There’s no shortage of ways to get Linux onto your PC hardware, but with Ubuntu, you’ve long needed to download a bulky multi-gigabyte ISO file in one go.

If you’re suffering from a shortage of large USB sticks, the Ubuntu mini ISO takes up only around 100MB. Here’s how to get the Mini ISO and use it to install Ubuntu.

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ Unicorn Media ☛ Budgie 10.8 Released: Here’s What Has Changed and What Is New

There is a beginning-of-the-week treat in store for Budgie users. This morning Joshua Strobl, founder and project lead at Buddies of Budgie, the organization behind the popular Linux desktop environment, announced the release of Budgie 10.8 as the successor to version 10.7, which was released seven months ago.

Although Budgie is built using many components of the Gnome desktop, it’s largely considered to be “scratch made” and not a Gnome derivative. It was initially developed to be the default DE for Solus Linux, but soon after its release other distros began offing it as an option. In November 2016, an unofficial Ubuntu remix centered on Budgie was officially recognized as an official Ubuntu flavor under the name Ubuntu Budgie.

=> ↺ HowTo Geek ☛ How to Choose the Best Linux Distro for Programming and Development

At one time, it was common to hear Linux described as an operating system for developers. It wasn’t recommended for the casual or non-technical user. You had to be at least partially code-savvy to even use Linux. That may have been true for Linux in its very early days, but that hasn’t been the case for a long time. Distributions Like Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, and Linux Mint have smoothed the path for newcomers to the Linux world.

Of course, the developers are still here on Linux too, because Linux is such a great platform to develop on. With Linux, you get privacy, stability, and performance. You have access to all the development tools you need, and for free. You have a choice of flexible scripting languages in the terminal window, allowing you to automate build processes, testing, and more.

If the distribution you’re using doesn’t have a particular tool installed by default, it’s usually just a case of firing up your package manager and installing it. All the parts of your tool chain are no more than a single command away.

Linux supports containerization too, through solutions like Docker and Vagrant, and container management systems such as Kubernetes. These make it simple and fast to spin up and manage isolated environments that use far fewer resources than classic virtual machines.

New Releases

=> ↺ TrueNAS ☛ TrueNAS SCALE Cobia Has Reached BETA – TrueNAS – Welcome to the Open Storage Era

The next chapter of TrueNAS SCALE has begun. TrueNAS SCALE already has the ability to scale up(with HA) and scale out and provides the ability to run containerized Apps directly on the storage system. Apps have been steadily improving with each new release of SCALE. More improvements are scheduled for the next TrueNAS SCALE release — codenamed “Cobia” — in Q4 of this year. Today, we announce the availability of TrueNAS SCALE 23.10 BETA, aka Cobia BETA.

Bluefin (22.12) has been a very successful release and has grown the SCALE user base to about 70,000 systems in less than 18 months. The quality of Bluefin keeps increasing with community testing and has reached General Availability (GA) status, with iXsystems shipping nearly all platforms with Bluefin or TrueNAS 13.0. Our goal has been to give users the freedom to choose their path.

Cobia (23.10) is the alphabetic and chronological successor to Bluefin (22.12). It is also the first release designed to enable the sidegrade from TrueNAS 13.0 HA systems. Cobia has been through two Alpha stages with the development community and has reached the point where Community testers can begin to explore what is new. It will not be ready for production until Q4, as the 23.10 name (yy.mm of target release date) indicates.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] How to use Red Hat OpenShift GitOps with the Argo CD Vault Plugin as a sidecar

Debian Family

=> ↺ Release Notes 2023.1.0 ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’ – siduction Linux

The siduction team is very proud to present an unscheduled release for a special occasion. Debian GNU/Linux, whose unstable branch some of us have been following for over 20 years, celebrates its 30. Birthday on 8/16/2023 and we think that is worthy of all honor.

Debian is the second oldest distribution after Slackware, and is solely supported by the people involved, without a company standing in the background or someone at the top deciding where things go. Debian is considered the “universal operating system” because of the many architectures supported to this day, and the stability of their releases is legendary.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Android Runtime (ART) update led to apps starting 30% faster

=> ↺ Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd ☛ Green Dot on Your Android? Here’s Why It Matters and How to Take Control | Technology – Science News, Times Now

=> ↺ HowTo Geek ☛ OneNote for Android Goes Beyond Basic Notetaking in New Update

=> ↺ XDA ☛ Samsung Android 14 Tracker: Here are all the official One UI 6 beta builds to download and install

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Samsung upgrades Chromecast screen mirroring in Android 14

=> ↺ Gizmo China ☛ How to install the Google Play Store on any Android device

=> ↺ Gadget Bridge ☛ How to get all the new emojis on your Android smartphone?

=> ↺ Giz China ☛ How to Improve the Performance of Your Android Smartphone

=> ↺ 9to5Google ☛ Google Maps now shows charging stations to Android Auto EVs

=> ↺ SlashGear ☛ 5 Android Auto Voice Commands You Should Be Using

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

=> ↺ LWN ☛ LibreOffice 7.6 Community released [LWN.net]

The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 7.6 Community. It is the last release using the existing numbering scheme as the office suite will move to date-based release numbers starting with LibreOffice 24.2 in February, 2024. Highlights of this release include support for document themes, including import and export of them, a new navigation panel for Impress and Draw, zoom-gesture support, font-handling improvements, and lots more; the release notes have all the details.

FSFE

=> ↺ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Join us as an intern and make the difference! [Ed: Work for Google for no salary or very low salary, under the guise of “Freedom” (FSFE is misusing the name “FSF”)]

Programming/Development

Perl / Raku

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] This week in PSC (112)

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Why YACM (yet another color module) ?

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Perl Weekly Challenge 230: Count Words

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Perl Weekly Challenge 230: Separate Digits

=> ↺ Perl ☛ 2023-08-13 [Older] Resource::Silo – declarative lazy resource container library

Leftovers

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Why the BBC is selling its iconic sound studios

Science

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-19 [Older] New images of moon close up as India and Russia race to its south pole

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] The science of why you can remember song lyrics from years ago

Education

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Florida’s Academic Standards Distort the Contributions that Enslaved Africans Made to American Society

Hardware

=> ↺ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] It’s True! A New VR IMU!

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Africa could be the answer to global supply chain disruptions, says new report

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] Dog attacks on adults are rising – but science shows simply blaming breeds won’t help

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Why bilinguals may have a memory advantage – new research

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Science experiments traditionally only used male mice – here’s why that’s a problem for women’s health

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Netherlands dips into recession after strong COVID rebound

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] COVID variant EG.5: What we know about ‘eris’

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Study finds no evidence that Facebook is linked to psychological harm

Security

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Juniper Releases Security Advisory for Multiple Vulnerabilities in Junos OS

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ Vendors criticize Microsoft for repeated security failings

Microsoft is facing frustration for numerous security issues, including problematic transparency, numerous patch bypasses and inconsistent communication practices.

=> ↺ LWN ☛ Security updates for Monday

Security updates have been issued by Debian (fastdds, flask, and kernel), Fedora (chromium, dotnet6.0, dotnet7.0, gerbv, java-1.8.0-openjdk, libreswan, procps-ng, and spectre-meltdown-checker), SUSE (chromium, kernel-firmware, krb5, opensuse-welcome, and python-mitmproxy), and Ubuntu (clamav, firefox, and vim).

=> ↺ Potential cyberattack throughout Singing River Health System

Singing River Health System officials have detected unusual activity within their network, indicating a potential cyberattack.

“We are working diligently with third-party specialists to investigate the source of this disruption and to confirm its impact on our systems as soon as possible. We have also engaged with the appropriate law enforcement authorities,” says Shannon Wall, SRHS Chief Marketing Officer.

The Singing River Health System is continuing to see patients, and downtime procedures are in place.

=> ↺ Data Breaches ☛ El Salvadoran database raises questions of possible political intrigue

A database listed for sale on a popular hacking forum may raise some political questions for El Salvadorans.

On August 16, a listing offered 114GB of files with facial photos and 5.1 million records with El Salvadorans’ “full name, dui, date of birth, address, telephone, email and hd photo of the face.”

=> ↺ Data breach under investigation involving Gadsden County court records

The 2nd Judicial Circuit announced Monday that law enforcement is investigating a data breach involving Gadsden County court records.

In a news release, the circuit said that initial assessments show some of the records contained “personal identifying information.” Officials said the breach only affected Gadsden County records.

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Cyber-attacks against the UK Electoral Commission reveal an ongoing threat to democracy [Ed: Microsoft is an ongoing threat to democracy]

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Bank of Ireland fixes ‘free money’ glitch after ATM rush

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ NL Times ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Concerns over Dutch medical sector’s use of Amazon cloud for patient information storage

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Alleged Stalking Victims Accuse Tile of Advertising Its Devices as Women Trackers

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] The second anti-colonial war in Africa

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Draganfly’s CEO Believes Drones Will Have a Bigger Impact on War Than Tanks

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] WSJ: “Russia has antiaircraft systems that might hit the US F-16 planes”

Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Russian firm escalates dispute with Canada over seized cargo plane

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Blinken Spoke With Paul Whelan, American Detained in Russian Prison

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Poland seeks to deter Russia with huge military parade

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Three spies for Russia arrested in UK – what does this mean?

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Three arrested in Russian espionage investigation face charges in UK

=> ↺ The Age AU ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Five people arrested by British counter-terrorist police over spying for Russia

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] Russia recruits serial murderers to fight with Wagner in Ukraine

=> ↺ Copenhagen Post ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] US approves: Denmark to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Ukraine updates: US approves Dutch, Danish F-16 deliveries

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] U.S. estimates nearly 500,000 soldiers wounded, killed in Ukraine war: NYT report

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] British-Led Coalition to Provide Ukraine With Anti-Drone Systems

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Ukraine Gets Two IRIS-T Air Defense Systems From Germany -Zelenskiy

Environment

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] El Nino’s back — prepare for drought, hunger and diseases

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] Canada records 1st 40s C temperature of 2023 in Lytton, as B.C. heat wave gets underway

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Canada: Wildfires in far north spur mass evacuations

=> ↺ 2023-08-16 [Older] Turkey breaks temperature record with 49.5°C in Eskişehir

Energy/Transportation

=> ↺ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Closure of Ffos-y-fran coal mine must mark next chapter of Wales’ renewable revolution, say Greens

=> ↺ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Greens call for rail fare freeze as Government announces below inflationary fare rise

Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-13 [Older] Pink salmon spotted in N.L. waters could be from 1960s stocking program — or from Russia

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Why we think that some extinct giant flying reptiles cared for their young

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] How consciousness may rely on brain cells acting collectively – new psychedelics research on rats

=> ↺ The Conversation ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Sun bears appear so human-like they are mistaken for people in suits – experts explain

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] B.C. wildfire fighters say more needs to be done to retain experienced firefighters

Finance

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Russia central bank hikes interest rates to stop ruble’s fall

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] Russian ruble tanks amid Putin’s war economy

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Inflation jumped higher last month, to 3.3%

=> ↺ SFGate ☛ Meta threatens to fire workers for return-to-office infractions in leaked memo [Ed: Facebook doing many more layoffs, but it pisses off workers hoping they'll resign instead]

The Bay Area tech giant laid out its plan to hold workers to a stricter in-office regimen in a Thursday note, Insider reported. In the memo, Meta Head of People Lori Goler reportedly told employees that their managers would receive their badge data and that repeated violations of the new three-day-a-week requirement could cause workers to lose their jobs.

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-12 [Older] Refugees overqualified and underpaid in Germany

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] China: Next real estate giant on the ropes

=> ↺ Breach Media ☛ The media is blaming immigrants for the housing crisis. They’re wrong

Instead of halting immigration, we should regulate the investors and developers driving and profiting from sky-high housing prices

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] New York City bans TikTok for government employees

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] New York City Bans TikTok on Government-Owned Devices Over Security Concerns

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] N.W.T. wildfire evacuees say Facebook’s news ban ‘dangerous’ in emergency situation

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] NYU Professor Locked Out of Twitter After Reportedly Declining to Meet With Elon Musk

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-16 [Older] Close to Half of Americans Favor TikTok Ban -Reuters/Ipsos Poll

=> ↺ The Washington Post ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Hanlon’s Razor Meets Its Match: Twitter/X

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Elon Musk Is Throttling Twitter Links to Sites That Have Vexed Him

=> ↺ Engadget ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] In His Latest Threat to Public Safety, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Remove Option to Block Users

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-15 [Older] Russian media expands its operations to Africa

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Why is China promoting patriotic education?

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Nazi radio propaganda turns 90

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Striking Writers Take Antitrust Aim at Disney, Amazon, Netflix

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-13 [Older] Poland unveils referendum on EU migrant policy

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Poland to vote on migration referendum in upcoming election

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] More and more Turkish citizens seeking asylum in Germany

=> ↺ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] EU reputation suffers in Malaysia, Indonesia over Quran burning

=> ↺ 2023-08-18 [Older] Sputnik Turkey journalists go on strike

Monopolies

=> ↺ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Amazon Imposes New Fees on Sellers Who Ship Their Own Products to Customers

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-18 [Older] Influencers Balk at Amazon’s Absurd Offer to Pay $25 Per Sponsored Video

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-14 [Older] Of policy space and actors in the policy space: The role of courts in developing countries in IP policymaking

=> ↺ IP Kat ☛ 2023-08-17 [Older] Choppy waters in Mimo Connect v Buley yacht breach of confidence dispute as Court of Appeal overturns “limited undertakings” decision

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