Category: Blog

Zabbix 4.2 has been released

Our team is very pleased to share the news that the release of the open-source monitoring system Zabbix 4.2 has taken place! Is version 4.2 the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and monitoring as a whole? Let’s take a look! Reminder: Zabbix is a versatile system for monitoring the performance and availability of servers, engineering and networking equipment, applications, databases.

Dmitry Dumik, Chatfuel: on YCombinator, technological entrepreneurship, behavior change, and mindfulness

I spoke with Dmitry Dumik, the CEO of the California-based chatbot startup Chatfuel and a resident of YCombinator. This is the sixth in a series of interviews with masters of their craft about product-driven approaches, behavioral psychology, and tech entrepreneurship. Let me share a story. I learned about you through a mutual friend in San Francisco as someone with some impressive remixes on Soundcloud. The mixes I […]

Engineer and marketer Tom Petersen has transitioned from NVIDIA to Intel.

NVIDIA has lost its long-time director of technical marketing and outstanding engineer Tom Petersen. He announced last Friday that he finished his last day at the company. Although his new job has not been officially disclosed, sources at HotHardware claim that Intel's visual computing division leader Ari Rauch has successfully recruited Mr. Petersen to join the team working on […]

A new remote and gamepad for NVIDIA Shield TV?

The NVIDIA Shield TV was one of the first media streaming devices for televisions based on Android to come to market, and it still remains one of the best. NVIDIA continues to release regular updates for the device, and it seems that another one is in the works, which will not just be another firmware update. The Shield TV is built on […]

How to prohibit standard passwords and make everyone hate you

Humans are known to be lazy beings, especially when it comes to choosing a strong password. I believe that every administrator has faced the problem of using easy and standard passwords. This phenomenon is often seen among the upper echelons of company management. Yes, indeed, among those who have access to confidential or commercial information, and it would be extremely undesirable to deal with the consequences.

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces. Part 1: Intro (translation)

Introduction to Operating Systems Hello, Habr! I would like to present to your attention a series of translated articles on a literature that I find interesting — OSTEP. This material delves deeply into the workings of Unix-like operating systems, specifically focusing on processes, various schedulers, memory, and other similar components that make up a modern OS. You can view the original materials here.

Panic Button will bring Torchlight II to consoles

Perfect World Entertainment has announced that it is partnering with Panic Button to release the action RPG Torchlight II for current-generation consoles this fall. Specific platforms have not been named. Torchlight II was released on PC in September 2012. It is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world where you fight hordes of enemies and search for treasures. On […]

Why SMS reception services are needed and what they offer

Services that provide a temporary number for receiving SMS online emerged after many social networks, marketplaces, and other internet resources shifted from user identification at registration through email addresses to identification via a code sent to a phone number, often requiring both a code sent to the phone and confirmation via email. Who are these services for, […]

Is it time for URLs containing emojis?

Emoji domains have existed for many years, but still have not gained popularity [Unfortunately, the Habr editor does not allow emojis in the text. Emoji links can be found in the original text of the article (a copy of the article on the Archive site) / translator's note.] If you enter ghostemoji.ws and .ws in your browser’s address bar, you will end up at two different […]

Intel GPU SGX — store your data on the graphics card. Guaranteed.

The Intel Xe graphics card with GPU SGX support Since the announcement that Intel would be developing its own discrete graphics card, the progressive public has been waiting for plans to turn into something tangible. Few technical details are known at this time, but today we can share something specific and important. It has been revealed that the upcoming graphics card […]

How to Quickly Boost Your Wireless Network

Wireless data transmission technologies have firmly established their place in our lives. Daily, often without realizing it, we benefit from this achievement of civilization at home, in the office, on the way home, or while relaxing on the beaches of sunny, warm countries. Our voices, our images, all the pieces of the digital world that are so dear to us, are almost always connected at some stage […]

Rescuing a partition in Debian when something goes wrong

Good afternoon, dear friends. It was Thursday evening and one of our admins was supposed to resize a disk on one of the KVM virtual machines. It may seem like a trivial task, but it can lead to data loss altogether… And so… the whole story is under the cut. As I mentioned — Thursday evening (seems like a little rain […

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