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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.

The second pre-release of the Pidgin 3.0 messenger has been released.

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The second experimental release of the Pidgin 3.0 (2.91) instant messaging client has been presented, allowing users to work simultaneously across multiple networks with different protocols and switch between chats using tabs. This release is marked as having a quality level of a preliminary alpha version, not intended for everyday use. The builds are prepared in Flatpak format (currently only the source code archive is available). The Pidgin 3 branch […]

Release of Firefox 137 with tab grouping support

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The release of the Firefox 137 web browser has occurred, along with updates for previous long-term support branches — 115.22.0 and 128.9.0. The Firefox 138 branch has entered beta testing, with a release scheduled for April 29. Key innovations in Firefox 137 include the addition of tab grouping support, allowing users to combine multiple tabs and collapse them into one button, so they do not take up space […]

Significant optimizations to the network subsystem and exFAT have been accepted in the Linux kernel 6.15.

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The Linux kernel codebase, on which the 6.15 release is based, has accepted a set of changes with optimizations that significantly enhance the performance of network operations in various situations: The optimization of GRO (Generic Receive Offload), which combines several small packets into one large packet, is now utilized when switching packet processing to another CPU (for load balancing) while using the XDP (eXpress Data […]

The code base of the Linux kernel, which serves as the foundation for version 6.15, has incorporated a set of changes aimed at optimizations that significantly enhance the performance of network operations:.

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The release of the Restic 0.18 backup system has been introduced, allowing for encrypted backups to be stored in a versioned repository with support for deduplication. The system is primarily designed for backups to be saved in untrusted environments, ensuring that possession of a backup does not compromise the system. When creating a backup, flexible rules can be defined for inclusion […]

The developers of OrioleDB proposed improvements to the API for alternative PostgreSQL engines.

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The developers of OrioleDB have analyzed the current state of the low-level API used for extensions to access tables and indexes in PostgreSQL (Table/Index Access Method (AM) API) and proposed ways to improve it. Since this API was introduced in PostgreSQL 12, developers have been able to create alternative data storage mechanisms. However, despite the availability of this API and the known limitations of the built-in storage mechanism, […]

Zulip 10 messaging platform is now available.

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The release of Zulip 10 has been announced, a server platform for deploying corporate messengers suitable for organizing communication among employees and developer teams. The project was originally developed by Zulip and made open-source after being acquired by Dropbox under the Apache 2.0 license. The server side is written in Python using the Django framework. The client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and […]

Release of the CachyOS 250330 distribution, providing the kernel with additional optimizations.

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The release of the CachyOS 250330 distribution has been announced, based on the package base of Arch Linux and utilizing a continuous delivery model for updates. This distribution is notable for including optimizations to enhance performance and providing the option to install various desktop environments. In addition to a base environment based on KDE, the installation options include GNOME, Xfce, i3WM, Wayfire, LXQT, OpenBox, Cinnamon, Cosmic, UKUI, LXDE, Mate, Budgie, Qtile, Hyprland […]

New Article: Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

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Specifications for the Blackwell GPU family and tests of the GeForce RTX 5080 indicate that all models in the 50 series, except for the GeForce RTX 5090, represent little more than a soft upgrade of their respective previous-generation models. The situation is exacerbated by a shortage of new graphics cards, leading to sky-high prices. Most buyers find that high-end devices, monopolized by NVIDIA, attract only theoretical […]

Git 2.49

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On March 14, after two months of development, the release of version 2.49 of the distributed version control system Git, written in C and distributed under the GNU GPL 2 license, took place. Key changes include: an updated autocompletion script for zsh, the addition of an alternative path hashing function in git pack-objects and its wrapper git repack, and support for the —expire-to option in git gc […]

BLAKE3 1.7.0

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On March 18, the release of version 1.7.0 of the BLAKE3 libraries, implementing the cryptographic hashing algorithm BLAKE3 in C and Rust, and distributed as public domain or under the Apache 2.0 license, took place. The project also provides a command-line utility b3sum, written in Rust. Change list: Support for multithreading (based on Intel's oneTBB library) has been added to the C implementation, similar to the reference […]

Grease is a utility for finding bugs in binary files

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Hello, LOR! Galois Inc. has introduced Grease – a program for static analysis of executable files and detection of vulnerabilities within them. Grease disassembles the executable file and builds a model of its execution, after which it analyzes boundary conditions for potential errors. Grease can be used both independently and as a plugin to the reverse engineering system Ghidra. Grease supports the analysis of executable files […]

The world's first electric bike with USB Type-C charging has been unveiled

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The Estonian company Ampler has announced the electric bicycles Nova and Nova Pro. Their main feature is that the built-in USB Type-C interface in the frame is used to recharge the battery, which can also be utilized to power various gadgets when needed. The electric bicycles Nova use relatively small built-in batteries of 48 V 336 Wh (removable only for […]

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