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Reaping What They Sow

he insensitive behaviour of Brett Wilson LLP last year [1, 2, 3] was a self-inflicted wound, as it was not the first time, far from it, but this time it was more blatant and likely intentional (they like to attack people during holidays, they effectively weaponise religion). In this particular case it was a mistake as they know that in this sector being seen as antisemitic is career suicide and, to make matters worse, their biggest client is alleged to be profoundly antisemitic. Freedom fighters don’t massacre dogs and civilians.

22-Year Record

oday I published 13 posts here, which probably is an all-time high for this blog or “Weblog” that began in 2004. That’s despite the fact we were out for Rianne’s birthday, so at least the day of this record will be a memorable one (the date).

More Activity Than Originally Expected

Personal stuff isolated:

Very Good Day Out

oday we travelled to 3 places (quite distant from one another). One of them had a beach-like feel to it, but Manchester has no beaches, the closest one can get to that are the reservoirs, the boat canal, or the port-like structures in Salford Quays. They’re not too far from central stations, the weather was perfect (blue sky, but not too hot), so we made the most out of it and everything went smoothly for Rianne’s birthday.

Evri Customer Services Seems to be a Bot and It’s Not Functioning

wrote to Evri today, early in the morning to be more specific, opening a second ticket after they had made an error by automation. Finally, after a week, I received a reply. Only after opening two tickets and further chasing the first (unhandled) one.

Ukraine’s Independence Day

he 24th of August is Ukraine’s Independence Day, not just Rianne’s birthday. She happens to know someone born on the same day (same year, too, so literally hours apart) and she sometimes sees her.

Outcomes Where Both Parties Lose

wrote something yesterday and it is something that seems to have attracted attention. My point was, sometimes the court says “you won”, but in reality it’s a bit like poker face (crossposted for emphasis with another title). Sometimes the judge knows upfront no money will be paid, as it simply cannot be paid, but then follows the procedures to set the records right for the court, not for parties. That’s just how the system works.

Time to Boycott Evri

ne week ago I wrote about Evri going really rogue, run by bots, and getting very basic things very wrong.

Thinking About Gemini Capsule for Schestowitz.com

adopted Gemini Protocol 6 years ago, a year after it was conceived. It has since then worked OK and several of our team nowadays manage capsules. The community has grown and people who read Geminispace have joined IRC (which is also nowadays managed by several of us; it is a neat little project of ours).

Alternative Approaches, Separating Tech From Non-Tech

oday I became aware of a site that goes a long way back and is run by a person I know and follow. It’s “a new age website I started in the late nineties that at one time had about 10,000 articles,” she told me. Along the side, in the sidebar, it says “Now on FOSS Force” (so the connection is not hard to see).

9to5Linux

Shelly 3.1 Package Manager Is Out with Support for Building Arch Linux Packages

Shelly 3.1 is here to introduce support for building Arch Linux packages through a new shelly build command that’s part of the native package-management library, not a wrapper around makepkg. It writes makepkg-compatible entries and produces archives that pacman and other Arch Linux tools understand.

Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support

Powered by Linux kernel 7.1, Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” features a pure, Wayland-only GNOME 50 desktop environment with a refreshed set of default apps, including Ptyxis as the default terminal emulator, Papers as the default document viewer, and Resources as the default system monitor.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 23rd, 2026

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Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.8 Released with Linux 7.2, COSMIC 1.6, and More

Coming two months after PorteuX 2.7, the PorteuX 2.8 release is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series and features the latest KDE Plasma 6.7.4, GNOME 50.4, Xfce 4.20, LXQt 2.4, Cinnamon 6.6.9, COSMIC 1.6, MATE 1.28.2, and LXDE 0.11.1 desktop environments as standalone flavors.

LinuxGizmos.com

Fanless Edge box runs Linux on Rockchip RV1126B with 3-TOPS NPU

The Forlinx FCU3101 is a fanless edge AI computing system based on Rockchip’s RV1126B/RV1126BJ processor, providing local AI inference, Ethernet, serial, and digital I/O connectivity for industrial vision, security monitoring, and data acquisition applications.

IAR webinar to examine static and runtime analysis for AI-assisted embedded development

IAR will host a September 15 webinar focused on the use of AI-generated code in regulated embedded development, with discussion covering static analysis, runtime checking, and CI/CD workflows used to support software verification and compliance activities.

Low-cost 45mm NanoPi R28S offers dual GbE and Wi-Fi 6

The NanoPi R28S is a compact networking-focused Linux board based on the Rockchip RK3528A from FriendlyELEC. The 45 × 45mm platform provides dual Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, microSD storage, optional eMMC, and dual USB-C ports, with support for several Linux-based operating systems.

DietPi v10.6 Adds Orange Pi and Odroid Images

The August 2026 release of DietPi v10.6 expands hardware support with new images for the Orange Pi 4 Pro, Orange Pi Zero 3W, and several Odroid boards. The update also improves DietPi-Banner functionality, adds RISC-V support for the Kubo IPFS Node package, and addresses stability and configuration issues across multiple platforms.