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Security
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LWN ☛ Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (firefox-esr and libxml2), Fedora (firefox, libtpms, and tigervnc), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable and nss & firefox), Oracle (emacs, iputils, kernel, krb5, libarchive, mod_proxy_cluster, pam, perl-File-Find-Rule, perl-YAML-LibYAML, and qt5-qtbase), Red Hat (opentelemetry-collector, osbuild-composer, and weldr-client), SUSE (clamav, firefox, go1.24-openssl, and helm), and Ubuntu (libarchive, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fips, linux-fips, linux-azure-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-realtime, linux-xilinx-zynqmp, and python-urllib3).
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Kernel Space
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Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)
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GNOME Desktop/GTK
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Unicorn Media ☛ Gnome Fundraiser Asks You to Donate Less
Why is this GNOME fundraiser suggesting you donate less? Because steady beats flashy—and sometimes less means more.
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Before Windows 10 goes EOL, I'm testing three alternative Linux distros to save my 6-year-old laptop from the landfill
But what if your PC doesn’t meet the spec? Now, do we throw it into the trash? The answer is still a firm no! Linux is the alternative, but which version of the OS is the best?
There are a plethora of Linux operating systems, you’ll probably know a few key names, Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora. These names are often touted as alternatives to Windows, but I’ve scoured the Internet and spotted three other alternative Linux distributions that I will be installing on my now out-of-date Lenovo X390. Which Linux distros have I chosen?
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Open Hardware/Modding
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Arduino ☛ This 1D camera captures 2D images of things it can’t see
Yes, the title of this article sounds pretty crazy. But not only is it entirely possible through the lens of physics, but it is also practical to achieve in the real world using affordable parts. Jon Bumstead pulled it off with an Arduino, a photoresistor, and an inexpensive portable projector.
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The Fairphone (Gen. 6): Getting hands-on with Fairphone’s latest model
The Fairphone (Gen. 6) is the most advanced smartphone we’ve ever made. Designed for you to truly own, inside and out, for as long as possible. But, just as importantly, it’s the most mindful: mindful of how you use it. Mindful of your time.
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The Fairphone (Gen. 6): A smartphone that is fairer in every way - Fairphone
At Fairphone, we have always ensured that our devices are designed with the lowest carbon footprint possible. The majority of a phone’s carbon emissions happen before it even reaches your hands — during production. So by extending its life — by keeping it in use twice as long — we reduce its carbon footprint by nearly half. Making things last is one of the most powerful tools we have for reducing emissions.
Based on our preliminary calculations, we expect The Fairphone (Gen. 6) to have the lowest carbon footprint of ALL the smartphones that we’ve ever built.* And so far, we have not come across ANY other smartphone with a lower footprint! That’s because it’s not just designed to last longer, it also factors in how it was made.