GNU/Linux Leftovers
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Junichi Uekawa: February.
February. Working through crosvm dependencies and found that cargo-debstatus does not dump all dependencies; seems like it skips over optional ones. Haven't tracked down what is going on yet but at least it seems like crosvm does not have all dependencies and can't build yet.
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Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities January 2023
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Install Slackware Linux with Full Disk Ecryption on a UEFI system
On some previous post, I installed Slackware Linux on a ThinkPad T460s . This was my first time back on Slackware for a long time and, after reading and experimenting, it seems to me that there is a better / smarter / simpler way to install Slackware using FDE on an UEFI system.
There seem to be a very cleavage point when adressing the need to encrypt the /boot partition. Long story short, keeping /boot unencrypted lets your computer opened to various attacks. I looked at how various distributions were configuring FDE. And it seems this point is half religious and half a software issue ; mostly around what Grub can or can’t do. Distributions like Fedora or Linux Mint configure FDE while keeping /boot unencrypted. Arch Linux documents three or four ways to achieve FDE ; some with, some without encrypted /boot. Pop!OS and Manjaro offer a complete encrypted system ; although using different bootloaders.
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R730-01
There will be more drives. These aren’t necessarily the drives to be used.
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10 Lightweight Linux Distributions for your Old Hardware in 2023 [Ed: Old but updated for the year]
We highlight a list of 10 lightweight Linux Distributions ideal for your older PC in 2023. We give you their features and what makes them perfect for reviving older hardware. We believe that you should not throw away any hardware, especially PC and its components. Ideally, well-designed software should always run on any hardware.
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Ubuntu Linux vs Windows [Comprehensive Comparison]
The battle of the operating systems has been raging for decades, with die-hard fans on both sides.