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Quality has improved: journalists compared the remaster of Mafia II with the classic version of the game

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VG247 published a video comparing the classic version of Mafia II with Mafia II: Definitive Edition. Journalists took the same locations from both projects and showcased the differences between the original and the remaster. The updated version of the crime drama excels in all aspects, which is evident in almost every shot shown. The video features the opening episodes of the game: the family's move of the main character.

The release of OpenBSD 6.7

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The release of the free cross-platform UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD 6.7 has been announced. The OpenBSD project was founded by Theo de Raadt in 1995 after a conflict with the developers of NetBSD, which resulted in Theo being denied access to the NetBSD CVS repository. Following this, Theo de Raadt and a group of like-minded individuals created a new […]

Q4OS 3.11

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Q4OS is a Linux distribution for desktop computers based on Debian, designed to provide a classic user interface (Trinity) or a more modern Plasma desktop. It is not demanding on system resources. Q4OS releases based on Debian Stable are LTS versions and receive updates for 5 years. The new 3.11 series receives all fixes and features from the recent update […]

Using Third-Party Components in Storage Systems: The Example of Qsan

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The official support from Qsan for connecting third-party expansion shelves to the storage systems became the impetus for writing this article. This fact significantly distinguishes Qsan from other vendors and even somewhat disrupts the established status quo in the storage market. However, we found it more interesting to discuss the Qsan storage system paired with a ‘foreign’ JBOD than just writing about it […]

Surround the user with a number

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Remote work with us will continue for a long time beyond today's raging pandemic. 74% of companies out of 317 surveyed by Gartner will continue to use a remote work format. IT tools for organizing it will be in high demand in the future. We present an overview of the Citrix Workspace Environment Manager product – an essential component for creating a digital workspace. In this material, we will discuss the architecture and main capabilities […]

Microsoft plans to unify UWP and Win32 applications

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Today, during the Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft announced Project Reunion — a new initiative aimed at unifying UWP and classic Win32 applications. The company has faced the reality that UWP apps are not as popular as originally planned. Many users still rely on Windows 7 and 8, which means most developers are focused on creating Win32 applications. Microsoft with […

Microsoft has introduced an updated package manager for Windows 10.

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Today, Microsoft announced the release of a new package manager for the Windows 10 operating system, which will simplify environment setup for developers. In the past, Windows developers had to manually download and install all necessary programs and tools, but thanks to the package manager, this process has become much easier. The new version of the Windows Package Manager will allow developers to configure their development environments using commands […]

Microsoft is implementing a graphical server and GPU acceleration in WSL.

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Microsoft has announced significant improvements to the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), which enables the execution of Linux binaries on Windows: Support has been added for running Linux applications with graphical interfaces, eliminating the need for third-party X servers. This support is implemented through GPU access virtualization. An open driver, dxgkrnl, has been prepared for the Linux kernel, providing the device /dev/dxg with […]

Iosevka 3.0.0

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Version 3.0.0 of the best font for terminal emulators and text editors with graphical user interfaces has been released. Over five alpha and three beta versions, along with eight release candidates, a number of new glyphs and ligatures have been added, individual character shapes have been improved, and many other corrections have been made (see details). Additionally, starting with this version, package names have been changed: Iosevka Term […]

Orchestrator for MySQL: why it’s essential for building a fault-tolerant project

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Every large project begins with a couple of servers. First, there was one DB server, then slaves were added to scale the read operations. And then — stop! There’s one master and many slaves; if one of the slaves goes down, everything will be fine, but if the master goes down — it will be bad: downtime, admins scrambling to bring the server back up. What to do? Reserve the master. My […]

Orchestrator and VIP as HA solution for MySQL cluster

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At Citymobil, we use MySQL as the primary storage for persistent data. We have several database clusters for different services and purposes. The constant availability of the master is a critical indicator of the entire system’s operability and its individual components. Automatic recovery of the cluster in the event of master failure significantly reduces incident response time and system downtime. […]

Password leak from encrypted partitions in the Ubuntu Server installer log

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Canonical has released a corrective update to the Subiquity installer 20.05.2, which is used by default for installing Ubuntu Server since the 18.04 release in Live mode. The new release addresses a security issue (CVE-2020-11932) caused by logging the password set by the user for accessing the LUKS encrypted partition created during installation. ISO images with the vulnerability fixed are not yet available […]

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