𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, November 17, 2022
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⦿ [Meme] Herr Professor Doktor Benoît Battistelli | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] The ’F***ing President’ at the EPO | Techrights
⦿ Open Source Initiative (OSI) Adds Mozilla and ’Linux’ Foundation to Its Microsoft-Funded Attack on the GPL/Copyleft | Techrights
⦿ Social Control Media is Dying, Long Live Gemini | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 | Techrights
⦿ Microsoft Still Desperate to Hijack the Linux Brand (People Forgot WSL Even Exists) | Techrights
⦿ António ’I’m the F***ing President’ Campinos Arranges Meeting With EPO Staff to Lie About Staff’s Position and Then Crush the Most Basic Rights of Staff | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/doktor-battistelli/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/epo-antonio-god/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/follow-anti-gpl-money/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/gemini-and-social-control-media/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/irc-log-161122/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/people-forgot-wsl-even-exists/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/tony-vs-health/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/almalinux-9-1/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/considering-c99-for-curl/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/17/two-factor-authentication-breakdown/#comments
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✐ [Meme]_Herr_Professor_Doktor_Benoît_Battistelli⠀✐
Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:03 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Guess who’s back!
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Welcome to the EPO; I'm no doctor, but I act like one in
real life⦈
Summary: The latest_documents from the EPO show that Benoît_Battistelli and
António_‘I’m_the_F***ing_President’_Campinos not only fail to understand the
well-being of EPO staff (that_can_lead_to_prosecution_and_arrest); they
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✐ [Meme]The‘F***ing_President’_at_the_EPO⠀✐
Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
“You will never have such a nice person being the f***ing President for the
next fifty f***ing years. So you wake up and make agreements with me, or you
never will for your f***ing life.”
–António_‘I’m_the_F***ing_President’_Campinos
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇The 'F***ing President' at the EPO: ein Gott; António!⦈
Summary: The EPO‘s Administrative Council keeps putting megalomaniacs/autocrats
in positions of power and responsibility, expecting different results or
favourable outcomes
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✐ Open_Source_Initiative_(OSI)Adds_Mozilla_and‘Linux’_Foundation_to_Its
Microsoft-Funded_Attack_on_the_GPL/Copyleft⠀✐
Posted in Deception, GPL, Microsoft, OSI at 3:03 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Earlier this month: Open_Source_Initiative_(OSI)_Continues_to_Cover_Up_for
Microsoft’s_GPL_Violation_Machine_(Spiced_Up_as_‘HI’)
Moments ago:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Sponsored by Microsoft, which uses 'AI' as a ploy to profit
from GPL violations⦈
And not too shockingly, OSI and ‘Linux’ Foundation nowadays get promoted by
many of the same people who promote Microsoft. Not a coincidence at all. Follow
the_money.
Summary: The Linux_Foundation (LF) has joined Microsoft’s anti-GPL agenda, yet
again; As can be seen only_hours_ago_in_an_LF-_and_Microsoft-aligned_site_of
LPI, Microsoft-centric_lobbying_is_everywhere, including Linux Foundation
‘Europe’; this is promoted by Frederic Lardinois, a longtime propagandist of
Microsoft (about a decade already), in a site that amplified marketing/advocacy
for GitHub just earlier this week; they all eat from the same palm (Microsoft)
and promote proprietary software
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Gemini_version_available_♊︎
✐ Social_Control_Media_is_Dying,_Long_Live_Gemini⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Protocol at 11:59 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum d55f40dc9c83d01cea913bd063be7a1b
Gemini Amid Collapse of Social Control Media
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/gemini-is-flourishing.webm
Summary: Gemini is a very attractive alternative, and not just to the World
Wide_Web but also to the “farming” of users on the World Wide Web as Gemini
works very differently
THE Geminispace (or Gemini Protocol) is still expanding, as shown in the video
above. I’m increasingly using it as my “daily driver” and it seems like other
people who suffer ‘Social Control Media fatigue’ (tired of that junk!) are
turning to complete alternatives (not ones that emulate Social Control Media
albeit Free/self-hosted/P2P/federated).
“We run two Gemini capsules and use different server software for each; it’s
rock-solid (easy to operate and robust, very stable).”Gemini’s most famous
clients are probably Amfora and Lagrange (the latter is graphical and highly
recommended, the former is likely “for geeks”); the latter’s developer, who is
also heavily involved in Gemini, seems to be back in action. We hope that
people sparing a lot of time by keeping off (away from) Social Control Media
will consider Gemini instead of “more of the same”. Mastodon, Pleroma etc.
don't_stand_for_free_speech; some people find this out the hard way. Some who
try to self-host Mastodon also find the software to be bloated and hard to
maintain (notoriously so), unlike Gemini. We run two Gemini capsules and use
different server software for each; it’s rock-solid (easy to operate and
robust, very stable). Maintenance has thus far been a breeze.
“People ought to pursue Software Freedom, general-purposes computing, and self-
hosting.”Our goal here has long been to ‘herd’ people out of Social Control
Media. My personal use of it has been mostly regretful in recent years; it was
a waste of time at best.
People ought to pursue Software Freedom, general-purposes computing, and self-
hosting. We’ll be spending the next few years explaining and promoting these
(we plan to do videos about Mumble/IRC/Jabber/other self-hosted protocols/
software). For something that resembles the World Wide Web (but done “right”)
use Gemini. GNUnet and other projects are also interesting and we’ll explore
them too, maybe even add support for them over time.
The way people emulate Social Control Media in Gemini has no length limit or
bloat, e.g. this_journal. Some people mirror their “toots” in Gemini, but
that’s retrofitting at best*. Getting started with Gemini is super-easy. Just
download a Gemini client. █
a publishing platform like Gemini, so a comparison would be irrelevant.” Having
said that, some are trying to do “Twitter over Gemini” or “Mastodon over
Gemini”, which kind of misses the point of how Gemini operates. It’s not
refined for “likes” and “comments” (even if these are feasible and already
implemented in Gemini).
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Gemini_version_available_♊︎
✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Wednesday,_November_16,_2022⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:59 am by Needs Sunlight
Also available via the Gemini protocol at:
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-161122.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-161122.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-161122.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-161122.gmi
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✐ Microsoft_Still_Desperate_to_Hijack_the_Linux_Brand_(People_Forgot_WSL_Even
Exists)⠀✐
Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 2:22 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
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Pretending Windows is Actually Linux
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/microsoft-wsl-and-googlebombs.webm
Summary: Microsoft is once again manufacturing fake “WSL” milestones (like
adding another number or a small “g”) to inject Windows “content” into “Linux”
sites and searches
EXACTLY one week ago we took_note_of_the_fact_that_Microsoft_had_been
'googlebombing'_Linux_as_a_brand_and_infiltrating_Linux_as_a_project. The Linux
Foundation is complicit.
“We urge readers to speak to those authors who foolishly help promote WSL,
which is in effect an attack on GNU/Linux.”In the case of WSL (Linux
subsubsystem for Windows) it means two_birds,_one_stone. It ruins the quality
of code (in_Mesa_too), it undermines open standards, and it leads people
astray, thinking that Microsoft Windows is somehow “Linux” or that “Linux” can
also mean Windows. Nothing could be further from the truth!
The video above shows 5 new examples, three of them from the past 24 hours’
news. We call out the culprits and try to correct the record. We urge readers
to speak to those authors who foolishly help promote WSL, which is in effect an
attack on GNU/Linux. Almost nobody uses it anyway, so there’s no_compelling
reason_to_give_it_any_publicity. █
“Mind Control: To control mental output you have to control mental input. Take
control of the channels by which developers receive information, then they can
only think about the things you tell them. Thus, you control mindshare!”
–Microsoft,_internal_document [PDF]
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to_Lie_About_Staff’s_Position_and_Then_Crush_the_Most_Basic_Rights_of_Staff⠀✐
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Health of EPO Staff
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/health-at-epo-org.webm
Summary: The Central Staff Committee at the EPO cautions that an EPO policy
“document constitutes a misrepresentation of the situation at the EPO and
instrumentalises the Working Group on “Health & Safety Services” to introduce
further restrictions on the rights of sick employees” (a highly_relevant_topic
at_the_moment)
THE health of EPO (European Patent Office) workers is a subject that the union
and the representatives of staff constantly speak about. A recent_survey showed
that EPO staff is generally depressed and demoralised. That can’t be good for
health. Under Benoît_Battistelli‘s regime a lot of EPO workers chose to end
their own lives (jumping into tracks, jumping out of windows at work,
apparently self-immolation too).
The way things have gone under António_Campinos (so far it’s worsening), expect
no better.
The Central Staff Committee of the EPO is circulating following message among
members of staff:
⚓ Health matters: Further restrictions on the rights of sick staff⠀⇛
Dear colleagues,
With document CA/85/22, the administration is proposing several
changes to the Service Regulations, to be submitted to the COHSEC,
the GCC and finally the Administrative Council in December 2022. They
will affect sick staff, particularly in relation to:
- The distinction of tasks in the Occupational Health Services
(supporting staff) and in the Medical Advisory Unit (advising the
President in administrative decisions);
- The exchange, use and access of medical information;
- The arbitration procedure for medical opinions;
…
The video above isn’t dealing with the pertinent points, but it shows the_open
letter_preceded_by_some_context [PDF] like arrangement of meetings.
The short story is, Mr. Campinos wants a bunch of people to say they speak for
staff and then orchestrates a meeting to tick some boxes and ultimately claim
that staff has been consulted. A familiar strategy! Then, he and his regime
distort the position of staff (or basic facts/reality) to make life worse for
the staff. It’s a cruel strategy that introduces likely illegal conditions and
tarnishes the image of Europe (the EPO is Europe’s second-largest institution)
while exacerbating the patent examination process. Should Europe’s second-
largest institution by run by psychopathic nihilists? █
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS)
o FSF
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Microsoft_Front_Groups_and_Proponents_of_Entrapment_(Microsoft
GitHub)
o Security
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
# Announcements
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ StarFighter_Linux_Linux_laptop_goes_up_for
pre-order_with_Intel_or_AMD_and_QHD_or_4K_display_options_–
Liliputing⠀⇛
Linux PC maker Star Labs is taking pre-orders for a
new thin, light, and powerful laptop called the
StarFighter. Not only does it ship with your choice
of Linux distributions pre-installed, but it’s also
extraordinarily customizable. You can opt for Intel
or AMD processor options. The webcam is detachable.
You get a choice of display panels. And you can
even design your own custom keyboard layout.
[...]
Those processor and storage specs are pretty wimpy
for a laptop in this price range. But you can pay
extra for up to an Intel Core i9-12900H or AMD
Ryzen 7 6800H processor, up to a 2TB PCIe Gen 4
SSD, and up to 64GB of DDR5-6400 memory.
Star Labs also offers a 2560 x 1600 pixel display
option that has a 165 Hz refresh rate.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Fedora_37_overview_|_Welcome_to_Freedom._–
Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, I am going to show an overview of
Fedora 37 and some of the applications pre-
installed.
# ⚓ Video ☛ 2023_Is_The_Year_Of_Linux_Wayland_Gaming!_–
Invidious⠀⇛
Vsync has been this giant thorn in the side of
Wayland for years, literally more than a decade and
finally that’s coming to a close, we’re getting
very close to seeing togglable Vsync in Linux
Wayland to make gaming finally viable
# ⚓ Video ☛ Tech_Company_Fined_Because_of_Remote_Worker’s
Location_–_Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, I cover an article about an issue
caused by remote workers moving around the country.
# ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ 400_–_Elon_Musk_vs_Trolls_–_mintCast⠀⇛
First up in the news: New Mint Stuff, Nitrux gets
6.0, Linux Steams forward, exFAT repair is now
possible, LXQt gets Wayland, a pioneer passes,
Mastodon blossoms, Nouveau and Nvidia updates,
Clonezilla gets a new kernel, and Fedora refreshes
Live Creation;
# ⚓ FLOSS_Weekly_707:_Ardour_and_Linux_Pro_Audio_–_Robin_Gareus
and_Ardour,_the_Open_Source_DAW⠀⇛
Robin Gareus joins Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
to discuss Ardour Digital Audio Workstation and how
open source audio editing is changing across fields
ranging from movie-making to podcasting. It’s a
great look at this open source program on FLOSS
Weekly.
# ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_FlightGear_on_Linux_Mint_21_–
Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, we are looking at how to install
FlightGear on Linux Mint 21.
# ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ The_Linux_Link_Tech_Show_Episode_980⠀⇛
OLF 2022 coming soon, too convenient for joel.
# ⚓ Video ☛ Trying_my_best_to_explain_why_note_application_are
better_than_file_systems,_badly._–_Invidious⠀⇛
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Two_performance-oriented_patches:_epoll_and_NUMA
balancing_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
The search for better performance from the kernel
never ends. Recently there has been a stream of
smaller patches that promise incremental
performance gains, at least for some types of
applications. Read on for an overview of two of
those patches, which make changes to the epoll
system calls and to NUMA balancing. This work shows
where developers are looking for performance
improvements — and that not everybody measures
performance the same way.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Better_CPU_selection_for_timer_expiration_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
On the surface, the kernel’s internal timer
mechanism would not appear to have changed much in
a long time; the core API looks quite similar to
the one present in the 1.0 release. Underneath the
API, naturally, quite a bit of complexity has been
added over the years. The implementation of this
API looks to become even more complex — but faster
— if and when this patch set from Anna-Maria
Behnsen finds its way into the mainline.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ A_report_from_the_2022_Image-Based_Linux_Summit_
[LWN.net]⠀⇛
The first Image-Based Linux Summit was held in
Berlin on October 5 and 6, 2022. The main goal of
this summit was to agree on common concepts and
tooling for how to build, deploy, and run modern,
secure, image-based Linux distributions — a project
that the organizers, Christian Brauner, Luca
Boccassi, and Lennart Poettering, have been working
on for some time. The result was a more refined
vision of how Linux systems can be built and
deployed securely.
One of the motivations for the summit was the
simple fact that much of the wider ecosystem has
been thinking about the same set of problems. For
example, our employer, Microsoft, has made use of a
lot of the concepts covered by the summit in the
recently announced ARM64-based Azure offload SoC,
which is running a custom, security-hardened Linux
distribution. While we were thinking, tinkering,
and writing about new ways to improve the current
state of the art, it became obvious to us that many
vendors are working, more or less, in the same
space, doing similar work with varying degrees of
overlap. However, little to no collaboration was
happening. The summit was meant to identify and
agree on common concepts and come up with a set of
initial specifications. Some of them already have
reference implementations.
So we invited technical representatives from the
engineering groups of various vendors and
distributions that have been known to work on
related topics. The summit was intentionally kept
small, as it was meant to be a series of
conversations and brainstorming sessions, with no
fixed agenda or presentations — a BoF-style event.
The 30 participants met in the Microsoft office in
Berlin and discussed a range of topics from a list
that the authors and participants had put together
in advance. The topics covered were focused around
the idea of shipping Linux via images and with
enhanced security features.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Use_’Upscaler’_to_Enhance_Low-Res_Images_with
AI_on_Linux_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛
Looking for a free, open source app that leverages
the power of artificial intelligence to upscale
image quality on your grainy 0.3MP netbook selfies
and 128px anime avatars?
Chances are you aren’t, but I’m here to tell you
about one anyway!
See, I very occasionally use the ML Super
Resolution feature in the Pixelmator Photo app on
my iPad. While it works okay, the end result is
never as pin-sharp perfect as per the marketing
(much less the sci-fi movie ‘auto-enhance’ effect
we all dream of).
Well, a new app recently added to Flathub can help.
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ Kodi_20_’Nexus’_hits_a_huge_stability_milestone
and_is_available_to_download_now⠀⇛
Kodi 20 — codename ‘Nexus’ — is the next version of
the popular home theater software. There have been
a number of Alpha releases to date, but for obvious
reasons those aren’t ideal for use on a daily
basis.
Now, though, Kodi 20 today hits a huge stability
milestone, making it a more viable option for
users.
Kodi ‘Nexus’ Beta 1 is the first beta release, and
the most stable to date. The Kodi Foundation says
of it: “This is the first Beta release of Nexus,
and we are quite confident in its stability,
however always backup your configs before testing,
and please let us know of any regressions or issues
you find.”
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyShare_needs_some_TLC⠀⇛
Goes to show, if something works, you cannot just
assume that it will keep working. I last worked on
EasyShare a couple of years ago …no, sooner, as I
implemented Android screen sharing, but didn’t
check the rest of EasyShare.
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Perl_module_libnet-ident-perl_added_to_OE⠀⇛
Continuing to fix EasyShare. It calls /usr/sbin/
ident-user-enum.pl; however, I found that it is
missing the Net::Ident module.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ The Anarcat ☛ A_ZFS_migration_–_anarcat⠀⇛
In my tubman setup, I started using ZFS on an old
server I had lying around. The machine is really
old though (2011!) and it “feels” pretty slow. I
want to see how much of that is ZFS and how much is
the machine. Synthetic benchmarks show that ZFS may
be slower than mdadm in RAID-10 or RAID-
6 configuration, so I want to confirm that on a
live workload: my workstation. Plus, I want easy,
regular, high performance backups (with send/
receive snapshots) and there’s no way I’m going to
use BTRFS because I find it too confusing and
unreliable.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_TensorFlow_on_Rocky_Linux_9_–
idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
TensorFlow on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who
didn’t know, TensorFlow is Google’s open-source
platform for machine learning designed to simplify
the process of implementing machine-learning
models. It has a comprehensive, flexible ecosystem
of tools, libraries, and community resources that
lets researchers push the state-of-the-art in ML,
and developers easily build and deploy ML-powered
applications.TensorFlow is used by a number of
organizations including Twitter, PayPal, Intel,
Lenovo, and Airbus.
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 the step-by-step
installation of TensorFlow machine learning on
Rocky Linux. 9.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Pinta_on_Fedora_37_–_idroot [Ed:
Microsoft Mono infestation; better use something else]⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Pinta on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t
know, Pinta is a free, open-source program for
drawing and image editing. It is more
straightforward and has less functionality than the
open-source image editor GIMP. Pinta supports
cross-platform and works on Windows, macOS, BSD,
and Linux.
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 the step-by-step
installation of the Pinta image editor on a Fedora
37.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_HandBrake_on_Fedora_37/36/
35⠀⇛
HandBrake is an open-source tool for converting
video from nearly any format to a selection of
modern, widely supported codecs and can be
installed and work quite well on Fedora Linux.
HandBrake can open files in almost any format,
convert them to MP4 or MKV files, and be used to
create H.264 or H.265/HEVC video files.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install the HandBrake on Fedora 37/36/35 Linux
using the command line terminal with two
installation methods, RPM Fusion or the natively
installed Flatpak packager using the Flathub as the
source for the second installation option for users
that prefer using Flatpaks.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Opera_Browser_on_Ubuntu
22.10_|_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Opera is a free, cross-platform web browser
developed by Opera Software based on the Chromium
open-source project, which is becoming a more
popular option for users seeking an alternative to
the default installed browser that is bundled with
Ubuntu. Opera is a fast, secure web browser with a
sleek design with some of the highlight features,
including tabbed browsing, popup blocking,
integrated search, and support for extensions and
themes.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install Opera Browser on Ubuntu 22.10, 22.04, and
20.04 using cli commands with the command line
terminal by importing the Opera APT repository and
installing one or all of the stable, beta, or
development (nightly) versions on your desktop.
# ⚓ How_to_Change_File_Ownership_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
From its core, Linux is built to have multiple
users. Be it a root user and a normal user or a
bunch of human users.
# ⚓ How_to_Turn_off_UFW_Firewall_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Firewalls are double edged swards. They protect
your server from unwanted traffic (attacks) but a
misconfigured firewall can also cause trouble
running your usual web services.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_Unity_Desktop_Environment_on_Arch
Linux⠀⇛
This article will show you how to install the
latest stable 7.6 version of the Unity desktop
environment on your Arch Linux system.
Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
environment designed and maintained by Canonical
for Ubuntu. It was beautiful and innovative, but
unfortunately, Canonical discontinued its support
in 2017.
However, six years later, Rudra Saraswat, a Linux
Foundation Certified Developer, has resumed its
development and support in the Ubuntu Unity flavor,
which is now an official member of the Ubuntu
family.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Create_Your_Own_Fonts_With_Glyphtracer
on_Linux⠀⇛
If you don’t fancy the preinstalled fonts on your
Linux desktop, don’t worry. You can easily create
your own custom fonts using Glyphtracer.
Typography is an art that helps a writer express
their individuality, as well as makes windows,
terminals, and even text files look beautiful. Font
designers typically have years of training and an
arts background before the fruits of their labor
make it onto your screen.
With Glyphtracer, it’s easy to create your own font
on Linux, and see how well your skills stand up
against those of professionals.
# ⚓ Zip_a_Folder_in_Ubuntu_Command_Line⠀⇛
When you try to zip a folder in Ubuntu, you’ll
notice that it creates an empty zip file.
# ⚓ Extract_Zip_File_to_a_Folder_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
By default when you unzip a zip file in Ubuntu
command line, it extracts everything in the current
directory.
This is not pretty. Imagine a zip file with 30
files. All of them will flood your current
directory.
This is why, it is a wise idea to extract the zip
files to dedicated folder.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ GNU_Linux_(Debian/Ubuntu)_retro_gaming_–_Super
Nintendo_–_Sega_Mega_Drive_(Genesis)_–_MSDOS_via_RetroArch⠀⇛
# ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_Engine_–_Dev_snapshot:_Godot_4.0_beta
5⠀⇛
We released Godot 4.0 beta 1 in September, and that
was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our
next major release – be sure to check out that blog
post if you haven’t yet, for an overview of some of
the main highlight of Godot 4.0.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# ⚓ The Anarcat ☛ Wayland:_i3_to_Sway_migration_–_anarcat⠀⇛
I started migrating my graphical workstations to
Wayland, specifically migrating from i3 to Sway.
This is mostly to address serious graphics bugs in
the latest Framwork laptop, but also something I
felt was inevitable.
The current status is that I’ve been able to
convert my i3 configuration to Sway, and adapt my
systemd startup sequence to the new environment.
Screen sharing only works with Pipewire, so I also
did that migration, which basically requires an
upgrade to Debian bookworm to get a nice enough
Pipewire release. My biggest irritant right now is
that the tray icons (e.g. Network Manager) are not
clickable (!?).
I’m testing Wayland on my laptop, but I’m not using
it as a daily driver because I first need to
upgrade to Debian bookworm there.
The rest of this page documents why I made the
switch, how it happened, and what’s left to do.
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ LinuxStans ☛ Best_Linux_Distros_for_KDE_Plasma_–
Linux_Stans⠀⇛
KDE has been available as a FOSS for 26
years, it is still one of the most powerful
and flexible desktop environments that are
designed specifically for Linux systems.
Initially, KDE meant “Kool Desktop
Environment” but it was later changed to “K
Desktop Environment”. KDE is 100% free to use
and anyone can contribute to their open-
source code.
Along with providing users with a free
desktop environment, KDE is also committed to
ensuring that the privacy of its users is
protected at all times. KDE is used by
millions of Linux users and is supported by
an active community that contributes open-
source code.
You can install KDE Plasma (the KDE desktop
environment) on any distro, but some distros
come with KDE pre-installed. There are dozens
of Linux distributions that use KDE Plasma.
But the question is which one is best for
you, what are the pros and cons? As such, I
will present you with the best KDE Plasma
Linx distros in this article and help you
decide which one to use. This is a compiled
list of the best Linux distros for KDE,
however, not all Linux distros are made
equal. All of the distros in this article
always use the latest version (KDE Plasma 5
as of writing).
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ [altlinux-announce-en]_Distribution_Release:_ALT
KWorkstation_10.1⠀⇛
Good day!
We are glad to present to you an update of the
distribution ALT
KWorkstation 10.1.
The assembly is prepared for the x86_64
architecture. The operating
system is included in the Unified Register of
Russian Programs and
Databases. The distribution appeals to a wide
circle of users to work in
the office and at home. This solution can be part
of the Active
Directory infrastructure, available: domain
authentication, access to
file resources and print resources.
Download the release image:
https://download.basealt.ru/pub/distributions/
ALTLinux/p10/images/kworkstation/
New features 10.1
* Support for installing the system by the Ventoy
added.
* Webkiosk mode added: it is possible to install
the system for limited
use where only a web browser is available to the
user.
* LiveCD added to the install image for opportunity
to check the
operability of the bootloader before installation.
* The distribution includes the systemd-oomd free
memory monitoring
service. It is a component that improves system
behavior related to lack
of memory. At the same time, for the convenience of
tracking oomd
actions a user notification is implemented when
applications are aborted
by the oomd service.
* BTRFS subvolume support during installation. It
is a modern copy on
write (CoW) filesystem for Linux aimed at
implementing advanced features
while also focusing on fault tolerance and easy
administration. The
security benefit of using BTRFS is the creation of
a restore point
before updating the system.
* Automatic disk partitioning profile for Timeshift
added. This program
is designed to create snapshots of system files and
settings. In the
event of a system failure system files are
restored, and user data
remains up to date, if it was not damaged.
* Discover App Center can launch System Restore
when upgrade failure is
detected.
New Application Versions
Desktop environment KDE (Plasma 5.24, Gear 22.04,
Frameworks 5.97) and
Mesa 22.0 updated.
The major release of ALT KWorkstation 10.1 was in
May this year.
Read more on the wiki (in russian):
https://www.altlinux.org/Альт_Рабочая_Станция_К_10
Users of ALT distributions on Platform 10 (p10)
fail to discover
compatibility problem with 10.1. For new corporate
users it is possible
to obtain test versions and traditionally private
users are offered to
download the required version of the ALT OS for
free from the BaseALT
Ltd. website or from the download site.
You can also view and download distributions of
other products:
http://getalt.ru
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Madeline_Peck:_11/16/22_Status_Update_[on_Fedora_Design/
Artwork]⠀⇛
Created a call for art visuals and got in contact
with the Marketing team to share on either Twitter
or Instagram – originally I had the wrong mascot in
the design but Beefy Miracle makes a great edition
and hopefully is just as excited as others to get
involved in Fedora 38 wallpaper.
My next step is to play around with Blender and see
what I can do with the old ideas I had for a rough
wallpaper.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.1_is_now
available⠀⇛
The next generation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is
here
As organizations spread their IT infrastructure
from the datacenter to the cloud and the network
edge, they increasingly need more scalable hybrid
cloud solutions paired with enhanced operational
stability. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),
they can drive consistency, flexibility and
reliability as they innovate.
RHEL 9 became generally available in May 2022, and
the new 9.1 update brings customers a number of new
features and capabilities, including enhancements
to SQL, Red Hat Smart Management with Red Hat
Satellite, Red Hat Insights and Workstations.
# ⚓ Rocky_Enterprise_Software_Foundation_(RESF)_Approves_New
Bylaws_and_Charter_Designed_to_Ensure_Open_Community_Control
of_Rocky_Linux_and_Future_RESF_Projects_|_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF)
today published its charter and bylaws, documenting
the organization’s governing structure and rules
for hosting open source projects, including its
namesake project, Rocky Linux. The charter and
bylaws also describe the RESF vision to create and
nurture a community of individuals and
organizations that are committed to ensuring the
longevity, stewardship and innovation of
enterprise-grade open source software that is
always freely available.
# ⚓ Rocky_Linux_8.7_Available_Now_|_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce the general availability
of Rocky Linux 8.7. This release is currently
available for the x86-64 and AArch64 architectures.
Please review the release notes in the Rocky Linux
Documentation – These notes contain important
information including known bugs and more
comprehensive details about changes in this
version.
Highlights
Testing
Rocky Linux releases are put through thorough
testing to ensure correctness and stability.
Testing consists of hundreds of manual and
automated checks covering all manner of
environments and configurations.
# ⚓ AlmaLinux Official ☛ AlmaLinux_9.1_–_Now_Available_–
AlmaLinux_OS_Blog⠀⇛
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is
proud to announce general availability of AlmaLinux
OS 9.1 codenomaded “Lime Lynx”.
# ⚓ AlmaLinux_9.1_Release_Notes⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phoronix ☛ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.1_Released,_AlmaLinux
9.1_Out_Too_–_Phoronix⠀⇛
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 was officially
released today as the latest update to this leading
enterprise Linux distribution. This afternoon also
marked the release already of RHEL-derived
AlmaLinux 9.1.
# ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ F37_election_nominations_now_open_–_Fedora
Community_Blog⠀⇛
Candidates may self-nominate. If you nominate
someone else, please check with them to ensure that
they are willing to be nominated before submitting
their name.
The steering bodies are currently selecting
interview questions for the candidates.
Nominees submit their questionnaire answers via a
private Pagure issue. The Election Wrangler or
their backup will publish the interviews to the
Community Blog before the start of the voting
period.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 21_Best_Things_To_Do_After_Installing_Fedora
Linux_37⠀⇛
Hello, Linux enthusiasts. Today, I’ll be discussing
some of the basic post-installation processes for
Fedora Linux distributions. Note that these may
vary depending on your chosen usage for the Fedora
system. However, there are always a few key steps
that most users should follow after a fresh
installation, such as updating their repositories,
enabling power-saving mode to improve battery life,
and installing essential software applications.
# ⚓ HPC Wire ☛ Red_Hat_Introduces_Latest_Versions_of_Red_Hat
Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open
source solutions, today introduced Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 9.1, the latest version of the
world’s leading enterprise Linux platform. Along
with the recently announced Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.7, these minor versions add and refine
capabilities for a wide range of enterprise IT
needs, from helping to streamline complex
infrastructure environments to improving the
security stance of containerized applications.
# ⚓ Red_Hat_EX374_exam⠀⇛
Yesterday I did the Red Hat EX374 exam, which
allows becoming Red Hat Certified Specialist in
Developing Automation with Ansible Automation
Platform.
This exam is my sixth Ansible exam/certification,
so the question is always, how is this similar or
different from the others? This exam is one of the
furthest ones from the others since it focuses on
Ansible Automation Platform 2 instead of Ansible
Core or Ansible Tower. This change was welcomed
since AAP has many more moving parts and features
compared to previous products.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Representing_KDE_@_Ubuntu_Summit_in_Prague_–_Scarlett
Gately_Moore⠀⇛
First, I would like to send a big Thank you! to
Canonical for sponsoring my trip to Prague for the
Ubuntu Summit! It was a great success. I saw some
great talks and valuable workshops. I now know how
to snap our applications the have daemons and
services thanks to the Snapping Daemons and
Services workshop. Prague itself is an amazing
city. Wow. Just wow. I got to see old friends and
meet many new ones. I will take away some wonderful
memories. Did I mention a river cruise? Yes! It was
great fun.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Arduino_Opta_is_a_micro_PLC_for_industrial
IoT_applications_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛
Arduino has recently announced the Opta micro PLC
with industrial IoT capabilities adding yet another
solution to the Arduino Pro family.
Arduino used to focus on the hobbyist crowd, but
with the launch of the Arduino Pro family in 2020
starting with the Portenta H7 board, the company
switched its main focus to the more profitable
enterprise market. Since then they’ve launched
several other boards designed in-house, and last
year started collaborating with the introduction of
the Arduino WisGate Edge LoRaWAN gateways based on
RAKwireless hardware. The Arduino Opta is another
one of those collaborations as it was designed
together with Finder, who calls their devices PLR
(Programmable Logic Relays).
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Digitize_your_old_slides_with_a_modern_DSLR
camera_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛
Until the proliferation of digital photography,
film slides were a common way to share photos.
After a nice vacation in the ‘70s, you might take
your film rolls for development and would have the
option to receive a set of slides. You could then
gather all of your friends in your living room, pop
those slides into a projector carousel, and force
everyone to look at unfocused pictures of palm
trees projected onto the wall. If you still have a
collection of slides (or inherited your parents’
collection), this video from Scott Lawrence
demonstrates one method for converting them to
digital photos.
This approach might seem rudimentary, but it is
quite effective. If you look at it from a high
level, it is essentially just snapping photos of
the slides with a modern DSLR camera. But those
cameras are capable of capturing very high-quality
pictures and this process is easy to automate. The
key to that automation is the use of a vintage
slide carousel. They are affordable and easy to
control with a microcontroller, which makes them
perfect for this application.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ I’m_astounded_that_my_two-year-old_Galaxy_phone
already_runs_Android_13_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Lenovo_Tab_Extreme_will_ship_with_Android_13
and_a_Dimensity_9000_processor_(leaks)_–_Liliputing⠀⇛
# ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ SMART_Technologies_Rolls_Out_Its_First-to-
Market_Android_11_Update⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Twitter_rebranding_Super_Follows,_adds_Android
themed_icon⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_owners_warned_over_dangerous
‘Samsung’_app_–_delete_it_now_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers
2022-11-16_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_beta_program_opens_up_to_more
users⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ PUBG_Mobile_latest_2.3_update_download_link
for_all_Android_devices�(2022)⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Secret_codes_for_Android_phones_revealed_–_typing
them_unlocks_hidden_tricks_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ New_Android_Games:_Best_New_Android_Games_This_Week⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ Seizing_knowledge_at_Capitole_du_Libre⠀⇛
Clear your schedules, this weekend’s Capitole du
Libre is calling your name for all things open
source! Gathering in the “Pink City” of Toulouse,
participants are welcome to attend with free
admission from November 19 to 20 at the INP-
ENSEEIHT.
As sponsors, we are proud to support an event that
truly desires to engage all levels of open source
knowledge; there are even workshops for children to
dabble in! There will be workshops, talks, food
trucks, and a LAN Party for open source video game
fans. The activities offered will be in French,
including all of the talks.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ SQLite_Release_3.40.0_On_2022-11-16⠀⇛
Add support for compiling SQLite to WASM and
running it in web browsers. NB: The WASM build and
its interfaces are considered “beta” and are
subject to minor changes if the need arises. We
anticipate finalizing the interface for the next
release.
# ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ How_to_Install_PostgreSQL_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛
PostgreSQL is an object-relational database
management system written in C and C++, also known
as Postgres. It can store structured and
unstructured data in a single product.
This tutorial will guide you through the simple
steps of installing PostgreSQL on AlmaLinux 9 OS.
# ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ 10_Useful_mysqladmin_Commands_for_Database
Administration_–_RoseHosting⠀⇛
In this blog post, we will show you ten useful
mysqladmin commands for database administration
o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
# ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ What_is_Drupal?_–_RoseHosting⠀⇛
Looking back, Drupal was initially launched only as
a small message board software for students.
Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, and his
friends gathered together back in 2001 and decided
to start with small steps, but they ended up
creating something much more significant: A content
management system that powers influential sites
such as Tesla, The White House, the Government of
France, Warner Music, and Nokia!
o § FSF⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Sourceware_support_proposal_divides_open
source_community_•_The_Register⠀⇛
The free and open source software (FOSS) community
is caught in a love triangle of sorts, and it’s all
down to money.
Sourceware, a volunteer group that has been
supporting various critical FOSS developer tools
for more than two decades, is being courted by The
Linux Foundation’s Open Source Security Foundation
(OpenSSF). The OpenSSF aims to improve open source
software security by providing Sourceware projects
with more modern IT infrastructure.
But some members of the Sourceware community fear
that accepting the help of the OpenSSF would give
the corporate Linux world more leverage over FOSS
developer tools. They would prefer to seek support
from the Software Freedom Conservancy, a charitable
non-profit that they believe is better aligned with
software freedom.
The Linux Foundation, also a non-profit entity, is
sponsored by, among others, Microsoft, Google, and
Verizon; the conservancy is supported by Google,
Mozilla, and others.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Moving_past_TCP_in_the_data_center,_part 2_
[LWN.net]⠀⇛
At the end of our earlier article on John
Ousterhout’s talk at Netdev 0×16, he had concluded
that TCP was unsuitable for data-center
environments for a variety of reasons. He also
argued that there was no way to repair TCP so that
it could serve the needs of data-center networking.
In order for software to be able to use the full
potential of today’s networking hardware, TCP needs
to be replaced with a protocol that is different in
almost every way, he said. The second half of the
talk covered the Homa transport protocol that he
and others at Stanford have been working on as a
possible replacement for TCP in the data center.
The Homa project set out to design a protocol from
scratch that would be ideal for the needs of data-
center networking today. It turned out to be
different from TCP in each of the five aspects that
he had covered in the first half of the talk; the
choices made by Homa for those work well together
to “produce a really really high-performance data-
center protocol”. But, he stressed, Homa is not
suitable for wide-area networks (WANs); it is only
for data centers.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ Live_streaming_the_release_of_Perl_5.37.6_|
Max_Maischein_[blogs.perl.org]⠀⇛
Just like last year, I’m doing a dev release
of Perl, this time version 5.37.6.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in
Rust_469⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Cerebras_Wants_Its_Piece_Of_An
Increasingly_Heterogenous_HPC_World⠀⇛
Changing the compute paradigm in the datacenter, or
even extending it or augmenting it in some fashion,
is no easy task. A company, even one that has
raised $720 million in seven rounds of funding in
the past six years, has to be careful to not try to
do too much too fast and lose focus while at the
same time adapting to the conditions in the field
to get its machines doing real work and proving
their worth on tough tasks.
This is where machine learning upstart and wafer-
scale computing pioneer Cerebras Systems finds
itself today, and it does not have the benefit of
ubiquity that the Intel X86 architecture or the
relative ubiquity that the Nvidia GPU architecture
have had as they challenged the incumbents in
datacenter compute in the 1990s and the 2010s,
respectively.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Walmart_COVID_Leave_Policy_doesn’t
pay_employees_if_they_get_COVID._|_BaronHK’s_Rants⠀⇛
Walmart COVID Leave Policy doesn’t pay employees if
they get COVID.
I noticed that they stopped doing it in March,
stating that the leave of absence policy had cost
them $400 million in paid time off, so if it
happens to you now, you’re just entirely on your
own.
My spouse works at Walmart, so it looks like he
just won’t get paid until he’s well enough to
return to work. Lucky for us, we have some money in
the bank and even if that wasn’t enough, I could
keep things moving along until we get our tax check
and cash out some savings bonds. This is very
unusual for a household that has one person working
at Walmart though. And so I can shrug and say “At
least our income taxes won’t be so bad next year.”.
The CDC and the doctor (who prescribed Paxlovid)
said take 5 days off and go back on Sunday.
The CDC bases the “5 days” advice on the 5 days
where you’re “the most contagious”.
However, most Walmart workers can’t afford to take
an unpaid week off work, so the two that came in
and knew they had it were probably just trying to
make money and hope that none of their coworkers,
who now have it, would notice.
o § Microsoft Front Groups and Proponents of Entrapment (Microsoft
GitHub)⠀➾
# ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ How_OSI_got_to_Mastodon [Ed: When Microsoft
front group OSI (and Microsoft shill Stefano Maffull) does
not promote proprietary GitHub and GPL violations it is
posing as “open”; it also deplatforms_critics_in_Twitter. OSI
speaks for Open Source like Microsoft speaks for Open Source.
OSI_speaks_for_Microsoft.]⠀⇛
We have a new official social media channel for the
Open Source Initiative: OSI is on Mastodon.
# ⚓ Outreachy_employee_Omotola_wins_award⠀⇛
We could not be more proud of Omotola Omotayo,
Outreachy’s Community Manager, for winning the She
Code Africa Amazon 2022 award at the She Code
Africa Summit in Nigeria this past weekend! The
award was given to her for her excellent work in
“growth, leadership and contribution within the
African Tech ecosystem.” During the presentation of
the award, Omotola’s critical role in growing the
SCA community was acknowledged and applauded.
# ⚓ FOSSLife ☛ The_State_of_Open_Source_Is_Strong,_Says_GitHub
Report [Ed: FOSSlife Team helps promote the lie that
Microsoft is the king and spokesperson of what it is
attacking. GitHub is proprietary software, it's an affornt to
Open Source, it doesn't speak for it. FOSSlife Team basically
celebrates Microsoft market share and proprietary market
capture, i.e. the very opposite of FOSS. The numbers from
Microsoft are highly misleading; for example, people who quit
or deleted their GitHub accounts are still being counted.
Mixed messaging from the "open source" crowd: we like open,
so we celebrate Microsoft, proprietary software, ICE, and GPL
violations.]⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ CISA ☛ Mozilla_Releases_Security_Updates for_Multiple
Products_|_CISA⠀⇛
Mozilla has released security updates to address
vulnerabilities in Thunderbird, Firefox ESR, and
Firefox. An attacker could exploit these
vulnerabilities to cause user confusion or conduct
spoofing attacks.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Critical_Escalation_Vulnerability_Found_in
the_Linux_Kernel⠀⇛
A new local privilege escalation vulnerability has
been discovered in the Linux kernel and users are
encouraged to upgrade/patch immediately.
RedHat added a new CVE code, listed as 2022-3977,
which is described as a use-after-free flaw. A use-
after flaw can occur when a program attempts to use
memory that has been released.
CVE 2022-3977 resides in the Linux kernel MCTP
(Management Component Transport Protocol). How this
vulnerability works is after a user simultaneously
calls DROPTAG ioctl at the same time a socket close
occurs. When this happens, the vulnerability can
then be used to elevate privileges all the way up
to root.
# ⚓ USCERT ☛ Samba_Releases_Security_Updates⠀⇛
The Samba Team has released security updates to
address vulnerabilities in multiple versions of
Samba. An attacker could exploit some of these
vulnerabilities to take control of an affected
system.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Medibank_bosses_keep_bonuses_despite
devastating_network_attack⠀⇛
Ransomware generally attacks only systems running
Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
[...]
The Medibank attack is one of about 10 that have
been reported recently and was announced on 14
October. When it first announced its systems had
been breached, Medibank said there was no
indication of any sensitive data having leaked.
Later, it said the data stolen was limited to ahm
and international students. Even later, it said
data of all its 3.9 million customers could have
been taken.
# ⚓ USCERT ☛ Cisco_Releases_Security_Updates_for_Identity
Services_Engine⠀⇛
Cisco has released security updates for
vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Services
Engine (ISE). A remote attacker could exploit some
of these vulnerabilities to bypass authorization
and access system files. For updates addressing
vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories
page.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Using_certificates_for_SSH_authentication_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
SSH is a well-known mechanism for accessing remote
computers in a secure way; thanks to its use of
cryptography, nobody can alter or eavesdrop on the
communication. Unfortunately, SSH is somewhat
cumbersome when connecting to a host for the first
time; it’s also tricky for a server administrator
to provide time-limited access to the server. SSH
certificates can solve these problems.
# ⚓ Why_Decentralised_ID_Won’t_Work_—_Firstyear’s_blog-a-log⠀⇛
Thanks to a number of high profile and damaging
security incidents in Australia people have once
again been discussing Decentralised ID (DID). As
someone who has spent most of the career working on
identity management, I’m here to tell you why it
will not work.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Stop_normalizing_Musk_(and_why_‘work_harder’_isn’t_going_to
do_it_for_Twitter):_Dissociated_Press⠀⇛
One of the most disheartening things about the Musk
takeover of Twitter is how his malignant narcissism
is being treated as normal. Even sadder,
celebrated, by a small but vocal contingent of
people who are still inexplicably fans of a person
who’d happily have them thrown into a wood chipper
if it meant an extra profit – or just for fun.
In a better world, Twitter’s employees would’ve
locked arms and simply refused to take his orders.
If Musk wanted someone fired, let him figure out
how to get access to the systems to do so. Let him
take personal responsibility for the consequences.
See how long he can keep the site up solo.
Advertisers shouldn’t be pulling out here and
there, they should’ve canceled all spend with
Twitter until Musk goes away or at least gets out
of Godzilla on cocaine mode. It’s disappointing to
see any company still willing to help prop Twitter
up. [1]
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Tedium ☛ Copy-Protection_Schemes:_Weird_Formats,_Wacky
Encryption_Tactics⠀⇛
Sometime in the early part of 1992, a film crew
shot a commercial at Washington, D.C.’s, Cardozo
High School at the behest of the software industry.
With the help and funding of the Software
Publishers Association, and filmed with the
assistance of an actor and rapper named M.E. Hart,
the ensuing film made a small ripple at the time of
its release as the center of an anti-piracy
campaign, but decades later, became a popular
internet meme when the resulting video, a clip
entitled “Don’t Copy That Floppy,” understandably
went viral. (I mean, what else was it going to do,
not be copied?) Nearly two decades later, the
association, now called the Software and
Information Industry Association (SIIA), shot a
direct sequel with Hart again rapping his way
through it. I think these videos highlight
something that often gets taken for granted: copy
protection, despite end users’ hatred of it, is
worthy of nostalgia. And with that in mind, today’s
Tedium pulls out ten copy protection schemes that
didn’t make it—or maybe they did, but are so non-
noticeable as to be invisible. Maybe you got around
them in your day.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Hike:_Brienzer_Rothorn⠀⇛
I intended to do this last Sunday, but ended up
only sleeping three hours and figured it wasn’t
worth trying on so little sleep, so I did it
yesteray instead.
It really was unfortunate, since on Sunday the
grass was green on the south side and the sun was
out, but by yesterday, a bunch of snow had been
dumped on the mountain.
# ⚓ Artemis_I⠀⇛
I loved space as a kid. I grew up during the space
shuttle program, which looking back on it I don’t
think I appreciated how cool it was.
Over time I sort of became less and less
interested, maybe partly due to not a lot of
exciting space things breaking into the mainstream.
That’s started to change in recent years with
things like the Mars Perseverance rover and James
Webb Space Telescope. But both of those, in my
opinion, pale in comparison to the prospect of
putting people back on the moon which is what the
Artemis missions are planning to achieve.
Getting to watch the launch of Artemis I last night
was pretty special and oddly nostalgic. It brought
back some of that fascination of space and
engineering I felt as a kid.
# ⚓ The_Magic_Word⠀⇛
“Unkle Mike, Unkle Mike!” My nephew proudly told
me, “Unkle Mike, I know the Magic Word! It’s
Please”.
I said: “Actually, it is not — that’s just what
grownups want you to think. The real magic words is
‘NOW!’, and to make it do its magic you have to
point your index finger down.” I demonstrated.
He didn’t look convinced, so I continued. “When
your mom really wants you to make the bed, does she
say ‘please make the bed’ or does she say ‘I want
this bed made up, NOW!’”. I could see he was on the
fence, so I went on. “When my boss needs something,
do you think he says ‘Mike, please bring me the
Johnson file’? No, he says “I need that file, NOW!”
# ⚓ Grief⠀⇛
As an aside, they wonder why the tourist industry
collapsed here, but for the cost of a one-way
flight to the island from the UK, I could’ve got a
return flight to the other end of Europe.
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Gemini_Fix⠀⇛
I haven’t been able to update the gemini
version of this blog for the past few months
because of some bug causing new posts to not
be added to the `index.gmi` file.
# ⚓ Mastodo_or_Mastodon’t⠀⇛
With all the recent drama around Twitter and
with Facebook circling closer and closer to
the drain, my head has been swirling with
thoughts about social networking and its
effects on my life. It feels like the era of
the original giants is coming to an end. The
network effect will surely keep Twitter and
Facebook around for years to come in one form
or another, but in November 2022, the old
monolithic platforms are fracturing.
My relationship with social media reflects my
behavior in the real world. I’m definitely an
introvert, and do not often share personal
details or thoughts unprompted. It comes down
to the nature of opinions: everyone has their
personal view of the world, and sharing it
with others seems a little pointless. I
suppose people can bond over having similar
views and interests, as a form of
entertainment and camaraderie. Personally, I
seek very little social interaction in the
real world; the everyday family life is quite
enough.
# § Announcements⠀➾
# ⚓ Announcing_the_Collaborative_Directory_of
Geminispace⠀⇛
It can be tricky to find the good stuff in
Geminispace. For glog posts we’re well served
by Antenna et al, but Gemini isn’t just about
feeds. There are many capsules with
interesting static content not dribbled out
in regular updates, as well as a variety of
interactive services, mirrors, databases, and
so forth. Search engines help, but you have
to know what you’re looking for. The
medusae.space hand-written directory of
capsules is nice but incomplete, and
catalogues capsules rather than individual
resources.
[...]
I have seeded it with my own link collection.
Please add your own. As with Antenna, you
should feel free to “self-advertise” by
adding links to resources on your own
capsule. If the “correct” category for a link
is currently missing, just put the link in
the most suitable currently existing place —
I will create new categories and move the
links around as appropriate.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Ultima_Ratio_Coquorum⠀⇛
The Perl Food::Ratio module calculates ratios
of ingredients and groups of ingredients, and
allows the measurement to be recalculated
based on a given weight for a given
ingredient. This is probably maxiumum
overkill for making cornmeal muffins, but
there is a kitchen scale and a computer, so…
# ⚓ Converting_text_files_with_french_character_encoding
to_utf8⠀⇛
I have some text files from MSDOS written in
the 90s before UTF-8 was common and I don’t
remember which character encoding was used.
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World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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Ubuntu⠀✐
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
# Python
* Leftovers
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy
# Wildlife/Nature
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux_in_Aerospace:_A_Personal_Journey_–_Linux.com⠀⇛
From the early days of Linux, I was a fan of this
innovative, open-source Operating System (OS). I
appreciated it as a hobbyist, helping me run Linux at
home. I appreciated it as an educator, helping my
computer engineering students walk with Linux through OS
concepts. However, as a professional working in the
safety-critical domain of aerospace, I wondered: could
Linux fly?
[...]
My journey with Linux had its roots in the 1980s before
Linus Torvalds introduced his new OS to the world in
1991. During my undergraduate degree in the 1980s, my
engineering program had some labs equipped with the
relatively recent IBM Personal Computer (PC). The
machines were amazing, but my ability to command their
power was somewhat limited by the OS, which was the
Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS). When I reached
my third year, I gained access to a Sun Workstation
running SunOS, a variant of Unix. I quickly learned to
appreciate the rich menagerie of shell commands, the
power of combining them with redirection such as pipes,
and the aesthetics of the fledgling X-Windows GUI.
I first heard about Linux in graduate school in the early
1990s at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
My doctoral thesis was on Input/Output (I/O) performance,
especially on multiprocessor systems. My research
analyzed and quantified I/O performance on OSs such as
SunOS, SGI IRIX, DEC OSF/1, HP-UX, and Linux. One key
finding of my research was that I/O performance could be
impacted by the interference caused by unrelated
transactions contending for shared resources within a
multi-processor system. The magnitude of the impact was
heavily dependent not only on the computing hardware
architecture but also on the architecture of the OS.
Interference could even occur on a uni-processor where
independent processes had I/O tasks clustered in time.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ 21_Open_Source_Free_Map_Design_and_Geo
Visualization_Tools⠀⇛
Designing maps might seem easy, but it is not,
especially when many tools require certain levels
of technical knowledge. A good map design can
promote your presentation, website, and increase
your work exposure.
Data scientists, business analysts, marketeers,
advertisers, and many other professions require map
design in their daily work. Some may use free tools
and web service like Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap
and others.
Here, in this article we offer you the best open-
source free map design solutions out there.
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ QEMU_vs_VirtualBox:_What’s_the_difference?⠀⇛
Virtualization is a helpful technology that has
exploded in popularity and accessibility in the
last decade. There are many great reasons to use
virtual machines, such as having a test environment
separate from your host operating system. It also
allows you to run multiple operating systems or
Linux distros simultaneously – all inside of their
own sandboxed environment, with optional network
interconnectivity among your machines.
When it comes to virtualization, users of Linux
systems have many choices. QEMU and VirtualBox are
two of the most popular hypervisors on Linux. But
unless you are already familiar with virtualization
and the various choices of different hypervisors,
you may be wondering about the difference. In this
tutorial, we will look at the differences between
QEMU and VirtualBox, discuss their pros and cons,
and help you decide which one is better for various
virtualization needs on Linux.
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ QEMU_vs_KVM_hypervisor:_What’s_the
difference?⠀⇛
Users have a lot of choices when it comes to
virtualization on a Linux system. There are many
use cases for virtualization, whether you want to
have a test system that is isolated from your host
system, test out a different Linux distribution, or
even run a completely different operating system.
Whatever the case may be, you will need to have a
hypervisor. A hypervisor is what manages and allows
you to interact with your virtual machines.
Two popular choices on Linux are KVM and QEMU. But
if you are new to virtualization on Linux, you may
not yet understand the difference, or know which
one is better to use. In this tutorial, we will
look at QEMU vs KVM, discuss their pros and cons,
and help you decide which one is better for various
virtualization needs on Linux. You will also learn
how the two work together to make virtualization a
breeze on Linux.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_38:_vh,_svh,_lvh,_and_dvh⠀⇛
Using the viewport unit vh in desktop browsers is
usually straight-forward, 100vh matches the height
of the viewport. On mobile that’s different because
the viewport height changes depending on whether or
not certain user interface elements are visible,
100vh doesn’t always match the height of the
viewport.
# ⚓ uni Toronto ☛ Monitoring_if_our_wireless_network_is
actually_working_in_locations⠀⇛
We provide a multi-building wireless network to the
department (in addition to the university wide
wireless network provided by the central IT
people). For reasons beyond the scope of this
entry, we don’t have much innate visibility into
how this network is doing in the various places it
exists. This means that our only current ways of
finding out whether or not it’s currently working
right somewhere are to wait for people to notice
and then report problems (which doesn’t always
happen) or going there ourselves. We’ve recently
decided that we’d like to do better than this.
# ⚓ Adventures_in_making_this_website:_static_site_generation⠀⇛
Making and managing this personal website has been
an adventure. In this series, I go over the
technical challenges I’ve encountered and
philosophical decisions I’ve made, and I review
some of the tools I’ve used along the way. This is
part 1, with more posts coming soon.
If you’ve ever taken a good look at HTML, it should
be clear that it isn’t fun to write it all by hand.
Therefore, we invented the Static Site Generator
(SSG): a program that takes an HTML template and
some text in a more human-friendly form (usually
Markdown), and mashes them together, yielding a
servable HTML file. Of course, it’s pretty clear
what the best approach to do this is, so we only
need one SSG, right?
Yeah… no, there are a lot of them. Frustratingly
many, in fact. Although some of them are highly
specialized or advanced, most are very similar in
scope. The three SSGs I’m about to discuss are all
intended for personal blogs, and for many people,
there isn’t much reason to prefer one over the
other. My SSG-hopping was due to my niche
requirements and perfectionism.
# ⚓ Hillel Wayne ☛ Let’s_Prove_Leftpad⠀⇛
Someone recently told me a project isn’t real until
you do a retrospective, so I think it’s time to do
one for Let’s Prove Leftpad. Short explanation:
it’s a repository of proofs of leftpad, in
different proof systems.
Long explanation: the rest of this post.
# ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Let’s_Prove_Leftpad;_Content_Aggregation⠀⇛
The broader motivation for the project is that I’m
a big believer in the value of aggregation content.
Doing research into a field means comparing a lot
of different things in that field. I mean, how do
you know the best tool for the job if you don’t
know the available tools for the job? But to
compare a lot of different things you need to find
a lot of different things and then normalize them,
which are both difficult and time consuming
processes.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Can’t_Install_.deb_files_on_Ubuntu?_Ways_to
Install_deb_Packages⠀⇛
Although it is easy to install software on Ubuntu
Linux systems, there are still some problems that
new users may face when trying to download and
install “.deb” packages. Unmet dependencies can
create issues for those who are not familiar with
the process, but once you understand how it works,
it should be no problem. This is a step-by-step
guide on installing deb packages on Ubuntu and what
to do if you run into unmet dependencies.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Tor_Browser_on_Fedora_37/36/
35⠀⇛
Tor, also referred to as The Onion Router, is open-
source, free software that permits anonymous
communication using online services like web
surfing. The Tor network directs the web traffic
through an accessible worldwide volunteer overlay
network with over six thousand relays and continues
to grow. Many users want to search out more ways to
keep their information and activities anonymous or
as private as possible, which has led to Tor
Browser growing quite popular in recent years
because it conceals a user’s location and usage
from anyone conducting network surveillance or
traffic analysis.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install Tor Browser on Fedora 37/36/35 Linux
workstation desktop using the Fedora default
repository or downloading the browser manually and
how to install it manually with tips on registering
the application icon.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_GIT_on_Fedora_37/36/35
Linux⠀⇛
GIT is a free, open-source version control system
that can efficiently manage small or huge projects.
It enables multiple developers to work together on
nonlinear development, as it tracks changes in
source code for each branch of our project’s
history. Hence, we never lose anything by going
back through old stages if something goes wrong!
The following tutorial will teach you how to
install the latest or upgrade GIT on Fedora 37/36/
35 Linux using the command line terminal and some
basic commands and tips on using GIT cli commands.
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_install_KDE_plasma_Desktop_on_Fedora
Linux⠀⇛
By default, the Fedora Linux distribution sports
the GNOME desktop environment, although others are
available in “Spin” downloads. If you would like to
change things up and install KDE Plasma instead,
the GUI can be downloaded and installed directly
from Fedora’s default package repositories.
This can be done whether you are switching from
GNOME to KDE Plasma, from some other desktop
environment, or you currently are running command
line interface only and wish to install a graphical
desktop environment. KDE Plasma is a great choice
that comes with all the tools you will need to
utilize your Fedora system.
In this tutorial, we will go through the step by
step instructions to install the KDE Plasma GUI
desktop environment on a Fedora Linux system.
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Save_a_File_in_Vi_/_Vim_Editor_in_Linux
[Ed: Just updated]⠀⇛
It is true that learning Vi/Vim editor – a well-
known text editor in the Linux ecosystem, is not as
easy as learning Nano or Emacs, as it requires a
little effort which is worthwhile.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Plex_Media_Server_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Plex Media Server on Fedora 37. For those of you
who didn’t know, Plex is a cross-platform global
media streaming service and a media player based on
the client-server model. The Plex Media Server
organizes video, audio, and photos from a user’s
collections and from online services, and streams
them to the players.
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 the step-by-step
installation of the Plex Media Server on a Fedora
37.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Chromium_Browser_on_Fedora
37/36/35⠀⇛
Chromium is an open-source browser project that
builds a safer, faster, and more stable way for all
users to experience the web on their Fedora
desktop. The codebase has been widely used in other
popular browsers like Microsoft Edge or Opera
because it provides them with standards compliance
while still being customizable enough not to
stagnate over time like others. Chromium also has
various features that make it an excellent choice
for power users and casual web surfers.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install Chromium Web Browser on your Fedora 37/36/
35 Workstation desktop using two Fedora default
repository methods or the Flatpak method and how to
maintain and remove the browser in the future.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Yandex_Browser_on_Fedora_37/
36/35⠀⇛
Yandex Browser is a fast and lightweight web
browser based on Chromium and has been designed to
provide a better user experience with its
minimalist interface and intuitive controls. The
browser has been translated into more than 40
languages, making it available to users worldwide.
Yandex Browser also offers a variety of
customization options, allowing users to change the
look and feel of the browser to match their
personal preferences. In addition, Yandex Browser
includes several security features, such as
phishing protection, to help keep users safe while
they browse the web.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install Yandex Browser on Fedora 37/36/35 Linux
using the command line terminal, with tips about
maintaining and removing the browser versions if
required.
# ⚓ How_to_Copy_Files_in_Ubuntu_Command_Line⠀⇛
In Linux, there is a straightforward way to copy
files. Yes, you guessed it right. There is a
specific utility for this purpose named cp.
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_an_XAPK_File_on_Android⠀⇛
If you’re an Android user, you’re probably familiar
with the term APK, but did you know there’s also
such a thing as XAPK? This guide explains what XAPK
files are and how you can install them on your
device.
# ⚓ NextGenTips ☛ How_to_install_Rails_7_on_Manjaro_Linux_–
NextGenTips⠀⇛
Rails is a web development framework written in
Ruby programming language. It allows you to write
less code but Rails is more of an opinionated
language, so use it to accomplish whatever task you
are trying to build. Rails believe in the principle
of DRY, that is do not repeat yourself by all means
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Share_your_desktop_screen_with_VNC_on_Linux⠀⇛
VNC is a system that allows you to remotely control
another computer. It allows you to relay your mouse
and keyboard inputs as if you were physically
sitting in front of the system, when in fact you
could be on the other side of the world. It works
well for sharing your desktop screen with another
user, whether you want to grant them the ability to
control your computer or just be able to see what
you are doing on it (with mouse and keyboard input
blocked).
In this guide, we will go over the steps to setup a
VNC server on a Linux system. You will also see how
to use a VNC client to access the shared screen.
When we are done, you will be able to access your
system remotely from anywhere, provided that your
client system and the VNC server have an internet
connection. Alternatively, we can configure VNC to
be view only, if we want to share the screen
without granting control to another user. Both
configurations will be covered in this tutorial.
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Git_concepts_in_less_than_10_minutes⠀⇛
Git has become the default way to store and
transport code in the DevOps generation. Over 93%
of developers report that Git is their primary
version control system. Almost anyone who has used
version control is familiar with git add, git
commit, and git push. For most users, that’s all
they ever plan to do with Git, and they’re
comfortable with that. It just works for their
needs.
However, from time to time, almost everyone
encounters the need to do something a little more
advanced, like git rebase or git cherry-pick or
work in a detached head state. This is where many
devs start to get a bit nervous.
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Linux_commands:_Drop_these_old_utilities
for_modern_alternatives_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛
Linux has a good track record for software support.
There are about 60 commands in man section 1 of
Unix 1st edition, and the majority still work
today. Still, progress stops for no one. Thanks to
vast global participation in open source, new
commands are frequently developed. Sometimes a new
command gains popularity, usually because it offers
new features, or the same features but with
consistent maintenance. Here are ten old commands
that have recently been reinvented.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Thousands_of_years_later,_The_Bible_has
arrived_on_Steam⠀⇛
I had to do a double-take to ensure I wasn’t seeing
things: The Bible is now available on Steam in the
form of a Kinetic Novel. Yes really, a developer
going by “Bible Games” has actually put it on
Steam. This release supports Linux with a Native
build too (Ren’py engine) because of course it
needs to reach all God’s children — something like
that anyway.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Advanced_flight_simulator_X-Plane_12_set_to
fully_release_in_December⠀⇛
X-Plane 12, an advanced flight simulator from
Laminar Research that’s currently in Early Access
and has full Linux support, is set to release in
full in December.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical_has_a_nice_build_your_own_bundle
with_some_good_choices⠀⇛
Need some more games? Fanatical have put up a fresh
‘Slayer Bundle’ where you pick from various games
and get a great price on them too. I’ll list what’s
included along with how you can expect to play them
on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Retro_inspired_RTS_Rusted_Warfare_adds
shaders,_new_units_and_other_huge_upgrades⠀⇛
Rusted Warfare is a great RTS for people who love
the classics. One I discovered years ago on Android
and then it later had a PC release. A big new
release version 1.15 adds in loads to it. A game
built for large battles. If you loved Total
Annihilation, you will love this too.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Godot_Engine_4.0_gets_a_Movie_Maker⠀⇛
With Godot Engine 4.0 slowly approaching release,
the developers are still hooking up some huge
features to this free and open source game engine
like a Movie Maker. This is something other game
engines have too, so it’s nice to see it land in
Godot. This should make it easier for developers to
make trailers of games, and use Godot for other
projects too.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Future_Tech_Pack_to_bring_more_gadgets_to
Prison_Architect⠀⇛
Future Tech Pack is the next small DLC for Prison
Architect, releasing on November 22 it will give
you some new gadgets to play with. Releasing along
with the Future Tech Pack is The Slam, a free patch
containing some quality of life improvements, a
Visitor Only zone, more categories for your Staff
breaks, and more.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Unreal_Engine_5.1_rolled_out_with_plenty_of
Linux_improvements⠀⇛
Epic Games announced that Unreal Engine 5.1 is now
available, and along with all the usual big new
features, they continued improving their Linux
support in this release. You can see the official
release post here, release notes here.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ ProtonUp-Qt_version_2.7.5_released_for_easy
GE-Proton_installs⠀⇛
ProtonUp-Qt is a simple and easy to use application
that helps you install various compatibility layers
on Steam Deck and Linux desktop, with a new release
version 2.7.5 out now. It makes it easy to install
the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and
more for Steam, the Heroic Games Launcher and
Lutris.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Valve_Releases_New_Stable_Steam_Client_Update
with_New_Big_Picture_Mode⠀⇛
If you’re an avid Linux gamer, you probably already
heard that Steam Client is getting a brand-new Big
Picture mode ported from the Steam Deck UI. Of
course, Steam Deck owners are familiar with it by
now, but now everyone can enjoy the Steam Deck UI
on their personal computers.
During the past several months, Valve tested the
new Big Picture mode by releasing several beta
versions of the Steam Client. While the new stable
version includes the updated Big Picture mode, it’s
not enabled by default.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 18_Best_Gnome_Themes_for_Your_Gnome
Desktop⠀⇛
Gnome is among the best-looking desktop
environments for Linux distributions. But
sometimes, users might want to change up the
feel and look of their Gnome Desktop
Environment. With so many themes and
extensions available, it can be difficult to
find the best ones. I will help you find the
best Gnome Shell Themes for you. With full
Linux desktop customization capabilities,
users can take advantage of themes, icons,
and extensions.
Before looking at the best Linux themes, it’s
important to understand how to install and
use Gnome themes and icons. A user can
install a theme either by downloading the
master zip file or running particular
commands in the Terminal.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Top_10_popular_Linux_distros_in_November_2022_–_Linux
Shout⠀⇛
Out of hundreds of Linux distros here are some of the
popular ones in November month of 2022. Some of them you
might be familiar with and others would be new to
experience in this list of popular Linux distros.
If you want to use a Linux operating system, you can
choose from many different Linux distros tailored to
target various user groups. For beginners, Windows
switchers, or professionals, everything is there.
However, here we are not targeting beginners or advanced
users, instead, the explorers who want to try out the
popular Linux other than the one they are already using.
o ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Kubuntu_vs_Fedora_KDE_plasma_desktop⠀⇛
One of the best aspects of using a Linux system is that
there are many popular desktop environments to choose
from. If you do not like the style or behavior of yours,
it is simple enough to install a different one. When it
comes to the KDE Plasma desktop environment, there are a
few different ways to experience it.
Ubuntu Linux comes with KDE Plasma preinstalled on their
Kubuntu distro, and Fedora Linux has a KDE “spin” that
can be downloaded and also comes with KDE Plasma
preinstalled. If both sport the same desktop environment,
some users may be wondering what the real differences are
between the two systems.
KDE Plasma comes not only as a graphical user interface,
but also includes a slew of applications (over 200; some
installed by default and some not) that integrate into
the desktop environment and give the user a more unified
experience that flows together. If you are ready to try
out KDE Plasma, you have a few choices. First of all, you
can install it the same way you would any other desktop
environment – right from your system’s package manager.
But you can also choose from the Kubuntu or KDE Fedora
spin distributions.
So, which one should you choose? We will go over all the
details in this article and help you make an informed
decision.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ AlmaLinux_9.1_Released_with_Security
Enhancements_and_Updated_Tools,_Based_on_RHEL_9.1⠀⇛
Based on the recently released Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 9.1 operating system, AlmaLinux 9.1 is here a
1:1 binary compatible distro with RHEL, it’s
powered by Linux kernel 5.14.0-160.el9, and it’s
available for 64-bit (x86_64), AArch64 (ARM64),
PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64le), and IBM
System z (s390x) architectures.
This release was announced during the
SuperComputing 2022 (SC22) HPC Conference focusing
on security and open hybrid cloud innovation. It
introduces Keylime, a remote machine attestation
tool that uses the TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
technology to let you verify and continuously
monitor the integrity of your remote machines.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.1_released⠀⇛
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.1 has now hit
general availability, adding and refining
capabilities for a wide range of enterprise IT
needs, from helping to streamline complex
infrastructure environments to improving the
security stance of containerised applications.
With cloud strategies now predominantly seeking
Kubernetes-based application backbones instead of
virtual machines, Red Hat says its RHEL 9.1 release
continues to deliver an efficient foundation for
modern apps and environments.
Additionally, RHEL 9.1 keeps security front and
centre with pre-configured operating system images
to meet organisation-specific system security
needs. IT teams can specify OpenSCAP security
profiles in image builder blueprint files to
deliver operating system images that meet IT
security and compliance requirements from
installation.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.1_Adds_Native
Firefox_Support_on_GNOME_on_Wayland_Sessions⠀⇛
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 comes exactly six
months after Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 and
introduces native support for the Mozilla Firefox
web browser on the GNOME desktop environment using
Wayland sessions.
This change has been implemented in the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux for Workstations 9.1 edition to
allow users to use more native tools. Users can
still use the XWayland/X11 GTK+ backend via an
additional firefox-x11 package.
# ⚓ Neowin ☛ Red_Hat_pushes_RHEL_9.1_with_updated_packages_and
more_–_Neowin⠀⇛
Red Hat has announced the availability of RHEL 9.1,
its enterprise-oriented Linux distribution. RHEL 9
came out in May 2022 and with the latest update,
users get new features and capabilities including
improvements to SQL, Red Hat Smart Management with
Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Insights, and
Workstations. There are also updated packages.
Among the updated packages are PHP 8.1, Ruby 3.1,
Node.js 18, Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53, GCC 11.2.1,
glibc 2.34, binutils 2.35.2, GDB 10.2, Valgrind
3.19, SystemTap 4.7, Dyninst 12.1.0, elfutils
0.187, PCP 5.3.7, Grafana 7.5.13, GCC Toolset 12,
LLVM Toolset 14.0.6, Rust Toolset 1.62, and Go
Toolset 1.18.
# ⚓ FOSS Post ☛ Things_To_Do_After_Installing_Fedora_37⠀⇛
Fedora releases a new version in approximately
every 6 months. Each now version is supported with
updates for 13 months in total. The distribution is
a good place to get the latest stable software and
technologies consistently.
# ⚓ Talospace ☛ Fedora_37⠀⇛
Fedora 37 is out today. As I always say, it’s
usually one of the first mainstream distros to
incorporate new changes and was one of the earliest
distros to support POWER9 at all, so you should
care about it because bugs and problems show up
there first (if you don’t like how the bleeding
edge cuts your skin, try AlmaLinux or RockyLinux
instead, which aim to occupy the niche old pre-
Stream CentOS did). Chief amongst its changes is
the new GNOME 43, which really does seem to have
much better performance on OpenPOWER than previous
releases (a big problem for the last couple) along
with revised settings, toolkits and even more
libadwaita-all-the-things, which means even fewer
apps will respect your GTK theme. This also means
Pantheon is no longer supported due to
incompatibilities, so I guess I won’t bother trying
it again (admittedly it was definitely buggy even
with GNOME the 42nd).
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Podman_at_the_edge:_Keeping_services
alive_with_custom_healthcheck_actions_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛
New Podman feature allows you to automate what
happens when a container becomes unhealthy, which
is crucial for services in remote locations or
critical systems.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Chief_engineering_officer:_A_day_in
the_life⠀⇛
If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in
your life. It may be a cliche, but I can honestly
say I love what I do.
For the past 20+ years, I’ve held a wide variety of
executive engineering roles, culminating in my
current role as the chief engineering officer at
Boomi, the pioneer of cloud-based integration
platform as a service (iPaaS) and now a category-
leading global software as a service (SaaS)
company.
So, what does a chief engineering officer actually
do? The CEngO is accountable for executing on the
company’s product vision and delivering measurable
value to customers. To do that, we hire, mentor,
and lead great teams that build, test, deliver,
secure, maintain, and operate the systems that help
meet – and ideally exceed – customers’
requirements.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Hack_your_job_search:_5_tips_to_amp
up_your_resume⠀⇛
Anyone looking for a new role knows that job-
hunting is a job in itself. It takes a lot of time
to find and apply for the roles that best align
with your current and future goals. Then your
patience is tested as you wait and hope to get an
initial interview.
Well, stop hoping and start hacking – starting with
your resume. As the first thing hiring managers and
talent scouts see, your resume can make you stand
out or fade into a sea of competitors.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Benchmarking_improved_conntrack_performance_in
OvS_3.0.0⠀⇛
Open vSwitch (OvS), an open source tool for
creating virtual Layer 2 networks, relies in some
use cases on connection tracking. The recent 3.0.0
release of OvS included this patch series to
improve multithread scalability, which makes
connection tracking more efficient when OvS is run
on multiple CPUs. This article shows how to measure
the performance of connection tracking with OvS.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ New_features_in_OpenMP_5.1_and_OpenMP_5.2⠀⇛
This article discusses recent features implemented
in the GCC compiler version 12, the latest stable
release. The new features were implemented as a
joint effort between Red Hat and CodeSourcery, now
a part of Siemens EDA.
OpenMP is an API consisting of compiler directives
and library routines that implement high-level
parallelism in C and C++ as well as Fortran. OpenMP
version 5.1 was released in November 2020, and
version 5.2 was released in November 2021. Support
for various OpenMP 5.1 features has been added. But
GCC 12 does not yet have complete support for
OpenMP 5.0, and work is ongoing in GCC 13.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Canonical_Releases_New_Ubuntu_Linux_Kernel
Security_Updates_to_Fix_16_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛
The new Linux kernel security updates are about one
month after the previous kernel update, which
patched the recently disclosed Wi-Fi driver stack
vulnerabilities, and are available only for all
supported Ubuntu LTS (Long-Term Support) versions,
including Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish),
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), and Ubuntu 18.04
LTS (Bionic Beaver).
# ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ Ubuntu_Pro_vs_Ubuntu_Free⠀⇛
Everyone in the Linux community knows all about
Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distributions
of all time. It is a free operating system
developed by Canonical, and is based on Debian
Linux. But did you know that Canonical also has a
program called Ubuntu Pro?
You may have seen it mentioned through Canonical
literature or gotten the nag about enabling Ubuntu
Pro for your system while you were using Ubuntu. In
this article, we will explore the features of
Ubuntu Pro, and see how it comes to regular, free
version of Ubuntu. This will help you decide if the
Ubuntu Pro program could be a good choice for you
or your company.
# ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Ubuntu’s_settings_won’t_open_after_setting
CPU_to_‘performance’⠀⇛
Recently I was doing some benchmarking on my Ubuntu
22.04 PC, and as part of that benchmarking, I tried
setting the CPU performance profile to performance.
In the old days, this was not an issue, but it
seems that modern Ubuntu only ‘knows’ about
balanced and power-saver. Apparently performance is
forbidden these days!
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Klara ☛ The_Role_of_Operating_Systems_in_IoT:_Right-sizing
OSes_for_your_IoT_environments⠀⇛
All of these smart devices have Operating Systems,
regardless of how much or how little of them are
exposed to the user. An Operating System is the
software that runs on a device, manages the
hardware, and ensures that components work together
to perform some task. Some of these Operating
Systems are very singular in their purpose, while
others are general platforms that the owners can
run custom applications on.
This article is going to look at the role Operating
Systems have in IoT from the smallest battery
powered sensors all the way up to central hubs that
can manage dozens of cameras. We will look at how
our favorite Operating System, FreeBSD, can fit
into this environment.
# ⚓ Martijn Braam ☛ Finding_an_SBC⠀⇛
A long long time ago on a server far away there was
a website called Board-DB. This website made in
2014 was a list of single board computers that
became popular after the whole Raspberry Pi thing
happened.
# ⚓ A_Low-Cost_Robot_Ready_for_Any_Obstacle⠀⇛
The researchers trained the robot with 4,000 clones
of it in a simulator, where they practiced walking
and climbing on challenging terrain. The
simulator’s speed allowed the robot to gain six
years of experience in a single day. The simulator
also stored the motor skills it learned during
training in a neural network that the researchers
copied to the real robot. This approach did not
require any hand-engineering of the robot’s
movements — a departure from traditional methods.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ PCB_Hotplate_Has_Integrated_Heating_Element
Traces⠀⇛
Normally when we talk about PCBs and hotplates,
we’re talking about reflowing solder. In this build
from [Arnov Sharma], though, the PCB itself is the
hotplate!
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Port Swigger ☛ Mastodon_users_vulnerable_to_password-stealing
attacks⠀⇛
Heyes found he was able to steal users’ stored
credentials using Chrome’s autofill feature by tricking
them into clicking a malicious element he had disguised
as a toolbar.
o ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Fediverse_Could_Be_Awesome_(if_we_don’t_screw_it_up)⠀⇛
Something remarkable is happening. For the past two
weeks, people have been leaving Twitter. Many others are
reducing their reliance on it. Great numbers of ex-
Twitter users and employees are making a new home in the
“fediverse,” fleeing the chaos of Elon Musk’s takeover.
This exodus includes prominent figures from civil
society, tech law and policy, business and journalism.
It also represents a rare opportunity to make a better
corner of the internet…if we don’t screw it up.
The fediverse isn’t a single, gigantic social media
platform like Facebook or Twitter. It’s an expanding
ecosystem of interconnected social media sites and
services that let people interact with each other no
matter which one of these sites and services they have an
account with.
That means that people can tailor and better control
their experience of social media, and be less reliant on
a monoculture sown by a handful of tech giants.
o ⚓ EFF ☛ Is_Mastodon_Private_and_Secure?_Let’s_Take_a_Look⠀⇛
With so many users migrating to Mastodon as their micro-
blogging service of choice, a lot of questions are being
raised about the privacy and security of the platform.
Though in no way comprehensive, we have a few thoughts
we’d like to share on the topic.
Essentially, Mastodon is about publishing your voice to
your followers and allowing others to discover you and
your posts. For basic security, instances will employ
transport-layer encryption, keeping your connection to
the server you’ve chosen private. This will keep your
communications safe from local eavesdroppers using your
same WiFi connection, but it does not protect your
communications, including your direct messages, from the
server or instance you’ve chosen—or, if you’re messaging
someone from a different instance, the server they’ve
chosen. This includes the moderators and administrators
of those instances, as well. Just like Twitter or
Instagram, your posts and direct messages are accessible
by those running the services. But unlike Twitter or
Instagram, you have the choice in what server or instance
you trust with your communications. Also unlike the
centralized social networks, the Mastodon software is
relatively open about this fact.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Interview:_Stuart_Semple_On_Pantone,_Freetone,_Colour,
And_Open_Source⠀⇛
We recently covered the removal of Pantone colour support
from the Adobe cloud products, with the two companies now
expecting artists and designers to pay an extra
subscription for a Pantone plugin or face losing their
Pantone-coloured work to a sea of black blocks. Our
coverage focused on our community, and on how the
absurdity of a commercial entity attempting to assert
ownership over colours would have no effect on us with
our triple-byte RGB values.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ Considering_C99_for_curl_|
daniel.haxx.se⠀⇛
The curl project builds on foundations that started
in late 1996 with the tool named httpget.
# ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Remix_and_the_Alternate_Timeline_of_Web
Development⠀⇛
What’s interesting about this history is how each
step asked: how do we fix what’s inadequate with
our current situation?
Remix, however, came along and asked: what if,
rather than fixing where we are now, we went back a
few steps to the point in time where we began to
disregard the role of the browser in web
development and imagined a different future that
leans into the strengths of the browser (and the
client/server model) rather than trying to bypass
or reinvent them?
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Kosmokaryote,_the_life_thereof:_[GNOME]_GNOME_Files_and
custom_file_icons:_setting_album_art_on_directories!⠀⇛
While playing with GNOME 43 on my recent upgrade to
Fedora 37, I saw that nautilus aka GNOME Files lets
me set arbitrary images as a custom icon for files
and folders, replacing the default icon/thumbnail.
I quickly hopped into my music folder and wrote a
small script to replace all of the (legally
purchased) folders of albums of music’s icons with
images of their album art if an image was already
present.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ How_to_make_a_connected_scatter_plot_in_R?⠀⇛
How to make a connected scatter plot in R?, With
the help of geom_path, you can depict the
relationship between any two variables in a data
frame.
# ⚓ Arjen Wiersma ☛ Deployment_Anxiety⠀⇛
Let me tell you how it was to ship a product out to
half a million people back in 1999. But before I do
that, let me tell you why. Today I talked to one of
my students and he mentioned that he was very
nervous about a change he was making. He was afraid
it would break things and that he would spend the
afternoon working through his CI/CD pipeline to
resolve issues.
# ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ I’m_moving_my_projects_off
GitHub⠀⇛
It’s time for me to leave GitHub behind and move to
another forge. I’m not necessarily advocating for
anyone else to do the same, but if my reasons
resonate with you then you may want to consider it.
I also don’t expect this post to… matter, if that
makes sense1. I’m not a major open-source
maintainer or contributor. I’m just somebody who
likes to write code and likes to put it out there.
So, why am I moving my projects off of GitHub?
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl_is_Actually_Portable⠀⇛
After stumbling upon Gautham’s APE Python
port and seeing how far along the
Cosmopolitan Libc has come along, I was
inspired to see what it would take to port my
scripting language of choice, Perl, to the
Cosmopolitan Libc and turn it into a self-
contained binary. My motivation came from
wanting to prove that if Python can do it,
Perl can do it too, wanting a more robust
Windows Perl port for running my personal
media server (MHFS), and the cool factor of
hacking on Perl and the Cosmopolitan Libc.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ AIM ☛ Is_Python_Slowly_Eating_R?_The_Reason_Why
RStudio_Became_Posit⠀⇛
RStudio has been emphasising that its
commercial products are “bilingual” for both
R and Python for many years. However, the
“RStudio” brand has made it difficult to
convince organisations to consider its
products for Python users.
But does it bring about a belief that Python
is somehow supplanting R for the data science
ecosystem?
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Departures⠀⇛
In life, as in Michelle de Kretser’s novels, Australians
are always traveling. If they’re not in New York or
London or flooding the perimeter of Asia, you’ll find
them in the bush or on the reef. It’s a settler colony
whose inhabitants remain a bit unsettled. At the same
time, prospective migrants from across the Indian and
Pacific oceans line up at embassies or are shunted to
brutal island detention facilities, where they await the
dim possibility of a new Australian life. Successive
governments have expressed only vicious disdain for the
migrants accumulating offshore: Don’t you know you’re
supposed to want to leave?
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Midterm_Elections_Proved
Americans_Overwhelmingly_Support_Public_Education⠀⇛
In an election in which pundits and reporters
predicted education would be a major factor in a
much-anticipated “red wave,” Republican
gubernatorial candidates were said to be following
a “playbook” of school choice and so-called parents
rights that Glenn Youngkin used in winning the
Virginia governor race in 2021.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ UC’s_Student_Workers_Can’t_Afford_California⠀⇛
Teaching assistants are paid $24,000 per year, far
less than the median rent in Los Angeles and other
markets where UCs sit.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Crazy_Bike_Frame_Made_Out_Of_147_Nuts⠀⇛
Bike frames are most commonly made out of steel. If
you’ve got money for something nicer though, you
might go with something in aluminium or carbon
fiber. [The Q] went completely off-the-wall with
this build, though, constructing a bicycle frame
out of 147 nuts.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Is_This_The_Smallest_CP/M_Machine_Ever?⠀⇛
If you had an office word processor in the late
1970s, the chances are it ran Digital Research’s
CP/M operating system. IBM went for Microsoft in
the 1980s and the once-dominant player fell on hard
times, but it survives today as a popular choice on
retrocomputer platforms. Even the more compact Z80
systems are a little large for 2022, so when [Kian
Ryan] needed the ultimate in CP/M portability it
fell on a more modern piece of silicon. Hence he’s
put it on a tiny RP2040-based board from Pimoroni
alongside an Adafruit micro SD card breakout.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Will_The_Fax_Machine_Ever_Stop_Singing?⠀⇛
Throughout the 80s and 90s, you couldn’t swing a
stapler around any size office without hitting a
fax machine. But what is it about the fax machine
that makes it the subject of so much derision? Is
it the beep-boops? The junk faxes? Or do they just
seem horribly outdated in the world of cloud
storage and thumb drives? Perhaps all of the above
is true. While I may be Hackaday’s resident old
school office worker et cetera, it may surprise you
to learn that I don’t have a fax machine. In fact,
the last time I had to fax something, I recall
having to give my email address to some website in
order to send a single fax for free.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Better_Sheet_Metal_Parts_With_Chemistry⠀⇛
[Applied Science] wanted to make some metal parts
with a lot of holes. A service provider charged
high tooling costs, so he decided to create his own
parts using photochemical machining. The process is
a lot like creating PC boards, but, of course,
there are some differences. You can see the video
of the results, below.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_state_government_bans_display_of_firearms_on
social_media,_songs_promoting_gun_culture⠀⇛
Authorities in the Indian state of Punjab Sunday
issued a restrictive order on gun ownership. The
order introduces a three-month pause on new gun
registration, a complete ban on the public display
of weapons and a ban on songs that glorify weapons
and violence. The order also applies to the display
of weapons at on social media and at public
gatherings, religious places, wedding ceremonies
and other events. The hasty or careless use of
firearms, or firing for celebration, so as to
endanger human life or personal safety of others,
shall be a punishable offense.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hawaii_plaintiffs_join_contaminated_drinking_water
lawsuit_against_US_government_prompted_by_Navy_fuels_leaks⠀⇛
The suit was originally brought in August by four
plaintiffs living in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at the
time of the contamination. The complaint states
that the US Navy negligently released jet fuel and
other toxic substances into the Navy water line in
May 2021 and in November 2021, resulting in the
contamination of the drinking water near the World
War II-era naval fuel storage facility in Red Hill,
Hawaii. The Navy allegedly did not report the issue
until December 2, 2021.
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ TikTok_fireworks_challenge_leaves_Ede_boy_with
third_degree_burns⠀⇛
According to the police, the boy from the Krenhem
district participated in a challenge to set off
fireworks in an unsafe way. He lit the firework and
then stomped on it. The firework got stuck in his
sole and exploded right through his shoe. “The boy
suffered a third-degree burn,” the police said.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ More_than_1_billion_young_people_could_be_at_risk_of
hearing_loss,_a_new_study_shows⠀⇛
“It is estimated that 0.67–1.35 billion adolescents
and young adults worldwide could be at risk of
hearing loss from exposure to unsafe listening
practices,” according to the study, which was
published in BMJ Journal on Tuesday.
Recommended noise limits are no more than 85
decibels throughout a 40-hour week. Young people
from ages 12 to 35 using devices such as MP3
players and cellphones, actively listened to
content at 105 decibels, while the average noise
level at entertainment venues was 104 to 112
decibels.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Sheriff_Retaliates_Against_Lawyers_Scrutinizing
Arrests_of_Water_Protectors⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Preserve_and_Restore_Nature_to_Prevent
Future_Pandemics:_Studies⠀⇛
While public health experts—nearly three years
after the coronavirus was first reported in
China—are brainstorming how health systems and
governments can prevent future disease outbreaks
from becoming major pandemics, scientists at
Cornell University published a study Tuesday
showing human activity more respectful of the
natural world could prevent most pathogens from
reaching people in the first place.
Researchers examined the behavior of fruit bats in
Australia, combining numerous datasets collected
between 1996 and 2020.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 13_Senate_Dems_Join_GOP_in_Voting_to_End
Covid_Emergency_Declaration,_Kick_Millions_Off_Medicaid⠀⇛
Thirteen members of the Senate Democratic
caucus—including Majority Leader Chuck
Schumer—joined Republicans on Tuesday in approving
a resolution aimed at terminating the national
emergency declaration for Covid-19, a move that
would kick millions of people off Medicaid as
experts warn of a winter infection and
hospitalization surge.
While the White House said Tuesday that President
Joe Biden will veto the resolution if it passes the
House and reaches his desk, the Senate vote sparked
outrage among public health experts and others who
stressed the far-reaching implications of the
resolution.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ AIM ☛ Why_did_an_E-commerce_Website_Buy_JS_Framework
Remix?⠀⇛
In a turn of events that has surprised many, Remix,
a startup that develops open-source web frameworks
was acquired by e-commerce website Shopify on
October 31, 2022. But the more one reads into it,
the more sense it makes. While the value of the
deal wasn’t disclosed, Shopify is expected to use
Remix across different projects and have more
support for the framework on Shopify’s developer
platform.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Disneyland_Malware_Team:_It’s_a_Puny
World_After_All [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
A financial cybercrime group calling itself the
Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of
visually confusing phishing domains that spoof
popular bank brands using Punycode, an Internet
standard that allows web browsers to render domain
names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic.
[...]
Holden said the Disneyland Team domains were made
to help the group steal money from victims infected
with a powerful strain of Microsoft Windows-based
banking malware known as Gozi 2.0/Ursnif.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Lumen_APAC_chief_says_firms_should_be
upfront_in_acknowledging_data_breaches⠀⇛
Companies should acknowledge that they have
suffered a data breach as soon as they can, the
APAC managing director of a global technology firm
says, adding that at the same time there would
necessarily be some interval between discovery and
making a public statement.
Francis Thangasamy, managing director of the Asia-
Pacific operations of Lumen Technology, told iTWire
during an interview in Melbourne on Tuesday that
there would be a different communications process
in different countries.
“I think another important [step] is first
identifying what is the level of data that’s been
lost,” he said. “So for that you need to do
thorough forensics – a lot of organisations do not
complete the full thorough forensics process and
then realise that there is still a lot more data
that can be compromised. Or it could be that
there’s there’s still a backdoor in there.”
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ The_real_fake_IDs_of_UMich⠀⇛
But there was something so stereotypically
“college student” about that message that it
was almost comical. It was a reminder of the
absurdity of the fake ID phenomenon; they’re
so ubiquitous that any driver’s license found
left behind on the street is assumed to be a
piece of fraudulent government documentation.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Microchips_with_everything_–
an_unpalatable_taste_of_the_future⠀⇛
During my early years as a journalist the
microchip was gradually taking over newspaper
production. On every occasion we were told
that the new technology would make lives
easier and the output better. There would be
later deadlines and more special editions.
This is not what happened at all. Newspaper
proprietors were able to make enormous
savings by sacking a lot of typesetters and
compositors. The deadlines remained the same
and so did the number of editions. Profits
increased.
So if you are a waiter you need to face the
possibility that you are going to be replaced
by a wired litter bin on wheels.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ What_Will_UnitedHealth’s_New_Trove_of
Claims_Data_Mean_for_Consumers?⠀⇛
In early 2020, executives at health care
behemoth UnitedHealth Group were considering
a potential acquisition that could give them
the ability to access and analyze a quarter
of all medical insurance claims in the U.S.
The prospective target, Change Healthcare,
was a largely invisible but crucial part of
the country’s claims-processing
infrastructure — it functions as the pipes
that carry insurance claims between health
care providers and insurers — and its
customers often gave it permission to use
their data. What could UnitedHealth Group do
with that river of information?
To help answer that question, UnitedHealth
turned to McKinsey & Co. The consulting giant
concluded that UnitedHealth could “utilize
transactions intelligence” from Change’s
claims data to “optimize benefit design” for
UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth’s insurance
subsidiary, according to a January 2020
presentation that was cited in a recent
lawsuit. That could help UnitedHealthcare,
already the biggest health insurer in the
country, gain a further edge over its rivals
by giving it access to some of the most
crucial information in that business: claims
data from rival insurers.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ CBS ☛ Industry_ethicist:_Social_media_companies_amplifying
Americans’_anger_for_profit⠀⇛
TikTok has done that by serving up an addictive mix
of short videos. Some are silly, others overtly
political. It’s owned by a Chinese company called
ByteDance and Harris says the version that’s served
to Chinese consumers, called Douyin, is very
different from the one available in the West.
“In their version of TikTok, if you’re under 14
years old, they show you science experiments you
can do at home, museum exhibits, patriotism videos
and educational videos,” Harris said. “And they
also limit it to only 40 minutes per day. Now they
don’t ship that version of TikTok to the rest of
the world. So it’s almost like they recognize that
technology’s influencing kids’ development, and
they make their domestic version a spinach version
of TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the
rest of the world.”
The version served to the West has kids hooked for
hours at a time. The impact, Harris says, is
predictable.
# ⚓ TikTok_in_China_versus_the_United_States_|_60_Minutes⠀⇛
“It’s almost like [Chinese company Bytedance]
recognize[s] that technology’s influencing kids’
development, and they make their domestic version a
spinach TikTok, while they ship the opium version
to the rest of the world,” says Tristan Harris.
# ⚓ The Washington Times ☛ TikTok’s_China-founded_parent
working_to_addict_American_kids,_says_anti-social_media
activist⠀⇛
Mr. Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane
Technology, said the Chinese version of the social
media site shows videos touting science, museums,
education, and patriotism while limiting viewing to
40 minutes per day for young users.
“Now they don’t ship that version of TikTok to the
rest of the world,” Mr. Harris told the news
magazine show “60 Minutes.” “So it’s almost like
they recognize that technology is influencing kids’
development, and they make their domestic version a
spinach version of TikTok, while they ship the
opium version to the rest of the world.”
# ⚓ The Record ☛ FBI_Director_warns_of_potential_Chinese_gov’t
exploitation_of_TikTok⠀⇛
Harshbarger and Wray spoke at length about a recent
60 Minutes piece that highlighted the massive
differences in how TikTok operates in China
compared to elsewhere.
Wray said the app was a “threat to our youth
online” and said the concern around it was
illustrative of how the Chinese government uses its
laws as a weapon against companies.
# ⚓ NPR ☛ Court_sentences_Chinese_spy_to_20_years_for_trying_to
steal_U.S._trade_secrets⠀⇛
Yanjun Xu was convicted by a federal jury in
Cincinnati last November of conspiracy to commit
economic espionage, conspiracy to commit trade
secret theft, attempted economic espionage and
attempted trade secret theft.
U.S. officials say the case is an example of
China’s relentless intelligence operations against
American companies to steal top-flight technology.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Taliban_leader:_Afghanistan_judges_must_enforce
Shariah_punishments⠀⇛
Akhundzada told the judges that they must enforce
the proper punishment when a case meets the Shariah
standard for Hudud and Qisas laws. Hudud refers to
offenses that require punishment as specified in
the Quran, and Qisas are offenses that require
retaliation or retribution as a punishment. The
announcement did not enumerate specific punishments
but may include public execution, flogging and
stoning. Akhundzada claims these punishments are
“obligatory” under Shariah law and will require
judges to impose such punishments when the
standards are met.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Chinese_Intelligence_Official_Sentenced_to_20
Years_in_US_Prison⠀⇛
Xu was convicted in November 2021 on two counts of
attempting economic espionage, two counts of
attempted theft of trade secrets and one count of
conspiracy to commit trade secret theft.
Prosecutors have described Xu as a “card-carrying
intelligence officer” for the Chinese government
and said he was part of a multiyear effort to steal
aviation technology from American companies.
According to court documents, Xu used a variety of
aliases to contact ethnic Chinese employees at
several companies and trick them into sharing
“highly sensitive information.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_“International_Community”_Is_an
Ineffectual_Fantasy⠀⇛
Washington’s vaunted “rules-based international
order” has undergone a stress test following
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and here’s the news
so far: It hasn’t held up well. In fact, the
disparate reactions to Vladimir Putin’s war have
only highlighted stark global divisions, which
reflect the unequal distribution of wealth and
power. Such divisions have made it even harder for
a multitude of sovereign states to find the minimal
common ground needed to tackle the biggest global
problems, especially climate change.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Only_Russia_is_responsible_for_the_war_–
Gulyás⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Poland_WWIII_scare_shows_why_top_US_general
wants_peace_(w/_Doug_Macgregor)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Congressional_Amendment_Opens_Floodgates
for_War_Profiteers_and_a_Major_Ground_War_on_Russia⠀⇛
Reed and Inhofe’s idea is to tuck their wartime
amendment into the FY2023 National Defense
Appropriation Act (NDAA) that will be passed during
the lameduck session before the end of the year.
The amendment sailed through the Armed Services
Committee in mid-October and, if it becomes law,
the Department of Defense will be allowed to lock
in multi-year contracts and award non-competitive
contracts to arms manufacturers for Ukraine-related
weapons.
If the Reed/Inhofe amendment is really aimed at
replenishing the Pentagon’s supplies, then why do
the quantities in its wish list vastly surpass
those sent to Ukraine?
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Secret_Wars_of_the_US_Imperium⠀⇛
In a report released by the New York University
School of Law’s Brennan Center of Justice titled
Secret War: How the US Uses Partnerships and Proxy
Forces to Wage War Under the Radar, there is little
to shock, though much to be concerned about. The
author of the report contends that the list of
countries supplied by the Pentagon on US military
partnerships is a savagely clipped one. The list
is so wrong that 17 countries have been omitted.
Katherine Yon Ebright, counsel in the Brennan
Center’s Liberty and National Security Program,
betrays a charmless naivete in remarking that the
“proliferation of secret war is a relatively recent
phenomenon”, something she regards as “undemocratic
and dangerous”. She is certainly right about the
last two points, but distinctly wrong about the
novelty.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Against_War?_You’ve_Got_to_be_Kidding!⠀⇛
Our group, made up of mostly New York University
students, left Washington Square South in front of
the NYU student union and as evening approached, we
rolled out our sleeping bags and camped on a
hillock in West Potomac Park within sight of the
Lincoln Memorial, where the next morning we were
driven by DC police and found temporary sanctuary
among the city’s tourists.
The May Day protests, a more sedate demonstration
took place in DC one week earlier, was the high-
water mark of protest against the war. In two
years, with an end to the draft, and the so-called
Vietnamization of the war, the war seemed less
urgent an issue to the minds of many and the mass
murder in Southeast Asia finally ended in 1975,
with the specter of US helicopters flying away and
out to sea from the rooftop of the US embassy. To
the empire and to those in power, this was not an
inspiring sight and it would take about a decade to
reverse the distaste for war among millions of
people, a phenomenon called the Vietnam Syndrome.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Musings_on_Adam_Hochschild_at_the_Mechanics
Institute⠀⇛
Hochschild ought to be forgiven for saying that his
new book American Midnight: The Great War, a
Violent Peace and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis
1917-1921, tells the story of a missing chapter in
our history. Some of us haven’t missed or forgotten
the crisis of 1917-1921, the political repression,
censorship, and the deportation of radicals like
Emma Goldman, plus the misdeeds of our racist
President Woodrow Wilson, who, Hochschild said,
oversaw the assault on civil liberties during World
War I.
Some of us have read the history books, including
texts like Eric Foner’s The Story of American
Freedom, which exhumes the crisis of 1917-1921 and
explores its many twists and turns and
that journalist Nat Hentoff called “an
indispensable book that should be read in every
school in the land.” Foner’s text isn’t the first
to tell it like it is. W. E. B. Du Bois, Charles
and Mary Beard and Richard Hofstader to name just a
few, aimed to raise awareness about some of the
darkest days of our Republic.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Unfortunate_Accident’:_Polish_President
Says_Missile_That_Killed_Two_Likely_Fired_by_Ukraine⠀⇛
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday said the
missile that killed two people in Poland the
previous day was likely fired by Ukrainian defense
forces as they attempted to respond to a massive
barrage of Russian airstrikes.
“Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in
various directions and it is highly probable that
one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish
territory,” Duda said, calling the incident an
“unfortunate accident.”
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán_and_Szijjártó_react_to_missile_in
Poland,_calling_for_“strategic_calm”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Unfortunate_Accident’:_Polish_President_Says
Missile_That_Killed_Two_Likely_Fired_by_Ukraine⠀⇛
“There is nothing, absolutely nothing to suggest
that it was an intentional attack on Poland,”
Polish President Andrzej Duda told reporters.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_on_the_missile_strike_in_Poland:_‘I_have
no_doubt,_it_was_not_our_missile’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky claims that
the missile which struck Poland near the Ukrainian
border was not launched by Ukrainian Armed Forces.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Likely_an_accident_from_Ukrainian_air_defenses’
The_latest_on_the_missile_strike_that_killed_two_in_Poland_—
Meduza⠀⇛
On November 15, Polish media reported that two
missiles had hit the village of Przewodów in the
country’s Lublin province, just three miles from
the Ukrainian border. One missile hit a grain
elevator, killing two people. Polish authorities,
NATO leadership, and world leaders at the G20
summit in Bali held emergency meetings to discuss
the incident. Ukrainian authorities believe Russia,
which spent all of the day of the strike shelling
cities throughout Ukraine, is responsible for the
missiles, while Moscow has denied responsibility.
On Wednesday, however, Poland’s president said the
incident was probably an accident from Ukrainian
air defense forces working to intercept incoming
Russian missiles. Here’s what we know so far.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_President’s_Office_says_murdered
mercenary_willingly_took_part_in_prisoner_swap_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak
said in an interview on Wednesday that Yevgeny
Nuzhin, the former prisoner and Wagner PMC fighter
who was brutally killed as a “traitor” after
allegedly defecting, willingly agreed to be
returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Did_Ukraine_Just_Quietly_Drop_Its
Bid_for_NATO_Entry?⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Chomsky:_Options_for_Diplomacy_Decline_as
Russia’s_War_on_Ukraine_Escalates⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ FTX_Partnership_With_Ukraine_Is_Latest_Chapter
in_Shady_Western_Aid_Saga⠀⇛
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared
online records of its fundraising arrangement with
the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal
erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60
million for Ukraine, but where did the money go?
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ White_House_Asks_Congress_for_$37.7_Billion_in
New_Ukraine_Aid⠀⇛
If approved, it would bring total US spending on
the war in Ukraine to about $105 billion.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Kevin_Johnson_Speaks_From_Death_Row_About_His
Impending_Execution_This_Month⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_TV_executive_promises_to_deliver_New
Year’s_Eve_‘emotions,’_no_matter_what_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia-1 and other state television channels are
promising to deliver a festive mood to viewers, “in
spite of all the changes in the world and in the
country.”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_were_just_dodging_bullets’:_Mobilized_men_from
Novosibirsk_refused_to_fight_after_they_were_sent_to_the
front_with_no_training_—_Meduza⠀⇛
30-year-old Aleksey (his name has been changed)
from Novosibirsk served in the army around 10 years
ago. He was mobilized on September 26, 2022, and a
month later he was put in a train alongside other
draftees and promised that training would continue
when they reached their destination. Instead,
reports online Novosibirsk outlet NGS.ru, they were
stationed in a village (its name has not been
disclosed) and spent the next four days building a
camp in a nearby forest. On November 1, said
Aleskey’s wife Elizaveta (her name has also been
changed), the mobilized men were given bulletproof
vests and helmets. Then they lost touch for 10
days. The next time Aleksey called his wife was
November 12.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ 200_troubled_teens_from_Russia_and_annexed
Ukrainian_regions_sent_to_Chechnya_for_‘military-patriotic
training’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the
arrival of 200 teenagers for “military-patriotic
training” in Chechnya.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_denies_shelling_Kyiv_on_Tuesday,_blaming
Ukraine_itself_for_documented_damage_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov
said Wednesday that Russia carried out high-
precision strikes on Ukraine’s military
administration system and related energy targets on
Tuesday, but claimed it did not hit Kyiv.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_man_pleads_guilty_to_attempting_to_pass
off_banya_burns_as_combat_wound_to_obtain_financial_benefits
—_Meduza⠀⇛
A military court in Penza has convicted a Russian
soldier of fraud after he allegedly tried to pass
off injuries he received off of the battlefield for
combat wounds. The Russian newspaper Kommersant
called the decision “arguably the first fraud
conviction against a soldier in connection with the
special military operation” (Kremlin parlance for
the war in Ukraine).
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Deputy_head_of_Vladivostok_Pacific_Naval_College
found_dead_in_his_office_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Vadim Boyko, the deputy director of the Vladivostok
Pacific Naval College (“TOVVMU”) was found dead in
his office at the school.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow’s_Sheremetyevo,_Domodedovo,_and_Vnukovo
airports_on_maximal_security_alert_due_to_‘direct_threats’_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Three key Moscow airports — Sheremetyevo,
Domodedovo, and Vnukovo — are operating on maximal
security alert since November 10. Izvestiya was
first to report this on November 16.
Rostransnadzor, the Russian state transportation
agency, confirms this information.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They_made_me_put_on_makeup_and_say_we_were_fine’:
How_a_Ukrainian_doctor_survived_Azovstal_with_her_four-year-
old_daughter_—_followed_by_months_in_a_POW_camp_—_Meduza⠀⇛
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Docs_Freed_With_FOIA_Lawsuit_Show_FBI_Misled
Congress_About_Plans_For_Deploying_NSO_Spyware⠀⇛
Thanks to a steady stream of reports of abusive
uses of its powerful Pegasus malware, Israel’s NSO
Group saw its reputational stock drop precipitously
as it became more and more apparent the company
didn’t really care who it sold its products to. The
list of customers included several notorious human
rights abusers and leaked data suggested NSO’s
customers were deploying phone malware against
journalists, lawyers, religious leaders, political
opponents, and government critics.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ NASA_Scientists_Suggest_The_Reason_We_Haven’t
Found_Aliens_Is_They_All_Killed_Themselves⠀⇛
What resulted is a variation on the famous “Great
Filter” theory: that other civilizations that may
have existed in the duration of the universe’s
history have likely “filtered” themselves out by
blowing themselves up or otherwise destroying
themselves. In an ominous twist, they point out
that whatever terrible event has been weeding out
aliens from the cosmos would logically strike
before these civilizations made it off-world —
meaning that if the argument applies to us,
disaster would be poised to strike soon.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Ghana_Fights_Overfishing_To_Preserve_A_Way_Of_Life⠀⇛
Locals blame the lack of fish on large industrial
trawlers, mostly Chinese. For years, the vessels
practiced “saiko,” the illegal transshipment of
fish at sea. The trawlers typically transfer their
massive catch to a large canoe capable of carrying
about 450 times more fish than an artisanal fishing
canoe. The transfers at sea help trawlers avoid
catch limits.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_US_Antagonism_Towards_Russia_and
China_Deters_Climate_Progress⠀⇛
The leaders of the United States are prioritizing
great power competition with China and Russia at a
time when much of the world is demanding that the
world’s great powers cooperate to address the
climate crisis.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_COP27_Failure_Looms,_Climate_Movement
Demands:_‘Phase_Out_All_Fossil_Fuels’⠀⇛
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference
winds down in Egypt, and with little progress
apparent on key issues from loss and damage
compensation to a clean energy transition,
activists on Wednesday underscored the imperative
to include a fossil fuel phaseout in the summit’s
final text and keep oil, gas, and coal in the
ground.
“By 2030, we need to reduce emissions by between
30% to 45%, but since COP26 we’ve shaved off 1%.”
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Climate_Collateral”:_How_Military_Spending
Fuels_Environmental_Damage⠀⇛
As the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh,
Egypt, is underway, we look at how military
spending accelerates the climate crisis. Wealthy
nations’ investments in armed forces not only
exacerbates pollution but also often surpasses
their climate financing by as much as 30 times,
according to a new report by the Transnational
Institute. It shows the money is available, “but
it’s been dedicated to military spending,” says co-
author Nick Buxton. Governments that import arms,
like Egypt, are motivated by the desire for
legitimacy and the “power to crack down on the
civil society,” adds Muhammad al-Kashef, human
rights lawyer and migration activist.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Climate_Diplomacy’s_Biggest_Meeting_of_the_Year
Needs_to_Be_Insulated_From_Fossil_Fuel_Influence⠀⇛
By Alice Harrison, Pascoe Sabido, and Rachel Rose
Jackson
Tobacco lobbyists wandering around a conference on
lung cancer. Arms dealers selling weapons at a
peace conference. Drinks companies at an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Canadian_Oil_Companies_‘Lying’_About_Their_Net-
Zero_Targets,_Says_COP27_Delegate⠀⇛
For the past two weeks, delegates from Canada’s tar
sands have been spreading a deceptively reassuring
message at the United Nations COP27 climate talks
in Egypt: the oil and gas producers responsible for
causing the climate crisis are also capable of
fixing it.
“There’s a recognition that there’s a massive
decarbonization challenge ahead of us as Canadians
and globally. No one party can do that on their
own, we have to be working together,” Kendall
Dilling, president of an industry organization
known as the Pathways Alliance, told the Canadian
Press. Alliance companies, which represent 95
percent of tar sands production, are promising to
slash the industry’s annual emissions by 22 million
tonnes within the decade.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Fossil_Fuel-Linked_Companies_Dominate_Sponsorship
of_COP27⠀⇛
Eighteen of the 20 companies sponsoring U.N.
climate talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-
Sheikh either directly support or partner with oil
and gas companies, according to a new analysis
shared with DeSmog.
The findings underscore concerns over the role of
the fossil fuel industry at the negotiations, known
as COP27, which have become a focal point for deals
to exploit African natural gas.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Another_COPOut:_Kerry_Uses_“Last_Chance”
Climate_Summit_to_Push_Nuclear_Power⠀⇛
“Russia’s seizure earlier this year of Ukraine’s
Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy facility is shining a
new light on the safety and security risks of the
atomic export policies of the United States and
other technologically advanced countries,” began a
promising November 8 article in Roll Call.
However, that light seems to have blinded those in
power to any common sense.
# ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Frogs_vs._Climate_Change:_How_Long_Can_They
Stand_the_Heat?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “A_Carbon_Bomb”:_Movement_Grows_Against
EACOP_East_African_Pipeline_Funded_by_France’s_Total_&
China⠀⇛
COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, has been called
the African COP, but many African climate activists
cannot afford to attend. Broadcasting from the
summit, we speak to Omar Elmawi, campaign
coordinator for Stop the East African Crude Oil
Pipeline, about the push to stop the construction
of a major pipeline that would stretch 900 miles
from Uganda to Tanzania. Key financial backers of
the East African Crude Oil Pipeline include the
French company Total and the China National
Offshore Oil Company. “It’s a project that is
strongly being opposed by people in Uganda and the
whole world, because it’s going to be displacing
over 100,000 people in East Africa, and it’s also
going to be causing a lot of impacts to nature,”
says Elmawi. He adds that the region should
transition instead to renewable energy such as
solar.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Who_Should_Pay_for_Climate_Crisis?_Global
South_Demands_“Loss_and_Damage”_from_Wealthy_Nations⠀⇛
We are broadcasting from COP27, the U.N. climate
conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where poorer
countries in the Global South that are weathering
the worst effects of the climate crisis are calling
for wealthy nations to pay reparations in the form
of climate financing. “We need a global plan to
phase out fossil fuels in a just and equitable
manner,” says Harjeet Singh, head of global
political strategy with Climate Action Network and
global engagement director of the Fossil Fuel Non-
Proliferation Treaty. He adds that the United
States is the main impediment to “loss and damage”
climate financing. “Money is available, but [the]
U.S. has always blocked money going to poor people
who are suffering from climate impacts,” he says.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Climate_Action_Is_Still_Disconnected_From
Developing_Country_Realities⠀⇛
Gaye Taylor reports on a COP27 panel about
developing nations and their frustrations about
climate action.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Most_Important_Climate_Talk_Happened
Thousands_of_Miles_From_COP27⠀⇛
Mitchell Beer reports that 9,550 km away from COP27
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi
Jinping may have changed our future.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Do_Not_Confuse_Industry-Backed
‘Carbon_Capture’_With_the_Urgent_Need_for_Carbon_Removal⠀⇛
In 2015, I visited Fiji, Kiribati, and Tuvalu,
which had just been hit by a cyclone. There, I
learned a slogan—”1.5 to stay alive”—which refers
to the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit)
threshold for global warming that, in theory, would
avoid disastrous consequences. People living on the
Pacific islands are well aware of the grave threat
to humanity posed by climate change.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_COP27_Speech,_Lula_Vows_to_Make_Amazon
Destruction_‘A_Thing_of_the_Past’⠀⇛
Leftist Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula
da Silva vowed Wednesday to halt deforestation of
the Amazon and to establish a special ministry to
protect Indigenous forest dwellers from human
rights abuses.
“The planet, at every moment, warns us that we need
each other to survive.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_Moral_and_a_Strategic_Responsibility’:
Bowman,_Omar_Lead_Call_for_Loss_and_Damage_Funding⠀⇛
“As you know, the United States is the world’s
largest historical contributor to climate change.”
“Our leadership in supporting loss and damage
financing would pave the way for transformative
improvements in the global response on climate.”
# § Energy⠀➾
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ Dutch_to_spend_€7.5_billion_boosting
railway,_roadway_infrastructure;_Schiphol_metro
planned⠀⇛
The Cabinet laid out plans for 7.5 billion
euros in infrastructure spending that
includes 4 billion euros to improve rail
service, and 2.7 billion euros for roads. The
majority of this money will be spent in the
Randstad region and Noord-Brabant, according
to plans that the Cabinet sent to the Tweede
Kamer on Monday. Included in the project is
the money needed to extend the Noord/
Zuidlijn, a metro line running from
Amsterdam-Noord to the city’s Station Zuid,
to give people another connection to
Hoofddorp and Schiphol Airport.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lithium-Ion_Batteries_in_E-Bikes_and
Other_Devices_Pose_Fire_Risks⠀⇛
Lithium-ion batteries show signs that they
need to be replaced if they get hot, expand
or take longer than usual to charge, Ms.
Hutchison said. Immediately before failure, a
battery will make a popping noise and then a
hiss in which gas is released. Experts
recommend storing them in fireproof
containers.
Even a battery that complies with safety
guidelines when it’s first purchased can
become dangerous if it’s damaged, said
William S. Lerner, a hydrogen expert and
delegate for ISO, an organization for global
standardization.
# ⚓ Positech Games ☛ I_finally_have_a_home_battery!⠀⇛
This has been a long process because just
when I started to ask a company to install
one, UK electricity prices went absolutely
insane, and everyone and their dog suddenly
wanted a home battery installation. Getting a
Tesla powerwall would have meant possibly an
even longer wait, and to be honest, they were
quite pricey compared with what I eventually
chose (a Givenergy 9.5kwh one), but even when
I found an installer, and agreed to have a
battery installed, there were endless delays.
Initially I was going to have a 9.5kwh
(latest model) battery, then it became
obvious they were hugely delayed, so opted
for a single 8.4kwh one, then at the very
last minute it turned out a 9.5kwh one was
available, and as this was the latest tech,
that allowed 100% depth of discharge and
unlimited cycles (basically you can fully
fill/empty the battery whenever you like
without affecting the warranty), so we went
with that.
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Digital_payment_giant_Mercado
Pago_enters_cryptocurrency_market_in_Mexico⠀⇛
In an interview this week in Forbes México,
Pedro Rivas, the director of Mercado Pago,
said his Paypal-like service already has
150,000 cryptocurrency users in Mexico, and
now wants to reach the 1 million mark it has
obtained in Brazil in only a few months.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ New_Tory_Peer_Ditches_Embattled_Truss-Allied
Think_Tank⠀⇛
Conservative donor Michael Hintze has
resigned from the IEA – an influential free-
market think tank criticised for inspiring
Liz Truss’s ill-fated economic policies –
days after joining the House of Lords.The
Australian hedge fund manager, who has
donated millions of pounds to the
Conservative party over the years, resigned
as a trustee of the Institute of Economic
Affairs after a 17-year stint.
The news follows increased scrutiny of the
libertarian groups clustered around Tufton
Street, located a short walk from parliament,
after Truss’s budget of unfunded tax cuts led
to market turmoil and her swift resignation
as prime minister.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Should_Governments_Reinvest_in_Nuclear
Power_to_Fight_Climate_Change?⠀⇛
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine,
governments should have been investing in
nuclear power. Demand for electricity was
still growing, and the climate crisis was
still accelerating. Now, with Europe trying
to wean itself off Russian gas as quickly as
possible, we find ourselves in a situation
reminiscent of the 1970s oil crisis, when
European countries built nuclear power plants
to reduce their dependence on Middle Eastern
oil. That period in Europe remains the
fastest-ever expansion of clean energy.1
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reverse_Engineering_Reveals_EV_Charger_Has
A_Sense_Of_Security⠀⇛
As more and more electric vehicles penetrate
the market, there’s going to have to be a
proportional rise in the number of charging
stations that are built into parking garages,
apartment complexes, and even private homes.
And the more that happens, the more chargers
we’re going to start seeing where security is
at best an afterthought in their design.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Court_Grants_Temporary_Reprieve_for
Montana’s_Wolves⠀⇛
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced
wolf hunting and trapping regulation changes
as required by a Montana State Court granting
a temporary restraining order (TRO) against
the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the
State of Montana, and the Fish and Wildlife
Commission. These changes significantly curb
the number of wolves permitted to be killed
in hunting and trapping districts adjacent to
Yellowstone and Glacier national parks,
reduce the annual “bag limit” of individual
hunters by 75%, and stop the use of
strangulation snares once trapping season
begins later this month.
The TRO was issued in response to a Motion
for Temporary Restraining Order filed by
conservation groups WildEarth Guardians and
Project Coyote, a project of Earth Island
Institute, on November 10, 2022. The order
expires on November 29, 2022 and a hearing is
scheduled in Helena for November 28 at 1:30
pm, which is the same day that the wolf
trapping season is set to start.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_Landlord_&_the_Tenant:_A_House_Fire
Reveals_One_Kind_of_Justice_for_Those_Who_Own_and_Another_for
Those_Who_Rent⠀⇛
In West Allis, a Milwaukee suburb once dominated by
a factory that long ago manufactured steam engines,
ore crushers and kilns, a man living on West Hicks
Street opens his back door to let the dog out and
sees smoke.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ What_to_Know_About_Sheltered_Workshops_in
Missouri⠀⇛
Kerstie Bramlet is 30 years old. She is autistic
and has intellectual disabilities. Intellectual
disabilities are disabilities that affect the way
people think and learn.
Bramlet works at a place called the Warren County
Sheltered Workshop. Warren County Sheltered
Workshop is near St. Louis, Missouri.
# ⚓ FAIR ☛ ‘Who_Do_We_Want_to_Own_Our_Neighborhoods?’⠀⇛
Janine Jackson interviewed CSG Advisors’ Gene
Slater about the affordable housing crisis for the
November 11, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is
a lightly edited transcript.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Dodging_the_Health_Care_Cost_Horror_Story
of_the_Austerity_Gang⠀⇛
As some of us pointed out at the time, the heart of
the austerity gang’s scare stories was not actually
Social Security or the aging of the population, but
rather projections of rapid growth in per person
health care costs continuing for many decades into
the future. This rapid growth was projected for
both public and private sector costs.
If health care costs actually followed the
projected growth path, it would devastate the
economy, regardless of whether we paid for it
through public programs like Medicare and Medicaid,
or through private health care insurance and out-
of-pocket spending. (Per person spending in public
programs was actually rising less rapidly in the
public sector programs than in the private sector.)
The real issue had nothing to do with the
government budget, it was fixing the health care
system.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Raising_Interest_Rates_and
Tightening_Monetary_Policy_Is_Not_the_Answer⠀⇛
The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana
famously warned that “those who cannot remember the
past are condemned to repeat it.” But sometimes
even those who can recall the past have a selective
memory and draw the wrong conclusions. This is how
the global policy response to the current bout of
inflation is playing out, with governments and
central banks across the developed world insisting
that the only way to tame soaring prices is by
raising interest rates and tightening monetary
policy.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_Massive_Mistake’:_Alarm_as_Dems_Cast
Doubt_on_Lame-Duck_Debt_Ceiling_Deal⠀⇛
With Republicans widely expected to take control of
the U.S. House of Representatives in 2023,
Democrats are under pressure to make the most of
the lame-duck session—but raising the debt ceiling
doesn’t seem to be on the table, increasing fears
of what that means for social programs in the GOP’s
crosshairs.
The Senate Democratic whip, the party’s second-
ranking member in the chamber, told Bloomberg they
don’t plan to use the budget reconciliation process
that was employed earlier this year to avoid a
filibuster and pass the Inflation Reduction Act
without any GOP support.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘The_Left_Beat_the_Money’_as_Karen_Bass
Defeats_Billionaire_to_Become_LA_Mayor⠀⇛
Karen Bass on Wednesday was projected the winner of
Los Angeles’ mayoral race, defeating billionaire
developer Rick Caruso, a former Republican who
outspent the Democratic U.S. congresswoman by 11-
to-1 while enlisting the aid of Hollywood A-listers
including Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kim
Kardashian.
“Angelenos chose someone who has devoted her life
to helping her community become healthier, safer,
and more just.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Break_Up_Ticketmaster,’_Chorus_of
Lawmakers_Demands_Amid_Taylor_Swift_Fiasco⠀⇛
Without explicitly mentioning pop star Taylor Swift
and her upcoming tour, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez spoke up for fans who spent hours on Monday
trying to get concert tickets only to wait in a
queue of thousands of people and in some cases be
automatically logged out by ticketing giant
Ticketmaster before they could make a purchase.
The significant technical glitches, as well as
price-gouging on Ticketmaster’s resale platform,
are the result of the 2010 merger between the
company and Live Nation, which was approved by the
Obama administration’s Justice Department,
suggested Ocasio-Cortez and other critics.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_A_Note_of_Apology_to_This
Nation’s_Younger_Generations:_We_Failed_You⠀⇛
Dear Millennials and Zoomers: back in the 1980s a
lot of us worked like hell to try to stop the
Reagan revolution. We failed. The next two years
may be our last chance to save American democracy,
our environment, and what’s left of the American
middle-class.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Apple_ignoring_requests_to_resume_pay_deal_talks,
union_claims⠀⇛
The union representing a majority of workers at
Apple retail units in Australia says the company
has not responded to requests to return to the
bargaining table to discuss an agreement.
In response to a query, Josh Cullinan, secretary of
the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, said
members were getting ready to escalate bans and
other industrial action.
Talks over a wage deal began in August with Apple
putting forward a proposal for locked-in wage rises
and conditions which unions say will lead to cuts
in real wages.
The unions want wage rises that reflect inflation
and two-day weekends rather than one day at a time.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_to_Prepare_for_Life_After_Twitter⠀⇛
Sheer chaos has surrounded Elon Musk’s takeover of
Twitter over the past few weeks. More than half of
Twitter’s employees have been fired or have
resigned. The verification system no longer means
much. And some users have reported problems with
security features. So if you have an account on the
social network, what do you do?
Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. But this
continuing spectacle presents an opportunity for us
to learn how to have healthier relationships with
social platforms so we are not dependent on any one
of them.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Elon’s_Big_Moneymaker_Plan…_Doesn’t_Appear_To_Be
Paying_Off⠀⇛
So far, the biggest genius idea from Elon Musk for
Twitter was to try to make people pay for blue
checks. He keeps insisting that this will somehow
solve the “bot/spam” problem, but no one has come
up with a credible explanation for how or why. Musk
himself has compared it to a spam filter: saying
that with Twitter Blue, tweets will be given
priority, and that like with a spam filter users
can choose to look through the un-blued dreck if
they so choose.
# ⚓ AIM ☛ Twitter_Blue_Tick_Fiasco:_Eli_Lilly,_Lockheed_Martin
Lose_Billions⠀⇛
The coveted Twitter blue tick – the new
monetisation model for Twitter – might be a big win
for the company, but has managed to single-handedly
bring massive losses to the tune of billions of
dollars for companies like Eli Lilly and Company,
Lockheed Martin and others. These companies
witnessed their stock prices nosedive last week.
The reason? Fake tweets from “verified” accounts
claiming to be these companies.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ If_You_Thought_The_FTC_Was_Going_To_Fuck_Over
Elon,_Just_Wait_Until_He_Learns_About_The_EU⠀⇛
We’ve already pointed out that the new Twitter
under Elon Musk may be facing some big challenges
from the FTC in the US. The company is under a
consent decree, and it’s not clear that Musk is
complying with the terms of the consent decree. And
unlike SEC violations, violating an FTC consent
decree can hurt. Between the FTC and the DOJ, they
can make it hurt. The fact that basically all of
the remaining Twitter execs whose necks were on the
line for potentially violating the FTC consent
decree quit at the same time should tell you
something (I guarantee it told the FTC something).
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Donald_Trump_Knows_How_to_Win_the_Republican
Presidential_Nomination⠀⇛
Forbes featured a headline last week that
announced, “Less Than Half of Republicans Would
Back Trump in 2024 Primary, Poll Finds.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ House_Democrat_Leads_Charge_to_Bar_Trump
From_Office,_Citing_14th_Amendment⠀⇛
As former President Donald Trump prepared to
announce his 2024 presidential campaign Tuesday,
Rep. David Cicilline was circulating a letter to
his fellow Democratic lawmakers calling on them to
support legislation that would bar Trump from
running, citing his involvement in the January 2021
attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“This language in our Constitution clearly intended
to bar insurrectionists from holding high office in
the United States.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ I’m_Not_Leaving_Twitter._Neither_Should_You.⠀⇛
It has been only two weeks since Elon Musk
completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, and
barely a day has gone by without controversy. Mass
layoffs, botched rollouts, and Musk’s own chaotic
and conspiratorial tweeting have encouraged some
users to preemptively jump ship to Mastodon, an
open-source (and seemingly complicated)
alternative—or to nowhere at all.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Warnock’s_Campaign_Sues_Over_GOP’s_Ban_on
Saturday_Voting_in_Georgia_Runoff⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Election_2022:_Time_for_the_“Spoiler”
Whining⠀⇛
Libertarian Chase Oliver garnered a little more
than 2% of the vote in Georgia’s US Senate race.
His efforts prevented either incumbent Democrat
Raphael Warnock or Republican challenger Herschel
Walker from winning the election with a majority.
Georgia’s election laws require such a majority, so
now the election goes to a Warnock-Walker runoff.
That’s how democracy works, at least in Georgia.
And every time a “major party” candidate loses an
election or is forced into a runoff by a
Libertarian, Green, or other third party or
independent candidate, a festival of tears and
butt-hurt ensues.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Dahmerism:_The_Highest_Stage_of_Liberal
Identitarianism⠀⇛
In the penultimate episode of the Netflix series
Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the eponymous
serial killer—who sexually abused the corpses of
his victims before devouring them— receives a
letter from a fan girl telling him he has become a
Halloween costume. This Halloween, about a month
after Netflix has renewed interest in, and sympathy
towards the serial killer, ebay had to take down
Dahmer-themed costumes and a number of LGBTQ bars
felt the need to prohibit their customers from
dressing up as the notorious serial killer. It is
indeed a curious phenomenon that many of the
series’ viewers found themselves sympathizing with
the Dahmer!
America’s love affair with mass murderers has a
long history – whether it unfolds as empathizing
with Ted Bundy or as the canonization of town
destroyer George Washington as a founding father.
This love affair is evidently not unrelated to the
mass murder committed by the USA domestically and
abroad, and the role that metaphorical and literal
cannibalism played in founding this country. It is
also telling in this context that one of the most
extreme cases of Dahmer sympathy, wherein a woman
tattooed the murderer’s face on her body, comes
from Australia: another genocidal settler colony
once famed for hunting aborigines for sport, and
which continues to refuse to let go of this bloody
hobby, especially when the US carnage in
Afghanistan provided the Australian death machine
with a new terrain for hunting natives.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_End_of_the_Road_for_Trump⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_the_War_Against_Voting,_Poll_Workers_Are_on
the_Front_Lines⠀⇛
During the midterm elections, millions of polling
stations operated across the United States, helping
citizens register to vote and submit their ballots.
The state of Ohio alone held hundreds of stations,
with dozens often located in a single county. For
the average person, a polling station is the most
accessible representation of democracy, and these
locations couldn’t function without the teams of
overworked and underappreciated poll workers
staffing them.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Midterm_Voters_Decisively
Rejected_Election_Deniers⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Democracy_Is_Not_Out_of_the_Woods_Yet’:
Trump_Announces_2024_White_House_Run⠀⇛
Less than two years after fomenting a deadly
insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President
Donald Trump on Tuesday formally announced that he
will be making another run for the White House in
2024, delivering a characteristically lie-filled
speech replete with bigotry and attacks on the
election process.
During his address, Trump called for a complete end
to early and absentee voting—methods that he has
used in the past—and said elections should be
conducted via paper ballots only, a demand fueled
by baseless claims about U.S. voting machines that
became commonplace in right-wing circles following
the 2020 presidential election.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Deaf_to_History’s_Questions⠀⇛
A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and
Us.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Don_Jr._and_Ivanka_Were_Noticeably_Absent_During
Trump’s_Big_Announcement⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump’s_Refusal_to_Testify_Before_Jan._6_Panel
Could_Result_in_Contempt_Charges⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Real_Reason_the_US_Is_Against_the_Entire
World_on_Cuba⠀⇛
What is the point of the embargo on Cuba? What are
we hoping to achieve? To punish a dead Fidel Castro
for his sins? Maybe to punish a dead Che Guevara
for his sins? Perhaps punish Cuban cigar makers for
being so damned good?
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Portrait_of_pro-fascist_wartime_Supreme
Court_head_on_display_again_after_ten_years⠀⇛
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Three_Things:_The_Early_Bird_Got
Wormed⠀⇛
Which is why during Sunday’s night’s mass
shooting at University of Virginia, students
as well as the public following the story
were reportedly confused about UVA’s
emergency message. They couldn’t be sure
after Elon Musk’s back-and-forth changes to
its verification system whether the message
they read in Twitter from UVA-Emergency
Management was legitimate.
# ⚓ ADF ☛ Doctors_Warn_Against_False_Information_On
COVID-19’S_Impact_On_Immune_System⠀⇛
By some estimates, about a quarter of people
who recover from COVID-19 develop symptoms
connected to long COVID. Long COVID appears
to involve a range of about 200 different
symptoms involving several organs of the
body. It has been linked to heart problems,
breathing difficulties and blood clots.
# ⚓ NBC ☛ False_claim_about_Iran_protester_executions
goes_viral_with_help_from_celebrities_and_politicians⠀⇛
An image that has circulated widely on social
media falsely says 15,000 protesters have
been sentenced to death. That claim is not
true, but it has been amplified by major
public figures, including the actors Viola
Davis and Sophie Turner and Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau. Representatives for
Davis did not immediately respond to a
request for comment. Representatives for
Turner declined to comment.
# ⚓ Dr._Vinay_Prasad_whines_about_the_“misinformation
police.”_Hilarity_ensues.⠀⇛
When last I wrote about Dr. Vinay Prasad, the
apparently 0.2 FTE academic oncologist at
UCSF turned COVID-19 contrarian and
misinformation amplifier, he had teamed up
with another, more senior and prominent
academic turned contrarian, Dr. John
Ioannidis, to whine about the “obsessive
criticism” they and their fellow contrarians
encounter on social media. As I noted at the
time, one couldn’t help but note the irony of
two tenured academics at very respected
institutions complaining about “obsessive
criticism” on social media in a peer-reviewed
journal for which one of them (Prof.
Ioannidis) had served until fairly recently
as editor-in-chief while the other author
(Dr. Prasad) had never been a slouch at
rather nasty attacks against his critics
himself. I won’t dwell on that aspect other
than to note that the article by Dr. Prasad
that caught my attention yesterday strikes me
as more of. the same. However, the real
reason Dr. Prasad’s article rose about the
usual noise of his daily efforts to cast
fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) on public
health interventions against COVID-19 was the
central premise of it, which was very much
like the central premise of an attack he had
launched before the pandemic—and then doubled
down on a year later—on “quackbusters”; i.e.,
skeptics, often physicians and scientists
like me, who devote their primary efforts to
countering medical pseudoscience, conspiracy
theories, misinformation, and disinformation,
particularly antivaccine propaganda.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Popular_Tibetan_video-sharing_app_to_be_shut_down⠀⇛
The creator of a popular Tibetan language video-
sharing app abruptly announced on Thursday he was
shutting it down for financial reasons, a source
inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region said.
But a group advocating for greater rights for
Tibetans said it was more likely that the Chinese
government ordered the app’s closure because it has
ratcheted up efforts to restrict Tibetans from
using their own language.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Qatar_World_Cup:_TV_2_Denmark_reporter_forced_off
air⠀⇛
TV 2 Denmark’s Rasmus Tantholdt was reporting on
the World Cup when he was approached. The
journalist said security threatened to break his
camera.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW:_Musk_ownership_of_Twitter_appears_‘outright
alarming’_for_human_rights,_free_speech⠀⇛
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday warned of the
potential impact on free speech and human rights
following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter,
calling the developments “concerning at least, and
in some cases outright alarming.” HRW Director for
Business and Human Rights Arvind Ganesan called
attention to updates that Musk has already brought
to Twitter, including layoffs of critical staff,
Musk’s own history of sharing “noxious conspiracy
theories” and plans to monetise Twitter’s
verification system.
# ⚓ Netblocks ☛ Social_media_restricted_in_Turkey_after_blast
in_Taksim,_Istanbul⠀⇛
Real-time NetBlocks metrics show that social media
and communications platforms Twitter, Instagram,
Facebook, YouTube, and some Telegram servers were
restricted from Sunday afternoon. The measure was
initially implemented on leading network operator
Turk Telekom, and subsequently extended to cover
most major internet providers. Metrics are taken
from an initial set of 50 vantage points across the
country and corroborate user reports of service
unavailability.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Germany_at_a_crossroads:_Nazis,_pacifism,_and_why_the
lessons_of_All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_still_matter
today⠀⇛
It took nearly a century for a German movie
production of Remarque’s seminal novel to be made,
recently launched on Netflix. Dr Akil N Awan
explores why Germany’s collective memory of the
First World War has long been corrupted by the
trauma of the Nazis, but that now the anti-war
masterpiece may be needed more than ever amidst the
rise of the far right
When the American-made war epic All Quiet on the
Western Front was released in Germany in December
1930, it was greeted with outrage – but carefully
manufactured outrage orchestrated by a rising and
intolerant Nazi Party; a grim portent of the bleak
future that awaited the country over the coming
decade. Enraged by the temerity of an impudent
foreign film that had dared to question Germanic
ideals of militarism, honour, valour, and sacrifice
for the Fatherland, the Nazis strove to have the
movie shut down.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Chinese_Dissidents_Mourn_Death_of_Top_Official
Turned_Critic⠀⇛
Both men were ousted from the government in 1989
for being seen as sympathetic to nationwide
protesters whose demands for democracy culminated
in the Tiananmen Square massacre. Bao served a
seven-year jail term followed by one year in a
halfway house.
While still under heavy surveillance in 1998, Bao
gave an interview to Scott Pelley of CBS News
around the time of a visit to China by then-U.S.
President Bill Clinton. Pelley, whose career with
the American network includes years as the “CBS
Evening News” anchor and now as a senior
correspondent for “60 Minutes,” devoted a chapter
to Bao in a 2019 memoir titled “Truth Worth
Telling.”
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ ANF News ☛ Journalists_protest_government_crackdown_in
front_of_Diyarbakır_Courthouse⠀⇛
“Governments have always targeted free press
workers, detained, arrested, murdered them and
bombed their offices… Despite all these attacks,
free press workers have never stepped back. The
AKP, which came to power promoting democracy, human
rights and a civil constitution, also attacked the
free press with well-known methods. After the
arrest of our 16 colleagues on June 16, 10 more
journalists were arrested in a new operation on
October 25. Moreover, our offices were raided, and
all our materials were confiscated in a way
reminiscent of crackdowns in the notorious 1990s,
2011 and 2016.”
# ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ DOJ_Investigated_Journalists_for_Insider
Trading,_Stalking_…_and_Worse⠀⇛
These contrasting facts leave skeptics with
concerns: Could any of the recent criminal
investigations against journalists mask payback for
unwanted reporting?
The new regulation from the Department of Justice —
effective Nov. 3 — directs federal law enforcement
to stop issuing warrants and subpoenas against
members of the media who are engaged in news
gathering, including on leaked classified
information. Introducing the policy Garland
insisted that reporters must have “the freedom to
investigate and report the news.” Bruce Brown,
executive director of the Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press, helped shape the new
regulation, and heralded it a “watershed moment” in
“protecting the rights of news organizations.”
# ⚓ Computers Are Bad ☛ local_newspaper⠀⇛
Some readers probably know exactly where this is
going by now, and the names Cameron and Timpone
might have been just a bit familiar to them.
Cameron and Timpone run Metric Media, Locality Labs
(formerly Local Labs), and the Local Government
Information Service (LGIS), several organizations
accused in the press of operating large numbers of
websites that appear to be local news sources but
actually operate as advertising for conservative
political interests. While the line between news,
opinion, and advertising can be somewhat thin in
the world of politics, the most damning aspect of
this operation is its volume. It’s no coincidence
that this newspaper seems hastily prepared, and
probably mostly by the use of freelancers and
automation. Cameron and Timpone operate over a
thousand such websites according to an article in
CJR, each of which is superficially a local
operation but is in fact run out of Austin. The
Guardian has reported on this group as well.
Indeed, printed versions of these papers are
apparently not unique, as an article details that
some printed copies were produced at the printing
plant of the Des Moines Register. While it’s common
for newspapers to run commercial print jobs for
smaller publications and marketing, this situation
certainly has a bit of a smell to it.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Will_Players_Help_Raise_Awareness_About_the
Horrors_Surrounding_the_World_Cup?⠀⇛
Qatar has come under criticism for its kafala
system for migrant workers. This worker-sponsorship
program had long forced migrant laborers to
surrender their passports to their employers and
rendered them unable to change jobs, let alone
organize a strike. Under immense pressure, Qatar
agreed in 2017 to start working with the
International Labor Organization to reform the
kafala system. In 2020, the country passed a new
labor law that increased the minimum wage and
allowed workers to move to a new employer without
permission. Vigorous implementation is the hard
part, though, and numerous human rights groups have
slammed Qatar for its lack of commitment to
enforcing the new law. In addition, Amnesty
International says Qatar has dragged its feet in
investigating worker deaths, failing to provide
proper compensation for workers’ families.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Police_Killed_an_Autistic_Teenager._Then_They
Filed_Search_Warrants_Looking_for_Past_Bad_Behavior.⠀⇛
Despite the legal requirement that warrants only be
approved when there is probable cause for a crime,
judges in Jefferson, St. Charles, and Orleans
granted the warrants. The Lens reports that “none
of the affidavits for the warrants that were sought
related to Parsa’s death identified a specific
crime that JPSO was investigating. On some of the
warrants, where a crime could have been listed,
JPSO wrote ‘No charge at this time.’ On others, it
was left blank.”
# ⚓ NPR ☛ These_companies_ran_an_experiment:_Pay_workers_their
full_salary_to_work_fewer_days⠀⇛
Fortunately, she found 73 companies to give it a
shot. They include financial firms, recruiters,
consultants, health care companies and even a fish
and chip shop (this is Britain, after all). And
while the data on the study hasn’t been released
yet, the anecdotal feedback from these firms
appears to be positive. Fully 86% said they will
likely continue the four-day workweek policy. The
same pay for less time at work? Sign us up!
# ⚓ ABC ☛ LA_deputies_won’t_be_charged_for_killing_Black
bicyclist⠀⇛
The deputies told investigators they didn’t know
there was a gun in the clothes, and they fired at
Kizzee after he picked up the handgun when it fell
out during a struggle with one of them.
An autopsy found that Kizzee had been struck 16
times by bullets in the front and back. Attorneys
for the family have said witnesses described a
volley of shots being fired as he lay on the
ground, although an autopsy didn’t indicate the
position of his body when he was shot.
# ⚓ Times Higher Education ☛ Taliban’s_call_for_academics_to
return_met_with_scepticism⠀⇛
This October, the Taliban prohibited female
students from choosing some majors, including
engineering, agriculture and journalism.
On 10 November, the government banned women from
parks and gyms, further pushing them out of public
spaces. Days later, the group ordered judges to
impose sharia – which could mean public executions,
amputations and floggings, according to reports.
Amid this backdrop, the minister’s comments struck
a dissonant chord with academics.
# ⚓ [Old] RFA ☛ China_Says_Marriages_Between_Tibetans,_Chinese
Will_Strengthen_‘Ethnic_Unity’⠀⇛
Chinese officials in public meetings held in
Tibet’s Shigatse prefecture are promoting marriages
between Tibetans and Han Chinese, as a new “ethnic
unity” law goes into effect in what Tibetans say is
another assault on their cultural identity, already
weakened by decades of Chinese migration into the
region.
# ⚓ [Old] The Washington Post ☛ China_promotes_mixed_marriages
in_Tibet_as_way_to_achieve_‘unity’⠀⇛
During their controversial six-decade-rule of
Tibet, China’s Communist Party leaders have been
accused by human rights groups of trying to tame
the restive region by imprisoning Tibetan political
prisoners, keeping in exile their leader the Dalai
Lama and repressing Tibetan religion and culture.
Now, China has turned to interracial marriage in an
apparent attempt to assimilate Tibetans and stamp
out rebellious impulses.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Abortion_and_the_Election⠀⇛
The midterm election of 2022 is almost over, with
only some counting and the Georgia runoff
remaining. But its seismic impact will be felt for
years to come. It was the first nationwide election
since the Supreme Court eviscerated the right to
reproductive choice in the Dobbs decision. The
election confirmed that this has sent a shock wave
through the electorate, energizing pro-choice
voters to deliver a stinging rebuke to Republican
ambitions.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Midterms_Reveal_Progressive_Possibilities
in_a_Changing_Nation⠀⇛
It is clear Roevember happened, that women enraged
by the Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade
abortion rights came out in numbers not captured by
polls. In addition, younger people, also
underrepresented in polls, swung heavily toward the
Democrats. Trump’s presence in the election turned
into a minus for Republicans, as extreme right
candidates endorsed by him were defeated across the
country. This election very likely signals that the
kind of far right politics signified by Trump has
reached its high water mark and is receding in a
demographically changing nation.
“In a midterm election where issues largely
centered on inflation and rising prices, about a
quarter of voters said the Court’s decision was the
single most important factor in their midterm
vote,” reports KFF. “This share increases to more
than three in ten among some groups that tend to be
pro-choice, including Democratic voters (37%),
younger women voters (34%), first time voters, and
those who say they are angry about the Court’s
decision . . . Majorities of Black and Hispanic
women also report the Supreme Court decision
impacted their voting behavior. . . “
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Senate_Investigation:_Doctor_Contracted_By
ICE_Medically_Abused_Dozens_Of_Women⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Video_Footage_Shows_Asylum_Seeker_in_ICE
Detention_Being_Force-Fed⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Senate_Report,_Hearing_Confirm_‘Systematic
Medical_Abuse’_of_Migrant_Women_in_ICE_Detention⠀⇛
After 18 months of bipartisan investigation, the
United States Senate on Tuesday published a report
and held a hearing on the medical abuse of women
jailed in Georgia by U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, which has been accused of covering up
the widespread mistreatment by deporting survivors
and witnesses.
“Irwin is the worst place I have ever been in my
life.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_GOP_Claims_House_Majority,_Jayapal_Warns
of_‘Republicans_in_Ruin’⠀⇛
As major election watchers on Wednesday officially
announced that Republicans had secured a majority
in the U.S. House of Representatives by winning at
least 218 seats, top Democrats—whose party
maintains control of the White House and
Senate—tried to send a message of hope.
Appearing on MSNBC Wednesday night, Rep. Pramila
Jayapal (D-Wash.) highlighted progressive
candidates who won and the state-level ballot
measures that passed, including initiatives
legalizing marijuana, protecting abortion rights,
expanding Medicaid, and raising the minimum wage.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Close_Rikers⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Judge_Strikes_Down_Title_42,_Which_Helped_Expel
Millions_of_Asylum_Seekers⠀⇛
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Immunity_Denied_To_Deputies_Who_Tried_To_Turn
Muscular_Dystrophy_Into_Reasonable_Suspicion⠀⇛
Courts are cool with pretextual stops. As long as a
cop can make up a reasonably good excuse for
pulling someone over, they can start casting their
lines in hopes of bigger fish. Given enough time
and bullshit, cops can often talk people into
warrantless roadside searches.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ NLRB_Requests_‘Nationwide_Cease_and_Desist
Order’_to_Stop_Union-Busting_at_Starbucks⠀⇛
The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday asked
a federal court in Michigan for a “nationwide cease
and desist order” prohibiting Starbucks from firing
workers for union organizing.
Federal prosecutors also asked the court to
reinstate and reimburse a pro-union worker who was
fired from one of the coffee giant’s Ann Arbor
stores and to require a high-ranking Starbucks
official to publicly inform the store’s employees
of their rights under the National Labor Relations
Act to pursue representation and collectively
bargain for better conditions without fear of
retaliation.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ Senators_Push_Bill_to_Make_Broadband
Grants_Non-Taxable_By_Year-End⠀⇛
Tax-exempt funding programs would include middle-
mile grants, the Digital Equity Competitive Grant
Program, and the Broadband Equity, Access, and
Deployment program. The BEAD program will
distribute $42.45 billion – about two thirds of the
IIJA’s broadband funds – to the states.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ NYC’s_Once_Bold_Broadband_Plan_Now_A_Jumbled
Mess_Of_Half-Measures⠀⇛
Back in 2020, New York City officials unveiled an
aggressive plan to revolutionize broadband in the
city. The centerpiece of this Internet Master Plan
involved building a $156 million open access fiber
network that competitors could easily join at low
cost, driving some much needed competition — and
lower rates, faster speeds, and better coverage —
to New York City residents.
# ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Open_letter:_Kazakhstan_and_ISPs_must_ensure
free,_open,_and_secure_internet_access_throughout_the
presidential_elections_–_Access_Now⠀⇛
We, the undersigned organizations and members of
the #KeepItOn coalition — a global network that
unites over 280 organizations from 105 countries
working to end internet shutdowns globally — write
to urgently appeal to you, President Kassym-Jomart
Tokayev, to publicly pledge your support to
maintain free, open, and secure internet access in
Kazakhstan before, during, and after the
presidential elections scheduled for November 20,
2022.
As the people of Kazakhstan prepare to vote, it is
essential that your government adopts and
prioritizes measures to ensure that the election
process is inclusive, free, and fair by providing
everyone with unfettered access to information and
avenues for free expression, assembly, and
association — both offline and online.
Access to the internet and social media platforms
enables people to exercise their right to engage in
public discourse, and to hold their leaders
accountable — all important tenets of any
democratic society. The internet is increasingly
essential in delivering access to economic, social,
and cultural rights, especially amidst the
pandemic.
# ⚓ AccessNow ☛ #KeepItOn_in_Kazakhstan:_empower_people,_uphold
democracy_–_Access_Now⠀⇛
Authorities in Kazakhstan must stop the cycle of
abusing internet shutdowns during critical national
moments, and instead ensure people across the
country have unfettered internet access throughout
the presidential election period.
“We need the government of Kazakhstan to put an end
to its attacks on freedom of expression and
meticulously-timed attempts to silence people,”
said Anastasiya Zhyrmont, Eastern Europe and
Central Asia Regional Outreach Coordinator at
Access Now. “When millions head to the polls to
elect their next president, authorities must
guarantee fair and open internet access.”
The government of Kazakhstan has weaponized
internet shutdowns since 2018, particularly during
critical political moments such as elections and
protests, including as recently as January 2022.
With the presidential election scheduled for
November 20, 2022, Access Now and the #KeepItOn
coalition have reached out to authorities, laying
out the concrete steps needed to ensure they, along
with internet service providers, uphold people’s
rights to freedom of expression, access to
information, and more.
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Internet Archive ☛ Digital_Books_wear_out_faster_than
Physical_Books⠀⇛
Mega-publishers are saying electronic books do not
wear out, but this is not true at all. The Internet
Archive processes and reprocesses the books it has
digitized as new optical character recognition
technologies come around, as new text understanding
technologies open new analysis, as formats change
from djvu to daisy to epub1 to epub2 to epub3 to
pdf-a and on and on. This takes thousands of
computer-months and programmer-years to do this
work. This is what libraries have signed up for—our
long-term custodial roles.
Also, the digital media they reside on changes,
too—from Digital Linear Tape to PATA hard drives to
SATA hard drives to SSDs. If we do not actively
tend our digital books they become unreadable very
quickly.
Then there is cataloging and metadata. If we do not
keep up with the ever-changing expectations of
digital learners, then our books will not be found.
This is ongoing and expensive.
Our paper books have lasted hundreds of years on
our shelves and are still readable. Without active
maintenance, we will be lucky if our digital books
last a decade.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Google_Begins_Refunding_Years_Of_Stadia
Purchases⠀⇛
The somehow both long-running and surprisingly
quick death of Stadia is now complete. We have been
covering Google’s attempt at a video game cloud-
streaming service for several years now. Frankly,
it’s been a mess from the jump, from a banal launch
that was rife with user experience issues, to poor
game performance, and a laughably limited game
library. It was all the way back in early 2021 that
the trouble became more serious and public. First,
Google disbanded Stadia’s game developers. Then
other Stadia employees voluntarily headed for the
exit. Then, after briefly pitching Stadia as a
backend for other platforms to deliver game-
streaming, Google eventually said it was just going
to shut the whole thing down.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ACE_Takes_Aim_at_9anime,_Soap2day,
Flixtor_&_Other_High-Profile_Piracy_Targets⠀⇛
Anti-piracy coalition ACE has set its aim on
several new targets. The group has obtained a
series of DMCA subpoenas targeting popular
streaming sites including 9anime, Soap2day,
and Flixtor. Along with Cloudflare and the
.to registry, hosting provider Zenlayer is
also asked to hand over data. Meanwhile, the
ACE coalition’s reach continues to expand.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ U.S._Registrars_Failed_to_Disable
Pirate_Site_Domains,_Judge_Orders_Action⠀⇛
In August, an Indian court ordered domain
registrars including NameCheap, Tucows,
Dynadot, and Sarek Oy to disable several
pirate site domains. They failed to comply so
the judge has just ordered two government
agencies to take immediate action. Among
other things, they must determine if the
domain companies should even be allowed to do
business in India.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Open_Harassment_Period⠀⇛
For the past month we’ve been inundated with a
dozen or so phone calls per day (except Sundays)
from ever-so-helpful folks who are offering to
guide us through the confusion of selecting an
insurance provider to supplement or replace our
Medicare health care benefits. These calls begin as
early as 6:30 in the morning — interrupting our
sleep when we’ve had a difficult night — and
continue throughout the day and into the evening.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# GNOME_Desktop/GTK
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers
# Mozilla
o Programming/Development
# Python
# Rust
* Leftovers
o Hardware
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_Turkey_–_LinuxLinks⠀⇛
We cover events and user groups that are running in
Turkey. This article forms part of our Linux Around
The World series.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Is_a_Linux_Hypervisor_and_What_Does_It
Do?⠀⇛
Virtualization is a neat way of experimenting with
different operating systems. Generally, software
like VirtualBox or VMware is used to set up and use
virtual machines. But what exactly is VirtualBox or
VMware? Well, they are hypervisors.
Hypervisors are software that you can use to create
and run virtual machines. So, what is a Linux
hypervisor? What are its features, and how is it
different from Windows hypervisors?
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ A_FreeBSD_Cat_Alternative?_“You_Bat_there_is…”_–
Invidious⠀⇛
In this video we take a look at BAT, a colourful
and friendly alternative to CAT…. it’s just as
cuddly!
# ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_481:_Fiery_Crackers⠀⇛
FreeBSD Q3 2022 status report, Leveraging MinIO and
OpenZFS to avoid vendor lock in, FreeBSD on
Firecracker platform, How Much Faster Is Making A
Tar Archive Without Gzip, Postgres from packages on
OpenBSD, Upgrading an NVMe zpool from 222G to 1TB
drives, Don’t use Reddit for Linux or BSD related
questions, and more.
# ⚓ Video ☛ Why_I_Hate_MOST_Linux_Distributions_*Reaction*_–
Invidious⠀⇛
This one came across my feed… Well lets react to
Why this person hates most Linux Distributions. God
where is the headache medicine???
# ⚓ Video ☛ CHROME_OS_Flex_is_a_BAD_operating_system_–
Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux in the Ham Shack ☛ LHS_Episode_#489:_2CW_or_not_2CW_|
Linux_in_the_Ham_Shack⠀⇛
Hello and welcome to Episode #489 of Linux in the
Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts
cover the future of morse code in amateur radio,
more grants from the ARDC, pipewire, Xanmod, Nitrus
and much more. Thank you for listening and we hope
you have a great week.
# ⚓ Video ☛ What_Happened_to_Budgie?_–_Invidious⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Authenticator:_A_Simple_Open-Source_App_to
Replace_Authy_on_Linux⠀⇛
Authy is a popular app for storing and managing
two-factor codes. It is a cloud-based service that
gives you convenience with industry-grade security.
Unfortunately, it is not open-source.
Would you consider using a more straightforward
(and open-source) authenticator app on your Linux
desktop?
Well, of course, you cannot cloud sync here. But
you can generate a backup for the two-factor
authentication codes. Keeping that in mind, let me
tell you more about Authenticator.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ 10_Best_Linux_Educational_Software_for_Your
Kids⠀⇛
The expense of getting an education is always high,
no matter where you are in the world. If you want
to use educational software, that cost will be even
higher. You may have been searching online for the
best educational software for your children or
yourself. If you are using Linux, I can help you
get a list of the best educational software for
your needs. If you doubt that Linux has much to
offer in terms of education, wait until you see
this list.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ [GNOME]_GNOME_Files_and_custom_file_icons:_setting_a_cute
2×2_image_preview_for_photo_albums⠀⇛
Going further in my delight at belatedly
discovering the “metadata::custom-icon” GVFS
attribute used by Nautilus, I extended beyond just
music album covers to write a script that did a fun
2×2 grid for photo album covers.
# ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_Toontown_Rewritten_on_Linux_Mint_21
–_Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, we are looking at how to install
Toontown Rewritten on Linux Mint 21.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Eclipse_Mosquitto_on_Ubuntu_22.04
LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Eclipse Mosquitto on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of
you who didn’t know, Mosquitto is an open-source
message broker that uses the Message Queuing
Telemetry Transport (MQTT) Protocol. It implements
MQTT protocol versions 5.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1. And
because of its low power consumption, it can be
used on boards like Raspberry pi.
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 the step-by-step
installation of the Eclipse Mosquitto on Ubuntu
22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same
instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-
based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS,
Pop!_OS, and more as well.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Install_OpenOffice_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Simple beginner’s guide on how to install Apache
OpenOffice in Ubuntu Linux.
OpenOffice, developed by Apache, is the oldest free
and open-source office productivity suite which is
currently under maintenance. No significant new
features are being added. It has been forked as
LibreOffice, which is more advanced and brings more
features.
However, many still try to use OpenOffice for
various reasons & this tutorial is for those who
want to install the OpenOffice suite in Ubuntu and
other distros.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_CMake_on_Rocky_Linux_9_/CentOS_9
Stream⠀⇛
In this post, you will learn how to install CMake
on Rocky Linux 9 / CentOS 9 Stream. Let’s get
started.
# ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_set,_change,_and_recover_your_MySQL
root_password⠀⇛
Chances are you have MySQL running somewhere in
your data center. If that’s the case, there might
be a time when you need to set or change the root
user password. This can happen when you’ve
forgotten the password or when you’re looking to up
your security game (remembering you set the
original MySQL password to something far too
simple).
As you might expect, the process is handled
entirely through the command line and works with
either MySQL or MariaDB installations. The Linux
distribution being used doesn’t matter as long as
you have admin access by way of su or sudo.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_A_Mega_Night_Funkin’_(Vs
Mega_Man)_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
Today we are looking at how to install A Mega Night
Funkin’ (Vs Mega Man) on a Chromebook.
If you have any questions, please contact us via a
YouTube comment and we would be happy to assist
you!
This tutorial will only work on Chromebooks with an
Intel or AMD CPU (with Linux Apps Support) and not
those with an ARM64 architecture CPU.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Dual_Boot_Linux_on_Your
Mac⠀⇛
Here’s how to install Linux on your Mac. You can
try dual-booting Ubuntu, or replace macOS with
Linux entirely!
Whether you need a customizable operating system or
a better environment for software development, you
can get it by dual booting Linux on your Mac. Linux
is incredibly versatile (it’s used to run
everything from smartphones to supercomputers), and
you can install it on a MacBook, iMac, Mac mini, or
any other kind of Mac.
Apple added Boot Camp to macOS to make it easy for
people to dual boot Windows, but installing Linux
is another matter entirely. Follow the steps below
to learn how to do this.
# ⚓ Video ☛ How_To_Upgrade_To_Fedora_37_From_Fedora_36._–
Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, I am going to show ho upgrade to
Fedora 37 from Fedora 36.
# ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_Fedora_37._–_Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, I am going to show how to install
Fedora 37.
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Ways_to_look_at_logged_in_users_on_Linux_|
Network_World⠀⇛
There are quite a few ways on Linux to get a list
of the users logged into the system and see what
they are doing. The commands described in this
article all provide very useful information.
# ⚓ Video:_awk_delimiters⠀⇛
I have published a new video on YouTube:
Introduction to AWK Delimiters. Please subscribe to
my channel if you haven’t done so yet!
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Release_of_Box86_and_Box64,_with_Better
Compatibility_of_X86_and_X86_64_Games_on_ARM_Hardware!⠀⇛
Good news! Box64 (and Box86) is getting another
major update with its new 0.2 version. In this
version the major new features…
# ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ SteamDeck_|_What_Makes_it_Awesome_for_an
openSUSE_User_–_CubicleNate’s_Techpad⠀⇛
When it comes to my tech, I am reluctant to add
anything that has the potential to become a
technical liability that I cannot accommodate. I am
also not interested in any tech that locks me into
a cloud based ecosystem where my future with the
technology is at the whims of some faceless
corporation. As a consequence, I require a certain
level of freedom with my tech. If some distant
server shuts down, the software and hardware I have
purchased should be largely unaffected, obviously
with some caveats.
Bottom Line Up Front: The SteamDeck is everything I
ever wanted in a hand held console and more. I
think it would have been a better experience built
on openSUSE, mostly for my own gratification but
despite the choice of using Arch Linux tools, Valve
has done a wonderful job of making SteamOS top
notch. This is, without a shred of hesitation, the
finest gaming console I have ever purchased.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Windows_is_Testing_a_GNOME-like_Dark
Mode_Switcher._Copy_Again?⠀⇛
A possible feature in the upcoming Windows
update is under test, which features a dark
mode switcher from the Windows tray.
From the moment Windows 11 default look
unveiled, it resembled mostly the major Linux
desktop. Mostly a blend of KDE Plasma and
GNOME. The start menu, taskbar, and desktop
widgets – all remind us of the features of
KDE Plasma and GNOME. Those features long
existed in the Linux desktop world.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ BSD_PF_firewall_has_one_extra_scrub_option_–_Jon’s_FOSS
Blog⠀⇛
The BSD PacketFilter firewall has an extra scrub
option which is, “reassemble tcp”. I was
researching and exploring the different types of
fragmented/segmented protocol packets that could be
forwarded within a network that may have a smaller
MTU link in the middle of the routing path. I am
still exploring what could be done in Linux to
achieve a similar operation!
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ New_Leap_Micro_Version_Now_Available⠀⇛
The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the
release of its modern lightweight host operating
system Leap Micro 5.3.
This release has a new SELinux module for Cockpit
that provides basic functionality for users to
troubleshoot configurations and makes
NetworkManager the default network configuration
tool.
This release is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise SUSE
(SLE) Micro 5.3 and is built on top of a SLE 15
Service Pack 4 update.
This ultra-reliable, lightweight and immutable
operating system can be used for several compute
environments like edge, embedded, IoT deployments
and others.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Say_hello_to_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9.1⠀⇛
Hot on the heels of the arrival of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7, Red Hat has released
the next version of its RHEL 9 family, RHEL 9.1.
# ⚓ IT Brief NZ ☛ Red_Hat_introduces_latest_versions_of_its
enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_8.7_and_9.1_Officially_Available⠀⇛
# ⚓ HPC Wire ☛ Red_Hat_Introduces_Latest_Versions_of_Red_Hat
Enterprise_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rocky_Linux_8.7_Released_with_Updated_Compiler
Toolset⠀⇛
The new Rocky Linux 8.7 release brings the Network
Manager up to version 1.40 and updates a part of
the developer tool base.
Rocky Linux is a distribution intended to be a
complete downstream binary compatible release using
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system
source code.
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) has
announced the general availability (GA) of Rocky
Linux 8.7, just five days after RHEL 8.7 was
released. So Let’s see what’s new.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Satellite_6.12_is_now
available⠀⇛
We are pleased to announce the availability of Red
Hat Satellite 6.12. This release includes many new
and updated features, including an improved user
interface/user experience and new features to
simplify operation and administration.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_EMEA_Digital_Leaders_Awards
2022:_And_the_regional_winners_are…⠀⇛
In my previous post we shared the names of the
winners of Red Hat EMEA Digital Leaders Awards
across three main categories: App Dev, Automation
and Infrastructure, in addition to special awards
for Cultural Change and Speed of Innovation.
This marks the second year the awards have been
held in collaboration with IDC and Intel, with the
goal of identifying innovative and transformative
digital leaders using Red Hat technologies and
services. The awards highlight some of the industry
changing innovations our customers are delivering.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Introduction_to_RHEL_System_Roles⠀⇛
In today’s IT environments, organizations continue
to manage an ever-growing quantity of systems. This
requires organizations to depend more on automation
to perform tasks. Deploying and managing an
operating system like Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) can be time-consuming without automation,
with administration and maintenance tasks taking
significantly longer to complete.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Transforming_the_world:_Announcing_our
Red_Hat_Digital_Leaders_2022⠀⇛
The transformative power of open source technology
underpins all we strive for at Red Hat. It is also
the driving force behind the Red Hat Digital
Leaders Awards. Designed to celebrate our
customers’ success, the awards aim to shine a
spotlight on their unique innovations and focus on
the business value and impact of digital
transformation projects.
For the second year running, the awards are brought
to us with the support of technology analyst firm
IDC and are sponsored by Intel. The awards aim to
capture and showcase unique applications of
technology, while sharing best practices fueling
the next wave of digital innovation and success. We
received entries from across the region from a wide
range of industries that demonstrate the scale and
capabilities of open source technologies.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Time_Zone_Database_Package_(tzdata):
News_and_updates_in_2022⠀⇛
The Time Zone Database Package (tzdata) provides
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the time zone
information needed for all applications or runtimes
in the operating system to correctly print local
time. The GNU C Library (glibc) makes use of the
tzdata package so APIs such as strftime() work
correctly, while applications such as /usr/bin/date
use this information to print the local date.
The tzdata package contains the data files
describing both current and historic transitions
for various time zones around the world. This data
represents changes required by local governments or
by time zone boundary changes, as well as changes
to UTC offsets and daylight saving time (DST).
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Global_Customer_Tech_Outlook
2023:_Security_is_the_top_priority_as_digital_transformation
continues⠀⇛
Results from Red Hat’s ninth Global Tech Outlook
survey are in, and, as in years past, we explore
what the data reveals about where organizations are
in their digital transformation initiatives, IT and
non-IT funding priorities, and challenges they are
facing. We surveyed 1,700+ information technology
(IT) leaders worldwide, across various industries
to help us better understand new aspects of
technology use and track trends. Here, we highlight
key findings and trends from the report and how
these results have changed over time.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Fedora_37_now_generally_available⠀⇛
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the
latest version of the Fedora operating system,
Fedora Linux 37, is now generally available! Built
by the expertise and hard work of the global
community of Fedora contributors, Fedora Linux 37
brings a host of new features and capabilities,
from new editions to desktop enhancements to an
improved sysadmin environment.
# ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Lilbits:_Fedora_37,_Qualcomm’s_next-gen_chip
for_AR_glasses,_and_Amazon_layoffs⠀⇛
# ⚓ Unveiling_of_IBM_LinuxONE_4_Emperor_–_Express_Computer⠀⇛
The LinuxONE Emperor 4 is IBM’s most highly
performing, secure, sustainable and open Linux
server to date.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ SparkyLinux_6.5_Is_Here_with_a_Refreshed_Package
Base⠀⇛
Debian-based SparkyLinux released version 6.5,
including updated bundled applications and minor
improvements.
Sparky is a lightweight, fully customizable OS
built on Debian that offers a few versions for
different users and tasks. One of the
distribution’s distinguishing features is that it
provides versions based on both the stable
(SparkyLinux Stable) and test (SparkyLinux Semi-
Rolling) branches of Debian.
Three months after the previous 6.4 release, the
SparkyLinux team announced the general availability
of the latest stable SparkyLinux 6.5, the fifth
refresh in the 6.x “Po Tolo” series based on the
Debian stable branch.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ The DIY Life ☛ I_Made_The_World’s_Smallest_Server_Rack_–
With_UPS_and_SSD_Storage_–_The_DIY_Life⠀⇛
Having your own home server rack or homelab is
really useful, but you have to have a relatively
large space to set it up, it generates a lot of
heat and can be pretty noisy. So that’s why I built
this, the world’s smallest server rack that fits
right in on my desk alongside a drink or cup of
coffee.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Purism ☛ Swinging_Back_to_Open_Standards_–_Purism⠀⇛
History is a series of pendulum swings between
opposite extremes. A generation moves in a certain
direction, and the next generation reacts based on
the consequences (often rejecting it). Eventually a
new generation appears that never directly
experienced the consequences and lessons from the
previous generations, who then moves back toward
that direction and the cycle continues. If you are
alive long enough, you will eventually get to see a
trend go through its full cycle (such as with high-
rise/low-rise jeans or centralized/decentralized
computing) and along with it, be able to make some
predictions about where the current trend is going.
Over the past few weeks we have seen a massive
shift away from a centralized, proprietary social
media platform (Twitter) onto a decentralized,
federated, open one (Mastodon) that along with a
few other indicators points to the pendulum
starting to swing back toward an interest in open
protocols, networks, and technologies beyond social
media. In this post I will talk about the last time
this shift happened, and how we can apply the
lessons we learned from that experience to today.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ DIY_air_quality_monitor_is_based_on_Wemos_D1
mini_ESP8266_board,_Sensirion_SGP41_TVOC_sensor_–_CNX
Software⠀⇛
Open AirGradient is a DIY air quality monitor based
on the Wemos D1 mini ESP8266 WiFi IoT board
programmed with Arduino and fitted with a range of
sensors including an optional Sensirion SGP41 TVOC
sensor through a custom PCB designed with EasyEDA.
Two versions of Open AirGradient are available. The
Basic model includes an OLED display, a Plantower
PMS5003 PM sensor, a Senseair S8 CO2 sensor, and
SHT30 or SHT31 temperature & humidity sensor, while
the Pro version adds a larger display, a plastic
enclosure, and support for the SGP41 TVOC sensor.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Realme_10_Pro_is_unleashed_as_a_new
Android_13_smartphone_with_ultra-narrow_display_bezels,_a
108MP_main_camera_and_a_5,000mAh_battery_–_NotebookCheck.net
News⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Developer_brings_Android_TV_13_to_the_Raspberry_Pi
4⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ [Update:_Official]_YouTube_for_Android_TV
gains_new_animated_splash_loading_screen_w/_start-up_sound⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Google_to_limit_tracking_in_Android_apps,
starting_next_year_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android_Auto’s_Coolwalk_beta_redesign_rolls_out_to_users⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Realme_GT_Neo_3_and_GT_Neo_3_150W_receive
Android_13-based_Realme_UI_3.0_stable_update_–_GSMArena.com
news⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Samsung_is_now_spreading_Android_13_to_the
mid-range_Galaxy_A52_and_more_Z_Flip_4_and_Z_Fold_4_units_–
PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ vivo_V21s_arrives_with_Android_12_and_waterdrop
notch_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_beta_program_opens_up_to_more
users⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Galaxy_S21_series_gets_second_Android_13_update
with_November_security_patch_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_A52_gets_stable_Android_13_(One
UI_5.0)_update_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Realme_10_Pro_and_10_Pro+_arrive_with_108_MP
cameras,_Android_13_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Z_Flip_4,_Z_Fold_4_getting
stable_Android_13_update_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Heres_are_all_of_Android_13′s_themed_icons
and_how_to_enable_them⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_toggle_one-handed_mode_from_Quick
Settings_in_Android_13_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Samsung_One_UI_5.0_(Android_13)_update_and_bugs_tracker_
(cont._updated)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Honor_80_will_debut_as_the_first_Android
smartphone_with_the_latest_Snapdragon_7-series_SoC_–
NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_rotary_controls_break_for_many⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_trick_every_user_should_know_to_protect
private_information_–_and_it_takes_mere_seconds_|_The_US
Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ Razer_Edge_5G_first_look:_Here’s_the_Android
gaming_phone_in_th⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_an_XAPK_File_on_Android_–
Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛
# ⚓ How_to_Use_Android_Phone_as_Webcam_for_PC_–_TechPP⠀⇛
# ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Redmi_A1+_review:_Affordable_phone_with
the_promise_of_stock_Android_|_Technology_News,The_Indian
Express⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ YouTube_for_Android_TV_gains_new_animated
splash_loading_screen⠀⇛
# ⚓ Computer World ☛ 6_secret_settings_for_a_smarter_Chrome
Android_setup_|_Computerworld⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Lenovo’s_latest_leaked_product_takes
Android_tablets_to_the_Extreme⠀⇛
# ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ GOLE1_R_Android_touchscreen_mini_PC_–_Geeky
Gadgets⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ The_syslog-ng_Insider_2022-11:_4.0;_OIDC;_nightly;_sudo;_–_Blog_–
syslog-ng_Community_–_syslog-ng_Community⠀⇛
This is the 106th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly
newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# § Mozilla⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Download_Firefox_Browser:_All_Version
Links_and_Details⠀⇛
This reference page contains all the links to
Firefox browser downloads, including stable,
beta, and developer editions.
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Manifest_v3_signing_available_November_21
on_Firefox_Nightly_|_Mozilla_Add-ons_Community_Blog⠀⇛
Starting November 21, 2022 add-on developers
are welcome to upload their Firefox Manifest
version 3 (MV3) compatible extensions to
addons.mozilla.org (AMO) and have them signed
…
# ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Unified_Extensions_Button_and_how_to_handle
permissions_in_Manifest_V3_|_Mozilla_Add-ons_Community
Blog⠀⇛
Manifest V3 (MV3) is bringing new user-facing
changes to Firefox, including the Unified
Extensions Button to manage installed and
enabled browser extension permissions (origin
controls), providing Firefox users control
over extension access to their browsers. The
first building blocks of this button were
added to Nightly in Firefox 107 and will
become available with the general release of
MV3 in Firefox 109.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Formatting_the_code_in_your_patch_for_LibreOffice⠀⇛
Do you want to submit a patch to LibreOffice
Gerrit, and you’re wondering if your code will be
accepted or not? Other than providing a good
solution to resolve a problem (fix a bug, implement
a feature or enhancement), you should care about
the code conventions, and in particular, code
formatting. Suitable code formatting for
LibreOffice is what we discuss here.
# ⚓ NextGenTips ☛ Useful_getting_started_guide_in_Vue_js_–
NextGenTips⠀⇛
Vue js is a Javascript framework for building user
interfaces. It builds on top of standard HTML, CSS,
and Javascript, so it is better to know them before
diving into Vue js.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ IBM_Research_helps_extend_PyTorch_to
enable_open-source_cloud-native_machine_learning_|
VentureBeat⠀⇛
Foundation models have the potential to
change the way organizations build artificial
intelligence (AI) and train with machine
learning (ML).
A key challenge for building foundation
models is that, to date, they have generally
required the use of specific types of
networking and infrastructure hardware to run
efficiently. There has also been limited
support for developers wanting to build a
foundation model with an entirely open-source
stack. It’s a challenge that IBM Research is
looking to help solve in a number of ways.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ Async_fn_in_trait_MVP_comes_to_nightly⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Datacenter_Can_Carry_Nvidia_Through_The
Rough_Spots⠀⇛
After a decade and a half of ceaseless and focused
work, Nvidia has created a modern compute platform,
and a unique one at that. And while the collapse of
the PC market and the Dot Coin Bust has not done
its financials any favors in recent quarters,
Nvidia’s datacenter business is clipping along
despite the economic uncertainties out there on
Earth.
In fact, that Nvidia datacenter business seems
poised to expand in the coming years thanks to its
entry into CPUs and DPUs, the need for high
bandwidth networking, and the ongoing adoption of
GPU compute for HPC, AI, and now data analytics
workloads. And this despite increasing competition
in GPUs and already fierce competition in CPUs.
The trajectory of that datacenter business is
clear, and made even more dramatic by the drop in
sales for GPUs dedicated to gaming and professional
visualization that continued in the third quarter
of fiscal 2023 ended in October.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(firefox-esr and thunderbird), Fedora (expat, xen,
and xorg-x11-server), Oracle (kernel, kernel-
container, qemu, xorg-x11-server, and zlib),
Scientific Linux (xorg-x11-server), Slackware
(firefox, krb5, samba, and thunderbird), SUSE (ant,
apache2-mod_wsgi, jsoup, rubygem-nokogiri, samba,
and tomcat), and Ubuntu (firefox and linux, linux-
aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-dell300x, linux-hwe,
linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-
snapdragon).
# ⚓ Twitter_Two-Factor_Authentication_Has_a_Vulnerability⠀⇛
The vulnerability comes as Twitter enters its third
week under the ownership of Elon Musk, a period
during which key security and compliance staff at
the company have departed, masses of employees and
contractors have been laid off, and cracks have
begun to show in the company’s customer-facing
technology (see: Twitter Ramps Up Regulatory
Exposure After Loss of CISO).
A researcher contacted Information Security Media
Group on condition of anonymity to reveal that
texting “STOP” to the Twitter verification service
results in the service turning off SMS two-factor
authentication.
“Your phone has been removed and SMS 2FA has been
disabled from all accounts,” is the automated
response.
The vulnerability, which ISMG verified, allows a
hacker to spoof the registered phone number to
disable two-factor authentication. That potentially
exposes accounts to a password reset attack or
account takeover through password stuffing. Twitter
allows uses to set up multifactor authentication
through other means besides SMS, including an
authentication app and a security key. Twitter did
not immediately respond to a request for comment;
its communication team reportedly no longer exists.
# ⚓ Wired ☛ Twitter’s_SMS_Two-Factor_Authentication_Is_Melting
Down_|_WIRED⠀⇛
FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS of extreme chaos at Twitter,
users are joining and fleeing the site in droves.
More quietly, many are likely scrutinizing their
accounts, checking their security settings, and
downloading their data. But some users are
reporting problems when they attempt to generate
two-factor authentication codes over SMS: Either
the texts don’t come or they’re delayed by hours.
The glitchy SMS two-factor codes mean that users
could get locked out of their accounts and lose
control of them. They could also find themselves
unable to make changes to their security settings
or download their data using Twitter’s access
feature. The situation also provides an early hint
that troubles within Twitter’s infrastructure are
bubbling to the surface.
Not all users are having problems receiving SMS
authentication codes, and those who rely on an
authenticator app or physical authentication token
to secure their Twitter account may not have reason
to test the mechanism. But users have been self-
reporting issues on Twitter since the weekend, and
WIRED confirmed that on at least some accounts,
authentication texts are hours delayed or not
coming at all. The meltdown comes less than two
weeks after Twiter laid off about half of its
workers, roughly 3,700 people. Since then,
engineers, operations specialists, IT staff, and
security teams have been stretched thin attempting
to adapt Twitter’s offerings and build new features
per new owner Elon Musk’s agenda.
# ⚓ USCERT ☛ CISA_Releases_Two_Industrial_Control_Systems
Advisories_|_CISA⠀⇛
CISA has released two (2) Industrial Control
Systems (ICS) advisories on November 17, 2022.
These advisories provide timely information about
current security issues, vulnerabilities, and
exploits surrounding ICS.
# ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Top_Kali_Linux_tools_and_how_to_use_them⠀⇛
Kali Linux is the operating system most frequently
used by both ethical hackers and malicious hackers
for almost every aspect of cybersecurity. Kali
includes almost every imaginable hacking tool,
which means learning to use it is a journey, not a
simple skill that can be picked up watching a 10-
minute tutorial.
Based on the Debian Linux distribution, Kali
includes hacking tools that can be used to carry
out and defend against brute-force attacks,
wireless attacks, IP spoofing attacks, reverse-
engineering attacks, password cracking, dictionary
attacks, phishing attacks, SQL injection and more.
Other Kali tools are more aligned with ethical
hackers using penetration testing tools, network
security information gathering, vulnerability
assessment, security testing and security auditing.
As a general platform, it also enables
cybersecurity professionals to take an offensive
rather than a defensive security stance by actively
detecting vulnerabilities.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Product-led_Growth_and_Product_Analytics,_Can
There_Be_One_Without_The_Other? [Ed: Qt for
surveillance]⠀⇛
Product-led growth puts the product
experience, both from a software and a
hardware perspective, into the focus of the
go-to-market strategy. Instead of planning
sales and marketing operations around high-
touch customer engagements and marketing
campaigns, the digital and physical
experience of the embedded device is such
that customers proactively engage in the
purchase process.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Rejigged_localisation_rules_in_Data
Protection_Bill_to_ease_worries_of_Big_Tech_companies⠀⇛
Big Tech companies such as Meta Inc and
Alphabet Inc may get some respite from a
revised version of the Data Protection Bill,
which is expected to permit the transfer and
storage of data in “trusted geographies”.
The government’s stance on data localisation
is significantly different from the old
version of the Bill, in which it had
categorised data as personal, sensitive and
critical.
It had also said that certain categories of
data would have to be necessarily stored in
the country, while copies of other kinds
would have to be retained within India for
law enforcement purposes.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ IBM Old Timer ☛ The_Disruptive_Economics_of_AI⠀⇛
In 2017, I attended a seminar by University of
Toronto professor Avi Goldfarb on the economic
value of AI. Goldfarb explained that the best way
to assess the impact of a potentially
transformative technology is to look at how the
technology reduces the cost of a widely used
function. Computers, for example, have dramatically
reduced the cost of digital operations like
arithmetic by several orders of magnitude. As a
result, we’ve learned to define all kinds of tasks
in terms of digital operations, e.g., financial
transactions, inventory management, word
processing, photography. Similarly, the internet
has reduced the cost of communications and the Web
has reduced the cost of access to information,
which has led to a huge increase in applications
based on communications and information, like music
and video streaming, and digital media.
Viewed through this lens, AI is essentially a
prediction technology, and its economic impact is
to reduce the cost and expand the number and
variety of applications that rely on predictions. A
key finding of Stanford’s 2022 AI Index report was
that AI is becoming much more affordable and higher
performing, leading to the widespread commercial
adoption of AI-based applications. “Since 2018, the
cost to train an image classification system has
decreased by 63.6%, while training times have
improved by 94.4%.,” said the report.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Twitter:_first,_consider_human_rights_impacts⠀⇛
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, now owns one of
our most vital communication platforms, and has
taken control of Twitter’s privacy, freedom of
expression, and content moderation. While there is
great speculation about the future of the platform,
very little is being said about the duties of the
shareholders who agreed to sell, or of the
financial institutions that backed the acquisition
– and the impact their decisions are already having
on the human rights of millions.
[...]
With the Twitter sale, their responsibility should
have extended to the community of people – present
and future – that relies on the platform as a tool
for freedom of expression and assembly. So it is
critical to examine whether these firms spent any
time considering how their actions might impact the
human rights of people who use Twitter across the
globe.
One of Musk’s obvious flags is his record on
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues
at Tesla, which was excluded from the S&P 500 ESG
Index, an industry standard on corporate
responsibility, in part due to racial
discrimination and fatal car crashes. Musk
responded with, “ESG is a scam.” While ESG as a
concept admittedly has a way to go, it is
incredibly alarming that a manufacturer of electric
cars – generally considered a very good thing for
the E in ESG – was removed from the index over its
poor performance in S and G.
These issues at Tesla, coupled with Musk’s behavior
on Twitter, should have been enough to ring alarm
bells for Twitter shareholders.
The United Nations Guiding Principles for Business
and Human Rights (UNGPs), the de facto standard for
rights-respecting corporate behavior, require
corporations – including institutional investors
and asset managers – to conduct human rights risk
assessments to identify how their operations impact
others. The baseline is very simple: “do no harm.”
The results of the Twitter takeover are already
staggering. Within 12 hours of the completion of
sale, there were reports of a massive increase of
“antisemitic, homophobic, transphobic, and other
racist terms”. In addition to mass layoffs –
including of the human rights team – the check-and-
balance that was the Board of Directors is now
gone, and Musk’s planned subscription fees for
verified accounts could lead to many people,
particularly those outside of North America and
Europe, disconnected.
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Failures_in_Twitter’s_Two-Factor
Authentication_System⠀⇛
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Astronomer_in_Twitter_limbo_over_‘intimate’_meteor⠀⇛
An astronomer from Oxfordshire was locked out of
her Twitter account for three months after sharing
a video of a meteor which was flagged by the site’s
automated moderation tools.
Mary McIntyre was told that her six-second animated
clip featured “intimate content”, shared without
the consent of the participant.
Her only option was to delete the tweet.
However, in doing so she would have had to agree
that she had broken the rules.
Her initial 12-hour ban went on for three months –
and she exhausted the online appeals process.
“It’s just crazy… I don’t really want it on my
record that I’ve been sharing pornographic material
when I haven’t,” she said of her refusal to delete
the tweet.
Her account was still visible, but Ms McIntyre
couldn’t access it.
Following the BBC publishing this article, it has
now been restored.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ A_Pantomime_and_Masquerade:
*Trivia:_or,_the_Art_of_Walking_the_Streets_of_London*_
(1716)_–_The_Public_Domain_Review⠀⇛
Burlesquing the Augustan era’s fixation on
classical tradition, Gay renders practical
advice for walking around London into
oftentimes absurd verse.
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Top_EU_court’s_advisor_points_out
that_geoblocks_can_be_easily_circumvented:_time_to_get
rid_of_them_–_Walled_Culture⠀⇛
One of the central ideas of both Walled
Culture the blog and Walled Culture the book
is that copyright simply doesn’t work in the
digital world. One proof of that fact can be
found in the ridiculous concept of geoblocks.
This is the idea that you can carve up the
Internet according to geography, such that
somebody in one nation or region cannot
access something that is meant for another
country. This arises from Big Copyright’s
desire to sell many smaller, local licences
to material that add up to more than would be
obtained by selling a global licence. That
might have worked well with physical objects
like books, which can be stopped at the
border, but doesn’t work with the digital
packets of the Internet, which can’t be
stopped there.
It’s true that there are various technical
schemes for trying to block a person in the
“wrong” geographical location from accessing
material, notably by checking where they are
sending their Internet packets from. But
there is an easy way to circumvent such moves
by using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
These essentially allow a user to appear to
be in any country where the VPN has a local
server, a so-called ‘exit node’. Although it
is possible to block such nodes once they
become known, they can easily be moved to
different Internet addresses, so that the cat
and mouse game begins again.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Pro_tip_for_learning⠀⇛
In order for this to work, you need to also get
over the fear and hesitation associated with the
thing. When I started learning finger picking nylon
guitar, I couldn’t get the timing right and my
fingers were cramping and it sounded so awful but
because I knew I was allowed to put the guitar down
at any time I never feared picking it up. I kept
longing to pick it up. And I got it, not at a
professional level but at a joy level, much faster
than I ever could’ve dreamed of.
# ⚓ My_Workstation⠀⇛
Here is some advice on setting up an ergonomic
workstation for very little money.
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EHKMWRO_Wordo:_THEIR⠀⇛
# ⚓ New_House⠀⇛
It’s mid-November and we’ve been working on the
mortgage and the renovation since January. It’s a
journey and we’re almost done: the kitchen, pretty
much the only missing piece, should arrive some
time in December, and the leftovers won’t take
long.
# ⚓ Rules_of_Engagement⠀⇛
My wife and I went to dinner the other day and we
got to talking about our old college relationships.
We met at work a few years after we’d both
graduated; I think we’ve always been curious about
that younger version of us. I’ve heard stories here
and there, but that period of both our lives has
missing spots, like a hazy strip of overexposed
negatives on a roll of film.
# ⚓ Star_Log_2022-11-16_Evening_(Fairbanks,_AK,_US)⠀⇛
Fairbanks is still in a high pressure zone with
clear skies, sunny days, and cold nights. So last
night I gave stargazing another try, late in the
evening. This time I tried out the boat launch area
on Chena Pump road, and I found the site to be very
ideal, with less obstructions in all directions,
some privacy away from the road, and dramatically
less light pollution. It is still possible to see
the glow from the city lights, but only in about 1/
5th of the sky towards cardinal east. But the rest
of the view was a glorious display of God’s
celestial creation.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu_Setup_on_a_ThinkPad⠀⇛
I have just set up my trusty old ThinkPad X1 Carbon
3rd gen (2015 vintage) with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I
have run OpenBSD on it for a long while, but emacs,
among other things, play better with Linux, and
Linux perform better on this laptop than OpenBSD.
Ubuntu is the Linux distribution I am most at home
with, so it’s a perfectly boring choice for me, in
the most positive way.
# ⚓ Decentralized_Infrastructure⠀⇛
Many projects have developed tools for
decentralized communication, content distribution
and even discovery protocols. One thing that
remains highly centralized, however, is
infrastructure. A few key companies own and control
the telecom radio towers, the fiber cable tunnels,
the communication satellites, the electrical
substations, the cargo and passenger aircraft, and
the container ships. Even amateur radio often
relies on repeaters placed atop privately-owned
skyscrapers and broadcast towers.
One reason why I find self-sustainability so
interesting is that it can help break reliance on
infrastructure. By growing one’s own fruits and
vegetables, one doesn’t have to buy produce from a
megastore, while simultaneously adding nutrients
back to the soil and capturing CO2 on a small
scale. Rain barrels can save money and conserve
water when used prudently. Renewable sources of
energy, from wind turbines to solar power, cut down
on carbon emissions in the long run.
# ⚓ Hard_user_separation_with_two_NixOS_as_one⠀⇛
This guide explains how to install NixOS on a
computer, with a twist.
If you use the same computer in different contexts,
let’s say for work and for your private life, you
may wish to install two different operating systems
to protect your private life data from mistakes or
hacks from your work. For instance a cryptolocker
you got from a compromised work email won’t lock
out your family photos.
# ⚓ Some_Thoughts_On_Privacy⠀⇛
I encountered what privacy is by coming to Linux
and interacting with the people of the FOSS
community. And It has taught me things that I would
not have learned anywhere else. But when it comes
to why we need privacy, and why losing some comfort
is worth it, I quite can’t teach or make it clear
to people. I follow the practice to be private on
the internet mostly because I agree with the people
from the community. I learned about the Gemini
protocol, the Fediverse, the Matrix protocol, self-
hosting and many more concepts because of the
community.
# ⚓ State_of_my_headphone_stash_—_Nov_2022⠀⇛
It’s the 1-gen ones (with permanent cable and
regular-shaped oval casings), not the Live!2 ones
(with detachable cable, and with a microphone
inline on it).
They serve me long. I ordered them back when still
underage, from a guy who I know used to work in
Polkomtel if it wasn’t his current occupation even,
doing recablings of these taken from repairshop
returns, per orders from Allegro (a Polish online
marketplace) offers.
# ⚓ Enabling_a_simple-but-good_minibuffer_completion_experience
in_Enabling_a_simple-but-good_minibuffer_completion
experience_in_Emacs⠀⇛
I mentioned on [emacs.ch] that to use Emacs
effectively, you don’t actually have to memorize
all of the cryptic multi-chord keybindings for
every mode you use. If you know the basics, you can
pretty much always do anything you need in just a
few keystrokes using M-x and a decent minibuffer
completion system. I recommended the lightweight
completion stack of `vertico `, `marginalia `,
`orderless `, and `prescient `, a set of packages
that work well together and with Emacs’ built-in
completion systems. Someone requested that I post
my config, and it took me a while to get to it, but
here it is.
# ⚓ Emulators_in_Debian_Buster_and_Bullseye⠀⇛
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Regular_Expression_Alternation⠀⇛
Causes of this bug are where the alternation
is thrown together at random–and never tested
nor reviewed, an all too common case–or where
software automatically builds the alternation
and that building software is buggy. The
Data::Munge Perl module by contrast takes a
number pains in the list2re function to get
this right.
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