ProHoster > Blog

Category: Blog

Blog Section

Arch Linux has switched to zstd archives: 1300% increase in package extraction speed

Posted on

Arch Linux developers have announced that they have changed the package compression scheme. The algorithm previously used was xz (.pkg.tar.xz). Now, zstd (.pkg.tar.zst) is employed. This has resulted in a 1300% increase in extraction speed at the cost of a slight increase in the size of the packages themselves (approximately 0.8%). This will speed up the installation and updating process of packages in the system. Currently, there is talk of transitioning to […]

On Online Security

Posted on

This article was written several years ago, when the blocking of the Telegram messenger was actively discussed within the community, and contains my thoughts on the matter. Although this topic is now almost forgotten, I hope it might still be of interest to someone. This text emerged from my reflections on digital security, and I hesitated for a long time on whether […]

Launching a VPN server behind a provider's NAT.

Posted on

An article about how I managed to launch a VPN server behind my home provider’s NAT (without a public IP address). I would like to clarify right away: the functionality of this implementation directly depends on the type of NAT used by your provider as well as your router. So, I found myself needing to connect from my Android smartphone to my home computer, both devices connected to the Internet through provider NATs, and additionally, the computer is connected […]

The idea of a next-generation decentralized social network

Posted on

In this article, I present my thoughts on the history and prospects of the development of the internet, centralized and decentralized networks, and ultimately — the possible architecture of the next-generation decentralized network. Something is wrong with the internet. I first encountered the Internet in 2000. Of course, this is far from the very beginning — the Network had already existed before this, but […]

Linus Torvalds dispelled issues with the task scheduler that arose in the performance test.

Posted on

Game developer Malte Skarupke published a comparison of the performance of mutex-based and spinlock-based locks using various task schedulers. The tests showed abnormally high latencies when using spinlock with the default Linux task scheduler. The author of the tests concluded that the Linux task scheduler has issues that negatively affect the performance of games developed for the Google Stadia service, […]

Myths and Legends of the Ancient Fediverse

Posted on

Yes, indeed, ancient. Last May, the global decentralized social network Fediverse turned 11 years old! Exactly 11 years ago, the project’s originator Identi.ca published its first post. Meanwhile, an anonymous person on a respected resource wrote: "The problem with Fediverse is that two and a half diggers know about it." What an absurd problem. Let's fix it! […]

"How Corporations Trample Your Privacy," Arthur Khachuyan (Tazeros Global)

Posted on

Data Protection Day, Minsk, 2019. Organizer: the human rights organization Human Constanta. Moderator (hereinafter – M): – Arthur Khachuyan is involved in… Can we say he’s on the ‘dark side’ in the context of our conference? Arthur Khachuyan (hereinafter – AK): – On the side of corporations – yes. M: – He collects your data and sells it to corporations. AK: – Actually, no… […]

The Kuleshov Effect in Disco Elysium: How Context Creates Meaning

Posted on

Before diving into Disco Elysium, let’s go back 100 years. In the 1910s and 20s, Lev Kuleshov demonstrated the effect of cinematic montage – depending on the juxtaposition of two frames placed next to each other, new meaning emerges. Kuleshov filmed a close-up of an actor's face, followed by three more shots: a bowl of soup, a girl in a coffin, and a girl on a sofa. Depending on […]

What the Coming Year Holds for Us or Memories of the Future

Posted on

The New Year holidays are a great opportunity to sit down, take stock of the year, and 2020 is also a moment to reflect on the past 5/10 years, and write an article titled "What I Would Advise My Younger Self 5-10 Years Ago, and What I Advise Today." KDPV (メモリーズ) Under the cut: dullness, scattered sclerosis, unproven statements, and more. Additionally: The Graveyard of IT Professions. This moan […]

And yet she is alive — ReiserFS 5 announced!

Posted on

No one expected that on December 31, Eduard Shishkin (developer and maintainer of ReiserFS 4) would announce a new version of one of the fastest file systems for Linux — RaiserFS 5. The fifth version introduces a new method for combining block devices into logical volumes. I believe this represents a qualitatively new level in the development of file systems (and operating systems) — local volumes […]

Release of the OpenCV 4.2 computer vision library

Posted on

The release of the free library OpenCV 4.2 (Open Source Computer Vision Library) has taken place, providing tools for processing and analyzing image content. OpenCV offers over 2500 algorithms, both classical and reflecting the latest achievements in the field of computer vision and machine learning systems. The library's code is written in C++ and distributed under the BSD license. Bindings are provided for various languages […]

Bruce Perens left the OSI organization due to disagreements regarding the CAL license.

Posted on

Bruce Perens announced his departure from the Open Source Initiative (OSI), which is responsible for verifying licenses against Open Source criteria. Bruce is a co-founder of OSI, one of the authors of the Open Source definition, the creator of the BusyBox package, and the second leader of the Debian project (replacing Ian Murdock in 1996). The reason for his departure is said to be the desire to avoid […]

« to the beginning 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 to the end »
Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers 🔥 Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers | ProHoster