Author: Yuri Gagarin

Modern Infrastructure: Challenges and Prospects

At the end of May, we held an online meetup on the topic "Modern Infrastructure and Containers: Challenges and Perspectives." We discussed containers, Kubernetes, orchestration in general, infrastructure selection criteria, and much more. Participants shared case studies from their own practices. Participants included: Evgeny Potapov, CEO of "ITSumma." More than half of his clients are either switching to Kubernetes or want to switch. Dmitry Stolyarov, […]

In gaming tests, the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M came close to the GeForce RTX 2060.

Recently, Apple has been offering a new exclusive option for the MacBook Pro 16 laptop: the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M mobile graphics card, which combines the Navi 12 (RDNA) GPU and HBM2 memory. You will have to pay an additional $700 for its installation on top of the base laptop price. It's not cheap, but in this case, the buyer will get a true gaming monster. Previously […]

Release of the self-sufficient package system Flatpak 1.8.0

A new stable branch of the Flatpak 1.8 toolset has been released, providing a system for building self-contained packages that are not tied to specific Linux distributions and run in a special container isolating the application from the rest of the system. Flatpak package support is provided for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mageia, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu. Flatpak packages are included in the Fedora repository and are supported […]

Release of the Live Distribution Grml 2020.06

After a year and a half of development, the release of the Live distribution grml 2020.06, based on the Debian GNU/Linux package base, has been published. The distribution includes a collection of tools for processing text data with the texttools package and for performing tasks that arise in the practice of system administrators (data recovery after failure, incident analysis, etc.). The graphical environment is built using the Fluxbox window manager. The size […]

How to integrate Zabbix with Asterisk 'out of the box'

In the previous article "Zabbix — Expanding Macro Boundaries," I explained how to get an authorization session and implement it in a local host macro. In this article, I will explain how to integrate Zabbix with Asterisk without external scripts or software. The idea to 'integrate' these two systems emerged a long time ago, with no additional software and scripts needed. A quick Google search yielded numerous options […]

Perl 7 has been announced

At today's virtual conference for Perl developers, the Perl 7 project was announced, which will smoothly continue the evolution of the Perl 5 branch without making radical changes. Perl 7 will be similar to the Perl 5.32.0 release, except for different default settings that better align with modern development practices. Otherwise, Perl 7 will remain the same Perl 5 and will maintain compatibility with previous […]

Stable Release of Database Management System MariaDB 10.5

After a year of development and four beta releases, the first stable release of the new MariaDB 10.4 branch has been prepared. This branch evolves from MySQL, retaining backward compatibility while integrating additional storage engines and expanded capabilities. Support for this new branch will be provided for five years, until June 2025. The development of MariaDB is overseen by the independent MariaDB Foundation in accordance with […]

Time Synchronization Without Internet

In addition to TCP/IP, there are many ways to synchronize time. Some methods require just a regular phone, while others demand expensive, rare, and sensitive electronic equipment. The extensive infrastructure of time synchronization systems includes observatories, governmental institutions, radio stations, satellite constellations, and much more. Today, I will explain how time synchronization works without the internet and how […]

Windows Terminal Preview 1.1 Released

Introducing the first update of Windows Terminal Preview! You can download Windows Terminal Preview from the Microsoft Store or from the releases page on GitHub. The featured features will be transferred to Windows Terminal in July 2020. Check below to find out what’s new! "Open in Windows Terminal" Now you can launch the Terminal with your default profile selected […]

Vulnerability in the Bitdefender SafePay browser leading to code execution

Vladimir Palant, the creator of Adblock Plus, has discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2020-8102) in the Chromium-based specialized web browser Safepay, offered as part of the Bitdefender Total Security 2020 antivirus package and aimed at enhancing user security in the global network (for example, it provides additional isolation when accessing banks and payment systems). The vulnerability allows websites opened in the browser to execute arbitrary […]

Lemmy 0.7.0

The release of another major version of Lemmy has taken place — a future federated, but currently centralized implementation of a Reddit-like (or Hacker News, Lobsters) link aggregator. This time, 100 issue reports have been closed, new functionality has been added, and performance and security have been improved. The server implements typical functionality for such sites: content created and moderated by users in interest-based communities — […]

The startup Nautilus Data Technologies is preparing to launch a new data center.

In the data center industry, work continues despite the crisis. For instance, the startup Nautilus Data Technologies recently announced plans to launch a new floating data center. Nautilus Data Technologies came to prominence a few years ago when the company revealed plans to develop a floating data center. It seemed like just another pipe dream that would never materialize. However, in 2015, the company began work […]

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