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A new version of the system library glibc – 2.30 – has been released. Some updates include: Character encoding, character type information, and transliteration tables have been updated and now support Unicode version 12.1.0. The dynamic linker accepts the –preload argument to preload objects in addition to the LD_PRELOAD environment variable. The twalk_r function has been added. It is similar to the existing twalk function, but it can pass […]
Gitea is a project aimed at creating the simplest, fastest, and most user-friendly interface for Git for self-hosting. The project supports all platforms supported by Go – GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows on architectures from x86_(64) and arm64 to PowerPC. This version of Gitea contains important security fixes that will not be backported to the 1.8 branch. For this reason, […]
The release of the Linux Mint 19.2 distribution has been announced, which is the second update of the Linux Mint 19.x branch based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and supported until 2023. The distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu but significantly differs in its approach to organizing the user interface and the selection of applications used by default. The developers of Linux Mint provide a desktop environment that aligns with classic desktop organization principles, which […]
The release of re2c has taken place, a free lexical analyzer generator for C and C++ languages. It is worth remembering that re2c was written in 1993 by Peter Bambulis as an experimental generator of very fast lexical analyzers, distinguished from other generators by the speed of the generated code and an unusually flexible user interface that allows for easy and efficient integration of analyzers into existing codebases. Since then […]
The EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) project, which maintains a repository of additional packages for RHEL and CentOS, has launched a variant of the repository for distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Binary builds are produced for x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. At this stage of the repository's development, around 250 additional packages supported by the Fedora Linux community are presented (in […]
In recent years, time-series databases have evolved from a niche technology (specialized mainly in open monitoring systems tied to specific solutions or in Big Data projects) to a 'consumer product'. In Russia, special thanks for this go to Yandex and ClickHouse. Until now, if you needed to store […]
One of Superman's most famous abilities is his super vision, which allowed him to see atoms, see in the dark and at great distances, and even see through objects. This ability is rarely demonstrated on screens, but it exists. In our reality, seeing through almost completely opaque objects is also possible by applying some scientific tricks. However, the resulting images always […]
As Tesla prepares to commence mass production of the Tesla Semi electric truck, scheduled for next year, some industrial designers are considering potential applications of this platform beyond the freight transport sector, such as in the Tesla Semi camper. The camper is often associated with the freedom of movement and the opportunity for frequent changes of location. The idea that you can hit the road together […]
Just a couple of days ago, it was decided to move the Docker storage (the directory where Docker keeps all container files and images) to a separate partition with more capacity on one of the servers. The task seemed trivial and did not foreshadow any trouble… Let's begin: 1. We stop and kill all containers of our application: docker-compose down if there are many containers, and they are in […]
After six months of development, the release of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.30 has been published, fully adhering to the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2008 standards. This new release includes fixes from 48 developers. Among the improvements implemented in Glibc 2.30, we highlight: The dynamic linker now supports the '--preload' option for preloading shared objects (similar to the LD_PRELOAD environment variable); Added […]
On November 30, 2010, David Collier wrote: I noticed that in busybox links are spread across these four directories. Is there a simple rule to determine which link belongs in which directory... For example, kill is in /bin, while killall is in /usr/bin... I see no logic in such division. You […]
Recently I came across an article: The difference between bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin. I would like to share my perspective on the standard. /bin Contains commands that can be used by both system administrators and users, but are essential when no other file systems are mounted (for instance, in single-user mode). It may also contain commands that are indirectly used by scripts. There […]
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