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Variables in Gitlab can be defined in several places: In group settings in project settings inside .gitlab-ci.yml. In group and project settings, variables can be set as 'file' or 'regular variable' with checkboxes for 'protected' and 'masked'. We'll start with simple inheritance and gradually complicate it. The final list of priority levels can be found at the end of the document. Inheritance […]
Many are already aware of the issues with the KB4535996 update for Windows 10. After installation (if it even occurs), there may be 'blue screen of death' errors, slower startups, and reduced FPS in games. Issues have also been reported with SignTool, Explorer, Task Manager, the desktop, and so on. Even sleep mode has not been spared by this update. These shortcomings have been noted for quite some time. However, only […]
The neofetch utility version 7.0.0 is now available. It is designed to create console screensavers that display information about the system, hardware, and software. By default, the program outputs the operating system logo, which can be replaced with an arbitrary image (for terminals that support image display) or an ASCII drawing. The utility supports about 150 operating systems, from Linux and Windows to Minix, AIX, and Haiku. The program is written in […]
A new release of the PostgreSQL Anonymizer project is available, providing an add-on to the PostgreSQL database management system that addresses the challenge of hiding or replacing confidential data or information that constitutes a trade secret. Data can be anonymized on the fly based on specially defined rules and user lists whose query responses need to be anonymized. The code is distributed under the PostgreSQL license. For example, using this add-on, access can be provided […]
The release of 4MLinux 32.0 has been published, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user tasks but also as a system for recovery after failures and a platform for running LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […
Sometimes it seems that Chromebooks are primarily purchased to install Linux on them. Just a few articles on Habr: one, two, three, four, … Therefore, PINE Microsystems Inc. and the PINE64 community decided that the market lacks Pinebook Pro, which is specifically designed for using Linux/*BSD as the operating system. In […]
Good day. I want to draw the community's attention to a characteristic feature of Linux when working with multiple NVMe SSDs in one system. This will be especially relevant for those who like to create software RAID arrays from NVMe. I hope the information provided below will help safeguard your data and prevent unfortunate errors. We are all accustomed to the following logic of Linux when […]
iXsystems has announced the unification of its products for the rapid deployment of Network-Attached Storage (NAS). The free distribution FreeNAS will be merged with the commercial project TrueNAS, which extends FreeNAS's capabilities for enterprises and is pre-installed on storage systems released by iXsystems. For historical reasons, FreeNAS and TrueNAS were developed, tested, and released separately despite the large amount of shared code. For […
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-10174) has been identified in the Timeshift application, allowing a local user to execute code with root privileges. Timeshift is a backup system that uses rsync with hard link installation or Btrfs snapshots to provide functionality similar to System Restore in Windows and Time Machine in macOS. The program is included in the repositories of many distributions and is used by default in PCLinuxOS […]
Continuing our overview of the wonderful tool for Windows development and beyond, Azure DevOps. This time, after struggling with environment variables, I decided to consolidate all my experiences into one article. From the fact that each runtime environment has a different syntax to the lack of a standard way to transfer variables from one pipeline stage to another. I should mention that the main […]
Input data: 192.168.0.1/24 192.168.0.0 OpenVPN server: 192.168.0.1:1194 Protocol: TCP Using these settings, OVPN works: Note: works only with Blowfish encryption, without compression. Additional options in the Grandstream phone settings, don't forget about the route: client; dev tun; resolv-retry infinite; nobind; tls-client; auth SHA1; route 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 Source: habr.com
Hello everyone. This is Vladislav Rodin speaking. I currently teach courses on software architecture and high-load software architecture on the OTUS portal. In anticipation of the new course 'High Load Architect' starting soon, I decided to write a short original piece that I would like to share with you. Introduction Due to the fact that HDDs can only perform about 400-700 […]