Roy Schestowitz

• The First Alpha of Asahi Linux is Available http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33147    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:42:23

• "From designers to writers, multi-media producers and more—if you perform creative work on a computer there’s a good chance you can find a browser extension to improve your process. Here’s a mix of practical Firefox extensions for a wide spectrum of creative uses…" https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/firefox-extensions-for-creatives/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:46:25

• Migrating From irssi to weechat • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162816    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:47:14

• Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: MassOS, Flameshot, Late Night Linux, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162817    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:47:24

• Partly a waste of CPU cycles https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/how-fuzzing-can-make-your-open-source-project-more-secure-and-reliable/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:48:30

• Microsoft ships malware, media blames "open source" https://quickfix.es/2022/03/breaking-open-source-not-to-blame-in-node-ipc-debacle/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:50:11

• Linux Kernel 5.17 Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162775#comment-33148   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 03:52:14

• #Techrights Bulletin for Monday, March 21, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:05:51

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

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:05:57

• Pretty much all Apple Clown disservices went down today. Apple had no comment. - BaronHK’s Rants ⚓ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/pretty-much-all-apple-clown-disservices-went-down-today-apple-had-no-comment/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:09:59

• The high hidden cost of version inflation https://miketaylr.com/posts/2022/03/chrome-100-breakage-playbook.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:12:25

• You do not need blockchains for this https://news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-startups-digital-identity-solution-made-available-to-50000-zimbabwean-patients/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:13:36

• Proprietary Software Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162818    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:13:44

• Mozilla: Version Inflation, Extensions, and DRM • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162819    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:17:11

• There's finally a Linux distro with native support for Apple's M1 series http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33149   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:20:50

• Why it’s easier to recover unsaved documents in Kate than GEdit • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162820    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:21:04

• Facts vs Feelings - Open Source Security • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162821    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:21:09

• We look back at a busy day (yesterday) of conflict and messy affairs; corruption at the EPO has reached the point of meltdown http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:21:54

• "Testing EasyOS 3.4.3, forum member BologneChe reported that the Xorg synaptics driver has not loaded." https://bkhome.org/news/202203/kernel-51516-touchpad-does-not-work.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 04:40:18

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162822    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:02:17

• Inject DB connections in Golang gRPC API ⚓ https://fale.io/blog/2022/03/21/inject-db-connections-in-golang-grpc-api ䷉    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:04:03

• "What is gem-compare, you ask? gem-compare is a RubyGems plugin that can compare gem versions. I originally created it to vet new gem versions I packaged for Fedora, but it’s useful for all kinds of tasks." https://nts.strzibny.name/gem-compare-1.0/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:04:31

• 6 Universal Readable Code Tricks To Improve Your Coding Skills ⚓ https://python.land/readable-code    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:06:59

• Vortex86 CPUs gain new life with Linux kernel detection and a 3.5-inch SBC • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162823    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:09:58

• When corporations wish to 'cancel' you it does NOT matter how "PROFESSIONAL" you try to seem to appease them. It won't work. They'll distort and make things up over and over again until they get their way.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:11:30

• Samba 4.16.0 Available for Download • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162824    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:11:37

• Ignore all this money I get from companies I write about, says the 'analyst'. "AWS, Hasura, Heroku (Salesforce) and MongoDB are RedMonk customers. Netlify, Prisma and Vercel are not currently customers." https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2022/03/21/vertical-integration/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:12:58

• SUSE's latest marketing fluff, citing Microsoft proxy Accenture, which viciously attacks GNU/Linux https://www.suse.com/c/banks-must-embrace-customer-centric-reinvention-today/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:14:11

• "Combining faces at various view angles and a consistent light setup and different facial expression (all from imagination) is really difficult. I often struggle about the close-up panel on the comic, especially during dialog scene that require this consistency of characters and shaders/light." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article901/painting-studies    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:14:44

• Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico: wiring, code and calibrating with MicroPython ⚓ https://peppe8o.com/capacitive-soil-moisture-sensor-with-raspberry-pi-pico-wiring-code-and-calibrating-with-micropython/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:15:46

• Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:16:55

• "PureOS: A Debian-based 100% free software truly convergent operating system developed and maintained by Purism. It is an Operating System that is not based on Android or iOS. Purism’s PureOS was also where all the development occurred for what we later pushed into GNOME" https://puri.sm/posts/purism-digital-security/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:17:03

• Workers of the EPO will stay out; they have more important things to do as priorities have shifted. Don’t be a ‘scab’. Join the colleagues’ actions. http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:17:53

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162825    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:26:53

• Josh Simmons, Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Italo Vignoli Out of OSI Board, ASF Board Update • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162826    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:27:01

• Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162827    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:27:11

• IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162828    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:29:42

• Techrights is weaning itself off a dying SSD (my main laptop). Might slow down publication as we evacuate data to safer storage devices. Thanks for the understanding....    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:31:09

• "I'm still mulling over how I can balance my desire to contribute positively to this digital community with my entrenched reticence to share anything whatsoever about what I do, say, or think with anyone anywhere, at any time." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/854    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 05:32:59

• "Unlike applications or e-books, the experience of using the Web is not confined to content provided by one vendor." https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web-security-model-origin/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:41:30

• "I know I keep making this point, but it really can't be overemphasized—as long as the data sent to the client is valid HTML, the browser doesn't care how it was generated." https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web-security-model-intro2/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:41:54

• "The advice to use strong types or to put units in names is not limited to variables and function arguments" https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2022/03/20/please-put-units-in-names    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:42:24

• Colonialism returns. "Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said foreign equity restrictions would be "eased out" in several sectors, including telecommunications, shipping, airlines, railway and subways." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1884872.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:43:03

• Microsoft Windows TCO https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599072-white-house-warns-russia-prepping-possible-cyberattacks-on-us    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:43:53

• Microsoft Windows TCO https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599118-biden-asks-top-ceos-to-invest-in-combating-potential-cyberattacks    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:43:59

• "The outage impacted some apps and people differently. In some cases, an app like the App Store would load but would hang or wouldn’t let you download an app." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/apple-services-are-users-rcna20911    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:44:20

• "Microsoft has not made any categorical denial of the claim that its Azure DevOps servers were breached and data stolen." https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/first-samsung-breach,-now-microsoft-lapsus$-makes-bold-claim.html"    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:44:49

• "The South American-based data extortion hacking group Lapsus$ has allegedly gained access to Microsoft's Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data from the company." https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-may-be-the-latest-victim-of-lapsusdollar    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 06:45:15

• "And while sales figures are hard to come by, one report said that global purchases of dumbphones were due to hit one billion units last year, up from 400 million in 2019." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60763168    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:31:12

• ">Scott Johnston — who worked on the team that helped plan the Ellipse rally — says that’s just not so." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jan6-trump-mark-meadows-capitol-attack-republicans-1324218/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:31:39

• "Due to this unprecedented and unstoppable rise in urbanization, the world’s use of sand has tripled within the last two decades at around 40 to 50 billion tonnes of sand consumed yearly" https://interestingengineering.com/video/world-sand-shortage    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:32:51

• "Rubber producers are facing climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, a destructive fungus and the fight for shipping containers." https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2022/why-the-u-s-is-running-out-of-everything/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:34:01

• KeePassXC 2.7 Password Manager Released with Major Changes, Here’s What’s New • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162829    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:34:22

• Ubuntu Users Receive a New Major Linux Kernel Update, 22 Security Flaws Patched • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162830    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:34:36

• The real risks of investing in cryptocurrencies [sic] https://www.parisbeacon.com/64005/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:36:23

• "Bitcoin mining is currently estimated to account for about 0.5% of global electricity consumption" https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news-list/2783-bitcoin-is-a-pollution-creating-mess    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:36:50

• "The power consumption of cryptocurrencies is a contentious subject." https://singularityhub.com/2022/03/07/bitcoins-carbon-emissions-are-rising-after-chinas-crypto-ban/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:37:35

• "A team of researchers from the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany has found that as Bitcoin miners have moved from China to the U.S. and other countries" https://phys.org/news/2022-02-bitcoin-carbon-emissions-countries.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 09:38:07

• Can't argue with Vlad on this one... https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1885004.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:00:30

• Social control media = cesspool, very seldom information https://thehill.com/policy/international/599079-facebook-failed-to-detect-hate-speech-against-rohingya-report-finds    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:01:07

• Social control media is an accelerator of conflict.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:01:41

• "Multiple social media posts purport to show a photo of a Ukrainian farmer stealing a Russian rocket." https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/1885225.html Social control media = Misinformation/Disinformation    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:02:30

• "The video was released on YouTube just hours after Downing Street accused Vladimir Putin’s Russia of hoaxing the Defence Secretary and Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, through impostors" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/21/russia-releases-video-ben-wallace-supporting-ukraines-nuclear/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:03:04

• Now the Islamic Republic of United Kingdom must release Julian Assange (to show it's better than Iran) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/19/exclusive-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-spends-first-days-reunited/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:03:55

• "According to prosecutors, he was working out in the prison gym when Franck Elong Abé, 35, a former jihadist serving time for terror offences, allegedly launched his attack." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60830052    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:04:28

• GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162831    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:04:38

• "Ferrell hoped her experience organizing a campaign against book challenges might be instructive to others who similarly oppose what she views as a politically-driven campaign" https://text.npr.org/1087000890    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:08:15

• TWITTER: NO HUMOUR HERE!! Go urge people to KILL A RUSSIAN instead!! That's better for ENGAGEMENT. https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/babylon-bee-editor-we-refuse-to-bow-to-twitters-censorship-of-a-joke/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:10:42

• Apple products: shits in white plastics. DRM: "Unlike all of Apple’s other M1-powered computers, the Mac Studio’s storage isn’t soldered onto the mainboard" https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989226/apple-mac-studios-removable-ssd-blocked-software-replacement    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:11:41

• "Ian’s Take: After Apple’s announcement that they were going to allow users to repair their iPhones with genuine Apple parts, I had hoped that Apple would allow upgradeability." https://appletrack.com/the-mac-studios-upgradability-has-been-locked-in-software/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:12:06

• There's no such thing as "unsupported PC" so just move to GNU/Linux and help save the planet, too https://www.pcworld.com/article/624957/running-windows-11-on-an-unsupported-pc-get-ready-for-a-desktop-watermark.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:12:43

• Court Says Non-Open 'Open Source' Code is False Advertising - SoylentNews ⚓ https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/03/19/1546209 while OSI advertises proprietary Microsoft/GitHub as open!! What an OWN goal.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:24:12

• Humour not allowed in Twitter https://www.mediaite.com/online/were-not-deleting-anything-babylon-bee-defiant-after-twitter-locks-their-account-for-tweet-calling-rachel-levine-man-of-the-year/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:24:55

• When Microsoft SHIPS MALWARE they blame "Open Source"; When PROPRIETARY Windows has issue guess what takes the blame... https://itwire.com/security/proofpoint-claims-attack-using-open-source-installer-to-target-windows.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:26:44

• And what it he did this about Trump? https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/video-shows-teacher-leading-preschoolers-anti-biden-chant-83588448    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:28:51

• When the whole country is based on oilfields https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599065-us-transfers-patriot-missiles-to-saudi-arabia    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:29:23

• The republic of aramco https://www.economist.com/business/why-saudi-aramco-could-be-eclipsed-by-its-qatari-nemesis/21808310    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:29:52

• This was shipped by Microsoft; stop blaming "open source" when Microsoft sends malware around https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989339/protestware-attacks-russia-sberbank-open-source    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:30:36

• More censorship https://www.kadn.com/news/community-members-fighting-back-against-censorship/article_a6b72b56-a983-11ec-b55a-87e4bf6b42ce.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:31:09

• Gulag has already hung up on mariupol https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-rejects-russian-ultimatum-to-surrender-mariupol-/6494010.html see http://techrights.org/2022/03/10/donetsk-and-gulag-or-google-now-bans-parts-of-ukraine-for-being-invaded-by-russia/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:32:04

• "We’ll also discuss how computer education can help create the next generation of makers and builders that we need to solve some of society’s biggest problems." EFF still pretending to support hacker culture? It is ATTACKING it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/podcast-episode-hack-future    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:34:34

• Hacking Justice: Julian Assange https://dontextraditeassange.com/events/hacking-justice-julian-assange-film-screening-and-qa/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:36:48

• Maybe EFF should also tell people to ban/boycott DuckDuckGo (Microsoft proxy, spying) instead of shilling it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:44:32

• Dying country, dead culture https://truthout.org/articles/pro-trump-group-sent-armed-members-to-colorado-voters-doors-lawsuit-alleges/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:45:40

• Raytheon: close friend of ICBM Red Hat https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/peace-activists-occupy-roof-raytheon-building-protest-war-profiteering see http://techrights.org/2020/04/24/raytheon-blessed-by-red-hat/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:53:23

• What has EFF done about it? Except spreading hate of its own? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/anti-war-hacktivism-leading-digital-xenophobia-and-more-hostile-internet    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10:54:17

• #HowTo Install AnyDesk on a Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and Other major Flavours) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162832    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:05:15

• Stop calling patents "IP" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/top-economists-and-oxfam-leader-demand-truly-just-covid-ip-waiver    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:08:17

• GulagTube censorship https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/copyright-as-censorship-youtuber-pulls-down-gofundme-video-to-help-victim-of-viral-youtube-jumping-tesla-stunt    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:08:57

• "Every so often over the years, I’ve discussed germ theory denial and how it is such an integral part of alternative medicine and the belief systems that undergird alternative medicine modalities." https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/03/21/how-can-germ-theory-denial-explain-contagion/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:09:50

• "On the first day of the judge's confirmation hearings, Hawley listed a number of cases that Jackson heard involving child pornography possession, accusing her of flouting federal sentencing guidelines" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/hawley-condemned-employing-qanon-tropes-vile-smear-against-jackson    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:10:53

• "In 2018, a court in the Netherlands ruled that companies selling access to a pirate IPTV playlist acted illegally, even though they weren't the suppliers of the infringing streams." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-sellers-who-refused-to-pay-a-cash-settlement-get-sued-lose-220321/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:12:07

• "The bill requires online hosting services to implement standard technical protection measures" https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-senators-introduce-smart-copyright-act-to-combat-piracy-220321/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:12:30

• Internet is under attack https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/21/digital-darkness    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:13:32

• Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162833    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:14:12

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162834    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:15:26

• "From a performance standpoint we know building a homebrew Raspberry Pi cluster doesn’t make a lot of sense, as even a fairly run of the mill desktop x86 machine is sure to run circles around it." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/21/cluster-your-pi-zeros-in-style-with-3d-printed-cray-1/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:18:26

• That's a war on scientific progress, too https://hackaday.com/2022/03/21/one-giant-leap-backwards-for-humankind-what-the-russia-ukraine-war-means-for-the-iss/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:19:31

• Stop saying "Big Tech", EFF. You use the vocabulary of Microsoft lobbyists. Have Microsoft moles taken over parts of EFF, too? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/brazils-remuneration-right-strengthens-big-tech-and-big-media-cost-free-expression    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:21:19

• EFF = online censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/make-social-media-work-better-make-it-fail-better-0    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:22:03

• Boycott Starbucks. It's a company that hates human beings. https://truthout.org/articles/starbucks-workers-have-now-filed-to-unionize-at-over-150-locations/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:26:10

• Becoming rich by theft https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/21/the-horrific-scam-that-water-billionaires-are-running-on-poor-countries/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:26:51

• Netflix trying to 'cash in', using serfs who chose DRM over rational distribution of "content" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/and-here-comes-the-backlash-to-netflix-trying-to-play-password-police/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:28:13

• Propaganda boxes perish https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/cable-tv-companies-lost-nearly-5-million-subscribers-in-2021/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:28:38

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162835    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:29:25

• EFF pretends to value free speech. I LOL. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/new-filter-mandate-bill-unmitigated-disaster    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:31:35

• Systemic collapse starts like this https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-chevron-workers-begin-strike-as-company-refuses-further-bargaining/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:34:00

• "Way back in 2020 I had jokingly suggested on Twitter that we should set up a bracket for the most frequently misunderstood legal concepts" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/announcing-techdirts-march-madness-get-your-bracket-for-the-most-misunderstood-legal-concept/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:40:03

• Free Speech https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/the-culture-of-free-speech-includes-criticism-of-others-speech-get-over-it/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:40:23

• STOP PAYING ZUCKERBERG! https://www.desmog.com/2022/03/21/instagram-ads-can-help-fight-climate-disinformation/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:43:33

• Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution https://www.mintpressnews.com/lula-da-silva-counters-fbi-prosecution-lead-brazi-presidential-race/279981/ US loves accusing "RUSHA" of meddling... never itself    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:47:23

• More patents -> more variants -> more deaths https://truthout.org/articles/unease-about-possible-new-covid-surge-grows-with-rise-of-ba-2-variant/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:48:06

• "This year’s recipients are computer scientist Paul Eggert, a faculty member at UCLA’s Samueli School of Engineering, Emacs contributor Protesilaos Stavrou, and SecuRepairs" https://fossforce.com/2022/03/whos-who-in-open-source-three-honorees-receive-free-software-awards-at-libreplanet/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:50:32

• "I guess ten years is long enough that Senator Pat Leahy thought everyone had forgotten about the SOPA/PIPA disaster that he was a leading reason for. Senator Leahy is on his way out of the Senate" ttps://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/senators-leahy-tillis-to-team-up-to-suggest-destroying-the-internet-for-hollywoods-sake/   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:52:51

• "Who are we to judge?,” say federal court judges. That’s the questionable conclusion reached by an otherwise solid reading [PDF] of the constitutional implications of one of law enforcement’s favorite new tools: “reverse” warrants." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/federal-court-says-good-faith-prevails-in-deployment-of-extremely-questionable-reverse-warrant/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:53:41

• You know the Web/WWW is officially dead/dying when the W3C has OUTSOURCED its own Web site to CLOWNFLARE. Incredible.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 12:40:50

• xkcd: Galaxies ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2596/ ䷉    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 13:42:35

• It’s the end for the OSI Treasurer and Board ‘ringleader’ who took money from Microsoft (in turn giving most of the OSI’s money back to Microsoft, promoting its proprietary software as if OSI became the Openwashing Initiative, not the Open Source Initiative) http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 14:56:52

• The EPO is on a massive strike today, but don’t expect the media to mention that; not even blogs touch the subject after a campaign of intimidation, legal bullying, and bribery http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 14:57:14

• KeePassXC 2.7.0 is released with major changes • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162836    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 14:58:45

• 5 Best Horror Games for Linux to Enjoy the Virtual World of Terror ⚓ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-horror-games-for-linux/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:15:41

• "What does the future of gaming look like? Launchers galore, Linux" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MRRszUapcEo    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:17:13

• "Valve has again upgraded the Steam Deck Client software with new features, performance improvements and bug fixes. Plus, check out some of our recent videos." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-client-update-brings-more-improvements-see-more-of-our-videos    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:17:42

• The team behind the very popular and fantastic open source video capture software OBS Studio have done a Steam release. For Linux users though, you should just stick to Flatpak from Flathub.   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:18:16

• "The team behind the very popular and fantastic open source video capture software OBS Studio have done a Steam release. For Linux users though, you should just stick to Flatpak from Flathub." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/obs-studio-arrives-on-steam-but-no-linux-build-for-now-so-stick-to-flatpak    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:18:53

• "While there is the popular OpenRCT2 for an open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, it does rely on the original data files, and so the FreeRCT project aims to be a completely free and open source inspired game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/freerct-sees-a-first-release-trying-to-capture-the-feel-of-rollercoaster-tycoon    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:20:26

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162837    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:21:09

• "Between 2022-03-15 and 2022-03-22 there were 15 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 238 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 6.3 % of total released titles." https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2022-03-22-edition/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:23:19

• Ways To Use Linux To Become Better In College • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162838    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:23:30

• Engrave Condition: Apple’s Political Censorship Leaves Taiwan, Remains in Hong Kong - The Citizen Lab ⚓ https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/engrave-condition-apples-political-censorship-leaves-taiwan-remains-in-hong-kong/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:25:27

• Apple: shithole pretending to be Disneyland. People pay away all of their shit, usually to be treated like shit.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:27:11

• Apple != Ethics. If you want a moral alternative to Microsoft, then you're also looking for the opposite of Apple.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:29:17

• Why should I use Qt to develop? Qt: nothing to do with freedom. I've read the whole thing, very UN-compelling. https://www.qt.io/blog/the-cost-of-reinventing-the-wheel-in-app-development    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:32:11

• Games: Horror, Valve, and Free Software (OpenRCT2) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162839    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:37:45

• Snake oil. You cannot do this. https://www.maketecheasier.com/deleting-google-search-data-android/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:39:54

• Apple synonymous with crimes against humanity (ignore their marketing BS), so this is expected https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/區別镌刻-蘋果不再在台灣作針對政治內容的審查/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:44:55

• From steroids to politics. In the US, anything goes. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/03/19/exp-tsr-todd-schwarzenegger-video-refutes-putin.cnn    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:46:18

• Inside the mind of a gangster • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162840    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:46:31

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162841    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 15:46:39

• Proprietary Software Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162842    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:03:33

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162843    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:03:39

• But Putin gets to keep his palace and impoverish his political opposition. He's every stronger when Russians cannot interact with the outside world, too. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/russia-internet-censorship-cost-economy-putin-ukraine-sanctions-twitter-2022-3    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:07:41

• Putin turns 70 this year. People his age do not genuinely care about the future of the country in a competitive world. https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20220318-isoler-la-russie-en-ligne-des-sanctions-contre-productives    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:08:33

• Comcast also supports mass surveillance https://opensource.org/comcast-why-we-support-the-osi see http://techrights.org/2020/06/25/mozilla-comcast/ and    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:09:47

• "Java Operator SDK, or JOSDK, is an open source project that aims to simplify the task of creating Kubernetes Operators using Java. The project was started by Container Solutions, and Red Hat is now a major contributor." https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/22/write-kubernetes-java-java-operator-sdk-part-2 "Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website."    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:11:00

• ICBM to suits: "it is a paradigm shift in how you do business." https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/digital-transformation-5-layers-build    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:21:32

• "How do we – as in, the developers and package maintainers who are working on Fedora Linux – make sure people actually know about all the cool stuff we’re doing?" https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/collecting-ideas-for-feature-spotlight-articles/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:22:26

• GNU Linux-libre 5.17-gnu http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162831#comment-33152   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:25:46

• Bluestar 5.16.15 is released https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:28:02

• ICBM now promotes buzzwords like "digital transformation (DX)" https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/automation-digital-transformation-3-ways-they-go-together when Intel attacked software freedom it used another "DX" http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:29:11

• This can be leveraged by Russia to spy on dissidents https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-russia-meta-ban    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:30:33

• "Access Now, outraged by today’s announcement that the Myanmar Investment Commission has approved the sale of Telenor Myanmar, is calling for international actors to implement sanctions and stop the company’s irresponsible disposal of its Myanmar operations to a company" https://www.accessnow.org/update-internet-access-censorship-myanmar/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:31:26

• Wensheng XIE: "We thank Wind for her/his commitment for contributing to GNU Chinese Translation." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10142    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:32:35

• Steven Vaughan-Nichols now helps Microsoft by spinning Microsoft shipping malware as an "open source" issue https://www.zdnet.com/article/corrupted-open-source-software-enters-the-russian-battlefield/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:35:23

• "most of my activity around Debian has come to a complete halt (Send your thanks to da-manager@debian.org!). Since I still have a few computers running Debian, I keep maintaining a few things which I heavily rely on, in particular KDE/Plasma and RSSguard." https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/03/packages-for-debian-kde-plasma-rssguard-et-al/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:38:22

• "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 https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-system-source-of-syslog-ng-now-also-works-on-macos    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:40:27

• The 5 Best Open-Source Internet Radio Apps for Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162844    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:40:34

• Here’s why Putin won’t use nukes in Ukraine — Pass it on. | I, Cringely ⚓ https://www.cringely.com/2022/03/21/heres-why-putin-wont-use-nukes-in-ukraine-pass-it-on/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:42:00

• "For many years we’ve had this outstanding idea to add a new API to libcurl that would offer applications easy access to HTTP response headers." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/22/a-headers-api-for-libcurl/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:43:40

• Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 Available to Download http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162666#comment-33153   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:45:29

• "The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration." https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-25-february-2022    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:46:28

• IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162845    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:51:17

• Xonsh Shell Combines the Best of Bash Shell and Python in Linux Terminal • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162846    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:53:02

• Microsoft outsourcing https://blog.tomecek.net/post/prometheus-counters-dont-behave/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:55:32

• New Linux kernel has improved random-number generation • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162847    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:55:44

• "These packages are basically the .EXE of Debian-based Linux distributions" ??? - This is nonsense and false https://linuxstoney.com/in-linux-they-are-basic-but-do-you-know-what-deb-files-are/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:57:24

• EasyOS: "Forum member 'proebler' reported that when the geany text editor extra-plugins package is installed (via the package manager), the spell-checking plugin does not work."    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 16:59:47

• "Notea is an open-source web-based note-taking app for creative people." https://medevel.com/notea-os-note-taking-app/ needs to delete Microsoft Github    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:01:00

• This one too needs to delete Microsoft Github https://medevel.com/planka-os-project-management/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:01:55

• "The company only lists Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems for iBOX 1200 embedded BOX PCs, so it’s unclear" why CNX even covers this! https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/22/asrock-fanless-ibox-1200-series-alder-lake-p-mini-pcs/ http://techrights.org/2022/02/17/cnxsoftware-partly-compromised/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:07:22

• Quadric devkit features q16 hybrid AI, DSP, computer vision accelerator • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162848    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:07:31

• First world problems https://cubiclenate.com/2022/03/21/wireless-network-bridge-solution/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:08:21

• Pollutes the planet all the same https://dwaves.de/2022/03/22/human-space-travel-to-moon-and-mars-one-more-step-for-mankind-reusable-renewable-rockets-are-the-way-to-the-space-future/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:09:45

• This morning a bunch of documents were circulated to explain in a more concise fashion abuses that EPO staff had been subjected to http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:14:09

• "The Open Source Initiative has announced the results of its 2022 board election." https://lwn.net/Articles/888863/ http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:26:10

• Criminals from Microsoft breached by other criminals https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/22/lapsus-okta-microsoft/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:26:54

• Stop calling Windows "PC" https://twinfinite.net/2022/03/out-of-the-park-baseball-23-set-to-launch-on-pc-mac-linux-april-22/ Windows is CP http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-and-rick-allen-jones/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:28:33

• Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/google-announce-alpha-quality-steam-on-chrome-os-is-now-actually-here    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:29:22

• "There are now more than 1600 games working on the Steam Deck – (1618 at the time of writing) in two categories as usual..." https://boilingsteam.com/1600-games-on-the-steam-deck-including-dirt-5-as-verified/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:30:29

• Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/03/white-house-warns-of-possible-russian-cyberattacks.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:31:38

• "Alice: Madness Returns is an absolute classic from Spicy Horse Games and EA. It vanished from Steam for years and it recently arrived back. With Proton on Linux and Steam Deck, it does work quite well too!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/alice-madness-returns-appears-on-steam-again-works-well-on-steam-deck-with-60fps-fix    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:32:22

• Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/discover-overlay-is-a-discord-chat-ui-that-now-works-on-steam-deck    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:32:50

• The guardian of Bill Gates and his child sex monsters, MIT, is blaming "open source" for MICROSOFT shipping MALWARE https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/21/1047489/activists-are-targeting-russians-with-open-source-protestware    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:35:10

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162849    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:35:53

• MIT Technology Review basically blames the victims of Microsoft for what Microsoft is doing    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:38:31

• Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part XVIII — The Story of NPM http://techrights.org/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:38:55

• Microsoft: it's the fault of the user when our systems get breached http://techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:39:32

• Games: Out of the Park Baseball 23, Steam, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162850    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:39:59

• AvosLocker is a ransomware group that was identified in 2021, specifically targeting Windows machines https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/22/fbi-and-fincen-release-advisory-avoslocker-ransomware FBI and CISA do not even name Microsoft or Windows, as usual    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:42:53

• " Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity" proprietary software https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-081-01    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:44:30

• "MSSQLSERVER" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-238-03 Microsoft    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:45:28

• Microsoft SQL 'Server' is not a DB. It's malware that can also do some things like a real DB.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:46:47

• Microsoft cannot defend Windows (too many back doors and defects), so the best it can do it pay the media to stay quiet, change the topic, or blame the wrong parties.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:48:40

• "Monitoring the resources of your Linux server and watching for negative trends is one way to stay ahead of potential performance issues, and the sar command will help you do exactly that. In this video, Jay goes over the basics of the sar command." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D5fMGFZoFT8    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:51:27

• "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie" and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=roKebjvzP6E    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:52:04

• WSL is an attack on Linux, it's Windows in disguise, and firms should quit using Microsoft's attack on Linux as a pretext for bashing the security of GNU/Linux https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/QUALYS-INC-11612572/news/Qualys-Implications-of-Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux-for-Adversaries-Defenders-Part-1-39829650/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:53:16

• This isn't the solution, this is the LF acting as a marketing proxy for sponsors https://www.linux.com/audience/enterprise/sboms-supporting-safety-critical-software/    

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

• FOSSlife webspam https://www.fosslife.org/sysadmin-jobhub-launched    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:56:55

• Mostly a decade-old buzzword (I think Gulag made it up ~15 years ago) for sysadmin https://www.fosslife.org/2022-report-highlights-growth-sre-practices    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 17:57:55

• Software Freedom Institute: Red Hat, Inc vs Software Freedom Institute SA: Fedora open source trademark precedent http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162552#comment-33155    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:00:32

• Murena & /e/OS — a product roadmap for 2022: towards our V1? - Gaël Duval • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162851    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:06:07

• Public Knowledge Urges Senate To Pass Phone Bill To Keep Incarcerated People Connected - Public Knowledge ⚓ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-senate-to-pass-phone-bill-to-keep-incarcerated-people-connected/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:08:53

• Announcing CrossOver 21.2.0 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162853    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:09:22

• Audiocasts and Videos: Elektra Wagenrad, Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie", and Sar Command • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162854    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:34:14

• Proprietary Spin and Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162855    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:34:22

• Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162856    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:34:33

• Development Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162857    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:35:04

• Free Software/Open Source Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162858    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:35:11

• LabPlot 2.9 Beta • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162859    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 18:40:36

• United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/22/united-kingdom-covid/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 19:42:51

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162860    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 19:42:58

• "My employer is going through cutdowns and layoffs at the moment. Swedish labour law is pretty unforgiving when it comes to layoffs; there are strict rules around who you get to let go and the measures you have to take in order to justify it." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-22-being-laid-off-starting-new-chapter.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:09:09

• "Found out yesterday that I have COVID. I'm all quarantined in the master bedroom, and feeling much better now actually. My poor 5 year-old was so scared for me and sad before bed. She is used to snuggling me every night. She was also concerned I would get COVID germs all over her books in here haha." gemini://rawtext.club/~mieum/allokdallok.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:10:06

• "While Gemini doesn't have many weather services, most platforms do. I think there are so many because weather can be so personal. Do you care about barometric pressure? Personally I don't, unless it's dropping, indicating a storm or weather front coming in." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2022-03-21-chilly-weather.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:11:04

• Guidelines for research on the kernel community https://lwn.net/Articles/888891/ see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/university-of-minnesota-linux/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:14:07

• What’s new for developers in the OpenShift 4.10 console | Red Hat Developer ⚓ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/22/whats-new-developers-openshift-410-console    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:15:01

• ICBM <3 "fuck you NVIDIA" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-nvidia-accelerate-enterprise-ai-projects-gpus-dpus-and-mlops    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:16:09

• Mrs. SAP is openwashing SUSE, which is pushing proprietary software and has worked to cancel the very founder of GNU/Linux by backing a writ of libel https://www.suse.com/c/welcome-to-the-age-of-open-innovation/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:19:57

• Ubuntu 22.04 Adds Additional Color Options • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162861    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:21:20

• Big Brother Gulag is already your parent, and it spies on everything you do, more so if you use the malware known as "Chrome" (propruietary) https://www.maketecheasier.com/setting-up-chrome-user-settings/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:28:00

• Oracle Announces Java 18 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162862    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:31:17

• NVIDIA 510.60.02 Graphics Driver Released with Support for RTX A4000H and A5500 GPUs • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162863    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:37:05

• Red Hat and NVIDIA, OpenShift News • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162864    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:37:20

• "First up this week: Most of Apple’s services were down yesterday (at least in some regions). For at least two hours, very little was working, including the dev site and some internal apps." https://devops.com/apple-outage-outrage-linux-random-redo-okta-hacked-or-not/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:38:51

• GNOME 42 review: IS THEMING DEAD? - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XQrIf3Rkjjs ICBM treats desktops like hypePhone now?    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:42:37

• "When YouTube Vanced shutdown we didn't really know why but following all the theory they have posted a write up explaining the real reason Vanced was shutdown, at least the reason they want to say." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jNwkXMJqlR0    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:43:42

• 10 Features Why GNOME 42 is the Greatest Release Ever • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162865    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:45:10

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162866    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 20:45:17

• Manic couch co-op game D-Corp gets a large content update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/manic-couch-co-op-game-d-corp-gets-a-large-content-update    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:08:37

• "gron is a self-contained Go executable you can download from here on GitHub. In the UNIX tradition, gron does one thing well: it flattens JSON into a structure that's easily processed by shell tools, line by line." https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2022-03-23.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:11:26

• The 7 Best Networking Tools That Replace the Deprecated net-tools on Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162867    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:13:38

• Coast, a little map viewer • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162868    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:15:28

• It seems increasingly apparent that the corporate “tech” media isn’t just misleading readers/viewers (audiences) by accident; there’s a deliberate attempt to shift attention and shift blame, so it is — in effect and in perpetuity — a campaign of disinformation (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), not just misinformation, and we must collectively confront this campaign, just as we tackle wartime propaganda http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:16:39

• It seems increasingly apparent that the corporate “tech” media isn’t just misleading readers/viewers (audiences) by accident; there’s a deliberate attempt to shift attention and shift blame, so it is — in effect and in perpetuity — a campaign of disinformation (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), not just misinformation, and we must collectively confront this campaign http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:17:03

• SUSE/OpenSUSE: YaST Team Report and Openwashing by the CEO • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162869    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:18:58

• Voice Remote = bug, listening device, malware https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/roku-ultra-streaming-device/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:19:39

• "Maximising the number of towelling-off occurrences of a single towel for the entire body." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/855    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:22:30

• Zotero Research Tool Gets ’Biggest Upgrade’ in its History • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162870    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:22:38

• "My young musician friend didn't realize that PayPal notifications acknowledging purchases from him would wind up revealing his real name to others. His workaround will be to tell others that's his manager's name.... :-)" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/856    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:23:39

• #HowTo install Moshi Monsters Rewritten Desktop on Zorin OS 16 - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=twGI_0ErB-s    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:25:09

• Xubuntu’s Default Xfce Desktop Theme Greybird Gets Initial Support for GTK4 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162871    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:26:35

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162872    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:51:43

• Videos: GNOME and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162873    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:53:55

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162874    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:54:45

• UK cases of COVID-19: still high, still killing almost 1,000 Brits per week http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/22/united-kingdom-covid/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:55:30

• Facebook is a scam. With fake friends and fake "likes". https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-crypto-scam/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:57:46

• Fires around Chernobyl magnify radiation fears https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/forest-fire-chernobyl-radiation    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 21:59:22

• Clever activism, not sabotaging people's files or killing anybody https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-protest-lisbon-lights/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:00:22

• USA going down some ashtray https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/pro-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:00:59

• 33,000 blog posts in Techrights is a huge accomplishment as not many sites manage to post that much and go on relentlessly (on a daily basis) for 17 years; in Gemini we’re about to exceed 40,000 pages http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:05:21

• “Jacob Appelbaum’s keynote at LibrePlanet 2014. The talk was delivered remotely via Tor-anonymized, 100% free software videochat” http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:06:44

• 6 Fun Linux Distros to Try if You’re a Distro Hopper • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162875    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:12:09

• Development Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162857    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:31:53

• Wait, they don't know Salesforce is racist? https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/17/racial_investigation_salesforce/ see http://techrights.org/2020/09/27/salesforce-works-for-ice/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:35:39

• We tried the Asahi Linux alpha on an M1 Mac Mini http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33157   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:36:46

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60708120   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:38:39

• yes, I'm all for using human hearts to save pigs. I can think of some human pigs whose hearts might be of use to real pigs in need https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60708120    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:38:45

• The whole "pig hearts" thing isn't what it seems; they genetically modify them. Sooner or later the sick, rich, greedy oligarchs will just grow extra spare humans (or close to that) for "spare parts"... in some places they do that already. A baby born any moment, to become "spare parts" of some oligarch.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:40:49

• Western oligarchs: "job creators".... creating more humans whose job is to give away bodyparts to ageing oligarchs. And "philanthropists"... giving loose to some hospitals that facilitate such a sick thing.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:42:18

• Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.technewsworld.com/story/ransomware-related-data-leaks-jump-82-in-2021-87419.html    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:42:57

• OSI barely doing anything https://fossforce.com/2022/03/after-last-years-hack-osi-elects-new-board-members-without-incident/ see http://techrights.org/2021/07/29/osi-privacy-issues/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:45:37

• This article makes it seem like everything started in 1991 and GNU is merely GCC, a compiler. This is gross revisionism, which helps nobody but bad faith actors. https://bytexd.com/linux-history-and-why-are-there-so-many-distros/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:49:05

• "New discoveries await..." in the upcoming Inkscape 1.2 About Screen • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162877    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:51:10

• Notable: The best open-source note-taking and Markdown editor for 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162878    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:56:13

• The bleeding continues; Microsoft is on fire (up in flames) and Windows continues to languish in spite of billions spent on dishonest marketing http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:58:15

• Now, with no social control media, I've not touched Konqueror in almost 3 weeks. I used it every day for years prior to it.    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:59:39

• Prepping Your Computers For an Internet Outage • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162879    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 22:59:47

• "It's far-future space opera based around an aggressive colonial empire, but follows just one character: an artificial intelligence of one of the empire's military starships." gemini://calcuode.com/gemlog/2020-12-17_ancillary-justice.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:01:09

• "One interesting behavior of the brute-force program is that it didn't use 100% of the CPU. I found that doing various types of string concatenation caused a big slowdown." gemini://jfh.me/posts/2019-03-04-js-quine.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:01:54

• "Richard Stallman will be speaking about the free software movement and your freedom. His speech will be nontechnical, admission is gratis, and the public is encouraged to attend online." https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20220413-online    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:32:18

• Java 18 Introduces Features to Enable New Developers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162862#comment-33158   

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:35:28

• Torvalds: "So it smells like there's something bad going on in f2fs." https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgsmvoJFKFWxQ2orEVUOWH1agk9iUNZ=-DFh5OXZL=Ldw@mail.gmail.com/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:36:05

• NVIDIA 510.60.02 Linux Driver Released https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/187162/en-us    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:36:31

• GNU Parallel 20220322 (’Маріу́поль’) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162880    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:36:41

• The Linux Foundation‘s about page 13 years ago (compared to this) tells a very different story about what it’s for http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/ http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Foundation    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:37:28

• EFF: "How to Make Every Media With Free & Open-Source Software...Online via Zoom". LOL. https://www.eff.org/event/how-make-every-media-free-open-source-software    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:38:20

• Does only Russia have "Oligarchs"? Do they magically become "job creators" and "philanthropists" the moment they're naturalised American citizens? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-march-14-2022-2084620    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:39:41

• "So this is just my “functionally paranoid” (the motto of OpenBSD, by the way) estimate of where things are. I’ll describe two problems, one of which I call the trumpet problem, and the other is plain theft." https://ricochet.com/1207673/how-to-exfil-everything/    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:40:47

• mozilla: Mozilla set to add AV1 video codec support to the Firefox browser - Times of India ⚓ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/mozilla-decides-to-add-av1-video-codec-support-to-the-firefox-browser/articleshow/90350833.cms patent trap    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:54:17

• "The LAMP tech stack is known to be the classic of stacks. It has been popular because it offers technologies that allow you to build web apps in a fast and stable manner." https://www.benzinga.com/opinion/22/03/26189633/tech-stack-what-is-it-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one-for-your-web-app-project    

posted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 23:56:38