Author: Yuri Gagarin

Introduction to SSDs. Part 2. Interface

In the previous part of the "Introduction to SSD" series, we covered the history of disk drives. The second part will discuss the interfaces used to interact with storage devices. Communication between the processor and peripheral devices occurs according to predefined agreements known as interfaces. These agreements regulate the physical and software levels of interaction. An interface is a set of tools, methods, and rules governing the interaction between system elements. […]

RAR Archiver 5.80

The release of the proprietary archiver RAR version 5.80 has occurred. Changes in the console version include: You can preserve the last access time of archived files using the -tsp option in the command line. This option can be combined with other options -ts, for example: rar a -tsc -tsp archive files. In the same -ts option, multiple modifiers can be combined. For example, -tscap can be used […]

Yesterday, December 9, there was another Kubernetes release — 1.17.

Studying the history of disks is the starting point for understanding the principles of solid-state drives. The first part of our "Introduction to SSD" article series will provide a historical overview and allow for a clear comparison between SSDs and their closest competitor, HDDs. Despite the variety of information storage devices available, the popularity of HDDs and SSDs today is undeniable. The difference between […]

Kubernetes 1.17: Overview of Key Innovations

On December 9, the latest release of Kubernetes—version 1.17—was announced. Following the traditions of our blog, we will discuss the most significant changes in the new version. The information used to prepare this material was sourced from the official announcement, the Kubernetes enhancements tracking table, CHANGELOG-1.17, and relevant issues, pull requests, as well as Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEP). So, what’s new?.. Routing with […]

PostgreSQL Antipatterns: harmful JOINs and OR

Beware of operations that bring buffers… We will look at some universal approaches to optimizing queries in PostgreSQL through a simple example. Whether to use them or not is up to you, but it's worth knowing about them. In some subsequent PG versions, the situation may change with a "smarter" planner, but for versions 9.4/9.6, it looks pretty much the same, as shown in these examples. Let’s take a quite realistic query: SELECT […]

Published Ubuntu Server 19.10.1 builds for Raspberry Pi

Canonical has released server builds of Ubuntu 19.10.1 for Raspberry Pi devices. The 32-bit builds are available for Raspberry Pi 2, 3, and 4, while the 64-bit builds are for Raspberry Pi 3 and 4. In the proposed builds, the support for USB on Raspberry Pi 4 boards with 4GB of RAM has been made operational (previously, due to a kernel bug, it was supported only […]

CrossOver 19.0 release for Linux and macOS

CodeWeavers has released Crossover 19.0, a package based on Wine's code that allows you to run applications and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and contributing innovations made for its commercial products back to the project. The source code for the open components of Crossover 19.0 can be downloaded from this page. […]

Protect Your Dongles: Security Research on Logitech Keyboard Receivers

Historically, most employees use wireless keyboards and mice from Logitech. Once again, while entering our passwords, we – the Raccoon Security team – wondered: how difficult is it to bypass the security mechanisms of wireless keyboards? Our research revealed architectural flaws and software bugs that allow access to the entered data. Below is what we […]

The new version of the Edge browser has launched collections for all users.

Microsoft has announced that the Collections feature is now available to all users of the Edge browser on the Canary and Dev channels. This feature allows users to collect, organize, export, and share content from the Internet, resembling an advanced version of bookmarks. Previously, the company tested the innovation with a limited group of users, but it is now adding it for everyone. New features include collection synchronization, header editing, and support […]

Release of the Pale Moon browser 28.8.0

The release of the web browser Pale Moon 28.8 has been introduced, which forks from the Firefox codebase to provide higher performance, maintain the classic interface, minimize memory usage, and offer additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 license (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]

Release of NomadBSD 1.3 distribution

The release of the Live distribution NomadBSD 1.3 is now available, which is a FreeBSD edition adapted for use as a portable desktop bootable from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. DSBMD is used for mounting drives (supporting mounting of CD9660, FAT, HFS+, NTFS, Ext2/3/4), wifimgr is used for wireless network configuration, and DSBMixer is used for volume control. The size of the boot image is 2.3 […]

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