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TL:DR; A newcomer tried Haiku for the first time and decided it’s amazing. Especially compared to the work environments available on Linux. I've already shared my thoughts (as well as frustrations) regarding #LinuxUsability (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6). In this review, I will describe my first impressions of Haiku, the operating system […]
Microsoft has released an internal test build of Windows 10, numbered 18947. However, it was mistakenly made available to Windows Insider participants, regardless of whether they were on the Fast or Slow Ring. This build, as it turns out, features a new Start menu design that does away with the characteristic tiles. The 'leaked' build was created […]
This week, Grand Theft Auto Online received an update that added a new attraction — the Diamond casino hotel. However, it later turned out that not all users can experience it: it is unavailable in more than fifty countries due to local gambling laws. One Reddit user shared that when attempting to purchase chips for gambling, they received […]
Three days ago, I created a resume. From the description, it is clear that there is not much real work experience, just some knowledge of Angular. No specifics. Nothing substantial. I created the resume and forgot about it… Number of views in the last 3 days: A new HR calls every 2 hours. They write in messengers. Conclusions IMHO Few people like to work on the front-end. Few are willing to work for 120k. […]
Dhall is a programmable configuration language that can be described as: JSON + functions + types + import. Changes: The old literal syntax for Optional is no longer supported. Surrogate pairs and non-characters are prohibited. A new keyword toMap has been added for creating homogeneous associative lists from records. Beta normalization: record field sorting has been improved. What's new: Path imports have been implemented as a location – […]
Jolla has released the Sailfish OS 3.1. The builds are prepared for devices such as Jolla 1, Jolla C, Sony Xperia X, Gemini, and are already available as an OTA update. Sailfish uses a graphical stack based on Wayland and Qt5 libraries, with the system environment built on Mer, which has been developed as part of Sailfish since April, and the Nemo package from the Mer distribution. The user experience […]
The release of XCP-NG 8.0 has been published, which serves as a free and open-source alternative to the proprietary XenServer 8.0 platform for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure. XCP-NG recreates the functionality that Citrix removed from the free version of Citrix Xen Server starting with version 7.3. XCP-NG 8.0 is positioned as a stable release suitable for widespread use. The update from XenServer is supported […]
Translator's note: Dailymotion is one of the largest video hosting services in the world and a notable user of Kubernetes. In this material, system architect David Donchez shares the results of creating the company's production platform based on K8s, which started with a cloud installation in GKE and ended up as a hybrid solution, allowing for better response times and savings on infrastructure costs. […]
The goal of this post: to showcase debugging techniques in Debian/Ubuntu related to "finding the source" in the system configuration file. Test example: after long struggles with a tar.gz copy of the installed OS and after restoring it and installing updates, we receive the message: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-54-generic W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=/dev/mapper/U1563304817I0-swap W: but no matching swap device is available. I: The initramfs […]
Part 1. About CPU Part 2. About Memory Today, we will discuss the metrics of the disk subsystem in vSphere. Storage issues are the most common cause of slow virtual machine performance. While troubleshooting CPU and RAM issues usually ends at the hypervisor level, if there are disk problems, one may need to investigate the data transfer network and the storage system. I will cover this topic […]
When clicking on links posted on VK, it can be noticed that, like in other social networks, the user is first redirected to a 'safe' link, after which the social network decides whether to allow the user to proceed or not. Most attentive users have noticed a half-second appearance of 'vk.com/away.php' in the browser's address bar, but of course, they did not attach any significance to it. Background Once, a certain programmer finalized […]
Six vulnerabilities have been addressed in FreeBSD that allow for privilege escalation in the system or access to kernel data. The issues have been fixed in updates 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.2-RELEASE-p12, and 11.3-RELEASE-p1. CVE-2019-5606 is a flaw in the close call handler for file descriptors created through the posix_openpt system call, which may lead to writing to already freed areas of kernel memory (write-after-free). A local attacker may […]