Ubuntu, Licensing, and BSD
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Why do you also need confidential computing for your private datacenter?
As the adoption of confidential computing gains momentum, a question we often get asked is: why would I need confidential computing in my private data center? However, while it is true that confidential computing has often been associated with addressing security concerns in public cloud environments, its value proposition extends well beyond that.
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Why and how to use Rust on Ubuntu
Rust has been the language most loved by developers for the last 8 years and it is seeing increased adoption by software companies of all sizes. However, its many high-level rules and abstractions create a steep initial learning curve which can leave the impression that Rust is the preserve of a select few but this couldn’t be any further from the truth. Let’s examine why Rust is often a great choice and take a look at how to get started with it on Ubuntu.
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Enterprise Ebook Licensing
I deferred implementing this for years, despite the occasional request. Then I saw Julia Evans’ income graphs, where enterprise licensing is a big chunk of her income. Somewhat amusingly, my annual income reports inspired her to post this. Be generous with information about how you run your creative business, people will build on it and you can stealborrow their improvements.
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Re: amd microcode
Since AMD is too busy twiddling their fingers with the firmware solutions, we are setting DE_CFG bit 9 _on all the models that we think have the bug_.
Two fixes for the same problem, if you get lucky.
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Theo de Raadt on Zenbleed
The buzzword bug of the week is Zenbleed, which affects various AMD processors and is explained in more detail here.
On OpenBSD, the latest -current snapshots already have the fixes, and errata patches will go out for the supported releases (7.2 and 7.3) shortly.