today's leftovers
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Security
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LinuxSecurity ☛ AppArmor Switches To SHA256 Policy Hashes In Linux 6.8
An important change has been made in the AppArmor Linux kernel security module . The change involves switching from using the insecure SHA1 algorithm to the more secure SHA256 algorithm for AppArmor policy hashes.
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Security Week ☛ In Other News: WhatsApp Privacy Issue, Spying via Ambient Light Sensor, Bigpanzi Botnet
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: WhatsApp privacy issue remains unpatched, spying via tablet ambient light sensors, and the Bigpanzi botnet.
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Microsoft/Linux Foundation
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I Programmer ☛ Linux Foundation Financing [Openwashing] [Ed: Microsoft listed here first, which is quite telling]
The Linux Foundation plays a crucial role in the world of [openwashing], acting as a catalyst, facilitator, and advocate not only for the Linux operating system, but for all [Microsoft-hosted] software development.
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Beta News ☛ New tool lets you crash from backdoored Windows into GNU/Linux via a Blue Screen of Death [Ed: Microsoft booster Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson. Just start with GNU/Linux, then no need to worry about it. This thing is hosted on a proprietary Microsoft platform, so a bad sign there too.]
The Blue Screen of Death is so-called because it means that a critical error has occurred andy our current session in backdoored Windows has died. Ordinarily, this would necessitate -- at the very least -- a restart, but a new project highlighted by the makers of tiny11 could means that you have the option of crashing into GNU/Linux instead.
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K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt
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Volker Krause ☛ Events in 2024
February 3-4 in Brussels, Belgium. I’ll be speaking about semantic data extration in KMail and Nextcloud Mail in the Modern Email devroom.
There’s also going to be a Railways and Open Transport devroom again which I’m particularly looking forward to, and of course the KDE stand.
OSM Hack Weekend
February 24-25 in Karlruhe, Germany (wiki).
Based on historical patterns another such weekend can probably be expected for autumn, and a similar pair of events might also happen in Berlin again. As time permits I’ll try to join those as well.
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Instructionals/Technical
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Make Use Of ☛ Running Out of Disk Space on Linux? Check Your Logs!
While Linux systems have a reputation for being svelte, you may find that you’re suddenly running low on disk space. Why has this happened? The biggest clue, and possibly the biggest culprit, will be found in your Linux system logs.
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Audiocasts/Shows
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Tux Digital ☛ TWIL 249: GNU/Linux Mint, Wine, COSMIC, PulseAudio, OpenSUSE, KDE & more GNU/Linux news
On this episode of TWIL (249), GNU/Linux Mint has released a new version of their distro. KDE & GNOME have announced updates to the next version of their desktop environments. A new version of Wine is out.
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Open Hardware/Modding
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Andrew Hutchings ☛ Valiant Turtle: Retro Restoration Part 3
I thought part 2 was the end of my restoration journey for Tobias the Valiant Turtle. But there is more that has happened since. So, let’s get to it.
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