The release of the Sway 1.2 composite manager has been prepared, built using the Wayland protocol and fully compatible with the i3 tiling window manager and the i3bar panel. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project is aimed at use in Linux and FreeBSD. Compatibility with i3 is provided at the level of commands, configuration files, and IPC, which allows for the use of […]
A year after the release of the last significant version, the Thunderbird 68 email client has been released, developed by the community and based on Mozilla technologies. The new release is classified as a long-term support version, with updates released over the course of a year. Thunderbird 68 is based on the ESR version of Firefox 68. The release is available for direct download only, with automatic updates […]
Proxmox, known for developing the Proxmox Virtual Environment distribution for deploying virtual server infrastructure, has announced the release of Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0. Proxmox Mail Gateway is presented as a ready-made solution for quickly creating a system to control email traffic and protect the internal mail server. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. For […]
Is it hard to grasp the essence while talking about DevOps? We have gathered vivid analogies, impactful phrases, and tips from experts to help even non-specialists get to the core. As a bonus, there’s a section on the DevOps practices of Red Hat employees. The term DevOps emerged 10 years ago and has evolved from a hashtag on Twitter to a powerful cultural movement in the IT world, a true […]
— So, what's going on? – asked Evgeny Viktorovich. – Svetlana Vladimirovna, what’s on the agenda? I must have fallen behind during my vacation, haven’t I? — Not exactly. You know the main points. Everything is by the protocol now; colleagues are giving brief reports on the state of affairs, asking each other questions, and I’m issuing tasks. Everything as usual. — Seriously? […]
This trivial task came up one Friday and was supposed to take 2-3 minutes. As usual. A colleague asked me to fix a script on his server. I did, handed it back to him, and casually mentioned, "The time is off by 5 minutes." It's his server, let him handle the synchronization. Half an hour, an hour passed, and he was still struggling and […]
Ubisoft has launched a promotion for everyone wanting to try Rainbow Six Siege. According to the company's Twitter, the shooter will be available for free play from August 28 to September 3. Additionally, Ubisoft has offered a 70% discount on purchasing Rainbow Six Siege. The game can currently be acquired for 400 rubles. According to PC Gamer, the free period will end shortly before the […]
Valve has published a new release of the Proton project 4.11-3, which is based on the work of the Wine project and aimed at enabling Linux users to run Windows games available in the Steam catalog. The project works under the BSD license. Proton allows running Windows-only games directly in the Linux client of Steam. The package includes implementation of […]
A report on the development of the FreeBSD project from April to June 2019 has been released. Among the changes, the noteworthy points include: General and System Issues. The Core team decided to establish a working group to explore the possibility of transitioning source texts from the centralized version control system Subversion to a decentralized system using Git. Fuzz testing of the FreeBSD kernel was conducted using the syzkaller system, and fixes were made […]
The release of PeerTube 1.4 has been published, a decentralized platform for video hosting and streaming. PeerTube offers an independent alternative to YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo, utilizing a content distribution network based on P2P communications that links the browsers of visitors. The project is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. PeerTube is based on using the BitTorrent client WebTorrent, which runs in the browser and employs WebRTC technology for […]
I organized hackathons on Python, Java, and .Net, each attended by 100 to 250 participants. As the organizer, I observed the participants from the sidelines and ensured that the hackathon was not only about technology but also about proper preparation, teamwork, and communication. In this article, I gathered the most common mistakes and non-obvious life hacks that […]
Troubleshooting operating system boot issues on servers without KVM can be challenging. We create KVM-over-IP using a recovery image and a virtual machine. In case of operating system problems on a remote server, the administrator boots from the recovery image and performs the necessary tasks. This method works well when the cause of the failure is known, and the recovery image and installed operating system on the server […]