux, OpenWrt

The non-profit organization SPI (Software in the Public Interest), which oversees donations and legal matters (trademark, asset ownership, etc.) for projects such as Debian, Arch Linux, LibreOffice, X.Org, systemd, 0.A.D, PostgreSQL, FFmpeg, freedesktop.org, OpenWrt, OpenZFS, Jenkins, and OpenEmbedded, has published its financial report for 2019. The total amount raised was 920 thousand dollars […]

SRE: Performance Analysis. A Configuration Method Using a Simple Web Server in Go

Performance analysis and tuning is a powerful performance compliance checking tool for clients. Performance analysis can be applied to identify bottlenecks in a program, employing a scientific approach in the experimentation process for tuning. This article outlines a general approach to performance analysis and tuning using a web server on Go as an example. Go is particularly well-suited here, as […]

Announcement: Ultimate Guide to an AI Career from a Professional: Choose a Specialty, Skill Up, and Land a Great Job

TODAY, August 3rd at 8:00 PM, there will be a live stream with Sergey Shirkhin on how to build a successful career in AI. The stream can be watched on any of our social media platforms — watch wherever is convenient for you. Sergey Shirkhin is a pioneer of the faculties of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and Data Engineering at Geek University, where he serves as dean and instructor. […]

The OpenSSF project has been established, focused on enhancing the security of open source software

The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of a new collaborative project called OpenSSF (Open Source Security Foundation), aimed at bringing together leading industry representatives to enhance open source software security. OpenSSF will continue the development of initiatives like the Infrastructure Initiative and the Open Source Security Coalition, as well as consolidate other related security efforts undertaken by project participants. The founders of OpenSSF […]

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