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I don't understand why some people use a Russian software! Especially in this age.

LinuxBender 3y ago
In some cases there are not great alternatives that fit the needs. I have not found anything that matches LFTP Using the mirror subsystem with SFTP and connecting to chroot SFTP servers. It replicates the behavior of rsync in a chroot SFTP-only environment. Only downside is that since there isn't a syncing daemon on the other side, directory enumeration is much slower. File transfers are exponentially faster however as it can do as many SFTP sessions as desired for batches of files or even one big file with the only limit being the bandwidth from client to server. For NGinx I have been able to make use of HAProxy and Apache just fine. Long ago Apache was slower than NGinx but ever since APR 1.7 and Apache 2.4 there are about the same performance wise. Some here don't like the configuration syntax but I am used to it.
ijhuygft776 3y ago
Because they aren't short sighted like some others?
WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
While I may share the general sentiment, there’s a freaking lot of “Russian software” out there which you may be knowingly or unknowingly use. There is JetBrains, for example. But there is also core-js which is a little polyfill library being used by like way more than half of high profile websites. Also written by a Russian national. If you excise all contributions by Russian nationals to PostgreSQL or the Linux kernel, they will be left in a not very runnable state, I’m afraid. On the other hand, it’s not like you are giving them money directly, unless you do; I also can see that in, say, both Linux and PostgreSQL there is also enough people from the “geopolitical opposition” so that even if the Russian contributors are asked by some stern people from the Apparat to sneak something backdoory in, it will be sniffed rather quickly and prevented from going much further. So tl;dr is that there is no simple response.
- jcat123 3y ago
  Jetbrains is Czech and most Czech people would get offended by your characterization of them as Russian.
  - WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
    Sales, yes. Development, has been in Saint Petersburg not so long ago.
  - WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
    There’s quite enough companies and real estate in Czechia owned by Russians, despite even said Russians hastily changing their citizenship in 2022. It’s sometimes beneficial to pose as an EU-based business if a purely Russian business was either sanctioned or considered too risky/dirty/shady to deal with. So while Czechs don’t like to be equated with Russians, not all of them would quite sing „běž domů, Ivane” or share the feeling.
- ciceryadam 3y ago
  Regarding Jebrains - both owners have renounced their Russian citizenship and are now citizens of Cyprus: https://www.forbes.com/profile/valentin-kipyatkov/ https://www.forbes.com/profile/valentin-kipyatkov/ Plus the HQ is in Prague, Czech Republic: https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/05/27/russia-puts-the-czech-republic-on-an-official-enemies-list https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/05/27/russia-puts-the-...
  - darkhorn 3y ago
    Interesting. They have founded the company in Czech Republic but choose to become citizens of Cyprus.
    - WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
      Likely because Cyprus can make you a citizen, figuratively speaking, overnight, for enough money. Czechia wants you to spend some years in there and integrate first.

In some cases there are not great alternatives that fit the needs. I have not found anything that matches LFTP Using the mirror subsystem with SFTP and connecting to chroot SFTP servers. It replicates the behavior of rsync in a chroot SFTP-only environment. Only downside is that since there isn't a syncing daemon on the other side, directory enumeration is much slower. File transfers are exponentially faster however as it can do as many SFTP sessions as desired for batches of files or even one big file with the only limit being the bandwidth from client to server. For NGinx I have been able to make use of HAProxy and Apache just fine. Long ago Apache was slower than NGinx but ever since APR 1.7 and Apache 2.4 there are about the same performance wise. Some here don't like the configuration syntax but I am used to it.

ijhuygft776 3y ago

Because they aren't short sighted like some others?

WesolyKubeczek 3y ago

While I may share the general sentiment, there’s a freaking lot of “Russian software” out there which you may be knowingly or unknowingly use. There is JetBrains, for example. But there is also core-js which is a little polyfill library being used by like way more than half of high profile websites. Also written by a Russian national. If you excise all contributions by Russian nationals to PostgreSQL or the Linux kernel, they will be left in a not very runnable state, I’m afraid. On the other hand, it’s not like you are giving them money directly, unless you do; I also can see that in, say, both Linux and PostgreSQL there is also enough people from the “geopolitical opposition” so that even if the Russian contributors are asked by some stern people from the Apparat to sneak something backdoory in, it will be sniffed rather quickly and prevented from going much further. So tl;dr is that there is no simple response.

jcat123 3y ago
Jetbrains is Czech and most Czech people would get offended by your characterization of them as Russian.
- WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
  Sales, yes. Development, has been in Saint Petersburg not so long ago.
- WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
  There’s quite enough companies and real estate in Czechia owned by Russians, despite even said Russians hastily changing their citizenship in 2022. It’s sometimes beneficial to pose as an EU-based business if a purely Russian business was either sanctioned or considered too risky/dirty/shady to deal with. So while Czechs don’t like to be equated with Russians, not all of them would quite sing „běž domů, Ivane” or share the feeling.
ciceryadam 3y ago
Regarding Jebrains - both owners have renounced their Russian citizenship and are now citizens of Cyprus: https://www.forbes.com/profile/valentin-kipyatkov/ https://www.forbes.com/profile/valentin-kipyatkov/ Plus the HQ is in Prague, Czech Republic: https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/05/27/russia-puts-the-czech-republic-on-an-official-enemies-list https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/05/27/russia-puts-the-...
- darkhorn 3y ago
  Interesting. They have founded the company in Czech Republic but choose to become citizens of Cyprus.
  - WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
    Likely because Cyprus can make you a citizen, figuratively speaking, overnight, for enough money. Czechia wants you to spend some years in there and integrate first.