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On September 23, SystemRescueCd 6.1.8 was released — a popular live distribution based on Arch Linux for data recovery and partition management. Changes include: Kernel updated to version 5.4.64, added support for obtaining autorun scripts over HTTPS. A boot menu option for starting with nomodeset has been added. The package now includes hex editors hexedit and ghex. Download source: linux.org.ru
Computer and video games are continuously evolving. According to Newzoo forecasts, the number of gamers will reach 3 billion by 2023. The share of the cloud gaming market is also growing — experts estimate that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of this field will exceed 30% until 2025. In financial terms, the market volume is expected to reach around $3-6 billion by 2025-2026. […]
As is well known, SAP offers a full spectrum of software for managing transaction data as well as processing this data in analysis and reporting systems. In particular, the SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) platform serves as a toolkit for data storage and analysis, possessing extensive technical capabilities. Despite its objective advantages, the SAP BW system has one […]
Well-known German enthusiast Roman "Der8auer" Hartung had the opportunity to visit the ASUS office and get acquainted with one of the first GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards from the ROG STRIX series. Roman wasted no time and immediately began disassembling the novelty. The video published by Der8auer starts when the card is already fully disassembled. The enthusiast did not specify which exactly […]
The release of EndeavourOS 2020.09.20 is now available, taking over from the Antergos distribution, which was discontinued in May 2019 due to the remaining maintainers' lack of free time to support the project adequately. This distribution offers a simple installer for setting up a basic Arch Linux environment with Xfce desktop by default, along with the option to install one of 9 standard desktop types […]
The release of KaOS 2020.09 has been presented, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest releases of KDE and applications using Qt. The distribution develops with an eye on Arch Linux but maintains its own independent repository with about 1,500 packages and offers a range of its own graphical utilities. Builds are published for x86_64 systems (2.3 GB). In the new […]
Cisco announced the formation of a candidate for the release of the completely revamped Snort 3 intrusion prevention system, also known as the Snort++ project, which has been in development intermittently since 2005. A stable release is expected to be published within a month. The Snort 3 branch has completely rethought the product concept and redesigned its architecture. Key areas of development for Snort 3 include simplification […]
Today, there will be no complicated cases or convoluted SQL algorithms. Everything will be very straightforward, at the level of Captain Obvious — we will be viewing the event log sorted by time. That is, we have a table named events in the database, and it has a ts field — exactly the timestamp by which we want to display these records in an ordered manner: CREATE […]
MinIO is a great solution when you need to easily and simply set up object storage. Its straightforward configuration, compatibility with numerous platforms, and good performance have contributed to its popularity. Thus, we had no choice but to announce a month ago the compatibility of Veeam Backup & Replication with MinIO, including such an important feature as Immutability. In fact […]
Note: Adapting Kubernetes in GitLab is considered one of the two main factors contributing to the company's growth. However, until recently, the infrastructure of the online service GitLab.com was built on virtual machines, and only about a year ago did its migration to K8s begin, which is still not complete. We are pleased to present a translation of a recent article by a GitLab SRE engineer about how […]
Microsoft is actively promoting its new Edge browser, which is based on the Chromium engine. It is already available for many popular platforms aside from Windows, such as Android, macOS, and iOS. Now Microsoft has announced that a developer preview of the browser will also be released on Linux in October. The Edge version for Linux will have virtually no differences from the Windows version. It will include all […]
Canonical and Lenovo have announced the expansion of their program to pre-install Linux on ThinkPad and ThinkStation devices. 29 models of ThinkPad laptops and ThinkStation workstations will be available for purchase with Ubuntu 20.04 pre-installed. Previously, Lenovo began supplying Fedora on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 model and intended to ensure RHEL pre-installation, and has also engaged in […]