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Posted in Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux at 5:13 pm by Guest Editorial Team
Authored by Andy Farnell
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Summary: The latest article from Andy concerns the Command Line Challenge
Cheapskates wonderful guide is currently running a “One_Week_Command_Line
Challenge“. Some of the students I teach now are so young (to an old beard like
me) they think this is some “crazy new thing”. Is there new hope and a new
perspective to be explored here? Something other than retro and cool. Perhaps
historical baggage, the narrative of how “superior” graphical interfaces
replaced “old” consoles is an obstacle to new visions for the next generation?
As a lifelong textual user interface (TUI) user this got me thinking. If you
were to give me “The GUI Challenge” I’d be sunk! My world (dwm, emacs, w3m etc)
feels so familiar, it’s in my bones. After thirty or forty years on the command
line if I were forced to use “normal computers” it would cripple my ability to
do anything.
“After thirty or forty years on the command line if I were forced to use
“normal computers” it would cripple my ability to do anything.”The command-line
is super empowering, but particular. Put me on a Mac or Windows machine and I
revert to a child-like flap, randomly clicking around on icons that look
promising. I’d be twenty times less productive than my peers, yet, modesty be
damned, I’m ten times more effective/productive at average computing tasks than
other professionals when in my comfort zone – at the command-line. Isn’t this
true for us all, that we have our comfy shoes?
Of course this isn’t about some innate inability to use graphical tools. I’ve
mastered some jolly complex ones like Blender and Unreal editors (virtual world
building), and ProTools or Ardour (for sound and music). One of the most
complex I recall was a VLSI/CAD creator that used two four button mice (or
mouse and ball).
So, is the command line challenge unfair? I am no more capable of quickly
learning a new graphical paradigm than an entrenched GUI user is of adopting
the keyboard and console. This probably applies at any age or ability level
where you are comparing like-for-like paradigm switching.
No, the issue here is deeper and is about utility paradigms. How do people
relate to computers as tools at the highest level – at the operating system
level and above?
If you dig back in the Usenet and mailing-list archives, you’ll find
fascinating, passionate and intelligent debates on the merits of different
interfaces going right back to Xerox-PARC. They are really separate computing
cultures. There’s a fair historical_summary here.
The above history ends in 2001. GUIs did not end there, the debate has moved
further, and many new things have not been well analysed. Mobile, which
essentially emulates button-based handheld appliances, cannot really be
compared to GUI (in its traditional sense), even though it’s technically a
computer running a graphical interface.
“Mobile, which essentially emulates button-based handheld appliances, cannot
really be compared to GUI (in its traditional sense), even though it’s
technically a computer running a graphical interface.”It’s only since about
2010 that the GUI function of abstracting (hiding away complexity) was
subverted by wicked corporations to hide away deception and to effect control.
This shift from the abstract to the abstruse and obstructive is what we
sometimes call “Dark Computing Patterns”, but really it goes deeper than that –
visual computing is it’s own realm of psychology, politics, semiotics,
iconography and subterfuge that in many cases thoroughly bastardises the
function of computers qua “tools”.
The GUI/TUI debate can be framed in many ways; preference, freedom,
extensibility, cognitive overhead, portability, control (tweakability), depth
of understanding (legibility), and more.
For me, tool longevity and stability are important. I still use the same
applications and skills I learned in 1980. Some people, foolishly I think,
imagine that to be a bad/anti-progressive stance. One of the most underrated
abilities in computer programming is knowing when something is finished. As is
the ability to just use something instead of worshipping it as a digital
artefact (cue NFT “first editions of brand apps).
By contrast many of my colleagues must re-learn their entire productivity stack
every few months at the whim of corporate developers or seemingly random events
in “the market”. I literally hear them anthropomorphising:
“Oh, Slack won’t let me do that now”
“Oh, Google ate my email”
“Sorry, something broke, can you resend it please?”
Their “computers” are chaotic mystery machines, magic fun fairs where
superstitious ritual ministrations must be performed. This sort of Scooby-Doo
“clown computing” has no place in serious business, in my opinion. So, another
hugely underrated quality that TUIs favour is stability.
Where did this mess come from? In the 1980s “home computers” created a culture
of their own, and from there Apple and Microsoft, needed to counter a socially
constructed but actually mythical “fear” of computers as nerdy and silly, but
also “dangerous”. Remember granny worrying that it would “blow up” if you typed
the wrong thing?
Continuing a culture of sysadmins from the time-sharing Unix days, we created
the “user” as a particular stereotype. To put it quite bluntly, we manufactured
“users” to be idiots. Indeed, use of the word “users” instead of a more neutral
term like “operators” is significant. The developer-user relationship today is
a power relationship, and often an abusive one (in both directions).
In fact denigrating attitudes have their roots in the fragility of early
software development. The “user” was an enemy who would always find ways to
break our software and exhibit extraordinary “stupidity” by failing to
understand our non-obvious interface puzzles. We used tropes like
(P.E.B.K.A.C), lusers, and treated others with disrespectful and superior
smugness.
Computing had its hashtag moment, and markets demanded that perceptions change.
Microsoft solved the problem by erecting some soothing blue fire-hazard
cladding around a crumbling DOS. Underneath, exposure to “The Registry” was
like staring directly into the open core of Chernobyl.
At that point, enter Apple, who could play Good Cop, adding value by simply
subtracting (or consolidating) features. For many, Steve Jobs was elevated to
the man who “invented computers”. For a certain generation, he did. The ancient
science of HCI (human computer interaction) was beaten and disfigured into the
designer denomination of UX/UI that emphasised intuition, feel, and experience,
which in turn ushered in the age of performative productivity. This trajectory
of form over function culminated in neurotic obsessions with $2000 disposable
thin laptops and the Onion’s infamous Apple_Wheel parody that confused many as
to whether it was a genuinely good idea.
Meanwhile the command line simply kept calm and carried on. Nothing changed in
30 years. Those who ran the servers, databases, scientific and technical
applications never strayed far from the console, except where “presentation”
demanded. However, through the mass media and advertising, digital technology
became synonymous with these corporate veneers over actual computers, while
Hollywood made the command-line a glowing green preserve of malcontents bent on
destroying civilisation.
So, although the Command Line Challenge is fun – and I hope it inspires some
people to go beyond their comfort zone – let’s be aware that human factors,
history and politics play a greater role behind the scenes. Yes, it’s about
mental models, rote motor skills and habits, rather than any intrinsic good or
bad. But it’s also about culture and popular ideas of what a computer “is”.
The emphasis of Cheapskate’s article is on TUI allowing the use of older
computers. That’s a very topical and important concern in the age of climate
emergency. If readers don’t know already about books like Gerry McGovern’s
World_Wide_Waste, I urge you to read more about e-waste. Making the connections
between textual interfacing, more modest tech-minimalist use, and a better
society and healthier planet, isn’t obvious to everyone.
There are many reasons people may prefer to return to the command line. I
vastly prefer TUI’s for another reason. As a teacher I deal in ideas not
applications, so it’s a way of imparting lasting concepts instead of ephemeral
glitter. Commands are connections of action concepts to words, essential for
foundational digital literacy. Almost everything I can teach (train) students
to use by GUI will have changed by the time they graduate.
For younger people the difference is foundational. My daughter and I sit down
together and do basic shell skills. She can log in, launch an editor, play
music and her favourite cartoon videos. We use Unix talk to chat. It’s slow,
but great fun, because character based coms is very expressive as you see the
other person typing. She’s already internalising the Holy Trinity – storage,
processing and movement.
To make this work I obviously customised bash, creating a kind of safe sandbox
for her with highly simplified syntax. This week we are learning about modifier
keys – shift is for SHOUTING and control is to CANCEL (you can’t get around
needing to teach CTRL-C). What we are really working on is her typing skills,
which are the foundation of digital literacy in my opinion. I think at the age
of 5 she is already a long way ahead of her school friends who paw at tablets.
In conclusion then, the TUI/GUI saga is about much more than interchangeable
and superficial ways of interacting with computers. In it’s essence it is about
literacy, the ability to read and write (type). Behind, and ahead of it, are
matters of cultural importance relevant to education, autonomy, democracy,
self-expression, and the economy. So if you’re a mouser or screen smudger, why
not give Cheapskate’s challenge a try? █
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# ⚓ Planet_Incinerating_Technology_|_LINUX_Unplugged_441⠀⇛
We make some last-minute changes to our server
setup and catch up on a bunch of thought-provoking
feedback.
Special Guests: Martin Wimpress and Neal Gompa.
# ⚓ GNU_World_Order_443⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Install_Linux_Kernel_5.16_on_Pop!_OS_20.04_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛
Linux kernel 5.16 has many new features, support,
and security. The Linux 5.16 kernel release has a
great new feature, FUTEX2, or futex_watv(), which
aims to improve the Linux gaming experience,
growing considerably with better native Linux
porting for Windows games utilizing Wine.
Other improvements have seen write include improved
write congestion management, task scheduler for CPU
clusters sharing L2/L3 cache, amongst many other
additions. More information can be found on the
Linux 5.16 Kernel release changelog.
# ⚓ Rust_For_Linux_Kernel_Patches_Revised_With_Upgraded_Rust
Toolchain,_Build_Improvements⠀⇛
Miguel Ojeda has published his third iteration of
the patches implementing the basic infrastructure
for supporting the Rust programming language within
the Linux kernel.
Back in December were the v2 patches and now just
over one month layer the version 3 patches are
ready for testing.
The updated Rust for Linux kernel code now moves to
Rust 1.58 as the compiler version targeted,
automatic detection whether a suitable Rust
toolchain is available, other build system
improvements, and improved documentation as well as
other general code clean-ups and improvements.
# ⚓ Developer_Steps_Up_Wanting_To_Maintain_Linux’s_FBDEV
Subsystem_–_Phoronix⠀⇛
The Linux kernel’s frame-buffer device “FBDEV”
subsystem has thankfully been on the decline over
the past number of years thanks to the success of
the more useful DRM/KMS drivers and having FBDEV
compatibility emulation support. While not actively
maintained, the FBDEV subsystem and some drivers
remain within the Linux kernel and are used with
some interest primarily in some legacy/embedded
environments. The subsystem was orphaned while now
a Linux kernel developer has stepped up to serve as
its maintainer.
# ⚓ Linux_5.16.1⠀⇛
I'm announcing the release of the 5.16.1 kernel.
All users of the 5.16 kernel series must upgrade.
The updated 5.16.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/
stable/linux-stable.git linux-5.16.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web
browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/
linux-s...
thanks,
greg k-h
# ⚓ Linux_5.15.15⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux_5.10.92⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux_5.4.172⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ FFmpeg_5.0_“Lorentz”⠀⇛
FFmpeg 5.0 “Lorentz”, a new major release, is now
available! For this long-overdue release, a major
effort underwent to remove the old encode/decode
APIs and replace them with an N:M-based API, the
entire libavresample library was removed,
libswscale has a new, easier to use AVframe-based
API, the Vulkan code was much improved, many new
filters were added, including libplacebo
integration, and finally, DoVi support was added,
including tonemapping and remuxing. The default AAC
encoder settings were also changed to improve
quality. Some of the changelog highlights…
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Do_you_need_to_manage_your_money_properly?_Install
Akaunting_on_Debian_11!⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn how to
install Akaunting on Debian 11. Thanks to it, you
will be able to manage your money properly. Let’s
go for
# ⚓ Install_&_Configure_Gitlab_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_–
LinuxCapable⠀⇛
GitLab is a free and open-source web-based code
repository for collaborative software development
for DevOps, written in Ruby and Go programming
languages. GitLab’s main motto is “Bring velocity
with confidence, security without sacrifice, and
visibility into DevOps success.” It is quite a
popular alternative to GitHub providing wiki,
issue-tracking, and continuous integration and
deployment pipeline features, using an open-source
license, developed by GitLab Inc.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install and configure Gitlab on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Focal Fossa Desktop or Server, along with how to
get started by logging in with root so you can
begin setting up GitLab to your liking or for your
team’s requirements.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Zabbix_Server_5_on_Rocky
Linux/Alma_Linux_8⠀⇛
Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software tool
for diverse IT components, including networks,
servers, virtual machines and cloud services.
Zabbix provides monitoring metrics, among others
network utilization, CPU load and disk space
consumption. Zabbix has a rich set of features to
enable users to monitor more than just hosts,
offering great flexibility to administrators when
it comes to choosing the most suitable option for
each situation.
Zabbix uses XML based template which contains
elements to monitor. The backend of Zabbix is
written in C programming and PHP is used for the
web frontend. Zabbix can send you alerts to notify
the different events and issues based on metrics
and thresholds defined for your IT environment. It
supports agent-based and agentless monitoring. But
Zabbix agents installation can help you to get
detailed monitoring e.g. CPU load, network, disk
space utilization.
As of the writting of this article, the latest
Zabbix version is 5.4. In this guide, we will learn
how to install and configure Zabbix on Rocky Linux
8. This guide also works for other RHEL 8 based
systems like Oracle Linux 8 and Alma Linux 8.
# ⚓ How_to_enable/disable_wayland_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Desktop⠀⇛
Wayland is a communication protocol that specifies
the communication between a display server and its
clients. By default the Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy
Jellyfish desktop already uses Wayland but it’s
also possible to load to Xorg display server
instead.
In this tutorial, you will see how to disable and
enable Wayland in Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.
# ⚓ How_to_install_Gnome_Shell_Extensions_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Jammy
Jellyfish_Linux_Desktop⠀⇛
The functionalities of the GNOME desktop
environment can be expanded by downloading GNOME
shell extensions. These are plugins written and
submitted by normal users and developers that seek
to improve the desktop environment and want to
share their extension with other users.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install
Gnome Shell Extensions on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy
Jellyfish Desktop.
# ⚓ How_to_install,_uninstall_and_update_Firefox_on_Ubuntu
22.04_Jammy_Jellyfish_Linux⠀⇛
Every Ubuntu user that uses a graphical interface
will have to interact with Mozilla Firefox in some
capacity, since it’s the default internet browser
on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. Even if you just
want to uninstall it and use a different browser,
you’ll at least be dealing with it for a short
time. In this guide, we’ll show you how you can
install, update, and uninstall Firefox on Ubuntu
22.04.
# ⚓ Install_Python_2_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Jammy_Jellyfish_Linux⠀⇛
This tutorial will show how to install Python 2 for
Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. Python 2 has not been
the default installed version on Ubuntu versions
for a few years, but it’s still possible to install
Python 2 and to install Python 2.7 on Ubuntu 22.04.
Follow the step by step instructions below to see
how to install Python 2 and use it as the default
Python interpreter on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.
# ⚓ How_to_customize_dock_panel_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Jammy_Jellyfish
Linux⠀⇛
In this article, we will show you a few methods for
customizing the dock panel in the default GNOME
desktop environment on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Linux.
GNOME is the default desktop environment for Ubuntu
22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, and one of the first things
you’ll see on your desktop is the dock panel to the
left of the screen. The dock panel is highly
customizable, so it’s easy to tailor it to your
liking.
# ⚓ Matthew_Garrett:_Boot_Guard_and_PSB_have_user-hostile
defaults⠀⇛
Compromising an OS without it being detectable is
hard. Modern operating systems support the
imposition of a security policy or the launch of
some sort of monitoring agent sufficient early in
boot that even if you compromise the OS, you’re
probably going to have left some sort of detectable
trace[1]. You can avoid this by attacking the lower
layers – if you compromise the bootloader then it
can just hotpatch a backdoor into the kernel before
executing it, for instance.
# ⚓ Ubuntu_22.04_GUI_installation⠀⇛
The purpose of this guide is to install a desktop
environment on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish,
whether you already have a GUI installed and wish
to use a different desktop environment, or if you
are only using the command line and would like
access to a GUI.
You can also use these instructions to install a
GUI on Ubuntu Server 22.04, which doesn’t have a
desktop environment installed by default. Follow
along with the step by step instructions below to
install a GUI on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Server and Desktop.
# ⚓ How_to_install_Discord_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Jammy_Jellyfish
Linux⠀⇛
Discord is an application for text, image, video
and audio communication, which was developed for
video gaming communities. Discord runs on various
Linux distributions of your choice and, in
particular, on Ubuntu 22.04. The objective of this
guide is to install Discord, the gamer’s chat
platform, on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.
# ⚓ How_to_install_Steam_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Jammy_Jellyfish
Linux⠀⇛
Steam is easily the most popular PC gaming client,
and with hundreds of titles available for Linux
systems, it’s no wonder why Linux gamers would want
to install Steam on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.
Valve, the company behind Steam, officially targets
Ubuntu and Debian with their Linux support, which
is great news for Ubuntu users.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the
instructions to install Steam for Ubuntu 22.04
Jammy Jellyfish using the standard Ubuntu
repository as well as to perform a manual
installation using the official Steam package.
# ⚓ Ubuntu_22.04:_Connect_to_WiFi_from_command_line⠀⇛
The purpose of this tutorial is to connect to a
WiFi network via the command line on Ubuntu 22.04
Jammy Jellyfish.
This could be useful if you are running a headless
Ubuntu 22.04 system such as server or Ubuntu 22.04
on Raspberry Pi. Connecting from command line is
done through configuration of Netplan on Ubuntu.
Follow the step by step instructions below to see
how.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Adobe_Acrobat_Reader_on_Ubuntu_22.04_Jammy
Jellyfish_Linux⠀⇛
The objective of this tutorial is to install Adobe
Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.
Since Ubuntu does not have a native way to open PDF
documents by default, users will need to install
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux, or some other
program capable of opening the documents.
The advantage of Acrobat Reader, of course, is that
it’s the official program and recommended for
reading PDF documents in the way they are intended.
# ⚓ How_to_Configure_IP_Networking_with_nmcli_Command_in
Linux⠀⇛
Nmcli (network manager command-line interface) is a
command-line utility used to control the
NetworkManager daemon which is used to configure
network interfaces.
With the nmcli utility, you can display, create,
edit, enable and disable network interfaces or
connections. It is especially handy for servers and
headless systems which do not have a GUI.
In this tutorial, we focus on how you can configure
IP networking with the nmcli command in Linux.
# ⚓ Install_Pantheon_Desktop_Environment_on_Fedora_35_–
LinuxCapable⠀⇛
The Pantheon Desktop Environment is a free,
lightweight, fast, and elegant desktop environment
that stands out amongst most of its competitors in
this field. Pantheon is the default featured
desktop environment for elementaryOS, taking
inspiration from macOS and combining it with one of
the most visually appealing desktops around and a
bonus for any macOS users wanting to take the
plunge into Linux.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install the Pantheon Desktop Environment on Fedora
35 Workstation.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ digiKam_–_digiKam_7.5.0_is_released⠀⇛
Dear digiKam fans and users,
After one month of active maintenance and a
huge bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to
present version 7.5.0 of its open source
digital photo manager. This new version
arrives with more than 700 files closed in
bugzilla and main improvements about
usability.
See below the list of most important features
coming with this release.
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ GNOME_Mulls_’Cleanup’_of_Background_Settings_in
Pursuit_of_New_Features⠀⇛
The plans are a work-in-progress and yet to
be confirmed, but if approved they will
involve “getting rid of a bunch of features”
that are not currently exposed to users in
the GNOME Settings app, and whose code is
otherwise surplus to requirements.
Plus, as is so often the case in situations
like this, doing so will ease the
maintainability burden.
o § Distributions⠀➾
# ⚓ The_best_Linux_distributions_for_2022⠀⇛
The year 2022 is upon us! That means it’s time to
choose a new Linux distribution. Here’s a list of
the best Linux distributions for 2022 that will
help you not get lost in the variety of versions of
your favorite operating system.
# ⚓ What_Linux_Distros_And_FOSS_Projects_Can_Learn_From_Zorin
OS⠀⇛
I don’t envy any individual or small organization
that has to market a Linux distribution (or a FOSS
project, or an indie game). There are currently
hundreds of Linux distros in active development. 72
of those employ the GNOME desktop environment, and
77 use KDE. There are 51 Linux distributions based
on Ubuntu. And Searching Google with the phrase
“Linux distro for beginners” returns an astounding
9 million results.
If you think it’s challenging for new Linux users
to make the right choice, imagine how challenging
it is for Linux distro teams trying to be those
chosen ones.
# ⚓ What_Distribution_and_Version_Pulled_You_into_Linux?⠀⇛
I recently watched a video posted by my good friend
(and former Linux Journal colleague) Shawn Powers
introducing viewers to Linux and Linux
distributions. And it got me thinking about my own
personal experience and when I first started to
dabble in the world of open source operating
systems.
# § Reviews⠀➾
# ⚓ Review:_instantOS_Beta⠀⇛
A project that has been sitting on the
DistroWatch waiting list for several months
is instantOS. The instantOS project is
currently in its beta stage of development,
but has been around long enough to review and
it claims to offer a number of intriguing
features. instantOS is based on Arch Linux
and strives to be both light and fast. The
distribution’s website reports instantOS
requires less than 200MB of RAM.
The project also ships with its own graphical
environment. This custom environment is
called instantWM and it reportedly offers
both tiling and floating window management.
This window manager seems to be the centre
piece of the distribution.
instantOS is available in a single edition
for x86_64 computers and is provided through
a 1.4GB download. Booting from the downloaded
media brings up a menu which offers options
for booting into “Arch Linux”.
Booting into instantOS brings up a graphical
environment. A thin panel is placed across
the top of the screen. This panel provides
access to an application menu, nine virtual
desktops, a clock, and system tray. Shortly
after the window manager loads we’re
presented with a welcome application which
looks just like a simple drop-down menu. This
menu lists a handful of options, including
Get Started, Install, Documentation,
Settings, GitHub, Support, and Close.
# § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ GhostBSD_22.01.12_ISO_is_now_available_|_GhostBSD⠀⇛
This new ISO contains fixes, improvements,
and software updates. Finally, the installer
hanging at the cleaning stage for ZFS
installation got fixed, and OpenRC and dhcpcd
were removed from the base code. Furthermore,
automation configuration for HD 7000 series
and older GPUs has been added. I also added
the support for os-release to show GhostBSD
name and GhostBSD version in applications
like mate-system-monitor, python distros,
pfetch, and neofetch and added a new set of
wallpapers for 2022 and removed p7zip from
the default selection since it is vulnerable
and unmaintained.
# ⚓ GhostBSD_22.01.12_Released_With_Automatic_Detection
For_Old_AMD_GPUs⠀⇛
For those wanting a desktop-friendly, easy-
to-use BSD operating system to try out the
GhostBSD project is one of the better bets in
modern times. GhostBSD 22.01.12 is now
available with a variety of fixes and
improvements for this desktop-minded BSD.
GhostBSD 22.01.12 can now auto-detect older
AMD Radeon graphics cards that rely on the
Radeon KMS/DRM driver rather than the newer
AMDGPU driver. This helps the support for the
Radeon HD 7000 series / GCN 1.0 (and should
be GCN 1.1 too albeit not mentioned in the
notes) with a better out-of-the-box
experience on this BSD rather than needing to
configure the driver manually.
# ⚓ LibreSSL_update⠀⇛
Undeadly reached out to Theo asking whether
he would share with readers an explanation of
the changes. He kindly responded: [...]
# ⚓ Early_Days_at_Bell_Labs⠀⇛
It’s Brian Kernighan discussing the formation
of Unix, starting from the back story of the
creation of Bell Labs, including predecessors
CTSS and Multics, and C predecessors BCPL
which was modified to become B, and why
Dennis Richie added types to B to make C.
This video really hits its stride when
Kernighan discusses piping and redirection,
and the ease of creating wonderful things out
of small parts that, and Kernighan used these
words, “do one thing and do it well.”
# § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Lubuntu_21.04_End_of_Life_and_Current_Support
Statuses_–_Lubuntu⠀⇛
Lubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) was released
April 22, 2021 and will reach End of Life on
Thursday, January 20, 2022. This means that
after that date there will be no further
security updates or bugfixes released. We
highly recommend that you update to 21.10 as
soon as possible if you are still running
21.04.
After January 20th, the only supported
releases of Lubuntu will be 20.04 and 21.10.
All other releases of Lubuntu will be
considered unsupported, and will no longer
receive any further updates from the Lubuntu
team.
# ⚓ Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_“Jammy_Jellyfish”_–_New_Features_and
Release_Details⠀⇛
It’s time to unwrap the new features of
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”. We give
you all the relevant information, and you
stay up to date until the final release.
# ⚓ Edge_ISO_available_for_Linux_Mint_20.3⠀⇛
This is a quick announcement to let you know
an “Edge” ISO image is now available for
Linux Mint 20.3.
This image is made for people whose hardware
is too new to boot the 5.4 LTS kernel
included in Linux Mint 20.3. It ships with
kernel 5.13.0-25 instead.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ PineNote:_Linux-based_eReader_with_a_digitizer_from_PINE64
is_now_available_for_US$399⠀⇛
The PineNote is orderable, some five months after
the eReader debuted. To recap, the PineNote has a
10.1-inch e-ink display with a 1,872 x 1,404-pixel
resolution. The eReader also has a digitizer that
supports Wacom EMR-compatible pens, along with 128
GB of eMMC flash storage and 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM.
Additionally, the PineNote has a 4,000 mAh battery,
a Rockchip RK3566 SoC, a USB Type-C port and a Wi-
Fi 5-capable modem. PINE64 adds that the eReader
has 1.3 W stereo speakers too, plus four
microphones and a gyroscope for sensing when to
rotate the device’s display.
# ⚓ PineNote_Developer_Edition_mainline_Linux_e-Reader_is_now
available_for_$399⠀⇛
Pine64 community has been on a tear in 2022, with
the launch of the PineNote Developer Edition Linux
e-reader following the availability of the
PinePhone keyboard case and PinePhone Pro Explorer
Edition Linux smartphone in the last 2-3 weeks.
So far a limited number of PineNote prototypes had
been sent to developers, but it’s now possible to
order the PineNote Developer Edition for $399
directly on the Pine64 store. As its name implies,
the e-Reader is not ready for end-users, but recent
progress with mainline Linux makes it suitable for
developers and enthusiasts who want to play around
with the device knowing much more work is needed to
make it a usable device.
# ⚓ OpenBoard:_An_Open_Source_Interactive_Whiteboard_for
Educators⠀⇛
There are several open-source tools available for
education. But, not all of them are impressively
well-maintained at the level of commercial software
put forward for schools and universities.
OpenBoard is one such exceptional free and open-
source tool that enables education without any
compromises. It is an interactive whiteboard
program that features all the essential
functionalities along with support for a variety of
hardware.
# § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Samsung_Galaxy_S21_FE_Gets_January_2022_Android
Security_Patch_in_First_Update_in_India_|_Technology
News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_A8_Budget_Android_Tablet_is_Now
Available_for_$299_–_Dignited⠀⇛
# ⚓ OnePlus_6_and_6T_Will_No_Longer_Receive_Android
Updates_as_Company_Officially_Ends_Support⠀⇛
# ⚓ How_to_Identify_Large_Apps_Eating_Storage_on_Android
Phone:_Step_by_Step_Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ How_to_enable_and_schedule_dark_mode_on_your_Android
phone⠀⇛
# ⚓ Why_You_Should_Get_Rid_of_Unused_Android_Apps⠀⇛
# ⚓ Google_Pixel_6_&_6_Pro_keeps_disconnecting_from
Android_Auto⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_Auto_bugs,_issues_&_problems_tracker:_Here’s
the_current_status⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Best_Android_Launchers⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Best_Android_Tablets_for_Gaming⠀⇛
# ⚓ Unlock_hidden_features_on_your_Android_phone_using
these_6_codes_|_Edinburgh_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Free_instead_of_$2.99:_This_Android_fitness_app_helps
you_lose_weight_|_NextPit⠀⇛
# ⚓ You_can_now_pre-order_the_Motorola_MA1_wireless
Android_Auto_adapter⠀⇛
# ⚓ Blackberry_Android_apps_will_end_by_August_2022_–
Android_Community⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_Automotive_is_finally_getting_the_upgrade
we’ve_all_been_waiting_for_|_T3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_phone_users_ALERT!_Change_these_settings
now⠀⇛
# ⚓ Motorola_Android_12_update_tracker:_Eligible_devices,
release_date,_&_more⠀⇛
# ⚓ Verizon_is_delivering_an_incredibly_early_Android_12
update_to_the_Samsung_Galaxy_A42_5G_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_12_adds_an_option_to_deactivate_2G_for
security_reasons,_but_your_phone_may_not_allow_it⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Thousands_of_Students_Stage_Walkouts,_Protest_In-Person
Classes_Amid_COVID_Surge⠀⇛
# ⚓ Right-Wingers_Are_Pushing_to_Take_Over_School_Boards_in
Leadup_to_Midterms⠀⇛
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Biden_Urged_to_Fire_Covid_Response_Chief_Over_‘Damning’
Failures⠀⇛
President Joe Biden is coming under growing
pressure to fire White House Coronavirus Response
Coordinator Jeff Zients—a former private equity
executive with no public health background—as the
administration continues to face criticism over its
slow-moving and inadequate efforts to combat Covid-
19.
Watchdog groups have long warned that Zients is not
qualified to take on the massive task of leading
the federal government’s pandemic response given
both his lack of scientific and medical experience
as well as his record in the private sector, where
his firm invested in a company accused of
exploitative surprise billing.
o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾
# § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ web3_is_Centralized⠀⇛
The funny thing is, web3, as it exists today
and appears to be building towards, is
actually more centralized than the web it
seeks to replace.
# ⚓ YouTube_temporarily_suspends,_demonetizes_Dan
Bongino’s_channel⠀⇛
YouTube took action against conservative
commentator Dan Bongino’s channel Friday,
suspending it for violating the platform’s
COVID-19 misinformation policy and
demonetizing it for at least 30 days.
The weeklong posting suspension stems from a
video where Bongino said that masks are
“useless” in stopping the spread of the
disease.
# § Security⠀➾
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Even_After_Release,_Guantánamo_Survivors
Live_Under_Surveillance_and_in_Anguish⠀⇛
# ⚓ Walmart_is_getting_serious_about_the
metaverse⠀⇛
The retail giant filed for
several trademarks on December
30th, suggesting plans to start
selling virtual goods, including
electronics, toys, appliances,
sporting equipment, apparel, home
decor, and more, as noted by
CNBC. There’s mention of offering
customers a digital currency, as
well as the opportunity to buy
and sell NFTs. Meanwhile, another
application details possible
“physical fitness training
services” and “classes in the
field of health and nutrition”
that could take place in
augmented reality (AR) and
virtual reality environments (VR)
— the company made a separate
filing for the use of its name
and logo in VR and AR.
# ⚓ Walmart_is_quietly_preparing_to_enter_the
metaverse⠀⇛
The big-box retailer filed
several new trademarks late last
month that indicate its intent to
make and sell virtual goods,
including electronics, home
decorations, toys, sporting goods
and personal care products. In a
separate filing, the company said
it would offer users a virtual
currency, as well as NFTs.
# ⚓ Safari_15_bug_can_leak_your_recent
browsing_activity_and_personal
identifiers⠀⇛
As explained by FingerprintJS,
IndexedDB abides by the same-
origin policy, which restricts
one origin from interacting with
data that was collected on other
origins — essentially, only the
website that generates data can
access it. For example, if you
open your email account in one
tab and then open a malicious
webpage in another, the same-
origin policy prevents the
malicious page from viewing and
meddling with your email.
# ⚓ Why_you_might_want_a_secure_file-sharing
service_now_that_you’re_working_from_home⠀⇛
Probably the easiest way to share
a file is to just attach a
document to an email, or to a
Slack or other instant message.
But either way invites trouble on
several fronts. If you rely too
much on your email or messaging
system, your poorly archived
files could become available to
prying hackers with phishing
lures. If you’re sharing
traditional documents that way,
you could also quickly find
yourself playing the “who has the
most current version” game. It’s
hard to keep track of updates
when multiple people are working
on the same document,
spreadsheet, or presentation.
# ⚓ Women_human_rights_defenders_speak_out
about_Pegasus_attacks⠀⇛
A new investigation led by Front
Line Defenders reveals the
hacking of two women human rights
defenders (WHRDs) from Bahrain
and Jordan using NSO Group’s
notorious Pegasus spyware. The
hacking discovery comes on the
heels of the Pegasus Project
revelations of governments in the
MENA region and beyond using the
spyware to perpetrate human
rights abuses and repress
activists and journalists.
The impact of surveillance on
women is particularly egregious
and traumatizing given how
governments have weaponized
personal information extracted
through spyware to intimidate,
harass, and publicly smear the
targets’ reputations. As a
result, women targets of
surveillance live in a perpetual
state of fear, become socially
isolated and restricted in their
social lives, work, and activism.
As expressed by one of the
victims, Ebtisam Al-Saegh,
“personal freedoms are over for
me, they no longer exist. I am
not safe at home, on the street,
or anywhere.”
# ⚓ Unsafe_anywhere:_attacked_by_Pegasus,
women_activists_speak_out_–_Access_Now⠀⇛
Women human rights defenders and
activists are under attack in
Bahrain and Jordan — NSO Group’s
notorious Pegasus spyware is the
weapon. Read Front Line Defenders
and Access Now’s new report,
Unsafe anywhere: women human
rights defenders speak out about
Pegasus attacks, that unpacks the
first-hand experiences of women
navigating an increasingly
hostile and dangerous
environment.
“When governments surveil women,
they are working to destroy
them,” said Marwa Fatafta, MENA
Policy Manager at Access Now.
“Surveillance is an act of
violence. It is about exerting
power over every aspect of a
woman’s life through
intimidation, harassment, and
character assassination. The NSO
Group and its government clients
are all responsible, and must be
publicly exposed and disgraced.”
Led by Front Line Defenders, the
new investigation reveals the
true extent of the impact
invasive surveillance has on
targeted women, exploring the
personal journeys of human rights
defenders, Ebtisam Al-Saegh and
Hala Ahed Deeb.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Opinion_|_P5_Pledge_to_Avoid_Nuclear_War_Is_a_Step_in_the
Right_Direction⠀⇛
On January 3, leaders of the five nuclear-weapon
states (the US, Russia, China, the UK, and France,
collectively known as P5) issued a joint statement
on “preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms
races”.
# ⚓ Opinion_|_Hawks_Restart_Deranged_Push_for_War_With_Iran⠀⇛
# ⚓ Native_Hawaiians_Fight_US_Navy_for_Polluting_Island’s
Water⠀⇛
# ⚓ Texas_synagogue_siege:_Teens_held_in_UK_as_Briton_named_as
hostage-taker⠀⇛
British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from
Blackburn, was shot dead after a standoff with
police in Colleyville.
# ⚓ Hostage-taker_at_Texas_synagogue_identified_as_British
citizen⠀⇛
Siddiqui, 49, was convicted by a federal jury in
2010 of attempting to kill U.S. officers in
Afghanistan and is currently being held at FMC
Carswell, a federal prison in Fort Worth. Her
sentencing was supplemented by a terror
enhancement.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Opinion_|_Tonga’s_Volcanic_Tsunami_Foreshadows_Effects_of
Glacier_Melt_From_CO2⠀⇛
A massive eruption in an undersea volcano, the
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, 40 miles north of the
South Pacific island of Tongatapu on Saturday
caused a low-level tsunami and flooding on the
island, the most populous in the Tonga archipelago.
The tsunami spread out from there, causing one- to
three-foot waves in Hawaii and some one-foot waves
on the West Coast of the US and down to Chile. The
waves created rip tides that endangered marinas and
swimmers. Further eruptions cannot be ruled out.
# § Energy⠀➾
# ⚓ [Cryptocurrency]_Enthusiasts_Meet_Their_Match:_Angry
Gamers⠀⇛
But to some, the [cryptocurrency] craze has
gone too far, too fast. Skeptics argue that
cryptocurrencies and related assets like NFTs
are digital Ponzi schemes, with prices
artificially inflated beyond their true
value. Some question whether cryptocurrencies
and the blockchain, which are slippery
concepts, have any long-term utility.
Nowhere has there been more unhappiness than
in the games community, where clashes over
[cryptocurrency] have increasingly erupted
between users and major game studios like
Ubisoft, Square Enix and Zynga. In many of
the encounters, the gamers have prevailed —
at least for now.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Opinion_|_To_Advance_Racial_Justice,_Cancel_Student_Debt⠀⇛
With many of President Biden’s legislative
priorities stalled, pressure is mounting on the
administration to use executive authority to cancel
student debts — a move that would substantially
narrow racial wealth gaps.
# ⚓ Senate_Finance_Chair_Accuses_Rich_Developers_of_Exploiting
Trump_Tax_Break⠀⇛
# ⚓ As_Long_as_Capitalism_Exists,_the_Threat_of_Fascism
Exists⠀⇛
Six short years later, there is not only much hand-
wringing that Republicans are using bare-knuckle
tactics that are poised to give themselves a
permanent grip on power despite their minority
status but there is open worry of a possible coup
by fascistic elements in the Republican Party that
would put an end to formal democracy. No longer, it
seems, is demographics destiny; the Democratic
Party, ever haughtily giving the back of the hand
to its base, had believed it merely need show up to
win elections.
# ⚓ Southern_States_Largely_Excluded_from_Historic_Minimum_Wage
Increases⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Dark_Money_“Persuasion_Machine”_for_GOP_Raised_Record_Cash
Before_2022_Midterms⠀⇛
# ⚓ As_Sinema_Defends_Filibuster,_Progressives_Say_‘Vote_Her
the_Hell_Out’⠀⇛
On what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s
93rd birthday, voting rights advocates and
progressive lawmakers rallied in Arizona on
Saturday to target the first-term Democratic
senator blocking legislation aimed at strengthening
ballot access amid growing GOP-led suppression
efforts.
In attendance at Saturday’s demonstrations in
Phoenix were members of the King family, which is
planning to lead a march to Washington, D.C. on MLK
Day with a simple message to lawmakers: “No
celebration without legislation.”
o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾
# ⚓ Cognitive_cascades:_How_to_model_(and_potentially_counter)
the_spread_of_fake_news⠀⇛
Understanding the spread of false or dangerous
beliefs—often called misinformation or
disinformation—through a population has never
seemed so urgent. Network science researchers have
often taken a page from epidemiologists, and
modeled the spread of false beliefs as similar to
how a disease spreads through a social network.
However, absent from those disease-inspired models
is an internal model of an individual’s set of
current beliefs, where cognitive science has
increasingly documented how the interaction between
mental models and incoming messages seems to be
crucially important for their adoption or
rejection. Some computational social science
modelers analyze agent-based models where
individuals do have simulated cognition, but they
often lack the strengths of network science, namely
in empirically-driven network structures. We
introduce a cognitive cascade model that combines a
network science belief cascade approach with an
internal cognitive model of the individual agents
as in opinion diffusion models as a public opinion
diffusion (POD) model, adding media institutions as
agents which begin opinion cascades. We show that
the model, even with a very simplistic belief
function to capture cognitive effects cited in
disinformation study (dissonance and exposure),
adds expressive power over existing cascade models.
We conduct an analysis of the cognitive cascade
model with our simple cognitive function across
various graph topologies and institutional
messaging patterns. We argue from our results that
population-level aggregate outcomes of the model
qualitatively match what has been reported in
COVID-related public opinion polls, and that the
model dynamics lend insights as to how to address
the spread of problematic beliefs. The overall
model sets up a framework with which social science
misinformation researchers and computational
opinion diffusion modelers can join forces to
understand, and hopefully learn how to best
counter, the spread of disinformation and
“alternative facts.”
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Iran_Confirms_Again_Imprisoning_French-Iranian_Academic⠀⇛
Adelkhah is one of at least a dozen Western
nationals believed to be held in Iran. Rights
groups accuse Iran of using foreign detainees as
bargaining chips for money or influence in
negotiations with the West.
o § Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Kashmiri_Media_Describe_Toll_of_Legal_Harassment⠀⇛
Shah said that cases like the one against Gul, in
which reporters or media outlets are accused of
sharing or posting anti-national sentiment, are
increasing in Kashmir, and that the threat of legal
action is having an impact in a region where
journalism plays a significant role.
It’s not an isolated problem. Lawsuits against
media are on the rise across India, with a growing
trend of judicial harassment and intimidation
against those who do not toe the line of the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party, said Daniel Bastard, the
Asia-Pacific lead for media watchdog Reporters
Without Borders.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ IFF_writes_to_the_Parliamentary_Standing_Committee_on_IT_on
the_“Bulli_Bai”_and_“Sulli_Deals”_Incidents⠀⇛
The recent “Bulli Bai” and “Sulli Deals” incidents,
a fake online auction of almost 100 Muslim women,
was a blatant violation of their data security and
privacy rights. It severely impacted their
constitutional right to life and free speech by
displaying sensitive information without consent.
Hence, we have sent a letter to the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Information Technology
requesting them to investigate the matter to
understand the reasons behind the delayed response
of the relevant authorities.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ States_appeal_a_judge’s_decision_to_throw_out_their
Facebook_antitrust_case.⠀⇛
Nearly four dozen states on Friday asked a federal
appeals court to reconsider an antitrust lawsuit
against Facebook that a judge threw out last year.
In June, Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S.
District Court of the District of Columbia said the
states had waited too long after some of the deals
under scrutiny were made to file their suit.
# ⚓ Download_tool:_Music_industry_is_suing_the_host_provider_of
Youtube_DL⠀⇛
Whether YouTube DL facilitates copyright
infringement has been the subject of heated debate
for years. The Association of the US Music Industry
(RIAA) had the Python library initially blocked on
GitHub in autumn 2020 on the basis of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). After loud
protests, the platform operated by Microsoft
restored the directory a little later. She
justified this by saying that the software did not
violate the DMCA according to the assessment of her
own lawyers.
Uberspace now apparently wants to fight the matter
through. The value in dispute is 100,000 euros,
which does not make the procedure cheap. The
Youtube DL developers write on the controversial
website: The hoster has already “spent thousands of
euros on his legal defense”.
# ⚓ The_New_Separation_of_Powers_Formalism_and_Administrative
Adjudication [Ed: Enemies of patent quality still pursuing
new angles for scuttling PTAB, for 'daring' to squash fake
patents]⠀⇛
The Supreme Court has entered a new era of
separation of powers formalism. Others have
addressed many of the potentially profound
consequences of this return to formalism for
administrative law. This paper focuses on an aspect
of the new formalism that has received little
attention—its implications for the
constitutionality of administrative adjudication.
The Court has not engaged in an extensive
discussion or reformulation of its separation of
powers jurisprudence concerning administrative
adjudication since its highly functionalist
decision in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v.
Schor more than three decades ago, but recent
opinions of individual Justices show signs that
such a doctrinal restatement may be on the horizon.
Despite the current lack of doctrinal clarity,
administrative adjudication is generally valid
either because Congress may vest the determination
of so-called “public rights” in non-Article III
tribunals or because administrative agencies
adjudicate cases as adjunct factfinders for the
courts. The foundation for the emergent Article III
formalism, advanced most prominently by Justice
Gorsuch in a pair of cases involving the legality
of administrative adjudication of patent validity,
is a categorical rule that Article III requires an
independent judiciary to have decisional authority
in adjudications that affect private property (and
other protected rights), in much the same way that
the unitary executive principle requires
Presidential control over matters within the
executive branch. Under this view, however, the
judicial power is subject to a formalistic,
historically defined exception for matters of
public rights, which can be adjudicated without the
involvement of the judiciary. This approach may be
gaining traction as part of the broader resurgence
of separation of powers formalism.
We argue, however, that Justice Gorsuch’s approach
is flawed because it does not account for the
structural role of the Article III judiciary.
Although the cases have long recognized that
Article III has both structural and individual
rights components, separation of powers is
ordinarily understood primarily in structural
terms. Article III analysis therefore must account
for the structural role of the Article III courts
and protect the structural interests of the federal
judiciary. Focusing on the structural issues raised
by non-Article III adjudication highlights two
essential points. First, the status and character
of the non-Article III tribunal is critical to the
separation of powers analysis—a point that is
typically ignored under current doctrine. Second,
the structural interests of the federal courts may
be implicated even when the adjudication of a
matter does not implicate any individual right to
an Article III court, especially in light of the
courts’ role in protecting the rule of law. The
rule of law applies even when executive action does
not deprive anyone of a private right.
Building on these points, our core argument is
that, properly understood, most administrative
adjudication is fully consistent with separation of
powers formalism because it involves the execution
of law by officials within the executive branch. In
other words, the initial implementation of
statutory provisions by agencies using quasi-
judicial procedures is executive in character. This
understanding brings coherence to the public rights
doctrine that has long governed the
constitutionality of administrative adjudication.
It also reveals that the critical separation of
powers question for administrative adjudication is
the availability and scope of judicial review,
rather than the propriety of initial administrative
adjudication. It is the availability and scope of
judicial review which determine the extent of any
encroachment on the exercise of judicial power
under Article III.
# ⚓ Inventing_While_a_Black_Woman:_Passing_and_the_Patent
Archive [Ed: Patent as class and race warfare, using "law" as
excuse for oppressing other people]⠀⇛
This Article uses historical methodology to reframe
persistent race and gender gaps in patent rates as
archival silences. Gaps are absences, positioning
the missing as failed non-participants. By
centering Black women and letting the silences fill
with whispered stories, this Article upends our
understanding of the patent archive as an accurate
record of US invention and reveals powerful truths
about the creativity, accomplishments, and patent
savviness of Black women and others excluded from
the status of “inventor.” Exposing the patent
system as raced and gendered terrain, it argues
that marginalized inventors participated in
invention and patenting by situational passing. It
rewrites the legal history of the true inventor
doctrine to include the unappreciated ways in which
white men used false non-inventors to receive
patents as a convenient form of assignment. It
argues that marginalized inventors adopted this
practice, risking the sanction of patent
invalidity, to avoid bias and stigma in the patent
office and the marketplace. The Article analyzes
patent passing in the context of the legacy of
slavery and coverture that constrained all
marginalized inventors. Passing, while an act of
creative adaptation, also entailed loss. Individual
inventors gave up the public status of inventor and
also, often, the full value of their inventions.
Cumulatively, the practice amplified the patent
gaps, systematically overrepresenting white men and
thus reinforcing the biases marginalized inventors
sought to avoid. The Article further argues that
false inventors were used as a means of
appropriating the inventions of marginalized
inventors. This research provides needed context to
the current effort to remedy patent gaps. Through
its intersectional approach, it also brings patent
law into broader conversations about how law has
supported systemic racism and sexism and
contributed to societal inequality.
# ⚓ Jamaica_joins_Madrid_Protocol⠀⇛
WIPO has announced that Jamaica deposited its
instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol on
27 December 2021, meaning that the Protocol will
enter into force in the country on 27 March 2022.
[...]
- in accordance with Article 8(7)(a) of the Madrid
Protocol (1989), the Government of Jamaica, in
connection with each international registration in
which it is mentioned under Article 3ter of the
said Protocol, and in connection with the renewal
of any such international registration, wants to
receive, instead of a share in the revenue produced
by the supplementary and complementary fees, an
individual fee.
# ⚓ [Guest_Post]_Mercado_Libre’s_second_Transparency_Report
[Ed: Misuse of terms like IP (not Internet Protocol) and
calling it a "right", which is also outright false]⠀⇛
# ⚓ What_will_property_look_like_in_the_Metaverse? [Ed: It is
not property and it's ludicrous hype like Second Life was]⠀⇛
Amongst many other things, writer Neal Stephenson
is famous for having coined the term “Metaverse” in
his 1992 cyberpunk novel “Snow Crash”, but he has
also written a lot about virtual worlds in some of
his later work, particularly the novel “Reamde“,
which is a techno-political thriller which
introduces a popular virtual world called T’Rain.
To me, T’Rain is one of the most interesting
depictions of the Metaverse in fiction, it’s an
open world MMO that has been designed with
geologically-accurate terrain, it is vast, and has
an in-game currency that is exchangeable with
“real” fiat currencies. The game is designed with
scarcity in mind, value is derived from the
difficulty in getting things done, from
transportation to gold mining, everything takes a
some effort, which justifies the economic value of
the currency.
# ⚓ A_Look_Back_at_India’s_Top_IP_Developments_of_2021 [Ed: The
term "IP" is misleading]⠀⇛
Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe,
and healthy new year!
Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the
significant developments that impacted the Indian
IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring
you a round-up of 2021’s developments.
# ⚓ Bulgaria:_7_Common_Mistakes_Businesses_Make_In_The_Field_Of
Intellectual_Property_And_How_To_Avoid_Them [Ed: There's no
such thing as "Intellectual Property" and using this lie
discredits the motivation of the messenger]⠀⇛
Intellectual property rights are valuable assets to
any business. A patent or utility model protects
new technologies and methods and establishes a
monopoly over them. Trademarks protect a brand and
ensure that only the brand owner can use it.
Industrial design rights, in turn protect the
exterior appearance of a product and establish a
monopoly over that particular design. Owning IP
rights can lead to significant commercial
advantages and in turn, higher revenues and
profits.
Unfortunately, many businesses do not fully take
advantage of IP rights. In this article, we will
list some of the most commonly encountered mistakes
that businesses make in this field, and we will
give some suggestions on how to avoid them.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Apple_Accidentally_Reveals_iPhone_Breakthrough
Feature_In_New_Patent [Ed: Breakthrough? Hardly. What a
joker.]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Senate_committee_advances_Biden’s_USPTO,_Federal
Circuit_picks [Ed: Biden is about to put a_software
patents_booster_from_Microsoft’s_team_in_charge_of
USPTO]⠀⇛
Two of President Biden’s key nominations
related to intellectual property law moved
closer to confirmation on Thursday, when the
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced them
to the full Senate for a final vote.
The committee voted 17-5 to advance Winston &
Strawn partner Kathi Vidal to lead the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, and voted 16-
6 for District Judge Leonard Stark to serve
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, which hears patent appeals from
around the country.
During her career as a patent litigator,
Vidal has represented companies including
Microsoft, Tesla, and Intel. She led Fish &
Richardson’s litigation group before joining
Winston in 2017.
Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana
voted against Vidal based on her ties to
major tech companies, an issue he said he
also had with the past three PTO directors.
# ⚓ ‘The_system_worked:’_Canadian_CEO_of_Sonos_hopes_his
takedown_of_Google_inspires_other_upstarts⠀⇛
The Canadian executive who won a David-and-
Goliath fight over patent infringement with
Alphabet Inc.’s Google last week said he
hoped his victory would inspire more
technology upstarts to invest in intellectual
property.
“To take on one of the world’s most powerful
companies and be able to win just shows you
that we were well prepared, we are the true
inventor of the category and the system
worked,” Patrick Spence, CEO of Santa
Barbara, Calif.-based Sonos Inc., the company
that introduced smart speakers to a mass
audience, said in an interview.
# ⚓ SCOTUS_okays_Medtronic’s_$112_million_loss_in_patent
contract_case [Ed: Misleading title; they just declined
an intervention or escalation]⠀⇛
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a
request by medical-device maker Medtronic Inc
to review a case involving surgical-screw
patents, letting stand a $112 million verdict
against the company for breaching a royalty
agreement.
Medtronic had argued that the case, brought
by a spinal surgeon in 2014, didn’t belong in
state court because it arose under federal
patent law, which is reserved exclusively for
federal courts.
The company argued the high court should hear
the dispute because lower courts are divided
on how to determine when an issue of patent
law requires a case to be heard in federal
court.
# ⚓ Nike_sues_Lululemon_for_patent_infringement_over
Mirror_home_gym
⠀⇛
Nike Inc. has launched a lawsuit against
Lululemon Athletica Inc. accusing the
athletic apparel maker of patent infringement
with its new Mirror home gym.
The American fitness giant claims Vancouver-
based Lululemon’s electronic device for
streaming workout classes and its
accompanying mobile applications violate
Nike’s “robust portfolio of patents”
protecting decades of digital sport
innovations.
[...]
It comes on the heels of Lululemon’s lawsuit
against Peloton Interactive Inc. that accused
the stationary bicycle maker of selling
“knock-off” bras and pants.
Lululemon acquired Mirror in 2020 as the
pandemic catapulted the at-home fitness
market to new heights.
# ⚓ PODA_Granted_US_Patent_for_Closed_Bottom_Vaporizer
Pod⠀⇛
- PODA HOLDINGS, INC. (“Poda” or the
“Company”) (CSE: PODA) (FSE: 99L) (OTCQB:
PODAF) is pleased to announce that it has
been granted a US Patent by the US Patent and
Trademark Office concerning US Application
16/340,058 for Poda’s Closed Bottom Vaporizer
Pod. US Patent 11,206,869 B2 was granted on
December 28th, 2021.
# ⚓ U.S._Chief_Justice_Roberts_pledges_to_review_patent
venue_rules [Ed: US patent courts going rogue -- to the
point where the Supreme Court steps in]⠀⇛
In a year-end report on the federal
judiciary, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts
said he would direct the Judicial Conference
of the United States to address how venue is
chosen for patent cases.
Calling the issue “arcane but important,”
Roberts acknowledged concerns that patent
plaintiffs are funneling cases into a Waco,
Texas federal court, and promised the
Judicial Conference would work with Congress
to make changes if needed.
The ranking members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual
Property, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of
Vermont and Republican Senator Thom Tillis of
North Carolina, had asked Roberts in November
to review potential patent forum shopping,
citing the “extreme concentration of patent
litigation” in U.S. District Judge Alan
Albright’s court and the “unseemly and
inappropriate conduct that has accompanied
this phenomenon.”
The senators said nearly 25% of all U.S.
patent litigation is pending before Albright,
and that he has solicited cases at lawyers’
meetings and “repeatedly ignored binding case
law” in denying transfer motions, among other
things.
Critics say Albright’s patent-owner friendly
policies attract alleged “patent trolls” to
his court.
# ⚓ Covid_sparks_surge_in_innovation_with_5,070_new
patent_applications [Ed: Patent lawyers' death cult,
celebrating the deaths of millions for the sake of
patent profits; innovation as in what? Death?]⠀⇛
5,070 global patent applications* relating to
Covid-19 have been published since the start
of the pandemic, shows a new analysis by
leading intellectual property law firm Mathys
& Squire.
The most common type of patent application
relates to Covid testing and diagnosis,
accounting for 1,668 patents (33% of the
total). 325 patents related to face masks
(6%), while just 55 related to sanitizer and
38 to ventilators/respirators.
Mathys & Squire says a key reason why testing
is the most common subcategory of Covid
patents is the growing acceptance that the
virus has become endemic and societies will
have to learn to live with it. As a result,
Covid testing has become a viable long-term
business model.
The law firm says many more Covid patent
applications can be expected this year, as it
can take up to 18 months for the patent
publication process to be completed.
# ⚓ New_Motorola_phone_with_wrap_around_display_receives
patent [Ed: So much fascination with patents (could be
vapourware) instead of actual products)]⠀⇛
Motorola has recently applied for a patent
for a wrap-around screen display designed for
a smartphone device. The patent has been
brought to life in new renders that show the
screen seamlessly stretching around both
sides and edges of the handset.
Back in June 2020, Motorola applied for a
patent with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) for a device with a
wrap-around display. The actual name of the
patent filing reads “Unitary pre-formed
fascia tension at least two sides of an
electronic device housing and corresponding
methods and devices.”
The patent, published on December 23, 2021,
describes in detail the manufacturing process
of a smartphone that is completely wrapped
with a flexible display screen.
# ⚓ The_‘loneliness’_of_starting_your_own_IP_firm [Ed:
There's no such thing as "IP" and these "professionals"
likely claim to cover things they know nothing about,
using this fictional, nebulous umbrella, much like
"clown computing"]⠀⇛
Managing IP speaks to five IP professionals
about what they’ve learned from going out on
their own
# ⚓ Opinion:_France’s_six-month_IP_plan_is_welcome_but
too_ambitious [Ed: Max Walters speaks of “‘business-
backed’ UPC”, but what business? Litigation_business?
American patent cartels that profit from letting COVID-
19 spread and mutate?]⠀⇛
France boldly throws its weight behind
‘business-backed’ UPC, but the next six
months is unlikely to see the project come to
life
# ⚓ Exclusive:_IP5_joint_meeting_with_TM5/ID5_scrapped
⠀⇛
The EPO will still host the next IP5 meeting
in June, but trademarks and designs won’t be
on the agenda as planned
# ⚓ UK:_When_Does_A_Disclosure_Invalidate_A_Patent? [Ed:
EPO_violates_confidentiality, discrediting the whole
system]⠀⇛
This brief article explains why and when a
public disclosure invalidates a patent. Most
inventors and designers do understand that
new developments need to be kept confidential
prior to making a decision as to whether to
apply for legal patent protection or not.
The confidentiality requirement in many
territories around the world is required by
law, and the UK is one of these.
To be granted a valid patent, one of the
requirements is that your invention must be
novel. Disclosing your invention publicly in
any form before the filing date of your
patent application can prove fatal to your
patent application (or granted patent).
However, before taking the leap into
patenting an idea, the designer will often
want to first test their development. One or
more prototypes are therefore often required.
# § Software Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ [Older]_UK:_Drafting_AI_Patent_Applications_For
Success_At_The_EPO_(1)_–_Patent_Eligibility_And
Claim_Drafting [Ed: k00ks and patent lawyers
referring to patents on algorithms, which aren't
permitted, as "AI inventions"]⠀⇛
In this article, we take a practical
look at the different types of AI
inventions that might be encountered
and how to formulate claims for each
category in view of the European Patent
Office’s patent eligibility
requirements.
[...]
At the far left of the figure sit the
Applied-AI inventions. These are where
the invention lies (as the name would
suggest) in the manner in which a known
AI algorithm is used. These correspond
to the second of the EPO’s two
dimensions – inventions that the EPO
considers technical by means of
“adaption to a field of technology”.
The blue box represents inventions that
amount to “a better classifier”. For
these inventions, machine learning may
be used to improve or automate known
processes. Classifying medical images
as containing lesions based on a corpus
of annotated training images would be
an example of this kind of invention.
The green box represents inventions
where AI is incidental to the
invention, and merely one way that the
invention might be realised. For
example, the invention might involve a
step of “predicting”, in which case the
predictions may be made using a machine
learning model (but might also be
performed using other methods). For
Inventions of this type, AI is an
implementation detail, but not the main
invention.
The yellow box represents perhaps the
most interesting inventions that,
whilst not representing improvements to
fundamental AI algorithms, are only
possible because of the advent of AI.
Real-time camera effects and
interactive filters are a good example
of inventions of this type. Others
include models for performing robotic
surgery or self-driving vehicles.
# ⚓ The_Economic_Case_Against_Licensing_Negotiation
Groups_in_the_Internet_of_Things [Ed: Well, many
of these are just bogus patents disguised_as
buzzwords because software patents would not pass
muster]⠀⇛
Competition policy generally prohibits
coordination among buyers or sellers,
especially coordination on price,
price-related inputs, and output. In
licensing markets for standard-
essential patents (“SEPs”), it has been
periodically proposed that this rule
should be relaxed to permit the
formation of licensing negotiation
groups (“LNGs”), which is expected to
reduce transaction costs and the
purportedly “excessive” royalties paid
to SEP licensors. Based on the economic
structure of wireless technology
markets, and empirical evidence from
over three decades of SEP licensing,
this policy intervention is likely to
degrade, rather than enhance,
competitive conditions in wireless
communications and other 5G-enabled
markets encompassed by the “Internet of
Things.” In the short term, LNGs would
most likely result in a redistributive
(not an efficiency) effect that shifts
economic value from innovators to
implementers in the wireless technology
supply chain without necessarily
passing on cost-savings to consumers.
In the medium to longer term, LNGs are
liable to impose significant efficiency
losses by endangering the viability of
licensing-based monetization models
that have funded continuous R&D
investment, promoted broad
dissemination of technology inputs,
facilitated robust entry in device
production, and enabled transformative
business models across a wide range of
industries. While LNGs may reduce the
transaction costs of SEP licensing,
pooling structures have a demonstrated
record of having achieved the same
objective in patent-intensive
information technology markets at a
substantially lower risk of competitive
harm.
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ A_day_in_the_life_of_a_trademark_litigator:_Brett
Heavner [Ed: Finnegan pays this publisher and gets
spammy ads/marketing in exchange, albeit it's disguised
as "news" or "reporting"]⠀⇛
The Finnegan partner tells Managing IP about
TTAB challenges, fighting dangerous
counterfeits and why he’s stayed at his firm
for 25 years
# ⚓ Cyberspace_and_courts:_where_TM_battles_will_be_won
or_lost [Ed: Monopolies-loving trademark maximalists
left in disarray as social control media is hard to
police]⠀⇛
Sources suggest more IP disputes will go
viral in 2022. But what do brand owners need
to consider before engaging in a social media
war?
# ⚓ Fighting_fire_with_fire:_how_to_combat_new-age
counterfeiting [Ed: Trademark tackles copycats; stop
saying "IP owners" and other such nonsense, as that
short buzzword contains no less than 3 lies]⠀⇛
Sources from China and India explain how
counterfeiters are using technology to boost
their business, and how IP owners can fight
them
# ⚓ Denmark:_No_likelihood_of_confusion_between
trademarks_based_on_the_same_fictional_character⠀⇛
On 5 November 2021, the Danish Maritime and
Commercial High Court (the Court) issued a
ruling between Kejser Sausage ApS (‘Kejser
Sausage’) and Keyser KBH ApS among others
(‘Keyser’).
The case concerned Kejser Sausage’s gourmet
hot dog stand in Copenhagen, which used the
trademark ‘Kejser Sausage’. Elsewhere in
Copenhagen, Keyser used the name ‘Keyser
Social’ for its restaurant. The question at
hand was whether ‘Keyser Social’ infringed
Kejser Sausage’s trademark right.
First, the Court concluded that the trademark
‘Kejser Sausage’, although the element
“sausage” was descriptive (given that the hot
dog stand sold sausages), in its entirety was
distinctive and consequently protectable
under the Danish Trademark Act and the Danish
Marketing Practice Act. In this regard it
should be noted that under Danish law, a
trademark can be established either by
registration or by commencement of use,
provided that the extent of the use has more
than mere local significance.
# ⚓ May_The_Attractive_Force_Be_With_You⠀⇛
Unregistered rights are protected by the law
of passing off in the UK. In the recent
decision of the IPEC in Stone v Wenman, the
court reiterated and applied some key
principles in the law of passing off.
The Claimant in the case, a spiritual author
and holistic therapist, applied for and
registered the mark ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY in 2019
in relation to training courses. She then
brought a claim against the Defendant, active
in the same field, for infringing her
registered right. The Defendant filed a
counterclaim in passing off, claiming that
she had in fact been using the sign ARCHANGEL
ALCHEMY since 2010 to offer her services.
The first key issue was whether the Defendant
had generated sufficient goodwill prior to
the relevant date in the sign ARCHANGEL
ALCHEMY to succeed in her counterclaim for
passing off. The relevant date for the
counterclaim was the date of first use by the
Claimant of the mark, which the court found
be in September 2019.
The Claimant’s first argument was that the
phrase ARCHANGEL ALCHEMIST was only an
allusive or descriptive way for the Defendant
to advertise a module of her training
courses. However, the judge noted that the
Claimant herself had advised the court that
she chose the mark ARCHANGEL ALCHEMIST due to
its originality. Although the sign had
sometimes used to describe the Defendant
herself as THE ARCHANGEL ALCHEMIST or her
methods as ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY, this did not
necessarily mean that use and other evidenced
use of the phrase did not constitute use as a
sign.
[...]
The second key issue was whether the
Claimant’s use therefore infringed under the
law of passing off. In seeking to make out
her trade mark infringement claim against the
Defendant, the Claimant had admitted that she
herself had used the mark in trade, that the
services provided by both parties were
identical, and that the customer base of both
parties were one and the same. There was
therefore no question of whether the
Claimant’s use of ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY would
mislead consumers under passing off.
This case reminds us that goodwill, or the
“attractive force that brings in custom”,
does not need to be substantial, only more
than trivial. The judge was particularly
persuaded by testimonials from the
Defendant’s customers who described knowing
the Defendant by her brand. The detailed
discussion of the evidence is a lesson for
brand owners that keeping good records of
brand use is essential for claiming
reputation or goodwill. It also reminds us
that when facing a counterclaim based on
prior rights, a Claimant should carefully
consider the pros and cons of making
admissions in relation to the similarity of
the marks, goods and services, and average
consumer.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Copyright_law_and_football_matches:_impossible_to
match?_(Part_II)⠀⇛
These choices, which may distinguish the
broadcasting and filming from the underlying
unprocessed facts of the game, can be
expressed in various creative stages, as
noted in the CJEU’s Painer decision (C-145/
10, par. 89): in the preparation phase, when
filming the event and by making editorial
choices after the filming phase.
Choices and constraints: is originality
hidden in the details?
Both the filming and the broadcasting of the
match consist of a complex combination of
choices and decisions made at various levels,
often in collaboration between several
contributors.
The sports director decides on the camera
position and the coverage plan for each
camera, the visual logic to be followed, what
kinds of shots and camera movements to use
during the production, and the development of
animated wipes used for replays and
transitions. They also instruct the technical
director how to select the images coming from
multiple cameras according to the
“storytelling” opted for. Multiple camera
operators “propose” shots for selection to
the control room. The sports director or the
technical director acting on the instructions
of the sports director (and possibly in
creative collaboration with them) will
continuously select the images that will be
broadcast live from the “gallery” of video
monitors displaying all camera sources.
Even though constraints regarding shot
selection are imposed by the rules and the
purpose of the game itself, the director’s
choices create a specific viewer experience
which has been designed by the director. For
instance, the audiovisual representation of
the game may be characterised by wide and
barely interrupted filming, placing the
emphasis on the fluidity of the game, the
visibility of tactics, the animation of the
system and collective movement without the
ball; or the focus could, more
individualistically, be on the player who
carries the ball, where shots are multiplied
so the fluidity of the game is more often
interrupted, while the techniques and skills
of the individual players are emphasised.
# ⚓ Copyright_law_and_football_matches:_impossible_to
match?_(Part_I)⠀⇛
At the same time, a global paradigm of online
piracy enabling the retransmission of sports
events on a worldwide basis has dynamically
emerged. In this context, an important
question is whether the classic copyright and
related rights protection offers a solid
legal basis for combatting online piracy,
specifically regarding the broadcasting of
live sports events, or whether the sports
industry should be granted additional
exclusivity through the establishment at EU
level of specific protection, as is the case
in certain Member States (currently Bulgaria,
France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania,
Slovakia and Spain provide specific
audiovisual rights, see: European Audiovisual
Observatory, Mapping report on national
remedies against online piracy of sports
content, 17 December 2021).
This post is divided in two parts. In the
first part, the application of the EU concept
of work in football matches is discussed
(Part I). The second part explores the
possible sources of originality in the
filming and broadcasting of the match (Part
II).
# ⚓ Around_the_IP_Blogs⠀⇛
The Kluwer Copyright Blog wrote about the EU
concept of work in relation to football
matches (see here) and the possible sources
of originality in the filming and
broadcasting of the match (see here).
# ⚓ Bombay_HC_Clarifies_the_Contours_of_Copyright
Infringement_and_Confidentiality_Law⠀⇛
The Bombay High Court in Tarun Wadhwa v.
Saregama India Ltd & Anr deliberated upon the
intersection of copyright infringement and
confidentiality law and held that ideas
cannot be copyrighted but can be protected
through the application of confidentiality
law.
[...]
A major portion of the judgment is spent on
explaining the application of confidentiality
law through contracts and in equity to hold
that when seeking protection for information
what is necessary is that such information
should not be in the public domain and there
must be precise identification of such
proprietary information. Particularly,
“precision, originality, and completeness of
disclosure” was held to be essential to a
case of confidentiality. The requirement in
confidentiality law is the novelty of
information.
Elaborating further regarding this
distinction, the judge noted the breach of
confidentiality and infringement of copyright
are closely connected. Claims that cannot be
covered under copyright infringement are
often brought under breach of
confidentiality. Hence, it was noted that “an
idea, in particular, cannot be the subject of
a copyright infringement action; but it may
be the subject of breach of confidentiality”.
# ⚓ Around_the_IP_Blogs_–_The_IPKat⠀⇛
SpicyIP analysed a recent decision from the
Bombay High Court, in which it was decided
that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be
protected through the application of
confidentiality law.
# ⚓ Columbia_Pictures_Targets_“Spider-Man”_Leak_Coverage
with_DMCA_Notice⠀⇛
An anti-piracy outfit, acting on behalf of
Columbia Pictures, asked Google to remove our
news article on the “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
leak. And that’s not the only error. The same
notice targets several other news sites and
even the website of competitor Sony Pictures
is flagged as a pirate operation.
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✐ Links_17/1/2022:_More_Microsoft-Connected_FUD_Against_Linux_as_Its_Share
Continues_to_Fall⠀✐
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Distributions
o Devices/Embedded
* Free_Software/Open_Source
* Leftovers
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ 6_Reasons_to_Pick_Linux_Over_Windows⠀⇛
Almost all students do their work on laptops and
PCs that run on Windows. Of course, some of you are
lucky enough to afford something that runs on
Apple’s macOS. While Windows is a popular OS, it’s
far from being perfect. Few students are even aware
that their PCs and laptops can run on various
operating systems.
One of the alternatives students often overlook is
Linux. Many believe that this OS is hard to manage.
That’s why they prefer to either buy or, in some
cases, pirate Microsoft’s creation unless it comes
pre-installed on the device, of course.
It’s true that Linux is harder to install than its
counterpart. But it has a lot more to offer than
meets the eye. So, what exactly sets it apart?
# ⚓ 2022_is_not_going_to_be_the_year_of_Linux_on_the_desktop⠀⇛
It has been the time of year again when Linux
fanboys emerge from their dust-filled server rooms
to declare that 2022 might be the year that their
favourite operating system will replace Windows on
the desktop.
TechRepublic said that there was no “denying the
continued dominance of Linux in the enterprise
space and the very slow (and subtle) growth of
Linux on the desktop. And in just about every space
(minus the smartphone arena), Linux made some
serious gains.”
Developer Tim Wells insisted that the idea of the
year of the Linux desktop is that there would come
a year that the free and open source operating
system would reach a stage that the average user
could install and use it on their pc without
running into problems.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ The_Apache_Weekly_News_Round-up:_week_ending_14_January
2022⠀⇛
# ⚓ January_2022_Web_Server_Survey [Ed: In Web servers,
Microsoft down from 6.15% of top million domains to just
6.04% in one month]⠀⇛
In the January 2022 survey we received responses
from 1,167,715,133 sites across 269,835,071 unique
domains and 11,700,892 web-facing computers. This
reflects a loss of 1.15 million sites, but a gain
of 1.51 million domains and 31,100 computers.
nginx lost 7.33 million sites this month (-1.91%)
but continues to be the most commonly used web
server with 32.3% of all sites using it. Although
nginx’s share has fallen, Apache is still more than
eight percentage points behind after losing 3.70
million sites (-1.31%), which has taken its own
market share down to 23.9%.
nginx also leads in the domains metric, where it
has a share of 26.6% compared with Apache’s 23.9%.
This reflects a small reduction in nginx’s share –
despite a modest gain of 25,400 domains – while
Apache suffered the largest loss of 287,000
domains.
The largest site and domain growth was seen by
Pepyaka, which is a web server that has primarily
been used by the Wix web development platform since
it switched from using nginx in 2018. The number of
sites using Pepyaka grew by 4.02 million to 7.30
million this month, while its domain count went up
by 1.80 million to 3.30 million.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ LHS_Episode_#448:_Grounding_and_Bonding_Deep_Dive⠀⇛
Hello and welcome to the 448th installment of Linux
in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the
hosts invite guest Ward Silver, N0AX, who literally
wrote the book on the subject to discuss every
aspect of grounding and bonding. Topics range from
household electrical safety to relative voltage,
earth grounding, lighting mitigation and much more.
Hope you find this episode interesting and
informative as well as entertaining and also have a
great week.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux_5.17_Picks_Up_A_Real-Time_Analysis_Tool_–_Phoronix⠀⇛
A new tool added to the kernel source tree with
Linux 5.17 is rtla to serve for real-time Linux
performance and tracing analysis.
Thanks to the work of kernel developer Daniel
Bristot de Oliveira who is employed by Red Hat, the
Real-Time Linux Analysis (RTLA) tool has been added
to the kernel source tree.
RTLA makes use of the Linux kernel’s tracing
capabilities to help analyze performance and
tracing data. In particular, the rtla command has
sub-options for reading information from the
kernel’s operating system noise “osnoise” and IRQ/
thread timer latency “timerlat”tracers.
# ⚓ Some_Tablets/Convertibles_With_Linux_5.17_Will_Now_Have
Working_Pen_Support_–_Phoronix⠀⇛
In addition to Linux 5.17 introducing Universal
Stylus Initiative (USI) support for that new
industry standard for styluses/pens that can work
cross-device, the input subsystem updates for this
kernel also add active pen support for a few more
tablets.
Moving forward hopefully we will see broad adoption
of USI stylus support for nice cross-device
compatibility and support. But for those with
current tablets relying on Goodix or Silead drivers
and have an active pen, the Linux 5.17 input
subsystem updates present working pen support there
with their respective devices.
# ⚓ Lenovo_USB-C_7-in-1_Hub_On_Linux_Review_–_Phoronix⠀⇛
For those considering the Lenovo USB-C 7-in-1 Hub
for connecting to your Lenovo laptop for enjoying
USB-C power charging, HDMI output, and additional
USB ports, it does work out on Linux. While there
have been some users running into seemingly
firmware-related issues, at least with my testing
over the past month this $50~60 (USD) USB-C hub has
been working out well under Linux.
# ⚓ Best_of_2021_–_Torvalds’_Bug_Warning_is_a_Lesson_for_Linux
Users⠀⇛
A recent, widely publicized case illustrated this
point; Linux creator himself, Linus Torvalds,
warned against the use of the Linux 5.12 release.
He described a “nasty bug,” and wrote that the
situation is a “mess,” due to the use of swap files
when adding Linux updates. This nasty bug, in fact,
had the potential to destroy entire root
directories.
# ⚓ Epoch-alypse_now:_BBC_iPlayer_flaunts_2038_cutoff_date_•
The_Register⠀⇛
Feeling old yet? Let the Reg ruin your day for you.
We are now substantially closer to the 2038 problem
(5,849 days) than it has been since the Year 2000
problem (yep, 8,049 days since Y2K).
Why do we mention it? Well, thanks to keen-eyed Reg
reader Calum Morrison, we’ve spotted a bit of the
former, and a hint of what lies beneath the Beeb’s
digital presence, when he sent in a snapshot that
implies Old Auntie might be using a 32-bit Linux in
iPlayer, and something with a kernel older than
Linux 5.10, too.
# § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Jason_Ekstrand:_Hello,_Collabora!⠀⇛
Ever since I announced that I was leaving
Intel, there’s been a lot of speculation as
to where I’d end up. I left it a bit quiet
over the holidays but, now that we’re solidly
in 2022, It’s time to let it spill. As of
January 24, I’ll be at Collabora!
For those of you that don’t know, Collabora
is an open-source consultancy. They sell
engineering services to companies who are
making devices that run Linux and want to
contribute to open-source technologies.
They’ve worked on everything from automotive
to gaming consoles to smart TVs to
infotainment systems to VR platforms. I’m not
an expert on what Collabora has done over the
years so I’ll refer you to their brag sheet
for that. Unlike some contract houses,
Collabora doesn’t just do engineering for
hire. They’re also an ideologically driven
company that really believes in upstream and
invests directly in upstream projects such as
Mesa, Wayland, and others.
My personal history with Collabora is as old
as my history as an open-source software
developer. My first real upstream work was on
Wayland in early 2013. I jumped in with a
cunning plan for running a graphics-enabled
desktop Linux chroot on an Android device and
absolutely no idea what I was getting myself
into. Two of the people who not only helped
me understand the underbelly of Linux window
systems but also helped me learn to navigate
the world of open-source software were Daniel
Stone and Pekka Paalanen, both of whom were
at Collabora then and still are today.
# ⚓ Collabora_pulls_in_Jason_Ekstrand_to_work_on_Linux
graphics_drivers_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
Jason Ekstrand, a name that many big Linux
fans will know, who previously worked at
Intel until very recently has announced today
the move to open source consulting firm
Collabora. Writing in a blog post, Ekstrand
goes through some fun background on the
decision to move and how it happened.
Ekstrand has worked on a lot of different
parts of Mesa, the set of open source
graphics drivers that powers AMD GPUs, Intel,
ARM and more.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Mumble_1.4_Released!_New_Plugin_Framework,_TalkingUI,
PipeWire_&_Markdown_Support_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛
The free open-source game chatting app Mumble
released new major 1.4 version a day ago with
exciting new features!
Mumble is a high quality and low latency voice over
IP (VoIP) app designed for gamers. By releasing
v1.4.230, the first stable in v1.4, it now uses new
versioning scheme of the form major.minor.build.
The third component of version numbers may now much
higher and discontinuous. Because there are
snapshot (beta) builds in between stable versions.
Mumber 1.4 introduced a new, general purpose plugin
framework. Plugins are no longer restricted to
positional data delivery and they can now be
installed and updated at any time. See the
documentation for more.
# ⚓ Mumble_1.4_Voice_Chat_App_Released,_Brings_Many_New
Features⠀⇛
For fans of the Mumble open-source VoIP
communication program that is popular with gamers,
Mumble 1.4 was released as their first major
release in the last 2 years.
Many multiplayer games offer text chat that gets in
the way of gameplay by changing a player’s focus
from playing the game to typing messages. Mumble is
a powerful open-source client-server VoIP
application that solves this problem. It’s
available for all major platforms like Windows,
Linux, and macOS.
While it can be used for any kind of activity, it
is primarily intended for gaming. It’s optimized
for low-latency communications, making it perfect
for intense game situations where every second
counts. With Mumble, you can voice chat with your
teammates, or anyone else, allowing you to stay
focused on the game.
# ⚓ Open_source_voice-chat_levels_up_with_Mumble_1.4_out_now_|
GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
For those of you not wanting to use the likes of
Discord for voice-chat, there’s also Mumble which
is a free, open source, low latency, high quality
voice chat application. It’s been around for a long
time and it just had a big new stable release, the
first of the Mumble 1.4.x series and it’s been over
two years since the last. At least they didn’t
leave us waiting ten years again like the 1.3
release huh?
So what’s new? A lot! Of course there’s plenty of
bug fixes, security updates and the usual
assortment of smaller thing but a few bigger
features were also added into this release.
# ⚓ Version_5.0_of_the_FFmpeg_audio_and_video_toolkit_has_been
released.⠀⇛
# ⚓ FFmpeg_5.0_Aims_To_Be_An_LTS_Release⠀⇛
FFmpeg 5.0 has now been formally christened as for
what is aiming to be a Long-Term Support (LTS)
release for this widely-used, cross-platform and
open-source multimedia library.
FFmpeg 5.0 was tagged this weekend while out today
is the formal announcement for this updated
multimedia library that is widely depended upon
throughout the industry.
# ⚓ Mini_review_–_Annotator_is_a_simple_but_powerful_annotation
tool_for_Linux_–_Real_Linux_User⠀⇛
Some applications just need to be big and have to
offer an extensive array of functionality to be of
the right value for specific use cases, like
LibreOffice, Krita. darktable and GIMP. But there
are many situations that only require the right
amount of functionality and nothing more. There are
many very powerful mini apps available for Linux
that only focus on a specific task and do that
perfectly well. In this article you find a mini
review for the application Annotator, a simple but
powerful annotation tool for Linux.
Annotator is a single task application originally
developed by Trevor Williams for the elementary OS
platform, but since it is available in Flatpak
format it can be used on any other Linux
distribution.
Annotator is, as the name already suggests, an
annotation tool. So the first question you probably
have is what exactly annotation is and what do you
need it for. It is actually very simple: an
annotation is a note, an explanation, a side note,
an indication, a clarification, or caption, which
should ensure that the main text, screenshots, etc.
or parts thereof are extra clarified, highlighted
or brought under the required attention. The
application Annotator is exactly doing that for
image files (like screenshots, etc) in a simple and
effective way. Annotator is not created for
annotations on text files and documents.
# ⚓ The_8_Best_Linux_Download_Managers_for_Faster_Downloads⠀⇛
No one likes to wait for slow downloads. Install
these eight download managers to get lightning-fast
download speed on Linux.
But did you know that there are several open-source
download managers for Linux currently in the
market? As a Linux user, you must check out the
following download managers that help extend the
open-source ethic of Linux and rival premium
alternatives in terms of efficiency and related
features.
# ⚓ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Atlassian_Jira_–
LinuxLinks⠀⇛
Atlassian Corporation Plc is a software company
founded in 2002 that develops products for software
developers, project managers and other software
development teams. It employs over 7,000 people and
is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Atlassian produces a range of proprietary software
including software for collaboration, development,
and issue tracking software for teams. Atlassian
dominates several markets where it still has
intense competition.
Broadly speaking, they offer software in three
large buckets: These are software development
tools; help desk software, or IT service
management; and workflow management software. When
you think of Atlassian, think project management
and collaboration tools.
Many of their programs use a number of open source
components. And their GitHub repositories hold lots
of open source code. But their main range of
software is proprietary. This series looks at free
and open source alternatives to Atlassian’s
products.
# ⚓ Micro:_Modern_and_Intuitive_Terminal-Based_Text_Editor⠀⇛
Nano isn’t good as it should be, while vim seems
quite complex for the beginner. There are many Text
Editor for Linux users, and choosing the best one
is quite debatable.
# ⚓ AuthPass_is_a_KeePass_compatible_free_Password_manager_for
Windows,_macOS,_and_Linux⠀⇛
AuthPass is a multi-platform, free, and open-source
password manager for all types of users.
AuthPass is fully compatible with the popular open-
source KeePass password manager, which many
consider the father of open-source password
managers.
The app is written with Flutter which is gaining
popularity among developers building for building
mobile, desktop, and web apps.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Easily_Understand_Your_Linux_RAM_Usage_With_Smem⠀⇛
Linux memory usage can be difficult to interpret
and hard to understand. With smem it’s easy to find
out what memory a process is using, and which
processes are using the most.
# ⚓ 5_scripts_for_getting_started_with_the_Nmap_Scripting
Engine_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛
Nmap is a popular tool for scanning and monitoring
networks. There are many ways to find information
using Nmap, from blogs and articles to formal
training. Yet few of these learning tools discuss
one of Nmap’s most powerful features: The Nmap
Scripting Engine (NSE).
What is the NSE? This tool does two things. First,
it allows the nmap command to accept options that
specify scripted procedures as part of a scan.
Second, it enables Nmap users to author and share
scripts, which provides a robust and ever-evolving
library of preconfigured scans.
# ⚓ Bash_02_–_Variables_and_Such_|_Linux.org⠀⇛
Within BASH, you can use variables. Variables are
names that can represent specific information. If
you remember your days in math, specifically some
stage of algebra, you may recall variables. There
were all the letters of the alphabet, mainly X and
Y. In BASH, we can use variable names, not just
letters.
We will cover other topics to help manipulate the
variables and even perform math functions. These
can help you make better BASH Scripts that will
calculate and manipulate data.
# ⚓ Different_types_of_Backups⠀⇛
In my previous post, I explained how I recently set
up backups for my home server to be synced using
Amazon’s services. I received a (correct) comment
on that by Iustin Pop which pointed out that while
it is reasonably cheap to upload data into Amazon’s
offering, the reverse — extracting data — is not as
cheap.
He is right, in that extracting data from S3
Glacier Deep Archive costs over an order of
magnitude more than it costs to store it there on a
monthly basis — in my case, I expect to have to pay
somewhere in the vicinity of 300-400 USD for a full
restore. However, I do not consider this to be a
major problem, as these backups are only to fulfill
the rarer of the two types of backups cases.
There are two reasons why you should have backups.
The first is the most common one: “oops, I
shouldn’t have deleted that file”. This happens
reasonably often; people will occasionally delete
or edit a file that they did not mean to, and then
they will want to recover their data. At my first
job, a significant part of my job was to handle
recovery requests from users who had accidentally
deleted a file that they still needed.
# ⚓ Record_your_terminal_session_with_Asciinema_|
Opensource.com⠀⇛
Support calls are important and often satisfying in
the end, but the act of clear communication can be
arduous for everyone involved. If you’ve ever been
on a support call, you’ve probably spent several
minutes spelling out even the shortest commands and
explaining in detail where the spaces and returns
fall. While it’s often easier to just seize control
of a user’s computer, that’s not really the best
way to educate. What you might try instead is
sending a user a screen recording, but one that
they can copy commands from and paste into their
own terminal.
Asciinema is an open source terminal session
recorder. Similar to the script and scriptreplay
commands, Asciinema records exactly what your
terminal displays. It saves your “movie” recording
to a text file and then replays it on demand. You
can upload your movie to Asciinema.org and share
them just as you would any other video on the
internet, and you can even embed your movie into a
webpage.
# ⚓ How_to_Upgrade_Debian_10_Buster_to_Debian_11_Bullseye⠀⇛
After more than two years of development, the new
Debian stable version, Debian 11 codenamed
“Bullseye”, was released on August 14, 2021, and it
will be supported for five years.
This release comes with a lot of new packages and
major software upgrades. Debian 11 bullseye ships
with Linux 5.10 LTS kernel with support for the
exFAT filesystem and includes a newer version of
desktop environments.
This article shows how to upgrade your Debian 10
Buster system to Debian 11, Bullseye via command
line.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Setup_MERN_Stack_with_Nginx_on_Ubuntu
20.04⠀⇛
Since this post shares cloud strategies with
awesome people like you, naturally this post may
contain affiliate links for products I use and
love. If you click on those links and make a
purchase, I’ll earn some coffee money which I
promise to drink while creating more helpful
content like this.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Zabbix_Agent_on_Rocky_Linux/Alma_Linux_8⠀⇛
A Zabbix agent is a program that runs on a remote
machine that needs to be monitored through the
Zabbix server. The agent collects the data on the
remote server and send back to Zabbix server when
requested. Zabbix agent must be installed on all
the remote systems that need to be monitor through
the Zabbix server.
# ⚓ How_To_Install_and_Configure_Zabbix_Agent_on_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛
A Zabbix agent is a program that runs on a remote
machine that needs to be monitored through the
Zabbix server. The agent collects the data on the
remote server and send back to Zabbix server when
requested. Zabbix agent must be installed on all
the remote systems that need to be monitor through
the Zabbix server.
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Lighttpd_with_PHP_in_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛
The concept of web servers has crossed the minds of
most, if not all, Linux enthusiasts; especially the
ones interested in pursuing web-based projects and
careers. Due to the numerous web servers offered to
the Linux community, you might feel like tossing a
coin or rolling a dice to find the one that ‘might’
suit your web-based needs.
Lighttpd is best attributed as a compatible, very
flexible, fast, and secure web server. It is
therefore optimized for high performance on
whichever operating system environment hosts it.
Also, this web server is indeed light such that it
needs very few resources to run or execute its
functional objectives like handling AJAX
applications. This web server is BSD licensed,
open-source, with flawless compatibility on UNIX-
like systems.
This article seeks to walk you through the
installation and configuration of Lighttpd as an
ideal web server for your Ubuntu 20.04 operating
system.
# ⚓ How_to_self-host_a_Python_package_index_using_Pulp_|_Red
Hat_Developer⠀⇛
Find out how developer teams use Pulp to maintain
and share their own Python package repositories.
Examples are based on the Operate First deployment.
# ⚓ How_To_Install_Kate_Editor_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Kate Editor on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you
who didn’t know, The Kate Text Editor is an open-
source and free text editor application that stands
for KDE Advanced Text Editor. Kate lets you edit
and view many files at the same time, both in tabs
and split views, and comes with a wide variety of
plugins, including an embedded terminal that lets
you launch console commands directly from Kate.
Kate editor is a cross-platform application
available for Linux, MacOS & Microsoft Windows, It
is available for both 32 bit and 64 bit operating
systems.
This article assumes you have at least basic
knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and
most importantly, you host your site on your own
VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes
you are running in the root account, if not you may
need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root
privileges. I will show you through the step-by-
step installation of Kate Editor on Ubuntu 20.04
(Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions
for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based
distribution like Linux Mint.
# ⚓ How_to_Change_Desktop_Themes_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
Linux Mint is a great Linux distro for anyone
starting out with Linux. It comes in three
different flavors: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce, each
catering to a different audience.
Over the years, Linux Mint has undergone several
changes, including a few cosmetic alterations that
are a departure from its original visual
appearance. As part of this change, Mint now lets
you choose from a wide range of themes to customize
your desktop to your preference.
If you’re just getting started with Mint, here’s a
guide demonstrating all the different ways to
change themes.
# ⚓ How_to_install_and_use_Firewalld_on_Almalinux_8_–_Linux
Shout⠀⇛
Firewalls are one of the most essential parts of
security when we are going online. Here we learn
the steps and command to install, configure, and
how to use FirewallD on AlmaLinux 8 using CLI or
GUI.
Many of us who are not already Linux would already
be familiar with the firewall feature on Windows,
where it is very easy to turn On or Off ports or
services using GUI. However, what about Linux such
as CentOS, Rocky Linux, RedHat, AlmaLinux, and
more… If you are using full Linux Desktop then a
firewall would already be there but in most of the
cases without a graphical interface. Nevertheless,
Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu, and other Linux systems
provide the appropriate firewall GUI software
directly from their respective repository to manage
things with the help of mouse clicks.
But what if you just want a basic OS installation
with no graphical interface? Because minimal
versions of Linux would not even have the CLI
version of Firewall by default. Well, this is a
very small problem, if you have an active internet
connection and due to an in-built package manager
under Linux, we can install a firewall with just a
single command.
# ⚓ How_to_use_Terraform_Taint_and_Untaint_–_buildVirtual⠀⇛
The Terraform taint and untaint commands are
important to be aware of if you are a regular user
of Terraform. The Terraform Taint command allows
you to manually flag a resource as tainted, which
means it will be destroyed and recreated on the
next terraform apply. Terraform untaint allows you
to remove that tainted condition from the resource.
So, why is that useful? What are the use cases for
terraform taint?
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Love_cracking_locks?_Check_out_Museum_of_Mechanics:
Lockpicking_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking is a wonderful
little idea to bring together many different ways
to crack locks from various styles in video games.
Perhaps one of the greatest foes in gaming – the
lock. Now it’s time to beat it in many different
forms.
# ⚓ Humble_decides_to_BETRAY_Linux_gamers…_and_the_rest_of
their_paying_customers,_too._–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ GOG_finally_update_their_store_browsing_with_new_filters_|
GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
Game store GOG.com has finally updated the browsing
experience for those of you who prefer getting your
games there.
When you go to search for a game now, much like
Steam, there’s plenty of new options to help sort
through masses of games. It was a needed refresh
too, since GOG has grown to have over 5,500 titles
available across different platforms. When you go
to the store pages you will now be able to filter
across price range, genres, release date range, and
a newly introduced tags system.
# ⚓ After_12_years_development,_business_sim_GearCity_is
officially_out_now_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
Built with FOSS tooling, GearCity is a complex and
in-depth business simulator where you run your own
car company. Developed by Visual Entertainment And
Technologies, which is a solo outfit of just Eric
Jones who outsourced some parts to contractors for
artwork, translations, music and a few other bits.
“GearCity is a realistic historically focused
economic simulation of the global automobile
industry. Unlike tycoon games, GearCity has not
been simplified. It is a complex, realistic, in-
depth management sim that will take several hours
to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Thousands
of players across the globe and industry
professionals from automotive engineers to
economics professors have praised the game’s
intricate details.”
# ⚓ Wii_U_emulator_Cemu_plans_to_go_open_source_and_support
Linux_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
Most emulators nowadays have their source code
nicely open, and the vast majority of them fully
support Linux too but Cemu has been a bit of a
holdout. Not for long though.
On their official roadmap, which many people
emailed in excitedly, they put up their plans and
who can blame people for being excited on this?
Scrolling down a bit, a Linux port is clearly
mentioned. It has been an “ongoing side-project”
already but quite slow as it was low-priority and
it depended on other things being done. The good
news is that they say it’s about “70%” of the way
there already. Having Linux support of course will
also be great for the Steam Deck, since it comes
with SteamOS 3 (based on Arch Linux).
# ⚓ Popular_Nintendo_Video_Game_Emulator_‘Cemu’_Plans_to_Go
Open-Source_with_Linux_Support_–_It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛
If you’re into retro gaming, you may have come
across retro console emulators. For those unaware,
they are basically software or hardware that allow
the host system to run games designed for another
system.
Lately, Cemu has managed to grab the attention of
the open-source community. It is one of the many
retro console emulators out there that lets you
play games tailored for Nintendo Wii U. However, as
of now, it distinguishes itself from most of them
in one major aspect, its closed-source nature, but
that’s about to change.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Plasma_5.24_Beta_goes_live_with_protection_to_stop
Discover_removing_Plasma_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛
The latest release of the KDE Plasma desktop
is close with the Plasma 5.24 Beta going live
now with plenty of new features and fixes for
this customizable environment. A full release
is planned for February 8.
Along with a lot of bug fixes, there’s plenty
of quality of life fixes across the whole
desktop. The Breeze theme for example, will
now properly respect your choice of accent
colours for Folders, the Breeze colour scheme
is now called “Breeze Classic” to distinguish
from Breeze Light and Breeze Dark and more.
The notification system also saw some
updates. so that important notifications have
a small orange strip to bring more attention
to them, notifications about video files now
display a thumbnail in the notification and
when sending or receiving files via
Bluetooth, a system notification is now
always shown.
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ GNOME_Boxes_review:_no-frills_and_no-thrills_desktop
virtualization⠀⇛
GNOME Boxes is an easy-to-use graphical
virtual machine (VM) installer and launcher.
It’s not a VM manager and offers practically
no settings for micromanaging your VM.
However, its easy-to-use design philosophy
can also prevent its users from getting any
use out of it.
Boxes is built on top of Linux’s excellent
KVM+QEMU/libvirt virtualization stack. The
app is intended for users who’re overwhelmed
by such alphabet-soups and just want to run a
visualized operating system.
KVM is a virtualization system from the Linux
kernel project. You can expect high
performance and a smoother upgrade experience
compared to third-party alternatives like
VirtualBox. QEMU and libvirt add management
layers on top of KVM. Boxes sit on top of
these tools.
You’ll likely find references to Boxes being
used to manage remote desktop sessions to
remote machines. This functionality has been
moved into the new Connections app. I believe
it was a good decision to split the two use
cases into separate apps. Connections looks
and behaves almost identically to Boxes.
The app is great for managing virtual
machines with other recent versions of Linux.
Everything works out of the box if you choose
one of its presets for popular Linux
distributions. You’re presumably already
running Linux, so the end-users are maybe
more likely to want to emulate Windows?
o § Distributions⠀➾
# § Arch Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 5_Great_AUR_Helpers_for_Arch_Linux⠀⇛
Arch Linux is the kind of Linux distro that
gives you a scalpel and says, “have at it”
without much of the hand-holding that other
distros like Debian/Fedora provide. Its
initial toolset, including the core/extra/
community repositories provided by its
signature package manager, may be limited,
but that is intentional.
It’s up to you to add what you want to it,
and that is where the Arch User Repository
(AUR) comes in useful. It is a repository
that allows users to make their own PKGBUILD
scripts and create packages that are not
included in the official repositories. If
you’ve ever wondered how you could get
WhatsApp for Linux, Session, Slack, or other
apps working on Arch, the AUR is where all of
these are located.
# § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾
# ⚓ Using_the_no-cost_Developer_Subscription_with_the_new
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Image_Builder_hosted_service⠀⇛
We recently published “Introducing the hosted
beta experience Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Image Builder,” hosted service as part of the
Insights application suite. As a followup to
that exciting announcement, we are pleased to
share that this new service can be used with
the no-cost Developer Subscription for
Individuals, providing the benefits of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux, Insights, and simple OS
image creation to everyone!
More information about this subscription
offering is on Red Hat Developer site, “No-
cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux Individual
Developer Subscription: FAQs.”
Access to Image Builder requires a Red Hat
account and at least one subscription of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux. If you do not have
either of these, you can easily request them
at no cost.
# ⚓ Reduce_the_size_of_container_images_with_DockerSlim_|
Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛
Containers are a great way to package your
applications. Packaging your application
codebase together with its dependencies
creates a container image. The smaller the
container image is, the faster your
application will spin up for the first time,
and the faster it will scale. But many
container images are quite large, in the
hundreds of megabytes—just search Docker Hub
and prepare to be amazed at the image sizes.
In this article, you’ll learn how to optimize
Docker container images for size using a
project called DockerSlim. DockerSlim, which
is open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license,
won’t change anything in your container
image, but can still reduce its size—or
minify it—by up to a factor of 30. For
applications written in compiled languages,
the size reduction can be even more dramatic.
DockerSlim also makes your packages more
secure by reducing the available attack
surface.
# ⚓ 5_Kubernetes_trends_to_watch_in_2022_|_The
Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛
Kubernetes is growing up – and so are the
teams that have been using it since its
younger years.
Those earlier adopters are coming into their
own now, able to build on their experience
and the growth of the cloud-native ecosystem
to extend Kubernetes core capabilities in new
ways.
“We will continue to scale and expand our use
of Kubernetes to address the hybrid, multi-
cloud needs of our business,” says Eric
Drobisewski, senior architect at Liberty
Mutual. “As we look ahead, the declarative
API and strong reconciliation loop that
Kubernetes provides will continue to be
critical to unify and bring a more consistent
approach to how we define, manage, and secure
our digital capabilities across public and
private cloud environments.”
The Fortune 100 company’s accelerating
Kubernetes usage as a platform for its
broader hybrid cloud/multi-cloud
infrastructure reflects one of the macro
trends fueling soaring Kubernetes adoption
across industries.
# ⚓ Linux_Foundation,_Red_Hat_Join_Supply_Chain_Security
Summit⠀⇛
Last week the White House convened government
and private sector stakeholders to discuss
initiatives to improve the security of open
source software and ways new collaboration
could drive improvements.
# ⚓ Restarting_and_Offline_Updates_–_Fedora_Magazine⠀⇛
A recurring question that goes around the
internet is why Fedora Linux has to restart
for updates. The truth is, Linux technically
doesn’t need to restart for updates. But
there is more than meets the eye. In this
short guide we’ll look into why Fedora Linux
asks you to restart for offline updates.
# § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Get_Ready_for_an_Upgrade!_Ubuntu_21.04_Will_Reach_End
of_Life_This_Week_–_It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛
Ubuntu 21.04 had a good run with interesting
feature additions. Some notable changes
included multi-monitor improvements, UI
enhancements, GNOME 40-ready applications,
and more.
Now, it is time to upgrade!
The support for updates in Ubuntu 21.04 ends
this week i.e., January 20th.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ TinyNES_–_An_open-source_game_console_features
original_or_cloned_Ricoh_RP2A03_&_RP2C02_chips_
(Crowdfunding)_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛
Tall Dog Electronics’ TinyNES (Tiny Nostalgia
Evocation Square) is an open-source hardware
game console compatible with NES cartridges
and featuring the original MOS 6502-based
Ricoh RP2A03 CPU (central processing unit)
and the Ricoh RP2C02 PPU (picture processing
unit) found in the Nintendo NES, although
clones may be also used in the future due to
the lack of availability.
Designed to offer the same experience as the
original Nintendo NES, the console comes with
two NES controller ports, a cartridge slot,
RCA video composite and mono audio outputs,
and all electronics is housed in an FR-
4 enclosure, the same material used for most
PCBs.
# ⚓ Tang_Nano_9K_FPGA_board_can_emulate_PicoRV32_RISC-
V_soft-core_with_all_peripherals_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛
Tang Nano 9K FPGA is the third board from
Sipeed based on GOWIN FPGA following the
original Tang Nano board with 1K LUT and Tang
Nano 4K launched last year with GW1NSR-LV4C
(aka GW1NSR-4C) FPGA offering 4068 logical
units and 64 Mbit PSRAM, plus an Arm Cortex-
M3 hard processor.
As its name implies, the new board comes with
9K LUTs, as well as 64 Mbit PSRAM, 32 Mbit
Flash, a micro SD card, and video I/O (HDMI,
RGB LCD connector) that makes it suitable to
run Verilog HDL code emulating a PicoRV32
RISC-V soft-core with all peripherals.
# ⚓ Open_Source_Replacement_For_EzCAD_|_Hackaday⠀⇛
[Bryce] obtained a fiber laser engraver to
use for rapid PCB prototyping last Fall. But
he was soon frustrated by the limitations of
the standard EzCAD software that typically
comes with these and similar devices — it is
proprietary, doesn’t have features aimed at
PCB manufacturing, only runs on Windows, and
is buggy. As one does, [Bryce] decided to
ditch EzCAD and write his own tool, Balor,
named after the King of the Fomorians.
# § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Micro_RPG_Launching_for_Android_on_January_26th_–
Droid_Gamers⠀⇛
# ⚓ Samsung_Android_12_update:_These_devices_have_One_UI
4.0_–_9to5Google⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_11_on_Shield_TV_breaks_Plex_for_many,_other
issues_–_9to5Google⠀⇛
# ⚓ Oppo’s_first_ever_Android_tablet_leaks_once_again_–
PhoneArena⠀⇛
o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Enforcing_the_pyramid_of_Open_Source_|_daniel.haxx.se⠀⇛
The well-known log4j security vulnerability of
December 2021 triggered a lot of renewed
discussions around software supply chain security,
and sometimes it has also been said to be an Open
Source related issue.
This was not the first software component to have a
serious security flaw, and it will not be the last.
What can we do about it?
This is the 10,000 dollar question that is really
hard to answer. In this post I hope to help putting
some light on to why it is such a hard problem.
This comes from my view as an Open Source author
and contributor since almost three decades now.
In this post I’m going to talk about security as in
how we make our products have less bugs in the code
we write and land on purpose. There is also a lot
to be said about infrastructure problems such as
consumers not verifying dependencies so that when
malicious actors purposely destroy a component,
users of that don’t notice the problem or supply
chain security issues that risk letting bad actors
insert malicious code into components. But those
are not covered in this blog post!
# § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
# ⚓ WP_Briefing:_Episode_23:_A_letter_from_WordPress’
Executive_Director⠀⇛
As we greet a new year, WordPress’ Executive
Director writes a letter to the project and
community that speaks to the hopes of the
year ahead.
# § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ QuatBot_released_–_Matrix_Meeting_Manager⠀⇛
QuatBot is a Bot for use in text-chat. So
there are no pretty screenshots of it in
action, or what the UI looks like: pick your
favorite Matrix client (I switch between
nheko and neochat depending on which has a
more recent release fixing bugs that annoy
me).
# ⚓ AIfES_releases_exciting_new_version_of_TinyML_library
for_Arduino⠀⇛
Last July AIfES (Artificial Intelligence for
Embedded Systems) from the Fraunhofer
Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and
Systems (IMS) was launched. This open source
solution makes it possible to run, and even
train, artificial neural networks (ANN) on
almost any hardware, including the Arduino
UNO.
The team hasn’t stopped work on this exciting
machine learning platform, and an update just
landed that you’ll definitely want to check
out.
# ⚓ Drew_DeVault’s_blog:_Status_update,_January_2022⠀⇛
I also implemented an efficient path
manipulation module for the standard library
(something I would really have liked to have
in C!), and progress continues on date/time
support. We also have a new MIME module (just
for Media Types, not all of MIME) and I
expect a patch implementing net::uri to
arrive in my inbox soon. I also finished up
cmsg support (for sendmsg and recvmsg), which
is necessary for the Wayland implementation
I’m working on (and was a major pain in the
ass). I spent some time working with another
collaborator, who is developing a RISC-
V kernel in our language, implementing a
serial driver for the SiFive UART, plus
improving the device tree loader and UEFI
support.
# ⚓ Project_audit_experiences_|_Will’s_Blog⠀⇛
Back in January 2020, I wrote How to pick up
a project with an audit. I received some
comments about it over the last couple of
years, but I don’t think I really did
anything with them. Then Sumana sent an email
asking whether I’d blogged about my
experiences auditing projects and estimating
how long it takes and things like that.
# ⚓ Hack_The_Web_Without_A_Browser_|_Hackaday⠀⇛
It is a classic problem. You want data for
use in your program but it is on a webpage.
Some websites have an API, of course, but
usually, you are on your own. You can load
the whole page via HTTP and parse it. Or you
can use some tools to “scrape” the site. One
interesting way to do this is woob — web
outside of browsers.
# ⚓ The_new_Qt_Quick_Compiler_technology⠀⇛
It’s been a while since we’ve heard about
what goes on inside and around Qt QML, our
engine to interpret the QML language (not
counting the recent announcement, that is).
The last post strictly about this topic was
what Lars wrote in 2018.
We’ve been so silent because we’ve been
prototyping new ways to make your QML run
faster, and some of them turned out to be
dead ends. There is no tracing JIT after all.
This isn’t cool, so we were somewhat silent.
But now there is something to say. And, mind
you, it’s not cool either. It’s hot. But let
me take a step back first.
# § Perl/Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ TWC_147:_Prime_without_Left,_and_Pent_without
Quad⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2022.03_RakuCon_How?_–_Rakudo_Weekly_News⠀⇛
Andrew Shitov is asking for the
community’s opinion on whether or not
to have an in-person Raku Conference in
Riga in 2022 in The Raku Conference
Update. Cancelling an in-person event
now, means no financial risk, which
seems safest.
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ Bash_scripting(III)⠀⇛
This is the third article of a series
focused in Gnu Bash scripting. On the
first article we’ve just created a
simple script with commands, one after
another. We also saw some variables
use.
The second article covered some bash
control structures. This one will cover
redirections, pipes, and command
substitution.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ A_Dodgy_Dial_Gets_A_Teardown_And_Some_Oil_|_Hackaday⠀⇛
The pulse-dial telephone and its associated
mechanical exchange represents the pinnacle of
late-19th and early-20th century electromechanical
technology, but its vestiges have disappeared from
view with astonishing rapidity. [Matthew Harrold]
is a telecoms enthusiast who’s been kind enough to
share with us the teardown and refurbishment of
that most signature of pulse-dial components, a
telephone dial. In this case it’s on a rather
unusual instrument, a British GPO outdoor phone
that would have been seen in all kinds of
industrial and safety installations back in the day
and can probably still be found in the wild today
if you know where to look.
# ⚓ 3D_Printed_Magnetic_Switches_Promise_Truly_Custom_Keyboards
|_Hackaday⠀⇛
While most people are happy to type away at
whatever keyboard their machine came with, for the
keyboard enthusiast, there’s no stone to be left
unturned in the quest for the perfect key switch
mechanism. Enter [Riskable], with an innovative
design for a 3D printed mechanism that delivers
near-infinite adjustment without the use of springs
or metallic contacts.
The switching itself is performed by a Hall effect
sensor, the specifics of which are detailed in a
second repository. The primary project simply
represents the printed components and magnets which
make up the switch mechanism. Each switch uses
three 4 x 2 mm magnets, a static one mounted on the
switch housing and two on the switch’s moving
slider. One is mounted below the static magnet
oriented to attract it, while the other is above
and repels it.
o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾
# § Proprietary⠀➾
# § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by
Debian (chromium, firefox-esr,
ghostscript, libreswan, prosody,
sphinxsearch, thunderbird, and
uriparser), Fedora (cryptsetup,
flatpak, kernel, mingw-uriparser,
python-celery, python-kombu, and
uriparser), Mageia (htmldoc, mbedtls,
openexr, perl-CPAN, systemd,
thunderbird, and vim), openSUSE
(chromium and prosody), Red Hat (httpd,
kernel, and samba), Scientific Linux
(kernel), Slackware (expat), SUSE
(ghostscript), and Ubuntu (pillow).
# ⚓ Domestic_CCTV_and_audio_recording_|_Pen_Test
Partners⠀⇛
Last week, we had BBC Morning Live in
to film a piece on the legalities and
challenges of domestic CCTV systems.
You can watch it on iPlayer here,
starting at 10:30.
It was sparked by a conversation we had
with Radio 4 before Xmas, where a
journalist had taken an interest in
CCTV systems exposed on insecam.org.
We had helped the journalist identify
the homeowner with an exposed CCTV
stream & they went to speak to them
about it. Unsurprisingly, the homeowner
had installed the system & left it
exposed with default credentials.
Whilst they could review their CCTV
footage remotely on a mobile app, so
could anyone else…
It ended well though, as the homeowner
took the system offline and secured it.
One less exposed CCTV camera! The radio
piece is here.
As a reminder, if you don’t set a good,
strong password for your CCTV system
that you don’t use elsewhere, you run
the risk of it being exposed and/or
accessed remotely by nefarious parties.
# ⚓ Data_&_Society_—_Bounty_Everything:_Hackers_and
the_Making_of_the_Global_Bug_Marketplace⠀⇛
In Bounty Everything: Hackers and the
Making of the Global Bug Marketplace,
researchers Ryan Ellis and Yuan Stevens
provide a window into the working lives
of hackers who participate in “bug
bounty” programs—programs that hire
hackers to discover and report bugs or
other vulnerabilities in their systems.
This report illuminates the risks and
insecurities for hackers as gig
workers, and how bounty programs rely
on vulnerable workers to fix their
vulnerable systems.
Ellis and Stevens’s research offers a
historical overview of bounty programs
and an analysis of contemporary bug
bounty platforms—the new
intermediaries that now structure the
vast majority of bounty work. The
report draws directly from interviews
with hackers, who recount that bounty
programs seem willing to integrate a
diverse workforce in their practices,
but only on terms that deny them the
job security and access enjoyed by core
security workforces. These inequities
go far beyond the difference
experienced by temporary and permanent
employees at companies such as Google
and Apple, contend the authors. The
global bug bounty workforce is doing
piecework—they are paid for each bug,
and the conditions under which a bug is
paid vary greatly from one company to
the next.
Bounty Everything offers to reimagine
how bounty programs can better serve
the interests of both computer security
and the workers that protect our
digital world. Ellis & Stevens argue
that if bounty programs are not
designed and implemented properly,
“this model can ironically perpetuate a
world full of bugs that uses a global
pool of insecure workers to prop up a
business model centered on rapid
iteration and perpetual beta.”
# ⚓ An_Examination_of_the_Bug_Bounty_Marketplace⠀⇛
# ⚓ Freexian’s_report_about_Debian_Long_Term
Support,_December_2021⠀⇛
Every month we review the work funded
by Freexian’s Debian LTS offering.
Please find the report for December
below.
# § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/
Dramatisation⠀➾
# ⚓ Malware_targeting_Linux_systems_hit_a_new
high_in_2021 [Ed: Microsoft-connected
Crowdstrike spreading_lots_of_anti-Linux
FUD_at_the_moment_to_sell_its_proprietary
products_and_to_help_Microsoft]⠀⇛
# ⚓ New_year_brings_bad_news_for_Linux_as
2021_saw_up_to_10_times_more_malware
samples⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux_malware_is_on_the_rise._Here_are
three_top_threats_right_now [Ed: Microsoft
operatives inside the media use Microsoft-
connected Crowdstrike to smear Linux right
now; nobody bothers to check their
Microsoft connections (words taken at face
value)]⠀⇛
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Women_human_rights_defenders_speak_out
after_Pegasus_spyware_attacks_–_The_Record
by_Recorded_Future⠀⇛
The Record by Recorded Future
gives exclusive, behind-the-
scenes access to leaders,
policymakers, researchers, and
the shadows of the cyber
underground.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Senators_Should_Avoid_Making_the_Digital_Economy_More
European_–_Disruptive_Competition_Project⠀⇛
After years of calls from European leaders to
introduce more industrial policy into competition
enforcement, to promote the creation of national
champions, and to assert European “digital
sovereignty” (i.e. protectionism and increased
barriers to trade), the European Commission
introduced the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in
December of 2020. The legislation is designed to
create “contestability” for European digital
rivals, and “fairness” for European business users
of platform services, by imposing a series of
obligations on companies designated as
“gatekeepers”.
European lawmakers have been quite explicit in
their desire to target only U.S. platforms with the
law’s obligations. These one-size-fits-all
obligations are designed to make the designated
“gatekeepers” less competitive, to open up their
technology and infrastructure to rivals (sometimes
for free), to share user data, and to redesign
their products and services in ways that will make
it easier for European businesses to compete. The
DMA would prohibit a range of behaviour that is
known to be pro-competitive and to create value for
platform users, effectively giving rivals a leg-up
competitively at gatekeepers’ expense. The
allegedly pro-competitive effects of the DMA are
built on questionable assumptions, at best.
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