Roy Schestowitz

• Videos/Audio: Kubuntu 22.04 Beta, Plausible, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163438    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:19:18

• Red Hat/Fedora: SystremD, Clown RAN, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163439    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:21:07

• "“Thank You” Bosch, this angle grinder is brand new. It has never worked, because there seems to a production error/the small gear is loose / not attached to the drive shaft, so the electric motor can not drive the gearbox." https://dwaves.de/2022/04/06/bosch-angle-grinder-flex-pws-9-125-ce-products-clearly-suffering-from-lack-of-quality-made-in-hungary-and-maybe-even-china-3-603-c99-a01/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:28:54

• Monado accepted in GSoC 2022! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163419#comment-33294   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:34:19

• Linux Foundation on Red Hat in AGL http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163439#comment-33293    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:36:56

• "Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-01-02.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:44:03

• "I guess the main point I'm trying to make is that a big company ain't good, and that a good, small-to-medium–sized company is constantly on a knife's edge between going bankrupt and growing to being a big bad company." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-01-02.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:44:29

• "I watch youtube—watch, not browse. I watch a selection of channels that I know have quality content, using mpv + invidious. Browsing youtube, even with a privacy-protecting frontend, is a recipe for slowly decaying your brain." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-01-08.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:49:21

• xkcd: Linguistics Degree ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2602/ ䷉ Source: xkcd    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:57:33

• xkcd: Childhood Toys ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2603/ ䷉ Source: xkcd    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 00:57:51

• UC Berkeley ML pioneer wins top computing gong - El Reg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/06/2021_acm_computing_prize/ ䷉ Source: theregister    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 01:00:34

• COVID-19 vaccines exempted? https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1168800/new-clinical-trial-regulation-now-live    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 01:02:12

• Microsoft 1990s: let's integrate the Web with the operating system (ActiveX, WMP etc.). Gulag and Gulag-funded Mozilla: let's make the browser like a whole operating system or VM. 30 million lines of code!    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 01:08:28

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163440    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 01:08:46

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163441    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 01:31:24

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163442    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 01:31:31

• #Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, April 06, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:05:24

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

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:05:33

• "So, that's it. I've launched a separate section of my capsule which I'll publish in Greek. It is pretty empty right now; I've only put there a few old poems I wrote because I didn't want to have the 'THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK' kind of pages ;-)." gemini://koyu.space/blu256/el.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:12:11

• Mike Blumenkrantz: Big Marge https://www.supergoodcode.com/big-marge/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:14:34

• Best alternatives of Arduino IDE ⚓ https://linuxhint.com/arduino/ ䷉ Source: LinuxHint | GNU | Linux | FreeSW 🐧    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:16:22

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163443    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:21:27

• Kubernetes Blog: Kubernetes Removals and Deprecations In 1.24 https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/04/07/upcoming-changes-in-kubernetes-1-24/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:22:25

• "So, the songs are perpetually stuck in rightsholder limbo. No one wants to renegotiate the contracts to make a few cents off streaming." https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/everything-or-nothing.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 04:23:42

• "I have things relatively locked down here—more on homelab security coming soon!—but a DDoS isn't something most residential ISPs take too kindly." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/getting-new-ip-address-dhcp-spectrum-internet    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:14:25

• "This article is the first of a four-part series on building your own NAS on FreeBSD. This series will cover: [...]" https://klarasystems.com/articles/building-your-own-freebsd-based-nas-with-zfs/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:14:44

• NuTyX 22.04.1 Released with Updated Desktops and Cards • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163444    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:15:36

• "The /usr merge idea was first raised in "The Case for the /usr Merge" by Lennart Poettering in 2012. It came out of the systemd community, but was not meant to be systemd-specific, though" https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/890219/12423853bab9657d/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:17:28

• "We did some testing to develop our own best practices for designing PCB breakaway tabs and published an industry white paper about it." https://www.sparkfun.com/news/4400    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:18:07

• "Data types may contain secret information. Some of it can be extracted, some is hidden forever. We’re going to get to the bottom of this conspiracy" https://bartoszmilewski.com/2022/04/05/teaching-optics-through-conspiracy-theories/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:19:15

• "Though you should expect normalization to be efficient, it is unlikely to be computationally free. Thus you should not repeatedly normalize your strings, as I have done." https://lemire.me/blog/2022/04/05/string-representations-are-not-unique-learn-to-normalize/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:19:50

• "The fact we're talking about shell scripts for something critical means that the battle for reliability was lost a long time ago." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2022/04/05/pipe/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:21:06

• "Like computer circuit boards, many American cities are organised in a grid. People flow through them in vast numbers." https://theconversation.com/growing-up-in-a-city-can-harm-your-spatial-skills-new-research-180046    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:21:43

• "I was less surprised. We at the Science Media Centre (SMC) had noticed during the pandemic that some universities that were extremely proactive in research communications were missing in action." https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/pandemic-was-missed-opportunity-science-advocacy    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:22:15

• normie ⚓ https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/normie: ䷉ Source: RobBraxmanTech    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:24:03

• iophk: no penalties yet for those that deploy MS products in production situations https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-state-of-robotics-february-march-2022    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:24:50

• "The BSD stuff was just the product of a different time. Today, a university would try to figure out a way to monetize it and it would end with nobody wanting to use a copy and then everyone forgetting about it." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-060422.html#tApr%2006%2012:53:18    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:26:37

• Clown computing + buzzwords = self-harm https://www.csoonline.com/article/3656788/attackers-create-malware-for-serverless-computing-platforms-like-aws-lambda.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:27:29

• Biden priority: protect oligarchs https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-2023-budget-could-have-made-child-care-free-instead-it-boosts-police/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:30:36

• "But those will still be TVs, and this is a monitor." https://www.theverge.com/23011794/alienware-aw3423dw-review-qd-oled-curved-gaming-pc-monitor    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:31:45

• "Now tracking has shifted to what is known as “first party” tracking." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/technology/online-tracking-privacy.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:34:11

• "The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today in Luxembourg that general and indiscriminate data retention is inadmissible even for the purpose of combating serious crimes. MEP and civil rights activist Dr. Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) comments: [...]" https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/patrick-breyer-data-retention-is-dead-stop-trying-to-resurrect-it/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:34:40

• Zuck's own fakecoins https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/6/23013896/meta-facebook-zuck-bucks-finance-financial-services-products    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:35:25

• ISIS imitates CIA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61016908    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:36:29

• Windows TCO https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/3260807-demand-for-cyber-threat-intel-growing-white-house-official-says/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:41:02

• "The only problem is that both clips were taken out of context" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fox-news-obama-white-house-visit-biden-1333556/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:43:03

• "And while there is no evidence that the misinformation campaign has had any discernible effect on the conflict" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/us/politics/ukraine-russia-hackers.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:43:23

• "Pinterest will prohibit ads and posts that feature climate misinformation" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/technology/pinterest-climate-misinformation.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:43:50

• Twitter = oligarchs' propaganda https://www.searchenginejournal.com/elon-musk-twitter-impact/444860/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:44:16

• WikiLeaks https://itwire.com/strategy/wikileaks-marks-12-years-since-release-of-collateral-murder-video.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:48:02

• GulagTube of 2022, unlike 2010, would have immediately suspended Wikileaks' account for uploading the Collateral Murder video. Gulag = imperialism, censorship, oppression, brainwash.    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:49:25

• "Each year, thousands of aspiring truck drivers sign up for training with some of the nation’s biggest freight haulers." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/business/economy/trucker-training.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:50:06

• "It's really damaging to the songwriting industry." https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61006984    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:50:41

• "He claimed Sheeran’s lawyers brought the legal proceedings" https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/ed-sheeran-wins-high-court-copyright-battle-with-sami-switch-over-shape-of-you-3642662    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:52:08

• "The judge found Sheeran had not even heard the “Oh Why” song before writing his own hit" https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ed-sheeran-copyright-row-shape-of-you-sami-switch-london-b992710.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:55:10

• “The use of the first four notes of the rising minor pentatonic scale for the melody is so short, simple, commonplace and obvious in the context of the rest of the song" https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ed-sheeran-wins-copyright-lawsuit-in-the-uk/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 08:55:57

• Cory Doctorow https://creativecommons.org/2022/04/06/open-minds-podcast-cory-doctorow/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:09:16

• "We are pleased to present the 2021 Creative Commons State of the Commons Annual Report." https://creativecommons.org/2022/04/05/2021-annual-report/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:09:36

• Social control media is a passing fad https://truthout.org/articles/two-of-the-brains-behind-trumps-failing-social-media-company-abruptly-resign/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:12:17

• ‘Putin destroyed evidence of Nazi crimes’: Meduza talks to historian Gregory Aimaro-Parmut about the destruction of Chernihiv’s SBU archive https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/04/07/putin-destroyed-evidence-of-nazi-crimes    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:13:56

• "One way to keep yourself more secure on the web is by using multi-factor authentication." Not quite; in many cases, the way it's implemented does more harm than good. But they use it to harvest data. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/securing-your-accounts-is-difficult-this-is-what-you-should-know-about-multi-factor-authentication/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:15:47

• More good reasons to self-host all your stuff, stop outsourcing to companies that 1) don't care about you. 2) work for regimes. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/latest-threat-independent-online-creators-filter-mandate-bill    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:18:42

• "We enjoy access to cheap stuff because of the mass market for things like mice, keyboards, and cell phones." "https://hackaday.com/2022/04/06/accessible-arduino-mouse-helps/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:19:51

• "Today is a day of housecleaning. I splited tinylog file into two, current and archive for 2021. I restarted my VPS (uptime about half year)." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:23:39

• "Controllers haven't seen much change over the past decade or two." They just get more expensive, harder to repair etc. gemini://low-key.me/gemlog/psa-dualsense-pc.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:24:59

• "I’m getting the vibe that MMT is falling out of vogue in Sweden and that interest rates are gonna be jacked up. Maybe we’ll know for sure in three weeks after the next Riksbank meeting. But they’re giving up on trying to stem inflation." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/growth    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:26:31

• Fudging Designers gemini://idiomdrottning.org/fudging-designers    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:27:03

• On polarization https://www.mintpressnews.com/cancel-culture-and-polarization-in-the-age-of-covid-how-to-agree-to-disagree/280156/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:30:10

• SweatshopZone https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/06/say-it-pride-pushback-after-psaki-walks-back-biden-amazon-union-remarks    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:31:53

• Pinterest https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/06/pinterest-applauded-plan-combat-climate-misinformation    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:32:36

• "Far-right and authoritarian leaders in the U.S. and Russia are pushing the planet toward "the most dangerous point in human history," renowned scholar Noam Chomsky said in an interview published by The New Statesman Wednesday" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/06/most-dangerous-point-human-history-looming-warns-noam-chomsky-0    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:34:26

• These patents continue to kill millions of people for profit https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/06/poverty-pre-condition-underlying-covid-19-mortality    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:36:55

• This is the priority of police in Spain? https://torrentfreak.com/how-laligas-anti-piracy-tools-led-to-two-more-pirate-iptv-arrests-220406/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:38:46

• "UK media giant Sky has asked [Microsoft] to remove the website... [Microsoft] responded by taking a CucoTV repository offline." https://torrentfreak.com/sky-tries-to-remove-pirate-iptv-app-cucotv-from-github-220406/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:39:33

• DMCA https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/06/vosburg-v-putney-leg-amputations-and-the-overly-censorial-dmca-notice/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:47:47

• DirecTV https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/06/directv-ignores-gop-pressure-kicks-oan-off-its-cable-lineup/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 09:48:35

• An introduction to pvpanic https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/an-introduction-to-pvpanic    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:06:24

• SCOTUS appointments covered under "politics" sections. Just to remind you what US courts are really like, even the highest one.    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:10:24

• Watching US news is good if you like horror movies    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:11:51

• Tech does not always improve lives https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/06/court-says-texas-drone-law-violates-the-first-amendment/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:12:44

• Oligarchs' social control: make lists, scare people https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/06/non-starter-critics-slam-amtrak-request-dhs-watchlist-screening-passengers    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:14:17

• Transportation Safety Administration (TSA): hiring pedophiles who uses the job to get access to children (touching them). I reported one case to TSA and they didn't even reply, let alone did something about it...    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:15:32

• US does a terrible job preventing nuclear wars. I'm sure it'll be "green" and "environmentally-friendly" when they drop their third nuke (only the US dropped nukes).    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:17:48

• When Rupert Murdoch controls the media https://www.desmog.com/2022/04/06/the-suns-pro-fracking-poll-was-paid-for-by-climate-denial-group/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:19:05

• "it’s wrong for politicians to promise to punish companies for their speech." Companies are not people; they haven't free speech rights https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/06/its-wrong-for-politicians-to-announce-plans-to-punish-companies-for-speech-no-matter-who-does-it/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:22:47

• Elive 3.8.27 beta released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163445    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:38:20

• 7 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163446    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:38:31

• Microsoft Windows https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/the-original-apt-advanced-persistent-teenagers/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:39:58

• Guess who pays https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/06/jury-awards-14-million-to-anti-police-brutality-protesters-who-were-brutalized-by-colorado-police-officers    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:40:31

• But this is a REAL issue https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/04/06/a-risible-attack-on-scientific-gatekeeping/   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:41:40

• Vivaldi 5.2 Adds a Reading List Panel & New Privacy Statistics Bar http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163414#comment-33296   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:46:57

• Linux Mint's upcoming Upgrade tool makes upgrades a lot easier http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163423#comment-33297   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:47:33

• Released: SmartOS 20220407 http://smartos.org/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:49:52

• The EPO’s administration continues to enjoy the media’s apathy or silence; not a word is being said about EPO scandals, let alone strikes and industrial actions; today’s 20-minute video is one of many to come http://techrights.org/2022/04/06/granted-patents-pr/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:52:30

• The Linux Foundation has turned Linux.com, once a thriving hub for news about GNU/Linux, into a graveyard; this is what Linux.com looks like this morning http://techrights.org/2022/04/07/linux-com-double-post/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:53:39

• Outsourcing to Microsoft is poor decision-making, as yesterday’s news serves to remind us again (there’s no due process!) http://techrights.org/2022/04/07/takedowns-through-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:53:43

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 06, 2022 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/04/07/irc-log-060422/ ䷉ Source: Techrights | GNU | Linux | FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/04/07/irc-log-060422/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:53:48

• Proprietary Software and Security • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163447    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 11:20:00

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163448    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 11:20:49

• Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino and PCBs • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163449    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 11:20:57

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163450    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 11:21:03

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163451    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 11:21:11

• after repeatedly ignoring the issue, devoting not even a single sentence to is, Max Walters or his publish finally acknowledge the EPO's crisis https://www.managingip.com/article/b1xgwst1q4cnm4/epo-unrest-returns-should-ip-owners-be-worried    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 11:59:59

• GIMP 2.10 review • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163452    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 13:45:07

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163453    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 13:45:19

• Linux Mint’s New Upgrade Tool Aims to Make the Update Process a Breeze http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163423#comment-33298   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 13:46:03

• "Developer Room-C Games working with Croteam have announced that The Hand of Merlin will see full Steam Deck support, as work continues on their Native GNU/Linux version." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/the-hand-of-merlin-to-get-full-native-linux-and-steam-deck-support/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:29:01

• "The original developer who was working on Steam Deck support was sadly caught up in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Ludeon Studios mentioning they are now safe." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/rimworld-now-includes-full-steam-deck-support/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:29:43

• "Half-Life Alyx: LEVITATION is an impressive looking upcoming mod for Valve's incredible VR experience. Probably one of the best games and gaming experiences, I've ever had. I'm itching to play a whole lot more in this world." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/half-life-alyx-levitation-promises-another-4-5-hours-of-vr-fun/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:30:32

• ICBM wants people to increase Red Hat vendor lockin https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ansible-plugin-inventory-files    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:32:41

• OpenWrt project infrastructure addition https://openwrt.org/infrastructure?rev=1649325884&do=diff    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:36:25

• Perl Weekly Challenge 159: Farey Sequence and Möbius Number http://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2022/04/perl-weekly-challenge-159-farey-sequence-and-mobius-number.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:41:51

• "I made a thread late last year inquirying about interest in ROCm packaging; in that time I've introduced a few packages amd updated a few existing packages to the latest version." https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/MPOPPUJEEG44ODBW6NRAOCVH6ARRXFV5/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:43:32

• ICBM: 1) be a sociopath. 2) betray colleagues. 3) slander older workers as "dinobabies". 4) be a slave of ICBM "100% of the time". 5) work for the Nazis and lie to the media about it the way IWB did. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/4/transition-it-management    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:45:04

• Fedora is not "Community", ICBM. Quit pretending. You fool nobody. It used to be a community, but you've killed it, then SUED the volunteers (trying to take away their Web sites). https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-blog-monthly-summary-march-2022/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:46:19

• Git started in 2005. 9 years later Microsoft made a plot to kill Git, same for Linux. https://opensource.com/article/22/4/our-favorite-git-commands    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:48:10

• GitHub Issues is an issue. It's an attack on Git. Microsoft EEE.    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:50:12

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163454    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 14:51:37

• Games: The Hand of Merlin, RimWorld, Half-Life Alyx: LEVITATION • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163455    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:08:11

• Fedora and IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163456    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:08:26

• "FreeBSD Status Report 4th Quarter 2021, Reproducible clean $HOME in OpenBSD using impermanence, Making RockPro64 a NetBSD Server, helloSystem 0.7.0 is out, lazy approach to FreeBSD dual-booting, going to jail, and more." https://www.bsdnow.tv/449    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:11:32

• Three Internet Radio Clients for the Debian 11 Terminal • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163457    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:11:52

• [PATCH v10 00/14] Multi-Gen LRU Framework - Yu Zhao ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220407031525.2368067-1-yuzhao@google.com/ ䷉ Source: google | gulag    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:14:19

• [PULL] drm-misc-next - Maxime Ripard ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20220407085940.pnflvjojs4qw4b77@houat/ ䷉ Source: kernel | linux    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:14:57

• kernel/git/crng/random.git - Development tree for the kernel CSPRNG ⚓ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/commit/?id=48bff1053c172e6c7f340e506027d118147c8b7f ䷉ Source: git    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:15:23

• Foliate is undoubtedly the best eBook viewer for Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163458    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:20:24

• Xubuntu 22.04 LTS - New Features and Release Details ⚓ https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/04/xubuntu-22-04-lts/ ䷉ Source: DebugPoint | GNU | Linux    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:21:34

• "The SOFA (Start Often Finish rArely) attitude is something I’ve often resented in my own self because I wasted—or it felt like waste, at the time—my life up to age 26 or so before I had the toolbox to more intentionally and directedly focus my time." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/sofa    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:23:07

• The pandemic shows that the state is already withering away, just not in the cool way Marx and Engels predicted gemini://beyondneolithic.life/posts/withering.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:23:57

• "one thing that annoys me is that it's currently only capable of receiving mail, not sending it. Again, this has its benefits (I can be fairly certain nobody's relaying spam via my server), but it does have an obvious downside - on the off chance that somebody _does_ mail that address I have no easy way to reply." gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2019-08-27-Email-woes.txt    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:25:41

• The pandemic shows that the state is already withering away, just not in the cool way Marx and Engels predicted gemini://beyondneolithic.life/posts/withering.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 15:59:18

• "one thing that annoys me is that it's currently only capable of receiving mail, not sending it. Again, this has its benefits (I can be fairly certain nobody's relaying spam via my server), but it does have an obvious downside - on the off chance that somebody _does_ mail that address I have no easy way to reply." gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2019-08-27-Email-woes.txt    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:00:03

• HEY HI (!!) camera https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/04/07/ankermake-m5-3d-printer-ai-camera-fast-printing/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:30:30

• Why spent so much money on a PC? At $6500 it's like a car. https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/04/07/arm-systemready-sr-certified-ampere-altra-developer-platform/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:31:54

• Microsoft trap. Avoid. https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-install-umbraco-cms-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:33:33

• "SystemReady SR certification includes verification testing of Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 ... Fedora Server 35, FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, CentOS stream 9, and Debian 11.2." https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/04/p26514933/adlinks-ampere-altra-developer-platform-with-arm-systemready-certification    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:35:30

• No, Microsoft (criminals) GitHub page does not impress me. PopOS should shun proprietary software like that. https://www.makeuseof.com/pop-os-release-2204-beta-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:37:38

• Dash to Panel Adds GNOME 42 Support • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163459    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:50:01

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163460    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 16:50:30

• Gulag: we give the NSA back doors. But YOUR "apps" are not secure. https://www.maketecheasier.com/google-play-store-block-android-apps-dont-update/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:04:25

• KDE neon 20220407 is out. Great distro! https://neon.kde.org/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:04:51

• Microsoft Windows Update is also technically a botnet, but this one won't be removed https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/04/us-disrupts-russian-botnet.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:06:12

• Elive 3.8.27 is out    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:06:55

• "A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated;" Proprietary software, so Microsoft-funded media won't make fuss over it. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-278-01    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:08:39

• "Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity" om this proprietary software https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-097-02 "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause the affect device to become unresponsive, resulting in a denial-of-service condition and requiring a manual reboot."    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:09:40

• "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Nitrux 20220402 and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LVINy_2RENg    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:25:10

• Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Powered by Linux 5.15 LTS, Gets Experimental Wayland Backend • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163461    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:25:17

• Go away, criminals https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/xbox-games-studios-talk-up-more-of-their-games-on-steam-deck/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:29:48

• Post re UK COVID-19 updated with this evening's figures: We’re still at record highs for the season, despite testing rates falling. That cannot hide deaths and escalations. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/04/06/data-issue/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 17:42:08

• Are you more worried about money going to Putin than to KSA? Also, why is this in Planet Ubuntu today? http://blog.markvdb.be/2022/04/how-much-does-my-flight-sponsor-vladimir.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 18:53:11

• User beware: OSI is promoting Microsoft proprietary software in exchange for bribes https://opensource.org/blog/modified-agplv3-removes-freedoms-adds-legal-headaches    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 18:58:23

• ARPCHAT: Communicate using ARP Protocol inside Isolated Network • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163462    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 18:58:33

• Ubuntu: Canonical, System 76, and Xubuntu • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163463    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 18:59:20

• OSI does not warn people about Microsoft    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:00:00

• Documenting Drugs: The Artful Intoxications of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/documenting-drugs/ ䷉ Source: publicdomainreview    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:02:06

• The vanity of unqualified EPO management (hauled from a trademark institution for the 'skill' of knowing a mischievous colleague) is only going to motivate more EPO staff to participate in future strikes http://techrights.org/2022/04/07/arrogance-of-madame-simon/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:05:08

• Things are heating up at the EPO; management is unwilling to address key issues as the conflict grows and even some media is willing to mention (at long last) what truly goes on http://techrights.org/2022/04/07/media-catching-up-with-strikes/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:05:23

• Stacked by Microsoft, preaching/talking about fake security while failing to name the predominant culprit: Microsoft Windows https://www.fosslife.org/political-threat-ransomware-attacks see http://techrights.org/2021/05/02/ransomware-task-force/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:12:46

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163464    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:12:55

• JS is a security threat: "jQuery versions prior to 3.0.0 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed." https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-097-01    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:15:21

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163465    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:16:30

• Why is Kopper and Zink important? AKA the future of OpenGL • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163466    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 19:56:49

• Fedora Plans to Drop Support for Legacy BIOS Systems • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163467 IBM helps the same sinister agenda as Microsoft and the NSA; it's not about security or modernity as lessens users' control   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:00:06

• There is always something new to learn and do in Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163468    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:10:20

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163469    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:10:29

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163470    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:10:44

• Hardkernel’s newest ODROID-M1 enters the SBC market https://linuxgizmos.com/hardkernels-newest-odroid-m1-enters-the-sbc-market%EF%BF%BC/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:22:41

• Back doors-approved https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/05/red_hat_gets_rhel_82/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:34:23

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163471    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:34:47

• They need to delete Microsoft GitHub and not outsource their work to criminals https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/04/07/smartknob-view-is-a-diy-haptic-input-knob-with-wifi-and-bluetooth-connectivity/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:36:28

• Ubuntu plocate security review https://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2022-04-07-16-13_ubuntu_plocate_security_review.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:37:09

• Clown computing and buzzwords = security disasters marketed as "Safety" and "Cheaper" https://www.toolbox.com/it-security/cloud-security/news/denonia-malware-cryptomining-cryptojacking/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:38:27

• Clown computing is to a server/computer at home what public, filthy toilet booths are to a lavatory you have at home    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:39:23

• Final changes before releasing EasyOS 3.4.5 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163326#comment-33300   

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:41:36

• "A rather slow week again after the 2000 games milestone on the Steam Deck. There are now 2100 games (1997 at the time of writing) working on the Steam Deck – in two categories as usual..." https://boilingsteam.com/2100-games-on-the-steam-deck-metro-2033/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:42:29

• Librera App is the most used Book and EPUB Viewer for Android • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163472    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:50:24

• linuxium.com.au: If things don't change, things will stay as they are. ⚓ https://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com/2022/04/if-things-dont-change-things-will-stay.html ䷉ Source: linuxiumcomau    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:50:29

• ICBMd https://lwn.net/Articles/889610/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:52:48

• VMware = proprietary software junk. "An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system." https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/04/07/vmware-releases-security-updates    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:59:26

• LWN’s Kernel Coverage Today • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163473    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 20:59:51

• gzip-1.12 released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163474    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:02:32

• Khronos Blog - The Khronos Group Inc ⚓ https://www.khronos.org/blog/your-opencl-developer-experience-just-got-upgraded ䷉ Source: khronos    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:03:29

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163475    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:06:47

• Swap your snaps for flatpaks https://yewtu.be/watch?v=JyF17MtQTn0    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:09:20

• "Livestream for new Linux users to ask their questions regarding making the switch to Linux." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Z3XRVox93-Y    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:12:40

• Games: Steam Deck Milestone and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163476    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:12:47

• "Docker surprises everyone, new Fedora tools in the works, and an old debate with a fresh take." https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-8209    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:13:36

• Webspam/fake review/SPAM/death knell of the WWW https://www.maketecheasier.com/review/ilife-a11-lidar-robot-vacuum/ the Web became flooded with such garbage...    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:14:39

• FreeBSD 13.1-RC2 is out now https://www.freebsd.org/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:17:12

• Microsoft is also corrupt. But states are prosecuting and arresting Microsoft employees. https://itsubuntu.com/fix-pfn_list_corrupt-in-windows/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:21:03

• Even "Linux" is targeted by the webspam 'industry' https://nerdist.com/article/linux-certification-training-bundle-on-sale/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:23:38

• [PATCH 00/11] Support Pensando Elba SoC - Brad Larson ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220406233648.21644-1-brad@pensando.io/ ䷉ Source: pensando    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:24:53

• "BadWolf is a minimalist and privacy-oriented WebKitGTK+ browser." https://sparkylinux.org/badwolf/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:29:14

• Project Zero: CVE-2021-30737, @xerub's 2021 iOS ASN.1 Vulnerability ⚓ https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/04/cve-2021-30737-xerubs-2021-ios-asn1.html ䷉ Source: google | gulag | projectzero    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:34:30

• Advice for data centers looking to change operating systems • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163477    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:34:41

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163478    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 21:34:52

• Winds a personalized RSS and Podcast app with an open-source flavor • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163479    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 22:17:30

• Software: BadWolf, Eve Reader, Gimel Studio, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163480    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 22:40:41

• "In my previous blog, I discussed the random placement of the animal cards and avoiding the overlap between two animal cards. As we are moving towards the end of the SoK period. I want to thank my mentors for resolving all my doubts(mostly silly) and helping me improve." https://samarthrajwrites.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/sok22-week-11-finalizing-the-left-right-click-activity/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:01:27

• Latest Linux Magazine Issue • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163481    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:02:17

• "I used Pipewire for a while a year or so back and it was a little flaky, I've now returned and it's incredible how far Linux audio has come, I have no reason to keep PulseAudio in my life the only problems it has are problems I also had on PulseAudio" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=A6tomqOZvM4    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:03:22

• Git Annex Is The Coolest Program You’ve Never Heard Of - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=p0eVyhv2rbk ䷉ Source: Video | Invidious | Multimedia    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:04:20

• Mark Shuttleworth looking for slaves to become his marketers https://fossforce.com/2022/04/mayday-mayday-mayday-ubuntus-throwing-a-release-party-and-needs-speakers/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:04:53

• People are the best data cleaners https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2022-04-08.html    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:07:04

• Canonical licks boots of military company ICBM, loves the taste of it https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-22-04-lts-is-ready-for-ibm-z16    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:11:33

• Canonical to ICBM (with a boot in its mouth): hmmmm. DELICIOUS! Can we taste the other boot?    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:12:28

• Mozilla Performance Blog: Performance Sheriff Newsletter (March 2022) https://blog.mozilla.org/performance/2022/04/07/performance-sheriff-newsletter-march-2022/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:14:20

• CISA/NSA; we're ALL ABOUT SHARING! Microsoft shares back doors with us (and neither of us tells you) https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/04/07/guidance-sharing-cyber-incident-information    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:16:19

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163482    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:25:07

• Audiocasts/Shows and Videos • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163483    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:28:07

• "Suspending your phone when it’s idle is the key way to increase overall battery life, and recently we’ve made progress in suspending the Librem 5" https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-suspend-preview/    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:42:05

• Simon Sharwood propping up frauds and charlatans from Gartner; they're paid to lie https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/22/containers_vs_vms_vs_serverless/?sc_cid=7013a000002q6eQAAQ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gartner_Group    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:45:22

• IBM/Red Hat, Fedora and Ubuntu • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163484    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:52:40

• Devices: Librem 5, SmartKnob View, and New System on Chip. • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163485    

posted Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 23:55:21