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09 April 2025
ICU4X: What it can do and how to do it
Introduction If you regularly deal with code that needs extensive internationalization capabilities, chances are, that you’ve used functionality from one of the ICU libraries before. Being developed by the Unicode Consortium, ICU provides reliable, mature and extensive implementations for all kinds of tools for internationalization and Unicode text operations. Traditionally, there have been two implementations […]
01 April 2025
ProxLB - Version 1.1.0 of the Advanced Loadbalancer for Proxmox Clusters is Ready!
ProxLB – Version 1.1.0 of the Advanced Loadbalancer for Proxmox Clusters is Ready! Finally, it’s here – and it’s no April Fool’s joke! The long-awaited version 1.1.0 of ProxLB has been officially released! This new version features a complete code refactoring, making maintenance easier and laying the groundwork for future expansions. Additionally, numerous bugs have […]
19 March 2025
Using FreeIPA and Certmonger with EC Keys
Overview Infrastructures that offer services via TLS often require an automated mechanism for the regular exchange of certificates. This can be achieved, among other things, by using Certmonger and FreeIPA. By default, a FreeIPA server is configured to create certificates using a profile with RSA keys. However, if cryptographic requirements exist that, for example, necessitate […]
28 February 2025
Credativ once Again an Independent Company
Effective March 1, 2025, the Mönchengladbach-based open-source specialist credativ IT Services GmbH will once again operate as an independent company in the market. In May 2022, credativ GmbH was acquired by NetApp and integrated into NetApp Deutschland GmbH on February 1, 2023. This step allowed the company to draw on extensive experience and a broader […]
18 February 2025
Evaluate KSM and Ballooning features in Proxmox VE
Introduction Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) is a powerful open-source platform for enterprise virtualization. It supports advanced Dynamic Memory Management features, including Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) and Memory Ballooning, which can optimize memory usage and improve performance. This blog post evaluates the effectiveness of KSM and Memory Ballooning features in Proxmox VE using Linux virtual machines […]