All Raspberry Pi 4 owners who wish to indulge in the aesthetics of Windows XP can now fulfill their desire thanks to a hobbyist-built Linux distribution named Raspbian XP Professional. The operating system features a design that closely resembles the classic Microsoft OS, including the Start menu, icons, and many other interface elements. However, since the operating system is based on Linux, it cannot run applications, […]
After a year of development, a new stable branch of the high-performance HTTP server and multi-protocol proxy server nginx 1.18.0 has been released, which incorporates changes accumulated in the main branch 1.17.x. Going forward, all updates in the stable branch 1.18 will focus on fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. Soon, the main branch nginx 1.19 will be established, within which […]
Researchers from RACK911 Labs have noted that nearly all antivirus packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS were vulnerable to attacks that exploit race conditions during file deletion when malware is detected. To execute such an attack, it is necessary to upload a file that the antivirus recognizes as malicious (for example, a test signature can be used), and through […]
Data protection involves having backups — copies from which recovery can be performed. For most companies and organizations, data backup is among the highest priorities. About half of companies treat their data as a strategic asset. The value of stored data is continually increasing. It is used to enhance customer service quality, support ongoing operations, […]
You need to monitor equipment, but your favorite system, Zabbix, doesn’t have a template ready for this type of equipment. Sound familiar? Everyone has their own way of dealing with it. One administrator searches the internet for a solution. Another develops their own. And some just give up on the task. Currently, the Zabbix team expands the set of pre-installed templates with each new release. […]
The latest version of the Yuzu emulator, currently available only to Patreon supporters, has enabled full playback of Pokemon Sword and Shield on PC. Previously, software locks during each event made progressing through the game impossible. "While debugging a sound error in Toki Tori, [developer with the nickname] bunnei discovered a floating-point error in our CPU emulation, but the root cause was not […]
The update for the KolibriN 10.1 operating system, primarily written in assembler (fasm) and distributed under the GPLv2 license, is now available. KolibriN is based on KolibriOS and offers a more attractive and user-friendly environment, providing a greater number of bundled applications. The boot image is 84 MB in size and includes applications such as WebView and Netsurf browsers, FPlay video player, image viewer […]
After almost four years since the last significant release, the visual operating system Visopsys 0.9 (VISual OPerating SYStem) has been launched, developed since 1997 and distinct from Windows and Unix. The system's code has been developed from scratch and is distributed in source code under the GPLv2 license. The bootable live image is 21 MB. The graphical subsystem, which forms the interface […]
The release of NixOS 20.03 has been announced, based on the Nix package manager and featuring a number of custom developments that simplify the setup and maintenance of the system. For instance, NixOS uses a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), allows for quick rollback of updates, supports switching between different system states, enables individual users to install custom packages (packages are installed in the home directory), and allows for simultaneous installation […]
Quietly and unnoticeably, on April 20, 2020, the developers announced the release of Python 2.7.18 — the last version of Python from the Python 2 branch, whose support is now officially discontinued. Python is a high-level general-purpose programming language focused on improving developer productivity and code readability. The core syntax of Python is minimalist. At the same time, the standard library includes a large volume of useful […]
For those who remember and miss Delphi, on April 16, a bugfix release of Lazarus 2.0.8 was quietly launched. It is built alongside fpc 3.0.4, just like the previous release. A release with fpc 3.2 will be available once fpc 3.2 is ready. The bug fixes mainly concern macOS, and the translations have also been updated. download the release: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/ download the build […]
I suggest you take a look at the transcript of Nikolai Samokhvalov's report "An Industrial Approach to Tuning PostgreSQL: Experiments with Databases". Is Shared_buffers = 25% a lot or a little? Or just right? How to determine whether this rather outdated recommendation fits your particular case? It’s time to approach the question of tuning parameters in postgresql.conf "like an adult". Not blindly […]