An interesting Friday story involves American security researcher Joseph Tartaro. He wanted to stand out by ordering not just a custom license plate, but one that reflects his profession. His first thought was to play with SEGFAULT or something similar. Ultimately, he settled on the plate NULL for his car and VOID for […]
IP ATC Asterisk is a powerful tool in the field of IP telephony. The FreePBX web interface, designed for Asterisk, greatly simplifies configuration and lowers the entry barrier to the system. If you can think of any task related to IP telephony, it is almost certainly achievable with Asterisk. But be prepared for persistence and patience. We faced […]
Introduction The motivation to write this article, aside from vanity, was the alarming frequency of questions regarding this topic in specialized groups within the Russian-speaking Telegram community. The article is aimed at novice administrators of Mikrotik RouterOS (hereafter ROS). It focuses solely on multicast, emphasizing routing. As a bonus, it includes minimally sufficient settings for ensuring secure and user-friendly operation. Those seeking to explore topics such as queues and load balancing […]
The Kotaku portal reports that users have discovered a secret mission in GTA Online. It is linked to the latest update titled The Diamond Casino & Resort. The update introduced a casino where the secret mission is activated. However, you first need to drink a lot of alcohol to gain access to the mission. A video of the mission walkthrough has appeared on the YouTube channel Ice InfluX. After drinking, the character falls […]
Microsoft is continuing to work on its Windows Core operating system for next-generation Microsoft devices, including Surface Hub, HoloLens, and upcoming foldable devices. At least, this is indicated by the LinkedIn profile of one of Microsoft's programmers: "Experienced C++ developer with skills in creating Cloud Manageable Operating Systems."
A study conducted by ESET indicates that many users are careless about protecting their data. Meanwhile, such behavior can lead to serious problems. It was found, in particular, that one in four respondents—23%—does nothing to protect personal information. These respondents believe that they have nothing to hide. However, personal photos, correspondence, and other information, […]
A release of the free document layout package Scribus 1.5.5 has been prepared, which provides tools for professional layout of printed materials, including flexible PDF generation tools and support for working with separate color profiles, CMYK, spot colors, and ICC. The system is written using the Qt toolkit and is released under the GPLv2+ license. Ready binary builds are available for Linux (AppImage), macOS, and […]
Klaus Knopper has presented the release of the KNOPPIX 8.6 distribution, a pioneer in creating Live systems. The distribution is based on the original set of boot scripts and includes packages imported from Debian Stretch, with additions from the Debian "testing" and "unstable" branches. A LiveDVD build, with a size of 4.5 GB, is available for download. The user interface of the distribution is based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment, […]
Lemmy was created as an alternative to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News: users can subscribe to topics of interest, post links and discussions, and then vote and comment. But there is an important distinction: any user can launch their own server, which, like all others, will be connected to the same "universe" called the Fediverse. A user registered on […]
A new version of the version control system has been released. It contains 505 changes compared to the previous one – 2.22. One of the main changes is that the actions executed by the git checkout command are now divided between two commands: git switch and git restore. Other changes include updated auxiliary commands git rebase for removing unused code. The git update-server-info command will not rewrite the file if it […]
TL;DR: A newcomer saw Haiku for the first time and is trying to port some programs from the Linux world. My first ported program for Haiku, packaged in its hpkg format. Recently, I discovered Haiku, an unexpectedly good operating system for PCs. Today, I will be learning how to port new programs to this OS. The main focus will be on describing my first experience transitioning to […]
I came across yet another list titled '10 Reasons to Switch from Windows 10 to Linux' and decided to create my own list of what I dislike about Windows 10 — the OS I am currently using. I do not plan to switch to Linux in the near future, but that does not mean I am happy with everything changing in the operating […]