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Pterodactyl Panel on Linode:

Pterodactyl Panel offers a clean and intuitive web interface for managing multiple game servers on a single Linode instance across multiple servers.
The platform provides a streamlined approach that simplifies tasks like adding new servers, updating existing ones, and monitoring performance.
Pterodactyl allows administrators to manage user permissions and roles, reducing the chances of unauthorized access through Docker containers that isolate game servers from the host system.
Linode is known for offering competitively priced cloud servers with flexible plans that optimize costs, especially for small to medium-sized communities.
With Linode’s cloud infrastructure, you can easily adjust your server resources as your player base grows by scaling it horizontally or vertically.
Game servers are common targets for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks , so it's important to monitor server traffic and deploy additional protection tools like Cloudflare if needed.
Setting up Pterodactyl Panel can be challenging for someone without prior experience in Linux, Docker, and server management.
Regularly monitoring server resources through the Pterodactyl Panel’s built-in metrics and implementing additional security measures like firewalls, automatic backups, and intrusion detection systems are crucial steps for protecting your game servers.
By following best practices and thoroughly preparing for setup, you can effectively use Pterodactyl to run smooth and secure game servers on Linode.
Pterodactyl Panel is a flexible and scalable solution for those looking for an affordable cloud solution, but careful evaluation is necessary to ensure the technical resources to handle the setup and maintenance.

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Windows 11 24H2 Update Generates a Large Undeletable Disk File

The new Windows 11 24H2 update is creating a large, undeletable cache file on the system drive.
The file occupies 8.63 GB of space and cannot be removed by regular methods.
Microsoft is aware of the issue and working on a fix, which will be released soon.
In the meantime, users can use Windows' built-in tools to free up space and ensure smooth system performance.

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Unlock Your Python Potential with the "Quick Start with Python" Course

The 'Quick Start with Python' course is designed to help you master Python programming.
The course covers Python basics, including data types, control structures, functions, modules, and data structures.
Hands-on labs and coding challenges reinforce theoretical concepts.
LabEx, an immersive learning platform, offers the course with an interactive Playground for practice.

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Update JSON file using Terminal or bash script

This tutorial highlights how JSON file updates can be automated using Bash script and jq command-line JSON processor tools.
The advantages of automating JSON file updates include the ability to alter fields quickly and efficiently.
The tutorial explains the utility of automating the JSON file updates using Bash scripts, jq, and multiple scripts to carry out specific tasks such as updating the version number, injecting dynamic values, etc.
The guide outlines how to use the jq command to read JSON files and filter nested fields.
Then, it shows how the fields are updated dynamically using the jq command with --arg or --argjson.
The tutorial then goes further to demonstrate how to create a Bash script as an automated way of updating JSON files.
It shows how to make the Bash script executable and how to automate version increase via a script.
Finally, the tutorial concludes with a recommendation on using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions to automate configuration updates before deployment.
Overall, automating JSON file updates with Bash and jq are powerful techniques that can streamline your workflow and save lots of time.
Following the tutorial can help to achieve this effortlessly.

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How to create a sudo user

Root user in Linux has the highest privileges but it's discouraged to be used regularly to prevent security issues. A sudo command allows a regular user to execute administrative tasks. A sudo user is a normal user that can execute a sudo command by adding a normal user to the sudo system group.
To create a sudo user, a Linux server with root access is required. Firstly, a new user needs to be added using the 'adduser' command followed by prompts to assign a password and other optional information. Once the user is added, it's privileges then need to be elevated to superuser using the 'usermod' command where the new user account is added to the sudo system group.
To verify the sudo user, switch to the newly created user and try to run administrative tasks using the 'sudo' command followed by the task.
FreeBSD requires the sudo package to be installed before its usage.
To create a sudo user on FreeBSD, you need to install sudo using ports or pkg, and then create the user account followed by assigning the wheel group to the newly created user. Finally, the sudoers file needs to be edited to include the wheel group to allow them to run all commands.
When editing sudoers file, visudo should be used instead of editing it directly because it checks for errors before saving any changes.
Rocky Linux steps not included because they are not available at the time of writing.

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Silent Hill 2 Remake: Discover The Secret Of Room 106

Silent Hill 2 Remake offers improved controls and modern mechanics while honoring the original title.
To unlock the 'All Seems in Order' achievement, visit Jacks Inn and enter Room 106 for loot.
Head to Brookhaven Hospital, follow the story, and find the Historical Society Key in Rosewater Park.
Return to Jack Inn - Room 106, examine the symbol on the wall, and trigger the achievement.

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30 Games Like Silent Hill to Play

If you’re a fan of Silent Hill, with its eerie atmosphere, unsettling psychological themes, and spine-chilling storytelling, then you’re likely on the hunt for other games that deliver a similar sense of dread and desperation.
Psychological horror games tap into the deepest fears of the mind, blending terrifying environments with disturbing narratives that stay with you long after you’ve put down the controller.
Here are our top 30 games, like Silent Hill, to play this spooky season. It includes many psychological horror games with unique gameplays.
At Dead of Night is a perfect blend of horror film, ghost hunting, and live-action, creating a unique immersive horror experience like no other. It’s your job to communicate with the ghost of the past to unravel the story and escape.
The Beast Inside lets you play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. It’s a unique survival horror game like Silent Hill with a gripping twist of personal tragedies, madness, and long-buried secrets.
Hollow Cocoon is set in 1980s Japan, and as a college student, you return to your mother’s hometown after receiving news that your grandmother is in critical condition. With the home village situated deep in the mountains, you begin uncovering secrets and horrors during your stay. Like Silent Hill, the game will put you on edge.
Dying Light 2 is like Silent Hill but with a faster pace and more gunslinging. With great lore set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by hordes of zombies, you must struggle your way through survival and traverse the area to meet survivors and unearth more of the story.
Visage is a psychological horror game like Silent Hill that offers an eerie vibe in a mysterious, ever-changing house. The game combines an uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environment as you explore inside a huge house.
The Evil Within 2 is a masterpiece like Silent Hill that revolves around a horror when Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost it all but is given a chance to save his daughter.
Resident Evil is a biopunk action-horror series. Like Silent Hill, it shaped the genre in distinct ways, offering unique experiences of terror.

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How to Configure an Open Source WAF, SafeLine

A SafeLine user shares their experience of configuring an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) for their personal blog.
The user previously used a free WAF provided by Baidu but found it expensive when they started charging. They discovered SafeLine WAF, which they found satisfactory during a month-long trial.
The article provides step-by-step instructions on configuring SafeLine WAF, including enabling HTTPS/SSL access, adding protected sites, banning malicious IPs, and whitelisting search engines.
The user also mentions some requested improvements for SafeLine WAF, such as ECC support, HTTP/3 support, secure SSL support, and allowing the use of localhost as an upstream server.

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Integrating Open Source WAF with Wazuh(Part 1)

This article mainly introduces how to integrate Wazuh with SafeLine WAF and Lark for alert notification.
Wazuh is a SIEM platform that offers log aggregation, analysis, visualization, and host monitoring.
SafeLine WAF is a web application firewall driven by intelligent semantic analysis algorithms.
Lark is a collaborative work platform and IM software developed by ByteDance in China.

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U.S. labor board claims Apple restricted workers’ Slack, social media use

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board claimed that Apple interfered with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of social media and workplace messaging app Slack, the agency said on Friday.
The NLRB complaint, issued on Thursday, accuses the iPhone maker of maintaining unlawful work rules around the acceptable uses of Slack, illegally firing an employee who advocated for workplace changes on Slack, requiring another worker to delete a social media post, and creating the impression that employees were being surveilled via social media.
Apple in a statement provided by a spokesperson on Friday said it is committed to maintaining “a positive and inclusive workplace” and takes employee complaints seriously.
If Apple does not settle with the NLRB, an administrative judge will hold an initial hearing in the case in February. The judge’s decision can be reviewed by the five-member labor board, whose rulings can be appealed in federal court.
If retail workers unionize, they can, and do, force abnormal wages and benefits that do not reflect the reality of supply and demand for such positions.
Apple adopted the following changes for U.S. retail workers beginning on April 4th [2022]: Raises ranging from 2% to 10% depending on store location and role, for salespeople, Genius Bar technical support staff, and some senior hourly workers, doubling paid sick days for both full-time and part-time workers, more annual vacation days, beginning at three years of employment instead of five, part-time employees will now get as many as six paid vacation days for the first time.
Despite the increasing popularity of smart rings with health features, Apple has no plans to enter this market.
Ticketmaster has become the first ticketing company to leverage Apple Wallet’s new ticketing features.
Apple and Goldman Sachs have announced another interest rate cut for the Apple Card Savings Account.
Apple Original Films celebrated the world premiere of Steve McQueen’s highly anticipated feature film, “Blitz,” at the 2024 BFI…

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Apple Original Films celebrates the world premiere of ‘Blitz’ at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival and New York Film Festival

Apple Original Films celebrated the world premiere of 'Blitz' at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival and New York Film Festival
Director Steve McQueen and stars Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan attended the premiere along with other cast and crew members
'Blitz' is set during World War II and follows the journey of a young boy attempting to reunite with his mother and grandfather
The film will be released in select theaters on November 1, 2024, and globally on Apple TV+ on November 22, 2024

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A Brief History of Defragging

Fragmentation can occur on storage media such as memory, SSDs, and hard disks.
Hard disks are more susceptible to fragmentation due to their electro-mechanical mechanism.
Different forms of fragmentation exist on hard disks: file data, file system metadata, and free space.
Automatic defragmentation is available in HFS+ and APFS file systems, but limitations still exist.

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Sorting Burst Shots in Apple Photos

When importing a large batch of shots into Apple Photos, sorting them in the desired order can be a challenge.
The 'Keep Sorted By Oldest First' option only considers the capture time of each photo in seconds.
To sort photos based on their filenames, a workaround is to assign each photo a title based on its original filename.
An open-source tool is available to automate the process of assigning titles based on filenames.

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Planning on updating to Windows 11 24H2? You might want to grab a snack, as Microsoft admits it could take a very long time

The upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 can take a long time to install.
Microsoft admits that the installation process can take a few hours.
Users can continue to use their computer during most of the installation.
PC World reported average installation times of around an hour and a half for Windows 11 24H2.

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Apple has no plans for a smart ring

Despite the increasing popularity of smart rings with health features, Apple has no plans to enter this market.
Apple executives weren't interested in developing a smart ring as a lower-cost alternative to the Apple Watch.
Instead, Apple may consider lowering the price of the Apple Watch.
The next-generation Apple Watch SE is expected to include a plastic casing to bring lower costs and more appeal to customers.

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