today's leftoverss
GNU/Linux
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Server
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Unicorn Media ☛ Is Eurostack’s ‘European Alternative’ Too Guided by America’s Vision?
Our European correspondent takes a gander at Eurostack's "European alternative for digital sovereignty" and finds it surprisingly filled with ideas and solutions that seem to come straight out of the United States.
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Kernel Space
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Tux Digital ☛ Greg KH on Rust in the Kernel: “Why Wouldn’t We Want That?” [Ed: Greg KH is the voice of GAFAM, as usual]
Greg Kroah-Hartman’s support for Rust in the Linux kernel. As one of the most influential maintainers, Greg KH argues that Rust can eliminate many common bugs caused by C, making Linux more secure and easier to maintain. Let’s take a look at Greg’s full message and dive deep into the Rust for Linux debate.
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Applications
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Michael Ablassmeier: virtnbdbackup 2.21
Yesterday i released a new version of virtnbdbackup with a nice
The new version can now detect zeroed regions in the bitmaps by comparing the block regions against the state within the base bitmap during incremental backup.
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Instructionals/Technical
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Net2 ☛ How to Configure Static and Dynamic IP Addresses in Ubuntu 24.04 using Netplan
By default, Ubuntu automatically gets an IP address for your network using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). This means your Ubuntu system will receive a dynamic IP address, which can change periodically, unless you configure it to use a static IP address. Since Ubuntu 18.04, network configuration is managed by Netplan, which uses YAML files.
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Net2 ☛ Mastering GNU/Linux Repository Updates: The Essential Guide for Secure and Optimized Package Management
Linux offers various methods for installing applications and programs. Advanced users may opt to download source code directly from developer websites and compile it on their systems. However, this approach is often time-consuming and less practical for general use.
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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Unicorn Media ☛ The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/21/25)
We're revising our weekly news quiz which we pretty much abandoned three or four years ago. In this, the second quiz since the reboot there are 11 questions, just like the New York Times New Quiz. So, how much did you pay attention this week to open source and tech news?
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