GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 12, 2025

• Audiocasts/Shows

  • New Software Center in LinDoz

  • Tux Digital ☛ Reacting to SAMTIME’s GNU/Linux Journey… this GNU/Linux user has some thoughts

    The YouTuber SamTime has made some videos about switching to GNU/Linux or trying to switch to Linux. The second one says trying to switch to GNU/Linux again. So I went ahead and found the first one to react to as well. So let’s do both of them back to back and see what happens.

• Applications

  • Linux Handbook ☛ Httptap - Monitor All HTTP and HTTPS Connections of Any GNU/Linux Application

    A nifty tool that lets you monitor network connections of an application on Linux.

• Desktop Environments/WMs

  • GNOME Desktop/GTK

    • Jiri Eischmann: GNOME Has No Czech Translators

      For at least the last 15 years, the translations of GNOME into Czech have been in excellent condition. With each release, I would only report that everything was translated, and for the last few years, this was also true the vast majority of the documentation. However, last year things started to falter. Contributors who had been carrying this for many years left, and there is no one to take over after them. Therefore, we have decided to admit it publicly: GNOME currently has no Czech translators, and unless someone new takes over, the translations will gradually decline.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • BSD

    • Michał Sapka ☛ Using PF Firewall in a Vnet jail

      Sometimes you just need to use PF in a jail. An example can be a Wireguard jail server, where the wg interface is not available on the host.

  • Fedora Family / Red Hat / IBM

    • Red Hat ☛ 3 ways Ansible Lightspeed simplifies automation

      Automation is a driving force in modern IT, enabling organizations to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. However, it can be challenging to create and maintain automation content (e.g., Ansible Playbooks), particularly for teams with varying levels of expertise. That's where Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed comes in. This innovative AI tool simplifies the automation journey by enabling faster, smarter, and more collaborative playbook development.

    • Red Hat Official ☛ Leading an effective Static Application Security Testing (SAST) program

      SAST is important, and conducting it early in the development lifecycle allows teams to identify and address code-related security issues before software moves into production where addressing such issues becomes significantly more costly. Doing SAST may sound trivial, simply running a tool over a source code repository, but it comes with a variety of challenges, including choosing the right tool, preparing for scalability, integrating into workflows, managing triage, and fostering cross-team collaboration. This article highlights key considerations for effective SAST implementation.

  • Open Hardware/Modding

    • Linux Gizmos ☛ ASRock Industrial Updates iEP-6010E Series with Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Nano

      ASRock Industrial has upgraded the iEP-6010E Series and Developer Kit with Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano, improving AI inference and efficiency. Optimized with NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 SDK, the system supports real-time processing for automation, surveillance, robotics, and smart infrastructure.

    • Hackaday ☛ Google FindMy Tools Run On An ESP32

      As of about a day ago, Google’s reasonably new Find My network just got more useful. [Leon Böttger] released his re-implementation of the Android tracker network: GoogleFindMyTools. Most interestingly for us, there is example code to turn an ESP32 into a trackable object. Let the games begin!