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Tor Project blog

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This version blocks compromised intermediate eMudhra certificates.

LinuxGizmos.com

Linux-based industrial Pi controller supports stackable I/O modules

Synergy Logic has launched the SLM-RP4, a UL-listed industrial edge controller based on the Raspberry Pi 4 platform. The DIN rail-mounted system integrates OpenPLC support and accommodates up to eight stackable I/O modules, providing a maximum of 128 I/O points for industrial automation, data acquisition, and IIoT applications.

Solder-down COM brings i.MX95 to Linux dev kit

ADLINK’s I-Pi OSM IMX95 is an industrial development kit based on NXP’s six-core i.MX95 processor with an integrated 2 TOPS NPU. It pairs a solder-down OSM 1.2 module with a 4-inch carrier board, offering dual Gigabit Ethernet, display connectivity, and expansion options for edge AI applications.

9to5Linux

openSUSE Releases Agama 25 Installer with Web-Based Terminal, Exit Option

While openSUSE continues to work on adopting Agama as the default installer for Tumbleweed, they updated the web-based installer with a web-based terminal so you can access the shell without leaving the browser, as well as an option to exit the installation at any time before the installation starts if you change your mind.

PipeWire 1.6.10 Is Out to Improve JACK, Bluetooth, Pulse Server, and ALSA Plugin

Coming a little over a month after PipeWire 1.6.9, the PipeWire 1.6.10 release fixes a potential crash in the X11 module because error handlers can be called twice, fixes a regression in the PSD rear delay upmixing code, and adds support for more output formats by letting sndfile choose the byte order.

DietPi 10.8 Released with New Tool to Manage WireGuard Servers and Clients

DietPi is an ultra-lightweight, highly optimized Linux distribution based on Debian. It is designed specifically to extract maximum performance out of single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, as well as older PCs and virtual machines.

Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Vulkan Games on Linux

The new Steam Client update fixes an issue on Linux where Vulkan games would hang after using Alt+Tab, address a case where the Steam updater UI would fail to show for some Linux users, fix a memory leak on Remote Play when using the NVENC encoder to stream H.264 using unlimited bandwidth from Windows PCs.

KeePassXC 2.8 Released with ARM64 and Wayland Auto-Type Support on Linux

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Debian-Based siduction 2026.1 “Big Crime” Released with Linux 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7

Coming two years after siduction 2024.1, the siduction 2026.1 release is based on the Debian Sid (Unstable) repositories as of October 18th, 2026, it’s powered by a customized version of Linux kernel 7.2.11, and ships with the KDE Plasma 6.7.4 (with KDE Frameworks 6.30 and KDE Gear 26.08.2) and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments.

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Manchester Has Never Been So Blue (Manchester United Crisis, Manchester City Winning Streak)

Soon

Daniel Pocock’s Appeal

The other side had to hire an expensive counsel

More Time Indoors

Leba Hotel

Challenging Racism in the Courtroom

“After the sight of masked men at British ports and a sacked former home secretary using social media to vilify volunteer lifeboat crews, I don’t feel any Australian could give money to Reform UK without violating Australian laws that prohibit Australian citizens from resourcing insurrections abroad” -Daniel Pocock

IRC Instead of E-mail

80 users online

Mr. Green

Behaving unlike most birds

UEFI and Restricted Boot Are Promoted by Bad Actors and Microsoft Staff Who Don’t Know Security, But Courts Look for Other Arguments (Pertaining to Law)

Recent: James Bottomley Has Promoted Microsoft-Controlled Restricted (‘Secure’) Boot, His Blog Has Just Been Cracked

Three Goals, Three Days

Foden scored four goals in a few days

Internet Society

Global Encryption Day Summit 2026: Five Key Conversations on the Future of Digital Trust

From mapping tools and VPNs to encrypted messaging and the challenges posed by quantum computing, the Global Encryption Day Summit 2026 brought together experts and advocates from around the world to discuss why protecting encryption is essential to protecting people.

What Global Data Tells Us About the Economics of IXPs

Every day, more than 80,000 independent networks exchange traffic to keep the Internet running. They largely do this in one of two ways: by paying for IP transit to reach the rest of the Internet, or by peering directly with one another, often through an Internet exchange point (IXP).

We Shouldn’t Have to Give Up Our Safety Online to Be Safe

People should not have to choose between being safe from crime and being safe online. We deserve both. Yet proposals to weaken encryption risk creating exactly that trade-off.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 22, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part IV
    By Dr. Andy Farnell
  2. Let's Encrypt Below 20 Capsules in Geminispace (Gemini Protocol)
    On the Web, Let's Encrypt became vast; but not in Gemini Protocol, which mandates encryption but not outsourcing
  3. The Most Expensive Coffee in the World
    Surely this "product" is aimed at a large company like Microsoft
  4. Automattic: We Need a CoC to Protect Automattic From Outside Scrutiny
    The spiral slide of free speech
  5. Lionel Dricot Celebrates His 20 Years of GNU/Linux Life (in Gemini Protocol and HTTP)
    Dricot mostly published in French, but his English language articles are good
  6. OSI is Microsoft and SFC is Selling Pixels (or Pixelspace) for $5,000-$30,000
    For several years SFC also took Microsoft money for conferences
  7. There Have Been Many Waves of Layoffs at Microsoft's LinkedIn (the State of the Job Market Cannot Help), Site Traffic Steadily Going Down
    LinkedIn is just another example of the social control media passing fad (compare to Twitter)

    New

  8. 5,000 Gemini Capsules Next Year?
    Assuming this current pace persists, perhaps 2025 will be the year 5,000 is exceeded
  9. Gemini Links 21/10/2024: Reading Books, The Power to Appoint Managing Agents, and Permacomputing
    Links for the day
  10. Links 21/10/2024: Baidu CEO Says "Hey Hi" (AI) Bubble Will Burst, Elon Musk Promotes Corporate Fascism
    Links for the day
  11. [Meme] Your Role in Centralised Certificate Authorities
    GAFAM and circle of trust
  12. [Meme] The Three Stages of Cancel Culture
    Do not compromise, negotiate or budge with people whose insincerity is so profound
  13. Gamification of Blog Comments is Like Social Control Media
    The problem is that Hackaday seems overly obsessed with so-called "engagement"
  14. Word of Praise for Growing Recognition That Social Control Media Causes Health Problems (But It's Not Just 'TikTok' or "China")
    Fentanylware ('TikTok') is just harvesting brains (spying) and brainwashing them
  15. Diana von Bidder (EVP, Basel) and Debian suicide cluster
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  16. Free Software is Not a Religion (Maybe Just a Satire of One)
    Free Software was never like a religion; it was started by atheists and it's still led by them
  17. [Meme] Being Accused of the Very Same Thing You're Consistently Against
    there is no documentation of RMS ever engaging in "sexual violence"
  18. Richard Stallman is Going to Peru to Deliver Many Talks
    That's up to (potentially) 7 and the talks will be in Spanish
  19. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  20. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 20, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, October 20, 2024
  21. The State of Invidious
    For now, thankfully, we still have a way of using YouTube by proxy, via inv.nadeko.net

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-10-15 to 2024-10-21
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    1016 /n/2024/10/21/Richard_Stallman_is_Going_to_Peru_to_Deliver_Many_Talks.shtml
    741 /n/2024/10/16/4_Years_Since_We_Started_a_Plain_Text_Edition_of_Techrights_The.shtml
    712 /n/2024/10/16/IBM_Has_Trimmed_Its_Workforce_by_8_000_People.shtml
    662 /n/2024/10/14/Disputing_the_Achievements_of_IBM_s_CEO_Who_Already_Terminated_.shtml
    586 /n/2024/10/15/IBM_Bribery_Scandal_in_China.shtml
    577 /n/2024/10/19/Links_19_10_2024_OpenAI_Microsoft_Going_Deeper_Into_Debt_FTC_Ru.shtml
    556 /n/2024/10/19/The_Drew_DeVault_Report_Taking_Out_His_Frustration_on_Other_Peo.shtml
    553 /n/2024/10/17/2024_General_Assembly_of_the_EPO_s_Local_Staff_Committee_Munich.shtml
    551 /n/2024/10/19/2021_Deja_Vu_The_Counter_Petition_Defending_Richard_Stallman_RM.shtml
    545 /n/2024/10/16/Meme_Dr_Richard_M_Stallman_RMS_Not_Cancelled_But_They_Keep_Tryi.shtml
    538 /n/2024/10/14/Microsoft_s_GitHub_is_Losing_Traffic_Based_on_an_Extensive_Web_.shtml
    527 /n/2024/08/25/33_Years_Ago_Linux_Would_Not_be_Big_and_Professional_Like_GNU.shtml
    510 /n/2024/10/18/FASTCash_is_Not_a_Linux_Thing_It_Was_Merely_Extended_to_Also_Ha.shtml

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