Tux Machines Bulletin for Saturday, January 04, 2025 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sun 5 Jan 02:49:40 GMT 2025 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at http://news.tuxmachines.org ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Tux Machines - 5 of the Best Flashcard Apps in Linux ⦿ Tux Machines - Applications and HowTos ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Ditana – Arch-based Linux distribution ⦿ Tux Machines - ExTiX 24.12 - based on Ubuntu 24.10 - with LXQt 2.0, Calamares Installer, Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.12.6-amd64-exton :: Build 241223 ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web ⦿ Tux Machines - Games: Palworld, Marvel Rivals, and More ⦿ Tux Machines - 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Unlike paper cards, you can quickly tweak a digital card, track your overall progress, and share your deck with others. In this article, let’s look at some of the best digital flashcard apps that you can install on Linux. 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Perfect for GNU/Linux users who want seamless media downloads! o ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#25.01:_2_New_Free_Books,_Homelab Dashboards,_Plan_9_and_More⠀⇛ New year, new stuff :) o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Frappe_Mail_Server_is_Here:_A_Promising_Start_for_Open- source,_But_There's_a_Catch⠀⇛ The email world just got a fresh contender with the release of Frappe Mail Server, a brand-new open-source email platform built on the Frappe Framework. o ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ Make_The_Terminal_More_Enjoyable_with_These Linux_Terminal_Tools⠀⇛ I love working with the command line. Not only does it help me complete tasks quickly and efficiently, but it also provides access to several tools that have genuinely transformed my experience. These tools have made me more productive, more efficient, and, dare I say, even more excited to work in the terminal. Let’s dive into some of my favorite command-line tools. * § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Install_NetBeans_IDE_24_in_Ubuntu_/ Debian⠀⇛ This tutorial shows how to install the most recent Apache NetBeans IDE v24 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Debian 12 Bookworm, and their based systems, such as Linux Mint 22/21. o ⚓ Adam_Young:_Building_the_Linux_Kernel_on_one_machine,_deploying on_another⠀⇛ Software Development flow is an elusive beast, easily frightened away. The easiest way to lose the flow is to have a long development cycle. Building the entire Linux Kernel takes time. If you are developing a single driver that can be built as a stand alone module, you do not want to have to rebuild the entire Kernel each time you make a change to that module. If that module crashes the machine when it runs into an error, you do not want to have to wait for that machine to reboot before digging in to the debugging process. These two guidelines lead to a pattern of building on one machine and deploying on another. Here is one way to go about this process. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⢰⣿⡷⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠁⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠐⠂⣐⣒⢒⠐⢆⠂⢐⠶⠶⠾⠶⠶⠶⢶⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣤⣦⣤⣿⣏⣩⣤⣧⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣰⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⢸⣭⡭⣵⣟⠛⠃⣰⢶⢛⠳⣆⢱⢦⣴⣦⣤⣤⣦⣬⣴⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⠿⢿⠃⠀⠒⢀⣚⣛⣛⡏⠉⠇⢸⢷⠶⣾⣾⣿⣝⣛⣛⣛⣶⣻⣪⣒⣿⣶⣟⢶⡷⡿⠯⢽⣯⣷⡤⢤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡜⠀⠰⠂⠼⠶⠞⠓⣶⣧⠠⣸⢦⣿⣵⡞⠰⠶⠶⠶⢾⡷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⠛⠛⠻⠻⠖⠲⠶⠶⠶⠶⠆ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⠀⠰⠟⣘⣭⣭⡯⢧⣤⢀⣶⣶⡦⢵⡭⢼⢧⣧⣼⣽⣩⣫⣁⣂⣄⣔⣢⣀⣙⣒⣞⣁⣉⣉⣉⣁⠠⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠃⠀⠐⢠⣖⣒⣒⣂⣨⠉⢨⣬⣥⣿⣕⡛⡝⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡎⠀⠐⠂⠬⢭⠥⠤⠘⠛⢓⣿⣷⣝⣟⠟⠗⣞⣾⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢰⣖⣛⣋⠉⣉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⠿⠿⠑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡸⠁⠀⠀⣐⣛⣉⣉⠩⠿⢆⢮⣿⣬⣯⣿⣾⣚⣊⣋⣙⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣛⣛⡋⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢡⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠇⠀⠀⠠⠿⠷⠒⢓⣶⣮⢠⠂⣕⡢⠷⠽⠒⠂⠙⠫⢫⠭⠿⢿⣿⣛⣻⣿⣿⡟⣽⠛⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠶⠐⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠎⠀⠀⢀⣼⣭⠭⠯⢧⠆⢀⡆⢁⡃⡬⣷⣶⣒⠲⠶⠶⠴⣤⠤⠄⠤⣀⢉⢉⣉⣩⣦⠿⣭⢭⡝⠛⠛⠛⠛⠟⠻⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠱⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣒⣀⣀⡉⢉⠴⠂⠬⣹⣟⣿⣿⣆⣀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣍⢭⣥⣿⣿⣿⣞⣻⣿⣷⣦⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣠⣤⣄⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣭⣽⡄⠀⠒⠒⢐⡍⠘⢣⣟⣟⣿⣷⣉⠉⠀⢰⡵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣮⣯⣞⣯⣿⣿⣷⣵⣿⣿⡿⢿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⣚⣛⠯⠍⢹⣦⠄⠈⠂⠀⣾⣽⡿⠛⠿⠋⠃⠠⡿⣾⣻⣙⣿⣿⢽⠲⡿⢯⢿⣿⣯⡿⣯⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣈⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢀⣤⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠰⣗⣛⣫⢭⣥⡁⢠⣛⣒⣐⣒⣆⠤⠤⢤⠄⢠⣌⡉⠚⠿⠿⠟⠛⠿⠿⢻⡿⡿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⡙⠛⠿⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣄⠙⠳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⡀⠀⡽⠶⢒⣀⣈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠓⠺⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⢋⣉⠀⠀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣷⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢨⣁⢬⢭⣤⡀⠘⠛⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠰⠇⠶⢰ ⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠶⠶⢶⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠋⠋⠻⠿⠻⠿⠿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 268 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Best Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Cisco_packet⦈_ * ⚓ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Cisco_Packet_Tracer_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Cisco Packet Tracer is a networking simulation software tool for teaching and learning how to create network topologies and imitate modern computer networks. 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This means from your laptop, you can easily find that complex bash pipeline you wrote on your server, and see the context in which you ran it. The hishtory hooks into the shell in order to track information about all commands that are run. It takes this data and saves it in a local SQLite DB managed via GORM. This data is then encrypted and sent to your other devices through a backend that essentially functions as a one-to-many queue. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Bevel_-_command_line_history_in_an_SQLite_database_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Bevel is a tool which offers command line history in an SQLite database for effective re-use. All terminal command history is saved using the bevel harness and saved in a local SQLite database. Use this history for advanced terminal usage using the bevel CLI. Synchronise your command history across devices using bevel sync. * ⚓ rtfetch_-_Neofetch_but_in_Rust_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ rtfetch is a command-line system information tool. It’s a clone of neofetch but written in Rust. It needs color-print and sysinfo. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ browsr_-_file_explorer_in_your_terminal_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ You can quickly navigate through directories and peek at files whether they’re hosted locally, in GitHub, over SSH, in AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage. View code files with syntax highlighting, format JSON files, render images, convert data files to navigable datatables, and more. 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You define the core components of your Linux system. Beyond package selection, this includes key security-related choices, with the installer handling intricate tasks usually requiring post- installation tweaks. Ditana’s guided installer lets you create precisely what you need. Skimming through dialogs gives you a fully functional desktop. Opting out of certain features can even yield a secure, minimal system without network support. This highly configurable distribution has built-in AI. Its AI Assistant is integrated into Ditana and is able to interact with your computer. Optionally it is able to make use of Wolfram|Alpha to query real-time data if required. It provides both a GUI and a terminal interface. Read_on ⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⡇ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠇ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⡆ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡭⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⡒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇ ⢸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⡇⠀⣭⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⡭⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠈⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠈⠁⡉⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠄⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⡒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠁ ⢸⠒⠒⠛⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⡄ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠈⣉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⡇ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢁⠀ ⢸⣄⣀⣀⣠⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢛⣡⣾⣿⡇ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠸⠿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠻⠃⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠻⠿⠿⠟⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⡟⠛⠛⡋⠙⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⢛⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⠿⠿⠻⠿⠻⠃ ⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠺⡿⠂⠀⠶⠀⠘⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠀⠠⣶⡄⠀⠻⠿⠀⠸⠿⠂⠀⠠⠀⠀⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠠⠄⠉⢠⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 476 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/ExTiX_24_12_based_on_Ubuntu_24_10_with_LXQt_2_0_Calamares_Insta.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/ExTiX_24_12_based_on_Ubuntu_24_10_with_LXQt_2_0_Calamares_Insta.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ExTiX 24.12 - based on Ubuntu 24.10 - with LXQt 2.0, Calamares Installer, Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.12.6-amd64-exton :: Build 241223⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ExTiX⦈_ I have made a new version of ExTiX – The Ultimate Linux System. I call it ExTiX 24.12 LXQt Live System. (The previous LXQt version was 23.9 from 231123). ExTiX 24.12 is based on Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole). Ubuntu 24.10 will only be supported until July 2025. I really wanted ExTiX 24.12 to be based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, which is supported until June 2029, but to be able to upgrade LXQt from version 1.4 to 2.0 I had to upgrade the whole system! § REFRACTA SNAPSHOT The best thing with ExTiX 24.12 is that while running the system live (from DVD/USB) or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu system. So easy that a ten year child can do it! One other very good thing with this version of ExTiX is that it is quite light. The ISO file is of only 2500 MB, which means that you can run the system super fast from RAM. When the boot process is ready you can eject the DVD or USB stick. Use Boot alternative 3 or Advanced options… >> load to RAM. Another big new thing in this version of ExTiX is that I have installed Calamares Installer. Calamares is an installer framework. By design it is very customizable, in order to satisfy a wide variety of needs and use cases. Calamares aims to be easy, usable & beautiful while remaining independent of any particular Linux distribution. Nevertheless I’ve kept Refracta Installer. Use the installer you prefer. 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For me the killer feature is how fast it is, putting the most popular apps to shame (Apple Terminal and iTerm, specifically). * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_programmable_web_browser_was_and_is inevitable⠀⇛ In a comment on my entry on why the modern web is why web browsers can't have nice things, superkuh wrote in part: "In the past it was seen as crazy to open every executable file someone might send you over the [Internet] (be it email, ftp, web, or whatever). But sometime in the 2010s it became not only acceptable, but standard practice to automatically run every executable sent to you by any random endpoint on the [Internet]." For 'every executable' you should read 'every piece of JavaScript', which is executable code that is run by your browser as a free and relatively unlimited service provided to every web page you visit. The dominant thing restraining the executables that web pages send you is the limited APIs that browsers provide, which is why they provide such limited APIs. This comment sparked a chain of thoughts that led to a thesis. o ⚓ James G ☛ Refinement⠀⇛ For the last few months, I have been working on Artemis, my calm web reader. Artemis lets you keep up to date with web feeds. The reader updates once per day, intended to discourage me from periodically checking for new articles. As I have been working on the tool, I find myself often noting details about my experience that I think could be better – opportunities for refinement. o ⚓ Darek Kay ☛ Grab_browser_links_and_titles_in_one_click⠀⇛ When you click the bookmark(let), the current page including its title will be copied into your clipboard. You don't even have to choose the output format: the link is copied both as rich text and plain text (Markdown). This works because it's possible to write multiple values into the clipboard with different content types. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ SoCal Linux Expo ☛ SCALE_22x_Presentations⠀⇛ * § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Pie_Adblock_called_out_for_copying_uBlock Origin_code⠀⇛ Closed-source browser extension Pie Adblock was this week accused of copying code and text from rival uBlock Origin in violation of the latter's software license – the GNU GPL version 3. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 648 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_the_Web.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ How_does_your_URL_parser_handle_Unicode?⠀⇛ Most strings today in software are Unicode strings. It means that you can include mathematical symbols, emojis and so forth. There are many different versions of the letter ‘M’, for example: the Roman letter M (U+004D) is semantically different from the Roman numeral Ⅿ (U+216F) while they both often have the same visual representation. John Cook has an interesting post on Unicode Stegonography: you can possibly use this ambiguity to hide messages in plain view. E.g., if you need to warn someone that you are in danger, you could send a text with the Roman numeral M. Normal people reading the text would not notice the difference. o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_modern_web_is_why_web_browsers_don't have_"nice_things"_(platform_APIs)⠀⇛ Every so often I read something that says or suggests that the big combined browser and platform vendors (Google, Apple, and to a lesser extent Microsoft) have deliberately limited their browser's access to platform APIs that would put "progressive web applications" on par with native applications. While I don't necessarily want to say that these vendors are without sin, in my view this vastly misses the core reason web browsers have limited and slow moving access to platform APIs. To put it simply, it's because of what the modern web has turned into, namely "a hive of scum and villainy" to sort of quote a famous movie. o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Localization_(L10N):_Mozilla_Localization in_2024⠀⇛ § A Year in Data⠀➾ 2024 was a year with plenty of achievements for the Mozilla localization community (here’s the 2023 report in case you missed it, or want to check how we fared against our original plans). Let’s start with the numbers first: [...] * § Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)⠀➾ o ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_Themes_Need_More_Weird:_A_Call_for_Creative Digital_Homes⠀⇛ The modern web has gradually shifted from a vibrant tapestry of personal expression to a landscape of identical designs, where millions of websites share not just similar structures, but identical visual language, spacing, and interaction patterns. * § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ o ⚓ Harish Pillay ☛ The_past_was_erased,_the_erasure_was_forgotten, the_lie_became_the_truth⠀⇛ In December 2024, Deepseek released version 3 of its foundational model under the MIT License, but the training data remains undisclosed, raising concerns about potential censorship, particularly regarding sensitive historical events. Users noted the model's impressive performance, yet it exhibited limitations in addressing politically sensitive inquiries, diminishing its credibility in the Hey Hi (AI) landscape. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 751 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Palworld_Marvel_Rivals_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Palworld_Marvel_Rivals_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Palworld, Marvel Rivals, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_set_Palworld_back_as_Steam_Deck_Playable_but_with multiple_listed_problems⠀⇛ It's been a strange few days for Palworld on Steam Deck. Originally it was rated Steam Deck Playable, then after the major Feybreak update Valve set it as Steam Deck Unsupported and now it's back to Steam Deck Playable again. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical's_Monster_Hunter_Bundle_returns_to_prepare you_for_Monster_Hunter_Wilds⠀⇛ Need some more Monster Hunter games? Fanatical have brought back their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle for you to fill up your collection again. The two main games included are both Steam Deck Verified and so will run well on Desktop Linux too! * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Marvel_Rivals_team_issue_a_statement_on_recent_bans_for Steam_Deck_and_macOS_players⠀⇛ Recently it came to my attention that Marvel Rivals did a ban- wave for a whole bunch of players on macOS and some on Steam Deck (Linux) too. Now, their team have issued a statement on the situation. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Medal_of_Honor:_Allied_Assault_open_source_remake_new Beta_gets_lots_of_fixes⠀⇛ I'm genuinely looking forward to replaying through Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and the expansions thanks to the open source OpenMoHAA project that just put out a new Beta release. It works cross-platform across Linux, macOS and Windows. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Slavic_fantasy_story-driven_mystery_adventure_The_End of_the_Sun_releases_January_29⠀⇛ The End of the Sun is an upcoming Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure that sounds interesting and it's ready for release on January 29. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Prime_Gaming_January_3rd_2025_edition_round-up_for Steam_Deck_/_Linux⠀⇛ Welcome to the first round-up of games you can claim from Prime Gaming for 2025, along with the expected compatibility across Steam Deck and desktop Linux. Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Selaco_won_IndieDB's_2024_Indie_of_the_Year_Award_plus a_big_sales_milestone_was_hit⠀⇛ The epic retro-fuelled shooter Selaco managed to win an award as IndieDB crowned it their 2024 Indie of the Year and it seems overall the game has done really well on sales. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 837 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Stunt_Rally_3_3_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Games_Stunt_Rally_3_3_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Stunt Rally 3.3, Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Godot's Microsoft Sellout (Money With Strings Attached)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Rally_Racing_Game_Stunt_Rally_3.3_Added_3_New Tracks⠀⇛ Stunt Rally, free open-source rally style racing game, updated to version 3.3 a few days ago with new features. Stunt Rally is a 3D racing game with Sci-Fi elements and own Track Editor. * ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU/Linux_Clients_-_2025- 01-01_Edition⠀⇛ Happy New Year 2025! This is the last report for the year 2024. Don’t expect too much from the last one, there’s very little activity between Xmas and the New year. Between 2024-12-25 and 2025-01-01 there were 8 New Steam games released with Native GNU/Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 34 games released for backdoored Windows on Steam, so the GNU/Linux versions represent about 23.5 % of total released titles. * ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_C#_packages_move_to_.NET_8 [Ed: Godot got money from Microsoft to work for Microsoft. This isn't hard to see. Bribes work.]⠀⇛ A new version of .NET is released in November each year, alternating Long Term Support (LTS) and Standard Term Support (STS) releases. The quality of all releases is the same. The only difference is the length of support. LTS releases are supported for 3 years, while STS releases are supported for 18 months. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 891 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_FSF_Events_Free_Software_Directory_Raising_Money_to_keep_pu.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_FSF_Events_Free_Software_Directory_Raising_Money_to_keep_pu.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/FSF Events: Free Software Directory, Raising Money to "keep putting pressure on Microsoft"⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ [Passed] FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC: Friday,_January_3,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, January 3 from 12:00 to 15: 00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. * ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Free_Software_Directory_meeting_on_IRC:_Friday, January_10,_starting_at_12:00_EST_(17:00_UTC)⠀⇛ Join the FSF and friends on Friday, January 10 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory. * ⚓ FSF ☛ 2024-12-27_[Older]_FSF_Blogs:_Keep_putting_pressure_on Microsoft⠀⇛ * ⚓ Free Software Foundation ☛ 2024-12-27_[Older]_Keep_putting_pressure_on Microsoft⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 935 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ o ⚓ Neowin ☛ ESET_recommends_installing_GNU/Linux_if_your_unsupported backdoored_Windows_11_PC_can't_update_from_10⠀⇛ ESET has suggested that users who are unable to update to backdoored Windows 11 due to unsupported hardware can try switching to Linux. * § Kernel Space⠀➾ o ⚓ Abhinav Upadhyay ☛ Linux_Context_Switching_Internals:_Process State_and_Memory⠀⇛ Context switching is necessary for a high-throughput and responsive system where all processes make progress despite limited execution resources. But, as we discussed in the previous article, it also has performance costs which cascade through various indirect mechanisms, such as cache and TLB eviction. When building performance-critical systems or debugging performance issues due to context switching, it becomes important to understand the internal implementation details to be able to reason through the performance issues and possibly mitigate them. Not only that, it leads you to learn many low-level details about the hardware architecture, and makes you realize why the kernel is so special. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Are_There_Any_Non-Woke_Operating_Systems?⠀⇛ Windows, macOS, Linux... they're all woke. What's left? o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ DragonFly BSD ☛ git:_mail(1):_Catch_SIGWINCH_to_adapt_to terminal_size_changes⠀⇛ Turn setscreensize() into a signal handler for SIGWINCH. [...] o § Lawsuits and IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Endicott_issues_statement_on_IBM_lawsuit⠀⇛ # ⚓ GlobalFoundries_and_IBM_resolve_legal_battles⠀⇛ GlobalFoundries and IBM announced on January 2, 2025, that they had settled their ongoing legal battles, which included claims of breach of contract, trade secrets, and intellectual property disputes. # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ IBM_and_GlobalFoundries_settle_lawsuits over_chipmaking_tech_given_to_defective_chip_maker_Intel_and Rapidus⠀⇛ GlobalFoundries and I.C.B.M. settle all litigations, including those that covered IBM's work with defective chip maker Intel and Rapidus. # ⚓ State-Owned_AI_Firm_BEDI_Appoints_Former_IBM_Executive_Xie Dong_as_CTO⠀⇛ A state-owned AI company has appointed a former IBM China executive as its chief technology officer (CTO), reflecting a growing trend of Chinese firms attracting talent as multinational corporations scale back operations in the country. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1046 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Want_to_Tweak_Advanced_Settings_in_GNOME?_Try Refine⠀⇛ If you’ve ever played around with customising Ubuntu (or any GNOME Shell-based GNU/Linux distribution) you’ll have encountered GNOME Tweaks, an official app giving you GUI access to options, settings, and controls not otherwise exposed in the UI. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_592:_Wohoo,_FreeBSD_14.2⠀⇛ ZFS Storage Fault Management, FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE Announcement, I feel that NAT is inevitable even with IPv6, Spell checking in Vim, OpenBSD Memory Conflict Messages, The Biggest Shell Programs in the World, and more o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Martin-Éric_Racine:_On_the_future_of_i386_on_Debian⠀⇛ Before we proceed, let's emphasize a few things: [...] # ⚓ Paul_Wise:_FLOSS_Activities_December_2024⠀⇛ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ PicoPD_Pro:_USB_PD_3.1_Development_Board with_PPS_and_AVS_Support⠀⇛ The PicoPD Pro is a compact development board with the RP2040 microcontroller, enabling USB PD3.1 features like Programmable Power Supply and Adjustable Voltage Supply up to 30V. It includes an AP33772S sink controller for USB-C functionality and offers a 5V rail output for powering external components. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1126 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Family_Volunteers_Staff.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Family_Volunteers_Staff.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IBM, Red Hat, and Fedora Family/Volunteers/ Staff⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ IBM,_GlobalFoundries_settle_legal_dispute_over_chip technology⠀⇛ IBM Corp. and GlobalFoundries Inc. announced today that they’ve agreed to end a years-long legal dispute that focused on their respective chip development efforts. * ⚓ CRN ☛ Red_Hat_Adds_Granite,_Gaudi_Support_In_Latest_AI_Release⠀⇛ RHEL AI version 1.3 adds IBM Granite LLM support and previews Intel Gaudi 3 support. * ⚓ Channel_Futures_-_Top_IT_&_Software_Vendor_Channel_Leaders_for_2024 [Ed: "Channel Futures highlights the 19 IT and software vendor channel leaders for 2024 who share leadership traits that will help propel the success of their channels in 2025. Learn about their accomplishments, including Red Hat’s very own Stefanie Chiras," Red_Hat_says.]⠀⇛ * ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ Remi_Collet:_New_server_for_2025_and_later⠀⇛ I just moved all my web sites to a new server. If you read this entry, DNS have done their work, and you are connected to this new server. The low-cost server hosting my repository was 4 years old and had performance issues (permanent very high load, especially after an update, during mirrors sync). For information: [...] * ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ Remi_Collet:_PHP_version_8.3.16RC1_and_8.4.3RC1⠀⇛ Release Candidate versions are available in the testing repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow more people to test them. They are available as Software Collections, for a parallel installation, the perfect solution for such tests, and also as base packages. RPMs of PHP version 8.4.3RC1 are available RPMs of PHP version 8.3.16RC1 are available The packages are available for x86_64 and aarch64. PHP version 8.2 is now in security mode only, so no more RC will be released. * ⚓ Kevin_Fenzi:_Apps_I_use⠀⇛ Happy New year everyone. I thought I would do a quick post about apps/software that I use. Of course my requirements may be wildly different from your own, but perhaps you will see something here that you might want to also investigate, or in turn leeds you to something you do want On the server side, I want to use things that are open source and run on Fedora (my main server at home is Fedora of course). I prefer things packaged up and available in the main Fedora repos, but of course that is not practical for everything sadly. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1228 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_191_is_available_for_testing.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_191_is_available_for_testing.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 191 is available for testing⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 Quoting: www.ipfire.org - IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 191 is available for testing — Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great start. The IPFire development team has been very busy over the holidays and is bringing you the latest update for IPFire ready for testing. It comes yet again with a huge amount of package updates to keep your firewall up to date and IPFire the modern Linux OS that it is. The update also includes a number of smaller bug fixes and groundwork for some bigger changes that will be released over the next couple of updates. We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and found time to relax. Recently, we have noticed a reduction in feedback on our testing updates. If you've installed the latest version, we would love to hear from you—even if it is just a quick thumbs up. Your input is invaluable and helps us improve IPFire for everyone. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1268 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_Modding.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_Modding.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux Devices and Open Hardware/ Modding⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ HackerBox_0110_Explores_MIDI_and_Synth_Technology_with Raspberry_Pi_Pico_2⠀⇛ HackerBox 0110 offers a hands-on kit for synthesizer technology, showcasing the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2. Equipped with the RP2350 microcontroller, the kit enables exploration of MIDI technology, sound synthesis, and digital audio applications, providing tools for both learning and experimentation. * ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ SeeedStudio_Unveils_XIAO_Plus_Series_with_Expanded_IO and_Enhanced_Connectivity⠀⇛ Seeed Studio recently announced the XIAO Plus series, an update to its popular XIAO lineup. This series features expanded IO options and standardized back solder points, enhancing functionality while retaining the compact XIAO form factor. The lineup includes the XIAO ESP32S3 Plus, XIAO nRF52840 Plus, and XIAO nRF52840 Sense Plus. * ⚓ Wired ☛ Facebook_and_Instagram_Ads_Push_Gun_Silencers_Disguised_as_Car Parts⠀⇛ Thousands of ads on Facebook and Instagram have promoted “fuel filters” using videos demonstrating how they can be easily modified into gun silencers—a process that, without federal approval, could lead to felony charges. Despite Meta’s policies banning ads for silencers on the company’s social networks, the promotions have persisted for years, driven by what appears to be a single network of more than 100 Facebook pages marketing “fuel filters” that can be easily turned into gun silencers, WIRED has found. The devices sell for as little as $50. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Maker_uses_Raspberry_Pi_5_and_Pico_to_power_this multi-sensor_project⠀⇛ According to Gutjahr, this device is essentially a sensor array that can be used to gather a wide variety of information including depth measurements, thermal and even RGB data. It relies on a handful of sensors that are connected to a Raspberry Pi 5 and is even fitted with a Raspberry Pi Pico to help pro-process the thermal camera. * ⚓ Bunnie Huang ☛ Name_that_Ware,_December_2024⠀⇛ This one should be a cakewalk, and I’m mostly sharing it because I had trouble searching for a recent example at an image quality sufficient to make out most of the part numbers. Maybe this can help someone else in a similar fix! * ⚓ Bunnie Huang ☛ Winner,_Name_that_Ware,_November_2024⠀⇛ The Ware for November 2024 is the NLP-16A by cherry-takuan. It’s a bespoke 16-bit CPU made entirely from 74HC00 NAND gates. * ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2024_in_Retrosparktive⠀⇛ In this week's "Look Back at 2024" post, we're taking a moment to celebrate the highlights. Join us as we revisit our most popular product releases, delve into the blog posts and tutorials that sparked the most interest, and relive the captivating moments captured in our videos. Whether you're a seasoned engineer, a curious beginner, or simply someone who appreciates the magic of electronics, we invite you to reminisce with us and discover something new along the way. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1365 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/MakeUseOf_on_SystemRescue_GNU_Linux_and_Raspberry_Pi_500.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/MakeUseOf_on_SystemRescue_GNU_Linux_and_Raspberry_Pi_500.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ MakeUseOf on SystemRescue (GNU/Linux) and Raspberry Pi 500⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2024-12-27_[Older]_I_Always_Keep_a_Copy_of_This_Rescue USB_Handy_(and_You_Should,_Too)⠀⇛ SystemRescue is a free tool with everything you need to get a PC back up and running. However, if you want to use something else, try Clonezilla-SysRescCD, Rescatux, or GParted Live. They're all Linux-based system rescue bootables that can save both Windows and Linux systems. * ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2024-12-25_[Older]_These_4_Killer_Features_Are_Why_I'm Upgrading_to_the_Raspberry_Pi_500⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1397 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_LattePanda_ESP_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_LattePanda_ESP_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, LattePanda, ESP, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ J Pieper ☛ MA600_encoder_support_in_moteus⠀⇛ It’s time to announce support for yet another encoder type in moteus, this time the MA600 precision tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor. Compared to hall effect magnet angular sensors the MA600 has lower noise and less non-linearity. It has a SPI interface and operates from 3.3V. When used with moteus, it can be connected to AUX2 on moteus-c1 and moteus-n1, and to AUX1/ ENC on moteus-c1, moteus-n1, and moteus-r4. Support is available in firmware version 2024-10-29 and newer. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ This_Raspberry_Pi_project_visualizes_your_real-time network_traffic_in_the_most_beautiful_way⠀⇛ Keeping an eye on your network activity is an important part of network security, but did you ever consider it could be an important element of design? We're tickled to show off this cool Raspberry Pi art display put together by maker and developer Alex Chang that uses network activity to fire off LEDs in real-time so you can see exactly when packets are coming and going on your local network. * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_Tanmatsu_portable_RISC-V_terminal⠀⇛ I wrote a few posts last year talking about my desire for a portable computer in a slab form-factor I could use while commuting on the train. This is opposed to a commuting form- factor I could use while slabbing on the train. That sounds like planking. Wow, 2011 called, they want their meme back. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ RISC-V_is_making_moves,_but_how_will_it_hit_the mainstream?⠀⇛ RISC-V has been talked up as a challenger to Arm and x86, offering an open royalty-free architecture that promises flexibility and innovation without licensing costs. But for all the noise, you're more likely to find it buried inside IoT gadgets and obscure embedded systems than powering anything that'll typically grab a headline. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ You_can_customize_this_Raspberry_Pi_eInk_display_with tons_of_cool_plugins⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi is an excellent choice for makers who want to tinker with eInk displays. The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is particularly useful because it consumes little power and provides Wi-Fi access. It is excellent for integrating your eInk display with online tools. * ⚓ [Repeat] Tom's Hardware ☛ Monitor_air_quality_on_the_go_with_the Raspberry_Pi_Pico_2⠀⇛ Sharma says the meter is built around an MQ135 air quality sensor. This module works with various controllers and can operate efficiently using a Pico 2. The Pico is also connected to an OLED display to get visual output. This screen has a custom interface that displays specific particle levels in real time. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ESP_Offline_Programmer_flashes_firmware_to_ESP32_and ESP8266_modules_without_PC⠀⇛ The ESP Offline Programmer is an ESP32 board with a microSD card slot designed to flash the firmware to other ESP32 or ESP8266 modules without a PC. You’ll still need one to copy the firmware to a microSD card, but once it’s done you can just insert the microSD card into the board and after wiring is done ideally using a jig, start the flashing sequence with the press of a button. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ESP32-C61-DevKitC-1_development_board_features_ESP32-C61 low-cost_WiFi_6_and_Bluetooth_LE_5.0_SoC⠀⇛ The ESP32-C61-DevKitC-1 is a development board based on the upcoming ESP32-C61 low-cost WiFi 6 and Bluetooth LE 5.0 SoC that was first unveiled in January 2024, and offered with two USB-C ports, two buttons, an RGB LED, and GPIO headers. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ The_LattePanda_Mu_SoM_is_now_available_with_defective chip_maker_Intel_Core_i3-N305_octa-core_SoC⠀⇛ Launched last year with an defective chip maker Intel Processor N100, the LattePanda Mu system-on-module is now available with an defective chip maker Intel Core i3-N305 octa-core processor delivering both higher single-core and multi-core performance, and faster 3D graphics acceleration. All interfaces are the same all exposed through a 260-pin SO-DIMM edge connector including up to 9x PCIe Gen3 lanes, two SATA, eDP, HDMI, and DisplayPort interfaces, twelve USB interfaces, and more.  ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1522 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Postgres_Extension_Wizard_and_pg_chameleon_2_0_20.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Postgres_Extension_Wizard_and_pg_chameleon_2_0_20.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Postgres Extension Wizard and pg_chameleon 2.0.20⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ ANNOUNCE_pig:_The_Postgres_Extension_Wizard⠀⇛ Ever wished installing or upgrading PostgreSQL extensions didn’t feel like digging through outdated readmes, cryptic configure scripts, or random Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub forks & patches? The painful truth is that Postgres’s richness of extension often comes at the cost of complicated setups—especially if you’re juggling multiple distros or CPU architectures. Enter Pig, a Go-based package manager built to tame Postgres and its ecosystem of 340+ extensions in one fell swoop. TimescaleDB, Citus, PGVector, 20+ Rust extensions, plus every must-have piece to self-host Supabase — Pig’s unified CLI makes them all effortlessly accessible. It cuts out messy source builds and half-baked repos, offering version-aligned RPM/DEB packages that work seamlessly across Debian, Ubuntu, and RedHat flavors, as well as x86 & ARM arch. No guesswork, no drama. Instead of reinventing the wheel, Pig piggyback your system’s native package manager (APT, YUM, DNF) and follow official PGDG packaging conventions to ensure a glitch-free fit. That means you don’t have to choose between “the right way” and “the quick way”; Pig respects your existing repos, aligns with standard OS best practices, and fits neatly alongside other packages you already use. * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_chameleon_2.0.20⠀⇛ This long past due maintenance release adds the following bugfix and improvements. Merge the new SQL library built by Kaustubh Maske Patil for the Google_Summer_of_Code_2023 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1581 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ The New Stack ☛ C++_Committee_Divided_on_Memory_Safety_Plans⠀⇛ Memory safety isn’t a top priority for the ISO C++ 26 standard... * ⚓ Tony Finch ☛ obfuscated_C_revisited⠀⇛ The International Obfuscated C Code Contest has a newly revamped web site, and the Judges have announced the 28th contest, to coincide with its 40th anniversary. (Or 41st?) * ⚓ Adolfo Ochagavía ☛ The_JIT_calculator_challenge⠀⇛ Advent of code has come and passed, what should I do now with so much free time? Fear not! The JIT calculator challenge is here. * ⚓ Sean Conner ☛ It's_more_like_computer_security_theater_than_actual security⠀⇛ What I find annoying is the lack of any type of attack as an example. It's always “data from da Intarwebs bad!” without regard to how it's bad. The author just assumes that [attackers] out there have some magical way of executing code on their computer just by the very act of downloading a file. The assumption that some special sequence of HTML can open a network connection to some control server in Moscow or Beijing or Washington, DC and siphon off critical data is just … I don't know, insane to me. Javascript, yes, I can see that happening. But HTML? o § Golang⠀➾ # ⚓ Carlos Becker ☛ Using_GoReleaser_and_GitHub_Actions_to release_Rust_and_Zig_projects⠀⇛ I’m aware that GoReleaser is kind of famous in the Go community, and I’m also aware most Zig and Rust developers might have never heard of it. This is an attempt to fix it a little bit. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1652 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Programming_Ada:_Atomics_And_Other_Low-Level_Details⠀⇛ Especially within the world of multi-threaded programming does atomic access become a crucial topic, as multiple execution contexts may seek to access the same memory locations at the same time. Yet the exact meaning of the word ‘atomic’ is also essential here, as there is in fact not just a single meaning of the word within the world of computer science. One type of atomic access refers merely to whether a single value can be written or read atomically (e.g. reading or writing a 32-bit integer on a 32-bit system versus a 16-bit system), whereas atomic operations are a whole other kettle of atomic fish. * ⚓ Miguel Grinberg ☛ A_Year_In_Review:_Flask_in_2024⠀⇛ I'm seeing a stream of "year in review" blog posts about all sorts of topics pop up to coincide with the start of 2025. I'm not sure if this is going to be a new tradition for me, but to follow this trend in this article I'm going to give you my review of the most interesting things that happened in the Flask ecosystem in 2024. * ⚓ Tim Kellogg ☛ Normware:_The_Decline_of_Software_Engineering⠀⇛ There’s a common refrain that “AI won’t replace software engineers”, often with the resolution, “you’ll be replaced by software engineers that use AI”, implying that AI will be used to make software engineers more productive and efficient. I argue that software engineers will be replaced by normies, non- engineers (accountants, lawyers, etc.) that are empowered to create their own software to solve their own problems. I don’t think that we’re close to automating software engineering. But what if we simply didn’t need software engineers? I envision a world where AI tools & no code tools enable normies to create, normware, software created by anyone to solve their own problems. To some extent, it’s been happening for decades. But now it’s possible to easily make good normware. First, let’s start at the beginning. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ If_Y2K_happened_today,_it_would_be_far,_far_worse⠀⇛ That said, the fact Y2K rose to little more than a footnote in the annals of the information age is largely due to the hard work and diligence of armies of IT professionals who spent years working out the best way to deploy a relatively simple fix to computers around the world. If not for the herculean effort with which they greeted a potentially sisyphean task, we might have been way worse off. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_the_Y2K_Crisis_That_Never_Was,_25_Years_Later⠀⇛ But Mr. Loeb soon learned that it had been “a serious problem, and how seriously it was taken by serious people.” Now an assistant professor of history at Purdue University, Mr. Loeb is writing a book on the Y2K experience. The Times took the year 2000 software problem seriously too. From 1998 through the first few days of 2000, the newspaper published nearly 140 stories about Y2K, based on a count of articles in The Times’s archives. * ⚓ Roman Kashitsyn ☛ Advent_of_Code_2024⠀⇛ Advent of Code (AoC) 2024 was my first advent of code. I chose OCaml to solve this year’s puzzles. I used it before on online judge websites (e.g., Hackerrank) and felt productive with the language. This article describes solutions to the puzzles I enjoyed the most and reflects on OCaml’s pros and cons in the AoC context. * ⚓ Seth Godin ☛ Winging_it⠀⇛ It’s easy to misunderstand the idea of agile and the minimum viable product. We shouldn’t forget that the unspoken rule is: Don’t ship junk. We send a message to the market when we’re in such a hurry that we don’t put in the care and focus needed to do great work. * ⚓ Quentin Santos ☛ Rust_Gotcha:_last()_on_DoubleEndedIterator⠀⇛ How do you efficiently get the last part of a space-separated string in Rust? It will be obvious to some, but the obvious answer of s.split(' ').last() is wrong. The mistake is easy to make; I encountered it in a recent MR I reviewed, and I realized I used it in some of my own code. Let’s see why. * ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Safe_Renderer_2.1_Certified⠀⇛ We are happy to announce full certification of Qt Safe Renderer (QSR) 2.1 release. The main items to highlight are a much easier evaluation experience using i.MX8 QM board with a QBSP (Qt Board Support Package) specific to QSR. This allows to easily test QSR applications also in hardware in addition to desktop evaluation. Additionally Yocto GNU/Linux support has been added to the runtime with DRM graphics adaptation and event handler adaptation for POSIX. Please see the full list below. * § Rust⠀➾ o ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in_Rust_580⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1811 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_and_Windows_TCO.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_and_Windows_TCO.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security and Windows TCO⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ ShredOS⠀⇛ ShredOS is a stripped-down operating system designed to destroy data. GitHub page here. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ US_sanctions_Chinese_cybersecurity_company_over_ties_to Flax_Typhoon_hacking_group [Ed: Back doors when a foreign country finds those]⠀⇛ The U.S. Treasury Department today issued sanctions against Integrity Technology Group, a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, over its ties to a Chinese state-backed hacking group tracked as Flax Typhoon. The sanctions were rolled out by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_sanctions_China_cybersecurity_firm_for_alleged_role_in critical_infrastructure_hacks⠀⇛ The US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions against Beijing-based cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group, Inc. over its alleged involvement in a series of cyberattacks targeting critical US infrastructure. * ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ The_surprising_existence_of_the_erase_button_on cockpit_voice_recorders⠀⇛ Safety and transparency are important in aviation. One tool that helps here is the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), which records audio from the cockpit during flights. * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ SOSS_Community_Day_India_2024:_Wrap_Up⠀⇛ Towards the end of 2024, we hosted the inaugural SOSS Community Day India, and we’re thrilled to share that it was a resounding success! This remarkable event brought together some of the most active open source contributors in the industry for a day filled with sharing, learning, and collaboration * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (linux-6.1), Fedora (iwd and libell), Red Hat (python-requests), and SUSE (velero). * § Windows TCO⠀➾ o ⚓ SANS ☛ SwaetRAT_Delivery_Through_Python,_(Fri,_Jan_3rd)⠀⇛ It targets Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows hosts because it starts by loading all libraries required to call Abusive Monopolist Microsoft API Calls and manipulate payloads: [...] o ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Unpatched_Active_Directory_Flaw_Can_Crash_Any Abusive_Monopolist_Microsoft_Server⠀⇛ Windows servers are vulnerable to a dangerous LDAP vulnerability that could be used to crash multiple servers at once and should be patched immediately. o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Severe_Security_Flaws_Patched_in_Abusive_Monopolist Microsoft_Dynamics_365_and_Power_Apps_Web_API⠀⇛ Details have emerged about three now-patched security vulnerabilities in Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API that could result in data exposure. The flaws, discovered by Melbourne-based cybersecurity company Stratus Security, have been addressed as of May 2024. Two of the three shortcomings reside in Power Platform’s OData Web API Filter, while the third vulnerability is rooted in the FetchXML API. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Treasury_hack:_Lawmakers_seek_more_details on_scope,_third-party_vulnerabilities⠀⇛ The Treasury hack is sparking new questions about how agencies ensure the security of third-party technology service providers. o ⚓ US_lawmakers_demand_answers_after_treasury_confirmed_Chinese hackers_breach⠀⇛ The US Treasury Department said China-backed hackers broke into its cybersecurity system in December. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1938 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Red Hat (container-tools: rhel8) and SUSE (liboqs, oqs-provider and python-Jinja2). * ⚓ SANS ☛ Goodware_Hash_Sets,_(Thu,_Jan_2nd)⠀⇛ * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_issues_urgent_dev_warning_to_update_.NET installer_link [Ed: Very bad design from Microsoft, as the dependency ought not even exist]⠀⇛ Microsoft is forcing .NET developers to quickly update their apps and developer pipelines so they do not use 'azureedge.net' domains to install .NET components, as the domain will soon be unavailable due to the bankruptcy and imminent shutdown of CDN provider Edgio. Specifically, the domains "dotnetcli.azureedge.net" and "dotnetbuilds.azureedge.net" will be taken offline in the next few months, which could break the functionality of projects relying on the domains. * ⚓ BoingBoing ☛ ShredOS_is_an_entire_OS_just_for_destroying_data⠀⇛ Want to utterly wipe a drive? ShredOS will do it for you. Install it to a USB stick, boot from said stick, and let it annihilate all those ones and zeroes. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1991 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_Artistry_and_accessibility.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_Artistry_and_accessibility.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇System_Settings⦈_ Quoting: This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility - KDE Blogs — Plasma developers are returning from their holidays and have provided us all with loads of goodies! Yep, this is a big one, especially in terms of the juicy user-facing changes in the areas of accessibility and support for digital artists. There's lots more as well too! 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They know Windows is a joke. 4. ⚓ Slow_News,_But_Not_Slow_for_Us⠀⇛ So far this year (maybe premature to say so because many journalists are still on holiday) the news is very, very slow 5. ⚓ A_Golden_Opportunity_that_Canonical_and_IBM_Intentionally_Ignore_(in Order_to_Appease_Microsoft)⠀⇛ They're too dependent on Microsoft "sweeteners" 6. ⚓ Canada:_Windows_at_All-Time_Lows,_ChromeOS_and_GNU/Linux_Rise_to_Almost 8%⠀⇛ It is widely known that many schools in Canada adopted ChromeOS 7. ⚓ In_Mexico,_Windows_Down_to_All-Time_Low,_GNU/Linux_Up_to_All-Time High⠀⇛ Yesterday we showed that in North America adoption of GNU/Linux is growing fast ⚓ New⠀⇛ 8. ⚓ Apple_'Articles'_That_Aren't..._Just_SPAM_From_Beta'News',_Generated_by LLMs⠀⇛ A 'news' sites reduced to garbage crafted by bots 9. ⚓ A_Salad_of_Microsoft_FUD_Against_Linux,_Published_by_LinuxSecurity.com Using_LLM_Slop/Copypasta⠀⇛ LinuxSecurity.com is an anti-Linux FUD site, powered by Microsoft chatbots on the face of it 10. ⚓ Gemini_Links_03/01/2025:_GNU_Emacs_Key_Bindings_in_GNU_Midnight Commander's_Mcedit_and_Gemini_Editing_Setup_with_Vim⠀⇛ Links for the day 11. ⚓ Links_03/01/2025:_Neil_Young_Drops_Out_of_Glastonbury_and_MElon Attacking_the_Free_Press⠀⇛ Links for the day 12. ⚓ Engineering_Things_to_Last_70_Years_in_an_8-Bit,_16-Bit,_and_32-Bit World⠀⇛ Nowadays they make things that barely last 7 years 13. ⚓ GNU/Linux_Rose_to_5%_in_Belgium_(It_Was_1.66%_Last_January)⠀⇛ Trebling in 12 months, according to statCounter 14. ⚓ [Meme]_Crushing_Free_Speech_Before_Even_Taking_Public_Office...⠀⇛ someone who isn't even president is already meddling 15. ⚓ [Meme]_Be_a_Good_and_Obedient_Citizen._Use_Microsoft_Windows.⠀⇛ Microsoft actively works with China to censor search results and spy on citizens 16. ⚓ The_Free_Software_Foundation_Extends_Cutoff_Date_(Two_More_Weeks), Raises_About_330,000_Dollars⠀⇛ Isn't it predictable that people who worked for Microsoft GitHub gave money to some unscrupulous lawyers in London to harass us? 17. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 18. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Thursday,_January_02,_2025⠀⇛ IRC logs for Thursday, January 02, 2025 ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text. 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It offers a professional-grade set of features and supports customization through plugins, brushes, and scripts. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2389 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Videos_Recently_in_Invidious.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Videos_Recently_in_Invidious.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Videos: Recently in Invidious⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ 2024-12-28_[Older]_How_to_Use_the_dig_Command_in_Linux_|_DNS_Lookup Tutorial⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-28_[Older]_【Testing】Final_COSMIC_Stream_Of_The_Year⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-28_[Older]_siduction_24.1.0_overview_|_the_community_based_OS⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-27_[Older]_Are_People_On_Social_Media_Trolls...Or_Just Stupid?⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-27_[Older]_Who_Wants_Another_Fedora_Linux_Spin!!⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-27_[Older]_How_to_install_Gimp_on_Deepin_23⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_150_Days_of_Programming⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_2025_Truly_Is_The_Year_Of_Linux_Gaming⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_How_to_install_Toontown_Rewritten_on_Deepin_23⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_How_to_install_Microsoft_Fonts_on_Deepin_23⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_How_to_install_OBS_Studio_on_Deepin_23⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_How_to_install_Ubuntu_Budgie_24.10⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_Hey,_DT!_What's_Your_Thoughts_On_The_NixOS_Drama?⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_Why_Does_This_Linux_Package_Even_Exist!⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-26_[Older]_How_to_install_Flowblade_video_editor_on_Deepin_23⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-25_[Older]_Linux_Ate_My_RAM,_What_Do_I_Do?⠀⇛ * ⚓ 2024-12-24_[Older]_Never_Use_Emojis_In_Your_File_Names⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2462 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/What_I_need_in_a_desktop_environment.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/What_I_need_in_a_desktop_environment.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ What I need in a desktop environment⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 When this blog started twenty_years ago—sorry, I’m still processing that number—many of my early posts concerned setting up my ideal FreeBSD, NetBSD, and/or GNU/Linux desktop environment. I cobbled together what I needed and settled mostly on ROXFiler, urxvt, and Fluxbox, with a few other experiments. It was fun, and I learned more from tweaking my environments and building my own software than four years of undergraduate studies. But over the years, is a phrase with four words. I ended up going back to Xfce and KDE, just because they include everything I needed without messing with config files and scripts. I suppose its inevitable when you transition from being a student to working full time, and you need a functional system to do work. The first major departure I made from this came in 2021, when I started using my on-call Japanese Panasonic laptop without_a_desktop_environment at all, and only using tmux. I realised that I was living most of my life in the terminal, so why not go the whole way? A year later and I was still_using_it_that_way. I’ve since had to stop using this machine for unrelated reasons, but I did enjoy my time using it like that. When push comes to shove and you just need to fix something with an SSH session, or you want to do some light writing, it’s great not having other distractions. Read_on Also see (new): * ⚓ Adding_Home_Automation_to_KDE⠀⇛ I have a script lower my blinds if I turn on the camera during the afternoon as otherwise there's an annoying glare. My office lights and monitor both have a redder hue at night, but disabling night-mode on my PC automatically disables the main light performing redshift too. I want my screen to turn off not 10 minutes after activity, which is simultaneously both annoyingly too long and too short, but the moment the motion sensor in my room says I've left. Home Assistant, the best open source home automation tool out there supports all of this, but it needs some hooks for the PC to tell it about the current state and invoke actions on the PC. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2529 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Windows_TCO_and_Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Windows_TCO_and_Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Windows TCO and Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ What_will_2025_bring_for_CISA?⠀⇛ There's a lot swirling around CISA heading into the Trump administration. We breakdown the outlook for the cyber agency in 2025. * ⚓ CISA ☛ 2024-12-23_[Older]_CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited_Vulnerability to_Catalog [Ed: "Acclaim USAHERDS through 7.4.0.1 uses hard-coded credentials."]⠀⇛ * § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ o ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Significant_U.S._Treasury_cybersecurity_breach is_the_latest_in_string_of_China_hack_attacks_claims_U.S. officials⠀⇛ The attacks appear to have targeted influential individuals, aiming to gather information that could serve the interests of the Chinese government. o ⚓ The Hill ☛ US_imposes_sanctions_on_Chinese_cyber_group_Integrity Tech⠀⇛ The operation, dubbed “Flax Typhoon,” is one of multiple alleged [intrusion] efforts by Chinese-affiliated cyber actors to infiltrate U.S. data and infrastructure in recent months. The Justice Department in September announced a court- authorized operation to disrupt the botnet, which was controlled and managed by Integrity Technology since 2021 to conceal the identities and activities of Flax Typhoon [attackers]. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ U.S._sanctions_take_aim_at_Chinese_company said_to_aid_[attackers']_massive_botnet⠀⇛ Flax Typhoon [attackers] made use of infrastructure at Integrity Technology Group to exploit victims, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The firm builds cyber ranges to test cybersecurity tools and defenses and is reportedly one of the leading companies to do so in China. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Hits_Chinese_Cybersecurity_Company_With Sanctions_After_Breach⠀⇛ In an announcement, the department said the company, Integrity Technology Group, had supported a Chinese state-sponsored [attack] group known as Flax Typhoon in a campaign to break into foreign networks between the summer of 2022 and 2023, saying it found the group had “routinely sent and received information from Integrity Tech infrastructure.” o ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_York_Hospital_Says_Ransomware_Attack_Data Breach_Impacts_670,000⠀⇛ The healthcare facility, which serves residents in Staten Island, New York, suffered significant disruptions in May 2023 after being targeted in a ransomware attack. It took the organization several weeks to restore impacted services. An initial forensic investigation showed that the hospital’s electronic health record systems were not compromised, but it was later determined that other files may have been accessed or exfiltrated from Richmond University Medical Center’s network in early May. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Accenture_wins_£35M_more_UK_tax_work_without competition⠀⇛ The contract is for business application support and maintenance services for HMRC's National Insurance and PAYE System (NPS), which is part of the UK's critical national infrastructure, collecting 40 percent of revenues into HM Treasury with nearly 40,000 users in HMRC and the Department of Work and Pensions. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Exploit_Code_Published_for_Potentially_Dangerous Windows_LDAP_Vulnerability⠀⇛ The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-49113 (CVSS score of 7.5), was patched on December 10 along with a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in LDAP (CVE-2024-49112, CVSS score of 9.8). ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2654 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Wine_10_0_rc4_and_Games.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/04/Wine_10_0_rc4_and_Games.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Wine 10.0-rc4 and Games⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2025 * § WINE⠀➾ o ⚓ Wine_10.0-rc4⠀⇛ The Wine development release 10.0-rc4 is now available. What's new in this release: # Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze. The source is available at https://dl.winehq.org/wine/ source/10.0/wine-10.0-rc4.tar.xz Binary packages for various distributions will be available from the respective download_sites. You will find documentation here. Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS for the complete list. * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Atari_Crashes_The_2025_Handheld_Gaming_Party⠀⇛ Atari is entering 2025's crowded handheld gaming arena with its own contender. Meet the Gamestation Go, an intriguing device aimed squarely at retro enthusiasts. o ⚓ [Old] Superkuh ☛ IdleRPG_accessory_scripts_for_map_generation without_PHP⠀⇛ IdleRPG is a game for internet relay chat where people join a channel and depending on how long they "idle" there without talking their "character" gets experience and levels. I've played the EsperNet idlerpg for 20+ years but this spring an esper staff member went missing and the network almost died. The chaos caused the idlerpg bot owner to stop running it but they did offer the database and config so others could run it. I now have it going on a VPS, hopefully for another decade or two. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Will_Bethesda’s_Tradition_Of_Supporting_Fan-Game_Mods Continue_Under_Microsoft’s_Ownership?⠀⇛ Bethesda, for any other faults you might find with the company, has built a reputation for itself as a gaming publisher that is not just tolerant of its modding community, but one which embraces that community. While not every attempt at this by Bethesda has been a hit, we’ve seen the company’s embrace of its fan-modders in the form of building an economy around mods, allowing mods for past games that do nothing other than obliterate the title screen crawl for the company’s Creation Club, and even went so far as to hire some of the modders who worked on the fan-made Fallout: London mod, a total conversion of Fallout 4 to take place in a UK setting. o ⚓ Herman Õunapuu ☛ My_very_first_Dungeons_and_Dragons_campaign_:: ./techtipsy⠀⇛ In December 2024, I did something that I had never done before: I participated in a short (~6 hours) Dungeons and Dragons campaign. It was the nerdiest thing ever, and I loved it! o ⚓ Nico Cartron ☛ The_games_I_played_on_the_Nintendo_N64⠀⇛ Following my post about 10 games to know me, I decided it would be fun to list the games I played on each platform - not necessarily giving a lot of details on each and every game, but as a mean to remind myself of the games I liked. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 2765 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 29 seconds to (re)generate ⟲