On #AprilFoolsDay, I shared that #syslog_ng can reach 7 million EPS. This test lab result was in part possible thanks to a few #performance enhancements coming to syslog-ng version 4.12.
How 7 million EPS is possible? Learn more at:
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This weekend I was #hiking wearing my #IBMChampions t-shirt and a #RedHat backpack. This combination resulted in some very good discussions about #AI, #Linux and software #development :-)
This Monday I talked to a couple of friends about work while wearing my Genesi t-shirt. A #teacher going back to school after Spring break and an #IT guy explaining the nightmare of #RTO threat. I love coincidences :-) Why do I say that?
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I love sweets but I'm also on a diet. Workaround: doing a #cardio #exercise before eating a #cake :-) In this case I ran up to the top of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest.
Version 4.11.0 of #syslog_ng contains contributions from #Databricks related to #OAuth2 authentication. Recently, they published a blog about how this enables their customers to send logs to their data lake using syslog-ng and the #OpenTelemetry protocol.
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My latest #badge from #IBM: IBM #Champion -- 5 Year Milestone
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#IBMChampions
I’ve just completed the #GitHub Foundations Skill Track on #DataCamp! #git
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#NSA put together the best possible #advertisement for #Turris. They raise the awareness about #Russian military intelligence, and complain about lack of updates and default passwords in home routers.
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My #Turris Omnia still receives updates after 9 years!
The #syslog_ng April newsletter is now available on-line:
- #Automatic configuration of the syslog-ng wildcard-file() source
- What to fix next in syslog-ng?
- #UDP #reliability improved in syslog-ng #Debian packaging
Read more at: www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Why "#syslog_ng can do 7 million EPS" was announced on #AprilFoolsDay? It is a completely valid result. However, it was measured not in a #production, but in a #laboratory environment.
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So, it's an absolutely stunning result, just impossible in production.
The #Easter weekend is over. I had big plans about making my time useful with #LLL (life long learning): #ArtificialIntelligence, #coding, even a bit of #psychology.
Instead of that I went #biking, visited friends and family, a #BotanicalGarden, even a bit #gaming.
No regrets 🥰
Almost 15 years ago, Balabit had a campaign, stating that #syslog_ng could process 650k messages a second. Now I am happy to present 7 #million #EPS (events per second). Timing the announcement to April 1 is not a coincidence :-) #AprilFoolsDay
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I often hear, even at #security conferences that “no central log collection here” or “we have something due to compliance”. Central #logging is more than just #compliance. It makes logs easier to use, available and secure, thus making your life easier.
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My #AI mini workstation from HP has seen some non-AI workloads this weekend. I installed a couple of #software #synthesizers. And realized along the way that while built-in speakers are nice, high-end #audio is a lot better!
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Once I got hardware-accelerated #AI working under #Linux on my AI mini workstation from HP, my next goal was to make it easier to use. From this blog, you can read about my initial experiments with #OpenWebUI on #Fedora Linux.
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#ollama #AMD #ryzen #ROCm
Ever since I bought my #AI mini #workstation from HP, my goal was to run hardware accelerated #ArtificialIntelligence workloads in a #Linux environment. Read more to learn how things turned out on #Ubuntu and @fedora!
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#AMD #ROCm #llama #pytorch
I have an aging, but fully functional #MacBook, which I bought for #syslog_ng testing. Homebrew no more fully supports old, #Intel-based Macs. This blog helps to compile the latest syslog-ng release on these old, but otherwise functional machines.
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Last week, I wrote about my initial #FreeBSD experiences on my new toy, an #AI workstation from #HP. FreeBSD runs lightning fast on it, but the #desktop was somewhat problematic. Well, I made lots of #improvements this week!
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Central #logging is more than just #compliance. It makes logs easier to use, #available and #secure, thus making your life easier in #operations, #security, #development, but also in marketing, sales, and so on.
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In the past few weeks, I installed five different OSes on my latest toy: an #AI #workstation from HP. I love playing with OSes, but my main goal with the new machine is to learn various aspects of AI. I took my first steps in this adventure on #Windows.
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I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: #IBM #Champion 2026 from IBM!
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#IBMChampions
The March #syslog_ng #newsletter is now on-line:
- Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng is now available
- Using #OpenSearch data streams in syslog-ng
- Changes in the syslog-ng #Elasticsearch destination
It is available at www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Finally, I also installed #FreeBSD on my new #AI focused mini #workstation from HP. I even managed to install #GNOME on the machine with minimal effort. However, I also ran into many problems.
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Last week I started a blog series about my new #AI-focused mini #workstation from #HP. Read the series at peter.czanik.hu/tags/toy/
Installing #Windows, #openSUSE, #Ubuntu, #Fedora are already covered, #FreeBSD is coming soon. Experiences with HW accelerated AI will follow.
Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng was released over a week ago. Packages are automagically built for #Debian/ #Ubuntu/#RHEL (and clones) during release, and already available in #openSUSE Tumbleweed and #Fedora Rawhide.
Read about new features at: www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
With a bit of delay, but #syslog_ng 4.11.0 is now available in #Fedora #Rawhide. Support for #snmp is enabled again.
My ultimate goal is to learn more about #ArtificialIntelligence in a #Linux environment, but the first thing I did after installation was trying #Steam and a couple of #games. Spoiler alert: installing #NeedForSpeed was smoother than on #Windows :-)
Not listed as supported, but I could install #Fedora on my new #AI box just fine. I expected this though, because when I asked around about Linux support and hardware AI acceleration for #AMD #Ryzen 39X chips, all responses came from Fedora users… 😜
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I also updated the #Fedora #Rawhide package, and according to the syslog-ng page on #repology, it's already there: repology.org/project/sysl...
However, Rawhide still had #syslog_ng 4.10.2, when I checked a few minutes ago...
Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng was released last week, and it is already available in #openSUSE #Tumbleweed!
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