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Release of NixOS 19.03 distribution using the Nix package manager

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The NixOS 19.03 distribution has been released, based on the Nix package manager and providing a range of proprietary developments that simplify system configuration and maintenance. For example, NixOS uses a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), offers the ability to quickly roll back updates, supports switching between different system states, allows individual users to install packages separately (packages are installed in the home directory), and supports simultaneous installation […]

Wine 4.6 has been released

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 4.6 is available. Since the release of version 4.5, 50 bug reports have been closed and 384 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Initial implementation of the WineD3D backend based on the Vulkan graphics API; The ability to load Mono libraries from shared directories has been added; Libwine.dll is no longer required when using Wine DLL […]

Updates, prizes, and the celebration of Cosmonautics Day in Star Conflict

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Gaijin Entertainment and developers from StarGem studio have announced the release of update 1.6.2 "Evolution. Path to the Top" for their multiplayer space shooter Star Conflict. In honor of Cosmonautics Day, the information screens at the space stations have been temporarily updated, and satellites are flying in space instead of drones. Pilots can achieve a special accomplishment and use special holiday rockets. Additionally, a limited […]

Release of the attack detection system Snort 2.9.13.0

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After six months of development, Cisco has released Snort 2.9.13.0, a free attack detection and prevention system that combines signature matching methods, tools for protocol inspection, and mechanisms for detecting anomalies. Key innovations include: Support for rule reloading after updates has been added; A script for adding a packet to the blacklist has been implemented, ensuring that the new session will be allowed; […]

Hugin 2019.0.0

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Hugin is a suite of programs designed for stitching panoramas, transforming projections, and creating HDR images. It is built around the libpano library from the panotools project but significantly expands its functionality. It includes a graphical user interface, a batch processing manager, and a number of command line utilities. Key changes since version 2018.0.0: Added the ability to import original images from RAW files into TIFF using external […]

Details about the second Matrix breach. GPG keys of the project were compromised.

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New details have been published regarding the breach of the decentralized messaging platform Matrix's infrastructure, reported earlier this morning. The vulnerable link through which attackers infiltrated was the Jenkins continuous integration system, which was compromised back on March 13. Subsequently, an SSH session of one of the administrators was intercepted on the Jenkins server, allowing attackers access to other servers in the infrastructure on April 4. […]

Current innovations: what to expect from the data center market in 2019?

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The construction of data centers is considered one of the most rapidly growing industries. Progress in this area is tremendous, but whether groundbreaking technological solutions will emerge in the near future remains a big question. Today, we will explore the main innovative trends in global data center construction to find an answer. The Shift Toward Hyperscale The development of information technology has necessitated building […]

Аналитика логов Nginx с помощью Amazon Athena и Cube.js

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Typically, monitoring and analyzing the performance of Nginx involves commercial products or established open-source alternatives like Prometheus + Grafana. This is a good option for monitoring or real-time analytics, but it's not the most convenient for historical analysis. On any popular resource, the volume of data from Nginx logs grows rapidly, and for analyzing large datasets, it makes sense to use something more […]

The patent troll Sisvel is forming a patent pool to collect royalties for the use of AV1 and VP9 codecs.

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Sisvel has announced the creation of a patent pool covering technologies that intersect with the open coding formats AV1 and VP9. Sisvel specializes in managing intellectual property, collecting royalties, and filing patent lawsuits (a patent troll, which led to the temporary suspension of OpenMoko builds). Although AV1 and VP9 formats do not require patent royalties, […]

The first release of the user-space OOM killer — oomd 0.1.0

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Facebook’s development aims at a more rapid and selective termination of processes consuming excessive memory before the Linux kernel’s OOM handler is triggered. The oomd code is written in C++ and is licensed under GPLv2. Oomd is already in use in Facebook's infrastructure and has proven effective under industrial loads (specifically, the project has nearly eliminated the occurrence of […]

Google suggested blocking the download of certain files via HTTP from links on HTTPS sites

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Google has suggested that browser developers implement a practice of blocking the download of dangerous file types when the referring page is opened over HTTPS, but the download is initiated without encryption over HTTP. The issue is that during the download, there is no security indication; the file simply downloads in the background. When such a download is initiated from a page opened over HTTP, […]

Release of Proxmox VE 5.4, a distribution for managing virtual servers

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Proxmox Virtual Environment 5.4 is now available, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and managing virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer. The size of the installation ISO image is 640 MB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully prepared virtual system […]

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