Roy Schestowitz

• Math finds gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-21-math    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:47:37

• self hosting gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-21.self-host.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:48:48

• "For now at least, this is a Gemini exclusive -- I'm not advertising it by any other means." gemini://gemini.thegonz.net/glog/250721-fearOfView.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:50:15

• "It takes me maybe twenty minutes to cycle home from the station. Not long after I set off this evening I heard a loud rumble of thunder, then the rain started: a few huge drops crashed down. I put my waterproofs on. It was soon pelting down. The roads were awash." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-07-22_Wet_bike.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:51:37

• [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-21.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:53:47

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1709.jpg    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:53:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1359.jpg    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:54:22

• "Summer has not been too hot here, although there continues to be been quite a bit of rain, my wife and I have still been able to get out for some outdoor activities. Yesterday we went river kayaking, and were lucky enough to catch sight of a bald eagle in a tree on shore." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2025-07-11-summer-update    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:55:38

• "Thanks to Sloum for the mention [0] of Willa Cather's "'O Pioneers!" [1]." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2025-07-17-resp-sloum-o-pioneers    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:56:26

• "Think this would be nice. How about we each share the services we self host in our homelabs." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/homelab/30523    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:58:33

• "It may be risky to publish my network layout, but because I got a new PFSense router and I like to talk about my homelab and the things I'm tinkering with I'm writing this gemlog post. Maybe it's some inspiration for someone." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2024-02-02-My_new_Nework_Setup.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 01:59:31

• Historia de la computación gemini://moribundo.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-21-historia_computacion.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:00:02

• Razones gemini://saltom.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-21.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:00:38

• Understanding subjective things gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random57    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:01:35

• "One of my Debian 12 virtual private servers was exploited and given the time of year, I didn’t even find out until weeks later. I have since re-rolled that VPS with NixOS and a pretty solid configuration that I’m fairly happy with." gemini://thatit.be/2025-07-12-12-00-28.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:02:41

• What does "Clouds about .05" mean? gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/what-does-clouds-about-.05-mean.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:03:52

• "Somehow still rocking an i486 or i586 processor? Its days are numbered." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kernel-dropping-certain-cpus-how-to-find-out-if-yours-is-one/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:12:50

• "Efficient, lightweight, and easy to set up. What more could you ask for?" https://www.howtogeek.com/libreelec-might-be-the-best-linux-distro-for-your-mini-pc/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:13:28

• How the Working Directory Ties Everything in Linux Together https://www.howtogeek.com/how-the-working-directory-ties-everything-in-linux-together/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:13:53

• Why I Prefer Watching Plex Over My Physical Media Collection https://www.howtogeek.com/i-prefer-watching-plex-over-my-physical-media-collection/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:15:29

• "With a bonus script that puts any search tool to shame." https://www.howtogeek.com/alternative-cli-tools-i-immediately-install-on-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:16:09

• 4 Reasons to Run Your Homelab Storage on Unraid (and 4 Reasons Not To) https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-to-run-your-homelab-storage-on-unraid-and-reasons-not-to/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:17:09

• 5 Mistakes I Made When Hosting My First Plex Media Server https://www.howtogeek.com/mistakes-i-made-when-hosting-my-first-plex-media-server/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:18:10

• Open Source IDE Geany Just Got Updated With New Features https://www.howtogeek.com/geany-2-1-released/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:19:18

• LibreOffice Is Replacing Microsoft 365 in Denmark's Government https://www.howtogeek.com/libreoffice-is-replacing-microsoft-365-for-denmark-ministry/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:20:18

• "Five steps to help bridge the Linux app gap and transition your entire workflow." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-fight-linuxs-app-gap-and-use-all-the-software-i-need/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:20:54

• "Here's how you can go "Back in Time" to find your files." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-easily-back-up-my-files-on-desktop-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:21:33

• "Penguins in the most unexpected places." https://www.howtogeek.com/til-the-playstation-2-can-run-linuxheres-how-it-works/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:22:10

• "Ubuntu offers a very different and unique user experience compared to other mainstream operating systems." https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-ubuntu-changed-how-i-use-my-pc/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:22:32

• "The pain, the agony!" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-use-fedora-linux-daily-but-these-things-drive-me-nuts/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:22:53

• "I'm talking about Klipper—not to be confused with Clippy." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-plasma-kicks-windows-11s-butt-with-this-one-feature/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:23:18

• "I looked at everything from power user to lightweight desktops." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tested-popular-linux-desktop-environments-heres-how-i-rank-them/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:25:13

• Some FSF presence in there https://2024.fossy.us/schedule/index.html#friday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:52:30

• And this year former OSI https://2025.fossy.us/schedule/#saturday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:53:43

• They also give space for serial harasser and event pest Matthew Garrett. So much for "Safety"... https://2025.fossy.us/schedule/#saturday http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_After_Abusing_and_Harassing_My_Husb.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:56:16

• SFLC is basically platforming people sued for harassment. Not as bad as Bicha at DebConf, but still...    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 02:57:13

• Microsoft abruptly stops selling and renting movies and TV shows on Xbox and Windows devices https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-abruptly-stops-selling-and-renting-movies-and-tv-shows-on-xbox-and-windows-devices    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:21:50

• Poison pill from Microsoft: "WPP picks Microsoft exec Cindy Rose as CEO amid sliding sales"    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:29:37

• The First Thing I Set Up on a New Computer Is a Web Server, Here’s Why https://www.howtogeek.com/the-first-thing-i-set-up-on-a-new-computer-is-a-web-server-heres-why/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:32:41

• "Let's take a crystal-clear look at this Linux distribution for gamers." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-bazzite-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:33:19

• "It's game on for the Penguin fans." https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-gaming-on-linux-is-better-than-ever/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:33:48

• "Let's embark on a Linux adventure, step-by-step." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-what-to-expect-when-you-install-linux-mint/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:34:43

• "Take the headaches out of programming package management." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-set-up-a-development-environment-with-mamba/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:35:08

• "Plus, a new version of LMDE is coming." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-2-work-better-new-pcs/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:35:41

• This Is the First Docker Container I Deploy on Any NAS https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-first-docker-container-i-deploy-on-any-nas/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:36:20

• "One more way to install software on Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-homebrew-on-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:37:13

• How I Installed World of Warcraft on My Steam Deck https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-installed-world-of-warcraft-on-my-steam-deck/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:37:45

• Why IPython is Better Than the Standard Python Interpreter https://www.howtogeek.com/why-ipython-is-better-than-the-standard-python-interpreter/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:38:16

• I Solved My Loud Gaming PC Problem With a Raspberry Pi and an Open-Source App https://www.howtogeek.com/stream-games-from-your-gaming-pc-to-your-raspberry-pi-with-sunshine/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:38:58

• "These facts might change how you see the operating system running the world." https://www.howtogeek.com/beginner-facts-about-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:39:43

• "It can even save your recordings as GIFs." https://www.howtogeek.com/record-your-screen-on-linux-with-spectacle/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:40:08

• 3 Self-Hosted Services I'm Running in My Homelab and Use Every Day https://www.howtogeek.com/self-hosted-services-im-running-in-my-homelab/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:42:02

• You Can Play Steam Games on RISC-V Processors Now https://www.howtogeek.com/you-can-play-steam-games-on-risc-v-processors-now/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 03:42:44

• Xwayland has security hole this month https://lwn.net/Articles/1029278/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 08:36:41

• Also here https://lwn.net/Articles/1028554/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 08:37:11

• Wayland is not a security solution https://www.heise.de/en/news/X-Org-and-Xwayland-Security-vulnerabilities-enable-code-smuggling-10296021.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 08:38:48

• "GE-Proton 10-10 is out now with the latest version of this community maintained compatibility layer for Linux systems bringing plenty of Windows game fixes." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/ge-proton-10-10-brings-tweaks-for-warframe-darksiders-mortal-kombat-1-and-ntsync-enabled-by-default/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:09:31

• "Depending on where you look, Linux on the desktop has somewhere between 4-6% user share on the desktop. Showing it's growing slowly but steadily overall" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:10:07

• "Back in June, Valve revealed the new performance monitor for the in-game Steam overlay, and now the Linux version has been upgraded." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/steam-beta-upgrades-the-in-game-performance-monitor-for-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:11:37

• iophk: On the apparent size of the AI bubble https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/20/2227233#1410989    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:29:02

• meta (facebook rebranded as facebook is waning and became a toxic branded) has no future, it also has a lot of debt and many layoffs. The slop thing shows that right now it plays roulette with another buzzword/hype/catchphrase because metaverse (vr) failed.    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:31:58

• "GeForce Infinity was announced recently as another option for running GeForce NOW on Desktop Linux, since NVIDIA haven't put out an official app." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/geforce-infinity-is-a-new-app-for-geforce-now-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:32:12

• "Keeping up with the excitement about Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux with the lsfg-vk project, there's now an extra unofficial GUI app." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/theres-now-an-unofficial-gui-for-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:46:29

• "Bellfortis is a medieval turn-based strategy game for players who love the genre, but don't have as much time to commit their lives to it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/dont-have-time-for-total-war-and-crusader-kings-try-the-new-bellfortis/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:48:49

• "Space Drilling Station has you manage and automate a drilling station on a distant planet. The developer detailed their Steam Deck work with a new demo." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/space-drilling-station-looks-fun-for-building-and-automation-fans-with-a-new-steam-deck-compatible-demo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:49:07

• "Xenopurge puts you in the command chair overseeing marines running around various buildings, as you take down the alien threat. Note: a key was provided to GamingOnLinux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/xenopurge-has-a-great-concept-and-a-good-start-for-a-tense-tactical-auto-battler/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:50:50

• "Pure chaos, that's what Mycopunk is. It's exceptionally bizarre and now my new favourite first-person shooter because it's so wildly unique. Note: key provided to GamingOnLinux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mycopunk-is-a-seriously-bizzare-co-op-shooter-and-a-new-favourite/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:52:23

• "Made with GZDoom, a fresh teaser for Fallout: Bakersfield has been released and now I'm excited all over again for it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/fallout-bakersfield-looks-like-an-awesome-doom-total-conversion-with-a-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:52:42

• ""May Every Day Be Another Wonderful Secret," Donald Trump Once Wished" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/20/may-every-day-be-another-wonderful-secret-donald-trump-once-wished/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:23:44

• "Eight Books That Explain the University Crisis" https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/07/modern-american-university-books-what-to-read/683599/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:23:58

• "Epstein Accuser Twice Told FBI About His Ties to Trump" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maria-farmer-epstein-trump-1235389698/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:24:23

• thewalrus pushing proprietary https://thewalrus.ca/can-office-tools-help-couples-optimize-for-domestic-bliss/ ("Can Office Tools Help Couples Optimize for Domestic Bliss? | The Walrus")    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:24:42

• "Russian-built Indian warship leaves Finnish waters" https://yle.fi/a/74-20173614    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:24:57

• "Erdogan visits Turkish-occupied north Cyprus on 51st anniversary of 1974 invasion" https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1275909/erdogan-visits-turkish-occupied-north-cyprus-on-51st-anniversary-of-1974-invasion/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:25:30

• "SharePoint zero-day hits servers, Microsoft issues emergency alert" https://techcentral.co.za/sharepoint-zero-day-microsoft-alert/267050/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:25:45

• "Trump's Fascist Posting Spree Isn't Just a Distraction From Epstein" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-fascist-posting-spree-distraction-epstein-1235389825/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:26:02

• "Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over alleged Epstein birthday card" https://boingboing.net/2025/07/18/trump-files-10-billion-lawsuit-against-wall-street-journal-over-alleged-epstein-birthday-card.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:26:18

• "Guide on converting from Google Docs into an eBook | Medium" https://denyspoltorak.medium.com/guide-on-converting-a-google-docs-text-into-an-ebook-5b1abc65f69d in Links but useful for those trying to escape Google Docs' lock-in    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:26:55

• iophk: chris takes a shot at microsoft infiltrating projects, businesses, and institutions https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ProjectsArePeople    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:27:51

• "LostFocus" https://lostfocus.de/2025/07/21/234949/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:28:05

• Bad language "Jeffrey Paul: Minio Are Assholes" https://sneak.berlin/20250720/minio-are-assholes/ iophk: though he does make some good points about CLAs and open core    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:30:01

• "Have you at least tried asking? · Applied Cartography" https://jmduke.com/posts/post/have-you-tried-asking/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:30:16

• "On the Supreme Court's Constitutional Vandalism in Service of Inherited Wealth" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-the-supreme-courts-constitutional    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:30:35

• "Democrats’ Project 2029 Is Doubling Down on Failure" https://jacobin.com/2025/07/democrats-project-2029-centrism-clinton/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:31:07

• "Donald Trump seems to have no theory of governance beyond personal gain and retribution." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/trump-pettiness-retribution-president/683618/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:31:33

• "Trump tax law runs up deficit by $3.4T, throws 10 million off health insurance, CBO says • Michigan Advance" https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/21/repub/trump-tax-law-runs-up-deficit-by-3-4t-throws-10-million-off-health-insurance-cbo-says/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:31:53

• "Wall Street continues to break records amid Trump chaos" https://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/the-world-is-more-scared-of-trump-than-america-20250722-p5mgsl.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:32:29

• "Spionprogram – när staten går över gränsen" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/21/spionprogram-nar-staten-gar-over-gransen/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:32:42

• "Janine Jackson interviewed media scholar Victor Pickard about the Paramount settlement for the July 18, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript" ☛ https://fair.org/home/the-current-commercial-system-will-always-fail-democracy/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:36:23

• "What a long-winded way to report "Zuckerberg completely loses the plot"." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/20/2227233#1410989    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:44:28

• vaccines and SIDS ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/07/21/dr-pierre-kory-promotes-an-old-lie-about-vaccines-and-sids/ |    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:48:17

• Landfills ☛ https://therevelator.org/closing-landfills-throwing-away-people/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:49:25

• "Today, online piracy is largely driven by unauthorized streaming sites and services." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/lawsuits-continue-to-put-u-s-bittorrent-pirates-in-a-financial-hurt-locker/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:00:43

• "They could fix this problem. One of their talented software engineers could stop this fraudulent practice in its tracks, if they had the will to do so." ☛ https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:01:14

• "That was, unsurprisingly, all bullshit." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/21/trump-2-0-support-for-lina-khan-style-antitrust-reform-wound-up-being-an-unsurprising-lie/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:13:08

• "Last time I checked in on how the second Trump administration was going to approach the globally-relevant business of antitrust enforcement, I was cautiously optimistic." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/trump-administration-antitrust-enforcement/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:13:20

• "Long story short: thanks to a series of misunderstandings" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/21/martin-mensch/#horbuch | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:15:38

• "To bypass YouTube restrictions, use ProtonVPN or PIA. Connect to servers in countries where the content is available." ☛ https://greycoder.com/how-to-bypass-youtube-restrictions-using-protonvpn-or-pia/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:16:05

• "This isn't the first time ABBA has dominated the streaming universe with its timeless tunes. The band's enduring anthem, "Dancing Queen," entered the Billions Club in July 2023." ☛ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/07/20/abba-spotify-billions-club-gimme-gimme-gimme/85282975007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:17:50

• "After examining the survey results, SD Worx concluded that the digitalisation of working life has turned vacation periods into a new arena for work, and poses a threat to Finns' wellbeing at their jobs." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20173591 | Source: YLE    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:25:41

• "months of discussions with a Zuckerberg representative" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-secretive-hawaii-compound-burial-ground/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:26:04

• "When a reader recently sought advice on how to get out of installing work-related apps on a personal cellphone, others were quick to point out the risks of using personal devices for work." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/21/work-advice-tech-privacy-phone/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:26:25

• "The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said it was concerned by the arrest of “numerous” women and girls in Kabul between July 16 and 19" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-21/un-concerned-by-talibans-arrest-of-afghan-women-and-girls-for-dress-code-violations | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:27:05

• "Despite that island's spiritual importance" ☛ https://futurism.com/spacex-rocket-debris-hawaii | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:30:26

• "We don't want to believe what we deeply understand: nothing is really deleted, and someone, somewhere can (and probably will) use that record against us." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/column_social_media_entrapment/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:30:50

• "The Pentagon has ordered U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles after more than a month in the city" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-21/pentagon-withdraws-700-marines-from-los-angeles | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:31:41

• "The move comes a week after the Pentagon released 2,000 members of the California National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which followed the release of 150 Guardsmen on July 1, to assist in state firefighting efforts." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-end-los-angeles-mission/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:32:02

• "concerns by India, Bangladesh and Tibetan rights groups about its impacts on residents and the environment." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/07/21/tibet-china-dam-yarlung-tsangpo/ | Source: RFA    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:32:22

• "to Steve, and everyone at Radio Free Europe" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/patti-smith-radio-free-europe-dedication-prague-2025-/33479158.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:32:52

• "Journalism has become an increasingly dangerous profession amid Yemen's tumultuous and unstable political and military landscape." ☛ https://dawnmena.org/journalism-and-expression-under-intensifying-war-in-yemen/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:33:25

• "The independent press in the United States is facing what media outlets in too many other countries with aspiring autocrats have confronted" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/donald-trump-campaign-media/683600/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:34:12

• "Such a ruling, if it stands, would revive Harvard’s sprawling scientific and medical research operation and hundreds of projects that lost federal money." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/07/21/harvard-trump-lawsuit-research-cuts/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:34:51

• "The ruling follows social media influencer and activist Joshua Chisa Mbele’s 2022 legal challenge of criminal defamation charges for his remarks about a military official." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-welcomes-defamation-decriminalization-in-malawi/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:35:23

• "I’m going to just say it: Cancel culture has gone to far" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/stephen-colbert-trump-go-f-yourself-cbs-late-show-cancelled-1236466001/ | Source: Variety    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:35:56

• "Investing in people doesn’t mean providing them with an education." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/07/21/on-the-epstein-files-and-corruption/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:37:09

• "The thing is, the tech bros haven’t just turned right." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/enshittification-and-the-bitterness | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:37:23

• "The people who create a project gather like-minded people who see nothing wrong with the culture and often act to perpetuate it" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ProjectsArePeople | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:37:51

• "Anthropic is planning to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-dario-amodei-gulf-state-leaked-memo/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:38:53

• "The framework is voluntary for now, but eventually, enforcement will begin in August 2025 after which penalties for non-compliance can reach up to €35million ($37.7million) or 7% of global turnover." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/21/meta-eu-ai-code-of-practice/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:39:17

• "ACWA Power expects the first phase of its green hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia to start commercial operations in 2030." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/07/21/2025/saudi-arabias-acwa-power-planning-europe-corridor | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:40:48

• "The piece talks about a summit that included Pennsylvanian natural gas producers and pipeline companies." ☛ https://werd.io/trump-and-the-energy-industry-are-eager-to-power-ai-with-fossil-fuels/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:41:24

• "Mount Everest is the top of the world — but where does the trash go?" ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/07/21/mount-everest-trash-drone/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:41:43

• "The environmental contradiction is equally stark. While Google’s emissions jumped 48% and Microsoft’s water consumption increased 87% due to AI infrastructure" ☛ https://hey.paris/posts/tasmanai/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:42:07

• "By luring the pythons to the rabbit look-alikes, biologists can save time that might otherwise be spent searching through the swamp for the snakes" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/robo-bunnies-are-the-newest-weapon-in-the-fight-against-invasive-burmese-pythons-in-florida-180987018/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:42:38

• "Jeremy, it’s great to have you with us today from Zagreb, Croatia." ☛ https://en.neritam.com/2025/07/21/mistreatment-of-whistleblowers-uneven-enforcement-of-laws-over-classified-papers/ | Source: Neritam    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:43:27

• "The journalists note that the actual figures are likely significantly higher" ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/over-119-000-russian-soldiers-killed-in-ukraine-identified-by-media-investigation/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:44:02

• "The WSJ and Donald Trump are telling different versions of the genesis of the story on Trump’s birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. But both are hiding the timeline of how the story came together." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/21/the-virgin-birth-of-the-epstein-book-story/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:44:26

• "the US Department of Justice recently released what it described as raw footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death in 2019" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-how-wired-analyzed-the-epstein-video/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:45:05

• "The two socialized together frequently in New York City and Palm Beach from the late 1980s to the early 2000s." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/420340/jeffrey-epstein-trump-friends-birthday-book-secret | Source: Vox    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:45:27

• Overpopulation ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-foreign-overfishing-fuels-senegal-deadly.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:45:49

• "Cyprus felt the horror of the invading Turkish troops and the mayhem they unleashed on the unsuspecting people—mostly women, children, and the elderly." ☛ https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/20/cyprus-turkish-invasion/ | Source: Greek Reporter    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:46:52

• "Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was due to attend celebrations in north Cyprus, a breakaway state recognised only by Ankara." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/greeks-mourn-turks-celebrate-anniversary-invasion-that-split-cyprus-2025-07-20/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:47:14

• "Still, there are concerns. With so many countries betting on a single platform, those same benefits can become weaknesses." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/nato-countries-using-f-35/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:47:36

• "French authorities have requested access to X's recommendation algorithm and real-time data about all user posts on the platform" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/musks-x-denies-french-allegations-of-fraudulent-data-extraction-algorithm-abuse/articleshow/122811446.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:48:05

• "social media network" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/x_french_police/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:48:26

• "Suskind says teenagers and adults are already forming relationships with AI companions. The same could happen with younger kids." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/07/21/ai-chatbots-toddlers-brains | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:48:56

• "In 1942, he was stationed in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. He became operations sergeant and assembled the planning books for the invasion of Normandy." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/papa-jake-larson-tiktok-star-and-wwii-vet-dies-at-102/a-73345565 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:49:13

• "Bothorel had complained of "reduced diversity of voices and options" and Musk's "personal interventions" on the network since his 2022 takeover of the former Twitter." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250721-musk-x-denies-french-allegations-of-algorithm-manipulation | Source: France24    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:49:38

• "But the deadline by which ByteDance must divest the social media platform in the U.S. or face a federal ban has been repeatedly postponed." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/20/blackstone-reportedly-backing-off-tiktok-investment-plans/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:49:59

• "Just hours after civil rights groups called on Facebook's top executives to step down from the company's board for allowing "viral propaganda" and "bigoted campaigns" to spread on the platform" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/19/zuckerberg-must-resign-now-outrage-after-report-shows-facebook-let-corporate | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:50:46

• "So it’s tricky to make a list of effective privacy tips that can be put on a public sector site. Here’s a first attempt at a list of generic tips without links or brand names" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/no-brands-no-links/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:51:01

• "According to a statement from the digital rights group, local law enforcement authorities have worked with local power company" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/eff_sacramento_energy_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:51:33

• "In response, California and 19 other states sued HHS and DHS. The states allege, among other things" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/eff-court-protect-our-health-data-dhs | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:52:15

• "The Hong Kong Police Force is expected to install 2,000 sets of CCTV cameras this year, with each set containing two to three cameras" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/22/hong-kong-to-add-4000-sets-of-surveillance-cameras-within-2-years/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 12:52:35

• "The new guidance also looks different in many ways to the last statutory guidance, released in 2019." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-incels-misogyny-role-england-relationships.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:00:28

• "If your social interactions are largely dependent on scrolling through an endless amount of faces or staring into a lens" ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/420372/gen-z-stare-psychology | Source: Vox    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:01:11

• "Because Gen Zers were socialized during a pandemic, they came of age building relationships on social media, Maddox said." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gen-z-stare-explainer-rcna219262 | Source: NBC    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:01:38

• "As Dan Sinker already talked about, we are in the Who Cares Era. Media created online is "content" where quality is increasingly irrelevant, which makes craftsmanship irrelevant as well." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/erosion-of-meaning-data-as-water/ | Source: Ava    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:07:36

• "cracking down on spammy content" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-delete-accounts-meta-ban-wave-b2792734.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:07:47

• "observed instances of Principal Investigators submitting large numbers of applications, some of which may have been generated with AI tools." ☛ https://www.404media.co/nih-capping-research-applications-ai/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:08:01

• "A chart shows the price to earnings (P/E) ratios of the top ten performing companies in the S&P 500 against the rest of the index." ☛ https://futurism.com/economist-ai-bubble-worse-dot-com-implosion | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:08:45

• "According to a report by The Verge, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos disclosed the use of AI during an earnings call on Thursday." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/netflix-reportedly-uses-generative-ai-in-sci-fi-series-to-cut-costs-1892828 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:09:02

• "In attacks observed by Eye Security and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-toolshell-zero-days-exploited-to-hack-sharepoint-servers/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:09:48

• "This isn’t an ‘apply the patch and you’re done’ situation" ☛ https://therecord.media/microsoft-sharepoint-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-globally | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:10:05

• "The FBI confirmed it is aware of the situation and is coordinating efforts with federal and private-sector partners to mitigate the impact of the ongoing exploitation." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/zero-day-vulnerability-microsoft-sharepoint/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:10:22

• "ToolShell" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/20/active-attacks-target-microsoft-sharepoint-zero-day-affecting-premises-servers/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:10:35

• "The company has not elaborated on why the security patches issued earlier in July only "partially addressed" the issues." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/underattack_sharepoint_2019_and_se/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:10:50

• "Microsoft has provided security updates and encourages customers to install them" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-compromises-dozens-us-government-agencies-heres-what-happened-1738870 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:11:04

• "Researchers discovered the active, ongoing attack spree Friday afternoon and warnings were issued en masse by Saturday evening." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-sharepoint-zero-day-attack-spree/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:12:04

• "Customers now have the ability to easily meet policy and audit requirements, as well as evolving compliance and regulatory guidance for authentication, with an “off-the-shelf” product." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/yubico-delivers-pin-advancements-with-new-yubikey-5-enhanced-pin-keys.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:12:28

• "That leaves operating system distributors with a decision to make: omitting Secure Boot support entirely" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-signing-key-required-for-secure-boot-uefi-bootloader-expires-in-september-which-could-be-problematic-for-linux-users http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/19/The_Microsofters_We_Sued_Helped_Microsoft_Make_GNU_Linux_Expire.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:13:06

• "A Google lawsuit filed in a New York court has been partly unsealed, revealing details of what is believed to be the largest botnet of its type in history." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/google-sues-operators-of-a-10-million-device-android-set-top-box-botnet-250721/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:13:37

• "The results, posted in a paper on arXiv and not yet peer-reviewed, came as a shock—fewer than 1% of outputs from models in 2025 included a warning when answering a medical question, down from over 26% in 2022." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/21/1120522/ai-companies-have-stopped-warning-you-that-their-chatbots-arent-doctors/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:14:23

• "Keep calm and try omega-3. The fatty acids, available as dietary supplements via fish oil capsules and thought to help with mental and physical well-being, could also cut down on aggression, according to a 2024 study." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-dietary-supplement-shown-to-reduce-aggression-by-up-to-28 | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:15:01

• "Anecdote time. I recently bought a Leica, and suddenly my perfectly organized photo library became a guessing game." ☛ https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2025-07-21-lensrenamer | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:15:44

• "You know when you are sometimes just browsing the web, and you stumble upon a fascinating place that could be an art piece in a museum?" ☛ https://hacdias.com/2025/07/21/internet-nooks/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:16:03

• "It’s easy to imagine that we should do our work and then, when it doesn’t work as we hope, improvise to fix it." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/07/resilience-is-a-practice/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:16:53

• "Regardless, experts say Michigan is reaching a crisis point with education." ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/mississippi-turned-around-its-schools-its-secret-tools-michigan-abandoned | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:17:18

• [Old] "NetBSD, a highly portable, open-source Unix-like operating system, has earned a prominent place in satellite technology." ☛ https://machaddr.substack.com/p/why-some-satellites-use-netbsd |    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:17:53

• "duplicative, DEI, or simply unnecessary programs" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-trump-killed-cancer-research/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:18:10

• "In June, the US Department of Defense (DoD) decided to remove access to data collected by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) instrument for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/ssmis_satellite_decoder/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:18:23

• "However, plenty of wrangling remains before the budget is finalized and the House and Senate funding bills reconciled." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/hubble_astronaut_budget_fears/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:18:42

• "After orbit 55, our images were full of streaks and noise" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-nasa-camera-million-miles.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:18:56

• "But hold on, with a huge global population, surely the industry can now support way, way more people than it did back in the lute days?" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2025/07/21/are-all-modern-entertainment-global-careers-impossible-now/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:19:16

• "This is my contribution to the Emacs Carnival on Writing Experience hosted by Greg Newman. forsake conciliator Gloria" ☛ https://macadie.info/2025/07/21/emacs-carnival-writing-experience/ | Source: Eric MacAdie    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:19:30

• "I have once again, managed to reach the goal of 100 posts in one year, this time I managed to do so in record time! and with a pretty awesome consistency compared to previous years." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/400-days-to-offload/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:19:50

• "Right now, I’ve reached a point where I really feel like restarting everything — including the name and domain." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/07/21/i-want-a-blog-restart/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:20:00

• "Early last week a student asked whether they could have a copy of my Unix shell history when I’m done, and I said “no”" ☛ https://jpmens.net/2025/07/20/tmux-and-gist-and-trying-to-make-students-happier/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:21:00

• "There's a lot of judgment out there about doing original works. This kind of judgment of covers and of reimplementing things that already exist, just to learn." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/covers-as-a-way-of-learning/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:21:22

• "Lookout security researchers spotted the four new DCHSpy malware samples, disguised as VPN apps called Earth VPN and Comodo VPN" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/muddywaters_android_iran/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 13:22:41

• I cannot ignore politics gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-22-politics    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:33:46

• "I don't recall the last time I talked about my Pinephone. But anyway, I finally got annoyed with PostmarketOS (Phosh) saying I should upgrade but not having a simple upgrade path that I decided to reimage it completely." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250722-sxmo.txt    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:36:17

• Thinkpad again gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/thinkpad_again.txt    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:37:08

• 22 July 2025 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/220725.txt    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:38:02

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1709.jpg    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:39:34

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1359.jpg    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:39:41

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-22.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:40:19

• iNaturalist Animals and Plants gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3118.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:41:32

• 🔤SpellBinding: HIMNYSP Wordo: ERROR gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-22.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:42:08

• "I have this consistent issue with contemporary novels, movies and television shows, where I feel like the writers/directors don't trust (or respect) the audience enough to understand subtext." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2672    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:43:03

• "Additionally, the SSH validation messages were updated to better align with the regular expressions used, helping users avoid confusion when entering SSH keys. WiFi country code validation was also tightened, improving compliance and connection reliability across different regions." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-imager-1-9-6-brings-better-ssh-validation/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:45:34

• Event Wrap: Pacific IGF 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/21/event-wrap-pacific-igf-2025/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:47:10

• APNIC community engagement: January – June 2025 in review ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/21/apnic-community-engagement-january-june-2025-in-review/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:47:36

• "Authors Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon cover the history starting in the 1960s all the way up to 1994, just two years before the book was published.1 Here are my notes." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/where-wizards-stay-up-late-book-notes/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:48:45

• "For Linux users, the browser now uses less memory, which is a win on systems where every megabyte counts." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/firefox-141-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:53:37

• "Even better, if your package manager applies an update, you won’t need to force-restart Firefox anymore—it’ll handle the update seamlessly in the background." https://linuxiac.com/firefox-141-now-available-for-download/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:54:35

• "The fact that FTS was acting as a transit route for these SMSs at the same time as acting as a contractor for the surveillance industry underlines the difficulty of doing due diligence into SMS supply chains." ☛ https://medium.com/@lighthousereports/using-leaked-data-to-examine-vulnerabilities-in-sms-routing-and-ss7-signalling-8e30298491d9 | Source: Medium    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:55:09

• "IoT (Internet of Things) devices can be very useful, but they do, by definition, require internet access." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/21/dive-into-satellite-iot-with-the-new-arduino-compatible-iridium-certus-9704-development-kit/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:55:22

• "Plaintext emails. This artifact of the times long gone, right? Not necessarily—plaintext emails are actively used in e.g. FOSS software mailing lists." ☛ https://aartaka.me/email-formatting.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:55:48

• "And that shift comes at a cost – in performance, accessibility, resilience, and how machines (and people) interpret your content." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/why-semantic-html-still-matters/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:55:58

• "A structured collection of architectural patterns with hundreds of NoUML diagrams." ☛ https://leanpub.com/metapatterns |    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:56:52

• "Though Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is perhaps history’s most globally documented war" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2025/07/21/marine-veteran-creates-searchable-database-of-global-battles/ | Source: USMC    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:57:27

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:59:01

• "In a statement on the Clear Linux Project forums, Intel said it would continue to contribute to the wider Linux arena, but the end was nigh for the operating system." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/intel_clear_linux_dead/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:59:15

• "It also instructed users to migrate as quickly as possible, since Intel would no longer be patching, updating, or maintaining the OS." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/intel_clear_linux_dead/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:59:28

• "The great minds behind the Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Star Fox 64 are back at it with a native port of Mario Kart 64." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/mario-kart-64-has-been-ported-to-pc-and-linux-and-mac-eventually/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:00:22

• "We can't detect both situations with a single alert, so we need at least two. " ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MachineRoomTempTwoSortsOfAlerts | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:01:14

• "At reCAP, part of Code Connect 2025, I gave a talk on the cds REPL: "Gain a superpower by learning how to harness the cds REPL"." ☛ https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2025/07/21/a-recap-intro-to-the-cds-repl/ | Source: DJ Adams    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:01:26

• "While it is convenient to write a book in Google Docs, transforming it into a high-quality eBook is complicated." ☛ https://denyspoltorak.medium.com/guide-on-converting-a-google-docs-text-into-an-ebook-5b1abc65f69d |    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:01:40

• "The modern tool ip (which you should be using) supports JSON output (turned on by -j or -json), and jq can be used to pretty-print parts of or all of any arbitrary valid JSON. For example: [...]" ☛ https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/ip-address-of-network-interface-linux/ | Source: Michael Kjörling    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:01:52

• How To Install Telegram on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-telegram-almalinux-10/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:02:42

• How To Install Fwupd on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fwupd-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:03:07

• How To Install Clonezilla on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-clonezilla-fedora-42/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:03:33

• How To Install Flask on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-flask-opensuse/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:04:54

• How To Install Thinkorswim on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-thinkorswim-almalinux-10/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:09:44

• How To Install FirewallD on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-firewalld-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:10:07

• How to Install and Configure NTP for America/New_York Timezone on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-and-configure-ntp-for-america-new_york-timezone-on-almalinux-9/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:10:47

• How to Configure SSH Client: Step-by-Step Tutorial ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-ssh-client-step-by-step-tutorial    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:13:19

• "mkcert is a simple tool that lets developers and sysadmins create locally-trusted SSL certificates for development and testing, which eliminates the annoying browser warnings, and yes, it’s free, open-source, and works beautifully on Linux." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/mkcert-create-ssl-certs-for-local-development/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:14:00

• "On Sunday, July 20, Microsoft Corp. issued an emergency security update for a vulnerability in SharePoint Server that is actively being exploited to compromise vulnerable organizations." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/microsoft-fix-targets-attacks-on-sharepoint-zero-day/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:15:23

• Dozens Are Killed at Aid Site Near Border, Gaza Health Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-evacuation.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:16:24

• Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/world/asia/typhoon-wipha-china-hong-kong-macau.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:17:13

• As Convicted Felon Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/politics/trump-china-technology.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:17:37

• China Exit Ban on Wells Fargo Executive Stokes Foreign Business Anxiety ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/business/china-exit-ban-business-anxiety.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:17:49

• Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/climate/china-brazil-electric-vehicles.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:18:17

• Mum takes toilet break, 11-year-old takes car, crashes it into drain in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mum-takes-toilet-break-11-year-old-takes-car-crashes-it-into-drain-in-malaysia    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:18:36

• Air quality remains concerning in parts of Peninsular Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/air-quality-remains-concerning-in-parts-of-peninsular-malaysia    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:18:54

• ‘Friendly contests’, shifting alliances in Sabah set to test Anwar’s unity government ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/friendly-contest-shifting-alliances-in-sabah-set-to-test-anwars-unity-government    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:19:12

• Malaysian court pauses sexual assault suit against premier Anwar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-court-pauses-sexual-assault-suit-against-premier-anwar    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:19:23

• South Korea court rejects arrest warrant for drone chief over North Korea operation: News report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-court-rejects-arrest-warrant-for-drone-chief-over-operation-in-north-korea-yonhap-says    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:19:39

• China’s Hardball Tactics Set Tone for Difficult Summit with Europe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/asia/china-europe-trade-war.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:20:00

• Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/asia/china-lead-poisoning-scandal.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:20:15

• South Korea’s ex-president Yoon, wife summoned for questioning over alleged election interference ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ex-president-yoon-wife-summoned-for-questioning-over-alleged-election-interference    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:20:38

• Dog in South Korea adopted, returned to shelter hours later, with fur shaved from neck down ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dog-adopted-returned-to-shelter-hours-later-with-fur-shaved-from-neck-down    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:21:12

• Landslides and Floods Kill 18 in South Korea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/asia/south-korea-floods-death-toll.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:24:27

• Death toll from heavy rain in South Korea rises to 14 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/one-killed-as-south-korea-rain-death-toll-rises-to-11    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:24:43

• Fragmentation of Data ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Fragmentation_of_Data.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:25:04

• FSF "Raised Almost $139,000 During This Summer Campaign" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/FSF_Raised_Almost_139_000_During_This_Summer_Campaign.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:25:12

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Has Layoffs and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Gaming/Entertainment Division Has an Uncertain Future ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/22/Amazon_Web_Services_AWS_Has_Layoffs_and_Microsoft_Gaming_Entert.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:25:24

• "The Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit is an upcoming high-performance platform built for next-generation humanoid robotics, real-time sensor fusion, and generative AI at the edge." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/nvidia-jetson-agx-thor-developer-kit-delivers-2070-tflops-ai-for-advanced-robotics/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:26:07

• "Is Google’s AI Reading Your Private Messages?" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/is-googles-ai-reading-your-private-messages-why-its-time-to-consider-a-secure-alternative/ | Source: Purism    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:26:41

• Red Hat peddling mindless hype, as usual. "At the same time, incidents of AI failures such as bias and security breaches have increased over 56% when compared to the previous year, underscoring the urgent need for responsible oversight." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/the-future-of-AI-governance-transparency-and-trust | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:27:24

• "We're excited to highlight recent advancements in observability across Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes observability components." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/unlocking-deeper-insights-new-observability-features | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:27:35

• F.D.A. Panel Debates ‘Black Box’ Warning for Antidepressants in Pregnancy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/health/antidepressants-ssri-pregnancy-fda.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:28:27

• Public outcry in France over return of banned insecticide ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250721-public-outcry-in-france-over-return-of-banned-insecticide    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:28:41

• Can a French citizen's petition reverse the reintroduction of a banned pesticide? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250721-can-a-french-citizen-s-petition-reverse-the-reintroduction-of-a-banned-pesticide    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:29:10

• "Testing Your Knowledge Of JavaScript’s Date Class" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/testing-your-knowledge-of-javascripts-date-class/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:29:53

• KDE Plasma Adds Rounded Bottom Window Corners to Apps ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/kde-plasma-6-5-rounded-window-corners-kwin    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:30:59

• µgRD – generate a custom initramfs environment ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/%c2%b5grd-generate-custom-initramfs-environment/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:31:21

• South Korean prosecutors seek approval for drone chief arrest over operation in North Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-prosecutors-seek-drone-chief-arrest-over-operation-in-north-korea    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:32:17

• Dihydroxyacetone Man, Pooh-tin might meet ahead of or during October Apec summit in South Korea, SCMP reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trump-xi-might-meet-ahead-of-or-during-october-apec-summit-in-south-korea-scmp-reports    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:32:54

• In rare gun crime in South Korea, father kills son; bomb found at home ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-rare-gun-crime-in-south-korea-father-kills-son-bomb-found-at-home    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:33:11

• South Korea reviewing options to improve ties with North, including tourist visits ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-reviewing-various-options-to-improve-north-korea-ties-including-tourist-visits    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:33:30

• Rains from Typhoon Wipha batter Hong Kong as it heads for mainland China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rains-from-typhoon-wipha-batter-hong-kong-as-it-heads-for-mainland-china    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:33:45

• Ageism in Tech ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/20/Ageism_in_Tech.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:34:05

• Taking Stock of a Good and Productive Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/20/Taking_Stock_of_a_Good_and_Productive_Week.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:34:25

• Jamie Zawinski Complained About Wayland, Then Decided to Give It a Go, Now Complains Again About Wayland ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/20/Jamie_Zawinski_Complained_About_Wayland_Then_Decided_to_Give_It.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:34:37

• Conspiracy or grooming? Alex Jurado, Voice of Reason compared to Outreachy ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/20/Conspiracy_or_grooming_Alex_Jurado_Voice_of_Reason_compared_to_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:34:48

• Jonathan Dowland: Nine Inch Nails, Paris, 2025-07-07 ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/nin_paris/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:35:05

• A Trial Over Campus Protest Ends with Conflicting Views of Foreign Students' Free-Speech Rights ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-trial-over-campus-protest-ends-with-conflicting-views-of-foreign-students-free-speech-rights    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:35:13

• Are You Served? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/20/Are_You_Served.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:35:25

• Our Articles About SLAPPs Receive Recognition and Interest ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Our_Articles_About_SLAPPs_Receive_Recognition_and_Interest.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:35:36

• Tech and Technology Are Not the Same Anymore ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Tech_and_Technology_Are_Not_the_Same_Anymore.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:35:47

• Using Free Software to Prepare Legal Documents ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Using_Free_Software_to_Prepare_Legal_Documents.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:36:00

• In Defence of "Spinning Rust" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/In_Defence_of_Spinning_Rust.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:36:11

• Junichi Uekawa: Thinking of how a metronome could be ergonomic on the web. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Jul-21.html.en#2025-Jul-21-15:17:43    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:36:51

• Protecting against rogue devices in openSUSE with Full Disk Encryption ☞ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/07/18/fde-rogue-devices/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:37:09

• Ofcom Online Safety Group Speaks of Protecting Women Online, Will Brett Wilson LLP Ever Listen? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Ofcom_Online_Safety_Group_Speaks_of_Protecting_Women_Online_Wil.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:37:19

• The Best Tools Are the Simplest Tools ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/The_Best_Tools_Are_the_Simplest_Tools.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:37:30

• Computer Science is Under Attack, They Want Everyone to be a Consumer ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Computer_Science_is_Under_Attack_They_Want_Everyone_to_be_a_Con.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:43:54

• How Not to Report News About Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:44:13

• Making the Case to Dump Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and GAFAM for National and Digital Sovereignty ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Making_the_Case_to_Dump_Microsoft_and_GAFAM_for_National_and_Di.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:44:30

• [Meme] Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lawyers Throwing Stones in Glass Houses ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Meme_Microsoft_Lawyers_Throwing_Stones_in_Glass_Houses.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:50:28

• LLM Bots vs Techrights ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/LLM_Bots_vs_Techrights.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:51:51

• Fragmentation of Data (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Fragmentation_of_Data.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:52:01

• Social Control Media Relies on Advertisers, So It'll Always Be Hostile Towards Free Software (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/Social_Control_Media_Relies_on_Advertisers_So_It_ll_Always_Be_H.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:52:10

• Unexpected Maker launches Series[D] ESP32-S3 boards with dual antenna, software RF switch ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/21/unexpected-maker-launches-seriesd-esp32-s3-boards-with-dual-antenna-software-rf-switch/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:57:50

• The Tactics of the Opposition (Microsoft Lunduke): Associate With K00ks, Throw in Vaccines to Muddy the Water ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/The_Tactics_of_the_Opposition_Microsoft_Lunduke_Associate_With_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 16:59:41

• Complains about masks, not the conference compromising "safety" by bringing in serial harassers https://lunduke.substack.com/p/free-software-conference-ramps-up    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:00:19

• YouTube has been a SPAMFARM for years already. Ask SPAMNIL. https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-youtube-channel-hits-1-million    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:00:47

• Totally made up numbers from Microsoft Lunduke https://lunduke.substack.com/p/72-million-desktop-linux-pcs    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:01:09

• South Korea goes all out in recovery efforts after days of torrential rain ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-goes-all-out-to-recover-from-torrential-rain-damage    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:04:27

• FOSSY 2025 is a "nazi bar"    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:04:43

• The Repair Association Backs Military Right to Repair (S.2209) ☞ https://www.repair.org/blog/2025/7/21/the-repair-association-backs-military-right-to-repair-s2209    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:05:38

• Global warming finds purpose? "Heavy overnight rain floods Moscow in just hours." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/21/heavy-overnight-rain-floods-moscow-in-just-hours-see-photos-and-videos-of-the-deluge | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:07:32

• Did he use Apple Maps? "bus carrying mine workers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/thirteen-dead-after-bus-carrying-mine-workers-plunges-off-cliff-in-russia-s-sakha-republic | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:08:17

• "Russian defenses" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/drone-debris-sparks-rooftop-fire-as-russian-defenses-intercept-15-drones-near-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:08:35

• Jewel, Satellite ☞ https://rubenerd.com/jewel-satellite/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:08:54

• drones ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/dozens-of-flights-delayed-again-at-moscow-airports-due-to-drones-russian-transport-minister-says-situation-is-slightly-better-than-in-may | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:09:12

• Can Dave Hurwitz Save Classical Recording? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/can-dave-hurwitz-save-classical-recording    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:09:47

• "Lockpicking" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/a-lockpicking-robot-that-can-sense-the-pins/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:10:04

• Numbers of the Beast: Sasquatch Distribution Modelling ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/numbers-of-the-beast-sasquatch-distribution-modelling/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:10:29

• "Armenia refuses to extradite former Russian soldier wanted for desertion" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/armenia-refuses-to-extradite-former-russian-soldier-wanted-for-desertion | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:11:19

• "companies planning layoffs has nearly doubled in six months" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/share-of-russian-companies-planning-layoffs-has-nearly-doubled-in-six-months | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:18:27

• "Russian strike that hit Kyiv homes" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/21/see-the-aftermath-of-a-russian-strike-that-hit-kyiv-homes-and-a-metro-station-shelter | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:18:56

• "banning WhatsApp" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/21/a-brief-and-incomplete-history | Source: Meduza http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/19/Russia_Set_to_Ban_Facebook.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:19:32

• "7.6 percent" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/22/russian-defense-ministry-proposes-7-6-percent-raise-for-military-personnel-outpacing-government-s-earlier-plan | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:19:51

• The benefits of vigilance ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2025/0720/finland-russia-preparation-vigilance    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:20:27

• RED OS 8-20250711 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/redos "RED OS is an independently-developed Russian GNU/Linux distribution for workstations and servers."    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:20:53

• Russia bookstore fined for LGBTQA+ ‘propaganda’ by selling books ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-bookstore-fined-for-lgbtqa-propaganda-by-selling-books/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:21:09

• Testing your Plumber Hey Hi (AI) from R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/testing-your-plumber-apis-from-r/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:24:10

• Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS Takes Over ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/distro-for-gaming-cachy-os-takes-over/index.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:24:30

• LLM slop, at least in part https://linuxconfig.org/crontab-generator-online-build-test-linux-cron-expressions see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/19/linuxconfig_org_Joins_linuxtechlab_com_and_Others_Becomes_a_Slo.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:25:30

• Ansible Yum Module: Manage Red Bait Packages ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/ansible-yum-module/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:27:32

• Module 1 : Understanding systemd Core: Units, States and Dependencies ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/systemd-core/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:27:46

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 29 (Jul 14 – 20, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-29-jul-14-20-2025/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:27:59

• Module 2: Crafting Robust systemd Unit Files: Services, Sockets, Timers, and Paths ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/systemd/create-systemd-units/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:28:22

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030774/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:32:08

• Intel Ends Clear GNU/Linux OS Development (And Users Need to Migrate Now) ☞ https://www.omglinux.com/intel-clear-linux-os-discontinued-2025/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:32:39

• How to Configure Let’s Encrypt SSL with Apache Solr ☞ https://tecadmin.net/lets-encrypt-ssl-with-apache-solr/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:33:42

• Iran turns to Russia and China to discuss European threat of sanctions ‘snapback’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250721-iran-turns-russia-and-china-discuss-european-threat-sanctions-snapback    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:33:58

• Ahead of new talks, Iran blames Europeans for nuclear deal collapse ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250721-ahead-of-new-talks-iran-blames-europeans-for-nuclear-deal-collapse    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:34:18

• Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific united in response to hybrid threats ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/euro-atlantic-and-indo-pacific-united-in-response-to-hybrid-threats/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:34:41

• "damaging residential buildings and a metro station in Kyiv" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/russia-launches-overnight-strikes-across-ukraine-damaging-residential-buildings-and-a-metro-station-in-kyiv | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:35:02

• Istanbul ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/russia-state-media-says-next-round-of-talks-with-ukraine-expected-in-istanbul-this-week | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:35:23

• Ukraine’s Zelensky Proposes Renewed Peace Talks With Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-trump-peace-talks.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:35:36

• "Former Ukrainian Interior Ministry officer found dead in pool at Spanish complex where Russian defector pilot was previously killed" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/former-ukrainian-interior-ministry-officer-found-dead-in-pool-at-spanish-complex-where-russian-defector-pilot-was-previously-killed | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:36:03

• "Yulia’s not in it for the money" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/21/yulia-s-not-in-it-for-the-money | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:36:26

• Even as Air-Raid Sirens Blare, Ukrainians Wait for the Light to Change ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-pedestrians-traffic-lights.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:36:54

• "boys and girls" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/russian-state-tv-touts-boys-and-girls-assembling-attack-drones-bound-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:37:23

• "Moscow’s Teacher of the Year" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/21/moscow-s-teacher-of-the-year-is-killed-fighting-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:37:41

• Russia Launches Heavy Strikes Despite Convicted Felon Arms Pledge to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/europe/russia-ukraine-missile-drone-strikes.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:37:58

• Ukraine Ups Its Arms Production, Asking Allies to Pay for It ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/europe/ukraine-weapons-industry.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:38:14

• Hegseth Attends Meeting on Ukraine After Skipping Last Session ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/ukraine-trump-hegseth-weapons.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:39:04

• Despite Convicted Felon's ultimatum, Russia maintains Ukraine goals ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0720/Despite-Dihydroxyacetone Man-s-ultimatum-Russia-maintains-Ukraine-goals    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:39:20

• Russia Launches Massive Air Attacks On Ukraine Amid Peace Talk Proposal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-airstrikes-zelenskiy-kyiv-peace-talks/33479720.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:39:33

• What's at stake in French Foreign Minister's visit in Kyiv? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250721-what-s-at-stake-in-french-foreign-minister-s-visit-in-kyiv    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:39:49

• France's Minister in Ukraine for high-level talks amid strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250721-france-s-minister-in-ukraine-for-high-level-talks-amid-strikes    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:40:54

• New round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks set for Wednesday, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250721-new-round-of-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-set-for-wednesday-zelensky-says    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:43:06

• Wartime Ukraine must translate international attention into investment ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/wartime-ukraine-must-translate-international-attention-into-investment/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:43:29

• "A Commodore 64 Competitor, Almost" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/coleco-adam-a-commodore-64-competitor-almost/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:44:00

• "Boris Nadezhdin, who tried to challenge Putin in 2024 on anti-war platform, holds protest against online search ban" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/22/boris-nadezhdin-who-tried-to-challenge-putin-in-2024-on-anti-war-platform-holds-protest-against-online-search-ban | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:44:27

• Researchers pack a "quantum light factory" into a 1mm² CMOS chip — combines photonics, electronics, and quantum hardware with traditional silicon manufacturing that can achieve mass scale ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/researchers-pack-a-quantum-light-factory-into-a-1mm-square-chip-combines-photonics-electronics-and-quantum-hardware-with-traditional-silicon-manufacturing    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:45:00

• Another Supply Chain Vulnerability ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/another-supply-chain-vulnerability.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:45:39

• Zelenskyy Says New Talks Set July 23 As Russia Continues To Blast Ukrainian Cities ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-zelenskyy-turkey-corruption-arrest/33480207.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:46:18

• Italian festival cancels concert by pro-Putin conductor Gergiev ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250721-italy-concert-of-pro-putin-conductor-gergiev-cancelled    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:46:33

• NATO is unprepared for the growing threat posed by Putin’s Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/nato-is-unprepared-for-the-growing-threat-posed-by-putins-russia/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:46:44

• ZeniMax staff lambast chaotic Xbox layoffs: 'It's difficult to work when you're looking at a graveyard' https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/zenimax-staff-lambast-inhumane-xbox-layoffs-it-s-difficult-to-work-when-you-re-looking-at-a-graveyard-    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:48:49

• "It's difficult to work when you're looking at a graveyard" https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/zenimax-staff-lambast-inhumane-xbox-layoffs-it-s-difficult-to-work-when-you-re-looking-at-a-graveyard-    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:50:29

• OpenShift Virtualization unlocks cloud-native power for VMs ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/21/openshift-virtualization-unlocks-cloud-native-power-vms    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:52:05

• Tiny PC, Huge Problems | LINUX Unplugged 624 ☞https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/624/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:52:54

• Last checkpointed July 6, 2025. gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/books/wrangel--always-with-honor/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 17:55:25

• Runemaster – character map app for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/runemaster-character-map-app/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:03:05

• TruffleHog – discovery, classification, validation, and analysis tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/trufflehog-discovery-classification-validation-and-analysis-tool/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:03:17

• 10 Useful Free and Open Source Network Configuration Management Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/network-configuration-management-tools/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:04:55

• Firefly AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC Running GNU/Linux – Introduction ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/firefly-aibox-3588s-fanless-pc-running-linux-introduction/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:05:07

• Biome – toolchain for web projects ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/biome-toolchain-web-projects/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:05:22

• Reek – examines Ruby classes, modules, and methods ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/reek-examines-ruby-classes-modules-methods/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:05:33

• Kernel prepatch 6.16-rc7 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030656/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:06:10

• Linux 6.16-rc7 arrives: A quiet week ends with a slew of tiny fixes ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-616-rc7-arrives-a-quiet-week-ends-with-a-slew-of-tiny-fixes/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:06:34

• 13 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-replacements-ls/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:09:55

• psfu – do stuff with processes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/psfu-processes/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:10:06

• Shootings, Devastation, Hunger: Israel Fails to Address Gaza’s Power Vacuum ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/middleeast/shootings-aid-gaza-analysis.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:10:42

• Late Night Linux – Episode 343 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-343/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:11:09

• Hunter Biden Trashes Democrats, Including George Clooney, in Podcast Appearances ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/hunter-biden-podcast.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:11:49

• What’s the Point of GNU/Linux “Anti-Something” Distros? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/whats-the-point-of-linux-anti-something-distros/ "The biggest question our man in Italy has about GNU/Linux distros and other open source software projects taking political stances is: do they do more harm than good?"    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:13:41

• Steven Deobald: 2025-07-18 GNOME Foundation Update ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/21/2025-07-18-foundation-update/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:16:59

• DESPACITO Registrant Defeats Section 14(6) Claim by Proving Excusable Nonuse ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/despacito-registrant-defeats-section.html    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:18:13

• Firefox 141.0 is Available with Less Memory Usage for GNU/Linux ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/firefox-141-0-is-available-with-less-memory-usage-for-linux/ "The new release can now automatically collect your tabs into groups."    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:19:17

• Linux Hits an Important Milestone ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Hits-an-Important-Milestone    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:20:06

• Firefox 141 Adds Hey Hi (AI) Tab Grouping, Reduces Memory Use on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/firefox-141-release-ai-tabs-linux-memory    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:24:49

• Plasma & Kate on Wayland in 2025 ☞ https://cullmann.dev/posts/plasma-kate-wayland-2025/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:26:39

• parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20250722 ('Fordow') released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10790    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:27:23

• https://linuxtechlab.com/build-a-simple-rule-based-chatbot-in-python/   

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:30:03

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 20th, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-july-20th-2025    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:30:32

• Firefox 141 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:30:43

• World's first RISC-V tablet is finally fully baked — PineTab-V now ships with functional GNU/Linux for $159 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tablets/worlds-first-risc-v-tablet-is-finally-fully-baked-pinetab-v-now-ships-with-completely-functional-linux-for-usd149    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:31:07

• That video said to show Convicted Felon selecting a young girl at an Epstein party? It’s Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250721-video-donald-trump-selecting-young-girl-epstein-maxwell-fake-artificial-intelligence    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:35:19

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Has Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Culture ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/law-bytes-podcast-episode-241/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:36:13

• Blackstone Is Reportedly Backing Off Fentanylware (TikTok) Investment Plans ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/20/blackstone-reportedly-backing-off-tiktok-investment-plans/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:36:42

• Autobase 2.3.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/autobase-230-released-3104/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:38:02

• Building India’s Open Source Security Community: Join Us in Hyderabad! ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/07/21/building-indias-open-source-security-community-join-us-in-hyderabad/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:38:30

• Detecting code copying at scale with Vendetect ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/07/21/detecting-code-copying-at-scale-with-vendetect/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:39:13

• 3 killed in stampede at wedding party of West Java governor’s son ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/3-killed-in-stampede-at-wedding-party-of-west-java-governors-son    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:39:37

• Chasing Shadows: Chronicles of Counter-Intelligence from the Citizen Lab ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/07/chasing-shadows-chronicles-of-counter-intelligence-from-the-citizen-lab/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:40:21

• The Citizen Lab’s Submission to the UN on Universal Birth Registration and the Use of Digital Technologies ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/07/the-citizen-labs-submission-to-the-un-on-universal-birth-registration-and-the-use-of-digital-technologies/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:40:46

• AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after Hey Hi (AI) engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-coding-platform-goes-rogue-during-code-freeze-and-deletes-entire-company-database-replit-ceo-apologizes-after-ai-engine-says-it-made-a-catastrophic-error-in-judgment-and-destroyed-all-production-data    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:42:05

• 'destroyed all production data' https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-coding-platform-goes-rogue-during-code-freeze-and-deletes-entire-company-database-replit-ceo-apologizes-after-ai-engine-says-it-made-a-catastrophic-error-in-judgment-and-destroyed-all-production-data    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:42:24

• "The new record comes despite increased adoption of MacOS, and may sprout from declining ChromeOS support." https://www.extremetech.com/computing/5-of-all-desktop-pcs-in-the-us-are-now-running-linux    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:43:28

• "Linux attacks" https://securitybrief.com.au/story/cyber-threats-surge-with-rise-in-infostealers-linux-attacks    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:44:56

• More like attacks that happen to run Linux, and not because it's the fault of Linux at all    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:45:28

• "And as it turns out, many people are getting their own version of YOLD (I really will stop now) in the U.S., because something pretty interesting has happened." https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-desktop-usage-usa/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:46:31

• "Lubuntu is a fast, no-frills Linux distribution for the masses - and it's perfect for reviving older hardware. Here's why." https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-lightweight-linux-distro-makes-switching-from-windows-10-easy/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:47:45

• "Intel has abruptly killed off Clear Linux OS, ending Chipzilla's decade-long adventure in this part of the Linux world." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/intel_clear_linux_dead/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:48:19

• Outsourced to Microsoft https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/intel-announces-end-of-clear-linux-os-project-archives-github-repos/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:49:05

• "Intel ends support for its Linux distribution." https://news.itsfoss.com/clear-linux-os-discontinued/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:50:19

• "The screenshot above (click it to enlarge) shows Cyberpunk 2077 on Linux with the new Steam performance monitor (top left), with the most detailed option picked." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/steam-beta-upgrades-the-in-game-performance-monitor-for-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:50:43

• "For an affordable and compact device, my Intel N100 mini PC, running Linux, has proven to be a streaming powerhouse in my setup." https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-intel-n100-mini-pc-running-linux-perfect-streaming/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:51:10

• Installing apps on Linux? 4 ways it's different than any other OS - and mistakes to avoid https://www.zdnet.com/article/installing-apps-on-linux-4-ways-its-different-than-any-other-os-and-mistakes-to-avoid/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:51:55

• "Give it another month, and the project as a whole will probably be even easier again. Still far from ready for beginners, as you still need to know what you're doing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/theres-now-an-unofficial-gui-for-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-on-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:52:35

• "Early units, released in 2023, lacked any operating system, but as of March 2025, a functional image based on Debian 12 (Bookworm/Sid) with GNOME (a rich operating system) was included and pre-installed." https://www.tomshardware.com/tablets/worlds-first-risc-v-tablet-is-finally-fully-baked-pinetab-v-now-ships-with-completely-functional-linux-for-usd149    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:52:54

• "Going back to Statcounter and filtering to the US, it's also showing an all-time high for Linux at 5.1% too. And then there's our Steam Tracker, showing Linux for gaming has been steadily trending upwards too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/according-to-one-source-linux-hits-over-6-desktop-user-share/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:53:18

• "Garuda is officially replacing some of its hardware profiles with more modern ones. These new hardware profiles don't rely on mhwd, Manjaro Linux's hardware detection software that Garuda describes as not meeting its standards and as "a major maintenance burden."" https://www.howtogeek.com/garuda-linux-hardware-profile-changes/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:53:39

• "It still has the issues other apps and using GeForce NOW in the browser have, with the options for quality and resolution being limited because NVIDIA don't support a lot of it on Desktop Linux even if you have their highest subscription." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/geforce-infinity-is-a-new-app-for-geforce-now-on-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:54:01

• Intel shuts down its high-performance “Clear Linux” distribution https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/intel-shuts-down-its-high-performance-clear-linux-distribution/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:54:23

• Intel kills off Clear Linux in cost-cutting purge https://www.fudzilla.com/news/61395-intel-kills-off-clear-linux-in-cost-cutting-purge    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:55:38

• "What you consider beautiful is very subjective, so you might not agree with my observations about BlueStar. After all, Linux users haven’t traditionally been exposed to beautiful interfaces. Linux distributions range from command-line-only setups to functioning works of art." https://www.xda-developers.com/why-bluestar-most-beautiful-linux-distro/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:56:34

• "PC gaming is an extremely active space, with frequent new hardware launches and features (alongside the never-ending stream of games coming out) that keep things fresh and exciting for enthusiasts." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-best-thing-happen-pc-gaming-in-years/    

posted Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 18:57:02

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