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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

Release of the EndeavourOS distribution 2020.07.15, continuing the development of the Antergos project

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The release of the EndeavourOS project 2020.07.15 has been published, succeeding the Antergos distribution, which was discontinued in May 2019 due to a lack of free time from remaining maintainers to support the project adequately. The distribution offers a simple installer for setting up a basic Arch Linux environment with Xfce desktop as the default and the option to install one of 9 standard workspaces […]

Sway 1.5 (and wlroots 0.11.0) — a compositor for Wayland, compatible with i3

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A new version of the i3 compatible tiling window manager Sway 1.5 (for Wayland and XWayland) has been released. The wlroots 0.11.0 composer library has been updated (enabling the development of other WMs for Wayland). 78 developers contributed 284 changes that provide a multitude of new features and bug fixes. Key changes include: Headless mode for running environments without output display, which can be used together with WayVNC; Support for new […]

Released audio effects LSP Plugins 1.1.24

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A new version of the LSP Plugins effect package, designed for audio processing during mixing and mastering of recordings, has been released. The most notable changes include: Added a plugin for volume compensation using equal loudness curves — Loudness Compensator. Added a plugin to protect against sharp signal spikes at the start and end of playback — Surge Filter. Significant changes have been made to the Limiter plugin: several […]

Wapiti - website vulnerability scanning on your own

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In the previous article, we discussed Nemesida WAF Free — a free tool for protecting websites and APIs from hacking attacks. In this article, we decided to review the popular vulnerability scanner Wapiti. Scanning a website for vulnerabilities is a necessary measure that, together with source code analysis, allows for an assessment of its security level against compromise threats. A scan of the web resource can be performed […]

Validation of Kubernetes YAML for compliance with best practices and policies

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Note from the translator: As the number of YAML configurations for K8s environments increases, the need for automated validation becomes more relevant. The author of this review not only selected existing solutions for this task but also examined how they work using an example of a Deployment. It turned out to be quite informative for those interested in this topic. TL;DR: The article compares six static validation tools and […]

The Matrix client Riot has been renamed to Element

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The developers of the Matrix client Riot have announced a name change to Element. The company developing the software, New Vector, founded in 2017 by key developers of the Matrix project, has also been renamed to Element, and the hosting of Matrix services in Modular.im is now called Element Matrix Services. The necessity for the name change is due to conflicts with the existing trademark of Riot Games, preventing the registration of their own Riot trademark for […]

The Matrix messenger Riot has been renamed to Element

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The parent company, involved in developing reference implementations of Matrix components, has also been renamed — New Vector is now Element, and the commercial service Modular, which provides hosting (SaaS) for Matrix servers, is now Element Matrix Services. Matrix is a free protocol for implementing a federated network based on a linear event history. The flagship implementation of this protocol is a messenger that supports VoIP call signaling and […]

Anycast vs Unicast: what to choose in each case

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Many have surely heard of Anycast. With this method of network addressing and routing, a single IP address is assigned to multiple servers in the network. These servers can even be located in data centers that are far apart. The idea of Anycast is that, depending on the location of the request sources, the data is sent to the closest server (according to the network topology, more precisely — BGP routing protocol). Thus, […]

What to expect from the beta version of Proxmox Backup Server

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On July 10, 2020, the Austrian company Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH released a public beta version of its new backup solution. We have already discussed how to use built-in backup methods in Proxmox VE and perform incremental backups with the third-party solution — Veeam® Backup & Replication™. Now, with the emergence of Proxmox Backup Server (PBS), the backup process should become […]

Incremental Backup in Proxmox VE Using VBR

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In one of the previous articles in our series about the Proxmox VE hypervisor, we already explained how to perform backups using built-in tools. Today, we will show how to use the excellent tool Veeam® Backup & Replication™ 10 for the same purpose. "Backups have a clear quantum essence. Until you attempt to restore from a backup, it exists in superposition. It is both successful and unsuccessful at the same time." […]

The package reporting component will be removed from the base Ubuntu installation.

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Michael Hudson-Doyle from the Ubuntu Foundations Team has announced the decision to remove the popcon (popularity-contest) package from the main Ubuntu lineup. This package was used to transmit anonymized telemetry regarding the downloading, installing, updating, and removing of packages. Reports on the popularity of applications and used architectures were generated based on the collected data, which developers utilized to make decisions about including certain […]

The Mozilla VPN service has officially launched.

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Mozilla has launched the Mozilla VPN service, allowing users to connect up to 5 devices through a VPN for $4.99 per month. Currently, access to Mozilla VPN is open to users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia. The VPN application is available only for Windows, Android, and iOS, with support for Linux and macOS promised to be added later. […]

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