Roy Schestowitz

• What's "magic" about it? Nothing. Pure hype from Apple. I had a better portable keyboard 20 years ago. https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/deal-apple-magic-keyboard-for-11-ipad-pro/    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:12:34

• Microsoft Windows TCO https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/24/state-sponsored-russian-cyber-actors-targeted-energy-sector-2011    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:13:39

• Is Microsoft a National Security Threat? • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/ ䷉ Source: Techrights | GNU | Linux | FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:14:21

• Foundries and Arduino Team To Patch IoT Devices http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162945#comment-33184   

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:19:36

• "This is a recorded online presentation about curl that I did today, March 24 2022. How it started, grew, where it is today, how we make it and where it perhaps might go in the future." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/24/let-me-tell-you-about-curl/    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:21:49

• 'Solutions' (gimmicks) in search of a REAL problem https://www.maketecheasier.com/scan-qr-code-from-image-mobile/    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:22:45

• Actions by (and courage of) the examiners at the EPO have yielded a massive difference in so-called ‘production’ (management’s lowering of the quality bar in order to fake ‘growth’) http://techrights.org/2022/03/24/epo-fake-patents-plunge-in-number/    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:23:09

• Not many EPO workers have taken the bait/trap set up and put there by the person they’re protesting and striking against • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/03/24/the-tony-lists-registry/ ䷉ Source: Techrights | EPO | Corruption| ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/24/the-tony-lists-registry/    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:23:41

• Proprietary Software on Display • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162960    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:36:40

• Programming Leftovers and Free Software • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162961    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:36:55

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162962    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:37:00

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162963    

posted Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 23:40:53

• Nala: A Beautiful and Structured Front-end for the APT Command • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162964    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 05:53:29

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, March 24, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 05:54:51

• #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 25, 2022 at 05:54:57

• You Can Now Install Linux On An M1 Mac http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162909#comment-33185   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:22:44

• "Just an FYI, the alpha version of Steam is only available on a small number of Chromebooks." https://www.pcworld.com/article/625496/playing-skyrim-steam-chromebook-impressions.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:35:21

• "Melvin Conway famously said that organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure. But how about Conway’s Law applied to the entire industry rather than a single company?" "https://hisham.hm/2022/03/23/conways-law-applied-to-the-industry-as-a-whole/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:36:07

• "Using Free software plays a central role in allowing European public administrations to deliver their services" https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/fosseps/news/help-identify-critical-open-source-software    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:36:38

• "Nextcloud and MariaDB announce a new partnership to bring Nextcloud customers a better database experience." https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-and-mariadb-collaborate-to-boost-scalability-and-high-availability-for-customers/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:37:39

• Social control media bad for your health https://theconversation.com/ukraine-doomscrolling-can-harm-your-cognition-as-well-as-your-mood-heres-what-to-do-about-it-178923    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:42:12

• TESTA https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/interoperability-eu-healthcare-cooperation    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:42:59

• "Lapsus$ has taken responsibility for some major security breaches at tech companies, including Nvidia, Samsung, Ubisoft, Okta, and Microsoft." https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994563/lapsus-hacking-group-london-police-arrest-microsoft-nvidia    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:45:51

• Microsoft: let's focus on the people, not our defunct systems https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/599642-alleged-microsoft-okta-hackers-arrested-in-uk    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:46:00

• Shifting attention https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-police-say-seven-people-arrested-after-okta-hack-2022-03-24/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:46:24

• "I’ve heard people (I think it was Stephen Fry) describe it as how American humor is about smart-alecks and British humor is about self-deprecation. Problem for me is that a lot of the “self”-deprecating jokes punch not only at self, but down and all around, hitting everyone who shares traits with the character." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/british-comedy    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:47:53

• "When I first saw the Badger 2040 on Hacker News, I knew I had to get it. It seemed like a great little package to hack on, with an e-ink screen, buttons, and an LED, all for a good price. And finally I'd get my hands on an RP2040, which has interested me since it first came out." gemini://makeworld.space/gemlog/2022-03-24-wordle_badger2040.gmi    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:49:49

• Windows TCO https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/uk-police-arrest-seven-teens-allegedly-connected-to-lapsus$.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:50:38

• "Unfortunately, at least the Apple TV does this goofy thing where it also (by default, I'm pretty sure) advertises itself to anyone nearby." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2022/03/23/airplay/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:50:47

• Windows TCO https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/ransomware-payments-hit-new-records-in-2021-as-dark-web-leaks-climbed/90431578    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:51:00

• Gulag creeping deeper https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/next-gen-technologies/google-tests-catching-heart-eye-issues-from-smartphone-sensors/90431675    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:51:38

• Gulag goes beyond people's medical records, and we're meant to celebrate this? https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/599647-google-allowing-search-users-to-book-health-care-appointments    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:52:11

• Privacy in Ireland https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/privacyofdialerandsmsapps.pdf    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:54:18

• What the city of Mariupol means for Ukraine — and for Russia's military campaign ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1088113318 ䷉ Source: NPR    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:54:38

• Expect low-powered PCs (with GNU/Linux) to become more economically attractive https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/03/26/why-energy-insecurity-is-here-to-stay    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:56:50

• So-called 'Crypto' https://www.techzim.co.zw/2022/03/crypto-undermining-power-of-west-to-cripple-economies-through-sanctions-ukraine-russia-war-shows/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:57:25

• Energy wars https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/opinion/ukraine-democrats-fossil-fuel-climate-change.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:57:44

• [old] "And in the process of simply existing, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the most popular, use astonishing amounts of electricity" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/cryptocurrency/bitcoin/bitcoin-uses-more-electricity-than-many-countries-how-is-that-possible/articleshow/86190525.cms    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 06:58:06

• “We couldn’t have people over to gather in our front yard because we could hardly hear one another talking,” said Preston Holley, whose home sits across the street from the mine. https://www.inquirer.com/business/technology/crypto-mining-data-loud-sound-bitcoin-20220321.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:00:08

• "Australia’s electricity systems face several key challenges, including ageing infrastructure, increasing complexity, and the need for investment in transmission and distribution" https://itwire.com/science-news/energy/ageing-infrastructure-among-key-challenges-faced-by-australia%e2%80%99s-electricity-systems,-says-csiro.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:01:10

• On greenland https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/24/world/why-vikings-left-greenland-scn/index.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:02:49

• Living in NL https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/24/Netherlands-update.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:02:58

• VICE media connected to terrorism https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/03/24/saudi-festival-organized-by-vice-media/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:03:13

• old: 'crypto' craze https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/crypto-craze-can-go-the-same-way-as-tulip-mania/articleshow/89532156.cms    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:03:37

• Reemmer what Ubuntu was like in 2004? Forget that. https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/want-a-job-at-canonical-write-a-5000:3    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:04:10

• Banksters look at genocides as a matter of "economic stability" https://today.rtl.lu/news/science-and-environment/a/1886865.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:07:56

• "MPs at Westminster voted on Tuesday night to reinstate the requirement for a US-style visa waiver for non-Irish EU citizens crossing the Border as part of proposed new British immigration laws." https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/non-irish-eu-citizens-crossing-border-face-travel-clearance-requirement-after-mps-vote-1.4833667    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:08:36

• Not just the Internet https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2022/0323/Russia-s-first-homefront-casualties-Reporters-and-the-press    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:09:07

• Uber should just be dead already. Its motivations are bad all around. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994332/uber-yellow-taxi-app-nyc-curb-cmt-arro-deal    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:14:04

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) expensive not just in the short-term financial sense https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22993562/netflix-price-increase-us-plans-2022    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:14:51

• "A lawsuit that accused Amazon of violating antitrust laws when it allegedly used third-party sellers’ data to help increase the sales of its own products was dismissed on Friday." https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2022/03/amazon-lawsuit-dismissed-private-5g-network-for-dod-232m-in-ohio-broadband-grants/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:16:08

• Stop saying " Big Tech"; you're using the vocabulary of Microsoft lobbyists https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994234/eu-antitrust-legislation-dma-digital-markets-act-details    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:16:16

• The meddling Madeleine in perspective https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/24/former_secretary_state_madeleine_albright_dies    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:29:51

• Gulag once again misuses its power over the Gulag Ploy "store" https://torrentfreak.com/google-removes-popular-file-sharing-app-from-play-store-over-piracy-concerns-220324/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:31:10

• GulagTube (Gulag) isn't being sued but those who rip are? Makes no sense. https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-rippers-appeal-83-million-piracy-verdict-220324/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:31:45

• It's not about children but about treating adults like toddlers https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/kids-online-safety-act-heavy-handed-plan-force-platforms-spy-young-people    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:32:51

• "Too many schools across the state continue to use remote proctoring at its most invasive settings" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/stop-invasive-remote-proctoring-pass-californias-student-test-taker-privacy    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 07:33:17

• UK Government Data: How UK Mortality Rates Compare Pre- and Post-COVID-19 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/25/post-covid-19-mortality/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:15:42

• So far this year only 7 people in the age range 0-14 died in England of Wales with/from COVID-19 (so far this year!). See sheet (7); compare to pneumonia in (4) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-deaths.ods    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:23:48

• The vaccine patent pools wish to give barely-tested vaccines to over 10 million children because over the past 3-4 months COVID-19 killed 7 kids? Some of them did not even die from it but with it. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-deaths.ods    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:25:29

• "Back in grad school, we biology students were talking shop at lunch one day." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/24/pispy-the-camera-setup-designed-to-make-biological-observations-better/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:30:30

• "Formed less than a month after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the TSA has yet to get a firm grip on “transportation security,” the thing that makes up two-thirds of its acronym." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/24/the-transportation-security-administration-is-now-screwing-up-cyber-security/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:31:53

• "In addition to a Surveillance Camera Commissioner, the UK has a Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, which it has updated recently" https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/surprisingly-the-uk-has-a-biometrics-and-surveillance-camera-commissioner-hes-rather-good/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:32:48

• Boycott Starbucks https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/24/end-the-union-busting-and-obey-the-law-a-letter-to-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:34:20

• Microphone Behind Every Mirror https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jargon-authenticity-belonging-dei/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:35:53

• If Minimum Wage Kept Up With Wall Street Bonuses, It Would Be $61.75 an Hour https://truthout.org/articles/if-minimum-wage-kept-up-with-wall-street-bonuses-it-would-be-61-75-an-hour/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:36:41

• Patents continues to kill millions of people for corporate profits (price-fixing) https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/24/millions-lives-could-be-saved-ex-un-chief-demands-better-patent-waiver-deal    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:38:10

• USA: we handed out 10 TRILLION dollars to corporations and oligarchs since COVID-19 started (at taxpayers' expense; debt we cannot even pay back), but we do nothing about the homeless https://www.thenation.com/article/society/america-housing-crisis/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:40:01

• public transit https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/inflation-bus-public-transit/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:40:37

• "Wouldn’t it be fascinating to hear from Ed about what’s going on in Russia right now? What’s the low-down among the hoi polloi?  Are they for the war? Agin it?" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/24/where-is-edward-snowden/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:41:49

• “SMART Copyright Act”?? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/24/creative-commons-tells-senators-to-stop-using-its-name-to-justify-dangerous-copyright-filters-bill/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:43:26

• Robber barons running EU. "These includes the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, and the Data Act." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/24/the-ratchet-even-demonstrably-ineffectual-and-unnecessary-copyright-laws-are-never-repealed/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:44:05

• Latest in Open Culture VOICES! VOICES https://creativecommons.org/2022/03/24/episode-16-open-culture-voices-neal-stimler/ https://creativecommons.org/2022/03/24/episode-15-open-culture-voices-rebecca-giblin/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:44:59

• "For literally more than a decade researchers have been warning that global satellite telecommunications networks were vulnerable to all manner of attacks." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/24/avoidable-viasat-satellite-hack-causes-headaches-across-europe-and-ukraine/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:46:19

• "When someone asks me what DRM is, my answer is very simple: it’s anti-piracy software that generally doesn’t stop pirates at all, and, instead, mostly only annoys legitimate buyers." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/24/owners-of-gran-turismo-7-locked-out-of-single-player-game-when-online-drm-servers-go-down/   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:48:28

• Vigilante or police? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/24/i-cant-breathe-man-told-officers-12-times-in-30-seconds-before-they-sentenced-him-to-death-for-driving-under-the-influence/   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:49:20

• Nala: A Beautiful and Structured Front-end for the APT Command • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162964    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:54:45

• Proprietary Software and Security • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162965    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:54:55

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162966    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 08:56:36

• FreeBSD 13.1-BETA3 Now Available • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162967    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 09:02:35

• I'm reading this as bad news spun as 'good' https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/566372575/as-purism-grows-founder-ceo-todd-weaver-transitions-role-of-president-to-kyle-rankin-vice-president-to-nicole-faerber    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:05:05

• What is this, a new malware from CLOWNflare/Cloudflare? "Access was denied Error code 1020 You do not have access to www.linuxcapable.com. Performance & security by Cloudflare"    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:14:22

• CLOWNflare/Cloudflare = MALWARE company that operates at a loss. Its goal is to spread the malware as far as possible, irrespective of profits.    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:15:34

• Conflating Solaris with "Linux" https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/hackers-target-bank-networks-with-new.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:19:44

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162968    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:27:15

• When is the sixth dose coming? Should we maybe make better vaccines, instead? The patent cartel isn't interested in a permanent solution. https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/21240-coronavirus-epidemic-is-not-yet-letting-up-says-ministry-o    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:42:36

• "community manager" = corporate kappo https://opensource.com/article/22/3/transparency-open-source-community-manager    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:50:08

• Russell Coker: Wayland • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162970    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:50:16

• COVID victim, one of a million+ Americans https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/stephen-wilhite-creator-gif-dies-74-rcna21287    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:53:38

• So far 2022 has been less deadly overall than 2017 and 2018, based on official data http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/25/post-covid-19-mortality/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:54:20

• Linux kernel: HID for 5.18 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/nycvar.YFH.7.76.2203231015060.24795@cbobk.fhfr.pm/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:01:35

• "Various engineers that work on the Fedora Linux product line are brewing up a storm again. To find out more about their plans for world domination, check out this video!" https://fedoramagazine.org/march-of-the-penguins-or-how-the-os-vendors-get-their-ducks-in-a-row/ product line? ICBM?    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:02:54

• Misses the point ICBM was forcing staff to get back to shared space and moreover forced workers who stayed at home to get COVID-19 jabs https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/remote-work-5-tips-future-flexibility-work    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:04:23

• ICBM peddling stuff from sociopaths (business schools) instead of technical, scientific things https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/5-harvard-business-review-articles-will-resonate-cios-right-now    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:05:24

• Red Hat became exceptionally uninspiring under ICBM's wing    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:05:51

• Red Hat and ICBM are wrong if they think that a sea of buzzwords will attract volunteers (or slaves "100% of the time"), including "dinobabies"    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:06:40

• ICBM scare-mongering for business https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/20/the-risk-of-undermanaged-open-source-software/ Vincent Danen, who used to be in Mandriva    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:08:40

• Command Line Heroes: Season 9: Lurking Logic Bombs ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes/season-9/logic-bombs ䷉ Source: Red Hat | ICBM | GNU | Linux    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:09:33

• ICBM: buy Red Hat for the buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-lowers-barriers-artificial-intelligence-projects-red-hat-openshift    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:10:32

• A New Logo for Ubuntu Studio • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162972    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:17:16

• IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162971    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:17:23

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 24, 2022 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/03/25/irc-log-240322/ ䷉ Source: Techrights | GNU | Linux | FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/25/irc-log-240322/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:33:54

• "Approximately one month ago I started taking notes on what is happening around me, what I am doing and similar things. Until now I have used wiki.vim, which was great, but I noticed I was not using many of its features, and always had a very similar style of writing that could be automated." gemini://blog.schmidhuberj.de/2022/03/25/note-taking/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:27:01

• "That said I’d really really like to go back to that previous job, if they make me a good offer for salary. Even the best they can do will be a step down from what I have now, because it’s a public employer, but I’m willing to go a little bit down for them." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-25-finishing-up-moving-on.gmi    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:28:14

• Tumbleweed Gets GNOME 42 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162973    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:29:21

• Dongshan Nezha STU devkit features Allwinner D1 RISC-V SoM/SBC • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162974    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:29:56

• OSZU3 System-in-Package (SiP) combines AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC with 2GB RAM, PMIC, passive components • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162975    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:30:05

• Linux Candy: emoj - find relevant emoji from text • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162976    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:30:13

• 4 Reasons Why Hackers Use Kali Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162977    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:30:21

• Chrome vs Chromium: Which One Is the Best Browser? • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162978    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:30:32

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162979    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:30:41

• openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offering GNOME 42 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162973#comment-33187   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:32:04

• "Today we will discuss the routine topic- What is the future of Linux Admins. Based upon my personal work experience, this is a very common question which is asked by people." https://unixcop.com/what-is-the-future-of-linux-admins/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:03:46

• My New Linux Desktop https://yewtu.be/watch?v=KIWaIVeXZXk "live" shortly... "Lets go over my new setup on Linux that I'm gaming on."    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:06:27

• "The Steam Deck is a brilliant little piece of kit. But as I sit here playing with my Deck all day, I get more and more frustrated by what it *could* be, but simply is not yet." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qstjQZJqHTI    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:07:34

• "Along the Edge is a visual novel set in the European countryside, where your choices impact the main character's personality and appearance." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/along-the-edge-gets-some-nice-improvements-to-be-steam-deck-ready    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:08:19

• "Today we will discuss the routine topic- What is the future of Linux Admins. Based upon my personal work experience, this is a very common question which is asked by people." https://unixcop.com/what-is-the-future-of-linux-admins/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:09:57

• DEMON'S TILT gets updated for Steam Deck to solve graphical issues | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/demons-tilt-gets-updated-for-steam-deck-to-solve-graphical-issues ䷉ Source: Gaming On Linux | GNU | Linux | Games    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:10:42

• "On Steam, one of the official Valve-picked moderators of the Steam Deck hub has a new post up they've pinned to gather information on problematic Steam Deck Verified titles." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/valve-gathering-a-list-of-deck-verified-games-that-have-problems    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:11:36

• "Gamescope, for those not aware, is a Wayland compositor originally forked from the older SteamOS 2 compositor. It's a big part of what makes Gaming Mode on the Steam Deck do all it can." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/nvidia-working-with-valve-to-get-gamescope-working-on-their-drivers    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:12:44

• Zhaoxin lujiazui enablement https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-March/592269.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:13:35

• RMS critics: FSF is a bunch hypocrites. They compromise and don't care about 100% free software. Same critics: RMS is too radical, he's not accepting proprietary software. Make up your minds, critics....    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:14:47

• "This development cycle extends the subsystem to discover CXL resources throughout a CXL/PCIe switch topology and respond to hot add/remove events anywhere in that topology." https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9132c32e01976686efa26252cc246944a0d2cab    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:15:38

• Hacker language preferences change with the times - El Reg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/24/hacker_language_study/ ䷉ Source: theregister    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:16:19

• Mozilla adds tiered subscription plans to MDN Web Docs http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162958#comment-33188   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:49:18

• Proprietary SCADA with Window https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-russian-government-employees-charged-two-historical-hacking-campaigns-targeting-critical    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:51:27

• Improve usability for amd-pstate https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20220325054228.5247-1-mario.limonciello@amd.com/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:52:32

• ProtonMail will release a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux - gHacks Tech News ⚓ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/25/protonmail-desktop-app-for-windows-macos-and-linux/ ䷉ Source: ghacks    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:55:46

• ProtonMail will release a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux - gHacks Tech News ⚓ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/25/protonmail-desktop-app-for-windows-macos-and-linux/ ䷉ Source: ghacks    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 14:56:07

• Multi-core Arduino and Linux for enterprise IoT http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162945#comment-33189   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:01:09

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162980    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:01:19

• Games: Desktop, Console, and Gamescope • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162981    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:01:33

• "PgBouncer 1.17.0 has been released. This release contains some new functionality and important fixes. Database definitions can now specify host lists. The maximum length of passwords has been increased again. Support for OpenSSL 3 has been fixed." https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgbouncer-1170-released-2426/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:02:30

• Building an RC car with my son - Random [Tech] Stuff ⚓ https://koutoupis.com/2022/03/25/building-an-rc-car-with-my-son/ ䷉ Source: koutoupis    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:07:20

• LibreOffice ecosystem interview: Michael Meeks at Collabora Productivity • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162982    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:07:36

• "I'm a Red Hat technical account manager (TAM). A few months ago, a customer contacted me about a major outage when system boot drives failed on dozens of hypervisor systems at four different sites—simultaneously." https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/strong-teams-embrace-open-culture    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:09:01

• "The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 208." https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-208-released/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:10:02

• "Purpose of this team is to take care of day to day business regarding CentOS and Fedora Infrastructure and Fedora release engineering work." Not much left of these; ICBM demolishes itself. https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/cpe-weekly-update-week-of-march-21st-25th/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:10:54

• IBM Vet Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Widening Gap Between Technological and Institutional Change ⚓ https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2022/03/the-exponential-gap-between-technological-and-institutional-change.html ䷉ Source: irvingwb    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:13:02

• Stark-black theme for pending EasyOS 3.4.4 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162725#comment-33190   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:14:49

• "Anyone using DBD::Oracle is invited to test out out this dev release v1.90_1" http://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2022/03/please-test-dbdoracle-v190-1.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:15:43

• From the 2016 talk‘s description: “In honor of Software Freedom Day 2016, Richard Stallman gives a brief primer of free software, including where you can get more information and how to help.” http://techrights.org/2022/03/25/rms-software-freedom-day-2016/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:26:54

• EPO staff is abused and its right to go on strike is curtailed in spite of ILOAT’s role and 2021 ruling; but António Campinos continues to enjoy immunity, so he laughs all the way to the bank while breaking laws http://techrights.org/2022/03/25/squashing-epo-staff/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:27:13

• our years (in 3 months) into his term António Campinos shows that he’s happy to violate laws and ignore court rulings, just like Benoît Battistelli did; being patient with liars helps the liars http://techrights.org/2022/03/25/epo-meme-diplomatic-immunity/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:27:26

• Parrot 5.0 Security OS Released with Linux Kernel 5.16, New Hacking Tools, and LTS Support • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162983    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:43:56

• Software: Diffoscope, PgBouncer, and ProtonMail • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162984    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:44:05

• IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162985    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:53:59

• Programmers and Programming • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162986    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 15:54:43

• UK COVID-19 Hospitalisations Rise to Highest Number in 2.5 Months http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/25/covid-19-hospitalisations-march/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 17:23:11

• "For me, this is really important as I hate being in car. It makes me sick, dizzy and angry to be in a car. Car trips ruins my day." gemini://rawtext.club/~ploum/2022-03-25-where_to_live.gmi    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 18:44:11

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162987    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:14:47

• Microsoft Run by Criminals, Who Expel Those Who Don’t Participate in the Crimes • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162988    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:20:47

• Microsoft = crime, corruption http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162988 also see http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/ Zemlin, OSI and all those Microsoft apologists are partners in crime    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:21:08

• Microsoft has always been organised crime. Nothing has ever changed. The cover-up become more extensive (even the SEC itself). http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162988    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:23:26

• What is Devuan Linux and #HowTo Install It • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162989    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:27:39

• The next release of Red Hat Satellite: Same great features, new version number • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162991    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:48:12

• ’Ubuntu Pro’ Settings Pulled from Ubuntu 22.04 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162992    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 19:51:15

• Capyloon’s web-based OS is now available for mainline Linux phones (PinePhone Pro and Librem 5) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162993    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 20:03:18

• Parrot 5.0 Security OS Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162983#comment-33192   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 20:06:20

• Lakka 4.0 game emulator released with LibreELEC 10.0.2 and RetroArch 1.10.1 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162769#comment-33191    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 20:08:29

• Allwinner D1 RISC-V SoC shows up on new Nezha STU dev kit and DevTerm handheld http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162974#comment-33193   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 20:50:25

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162994    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 20:51:32

• "The National Security Agency (NSA) has issued guidelines on how to make Kubernetes environments more secure." But the NSA's goal is NOT security. https://thenewstack.io/nsa-on-how-to-harden-kubernetes/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 20:57:59

• The Publisher with the Best Steam Deck Support - Boiling Steam ⚓ https://boilingsteam.com/the-publisher-with-the-best-steam-deck-support/ ䷉ Source: boilingsteam    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:00:32

• 1700 Games On The Steam Deck, with Valkyria Chronicles 4 as Verified - Boiling Steam ⚓ https://boilingsteam.com/1700-games-on-the-steam-deck-with-valkyria-chronicles-4-as-verified/ ䷉ Source: boilingsteam    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:00:41

• openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2022/12 https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-now-offering-gnome-42/   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:03:33

• "Still not super detailed, but I hope it will help some of the Pepper&Carrot's derivatives projects in progress." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article903/pepper-s-house-map    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:05:53

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162995    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:06:02

• [GIT PULL] platform-drivers-x86 for 5.18-1 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/bd0e83ec-f42c-4617-5c1c-57501177afe6@redhat.com/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:22:35

• GPUOpen is paywalled. Soooo open.    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:23:29

• Happy 10th Birthday to the Open Source Robotics Foundation • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162996    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:25:44

• Ubuntu Blog: Inclusive Language and its Future at Canonical https://ubuntu.com//blog/inclusive-language-and-its-future-at-canonical they used to care a bit about software freedom; this is just trolling: http://techrights.org/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:26:47

• "Despite the innovation, investment, and growth in the space, [spy] homes have never quite lived up to their promise." People not dumb enough to fall for the hype yet? https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-evolution-of-the-smart-home-current-trends-part-2    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:27:32

• ICBM still trying to ride this hype wave from 2-4 years ago https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/debugging-and-error-handling-best-practices-in-a-blockchain-application/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:29:11

• "Chris is moving away from using Containers" https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/148027/the-no-container-theory-self-hosted-67/ not living up to the hype?    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:30:16

• "The keycloak package prior to version 17.0.1-2 was running with WildFly server. Since upstream officially moved to Quarkus distribution, Arch Linux follows this approach. This means some manual intervention is required for the upgrade." https://archlinux.org/news/keycloak-1701-2-update-requires-manual-reconfiguration/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:31:23

• Time to quit Microsoft Windows https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-7-recovery-cds-and-dvds-wont-work-due-bug    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:33:28

• This week the EPO’s staff made a clear statement to the EPO’s administration; the staff isn’t happy and almost half of the workers, according to the union, were willing to take the risks associated with striking http://techrights.org/2022/03/25/biggest-strike-against-campinos/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:34:41

• gemini:// has become very important to us and it grows rapidly because people are frustrated with the World Wide Web http://techrights.org/2022/03/25/our-best-month-in-gemini/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:34:57

• "In traditional package managers it's heavily emphasized that you need to trust the packagers for your distribution—that's a big reason why I've used Debian on my servers before but not ubuntu, I don't trust canonical." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-09-01.gmi    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:37:19

• "Here’s your 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-2022-12/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:38:31

• Prime example of dark patterns in the wild (pun intended). https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/amazon-prime-subscription-cancel-secret-project-b2038207.html    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:38:53

• Wine 7.5 is out now with initial OCSP protocol support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/wine-75-is-out-now-with-initial-ocsp-protocol-support/ ䷉ Source: Gaming On Linux | GNU | Linux | Games    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:40:59

• "he Atlantic cod originated from Norwegian spawning grounds and had lived in Arctic water temperature for up to 6 years. The potential fish abundance was far below commercially sustainable levels and is expected to remain so because of the low productivity of the CAO." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj7536    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:46:02

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162997    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:46:15

• Games: Steam Deck and Wine 7.5 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162998    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:46:22

• Asahi Linux Shows the M1's Greatest Limitation May Be macOS http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162909#comment-33195   

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:53:41

• Apple plans to offer the iPhone as as Disservice (iaaD), ensuring you never own even the hardware. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/03/25/apple-plans-to-offer-the-iphone-as-as-disservice-iaad-ensuring-you-never-own-even-the-hardware/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:57:54

• Peddling Microsoft talking point under the name "Linux security" https://linuxsecurity.com/features/fileless-malware-on-linux    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:59:14

• "At this point we will no longer back-port fixes for security issues and critical bugs to 1.11, so we heartily encourage you to upgrade to the latest version of Istio (1.13.2) if you haven’t already." https://istio.io/latest/news/support/announcing-1.11-eol-final/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 21:59:55

• ICBM has outsourced to Microsoft's proprietary software prison again https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/introducing-stocktrader/    

posted Friday, March 25, 2022 at 22:00:54

• Kate & KWrite on Qt 6 - Kate • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162999    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:09:21

• "Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from March 18 to March 25." https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/03/twig-36/    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:10:15

• Get Creative with the All-New Pattern Creator https://wordpress.org/news/2022/03/get-creative-with-the-all-new-pattern-creator/    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:11:51

• 3 Immutable Operating Systems: Bottlerocket, Flatcar and Talos Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163000    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:18:21

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163001    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:34:19

• Wine 7.5 Released With HLSL Compiler Support http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162998#comment-33196   

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:36:37

• Docker Compose is a useful tool for running multi-containers Docker applications. Using Docker Compose, we can configure the application’s services in a YAML   

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:41:25

• Technically, Microsoft (and the NSA) are always logged in https://www.maketecheasier.com/know-if-someone-logging-into-windows-pc/    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:43:28

• EasyOS Dunfell-series 3.4.4 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163002    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:45:07

• Gammath™ SPOT version 2.8 (beta) released on 25 March 2022 https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gammath_SPOT needs to delete Microsoft GitHub    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:47:21

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163003    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:48:07

• Taking Screenshots on Linux Compared: 7 Different Desktops • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163004    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:48:43

• They need to delete Microsoft GitHub https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/25/supercomputer_language_ai/    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:50:12

• Quantel Paintbox History: The Stylus That Revolutionized Television ⚓ https://tedium.co/2022/03/25/quantel-paintbox-history/ ䷉ Source: tedium    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:54:57

• Canonical/Ubuntu: Spy Home, War on Words, and Ubuntu-MM • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163005    

posted Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 01:55:05