Category: Internet News

The Trident project is moving from BSD to VoidLinux

The full migration has been announced, with primary reasons cited as limited hardware support and poor availability of software packages in FreeBSD. It is promised that there will be better support for GPUs, sound cards, streaming, and wireless networks, as well as Bluetooth support, always fresh updates, fast booting, and support for Hybrid EFI/Legacy. The reason for the switch to Void highlights runit (impressed by the speed and simplicity of the initialization system), LibreSSL […]

Annual Report of the Swift Server Work Group

Today, the annual report of the Swift Server Work Group (SSWG) was made available. This group was created a year ago to explore and prioritize the needs of developers of server solutions using Swift. The group follows a so-called incubation process for adopting new modules for the language, where developers bring ideas and work with the community and SSWG to bring them to acceptance in the server […]

Google Chrome now supports VR

Currently, Google dominates the browser market with a share of over 60%, and its Chrome has become the de facto standard, particularly for developers. The essence is that Google provides a multitude of tools that assist web developers and simplify their work. In the latest beta version, Chrome 79 introduced support for the new WebXR API for creating VR content. In other words, […]

Tales from the Data Center: Halloween Horror Stories about Diesel, Diplomacy, and Self-Tapping Screws in the Heater

My colleagues and I thought: why not recall some of the horror stories faced by people in data center construction instead of focusing on successes and interesting projects before our favorite horror holiday? So, turn off the lights, play some suspenseful music, and here come the stories that still sometimes make us wake up in a cold sweat. The Office Ghost In one office building, we were constructing a server room, […]

How to Create Gaming AI: A Beginner's Guide

I came across some interesting material about artificial intelligence in games. It explains basic concepts of AI using simple examples, and contains many useful tools and methods for its convenient development and design. It also discusses how, where, and when to use them. Most examples are written in pseudocode, so deep programming knowledge isn't required. Under the cut, 35 […]

How Hybrid Gaming AI Works and Its Advantages

Continuing the once-raised topic of gaming artificial intelligence in our blog, let's discuss how applicable machine learning is to it and in what form. Jacob Rasmussen, an AI expert at Apex Game Tools, shared his experiences and solutions based on them. In recent years, there has been much discussion about how machine learning fundamentally […]

Release of OpenVPN 2.4.8

The release of OpenVPN 2.4.8 has taken place. It reinstated the ability to build with the LibreSSL cryptographic library and ensured support for building with OpenSSL 1.1 without deprecated APIs. Support for PSS padding in cryptoapicert has been added. The queue size for incoming connections waiting for processing has been increased to 32, improving the responsiveness of OpenVPN servers using TCP. Source: linux.org.ru

Cryptographic ARM based on open key standards. ASN1 structure parsing and viewing functions.

In the comments on linux.org.ru regarding the previous version of the utility cryptoarmpkcs, the user questin4 reasonably pointed out: - 'Is development stopping and will no new features be added?'. He was right; a new version of the utility has been released, addressing many concerns. Primarily, this relates to downloading source code and distributions. To download new versions, it is now enough to open the 'About' window and select the corresponding […].

Release of MidnightBSD 1.2 Operating System

The release of the desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 1.2 has taken place, based on FreeBSD with elements ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The base desktop environment is built on GNUstep, but users have the option to install WindowMaker, GNOME, Xfce, or Lumina. An installation image of 663 MB (x86, amd64) has been prepared for download. Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, the MidnightBSD OS has originally developed […].

Firefox 70.0.1 and Thunderbird 68.2.1 Update

A corrective update for Firefox 70.0.1 has been released, addressing an issue that causes crashes when opening certain pages or loading specific elements on pages via JavaScript. This problem also appears on sites like YouTube and Facebook due to corruption of content in the new LocalStorage (NextGen) implementation. Due to issues in Firefox 70.0.1, a rollback has been carried out on […]

A portable version of OpenBGPD 6.6p0 is available

The developers of OpenBSD have prepared a portable release of the OpenBGPD 6.6 routing package, which can be used on operating systems other than OpenBSD. To ensure portability, parts of the code from the OpenNTPD, OpenSSH, and LibreSSL projects have been used. Support for Linux and FreeBSD has also been declared. OpenBGPD has been tested on Debian 9, Ubuntu 14.04, and FreeBSD 12. The development of OpenBGPD is supported by the regional […]

Netherlands, or there and back

Good day, dear Habr readers! Continuing the trend of emigration, I would like to share my personal experience, which may be useful to others. I will try to divide the post into two parts, the first of which will focus on practical information, while the second will delve into my own feelings. Part one. The Process. In my case, the process of registration was quite simple (due to the absence of a wife […]

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