Canonical has released a corrective update to the Subiquity installer 20.05.2, which is used by default for installing Ubuntu Server since the 18.04 release in Live mode. The new release addresses a security issue (CVE-2020-11932) caused by logging the password set by the user for accessing the LUKS encrypted partition created during installation. ISO images with the vulnerability fixed are not yet available […]
The release of BackBox Linux 7, based on Ubuntu 20.04 and equipped with a collection of tools for security system checks, exploit testing, reverse engineering, network traffic analysis, wireless networks, malware exploration, stress testing, and the detection of hidden or lost data, has been announced. The user environment is based on Xfce. The size of the ISO image is 2.5 GB (x86_64). In the new version, system components have been updated […]
The release of the Enlightenment 0.24 window manager, known for its impressive appearance with low computational resource consumption based on EFL, has taken place. Among the declared improvements: A new screenshot module with editing and cropping, Multiple setuid utilities combined into one, Monitor brightness adjustment is done via (lib)ddctil, The thumbnail size in EFM has been increased to 256×256 by default, Improved error handling meditation […]
Hello, Habr! I present to you the translation of the article "Diving Into Delta Lake: Schema Enforcement & Evolution" by Burak Yavuz, Brenner Heintz, and Denny Lee, which was prepared ahead of the launch of the "Data Engineer" course from OTUS. Data, like our experience, constantly accumulates and evolves. To keep up, our mental models of the world must adapt to new data […]
After nine months of development, the user environment Enlightenment 0.24, which is built on the EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Library) and Elementary widgets, has been released. The release is available in source texts, while packages for distributions have not yet been created. The most notable innovations in Enlightenment 0.24 include: A completely redesigned module for taking screenshots, supporting cropping and basic image editing functions; A reduced number of utilities, […]
After a five-year hiatus, the Finnix distribution has come back to life with the release of version 120. Finnix is a live CD distribution based on Debian, created for system administrators and intended for managing hard drives and partitions, monitoring networks, and restoring boot records. The new version is the first release of the project for the x86_64 architecture. Innovations: Full support for the x86 architecture has been discontinued, and the distribution is now redirected […]
The Maui project is free and open-source software, supported by the KDE community and developed by Nitrux Latinoamericana. MauiKit is a set of control elements and tools based on QQC2 and Kirigami, shared in the Maui application suite. MauiKit helps quickly create user interfaces that comply with the Maui HIG. It is based on Qt, QML, and C++. It contains ready-to-use components […]
Imagine that you and your colleague, a lead programmer you have worked with for the last four years at a bank, have come up with something incredible and desperately needed in the market. You chose a solid business model and strong individuals joined your team. Your idea has taken on tangible forms and your business is practically starting to generate revenue. If you neglect hygiene rules, and become toxic, […]
The release of psi-notify 1.0 has been published, which can warn of resource contention (CPU, memory, I/O) in the system, allowing actions to be taken before the system slows down. The code is open under the MIT license. The application operates at the unprivileged user level and uses the PSI (Pressure Stall Information) subsystem of the kernel to assess resource shortages across the entire system […]
Tor 0.4.3.5 is the first stable release in the 0.4.3.x series. This series includes: The ability to compile without support for relay mode. Support for OnionBalance for V3 onion services, Significant improvements to the tor controller functionality. According to the current support policy, each stable series is supported for nine months, or for three months after the release of the next one (whichever is longer). Thus, the new series will […]
When dealing with large volumes of data, the issue of insufficient disk space can sometimes become acute. One way to solve this problem is through compression, which allows you to increase storage capacity using the same equipment. In this article, we will explore how data compression works in Apache Ignite. Only the features implemented within the product will be described in the article […]
Anyone who has ever needed to move an OpenVZ container to a server with full KVM virtualization has encountered certain issues: Most information is simply outdated and relevant to operating systems that have long passed their EOL cycle. Different operating systems always provide varying information, and possible errors during migration are rarely discussed. Sometimes you have to deal with […]