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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.

Official position of the Program Committees of Highload++ and other IT conferences regarding claims against Igor Sysoev…

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The official position of the Program Committees of Highload++ and other IT conferences regarding the claims against Igor Sysoev and Maxim Konovalov. The attack on Igor Sysoev, an outstanding programmer and creator of Nginx, a product distributed under a free license, accessible to everyone for free use and for studying the source code, is a glaring act of aggression against the entire industry. We express our support for Igor, and we want […]

Jonathon F has restricted access to several popular PPA repositories

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The author of the popular PPA repository set, jonathonf, which forms builds of new versions of various applications, has restricted access to some PPAs in protest against the policies of companies that exploit the work of enthusiasts to implement commercial projects, behaving as free-loaders that consume the results of others' work without giving anything back. Jonathon F is offended that he is being manipulated […]

Release of CrossOver 19.0

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The release of CrossOver 19.0 has occurred — a program developed by CodeWeavers that allows running many applications written for Microsoft Windows OS on Linux and macOS. CrossOver is based on the Wine project. Key changes: Wine 4.12-1 with 5,000 improvements and fixes; the ability to run 32-bit Windows programs in a 64-bit environment on macOS Catalina; FAudio 19.10; support for Python 3. Source: linux.org.ru

Is it possible to transmit and receive information faster than light?

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Even for those who are far from physics, it is known that the maximum possible speed of data transmission for any signal is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum. It is denoted by the letter 'c', which is almost 300,000 kilometers per second. The speed of light in a vacuum is one of the fundamental physical constants. The impossibility of achieving speeds greater than the speed of light in three-dimensional space is a conclusion from the Special Theory […]

How to respond to lawlessness? Inspired by the events with Nginx

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This Thursday, an event shook the entire IT community: a raid at the Nginx office. The founder of Nginx, Igor Sysoev, can be considered one of the most talented and valuable individuals in Russia, and if this can happen to him, it can happen to any of us. This article sparked a massive discussion in the comments. This discussion and reactions are about […]

D9VK 0.40 release, providing Direct3D 9 implementation over Vulkan

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The release of project D9VK 0.40 has occurred, providing a Direct3D 9 implementation that operates through call translation to the Vulkan graphics API. The project is based on the DXVK codebase, which has been extended to support Direct3D 9. Compared to the Direct3D 9 implementation based on WineD3D, D9VK achieves higher performance, as Direct3D 9 translation through OpenGL operates slower than translation […]

Cloud Solution Architecture. A new course from OTUS

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Attention! This article is not technical in nature and is intended for readers interested in education related to the development and support of cloud solutions. If you are not interested in learning, this material is likely not relevant to you. Until recently, when people heard the word "cloud," they thought of an atmospheric phenomenon, but now most associate it with cloud storage services. More […]

Recent versions of Android have revealed an issue with unlocking devices.

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It has been reported that Android 9 (Pie) and Android 10 contain a bug that causes users to experience issues unlocking their devices. Owners of Pixel, Sony, and OnePlus smartphones who use a PIN code to protect their gadgets from unauthorized access may encounter certain difficulties. The problem manifests as follows: the user enters the PIN code to access the device, […]

Firefox 73 will introduce a single-site browser mode. Enhanced security for developer accounts of add-ons

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After adding support for kiosk mode in Firefox 71, Mozilla developers introduced the ability to open a link using the 'Site Specific Browser' (SSB) concept in the nightly builds of Firefox, which will serve as the basis for the Firefox 73 release. This new mode restricts openings in a window to only links from the current site (external links open in a separate browser window), and […]

Release xine 1.2.10

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The release of xine-lib 1.2.10, a cross-platform library for playing video and audio files, has been announced, along with a set of accompanying plugins. The library can be utilized in various video players, including Xine-UI, gxine, and kaffeine. Xine supports multi-threading, accommodates a wide array of popular and obscure formats and codecs, and can handle both local content and multimedia streams transmitted over the network. […]

NomadBSD 1.3

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Marcel Kaiser announced the release of a new version of NomadBSD — a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD with the Openbox window manager — version 1.3. This version is based on FreeBSD 12.1. The new release includes: Unionfs-fuse as an alternative to FreeBSD Unionfs (due to locking issues). The MBR partition table replaces GPT to avoid booting problems with Lenovo systems that refuse to boot from GPT, […]

Vim 8.2

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The release of the text editor Vim version 8.2 has been announced. One of the main features of this release is the much-anticipated support for pop-up windows (including for plugins). Other new features include: Dictionaries with the ability to use letter keys: let options = #{width: 30, height: 24} The const command, which is used to declare immutable variables, for example: const TIMER_DELAY = 400. Available […]

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