Author: Yuri Gagarin

Release of Wine 5.13

An experimental release of the open-source implementation of WinAPI — Wine 5.13 has occurred. Since the release of version 5.12, 22 bug reports have been closed and 407 changes have been made. The most important changes include: The implementation of the IniFileMapping call to map ini format configuration files (win9x) to the corresponding registry parameters (NT). Support for mapping has been added to the functions GetPrivateProfileStringW(), WritePrivateProfileStringW(), GetPrivateProfileSectionNames(), and WritePrivateProfileSection(). […]

Size Isn't Everything: What the NVMe Protocol Brings Us

A familiar story. As more powerful computers emerge, as processor performance and data storage capacity increase, and users breathe a sigh of relief—"now I have enough for everything, no need to cut back or save"—new needs arise almost immediately, demanding more resources, new software that also "doesn't hold back on anything." […]

Auto-generating secrets in Helm

The Mail.ru Kubernetes aaS team translated a short note on how to automatically generate Helm secrets during updates. Below is the text from the article's author—the technical director of Intoware, a SaaS solutions development company. Containers are great. Initially, I was an opponent of containers (shame to admit), but now I fully support using this technology. If you’re reading this, I hope you’ve been successfully swimming […]

A Brief Note on the LSI RAID Controller Overheating Incident in a Cold Data Center

TL;DR; configuring the cooling system mode for the Supermicro server Optimal does not ensure the stability of the LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i controller in a cold data center. We try not to use hardware RAID controllers, but we have one client who specifically prefers configurations with LSI MegaRAID. Today, we faced overheating of the MegaRAID 9361-8i card because the platform did not sense […]

The single-board computer ODROID-N2 Plus measures 90 × 90 mm

The Hardkernel team has released the ODROID-N2 Plus development board, which can be used for various projects in the Internet of Things, robotics, and more. At the core of the solution is the Amlogic S922X Rev.C processor. Its six computing cores feature a big.LITTLE configuration: four Cortex-A73 cores operate at a clock speed of up to 2.4 GHz, while two Cortex-A53 cores run at a frequency of up to […]

Update of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.4

The release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.4 has been announced, which addresses three vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-3350 — allows an unprivileged local attacker to delete or move arbitrary files in the system, for instance, they can delete /etc/passwd without having the necessary permissions. The vulnerability is caused by a race condition that occurs during the scanning of malicious files, enabling a user with shell access in the system to change the target directory […]

Microsoft has released an open Linux version of the ProcMon monitoring utility

Microsoft has released the source code of the ProcMon (Process Monitor) utility edition for Linux under the MIT license. Originally, the utility was included in the Sysinternals suite for Windows and has now been adapted for Linux. Tracing in Linux is organized using the BCC (BPF Compiler Collection) toolkit, which allows the creation of efficient BPF programs for tracing and manipulating kernel structures. Installable packages have been prepared for […]

Protection of documents from copying

There are a thousand and one ways to protect electronic documents from unauthorized copying. But as soon as a document transitions to an analog state (according to GOST R 52292–2004 "Information Technology. Electronic Information Exchange. Terms and Definitions," the concept of "analog document" includes all traditional forms of document presentation on analog media: paper, photo and film, etc. The analog form of presentation can […]

General overview of the service architecture for evaluating appearance based on neural networks

Introduction Hello! In this article, I will share my experience building a microservices architecture for a project utilizing neural networks. We will discuss architectural requirements, look at various structural diagrams, analyze each component of the finished architecture, and evaluate the technical metrics of the solution. Happy reading! A few words about the task and its solution The main idea is to evaluate based on a photo […]

Email for domains from Mail.ru and Yandex: choosing between two great services

Hello everyone. Due to my job, I now have to look for email services for a domain, meaning I need a good and reliable corporate email, and it must be external. Previously, I was searching for video call services with corporate capabilities, and now it's time for email. I can say that there seem to be many services, but in working with most of them, some problems always arise. […]

Release of the Thunderbird 78 email client

Eleven months after the release of the last significant version, the Thunderbird 78 email client developed by the community and based on Mozilla technology has been released. This new version is categorized as a long-term support release, with updates scheduled for the next year. Thunderbird 78 is based on the ESR codebase of Firefox 78. The release is available only for direct download; automatic […]

GitHub has preserved an archive of open-source code in an Arctic repository

GitHub has announced the realization of a project to create an archive of open-source texts located in the Arctic World Archive, capable of surviving a global catastrophe. 186 piqlFilm film storage units, which contain photographic information and can preserve data for over 1000 years (according to other sources, the lifespan is 500 years), have been successfully placed in an underground storage facility on the island of […]

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