Roy Schestowitz

• The audiocast of today shows Gerbil and Molasses in action; towards the end we also show Moonlander, Telescope, Amfora, Kristall, and Lagrange (Gemini clients) http://techrights.org/2022/03/16/gerbil-and-molasses/    

posted Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 23:46:53

• Find is not part of Linux https://medium.com/techtofreedom/7-uses-of-find-command-in-linux-c45f70d7351a    

posted Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 23:54:41

• Linux Foundation or Linus Torvalds need to do some trademark enforcement. https://www.papermag.com/linux-nyc-february-2656919186.html    

posted Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 23:55:12

• Lack of gnu/linux support ironic? https://dekisoft.com/use-android-tablet-as-second-monitor/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:02:21

• "From 1985 to 2019 I have been listening to music less and less over time. Nowadays I don't listen to music." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2022-03-16-how-i-listen-to-music.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:07:02

• "Today I spent an hour in a sensory deprivation tank for the first time. My wife bought me a gift certificate to a local place that has the tanks and some fancy chair massages, but with the COVID situation as it was I was waiting to cash in. This week happens to be light at work so the time finally felt right." gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20220316-sensory-deprivation    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:09:46

• What's New in JDK 18? -- ADTmag ⚓ https://adtmag.com/articles/2022/03/16/whats-new-in-jdk-18.aspx Microsoft boosters writing about the competition...    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:15:33

• They say "open source" and then pretend RMS never existed https://www.infoworld.com/article/3653349/15-star-founders-of-high-flying-open-source-projects.html#slide9    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:19:44

• Better yet, move to GNU/Linux and learn GIMP, Krita, Inkscape https://www.itproportal.com/guides/best-video-editing-software/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:21:36

• Zaghari-Ratcliffe, fellow British-Iranian freed to return to UK | Arab News ⚓ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2043611/middle-east    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:22:38

• MorphOS 3.16 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162398#comment-33087   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:23:52

• Clickbait https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/02/24/what-tech-end-time-is-nigh-according-computers-anyway/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:24:12

• "web3" is BS nonsense. WTH is "web game"??? Buzzwords out of control... https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/14/2402205/0/en/Delysium-the-world-s-first-PLAYABLE-AAA-MMO-web3-game-closed-4-million-in-its-first-round-of-private-sale.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:26:25

• This is a DoS attack; not severe https://www.itnews.com.au/news/openssl-squarely-rooted-by-cert-parsing-bug-577427    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:28:04

• Intel trying to buy itself relevance again https://appuals.com/intel-acquires-linutronix-a-company-that-handles-the-rt-linux-kernel-branch/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:30:41

• Last year: GNU Radio and SETI https://www.seti.org/gnu-radio-and-seti    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 00:33:22

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162641    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 01:07:20

• Free Software Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162642    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 01:07:39

• Kernel: Linutronix, Years-Long Trademark Abuse, and Graphics Work by Mike Blumenkrantz • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162643    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 01:07:54

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162644    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 01:08:01

• #Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, March 16, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 07:33:30

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 07:33:40

• Top 10 Most Beautiful Linux Distributions [Featured] • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162645    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 07:35:36

• ICBM: FESCo wants to know what you use i686 packages for https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/TWTVN6FS745O5ZIWRT4SJIBS5S4C4BKL/ looking for excuse to gut Fedora one piece at the time (like they did CentOS)    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 07:39:46

• Linux Foundation wants you to scan QR codes (spyphones), says "your privacy and confidentiality protected." https://linuxfoundation.org/featured/looking-to-hire-or-be-hired-participate-in-the-10th-annual-open-source-jobs-report-and-tell-us-what-matters-most/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 07:41:14

• "This Week in Rust is openly developed on GitHub." OPENLY? You need to create a MICROSOSFT account and then use PROPRIETARY software to participate. That is the OPPOSITE of open. https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2022/03/16/this-week-in-rust-434/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:00:34

• "But was still unable to run Dunfell desktop in container, the 'pflask' utility failed. I chased this down to the 'libcap-ng' library not recognizing "CAP_SYS_MOUNT", which is a new Linux Capability that I patched into the Linux kernel." https://bkhome.org/news/202203/oe-recompile-pending-tonight.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:01:29

• "Firefly ITX-3588J mini-ITX motherboard powered by Rockchip RK3588 processor was introduced at the beginning of the month, and now the company has started selling samples for the Core-3588J system-on-module and taken the opportunity to release the Rockchip RK3588 TRM (technical reference manual), and Android 12 firmware and SDK." https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/17/rockchip-rk3588-trm-android-12-sdk-released/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:02:28

• "In case you're curious, the one I got was the mighty Sputnik V. It didn't turn me into a Russian spy or anything like that, it only caused me fever and now I feel magnetic! (/s) I hope I get my second dose soon enough." gemini://avalos.me/gemlog/2021-10-24-update-october-2021.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:04:56

• "On my iPhone, I install the content blocker `AdGuard` and the `Lockdown Firewall` app and on my Android phone I install `Blockada` which is a VPN firewall app like `lockdown`." So you've already undermined privacy, by using iPhone. Also, DuckDuckGo is little but Microsoft proxy. gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2020-07-28-privacy.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:07:46

• 'Smart' 'phone' (spyphone) and privacy are not compatible. Librem (or the company, Purism) is now, as in this week, trying to upsell carriers for "privacy"... they talk about not selling data to advertisers, but they still spy on you    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:09:44

• DuckDuckGo (Microsoft) has been paying all sorts of orgs, even Tor and EFF IIRC (and even some GNU/Linux distros I believe!!), to promote the lie/illusion that the company is about privacy. It is not. It NEVER was. It's a paid-for lie and we need to call out those bribed to perpetuate the lie. http://techrights.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:11:53

• Microsoft isn't evil because it is "big". It's evil because it's run by criminals, who lie, bribe, and destroy the economy with their crimes.    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:12:39

• ICBM Fedora's missing Chromium updates https://lwn.net/Articles/886609/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:14:37

• Nobody wants to say the real reason Reiserfs is being discarded https://lwn.net/Articles/886708/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:15:32

• Who is ICBM kidding? Their CEO (executive) has already insulated a lot of staff. There are even lawsuits over time. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/new-ceo-chief-empathy-officer    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:25:32

• ICBM fell in love with the word "hybrid"; count how many times it is used here. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/hybrid-work-3-cultural-pitfalls-avoid    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:27:19

• Ubuntu has a ‘Weird Looking’ New Logo http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162621#comment-33088   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:29:43

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162646    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:29:53

• "Restoring a Tadpole SPARCbook 3, The FreeBSD Boot Process, Debugging an ioctl Problem on OpenBSD, Why my game PC runs FreeBSD and Kubuntu, DNSSEC, Badgers, and Orcs, Oh My, and more." https://www.bsdnow.tv/446    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:30:49

• #PrivacyofthePeople: this Cookie will not crumble… ⚓ https://internetfreedom.in/privacyofthepeople-this-cookie-will-not-crumble/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:33:47

• "After trying NetBSD and OpenBSD on my DMP EBOX 3300A-H with a Vortex86DX CPU, I was curious to see how FreeBSD would fare on such constrained systems" https://www.cambus.net/freebsd-on-the-vortex86dx-cpu/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:41:18

• Three candidates in running to be Debian leader http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162635#comment-33089   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:42:50

• IBM/Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162647    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:43:15

• libtool-2.4.7 released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162648    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:43:32

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162649    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:43:39

• "Robotic legs with an unconventional design inspired by emus can run 300 per cent more efficiently than the same device would if designed traditionally" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2312346-watch-emu-inspired-robot-legs-that-use-less-energy-to-run/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:44:38

• "To drive adoption, VA has been accelerating advertisements and marketing across VA’s medical facilities" https://governmentciomedia.com/va-leveraging-apis-improve-patient-experience    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:47:44

• "If Black history were properly embedded into the school curriculum and into the university, there would be no need for Black history month." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kehinde-andrews-interview/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:48:35

• "Two decades ago, the United States produced nearly 40% of all chips and today it accounts for only 12% of global production" https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/intel-micron-ceos-to-testify-at-u-s-senate-hearing-on-chip-making/90282292    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:49:09

• Clown gaming is a bubble. Ask Gulag (stadia). https://www.pcworld.com/article/623766/intel-wants-in-on-cloud-gaming-with-project-endgame.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:49:52

• Health first https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/denmark-plans-to-go-tobacco-free-for-anyone-born-after-2010-2825245 https://cphpost.dk/?p=132222    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:50:44

• "Still, the act of shifting between standard and daylight saving times is linked to a variety of negative health outcomes, according to a 2020 study" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/year-round-daylight-saving-time-effects-health-education-rcna20252    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:52:28

• Boycott Microsoft GitHub https://matt-rickard.com/github-isnt-about-code    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 08:53:54

• "Delivering the 2022 Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture, Sims applauded the progress on stronger consumer laws in Australia" https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/new-digital-platform-rules-crucial-next-step-in-consumer-law-reform.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:02:33

• "Ireland on Tuesday imposed a fine on Facebook parent company Meta for breaching EU data privacy laws" https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/ireland-fines-facebook-for-eu-privacy-law-breaches/90286033    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:02:53

• "Polemics make for bad policies. Here are the myths about encryption that the government’s Online Safety Bill is founded upon: [...]" https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Encryption-myths-versus-realities-of-Online-Safety-Bill    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:03:13

• "Social media companies should be forced to report to the federal government on how they use algorithms and how they address harm online" https://www.michaelwest.com.au/tech-giants-urged-to-report-algorithm-harm/ at least does not say "HEY HI"    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:03:42

• Just a little siap on the wrist https://www.cyberscoop.com/facebook-meta-gdpr-ireland/ do Microsoft next: http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:04:21

• "The UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has defended its data protection practices following allegations it failed to support an employee affected by a data breach of an MoJ service." https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/prison-service-for-england-and-wales-recorded-more-than-2-000-data-breaches-over-12-months    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:05:01

• iophk: open rights groups mistakes facebook and social control media in general for communications rather than the disinformation channels they actually are    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:06:22

• "Why are these assholes in charge of anything. It's clear they don't know what they're doing and they're corrupt." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150322.html#tMar%2015%2011:20:18    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:07:31

• "That sucks. That comes at a huge cost. Articifical scarcity enables poverty." https://idiomdrottning.org/bgg-copyright-thread    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:09:05

• No, [Cryptocurrency] Isn’t Helping Ukraine https://jacobinmag.com/2022/03/crypto-bitcoin-ukraine-russia-war-finance-funding/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:10:30

• "Gains from cryptocurrencies have to be notified to the tax authorities by the taxpayer." https://yle.fi/news/3-12359333    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:10:48

• First they exploited a virus and now they exploit war https://newrepublic.com/article/165658/windfall-tax-whitehouse-khanna-common-wealth    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:11:20

• "How is it possible that we're paying so much for oil? Is it sanctions? War? Supply-chain shocks? Is the Moon in Neptune? Or is it, you know, a highly concentrated energy sector soaking the public and using all of the above for cover?" https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/15/sanctions-financing/#soak-the-rich    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:12:15

• "The future looks bleak as demand for water greatly outstrips the supply. It is estimated that demand will outstrip supply by 50 per cent by the year 2030. This would affect agriculture as well as water-intensive businesses such as food processing, drinks, textiles, metals, chemicals, and paper" https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/water-security-a-growing-concern/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:13:27

• "Specific IT requirements of the embassy are not known. Procurement documents for other US embassies around the world show that they usually have one to two server rooms." https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/us-state-department-tells-staff-in-kyiv-to-destroy-it-equipment-as-it-shifts-embassy-to-western-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:14:45

• “temporarily relocating our Embassy operations in Ukraine from our Embassy in Kyiv to Lviv due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ukraine-embassy-russia-us-b2015012.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:14:51

• "There is no doubt that misinformation of all kinds is being spread via social media." https://www.dw.com/en/hybrid-war-in-ukraine-began-before-russian-invasion/a-60914988    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:15:35

• Facebook = Misinformation/Disinformation https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22981806/facebook-removes-deepfake-ukraine-zelenskyy-meta-instagram    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:15:58

• The crime of not having a God... https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-blogger-badawi-out-prison-after-10-years-says-wife-2022-03-11/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:18:38

• “It is disheartening, disappointing and shameful that issues that Pakistani ex-pats face in their lives are trivialized" https://variety.com/2022/film/news/pakistan-bans-sxsw-title-ill-meet-you-there-1235198619/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:19:10

• "Speaking to The Express Tribune, a senior official at CBFC confirmed that the film has been banned in Pakistan." https://tribune.com.pk/story/2347274/qavi-khans-film-ill-meet-you-there-banned-in-pakistan    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:19:51

• "The film was selected for SXSW’s narrative feature competition in 2020 before the spread of the pandemic forced the festival’s cancelation." https://hindupost.in/world/pakistan-bans-ill-meet-you-there-for-negative-image-of-muslims-director-speaks-out/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:20:25

• "But make no mistake. Ovsyannikova is not, like another brave journalist who spoke up this week, Yevgenia Albats, someone who has criticized the regime in the past, someone whose witness now is a continuation of years of brave reporting." https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/03/15/the-lesson-marina-ovsyannikova-offers-to-chuck-todd-and-lester-holt/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:21:23

• "we are very concerned about shutdowns of product updates by phone companies and software providers." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/digital-rights-and-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:22:01

• "At present much of the [Internet] content that you see is governed by a self-regulatory approach, which has struggled to keep pace with rapid online changes" https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/03/internet-censorship-beckons-as-uk-online-safety-bill-hits-parliament.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:22:25

• Old: "Sigurdur Thordarson, a key witness for the FBI against Julian Assange, has been jailed in Iceland." https://stundin.is/grein/14117/sociopathic-witness-assange-case-jailed-iceland-after-admitting-lies-and-ongoing-crime-spree/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:23:17

• "And every year since 2015, as we're about to crown these dubious winners, something new comes to light that makes us consider stopping the presses" https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/the-foilies-2022-recognizing-the-years-worst-in-government-transparency/Content    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:23:38

• "But while women designers are celebrated for their accomplishments, the plight of underpaid female workers in home-based garment workshops" https://phys.org/news/2022-03-exploited-female-workers-glitter-indonesia.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:24:58

• "The survey, an update to research from 2019, showed that 21% of respondents adopted a four-day workweek for all staff in 2021, up from 18% in 2019." https://www.computerworld.com/article/3654208/four-day-workweeks-popularity-grew-during-the-pandemic-survey.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:25:05

• "The Weather Channel’s owner claims Nielsen cannot reliably rate smaller networks and concealed the flaw in its system it to maintain its dominance" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/weather-channel-owner-sues-nielsen-for-undercounting-ratings-1235112966/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:26:12

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) bubble. DRM never works. It's doomed to fail. Always. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22981283/netflix-password-sharing-test-multiple-streams    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:26:57

• “may not be shared with individuals beyond your household.” Good luck enforcing that. What next? CCTV in your home mandatory? https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-subscribers-pay-users-outside-households-1235206575/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:27:37

• This is not enforceable. They rely on a bubble, a lie. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/598549-netflix-looks-to-curb-free-password-sharing-between-households    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:28:10

• According to Podesta E-mails, even political cronies with are millionaire share Netflix passwords    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:28:59

• iophk: OEM monopoly continues to be unnamed... https://newsupdate.uk/5-things-linux-needs-to-seriously-compete-in-the-desktop-market-that-you-probably-never-considered/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:29:51

• Hacker’s Target: Your Phone’s SECOND Computer ⚓ https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/baseband:1    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:33:06

• Bosch takes the L on right to repair for ebikes ⚓ https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/bosch-takes-the-l-on-right-to-repair-for:2    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:33:24

• Complaint Form for breach of EU law – European Commission ⚓ https://ec.europa.eu/assets/sg/report-a-breach/complaints_en/index.html report the EPO and Microsoft to them: http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:34:05

• Borisnaro https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2022/03/16/why-is-johnson-begging-that-the-uk-become-dependent-upon-saudi-arabia-with-its-appalling-human-rights-record-is-it-that-johnson-just-loves-a-tyrant-or-is-he-just-stupid-when-all-the-money-we-need-f/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10618467/Boris-kicks-visit-Saudi-Arabia-Abu-Dhabi.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:34:41

• Borisnaro should just relocate to KSA https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pm-turns-brutal-saudi-regime-26477546    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:35:00

• Some 'leadership'... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-saudi-arabia-putin-oil-b2036806.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:35:55

• UK Pry Minister https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1881588.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:36:45

• Police coverup https://boingboing.net/2022/03/16/a-cop-shot-his-wife-and-then-killed-himself-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-from-this-headline.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:37:04

• They will never get tired of selling their patented crap https://www.voanews.com/a/pfizer-reportedly-seeking-ok-for-4th-covid-shot-for-seniors-/6486896.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:37:45

• All religion, in fact https://www.deviantart.com/fail-seeker/art/CRITICIZING-ISLAM-IS-NOT-A-CRIME-909665072    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:39:10

• St Patrick’s Day 2022: Ten reasons to discover Irish literature - The Post ⚓ https://cphpost.dk/?p=132261    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:41:14

• How to help the image of the police: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jussie-smollett-released-bond-hate-hoax-1322544/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:41:42

• Social control media https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-march-2022/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:43:13

• LWN on Linux and Linux Foundation Lobbying • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162650    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:43:50

• "I've discovered a thin seam of plain simple text websites that have rekindled my interest. (Neocities here I come) * I've found a news source I can cope with. * I've discovered gemini" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/844    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:54:28

• "I've discovered a thin seam of plain simple text websites that have rekindled my interest. (Neocities here I come) I've found a news source I can cope with. I've discovered gemini" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/844    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:55:24

• "I'm glad I found text based websites as well. Very few distractions here. And everything here feels intentional instead of 'spectacle' driven" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/844    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:56:12

• "There are 2243 capsules" 2250 here we come! gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:57:00

• "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday that "difficult" diplomatic talks with Moscow appear to be moving in a positive direction even as Russian forces ramp up their bombing campaigns in Kyiv and other major cities, worsening an already massive humanitarian crisis." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/all-wars-end-agreements-zelenskyy-voices-hope-peace-deal-talks-continue    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 09:58:43

• Kangaroos can be found in the UK too https://truthout.org/articles/extradition-looms-for-assange-after-uk-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-his-appeal/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:00:41

• Notifications are mental clutter/noise source. "I guess I don't look at my phone much in the vicinity of having restarted it, but today I happened to and noticed this message/alert/notification/whatever-the-fuck" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/827    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:04:49

• "A fun thing about working at home a lot is that I'm here when scammers phone. They always start with an automated voice telling you about scary sounding payments. The most recent one went like this." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2022-03-08_Telephone_scams.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:05:33

• "A series of earthquakes off the coast of Japan on Wednesday triggered a tsunami advisory for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures—just over 11 years after the region endured a major nuclear disaster" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/red-alert-fukushima-nuclear-plant-after-73-quake-japan    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:13:10

• COVID-19 far from over. COLLEAGUES of mine keep getting RE-infected. The whole "herd immunity" thing is BS; it's grinding down their bodies. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/covid-cases-surge-china-and-europe-us-defunds-pandemic-response    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:15:15

• "In March 2020, nearly all U.S. K-12 school buildings closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic." 2 years later, still no solution. https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/17/what-an-end-to-the-covid-era-free-school-lunch-program-will-mean-for-poor-students/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:16:44

• "Boris “BoJo” Johnson and several of his staffers are under police investigation for holding parties at his official residence in violation of Covid lockdown restrictions in 2020." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/16/labour-leader-keir-starmer-another-thatcher-lite/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:17:45

• “vaccine fanatics” https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/03/16/the-brownstone-institute-vs-vaccine-fanatics-in-the-epoch-times/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:18:21

• "infections are once again increasing globally—especially in parts of Asia." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/who-chiefs-message-nations-world-pandemic-not-over    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:19:40

• 6 Million Covid Deaths https://www.thenation.com/article/society/six-million-covid-deaths-worldwide/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:20:40

• These AI-Made Ubuntu Mascot Artworks are Incredible • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162651    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:25:26

• 12 Top Free and Open Source PHP Web Frameworks • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162652    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:25:36

• CM4-IO-POE-4G-Box - A Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 box for industrial IoT applications • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162653    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:25:44

• DahliaOS is a look into what Google’s Fuschia could become • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162654    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:26:17

• Never mind what Biden did after 9/11? https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/biden-calls-putin-war-criminal-russia-continues-attack-ukraine    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:34:54

• Boycott Amazon https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/sanders-vows-strong-solidarity-multi-state-amazon-worker-walkout http://techrights.org/wiki/Amazon    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:35:47

• Yellowstone's Bison https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/16/yellowstones-bison-deserve-more-tolerance/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:36:52

• "The LimeWire name brings back many memories for many early adopters of P2P file-sharing." https://torrentfreak.com/limewire-founder-not-thrilled-that-strangers-exploit-the-brand-for-nft-marketplace-220316/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:37:26

• "IPTV service that was previously ordered to pay $90 million in damages to DISH Networks." https://torrentfreak.com/pirates-who-lost-90m-iptv-lawsuit-sued-again-for-launching-more-services-220316/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:37:46

• EFF works for US Empire, pushing Pentagon CAs cartel https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/you-should-not-trust-russias-new-trusted-root-ca    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:38:15

• We’re Releasing the Data Behind Our Toxic Air Analysis — ProPublica ⚓ https://www.propublica.org/article/were-releasing-the-data-behind-our-toxic-air-analysis    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:39:44

• OpenGL In 500 Lines (Sort Of…) https://hackaday.com/2022/03/16/opengl-in-500-lines-sort-of/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:41:07

• Who does the Empire punish anyway? https://fair.org/home/the-most-vulnerable-people-lose-when-the-us-imposes-sanctions/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:43:26

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162655    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:45:47

• Copyright cartel controls VPN companies, too? And now this? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/16/torguard-blocks-all-u-s-bittorrent-traffic-after-entertainment-industry-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:03:23

• Surveillance: "Despite its early disappointment, today’s wearables are everywhere. They are commonly used as fitness monitors for example" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/16/the-cyber-corporate-body-snatcher/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:06:33

• "The U.S. is preparing to spend $42 billion to shore up broadband access, despite not actually knowing where broadband is or isn’t available." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/16/30-years-late-the-fcc-finally-tells-isps-to-deliver-more-accurate-broadband-maps/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:08:20

• "Today is the 12th anniversary of the release FCC’s National Broadband Plan (NBP)" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/16/on-its-12-year-anniversary-its-clear-the-2010-u-s-broadband-plan-was-a-colossal-dud/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:08:53

• When you buy anything from starbucks you hurt people and you legitimise other companies doing so too. So just boycott starbucks. https://truthout.org/articles/labor-board-finds-starbucks-illegally-retaliated-against-union-organizers/   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:13:34

• Because social control media turns out to be good for bad actors https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/16/with-truth-social-having-trouble-attracting-users-will-trump-nunes-realize-that-theres-more-to-managing-a-social-media-site-than-grievances/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:15:35

• "Workers have faced stagnant wages for the past 40 years. Yet the cost of rent has steadily increased during that time, with sharp increases of 14% to 40% over the past two years." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/16/where-do-we-go-the-increasing-scarcity-of-affordable-housing-in-america/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:18:04

• "It rarely seems obvious, but you can just walk away from (some) unwanted interactions with law enforcement" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/16/appeals-court-tosses-evidence-illegally-obtained-by-opportunistic-cops-who-couldnt-take-nah-for-an-answer/ know your rights...    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:21:24

• "You may have noticed a whole bunch of stories about copyright lawsuits lately against famous musicians for having songs that sound just kind of like some other songs." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/16/now-that-white-musicians-are-getting-sued-for-copyright-lawyers-say-copyright-needs-to-change/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:22:14

• Programming/Development Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162656    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:33:19

• For nearly a month now the W3C validator, which I used for over 15 years, has not been reachable. Is W3C a goner? Has the Web just become "full Pentagon", with consortia and standards (de facto) abandoned?    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:36:53

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162657    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:37:03

• 'Secure' spyphone. Forget about it. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D5cAfEGhH5o    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:40:46

• Richard Stallman: a mobile phone has no off switch https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8i65TYvb9N4    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:51:13

• Free as in freedom from a POV of privacy pro https://yewtu.be/watch?v=GKAT77-Y3H8    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:52:52

• "The Quest's hand tracking also works in Lagrange so there's no need for controllers. Instead you can point at the screen and pinch the air to interact with it. That's pretty neat but admittedly far from ergonomic." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2022-03-17-gemini-in-the-most-impractical-way-possible.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:17:23

• Easy way to fix: sudo unable to resolve host name or service not known • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162658    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:17:35

• Instead of telling you when it’s safe to cross the street, the walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating ‘CHANGE PASSWORD.’ Something’s gone terribly wrong here. https://nitter.eu/JosephPolitano/status/1503131005389099011    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:22:06

• Iran: Human rights groups sound alarm against draconian Internet Bill https://www.accessnow.org/iran-internet-bill/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:23:06

• Debian Community News: Maria Glukhova, Dmitry Bogatov & Debian Russia, Google, debian-private leaks http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162151#comment-33091    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:32:37

• KDE snaps performance revving up • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162659    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:34:23

• Alpine 3.12.10, 3.13.8 and 3.14.4 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162637#comment-33092   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:47:53

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162660    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:48:32

• Kakoune Editor - Alternative for Vi Editor on Ubuntu ⚓ https://www.faqforge.com/linux/kakoune-editor-alternative-for-vi-editor-on-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:49:45

• "WordPress versions prior to 5.9.2 are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected website." https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/17/wordpress-releases-security-update    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:58:44

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162661    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 14:58:59

• Why would anyone trust the NSA on security? It's not what they do; they undermine security. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/16/hardening_kubernetes_the_nsa_way/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 15:00:00

• "Valve makes a few more small tweaks to the Steam Deck in the latest client update out now and ready to download. Not a big update but still quite a welcome one, as it fixes up a few minor issues plus the size of the client is now reduced." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/valve-reduces-size-of-steam-deck-client-in-the-latest-update    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 15:00:38

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162662    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 16:49:22

• Module and dev kit showcase RK3568 multiplexing skills • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162663    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 17:03:45

• Ubuntu Changed the Design of Its Logo, Here’s What It Looks Like Now http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162621#comment-33093   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 17:55:56

• "We can also plot the daily increase of new titles over time. Not sure if there is any particular reason but the number of new additions is markedly less this week compared to the previous week." https://boilingsteam.com/1400-games-on-the-steam-deck-including-doom-2016/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 17:56:59

• Meet Ghislaine: Heiress to an Espionage Empire https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/03/investigative-reports/meet-ghislaine-heiress-to-an-espionage-empire/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 17:57:57

• Arena-survival FPS Cathedral 3-D is now free to play | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/arena-survival-fps-cathedral-3-d-is-now-free-to-play/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 17:58:39

• "Cache state in the io_kiocb itself instead, which avoids pulling in unnecessary data in the poll task_work path. This reduces overhead by about 3-4%." https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20220316230355.300656-1-axboe@kernel.dk/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:01:21

• Games: Valve, RimWorld, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162664    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:09:38

• #KeepItOn: #HowTo stop internet shutdowns in Ukraine - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/stop-internet-shutdowns-in-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:16:24

• How Telegram found itself in the middle of the war between #Russia and #Ukraine https://therecord.media/how-telegram-found-itself-in-the-middle-of-the-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:17:11

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162665    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:18:11

• It’s time for Congress to hold a Right to Repair hearing " The Repair Association ⚓ https://www.repair.org/blog/2022/3/17/its-time-for-congress-to-hold-a-right-to-repair-hearing    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:18:59

• "Senior human rights officials have repeated calls for a ban on the powerful Israeli spyware Pegasus until safeguards are in place to protect civilians from illegal hacking by governments." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/17/pegasus-spyware-ban-el-salvador-iachr-hearing    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:20:43

• LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 “Elsie” Is Now Available for Download • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162666    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:35:29

• “A compilation of birthday messages sent in by free software community members from around the world" http://techrights.org/2022/03/17/fsf-35-collection/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:40:01

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162667    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:40:08

• To repeat the gist, “Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower, and ACLU Technologist Daniel Kahn Gillmor discuss free software, surveillance, power, and future control. John Sullivan, FSF executive director, gave the opening remarks.” http://techrights.org/2022/03/17/snowden-libreplanet-2016/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:40:27

• EPO staff in all sites (multiple different countries and cities) will be on strike next week, coinciding with the “e-Meeting” of the Administrative Council (warning: epo.org link) http://techrights.org/2022/03/17/going-on-strike/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:40:45

• Months ago we published a similar list with photographs of delegates (the list below was last updated days ago in EPO.org) http://techrights.org/2022/03/17/epo-delegations/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 18:41:10

• Having hired people from the French and British Army to engage staff like it was the enemy (as if examiners were combatants), EPO management is in absolutely no position to portray itself as “against Putin” http://techrights.org/2022/03/17/red-epo/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 19:01:42

• First reboot today in a long time, first of this year    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 19:03:48

• "I've been meaning to scratch an itch for a while: making feeds easier and experimenting with gemini clients. Specifically git-like clients. It's been a sliver in my mind ever since solderpunk mentioned using git for content distribution. So I built rover." gemini://kayvr.com/gemlog/2022-03-17-Rover-Experiments.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 19:07:08

• "I wanted you to save the world. The climate needs swift action. I haven't seen any. On the other hand I've seen that governments and people are willing to take swift action and make sacrifices, which is cool. We just need to apply that to our survival as a civilisation. Please." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-17-dear-2022-you-re-not-living-up-to-expectations.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 19:08:25

• Apple and Google app stores remain available in Russia. Activists and officials say that’s a good thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/16/apple-google-cloudflare-russia/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:07:43

• Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633) – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hainhofer-stammbuch/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:08:26

• "Smart" lock is for very very dumb people with zero foresight https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/level-lock-smart-lock-with-keyless-entry/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:09:10

• But Microsoft IS the malware https://www.cepro.com/news/microsofts-defender-for-iot-protect-smart-home-devices-from-malware/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:13:14

• SFC sounds like it is joining anti-Free software trolls now https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-source-putin-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:18:02

• Protocol level issue https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-168-01    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:20:22

• Microsoft is goolgebombing "LINUX" again    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:21:27

• An open-source COBOL contender emerges http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162581#comment-33094   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:23:29

• KDE neon 20220317 released https://neon.kde.org/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:36:17

• FreeBSD 13.1-BETA2 is out https://www.freebsd.org/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:36:52

• "This is the 99th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news." https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2022-03-syslog-ng-4-mqtt-source-zinc-elastic-cloud-3-36    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:38:22

• Arduino CTC Go! is now compatible with Chromebooks | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/03/17/arduino-ctc-go-is-now-compatible-with-chromebooks/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:39:01

• Ubuntu’s new logo, Steam on Chrome OS, and Windows on Steam Deck - Linux and open source News - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MAngGTHotwI    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:40:11

• "Arch Linux has been around for 20 years now and for those years it's been sticking to same set of principles to bring us the amazing project we have today" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2GJsRCsPQfg    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:41:05

• "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Clear Linux 36010 and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Wk7pcuFqKlY    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:41:47

• "Should information be free? The slogan “information wants to be free” sprang up in the 1980s." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Kl6jvvTViW8    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:42:31

• "Steam comes to ChromeOS, our thoughts on Arch turning 20, and our first look at GNOME 42." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/147947/linux-action-news-232/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:43:49

• Russia’s internet censorship is forcing citizens to turn to the dark web and VPNs for news and social media https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-social-media-and-news-go-dark-in-russia-2022-3?international=true&r=US&IR=T    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:44:43

• Your First Look at Ubuntu 22.04’s Default Wallpaper • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162668    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:44:58

• The 8 Best Linux Distros for Chromebooks • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162669    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:45:10

• Facebook's 'double standard' on hate speech against Russians ⚓ https://news.trust.org/item/20220317125657-uoc20/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:45:55

• Pine64 Announce Rockchip RK3588 Powered QuartzPro64 Development Board http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162663#comment-33095   

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:51:15

• Video: Linux Action News, Clear Linux, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162670    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:51:49

• 6 Best Linux Desktop Environments to Try in 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162671    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:52:12

• This is the same OSI that promotes Microsoft proprietary software! https://lwn.net/Articles/888291/ see http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/github-drives-osi/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 21:58:46

• Terrible advice. GitHub is run by NSA/Microsoft (malware) and Softpedia is an anti-Linux site https://www.makeuseof.com/safest-free-software-download-sites-for-linux/ the safer route is, use the repos of the distro    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:01:34

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162672    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:02:30

• Can the Mac Studio run Linux? Yes, but not natively ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/can-mac-studio-run-linux/ ䷉    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:04:46

• 7 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Tools • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162673    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:12:14

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162674    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:12:22

• Openwashing and Misuse of Brands: ’Linux’ Foundation, OSI, and SFC • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162676    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:28:55

• Rarely can you find the terms "Libre" and "Free" abused to badly. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/freestyle-libre3-cgm.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:31:32

• ICBM Podman 4.0's new network stack: What you need to know https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/podman-new-network-stack    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:32:36

• Cockpit 265 https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-265.html "Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly."    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:33:40

• LOL> "Buzzword solutions architect". So you get paid more for the buzzword? https://www.fosslife.org/highest-paying-tech-jobs-2022    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:35:23

• Sometimes it feels like those two are the last remaining managers from Red Hat after ICBM had dropped the bomb (so many managers left) https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/coming-stage-red-hat-summit-2022    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:37:46

• "This is the patch series (v5) to add support for Rust as a second language to the Linux kernel." https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220317181032.15436-1-ojeda@kernel.org/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:39:55

• Stellaris: Overlord expansion announced enabling you to expand your power | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/stellaris-overlord-expansion-announced-enabling-you-to-expand-your-power    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:41:25

• Multi-queue improvements in Linux kernel Ethernet driver mvneta https://bootlin.com/blog/multi-queue-improvements-in-linux-kernel-ethernet-mvneta/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:42:07

• "On-board" Microsoft malware https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/17/ok3568-c-sbc-provides-dual-gbe-wifi-5-4g-5g-connectivity-multiple-display-interfaces/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:43:38

• Hardware has gotten really bad https://cubiclenate.com/2022/03/17/magnetic-usb-cables-prolong-device-ports/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:46:17

• Igalia work within the GNU/Linux graphics stack in 2021 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162677    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:51:55

• IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162678    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:53:47

• Pinephone pro • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162679    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:03:51

• Native GNU/Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/halftime-heroes-is-basically-a-3d-vampire-survivors/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:04:58

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162680    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:06:50

• People who worked hard to remove RMS from the FSF speak at LibrePlanet??? https://gwolf.org/2022/03/speaking-about-the-openpgp-wot-on-libreplanet-this-saturday.html    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:10:56

• "That’s right: rich and engaging Stream Deck integration on Linux. Boatswain is a new app I’ve been working on for the past month that allows controlling Stream Deck devices. It can assign icons and actions to buttons, and perform them. Boatswain is on track for it’s first stable release soon." https://feaneron.com/2022/03/17/boatswain-your-stream-deck-app-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:12:00

• kite: Upgraded Kite Os Suite Released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162681    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:12:32

• Jetson-based sensor fusion kit feature mmWave Radar • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162682    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:12:39

• Devices/Embedded: Rockchip, Wind River, and Chromebooks/Arduino • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162683    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:26:05

• Games: Stellaris: Overlord, Halftime Heroes, and Boatswain • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162684    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:26:17

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162685    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 23:26:25

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 05:58:51

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, March 17, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 05:58:55

• "The tool (and service) to configure and enforce resource limits is the rctl(8) command and the /etc/rc.d/rctl service. The service(8) itself is very simple and just applies resource limits that are configured in the rctl.conf(5) file – which is located in /etc/rctl.conf." https://klarasystems.com/articles/controlling-resource-limits-with-rctl-in-freebsd/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:02:32

• "A previous series of articles followed the restoration of a SPARCstation IPX, noting how Sun UNIX workstations were a much-coveted object of geek desire" https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/restoring-a-tadpole-sparcbook-3-part-1-introduction    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:02:56

• "Would you like to use Sequoia sq from your script?" https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2022/03/02/202203-sq-json-1/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:03:44

• “He recognized his very unique fact patterns,” Marc Hankin, Berkovitz’s attorney, said in an interview with The Washington Post. “He found what he believes to be evidence that one or more students were seeking and receiving help actually during the exams last spring.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/17/chapman-university-professor-lawsuit-copyright-cheating/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:04:33

• "On the basis of their already elevated baseline values, wheat price would increase by 8.7 percent in a moderate-shock scenario and by 21.5 percent in a severe-shock scenario, the FAO chief economist estimated." https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/FAO-Economist-Warns-of-Ukraine-Conflict-Toll-on-Food-Security-20220316-0015.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:05:13

• Ubuntu revamp its logo after 12 years • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162686    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:05:24

• "Now, here’s the caveat. This integration is very much in the early stages of development. I’ve kicked the tires and found it to be far from ready for production environments." https://www.techrepublic.com/article/nextcloud-gains-rocket-chat-support-further-elevate-platform-business-heights/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:06:55

• "In delivering his judgement on Thursday afternoon, Justice Robert Beech-Jones declared the results in the three council areas void." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-17/ivote-revote-ordered-supreme-court-judgement/100917050    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:07:18

• Proprietary software https://www.innovationaus.com/three-nsw-council-election-results-scrapped-due-to-digital-voting-issues/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:07:51

• Openwashing. "The Graph Foundation agreed [PDF] it would no longer claim specific versions of ONgDB, its Neo4j Enterprise Edition fork, are a "100 percent free and open" https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/17/court_open_source/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:10:02

• "The feature is powered by Azure Cognitive Services and is available for Edge users on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Android and iOS aren't included, at least for the time being." https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-edge-can-now-auto-generate-image-descriptions-improving-accessibility    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:11:35

• "Why it matters: Facial recognition systems solve thorny identification problems for government agencies and businesses, but they also raise concerns over bias and privacy, particularly since the U.S. lacks strong data regulations." https://www.axios.com/facial-recognition-staying-power-government-irs-10701d9f-3553-43c2-a55e-d064625c1970.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:12:09

• "In the hearing, MEPs and guest speakers will discuss the current state of GDPR implementation and enforcement in three thematic panels." https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220309IPR25177/hearing-gdpr-implementation-enforcement-and-lessons-learned    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:12:41

• "35 civil society organisations, including European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the German Bar Association and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)" https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/mass-surveillance-and-attack-on-encryption-civil-society-protests-against-eu-chat-control-plans/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:13:21

• "You started this war. You are leading this war. You can stop this war." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/17/arnold-schwarzenegger-invokes-broken-nazi-father-tells-russian/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:43:50

• Lies from Russian media https://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/598707-national-guard-refutes-russian-state-media-claims-that-tennessee    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:44:36

• "information-war" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/17/countering-russian-propaganda-efforts-ukraine/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:45:02

• https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-digital-ministry-war/   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:45:25

• “state in a smartphone” https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-digital-ministry-war/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:45:32

• What next? Doxing? https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/19/russian-propagandists-turn-on-pro-western-traitors    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:46:16

• "the information that was being spread wasn't true, and that anyone who witnesses any conflicts should immediately contact the police." https://news.err.ee/1608534097/raadio-4-editor-in-short-russian-language-media-landscape-is-in-chaos    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:46:57

• "Volodymr Zelensky appears behind a podium, telling Ukrainians to put down their weapons." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60780142    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:47:30

• "Conspiracy theories first surface in the right-wing swamplands and spread through social media channels." https://www.salon.com/2022/03/17/putins-invasion-of-ukraine-exposes-the-fox-news-qanon-feedback-loop/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:48:11

• "None of this rhetoric is new. For years, the Kremlin has discussed creating a domestic Russian internet" https://medium.com/dfrlab/russias-domestic-internet-talk-isn-t-new-but-it-s-ramping-up-a1fe8c24779    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:48:55

• Sanctions that backfire https://www.vice.com/en/article/epx8bw/russia-tiktok-censorship    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:49:13

• "As has been reported, former US president Barack Obama's administration considered whether it could bring criminal charges against Assange and WikiLeaks for publishing classified information." https://itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis-sp-481/open-sauce/australian-politicians-must-act-to-save-assange-before-it-is-too-late.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:50:02

• Social control media https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/11/tiktok-star-allegedly-shot-dead-by-brother-in-honour-killing-16256393/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:51:18

• "manufacturers restrict access to the software tools needed to repair broken tractors" https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/deere-headlights Digital Restrictions (DRM)    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:53:57

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) like these should be avoided from the start. Owns what you buy, stop renting. https://www.theverge.com/22983315/netflix-password-account-sharing-test-streaming    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:54:06

• Digital Restriction (DRM) shows its true cost ttps://text.npr.org/1087133199    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:54:15

• Copyrights suppressing music creation. No winder music got so bad... https://variety.com/2022/music/news/dua-lipa-levitating-lawsuits-explained-1235204715/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:54:57

• "The music industry, in little more than 20 years, has gone through two technological shocks linked to digitization" https://techxplore.com/news/2022-03-firms-music.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 06:55:21

• Hosted by Microsoft GitHub = HUGE mistake. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/pro-ukraine-protestware-pushes-antiwar-ads-geo-targeted-malware/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:06:52

• "HB 389 was introduced by Rep. David Eastman (R-Mat-Su) and is co-sponsored by Rep. Ronald Gilham (R-Kenai/Soldotna)." https://papersplease.org/wp/2022/03/17/alaska-may-end-its-compliance-with-the-real-id-act/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:08:05

• Teaching real computing to people https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/research-report-teaching-programming/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:09:05

• Corrupt WIPO thinks it 'owns' the Internet https://torrentfreak.com/wipos-pirate-site-blocklist-expands-to-4042-active-domain-names-220317 see http://techrights.org/wiki/WIPO    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:10:27

• 'Ringleaders'? Sounds like a suitable name for the copyright cartel's leaders. https://torrentfreak.com/two-more-ringleaders-of-torrent-site-asgaard-sentenced-in-denmark-220317/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:10:56

• UK: Highest Number of COVID-19 Hospitalisations in Nearly 2 Months, Over 20,000,000 Infections http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/18/over-20000000-uk-infections/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:14:13

• "For years, Chinese American dissidents in New York have suspected that China’s powerful and ubiquitous intelligence services had infiltrated their ranks and were tracking their every move." https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-charges-defendants-with-harassing-and-spying-on-chinese-americans-for-beijing    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:15:04

• "social media influencers" = spammers https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/other-people-clothes-calla-henkel/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:16:39

• Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/17/cracking-down-on-russian-oligarchs-means-cracking-down-on-u-s-tax-havens/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:20:42

• Boycott Amazon https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-pans-jeff-bezos-as-amazon-workers-walk-out-over-low-pay/ https://fair.org/home/communities-should-not-pay-amazon-it-should-be-the-other-way-around/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:28:57

• The underlying PLATFORM is NOT trustworthy. "In 2021, we announced three new Tor Board Members: Alissa Cooper, Desigan Chinniah, and Kendra Albert. We shared our plans to build a ‘VPN like’ service to help mobile users connect their apps through Tor, starting with Android" https://blog.torproject.org/tor-media-2021/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:30:11

• Starbucks attacks society. Stop paying it anything. https://truthout.org/articles/starbucks-brought-former-ceo-howard-schultz-back-to-union-bust-workers-say/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:33:02

• DRM giant https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/john-deere-has-9-lawsuits-against-them:4    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:35:08

• "enemies of all humor" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160322.html#tMar%2016%2021:18:48    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:36:30

• Julian Assange Denied Permission to Appeal US Extradition Decision at Supreme Court - SoylentNews ⚓ https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/03/15/1447213    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:36:50

• Estonia preparing for worst case https://news.err.ee/1608534892/estonian-rescue-board-creating-evacuation-plans-for-cities https://news.err.ee/1608535288/head-of-russian-orthodox-church-in-estonia-signs-anti-war-statement    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:38:27

• Maybe time to boycott Netflix and use some real service, which lets you keep what you paid for? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/17/netflix-starts-cracking-down-harder-on-password-sharing/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:43:46

• Spy cities. IMHO, they should prosecute people and corporations that push this agenda. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/drawing-the-line-are-smart-cities-compatible-with-human-rights-and-privacy/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:45:59

• Worse and most expensive? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/17/no-u-s-broadband-isnt-miraculously-getting-cheaper/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:47:31

• "The EU police agency has completely restructured its information systems. German authorities are by far the main users for storage and query. Through a parliamentary question, the successor of Palantir software at Europol is now known." https://digit.site36.net/2022/03/17/information-systems-at-europol-fishing-the-data-lake-with-a-new-dragnet/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:50:38

• " The excuse for this attack on basic human rights is the same one we have seen used repeatedly in the U.S. over the last few years: crimes against children. This is the same excuse that sponsors of the anti-encryption EARN IT Act used in 2020, and again earlier this year." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/eff-tells-eu-commission-dont-break-encryption   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:56:46

• "The various “for the children” moral panic bills about the internet are getting dumber." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/17/minnesota-pushing-bill-that-says-websites-can-no-longer-be-useful-for-teenagers/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:58:57

• "Ridiculous, unhinged, anti-internet legislation is a bipartisan affair." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/17/california-legislators-introduce-bill-to-blame-internet-companies-for-kids-liking-their-products/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 08:01:34

• Linux Candy: Emote - modern popup emoji picker • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162687    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 08:10:23

• "Please pull the following updates for 5.18-rc1. Since 5.17, there have been a few important changes to the RNG's crypto, but the intent for 5.18 has been to shore up the existing design as much as possible with modern cryptographic functions and proven constructions" https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220317232804.931702-1-Jason@zx2c4.com/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 08:23:33

• Gammath™ SPOT version 2.5 (beta) released on 17 March 2022 https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gammath_SPOT https://pypi.org/project/gammath-spot/2.5/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 08:25:17

• FreeBSD 13.1-BETA2 Now Available • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162688    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 08:25:49

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162689    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 08:48:41

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162690    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 10:31:32

• "The addons.mozilla.org (AMO) external API has offered add-on developers the ability to submit new add-on versions for signing for a number of years, in addition to being available to get data about published add-ons directly or internally inside Firefox." https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/03/17/new-api-for-submitting-and-updating-add-ons/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 10:52:23

• These are also a privacy problem https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/03/why-vaccine-cards-are-so-easily-forged.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 12:24:42

• "Russia is continuing to wield internet disruptions as part of its escalating attacks on Ukraine." https://www.accessnow.org/digital-rights-ukraine-russia-conflict/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 12:26:35

• Games: Black Geyser, REAVER, Steam Deck, Star Traders: Frontiers, GOG • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162691    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 12:34:35

• Microsoft Windows TCO: "Emotet is malware that infects computers by hiding in malicious emails. The malware is hidden in Microsoft Word and Excel files." https://www.maketecheasier.com/emotet-malware-emails-irs/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 12:40:03

• It’s not over until it’s over: sanctions must stop Telenor’s sale to the Myanmar military - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/sanctions-telenor-sale-to-myanmar-military/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 12:45:43

• Hardly a real community. Commandeered largely by Microsoft by proxy. https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/18/nodejs-community-update    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:01:50

• #HowTo beautify your Java applications | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/22/3/beautify-java-applications    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:02:28

• The criminals from Microsoft are still at it https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-complaint-about-its-cloud-computing-business-2022-03-17/ taking advantage of a lack of law enforcement http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:03:44

• Microsoft crap creeping into Mesa at a level other than DX https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/15439    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:05:20

• Enrico Zini: Context-dependent logger in Python http://www.enricozini.org/blog/2022/python/context-dependent-logger-in-python    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:05:53

• LOLIN C3 Mini ESP32-C3 board is compatible with Wemos D1 Mini shields - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/18/lolin-c3-mini-esp32-c3-board-compatible-wemos-d1-shields/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:08:35

• 1.51-inch transparent OLED display works over GDI or SPI interface - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/18/1-51-inch-transparent-oled-display-works-over-gdi-or-spi-interface/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:09:07

• "Driving away from the police, and quite drunk, she decided to come off a dirt-track and escape into a field. This didn't work, as the police just drove into the field after her, and cornered her car." gemini://malinfreeborn.com/gen/legend2.gmi    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:13:51

• What do you self host? gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-18-re-what-do-you-self-host-.gmi    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:14:31

• "I feel like those people demonstrating against COVID19 measures here in Switzerland. I think they are wrong, but it's their right to disagree. Sadly, Nazis are joining all activities that promote distrust in the state, and so we have demonstrations for this and that" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2022-03-18_Self-proclaimed_association_and_the_pain_it_brings    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:15:45

• Six capsules short of 2,250 gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:16:59

• Proprietary Software, Openwashing, and Microsoft Monopoly Abuse • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162692    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:47:15

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162693    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:47:27

• Internet/Web: TinyCP, Firefox, and Tor • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162694    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:47:34

• today’s hardware leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162695    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 13:50:39

• WITHOUT even announcing it, they've SHUT DOWN their VALIDATOR after almost two decades. To they take corporate money from bullies like Microsoft while shutting down actual services that were useful! https://www.w3.org/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 15:57:52

• This is partly a lie. "Validation Services" have been inaccessible for weeks to Falkon. I think W3C is now blocking "unknown" browsers, i.e. Web browsers not controlled by the W3C's sponsors. https://status.w3.org/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 16:08:19

• Holy CRAP! Looks like W3C has in fact OUTSOURCED.... to CLOWNFLARE!!! Which silently blocks my browser because it is NOT malware. W3C has gone the way of the dodo and does NOT understand the Web.    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 16:11:38

• This coming Tuesday the EPO staff goes on strike, and as we last noted yesterday, they have a lot to be angry about (it’s not about money but about upholding the law) http://techrights.org/2022/03/18/epo-publication-strike/    

POSTED fRIDAY, mARCH 18, 2022 AT 16:47:15

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162696    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 17:18:48

• From the official talk‘s description: “Announcement of the 2016 Free Software Award winners” (and more) by Richard Stallman http://techrights.org/2022/03/18/rms-libreplanet/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:05:37

• The corporate front groups and Microsoft-funded organisations (LF, OSI, SFC) are attacking the FSF and the uploaded image below is real, except the text; it seems clear that Microsoft money is very costly as it dooms organisations, turning them against their original goals or purported mission http://techrights.org/2022/03/18/lf-osi-sfc-attacking-fsf/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:05:58

• he sharks who are gutting Europe’s second-largest institution say they wish “to deliver high-quality patents” while they do the exact opposite, more so in violation of the European Patent Convention, as usual http://techrights.org/2022/03/18/epo-outsourcing/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:06:19

• Ubuntu 22.04 Lets You Pick A Custom Accent Colour • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162697    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:39:06

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162698    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:39:33

• The Kudu Laptop: What System76 Does Best - Boiling Steam ⚓ https://boilingsteam.com/the-kudu-laptop-what-system76-does-best/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:46:55

• "I didn't write for a few months. I was relatively busy with work, and then the war broke which impacted me even though I'm not from Ukraine. I find it hard to concentrate on things related to work or even day to day tasks are hard because I keep thinking about people during war, their house is bombarded, they become refugees" gemini://tilde.team/~steve/blog/2022-03-18.gmi    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:48:31

• "Erin was experimenting with old fashioned web technology and discovered you can just serve files with a regular web server, like straight from a directory, and these web servers are like free and super easy to set up." gemini://marginalia.nu/log/51-the-file-startup.gmi    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:49:52

• 5 more cpasules to 2,250 gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:52:38

• This is very bad for Microsoft and for Windows, DRM notwithstanding https://boilingsteam.com/google-confirmed-steam-is-coming-to-chromeos-finally/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:53:16

• "Home Wind released into Early Access recently as a free city-builder, although not really like many others as it takes a much more relaxed approach. Tested on Linux with Proton 7, it works perfectly." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/home-wind-is-a-free-minimalist-relaxing-and-cozy-city-builder/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:53:50

• "While Elgato continue to ignore the Linux market, developers from around the community end up creating applications to fill the gap. Now there's Boatswain, which allows Linux users to control Elgato Stream Deck devices." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/boatswain-is-a-new-stream-deck-compatible-app-for-linux    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 19:54:28

• Games: System76, Stadia, and Steam • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162699    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:00:04

• Debian interns: Microsoft #ProprietarySoftware for code and.... "You can connect with me on linkedin" x| https://ajadi-abiola.github.io/blog/Career-Interests    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:01:13

• BUT... in this case Outreachy did result in some GitLAB https://ajadi-abiola.github.io/blog/Outreachy-Wrap-up    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:02:20

• They try hard to bring "log4j" into headlines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162680#comment-33097   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:14:35

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162700    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:15:02

• Openwash loses in court http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162676#comment-33098   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:16:27

• BS buzzwords from ICBM, trying to break what already works in the name of "modernising" or "transforming". "Over the past three years, no single trend has influenced the world around us more than digital transformation." https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/digital-transformation-6-requirements-success    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:17:45

• ICBM has driven away tons of Red Hat staff, including countless managers and executives; they're no experts when it comes to retention. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/it-hiring-7-tips-attract-and-retain-passionate-high-performing-talent    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:18:34

• Letter to U.S. government: Do not disrupt internet access in Russia or Belarus https://www.accessnow.org/letter-us-government-internet-access-russia-belarus-ukraine/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:20:47

• Gulag is a COMPETITOR of LibreOffice, so this funding can raise some questions https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/03/18/build-up-your-skills-and-learn-exciting-new-things/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:23:40

• IBM emeritus Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Impact of Open Source on the EU Economy ⚓ https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2022/03/impact-of-open-source-on-the-european-community.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 20:25:20

• Donenfeld: Random number generator enhancements for Linux 5.17 and 5.18 https://lwn.net/Articles/888413/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:15:07

• "The random number generator has undergone a few important changes for Linux 5.17 and 5.18, in an attempt to modernize both the code and the cryptography used. The smaller part of these will be released with 5.17 on Sunday" https://www.zx2c4.com/projects/linux-rng-5.17-5.18/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:15:45

• "CRI-O has released a security update addressing a critical vulnerability—CVE-2022-0811—in CRI-O 1.19. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected Kubernetes environment as well as other software or platforms that use CRI-O runtime containers." https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/18/cri-o-security-update-kubernetes    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:16:29

• Would Proposed Tech Regulations Foster Foreign Information Warfare? - Disruptive Competition Project ⚓ https://www.project-disco.org/competition/031822-would-proposed-tech-regulations-foster-foreign-information-warfare/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:18:04

• Coding in a war zone: A Ruby developer's life in Kharkiv - #ElReg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/17/ruby_ukraine_zverok/ ䷉    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:19:45

• xxxxxMicrobel once again running ads/spam for AMD https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-ryzen-server&num=1 follow the money... http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:20:44

• Dav1d 1.0 AV1 is out. AFAIK, it decided to DELETE GITHUB :-) https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d/-/tags/1.0.0    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:21:54

• Regulatory compliance at scale with Red Hat Insights ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/regulatory-compliance-scale-red-hat-insights ICBM is upselling GNU/Linux; pay us or face security problem...    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:23:21

• Boston University sees success with new educational tools built with Red Hat OpenShift Data Science https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/boston-university-sees-success-new-educational-tools-built-red-hat-openshift-data-science they outsourced to Amazon, just like ICBM and Fedora    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:24:16

• Is Linux Foundation paying spamfarms now? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162576#comment-33099   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:34:52

• IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162701    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:34:59

• Devs of new filesystem try for Linux kernel again • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162702    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:35:09

• Upgraded free software push for school IT resources http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162681#comment-33100   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:38:14

• A whole SEA of BUZZWORDS https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/15561/what-is-agent-based-gitops-and-how-does-it-differ-from-ci-cd/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:40:42

• 9 Stunning Icon Themes for Linux to Refresh Your Desktop • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162703    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:41:52

• "Chrome OS Flex is a NEW and superfast, Linux-based operating system created by Google. It is a web-first system meaning it focuses on working with web applications." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=avYrlLaMkeg    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:44:41

• LOLOL. Moving from X to BuzzwordX. This is... "IT"... a whole lot of crap hijacked by charlatans and marketing people. https://www.fosslife.org/moving-it-operations-devops    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:45:36

• openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2022/11 - Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) ⚓ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2022/03/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2022-11/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:46:00

• Control Your Razer Devices On Linux With OpenRazer & Polychromatic • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162704    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:46:07

• Security: Patches, New RNG, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162705    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:46:18

• 12 Best Git GUI Tools and Extensions for Developers and Programmers ⚓ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-git-gui-tools-and-extensions-for-developers-and-programmers/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:47:12

• Mike Blumenkrantz: Sprint https://www.supergoodcode.com/sprint/ "Lavapipe is, of course, the software implementation of Vulkan that ships with Mesa, originally braindumped directly into the repo"    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:48:39

• "This month has had a big focus on music! I just released a 4 track EP called Rust In Peace, which you can listen to on various popular music platforms and (better still) download it from Bandcamp." https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/status-update-18-03-2022/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:50:53

• 4 CLI based Linux Performance Monitoring Tools: top, htop, ps and vmstat • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162706    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:51:51

• "I am also hoping to travel to Italy next month to attend Linux App Summit 2022 in person, so, see you there? Talk submissions for LAS (online + face to face) are open until midnight tonight (18th March), so perhaps its not too late to submit a talk or lightning talk!" https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/status-update-18-03-2022/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:52:18

• Ubuntu 22.04’s Default Wallpaper http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162668#comment-33101   

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 22:52:32

• Jasem’s Ekosphere: KStars v3.5.8 Released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162707    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:15:02

• The criminals from Microsoft attack Linux. Of course they had to. Can't leave us alone. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/microsoft-announce-xbox-cloud-gaming-for-steam-deck-with-edge    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:16:31

• Truly bizarre idea from an IBM-funded shill, Timothy Prickett Morgan https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/18/why-nvidia-should-acquire-suse/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:22:26

• SUSE/OpenSUSE Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162708    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:27:39

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162709    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:36:13

• "I'm happy to announce the Debian Clojure Team will hold a remote sprint from May 13th to May 14th 2022." https://veronneau.org/debian-clojure-team-sprint-may-13-14th-2022.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:37:16

• "Registration for DebConf22 is now open. The the 23rd edition of DebConf will take place from July 17th to 24th, 2022 at the Innovation and Training Park (ITP) in Prizren, Kosovo, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th." https://bits.debian.org/2022/03/debconf22-registration-and-call-for-proposals-are-open.html    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:37:48

• Public Knowledge Opposes Bill Granting Copyright Office Authority To Mandate Content Monitoring Technology - Public Knowledge ⚓ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-opposes-bill-granting-copyright-office-authority-to-mandate-content-monitoring-technology/    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:40:17

• Debian: DebConf22, Debian Clojure Team Sprint, and Outreachy-/CI • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162710    

posted Friday, March 18, 2022 at 23:42:41

• Home Streaming Server https://www.linux.org/threads/home-streaming-server.38677/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:38:16

• "The non-profit organization that oversees AlmaLinux said four new entrants had arrived, with AMD, BlackHOST, and KnownHost joining at the Silver Member level, and Sine Nomine Associates joining the Gold tier." https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/18/almalinux_os_foundation_amd/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:38:34

• "Across our global oceans, coastal communities are suffering as populations of sharks, rays, dolphins and other wildlife are decimated by industrial fishing. Huge fishing fleets targeting squid, a species that plays a vital role in the ocean food web, are industrialising international waters." https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/52549/squid-games-that-are-costing-the-planet/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:42:20

• "The importance of cephalopods in sustaining marine ecosystems cannot be overstated. Worldwide, they are a key component of food webs, providing a major prey source for coveted fish species like tunas and salmon, cetaceans like dolphins, sea lions and whales, and a variety of seabirds." https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/52473/squids-in-the-spotlight/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:43:05

• Server: AlmaLinux OS Foundation and Home Streaming Server • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162711    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:43:12

• "For several years, I spent much time writing code for the Raspberry Pi, including hardware level register C code so that we can use various Integrated Circuit chips and sensors with Perl." http://blogs.perl.org/users/steve_bertrand/2022/03/access-the-tesla-api-with-perl.html    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:44:06

• V3D for Raspberry Pi https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/15380?commit_id=102ae4bdc89c1c11464e4f9816ee79eae1ac81b3    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:52:54

• Seat Belt History: The Patent That Was Given Away ⚓ https://tedium.co/2022/03/18/seat-belt-history/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:54:07

• "Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from March 11 to March 18." https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/03/twig-35/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:55:03

• "Libadwaita 1.1 and Libhandy 1.6 are now released to match the upcoming GNOME 42." https://blogs.gnome.org/alexm/2022/03/19/libadwaita-1-1-libhandy-1-6/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 00:55:24

• GNOME: Libadwaita 1.1, Libhandy 1.6, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162712    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:01:10

• Working with 9 screens tonight. I still have one not connected downstairs. But the computers are second hand and our main assets. What we do for a living...    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:16:33

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162713    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:16:39

• Links 19/3/2022: KStars 3.5.8 Released, New Linux RNG | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/03/18/new-linux-rng/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/18/new-linux-rng/   

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:27:07

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162714    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:27:15

• ICBM Fedora "weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)!" https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2022-11/    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:32:44

• "There is so much discussion about universal packaging formats on Linux. But the discussion always seems to be centered around which is better: Snaps or Flatpaks? It's almost like people don't realize that there is a third option...a BETTER option!" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Yk6kaaoTKmE    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:33:42

• Module, SBC, and mini-PC tap Rockchip RK3568 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162715    

posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 01:33:47

• Mozilla and Firefox: Mozilla and Firefox, MDN, and Performance Newsletter • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162675    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:18:50

• "As it turns out, these laptops have 2 thermal profile versions. A previous patch added support for v0, this patch adds support for v1 thermal policies that are in use on some devices." https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=286e937efbc7177c114e80aae9b402131e3886c1    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:19:33

• "Wind River has announced new Wind River Studio Linux Services to further address evolving challenges around security, defects, compliance, and the ongoing management of mission-critical intelligent systems when using community- based open source software." https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/17/wind-river-studio-linux-services/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:20:49

• Microsoft's Jason Perlow keeps pushing "Linux" Foundation further and further away from Linux https://linuxfoundation.org/blog/lf/lf-energy-solving-the-problems-of-the-modern-electric-grid-through-shared-investment/    

posted Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 22:24:55