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GNU/Linux

Server

=> ↺ Stargazing, solutions and staycations: the Kubernetes 1.24 release interview | Kubernetes

• The Kubernetes project has participants from all around the globe. Some are friends, some are colleagues, and some are strangers. The one thing that unifies them, no matter their differences, are that they all have an interesting story. It is my pleasure to be the documentarian for the stories of the Kubernetes community in the weekly Kubernetes Podcast from Google. With every new Kubernetes release comes an interview with the release team lead, telling the story of that release, but also their own personal story.

• With 1.25 around the corner, the tradition continues with a look back at the story of 1.24. That release was led by James Laverack of Jetstack. James was on the podcast in May, and while you can read his story below, if you can, please do listen to it in his own voice.

Videos/Shows

=> ↺ 393.5 – $HOME Decor – mintCast

• 0:48 Linux Innards 1:02:52 Check This Out 1:03:37 Housekeeping and Announcements

• In our Innards section we discuss the changes we usually make to the systems and desktop environments we use to fit our workflows and to make them feel like home.

=> ↺ Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” Xfce overview | Light, simple, efficient – Invidious

• In this video, I am going to show an overview of Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” Xfce and some of the applications pre-installed.

=> ↺ Debian 11.4.0 “Bullseye” Quick overview #linux #debian – Invidious

• A Quick Overview of Debian 11.4.0 “Bullseye”

=> ↺ Ubuntu Server 22.04 Live Installer Walkthrough – Invidious

• Ubuntu Server 22.04 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release of the popular Linux distribution, and powers countless servers worldwide. In this video, you’ll be walked through the process of using the live installer to deploy Ubuntu Server.

=> ↺ VLC BANNED in India, Pine64 troubles, and Linux is unstable? – Linux and Open Source News – Invidious

=> ↺ Cool Retro Term Is A Blast From The Past – Invidious

• I’ve tried many different terminal emulators over the years, but Cool Retro Term is something special. As soon as I launched it for the first time, I couldn’t help but think “The 1980′s called and they want their terminal back!”

=> ↺ Stack/Unstuck: The Great Stack Debate

• The software stack is like an onion. Or a sheet cake. Or lasagna. Or is it? It’s often described as having layers that sit on top of each other. The reality is much more complicated—and learning about it can help any tech career.

• The Great Stack Debate is the first episode in Compiler’s series on the software stack. We call it Stack/Unstuck. We explore each layer of the stack, what it’s like to work on them, and how they come together into a whole application.

=> ↺ E46: Flexible Open Source Data Labeling at Scale with Heartex

=> ↺ Linux Action News 254

• A Linux jailbreak that’s a win for Right to Repair, our favorite things in Android 13, and the major features that just missed the Linux 6.0 window.

Kernel Space

=> ↺ Alder Lake Laptop Webcam Support in Linux is Super Shaky

• Hartman says – ironically, that Linux support with Alder Lake has been really good. But for some reason, webcams are the only exception. The lack of mainline kernel support has forced manufacturers to create proprietary drivers for their webcams.

=> ↺ Intel Alder Lake Is Breaking Linux Webcam Support – Invidious

• Buying a Linux laptop is complex enough as it without more going wrong and Intel’s new MIPI IPU6 camers shipping with very popular high end devices simply do not work out of the box on Linux and won’t for a very long time.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ How to Install Wike Wikipedia Reader on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

• In this guide, we will show you how to install Wike on Ubuntu Systems.

• Wike is a Wikipedia reader for the GNOME Desktop. Provides access to all the content of this online encyclopedia in a native application, with a simpler and distraction-free view of articles.

• So you can find Wikipedia articles with search suggestions, either from the app or directly on the desktop thanks to the GNOME Shell search integration.

=> ↺ How to install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate on Pop!_OS 22.04 – Invidious

• In this video, we are looking at how to install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate on Pop!_OS 22.04.

=> ↺ How to install PyCharm 2022 Professional Edition on a Chromebook

• Today we are looking at how to install PyCharm 2022 Professional Edition on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

=> ↺ Access Remote Centos 8

• X is a windowing system used to display bitmaps in Unix-based operating systems. In other words, the X system provides the base for implementing a GUI in Linux.

=> ↺ How to Install Slack on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

• In this guide, we will show you how to install Slack on Ubuntu systems.

• Slack is a messaging program designed specifically for the office, but has also been adopted for personal use. Developed by Canadian software company Slack Technologies, and now owned by Salesforce, Slack offers many IRC-style features, including persistent chat rooms (channels) organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging. In addition to these online communication features, Slack integrates with other software.

=> ↺ FreeBSD Jail on Raspberry Pi

• The following article describes the process of installing FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE on the Raspberry Pi. The reader will also learn how to set up a jail on it and run a basic instance of Nginx. The reader will become familiar with flashing custom images on the Raspberry Pi as well as setting up FreeBSD jails in order to configure services.

=> ↺ Adam Young: Finding Linux Kernel Config options in menuconfig

• We have reason to believe that we should not be setting CONFIG_EFI_DISABLE_RUNTIME=y In our Kernel configs. I want to perform a controlled expereient booting two Kernel builds, one with this option set and one with it disabled. Since I have the option set, building that Kernel is trivial.

=> ↺ How to Install Sensu Monitoring Solution on Debian 11

• Sensu is an open-source infrastructure and application monitoring system designed for both container and non-container monitoring and multi-cloud infrastructure. Sensu is a scalable, secure, and integrated monitoring solution for your technology and server infrastructure. It can be used to monitor servers, application health, and services, and send alerts notification to multiple targets with third-party integration.

• In this tutorial, you will learn how to Install Sensu Monitoring Software on Debian 11 server. You will also learn how to set up Sensu CLI for managing Sensu. Finally, you will learn how to set up server monitoring with Sensu through Sensu Agent.

=> ↺ How to Setup A Bitcoin Full Node with Dojo in Linux – Make Tech Easier

• Bitcoin is an innovative and liberating tool. It allowed an individual to obtain an independent resource that he/she can use to easily exchange with other people online. This is because, unlike electronic cash, Bitcoin generates scarcity by limiting the total amount of coins that can circulate in its network.

• Knowing that, one way to start using Bitcoin for transactions is by using a full node with a mobile wallet. In that regard, one of the best tools that you can use today is Dojo with Samourai Wallet.

=> ↺ How to install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Linux

• By default system repository Php 8.1 is available to install on Jammy JellyFish, hence in this tutorial, we learn the commands to install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server or desktop using the terminal.

• PHP is a scripting language, so it is translated line by line into machine commands by an interpreter. On the Internet, PHP is behind over 80% of all websites on whose web servers it runs and thus controls the behavior of the website. It has been used by many web servers such as Apache to power thousands of websites and web platforms. Also, PHP makes it easy for programmers to develop and control a website functioning because PHP has numerous function libraries and connections to Internet protocols and databases.

• Further, PHP can be used to process user input. If, for example, you want to include a contact form on your website, the entries must be further processed. Only with HTML, this is not possible. With PHP, for example, you can check whether all fields have been filled in and, if successful, send an e-mail. Also, when it comes to retrieving content from a database, it makes sense to use PHP. For example, if you want to program a news website, you can save your texts in a database and then output them with PHP at the desired places in your HTML code. You do not have to create a single HTML file for each article and can implement changes much faster. That’s why PHP has been used for creating Dynamic websites.

=> ↺ How to Install and Configure Puppet 7 Server on Ubuntu 22.04

• In this guide, we are going to install Puppet 7 Server Open Source in Ubuntu 22.04. We will set up a Puppet server and an agent and install Nginx using puppet manifests.

• Puppet is a software configuration management tool which includes its own declarative language to describe system configuration. It is a model-driven solution that requires limited programming knowledge to use. Puppet operates in an agent-master architecture, in which a master node controls configuration information for a fleet of managed agent nodes.

• Puppet is distributed in several packages. These include puppetserver, puppet-agent and puppetdb. Puppet Server controls the configuration information for one or more managed agent nodes. PuppetDB is where the data generated by Puppet is stored.

Desktop Environments/WMs

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

=> ↺ KDE Gear 22.08 – KDE Community

• KDE Gear ⚙️ is the collection of KDE apps, frameworks and libraries that all release new versions at the same time. Version 22.08 brings updates for KDE programs for working, developing your creativity and enjoying your free time without having to submit yourself to extortionate licenses, intrusive advertising, or surrender your privacy.

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ What’s new in GNOME 43, and how can you test it? | TechRepublic

• The stable release of GNOME 43 should be arriving any day now and it includes some pretty cool new features and updates. Although this won’t be an absolute game-changer as was GNOME 40 with the horizontal workflow, there are plenty of new additions that come together and make the GNOME desktop environment even more user-friendly and efficient.

=> ↺ Ignacy Kuchciński: GSoC 2022: Fourth update – Code

• I published my last blog post about the design phase of my GSoC project on 17 July. It’s been a month, and it’s been far from uneventful. I’m going to talk about the first prototype and my short presentation at GUADEC, as well as the review from designers and the result of it – the new mockup and the second prototype.

Distributions and Operating Systems

New Releases

=> ↺ KaOS 2022.08 Brings PipeWire by Default, Improved Installer, and Latest KDE Goodies<

• KaOS 2022.08 is here only two months after KaOS 2022.06, but it brings a lot of great changes starting with the implementation of the PipeWire server for handling audio, video streams, and hardware on Linux as the default sound/low-level multimedia framework.

• Talking about Calamares, the KaOS 2022.08 ISO release revamps the installer’s UI to be more intuitive and look more like the rest of the KaOS apps. In addition, there’s a new virtual keyboard built into the installer to assist with the installation when there’s no keyboard present. This is the first ISO of KaOS to allow installation only with the mouse or touchpad.

BSD

=> ↺ FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2022 Status Update | FreeBSD Foundation

• First, I’d like to send a big thank you to everyone who gave a financial contribution to our efforts. We are 100% funded by your donations, so every contribution helps us continue to support FreeBSD in many ways, including some of the work funded and published in this status report.

• Our goal this year is to raise at a minimum $1,400,000 towards a spending budget of around $2,000,000. As I write this report, we’ve brought in under $200,000 towards that goal. So, we obviously need to step up our effort of fundraising. It’s by far the hardest part of my job. I’d much prefer talking to folks in our community on how we can help you, help create content to recruit more users and contributors to the Project, and understand challenges and painpoints that individuals and organizations have in using FreeBSD, so we can help improve those areas. Asking for money is not on that list.

• We support FreeBSD in five main areas. Software development is the largest area we fund with six software developers on staff who step in to implement new features, support tier 1 platforms, review patches, and fix issues. You can find out some of the work we did under OS Improvements in this report. FreeBSD Advocacy is another area that we support to spread the word about FreeBSD at conferences, in presentations online and in-person, tutorials and how-to guides. We purchase and support hardware for the FreeBSD infrastructure that supports the work going on in the Project. Virtual and in-person events are organized by the Foundation to help connect and engage community members to share their knowledge and collaborate on projects. Finally, we provide legal support to the Project when needed and protect the FreeBSD trademarks.

• [...]

• The Foundation recently signed a new contract for Byhve support. This contract will allow John Baldwin to dedicate time to Bhyve as issues arise, especially security issues.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Red Hat Drives Greater Consistency and Management Across the Hybrid Cloud with Latest Version of OpenShift Platform Plus

• Red Hat Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a new iteration of Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, with new features and capabilities that go beyond the base Kubernetes platform to encompass storage, management and more. This further extends Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus as a singular Kubernetes platform to span the breadth of enterprise IT scenarios, whether a traditional datacenter, distributed edge operations or multiple public cloud environments.

=> ↺ Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks – Partners Key to $1 Trillion Open Hybrid Cloud Market

• ‘[Open hybrid cloud] is a huge area to execute to. Partners will have a massive influence on that. Because we’re just not going to be talking to every customer doing that. But all of them are going through that motion,’ new Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks tells CRN.

=> ↺ North Carolina DHHS to Modernize Medicaid Systems Platform with KPMG and Red Hat

• KPMG LLP today announced that the State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected the KPMG Resource Integration Suite (KRIS) Connected Platform to integrate multiple technology solutions and enable optimized health outcomes across the state. The KRIS Connected Platform primarily uses industry leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, Red Hat OpenShift, to implement a central systems integration cloud platform and modernize the state’s Medicaid software operations to help streamline the delivery of critical health services.

=> ↺ Hands on vDPA: what do you do when you ain’t got the hardware v2 (Part 2)

• The vp_vpda is a vDPA driver for a virtio-pci device which bridges between a vDPA bus and virtio-pci device. It’s especially useful for future feature prototyping and testing.

• vp_vdpa can also be used for other purposes aside from testing — for example, as an implementation reference. Some functionalities can be extracted out of a pure virtio device code implementation, such as the masking of features to achieve virtual machine (VM) passthrough. Compared with the vdpa_sim, the vp_vdpa has a drawback in that it can only be used on a virtio-pci device.

• The following diagram shows the building blocks of a vp_vdpa device:

=> ↺ Integrating identity management with single sign-on for Red Hat solutions

• In this article, we explain how to integrate identity management (IdM) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with single sign-on (SSO) for Red Hat solutions.

• [...]

• The starting state of our environment is two separate RHEL 8 instances that are up and running and on the same network. One will run RHEL Identity Management and the other will run the single sign-on service.

Debian Family

=> ↺ Only two people thanked Frans Pop before his death

• In my last blog, I revealed that Frans Pop was exposed to over 700 emails on debian-private in the weeks before his suicide.

• It is one of several important facts to reflect on if we care about the lives of those we collaborate with online.

• The email where Pop resigns the night before Debian Day may look innocuous to outsiders. Most outsiders would not realize it was the night before Debian Day. Most would not realize the sentence about revoking his PGP key is far more grave than a resignation.

• [...]

• When organizations start proclaiming a Code of Conduct, they go to great lengths to publicly shame and insult volunteers. Would it be more wise to invest in thanking people?

Canonical/Ubuntu Family

=> ↺ Digital Signage and Kiosk With Ubuntu

• Ubuntu is an operating system. You are probably using a Windows or Apple operating system on your PC, and you may be tempted to use such an operating system on your digital signs, but it just isn’t practical these days.

• The likes of Apple, Windows and Android requires a lot of maintenance. It would be like buying an industrial crane to get you to and from to the corner shop, whereas all you really need is a push bike. Is Ubuntu the “Push bike” of operating systems? No, but it is far more configurable than your average operating system.

=> ↺ Top 5 IoT challenges and how to solve them

• There are a number of challenges to surmount for enterprises in the IoT sector, including having a short time to market, airtight security, a versatile update mechanism for hardware and software and mastering device management. The more planning and practical steps that are taken to address key considerations, the faster an IoT project can get to market and make an impact on the world.

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ Raspberry Pi Pico W Doorbell Sends Telegram Alerts | Tom’s Hardware

• The Raspberry Pi Pico W has proven to be a low-cost, low-power option for users looking to implement network support for their various microelectronics projects. Such is the case today with Maurício Pessoa’s Raspberry Pi Pico W doorbell system that uses Telegram to notify users when the doorbell has been rung.

• This project is great for users who might be hearing impaired or otherwise need a visual notification for doorbell alerts. The Pico W connects to Wi-Fi and sends notifications to Telegram using a bot. The notification messages can then be sent to either individual users or predetermined group chats.

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ Back to the Future remote shows real DeLorean speed | Arduino Blog

• In the Back to the Future films, the iconic DeLorean time machine had to reach 88mph in order to jump forward or backward in time. Even in 1985, it wasn’t very hard for a family sedan to reach 88mph, but that’s not the point. To show viewers the car’s current speed and increase tension, the prop designers brilliantly included a large digital speedometer readout on the remote that Doc holds. W. Jason Altice used Arduino boards to replicate that functionality on a rented DeLorean.

• Altice rented the replica Back to the Future DeLorean from a company that caters to fans. That company wouldn’t let Altice modify the car, of course, so he wasn’t able to create a remote that actually controlled steering or throttle. But he was able to track the car’s speed and display that on a vintage RC-style transmitter without modifying the rental. He achieved that using two Arduino Uno boards that communicate with each other through REYAX RYLR998 LoRa transceiver modules.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ Vivaldi 5.4 for Android with improved privacy stats launches – gHacks Tech News

=> ↺ The best MOBA games on Android in 2022

=> ↺ The 3 Best New Features in OneNote’s August 2022 Android Update

=> ↺ Motorola Announces New Android Tablet – Phandroid

=> ↺ Delete These 35 Malware Apps on Your Android

=> ↺ Your Android phone has a HIDDEN easy to use scanner! Just check your Google Drive | How-to

=> ↺ Google may have finally fixed Samsung Galaxy S22 series Android Auto glitches

=> ↺ No Android 13 for the Galaxy S10 series, but the August security update is here – PhoneArena

=> ↺ Samsung Galaxy A12 Android 12 update released, brings many new features – SamMobile

=> ↺ Samsung Android 12 update: These devices have One UI 4.0 – 9to5Google

=> ↺ An ‘Android Upgrade Party’ is not what you might think it is

=> ↺ Can An Android Tablet Really Replace A Laptop?

=> ↺ Android Auto allegedly fixes Galaxy S22 blank screen issue

=> ↺ Ring patched an Android bug that could have exposed video footage | Ars Technica

=> ↺ Oppo releases new version of ColorOS based on Android 13

• Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has released a new version of its ColorOS operating system based on Android 13.

• In a statement, the company said ColorOS 13 included a number of key features from Android 13, while also introducing a new aquamorphic design for its user interface.

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

Web Browsers

Mozilla

=> ↺ Niko Matsakis: Come contribute to Salsa 2022!

• Have you heard of the Salsa project? Salsa is a library for incremental computation – it’s used by rust-analyzer, for example, to stay responsive as you type into your IDE (we have also discussed using it in rustc, though more work is needed there). We are in the midst of a big push right now to develop and release Salsa 2022, a major new revision to the API that will make Salsa far more natural to use. I’m writing this blog post both to advertise that ongoing work and to put out a call for contribution. Salsa doesn’t yet have a large group of maintainers, and I would like to fix that. If you’ve been looking for an open source project to try and get involved in, maybe take a look at our Salsa 2022 tracking issue and see if there is an issue you’d like to tackle?

Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

=> ↺ LibreOffice 7.4 Community released [LWN.net]

• The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 7.4 Community, which is the community-supported version of the open-source office suite. Version 7.4 comes with new features for the suite as a whole (WebP and EMZ/WMZ support, …), the Writer word-processor (better change tracking and hyphenation settings, …), the Calc spreadsheet (16K columns, …), and more. “Development is now focused on interoperability with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats, and many new features are targeted at users migrating from MS Office”. More information can be found in the release notes.

=> ↺ LibreOffice 7.4 Released with 16K Column Support + More

• The Document Foundation released LibreOffice 7.4 Community edition today. This release brings significant improvements across Calc (spreadsheet program), Writer (Document processor) and other components. In addition, many bug fixes and filter updates for Microsoft Office 365 grace this release.

• Before heading to the download section, here’s a quick recap of the new features. A detailed feature guide is available on this page.

• There are no issues for those of you who work with massive volumes of data and worry about data loss. The spreadsheet program Calc gets to support 16384 columns, i.e. up to XFD in this release. With this feature, Calc and Excel support an equal number of rows and columns.

=> ↺ LibreOffice 7.4 Community Release – Taming LibreOffice

• LibreOffice 7.4 Community was released on 18 August 2022. Here is the official blog post about it, with much more information about the release and about LibreOffice.

• You can get LibreOffice 7.4 from the download page for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux.

Content Management Systems (CMS)

=> ↺ Static Site Generators Are Easy to Use…Right?

• I’ve had this post in my drafts folder for months now Actually, it’s ever since I realised how hard it is to manage content with Static Site Generators, and flipped back to WordPress.

Programming/Development

=> ↺ RcppArmadillo 0.11.2.3.1 on CRAN: Double Update

• Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra and scientific computing. It aims towards a good balance between speed and ease of use, has a syntax deliberately close to Matlab, and is useful for algorithm development directly in C++, or quick conversion of research code into production environments. RcppArmadillo integrates this library with the R environment and language–and is widely used by (currently) 1005 packages other packages on CRAN (as celebrated in this blog post on passing 1000 packages from just four days ago), downloaded nearly 26 million times (per the partial logs from the cloud mirrors of CRAN), and the CSDA paper (preprint / vignette) by Conrad and myself has been cited 488 times according to Google Scholar.

• This release brings together two distinct changes. First, it updates the relese from upstream 11.2.0 (and CRAN 0.11.2.0.0 released a few weeks ago) to the now current 11.2.3 release by Conrard (given that more than four weeks have passed so that we do not surpass CRAN’s desired cadence of ‘releases no more than once a month’). The changeset includes a few small refinements (see below), it also includedes a deprecation for initialization for which I will need to reach out to a few packages for whom this triggers a deprecation warning. And speaking of deprecation, the other reason for this release is the desire by the Matrix package to phase out a few older conversions (or casts in C/C++ lingo) which we accomodated.

=> ↺ just-in-time code generation within webassembly

• Just-in-time (JIT) code generation is an important tactic when implementing a programming language. Generating code at run-time allows a program to specialize itself against the specific data it is run against. For a program that implements a programming language, that specialization is with respect to the program being run, and possibly with respect to the data that program uses.

• The way this typically works is that the program generates bytes for the instruction set of the machine it’s running on, and then transfers control to those instructions.

• Usually the program has to put its generated code in memory that is specially marked as executable. However, this capability is missing in WebAssembly. How, then, to do just-in-time compilation in WebAssembly?

=> ↺ SQL: The Universal Solvent for REST APIs – O’Reilly

• Data scientists working in Python or R typically acquire data by way of REST APIs. Both environments provide libraries that help you make HTTP calls to REST endpoints, then transform JSON responses into dataframes. But that’s never as simple as we’d like. When you’re reading a lot of data from a REST API, you need to do it a page at a time, but pagination works differently from one API to the next. So does unpacking the resulting JSON structures. HTTP and JSON are low-level standards, and REST is a loosely-defined framework, but nothing guarantees absolute simplicity, never mind consistency across APIs.

• What if there were a way of reading from APIs that abstracted all the low-level grunt work and worked the same way everywhere? Good news! That is exactly what Steampipe does. It’s a tool that translates REST API calls directly into SQL tables. Here are three examples of questions that you can ask and answer using Steampipe.

Python

=> ↺ Defeating definedness | Playing Perl 6␛b6xA Raku

• In his latest blogpost, p6steve went through a lot of trouble to enforce definedness. I managed to shorten it a bit.

Leftovers

Hardware

=> ↺ The Supply Chain Boa Constrictor Still Tight Around Cisco

• The boa constrictor is still going to be wrapped around the company because the supply and demand conditions in the world are not changing. Cisco can only move so fast to find alternative suppliers for power supplies and other key components, and we cannot predict what coronavirus, monkeypox, and flu might do to manufacturing operations around the globe.

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ We cannot pretend COVID-19 is not here, says WHO Chief

• With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on said “we cannot pretend it’s not there.”

• “Learning to live with COVID-19 doesn’t mean we pretend it’s not there. It means we use all the tools we have to protect ourselves, and protect others,” Ghebreyesus said in a tweet.

Pseudo-Open Source

Openwashing

=> ↺ One year of OpenSearch: Grading AWS’ open source effort | TechRepublic

• A year into its OpenSearch journey, AWS seems to be learning how to do open source right.

Security

=> ↺ Cisco Releases Security Update for Cisco Secure Web Appliance | CISA

• A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page.

=> ↺ Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

• Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in macOS Monterey, iOS and iPadOS. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device.

=> ↺ Top Linux Insights From Gartner’s Market Guide for CWPP

=> ↺ a Microsoft- and Bill Gates-funded propaganda agency

=> ↺ CISA Adds Seven Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

=> ↺ Secure Coding Practice – A Developer’s Learning Experience of Developing Secure Software Course

=> ↺ enables fraud and scams

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ Google Ads, Apple Ads, while Purism Adds – Purism

• Google has long abused digital rights through its tracking, privacy invasion, and ads business. Apple—while inaccurately claiming they care about privacy—has seen significant growth in its own ads business. Most recently this was highlighted how Apple utilizes anti-competitive language to promote their own ads business over third parties.

• [...]

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

=> ↺ Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe

=> ↺ Parliament’s top security committee to probe RCMP’s use of spyware

Transparency/Investigative Reporting

=> ↺ There is no place for secret ministers in Australian democracy – Michael West

• The weekend revelations confirm Scott Morrison as Australia’s worst PM since McMahon and Christian Porter as the worst attorney-general ever. Their conduct in the appointment of Morrison to three extra portfolios without notifying the public was a disaster for the rule of law, writes Rex Patrick.

• On the advice of, with the consent of, at the approval of … attorney-general Christian Porter.

• Over the past 72 hours there has been a focus on revelations made over the weekend that, during the 46th Parliament, prime minister Scott Morrison secretly co-appointed himself as the minister for health, the minister for finance and the minister for resources.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Albanese may have given kiss of death to governor-general – Michael West

• The scandal building over the secret appointments by Scott Morrison may cost the Governor-General, David Hurley, his job.

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has this morning failed to give an unequivocal endorsement of Hurley’s role in the appointments. This is close to being the kiss of death for a vice-regal figure in today’s Australia.

• ”The blame for this lands fairly and squarely with the former government,” Albanese told Radio National’s Patricia Karvelas on Tuesday morning,

=> ↺ Trump slams Elon Musk as “another b——t artist” at Alaska rally

• According to statement filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on Friday, Musk will try to bail on his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter on the grounds that the social media company hasn’t met its contractual obligations.

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Mailchimp is still silencing activists in Russia – Access Now

• In March 2022, Mailchimp, a newsletter service provider owned by Intuit, left Russia to signal its support for the people of Ukraine. But it went too far, cutting off the accounts of prominent civil society organizations that defend human rights in Russia. It did so without letting them retrieve their subscriber data. Today, Mailchimp and other tech companies have failed to restore service for human rights defenders, helping Russia’s repressive regime silence civil society.

• [...]

• Mailchimp is blocking leading NGOs and independent media groups vital for defending human rights in Russia and opposing the war in Ukraine. These include prominent Russian media organizations like Crew against Torture (formerly Committee against Torture), which has investigated torture and extrajudicial killings in Russian prisons for the past 22 years. Their lawyers risk their lives daily to defend victims of Russian government abuse, so the government labeled the organization a “foreign agent.” Mailchimp is also blocking GOLOS, Holod, and OVD-Info, as well as charity organizations that help homeless individuals and individuals with HIV.

=> ↺ Charlie Kirk Is Right to Be Afraid of Spinoza

• Right-wing culture warriors recently attacked Immanuel Kant as the father of “critical race theory.” Now, figures like Charlie Kirk are going after Baruch Spinoza — a radical enlightenment thinker who can actually teach us a few things about how to fight the Right.

=> ↺ Zimbabwe’s censorship board bans Danish documentary about opposition leader

• Lusaka, August 16, 2022–Zimbabwean authorities must lift the ban on the documentary film “President” by Danish journalist Camilla Nielsson and not abuse censorship laws for political ends ahead of next year’s general election, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.

• The film, which follows opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on the 2018 presidential election campaign trail, was banned by Zimbabwe’s Censorship and Entertainment Control Unit, the country’s censorship board housed under the Ministry of Home Affairs, because it violated the country’s censorship laws, according to a June 16 letter from the unit’s deputy director Oscar Mugomeri to Nielsson’s lawyer, Chris Mhike. Under the ban, the film, which news reports said premiered in the United States August 8, cannot be shown anywhere in Zimbabwe.

=> ↺ The Horrendous Damage of Censorship – OffGuardian

• Then jump a few decades ahead and think of Julian Assange, still being held against his will for his revealing publications in WikiLeaks on war crimes committed by the United States. And we certainly must not forget the courageous work of Edward Snowden who exposed illegal CIA surveillance in the summer of 2013 having The Guardian, in the UK, and The Washington Post, in the US, publish his story.

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

=> ↺ Assange Lawyers Sue CIA for Spying on Them | SecurityWeek.Com

• Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the US Central Intelligence Agency and its former director Mike Pompeo on Monday, alleging it recorded their conversations and copied data from their phones and computers.

=> ↺ Assange lawyers sue Mike Pompeo for spying on him and visitors

• Legal proceedings in Spanish courts against the head of that firm, David Morales, heard testimony in 2020 that Assange’s visitors had the data on their phones copied unknowingly when they were required to hand over their belongings to Morales’ staff.

=> ↺ CIA and Pompeo Sued for Spying on Assange’s Visitors at Embassy

• On Monday, a group of U.S. lawyers and journalists filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its former Director Mike Pompeo for eavesdropping on their conversations with Julian Assange, while he was in asylum at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

• [...]

• “There should be sanctions, even up to dismissal of those charges, or withdrawal of an extradition request in response to these blatantly unconstitutional activities,” he said, as reported by AA agency.

=> ↺ CIA Sued Over Alleged Spying on Lawyers, Journalists Who Met Assange

• “The United States Constitution shields American citizens from U.S. government overreach even when the activities take place in a foreign embassy in a foreign country,” said Richard Roth, the lead attorney representing the plaintiffs.

=> ↺ Lawsuit Alleges CIA Got Phone Contents From Assange Visitors

• Two lawyers and two journalists are suing the CIA, saying the agency obtained copies of the contents of their electronic devices and helped enable the recording of their meetings with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

=> ↺ Rand Paul Calls to Repeal Espionage Act After Mar-a-Lago Raid

• Hornberger’s piece is not directly about Trump but rather a response to the continued U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

=> ↺ Journalists and lawyers sue CIA for spying on them while visiting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – JURIST – News

• A group of journalists and lawyers sued the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday for illegally spying on them and violating their Fourth Amendment rights under the US Constitution while visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Fourth Amendment protects US citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The group filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006. WikiLeaks specializes in analyzing and publishing large databases of censored or otherwise restricted official materials. The plaintiffs visited Assange while he was living under political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

• The complaint alleges that, while visiting Assange, employees of Undercover Global required the plaintiffs to surrender their electronic devices to them. It is alleged that information was copied from the devices without the plaintiffs’ consent and that the information was then sent to the CIA. The complaint also alleges that former CIA Director Mike Pompeo approved of this practice.

Monopolies

Copyrights

=> ↺ Cleaning two decades of family music

• How you end up with 800 GiB of audio

=> ↺ Lumen Researcher Interview Series: Ernesto van der Sar of TorrentFreak

• Lumen interviews Ernesto van der Sar of TorrentFreak

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

=> ↺ Last day at this job

• So today is my last day at my current job. Started it when the company I worked for went under due to the pandemic and after 2 years I’m moving on to something new. The job was never intended to be remote, our office is 15 miles away. But I’ve only met two people on my team one time when I started working here. I always kind of joked that I’d probably never make it into the office, that I’d be gone before the pandemic ended. Sure enough I was right.

=> ↺ Brain Fart

• I guess life goes in waves. Or circles, maybe?

=> ↺ Scraping for wood

• A couple of days ago I went off on a tangent. I noticed that a bunch of SpellBinding words ending in -WOOD were missing from the dictionary. I put together a list of 87 words ending in WOOD, a list that expanded rapidly to 207 words.

Technical

=> ↺ SSH Notes

• In my last reply post, I invited readers to leave a note on my Raspberry Pi.[1] I have received several notes since then, and some of you expressed interest in the idea more broadly. For those interested, I’d like to explain how it works, in case anyone wants to try for themselves.

• First, thank you to everyone who has accepted that invitation so far. It’s been fun to receive little notes from around the world.

=> ↺ Marginaliacoin, and hidden forum

• I discovered someone has made a cryptocurrency called “Memex Marginalia Inu”. It appears to have been created February 23, which is around when the entry “I Have No Capslock And I Must Scream” went absurdly viral to the point where Elon Musk tweeted a link to it.

=> ↺ A map generator for the terminal

• These days I’ve been working on a hex map generator for the terminal. Yeah, I don’t expect anybody else to be using it. It works via SSH instead of via a browser. I was trying to see how far I could go, and I’ve been using some interesting libraries from the Charm family to do it…

=> ↺ Why is the OpenBSD documentation so good?

• The OpenBSD operating system is known to be secure, but also for having an accurate and excellent documentation. In this text, I’ll try to figure out what makes the OpenBSD documentation so great.

=> ↺ List installed packages by size

=> ↺ I have no capslock and I must scream

• In a near future, a team of desktop computer designers are looking at the latest telemetry and updating the schematics of the hardware-as-a-service self-assembling nanohardware.

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