Tux Machines Bulletin for Saturday, February 01, 2025 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sun 2 Feb 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 - AMD RDNA 4 GPUs to buck trend by getting near-perfect launch-day Linux support ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Damn Small Linux – Linux distro for older hardware ⦿ Tux Machines - Debian, Red Hat, and More ⦿ Tux Machines - Fedora Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Freedesktop looking for new home for its GitLab instance, mesa 25.0.0-rc1 released ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Web, and Education ⦿ Tux Machines - 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It can be used to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling, Internet of Things communication – or anywhere you need a standard HTTP API for publishing and subscribing to data whilst tracking the conversation history. The standard can integrate with standard web services via WebRTC, facilitating browser-to-browser applications. * ⚓ xfce4-taskmanager_-_monitor_system_resources_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ xfce4-taskmanager is an easy to use task manager. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Ohkami_-_intuitive_and_declarative_web_framework_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Ohkami is an intuitive and declarative web framework for Rust. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ agg_-_asciinema_gif_generator_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ agg is a command-line tool for generating animated GIF files from terminal session recordings. It supports conversion from asciicast v2 files produced by asciinema recorder. It uses Kornel Lesiński’s excellent gifski library to produce optimized, high quality GIF output with accurate frame timing. This is free and open source software. ⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⣿⣿⣿⣷⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⣠⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠻⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⣰⡽⠚⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣷⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡼⠟⠻⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣴⡟⠁⠀⢀⢀⣤⡤⣀⣠⣤⡈⠻⡿⠛⠀⢠⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠀⠀⢠⣾⣅⠀⠀⢀⠸⠟⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⣄⣴⣿⣏⣠⣿⣿⣫⣽⣿⣷⠀⠀⠈⢻⡇⠀⣀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠿⠃⠘⠒⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⠋⠙⢿⡏⣹⣿⠹⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢻⣿⣷⣦⣄⠁⢹⣿⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡝⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⠀⢻⣿⣦⣀⣿⣿⣿⣧⠾⣿⣿⡇⠀⢾⣿⣿⠿⡇⠀⠀⠀⡹⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣦⣀⠀⢠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠙⠿⢿⠟⢇⢸⣶⡟⣿⣿⡇⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⡇⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⡙⠛⠃⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠈⠁⢻⣿⣿⣟⣧⣼⣿⣿⣷⣤⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣀⠀⣄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⣼⣷⠿⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣶⣾ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣄⣌⣹⣟⣋⣩⣯⡽⢿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠻⠋⢛⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡧⣿⣿⣿⢻⣷⣦⣬⣉⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣦⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠙⢻⣿⣿⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣩⣍⠉⢛⣋⣡⡈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 311 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Damn_Small_Linux_Linux_distro_for_older_hardware.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Damn_Small_Linux_Linux_distro_for_older_hardware.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Damn Small Linux – Linux distro for older hardware⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Three_different_houses⦈_ Quoting: Damn Small Linux - Linux distro for older hardware - LinuxLinks — The New DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies. DSL 2024 also has many text-based applications that make it handy to use in a term window or TTY. Read_on ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⣀⣤⣤⣄⡀⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣇⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⠀⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣷⠿⣶⣄⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣠⣶⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠉⠁⣿⡇⠀⢰⣖⣶⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢰⣖⣶⢀⠀⣿⠈⠉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⣿⡇⣄⠈⠉⠉⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⡈⠉⢩⣾⣇⣿⡀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣀⣛⡿⠿⠷⠶⠶⠒⠒⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠚⠛⠳⠶⠿⠿⠯⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 359 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Debian_Red_Hat_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Debian_Red_Hat_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Debian, Red Hat, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 § GNU/Linux⠀➾ * § Debian⠀➾ o ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Debian_GNU/Linux_Leaves_X.com⠀⇛ Reasons for leaving X include "Elon Musk", "Diversity", "Fake News", & "Gender". * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / Red Hat⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ The_strategic_importance_of_platform engineering_in_modern_software_development⠀⇛ To help with this, platform engineering was introduced to help build robust infrastructure and automate repetitive tasks to reduce the manual overhead for development teams. These efforts were aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, ensuring that the whole team could focus more on delivering the solution and less on managing infrastructure. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Elevating_Jawwy_telco_architecture:_a path_to_excellence_with_Red_Hat_OpenShift⠀⇛ Jawwy by stc, a digital mobile service provider and part of stc Group, has embraced Red Hat OpenShift to transform and accelerate the deployment of cloud-native applications. Jawwy is a first-of-its- kind service in the MENA region and operating within the stc Group network, the kingdom’s leading digital enabler. Through its digital application, Jawwy allows customers to personalize, monitor, and manage their plans in real time, offering users the world-class connectivity that drives stc Group’s services and offerings.  o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Adafruit_CLUE:_A_Sensor-Packed_nRF52840 Development_Board_in_a_micro:bit_Form_Factor⠀⇛ The Adafruit CLUE is a development board with a built-in display, multiple sensors, and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity. It follows the form factor of the BBC micro:bit while incorporating additional processing power and expanded functionality. The board is designed for applications involving data visualization, sensor-based measurements, and wireless communication. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Sustainable_solutions_with_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ We’ve also worked to reduce the environmental impact of our manufacturing and shipping. Over time we have reduced our use of plastic packaging and shrunk product carton and shipper sizes, as well as working on more efficient production methods such as the new intrusive reflow soldering process for Raspberry Pi 5. The latter both saves energy and reduces the physical manufacturing footprint at the factory, while increasing throughput. As well as benefitting the environment, all of these initiatives improve our products’ cost structure, increasing efficiency and allowing us to keep our prices lower. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Thunderbird_moving_to_monthly_updates_in March⠀⇛ The Thunderbird project has announced that it is making its Release_channel the default download beginning with the 135.0 release in March. # ⚓ Servo (Linux Foundation) ☛ The_Servo_Blog:_Servo_in 2024:_stats,_features_and_donations⠀⇛ Two years after the renewed_activity on the project we can confirm that Servo is fully back. If we ignore the bots, in 2024 we’ve had 129 unique contributors (+143% over 54 last year), landing 1,771 pull requests (+163% over 673), and that’s just in our_main_repo! Including bots, the total number of PRs merged goes up to 2,674 (+144% over 1094). From all this work, 26% of the PRs were made by Igalia, 40% by other contributors and the rest by the bots (34%). This shows how the Servo community has been growing and becoming more diverse with new actors participating actively in the project. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ 400_million_downloads,_and counting…⠀⇛ The histogram says it all. First, rapid growth between 2011 and 2014 to 30 million downloads, despite the fierce hostility of the project created to kill LibreOffice. Then a few years of stagnation, at a time when it seemed that desktop office suites were destined to die, and fashion was driving users to the clown. o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ # § Open Data⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Downloading_datasets_from_Our_World_in_Data in_R⠀⇛ I recently learned from Allen Downey’s blog that Our World in Data is providing API access to their data. Our World in Data hosts datasets across several important topics, from population and demographic change, poverty and economic development, to human rights and democracy. From Nov 2024, Our World in Data “[offers] direct URLs to access data in CSV format and comprehensive metadata in JSON format” (this is what they call the Public Chart API). See this link for full documentation on the chart data API. Allen Downey’s blog post shows how to use this API in Python; in this post I’ll show the corresponding code in R. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_CDC_Is_Altering_Data_to_Follow Trump’s_DEI_Order⠀⇛ Last night, scientists began to hear cryptic and foreboding warnings from colleagues: Go to the CDC website, and download your data now. They were all telling one another the same thing: Data on the website were about to disappear, or be altered, to comply with the Trump administration’s ongoing attempt to scrub federal agencies of any mention of gender, DEI, and accessibility. “I was up until 2 a.m.,” Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan who relies on the CDC’s data to track viral outbreaks, told me. She archived whatever she could. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 570 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Fedora_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Fedora_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Fedora Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ Remi Collet ☛ Remi_Collet:_🎲_PHP_version_8.3.17RC1_and_8.4.4RC2⠀⇛ 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 8.4.4RC2 are available RPMs of PHP version 8.3.17RC1 are available ℹ️ The packages are available for x86_64 and aarch64. ℹ️ PHP version 8.2 is now in security mode only, so no more RC will be released. * ⚓ Cockpit_Project:_Cockpit_332⠀⇛ Cockpit is the modern_GNU/Linux_admin_interface. Here are the release notes from Cockpit 332, cockpit-machines 327, cockpit-podman 100, and cockpit-files 15: [...] * ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Infra_and_RelEng_Update_–_Week 05_2025⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the I&R (Infrastructure_&_Release Engineering) Team. We provide you both infographic and text version of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly look at what we did, just look at the infographic. If you are interested in more in depth details look below the infographic. Week: – 27th January – 31th January 2025 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 635 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Freedesktop_looking_for_new_home_for_its_GitLab_instance_mesa_2.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Freedesktop_looking_for_new_home_for_its_GitLab_instance_mesa_2.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Freedesktop looking for new home for its GitLab instance, mesa 25.0.0-rc1 released⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ LWN ☛ Freedesktop_looking_for_new_home_for_its_GitLab_instance⠀⇛ Visitors to the freedesktop.org GitLab instance are currently being greeted with a message noting that the company who has been hosting it for free for nearly five years, Equinix, has asked that it be moved (or start being paid for) by the end of April. * ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ mesa_25.0.0-rc1⠀⇛ Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce the start of a new release cycle with the first release candidate, 25.0.0-rc1. As always, if you find any issues please report them here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/new Any issue that should block the release of 25.0.0 final, thus adding more 25.0.0-rc* release candidates, must be added to this milestone: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/milestones/49 The next release candidate is expected in one week, on February 5th. Cheers, Eric ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 698 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ Modus Create LLC ☛ Writing_a_formatter_has_never_been_so_easy:_a Topiary_tutorial⠀⇛ A bit more than one year ago, Tweag announced our open-source, universal formatting engine Topiary, based on the tree-sitter ecosystem. Since then, Topiary has been serving as the official formatter (under the hood) for the Nickel configuration language. Topiary also supports a bunch of other languages (CSS, TOML, OCaml, Bash) and we are seeing people trying it out to support even more languages such as Catala, Nushell, Nix, and more. While I’ve kind of been part of the project from a distance, I’m first and foremost a happy user of Topiary, which I genuinely find really cool both conceptually and practically. While the technical documentation provides an extensive description of Topiary’s capabilities, it doesn’t include (as of now) a complete step-by-step guide on how to write a new formatter for your own language starting from zero. In this post, I’ll show you precisely how to do that. * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ Mozilla_Thunderbird:_VIDEO:_The_Thunderbird Mobile_Team⠀⇛ The Thunderbird Mobile team are crafting the newest chapter of the Thunderbird story. In this month’s office hours, we sat down to chat with the entire mobile team! This includes Philipp Kewisch, Sr. Manager of Mobile Engineering (and long-time Thunderbird contributor), and Sr. Software Engineers cketti and Wolf Montwé (long-time K- 9 Mail maintainer and developer, respectively). We talk about the journey from K-9 Mail to Thunderbird for Android, what’s new and what’s coming in the near future, and the first steps towards Thunderbird on your iOS devices! Next month, we’ll be chatting with Laurel Terlesky, Manager of the UI/UX Design Studio! She’ll be sharing her FOSDEM talk, “Thunderbird: Building a Cross-Platform, Scalable Open-Source Design System.” It’s been a while since we’ve chatted with the design team, and it will be great to see what they’re working on. * § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ o § Open Data⠀➾ # ⚓ 404 Media ☛ Archivists_Work_to_Identify_and_Save_the Thousands_of_Datasets_Disappearing_From_Data.gov⠀⇛ More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 785 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Web_and_Education.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Web_and_Education.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Web, and Education⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Coalition for Networked Information ☛ LOCKSS_Co-Founders_Honored with_2025_Paul_Evan_Peters_Award⠀⇛ The LOCKSS software has since been adopted as an economical, easy-to-use, and robust basis for the massive, global, publisher-supported CLOCKSS network and networks preserving, among others, e-journals and government documents. Through research, development, and maintenance, the proven technologies mitigate technological, economic, and legal threats to data persistence. Andrew K. Pace, ARL executive director, stated that “Victoria and David’s unwavering commitment to digital preservation and their innovative leadership with LOCKSS have made a lasting, positive impact. Their work continues to address the critical challenge of ensuring the long-term accessibility and integrity of digital content.” o ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ Paul_Evan_Peters_Award⠀⇛ Part of the award is the opportunity to make an extended presentation to open the meeting. The text of our talk, entitled Lessons From LOCKSS, with links to the sources and information that appeared on slides but was not spoken, should appear here on April 7th. o ⚓ [Old] LOCKSS Program ☛ Software_|_LOCKSS_Program⠀⇛ LOCKSS 2.0 is a containerized application orchestrated by Kubernetes, which can run from a single Linux host using an installable Kubernetes distribution. o ⚓ At This Link ☛ Some_Unsolicited_Research_Tool_Suggestions⠀⇛ While what "doing research" looks like will vary wildly from project to project, how we go about conducting research can certainly be made a lot easier based on the tools we choose. Here I've chosen a selection of unconventional, overlooked, or just interesting tools that I use on a daily basis to track, organise, and guide my research. Some of these are purpose-built for academic purposes, others have just been repurposed to fill a very effective niche. For some, their undergraduate dissertation or other such project might be their only real exposure to academic practice before they depart for the world of work. For others, it can be the catalyst that persuades them to remain in academia; either pursuing another degree or employment. I've tried to make selections that cater to both camps - tools that, once learned, offer benefits outside of just a research context but that offer functionality that's beneficial regardless of your situation, both in the short term or over a career. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ PC World ☛ uBlock_Origin_is_dead_for_Chrome,_but_its successor_still_lives_on⠀⇛ The Grim Reaper is here now, with Manifest V3’s full implementation all but complete. If uBlock Origin and other extensions haven’t been taken away from you yet, they very soon will be—so it’s time to jump to a viable alternative ASAP. Going without an ad-blocker is a security risk, as rogue ads can push you to phishing sites or spread malware. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Performance_Blog:_Performance Testing_Newsletter_(Q4_Edition)⠀⇛ Welcome to the latest edition of the Performance Testing Newsletter! The PerfTools team empowers engineers with tools to continuously improve the performance of Mozilla products. See below for highlights from the changes made in the last quarter. This quarter also saw the release of perf.compare! It’s a new tool used for making comparisons between try runs (or other pushes). It is now the default comparison tool used for these comparisons and replaces the Compare View that was in use previously. Congratulations to all the folks involved in making this release happen! Feel free to reach out in #perfcompare_on_Matrix if there are any questions, feature requests, etc.. Bugs can be filed in Testing_::_PerfCompare. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_QA_Team:_Fixing_a_bug_in three_days⠀⇛ LibreOffice is used by 200 million people around the world. Every major release goes through extensive testing, with Alpha, Beta and Release Candidate versions – and there are regular monthly minor updates to fix issues too. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Paolo Melchiorre ☛ DjangoCon_Europe 2025⠀⇛ DjangoCon Europe is an international conference for the community by the community about the Django web framework, held each year in Europe. # ⚓ Julia Programming Language ☛ Julia_&_JuliaHub:_Advancing Innovation_and_Growth⠀⇛ JuliaHub and the Julia community have grown at a tremendous pace in recent years, and we want to take this opportunity to celebrate some of these successes. # ⚓ AsiaBSDCon ☛ [AsiaBSDCon_Announce]_Updates_on_AsiaBSDCon 2025⠀⇛ Due to a confluence of circumstances: financial, logistical, and personal we are unable to hold the conference as planned this year. We deeply apologize for this and are sad that we will not be able to meet in Tokyo this year, as we had planned. AsiaBSDCon has weathered financial downturns, an earthquake and other very real challenges since it was started 20 years ago. For the conference to have a vibrant future some things must change and we are undertaking these changes presently, and are also going to be asking for help from the community. Changes with immediate effect: [...] ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 978 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Games_Godot_Game_History_The_Sims_2_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Games_Godot_Game_History_The_Sims_2_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Godot, Game History, The Sims 2, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Dev_snapshot:_Godot_4.4_beta_2⠀⇛ The bugs don't stand a chance! * ⚓ Video Game History Foundation Inc ☛ The_VGHF_Library_opens_in_early access⠀⇛ Today, the Video Game History Foundation launches early access to its digital archive of video game history research materials, available now at library.gamehistory.org. Ever since we started in 2017, the Video Game History Foundation has been building a digital library to help the study of video game history. We’ve been collecting development documents, behind-the-scenes content, rare video game publications and catalogs, magazines, memorabilia, ephemera, and more. After years of cataloging, processing, and digitizing our collections, we’re ready to open our (virtual) doors to the public for the first time. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Sims_and_The_Sims_2_officially_return_with_a_Legacy Collection_for_each⠀⇛ The rumours were true, EA have re-released the classics. The Sims Legacy Collection and The Sims 2 Legacy Collection are live on Steam now. Both include a bunch of previously released DLC for each game. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Warner_Bros_platform_fighter_MultiVersus_goes_offline for_good_in_May⠀⇛ Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games have announced that the Super Smash Bros.-like game MultiVersus is officially closing. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_performance_overlay_MangoHud_0.8.0-rc1_out_now for_testing_with_Intel_GPU_support_and_lots_of_improvements⠀⇛ MangoHud is a performance overlay you can use on Desktop Linux, and it's what powers the built-in overlay on Steam Deck. A new release candidate is now available for testing for an upcoming stable release with version 0.8.0-rc1. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Calamities_are_coming_to_Old_World_in_the_Wrath_of_Gods DLC_plus_they_hit_a_big_sales_milestone⠀⇛ Mohawk Games have announced the Old World - Wrath of Gods is coming on March 4, which has some big new features and content, plus they've hit a nice sales milestone. Old World has Native Linux support and is rated Steam Deck Playable by Valve. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Free_tense_horror_game_Those_Who_Crawl_about_exploring shrinking_caves_added_Linux_/_Steam_Deck_support⠀⇛ Originally released in 2022, Hush Fin Games have upgraded the free game Those Who Crawl, which now includes Linux and Steam Deck support. They're currently working on a VR version, and decided to port over a bunch of improvements. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Spell_Brigade_gets_lots_of_gameplay_improvements plus_a_UI_update_for_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ The Spell Brigade is a popular survivor-like with online co-op for up to 4 players, it's sold well and the developers continue making big improvements to it. The Spell Brigade has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Games_to_claim_from_Prime_Gaming,_Jan_31_edition_round- up_for_SteamOS_Linux_and_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for January 31st, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. 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 ☛ FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REBIRTH_should_work_better_on_Linux_/ Steam_Deck_with_the_latest_Proton_Hotfix⠀⇛ Even though FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is rated as Steam Deck Verified, it did launch with some problems on Linux / Steam Deck but Valve's Proton developers are moving quickly to improve it. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1102 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/GNU_Artanis_1_2_2_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/GNU_Artanis_1_2_2_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU Artanis 1.2.2 and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ GNU_Artanis:_GNU_Artanis_1.2.2_release_notes⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Artanis 1.2.2. Here's the official announcement. GNU Artanis is a web application framework written in Guile Scheme. It is a simple and efficient tool for building web applications. It is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web services, and web applications. It is a modern web framework that is easy to use and easy to extend. * ⚓ GNU_Artanis:_How_to_write_a_plugin_for_GNU_Artanis⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1136 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/GNU_Linux_KDE_EasyOS_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/GNU_Linux_KDE_EasyOS_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux, KDE, EasyOS, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ TouchOSC_native_Linux_touch_support_arrives;_demo_on_SteamDeck⠀⇛ Hexler has done it. Every single platform of this multi- touch MIDI and OSC control app now has native multi-touch support: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and now Linux. And what better way to show it off than on a SteamDeck? TouchOSC has had a breakneck release cadence since Hexler introduced an overhauled next-generation version in 2021. This should come as good news to anyone feeling hurt by the steep subscription pricing of Lemur’s relaunch earlier this week. I suspect it might also hint at the issue with Lemur: digging through old code can be a massive time suck. TouchOSC is the go-to for most touch control applications, bolstered by a rich library of out-of-the- box support and pre-built layouts for popular software. And now there’s native Linux support, which means compatibility with new gaming PCs like SteamDeck, plus various other displays and devices. (The kernel folks have as always been baking a lot of drivers on the Linux side.) * § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ December/January_in_KDE_Itinerary⠀⇛ Since the last_update two month ago KDE_Itinerary got UI redesigns in a few areas and a number of important improvements for accessing public transport information. The most visible change this time is the redesign of the timeline and public transport search result views done by Carl. This improves having all relevant information available in the limited screen space. And it looks a lot better too. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Fix_again_snapshots_saving_/var⠀⇛ See this blog post a couple of days ago: Caramel reported a problem with that fix, so had another go at it, see github: [...] o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ More_Russian_translations⠀⇛ I don't always announce language translation contributions on this blog. Today received more ru translations from from Dmitry (forum member Maybe). o § PCLinuxOS⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ PCLinuxOS_Screenshot_Showcase⠀⇛ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Good_Words,_Good_Deeds,_Good_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ From_The_Chief_Editor's_Desk...⠀⇛ About a week after the New Year, we got hit with round #1 of the arctic fronts. That one dumped about 10” (25.4 cm) of snow on us here where I live in the Kansas City area. Meemaw, by contrast, barely got any. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week 2025/05⠀⇛ Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, It seemed like a quiet week to me. Probably people are getting ready to meet up in Brussels for FOSDEM. Make sure to visit the booth area and talk to the people there. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ This_crowdfunded_E_Ink_QWERTY_phone_isn’t vaporware_after_all⠀⇛ When the Minimal Phone was first announced this time last year, you might have been forgiven for thinking it was vaporware. But one year — and many delays — later, the world’s first Android phone with both an E Ink display and a physical QWERTY keyboard has begun shipping to backers. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1277 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_3_9_Is_Here_with_NVIDIA_570_Graphics_Dr.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_3_9_Is_Here_with_NVIDIA_570_Graphics_Dr.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Immutable Distro Nitrux 3.9 Is Here with NVIDIA 570 Graphics Driver, Many Goodies⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 01, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Nitrux_3.9⦈_ The monthly Nitrux release cycle continues and Nitrux 3.9 is here with Linux 6.12 LTS as the default kernel and better support for NVIDIA GPU users by updating the graphics driver to the upcoming NVIDIA 570 series, which is currently available as a beta version, and updated NVIDIA OpenRC services to use a PID file when running the service for the nvidia-powerd daemon. Nitrux 3.9 also updates the NX Desktop settings to utilize fingerprint authentication in the SDDM login manager and the Plasma desktop, updates the touchpad settings to support more touchpad devices, and updates the live user package to add the user to the video group. 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For those who love numbers and statistics, this represents a substantial leap from the 20 million lines recorded in mid-2015, effectively doubling its size in less than a decade. It’s also worth mentioning that the Linux kernel contains much more code than its UNIX counterparts, such as OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD. 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Both are often favored over backdoored Windows for being more mindful of user data, but which one is better at keeping your information safe? * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Windows_vs._Linux:_What’s_the_Difference_for_Everyday Users?⠀⇛ If you’re thinking about switching to Linux—or even just thinking about getting away from Windows—you may have wondered what actually are the main differences between the two operating systems (OSes). To make it simple, here are the differences I think are most important. § Linux Distros Typically Aren't for Profit Probably the biggest difference between the two OSes is the underlying philosophy: Windows is a product made by the Microsoft corporation, and it’s sold for money. When you buy a new laptop, part of the purchase price is a fee being paid to Microsoft that allows you to use Windows. As such, the decisions that shape Windows often will have a profit motive in mind, which may clash with your needs as a user. Linux, in contrast, is in almost all cases a free product. Though there are some exceptions, especially when it comes to enterprise applications, as a regular consumer you’ll likely never have to pay to use Linux. This is true even if your distribution of choice was made by a large company. For example, the extremely popular Ubuntu distro is put together by Canonical, a profit-based corporation, yet is offered for free. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1459 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/More_Microsoft_Layoffs_Without_Pay_Shares_Fall.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/More_Microsoft_Layoffs_Without_Pay_Shares_Fall.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ More Microsoft Layoffs Without Pay, Shares Fall⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ Microsoft's_Surprising_Layoffs:_No_Severance,_Instant_Benefits Termination⠀⇛ Microsoft has stunned the tech world by initiating performance- based layoffs with no severance pay and instant termination of benefits. These cuts focus on maintaining high-performance talent, affecting employees up to level 80, separate from other recent layoffs. The move has sparked widespread public backlash and ethical debates, with significant implications for Microsoft's employer brand and industry practices. * ⚓ Microsoft_Takes_Aggressive_Approach_with_Performance-Based_Layoffs, Some_Employees_Receive_No_Severance⠀⇛ In a bold move, Microsoft has started terminating employees based on low performance, marking a shift in the tech giant’s workforce management strategy. According to a recent report from Business Insider, the company has sent out termination letters to staffers whose job performance fell below the company’s minimum expectations. These actions reflect Microsoft’s growing drive to remain competitive in the fast- paced tech industry. * ⚓ India Times ☛ Microsoft_layoffs_go_‘harder’:_Termination_‘effective immediately’_with_no_severance_pay⠀⇛ Microsoft has initiated immediate job cuts due to performance issues, with impacted employees losing access to systems, buildings, and benefits * ⚓ HT Digital Streams Ltd ☛ Microsoft_Layoffs:_Satya_Nadella’s_company fires_employees_with_immediate_effect,_denies_severance_pay⠀⇛ Microsoft has started its performance-based job cuts which will lead to the affected employees losing their jobs with immediate effect and without any severance pay, according to a report by Business Insider. * ⚓ Mansueto Ventures ☛ Microsoft_Starts_Cutting_Low_Performers_With Brusque_Termination_Letters⠀⇛ The tech giant is firing employees it says aren’t meeting productivity standards. The dismissal notices say they will lose benefits instantly, and may not get severance pay. * ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Microsoft_cuts_jobs_over_performance,_revokes_health benefits:_Report⠀⇛ With just one month into 2025, US-based tech giants like Amazon, Meta, and others have started job cuts and cost-cutting measures. The latest to jump on the layoff bandwagon is Microsoft, which has reportedly started laying off people based on their performance. According to Business Insider, which recently came across termination letters, employees who lose their jobs in this lay- off wave will lose their healthcare benefits immediately. Citing people familiar with the situation, the publication also claimed that in three cases, employees did not get severance. “The reason(s) for the termination of your employment include your job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations for your position. You are relieved of all job duties effective immediately and your access to Microsoft systems, accounts, and buildings will be removed effective today. You are not to perform any further work on behalf of Microsoft,” one of the letters viewed by the publication states. * ⚓ Microsoft_Adopts_Tough_Stance_on_Layoffs:_No_Severance_Pay,_Immediate Termination⠀⇛ Microsoft has initiated a wave of performance-based layoffs, terminating employees effective immediately without severance packages, according to internal termination letters obtained by Business Insider. This move is part of the company’s broader efforts to address underperformance while optimizing resources. * ⚓ Microsoft_Stock_Under_Pressure:_Should_You_Buy_Amid_Slowdown_in_Cloud Growth_and_OpenAI_Challenges?⠀⇛ Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is facing a tough week on the stock market, with its share price down by 6% since the start of the week. The decline has raised questions about whether the tech giant remains a solid investment, especially as OpenAI’s competitive position and the company’s slowing cloud growth have taken center stage. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1582 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Open_Hardware_and_Education_With_Devices.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Open_Hardware_and_Education_With_Devices.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware and Education With Devices⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ FluidNC-compatible_CNC_controller_supports_6_stepper drivers,_web-based_configuration⠀⇛ US-based CNC and motion control developer Bart Dring has designed the 6x CNC Controller FluidNC-compatible CNC controller board built around an ESP32 (pre-programmed with FluidNC) module and including 6 external stepper motor drivers with 5V signals. It allows configuration, upgrades, and control via a web browser. The controller also includes individual step/direction controls and LED indicators for easy setup. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ACMER_P3_48W_laser_engraver_review_with_ACMER_AP220 Smoke_Air_Purifier,_LightBurn_software,_MKSLaser_app⠀⇛ Today, we’ll review the ACMER P3 48W laser engraver suitable for engraving and cutting various materials such as wood, acrylic, leather, and coated thin metals. It has a fully enclosed design protecting against laser light and reducing smoke in the room for better safety. * ⚓ Arduino ☛ Build_your_own_smart_pet_feeder_with_the_Arduino_Plug_and Make_Kit⠀⇛ If you are a pet owner, you know how important it is to keep furry companions fed and happy – even when life gets busy! With the Arduino Plug and Make Kit, you can now build a customizable smart pet feeder that dispenses food on schedule and can be controlled remotely. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Arduino ☛ Join_us_for_Arduino_Day_2025:_celebrating_20_years_of community!⠀⇛ Over the past 20 years, we have evolved from a simple open-source hardware platform into a global community with literal millions of makers, educators, and innovators. Together, we’ve built countless projects (5,600+ just on Project Hub at the time of writing!), shared knowledge, and inspired one another to push the boundaries of technology. As we celebrate this milestone, we want to honor our shared journey as a community. The technological world is accelerating and welcoming more people than ever before: we believe this makes it even more important for everyone to have access to innovation, and to contribute to a future filled with creativity and collaboration. o ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ The_MagPi_celebrates_milestone_issue_with_150 Raspberry_Pi_people_and_projects⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi’s official magazine, The MagPi, has turned the big 150 and decided to mark the occasion in true maker style with a special feature celebrating 150 Raspberry Pi people and projects previously featured on its hallowed pages. Here, we’ve cherry-picked a few of our favourites. You can read the full feature, including Raspberry Pi appearances on TV, some famous makers, and excellent Pi-focused events, in The MagPi #150. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1672 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Open_Hardware_Modding_Devices_SparkFun_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Open_Hardware_Modding_Devices_SparkFun_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware/Modding/Devices: SparkFun and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ UP_Squared_7100_fanless_SBC_Review_–_Part_1:_Unboxing and_first_boot_to_Ubuntu_Pro_24.04⠀⇛ AAEON sent me a sample of the UP Squared 7100 fanless industrial SBC for review. The board is powered by an defective chip maker Intel N97 or N100 Alder Lake-N SoC (Amston Lake processors will be offered soon), and is equipped with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, plus two M.2 sockets for wireless and storage expansion. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Silicon_Labs_unveils_low-cost_BG22L_BLE_5.4_and_BG24L BLE_6.0_SoCs⠀⇛ Silicon Labs has unveiled the BG22L and BG24L SoCs for low- cost, ultra-low-power Bluetooth LE connectivity. These are Lite versions of the company’s BG22 and BG24 SoC families introduced in 2020 and 2022 respectively. The 38.4 MHz Silabs BG22L Arm Cortex-M33 SoC targets high-volume, cost-sensitive Bluetooth 5.4 applications like asset tracking tags and small appliances. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SparkFun_Digi_X-ON_LoRaWAN_development_kit_combines_Digi HX15_gateway_with_RP2350_IoT_node_and_environmental_sensors_module⠀⇛ SparkFun has recently released the Digi X-ON LoRaWAN development kit an all-in-one IoT development kit designed to simplify the setup and deployment of LoRa-based IoT systems. It includes the Digi HX15 Gateway, SparkFun IoT Node for LoRaWAN, and the ENS160/BME280 environmental sensor, enabling rapid prototyping and connectivity with the help of the Digi X-ON cloud platform. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Ancient_Pocket_Computer_Gets_A_USB-C_Upgrade⠀⇛ Remember the ZEOS Pocket PC? Perhaps you knew it as the Tidalwave PS-1000. Either way, it was a small clamshell computing device that was first released all the way back in 1992, and perhaps most accurately known as a DOS-based palmtop. Over at [Robert’s Retro] on YouTube, one of these fine devices was put through a repair and a modern upgrade program. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1737 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Open_Letter_Urges_EU_to_Not_Be_Bullied_By_Trump_and_His_Tech_Br.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Open_Letter_Urges_EU_to_Not_Be_Bullied_By_Trump_and_His_Tech_Br.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Letter Urges EU to Not Be Bullied By Trump and His Tech Bros on Cyber Issues⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Images_of_Tech_Bros⦈_ Quoting: Open Letter Urges EU to Not Be Bullied By Trump and His Tech Bros on Cyber Issues - FOSS Force — European Digital Rights — or EDRi — a Brussels-based activist group that calls itself “the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online” has put together an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, which is the primary executive arm of the European Union. The letter urges her to not let Trump and the tech bros who have adopted him (my description, not theirs) bully the EU into not enforcing its Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. Lumping the two acts together isn’t unusual in the world of EU digital politics. Both were introduced to the European Parliament at the same time, and both were adopted in 2022. The DSA is primarily meant to “govern the content moderation practices of social media platforms” and address illegal content, while the DMA is something of a European anti-trust law, tasked with promoting digital competition by preventing large companies from abusing monopoly power, and by paving the road for new players to enter the market. 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Phenomenal options, deep thought, and maximum flexibility. The only downside to this sweet feature is that it's somewhat "hidden". I would expect the selective group/ungroup toggle to be more prominent, and perhaps even exposed through global options. The users may wrongly assume that they must either use only icons or only windows. In fact, the name of the alternative is a bit misleading. Technically correct, but still not 100% intuitive. Perhaps the only thing Plasma could do better now is to allow window titles to be shown, so you get the Windows-like behavior, too. But Windows will eventually collapse the tasks once the taskbar gets full, whereas Plasma will still let you expand them where and when you need it. In a way, these two methods solve the same problem, from two opposite directions. Well, there you go. I hope you'll find this option useful. As I've recently started writing a history book, and I need access to hundreds of documents and references at any one time, this is a major productivity saver. We shall talk about my new writing endeavors separately. For now, see ya. 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We also used the four response types of resilience to change our static approach regarding threats towards a more dynamic one, including continuous evaluation of threats, learning and repositioning in an ever- changing threat landscape. This adds the last missing shard to resilience: Anti-fragility. * ⚓ Python Package Index ☛ PyPI_Now_Supports_Project_Archival⠀⇛ Project archival is not deletion: archiving a project does not remove it from the index, and does not prevent users from installing it. Archival is purely a user-controlled marker that gives project owners the ability to signal a project’s status; PyPI has no plans to delete or prune archived distributions. * ⚓ Bert Hubert ☛ On_Long_Term_Software_Development⠀⇛ Much software is now provided as a service, and is typically deployed continuously (CD, continuous deployment), surrounded by enough automated testing (CI, continuous integration) that we can be reasonably sure that a new revision is likely to at least work to some extent. In contrast, there is also still a huge world where people don’t appreciate such continuous changes combined with only a pretty good likelihood of things working. Software that controls (nuclear) power plants, elections, pacemakers, airplanes, bridges, heavy machinery. In general, stuff that can kill you if it does the wrong thing, or perhaps simply by not working. These fields appreciate your software sticking around for decades, with well described and pre-announced changes. Release notes that go beyond “various bug fixes and improvements”. Software that might not see any changes for a few years, after which a new major release gets planned, and stuff still needs to build from source. Crazy talk of course, but some of us like it this way! * ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Modern_languages_and_bad_packaging_outcomes_at scale⠀⇛ Recently I read Steinar H. Gunderson's Migrating away from bcachefs (via), where one of the mentioned issues was a strong disagreement between the author of bcachefs and the Debian Linux distribution about how to package and distribute some Rust-based tools that are necessary to work with bcachefs. In the technology circles that I follow, there's a certain amount of disdain for the Debian approach, so today I want to write up how I see the general problem from a system administrator's point of view. * ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Thinking_inside_the_box⠀⇛ Thrilled to announce a new package: zigg. It arrived on CRAN today after a few days of review in the ‘newbies’ queue. zigg provides the Ziggurat pseudo-random number generator for Normal, Exponential and Uniform draws proposed by Marsaglia and Tsang (JSS, 2000), and extended by Leong et al. (JSS, 2005). I had picked up their work in package RcppZiggurat and updated its code for the 64-buit world we now live in. That package alredy provided the Normal generator along with several competing implementations which it compared rigorously and timed them. As one of the generators was based on the GNU GSL via the implementation of Voss, we always ended up with a run- time dependency on the GSL too. No more: this new package is zero-depedency, zero-suggsts and hence very easy to deploy. Moreover, we also include a demonstration of four distinct ways of accessing the compiled code from another R package: pure and straight-up C, similarly pure C++, inclusion of the header in C++ as well as via Rcpp. * ⚓ Alisa Sireneva ☛ Falsehoods_programmers_believe_about_null_pointers⠀⇛ Null pointers look simple on the surface, and that’s why they’re so dangerous. As compiler optimizations, intuitive but incorrect simplifications, and platform-specific quirks have piled on, the odds of making a wrong assumption have increased, leading to the proliferation of bugs and vulnerabilities. This article explores common misconceptions about null pointers held by many programmers, starting with simple fallacies and working our way up to the weirdest cases. Some of them will be news only to beginners, while others may lead experts down the path of meticulous fact-checking. Without further ado, let’s dive in. * ⚓ [Old] Erik Aker ☛ Are_Second_Systems_Inevitable⠀⇛ These two ideas are related. In his seminal 1975 work, Brooks argued that “second systems” are almost always bloated and overwrought because engineers seek to solve all problems existing in the first system and this results in their “second system” taking on an unworkably large and overly ambitious set of features and traits. This is why Brooks was impelled to add engineers to the superceding system he was working on at IBM, the failure of which later became the inspiration for his book, where he observed the paradoxical effect that adding people to the late project made it later. Overall, though, second systems like this where engineers try to pack in features they left out of the first system are doomed to failure, Brooks argues, which is the phenomenon we now call “Second System Syndrome.” I’m interested in second systems, in general, but not necessarily the “syndrome” Brooks identified. Obviously, technical organizations manage to throw away old systems and build new ones without committing the errors Brooks has identified. Nevertheless, second systems are hard, so it’s worth asking why engineering organizations are compelled to do it? * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Arne Sommer ☛ Elementary_Odd_with_Raku⠀⇛ You are given an array of positive integers, @ints. Write a script to return the sum of all possible odd- length subarrays of the given array. A subarray is a contiguous subsequence of the array. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2072 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ DEV Community ☛ Divine_Attah-Ohiemi:_Seeking_Opportunities:_Building_a Career_in_Software_Engineering_and_Beyond⠀⇛ My journey in CS has always been driven by curiosity, determination, and a deep love for understanding software solutions at its tiniest, most complex levels. Taking ALX_Africa Software Engineer track after High school was where it all started for me. During the 1-year intensive bootcamp, I delved into the intricacies of GNU/Linux programming and low-level programming with C, which solidified my foundational knowledge. This experience not only enhanced my technical skills but also taught me the importance of adaptability and self-directed learning. I discovered how to approach challenges with curiosity, igniting a passion for exploring software solutions in their most intricate forms. Each module pushed me to think critically and creatively, transforming my understanding of technology and its capabilities. * ⚓ LWN ☛ GNU_C_Library_2.41_released⠀⇛ Version 2.41 of the GNU C Library has been released. Changes include a number of test- suite improvements, strict-error support in the DNS stub resolver, wrappers for the the sched_setattr() and sched_getattr() system calls, Unicode 16.0.0 support, improved C23 support, support for extensible restartable sequences, Guarded Control Stack support on 64-bit Arm systems [...] * § Qt⠀➾ o ⚓ Qt ☛ Feb_1-2:_Meet_us_at_FOSDEM!⠀⇛ o ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_16_Beta_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 16 Beta! * § Rust⠀➾ o ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog:_Announcing_Rust 1.84.1⠀⇛ The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.84.1. Rust is a 1.84.1 is as easy as: § What's in 1.84.1 1.84.1 resolves a few regressions introduced in 1.84.0: [...] o ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in_Rust_584⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2184 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Proprietary_and_Free_Libre_Stuff_for_BSD_and_GNU_Linux.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Proprietary_and_Free_Libre_Stuff_for_BSD_and_GNU_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Proprietary and Free/Libre Stuff for BSD and GNU/Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * § BSD and GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ High_Tide_is_a_Promising_New_GNU/Linux_TIDAL Client⠀⇛ Linux users hunting for a native client to stream music from TIDAL will want to keep an eye on a promising new open-source app called High Tide. High Tide is an unofficial but native GNU/Linux client for the TIDAL music streaming service. It’s written in Python, uses GTK4/libadwaita UI, and leverages official TIDAL Hey Hi (AI) for playback. # ⚓ open PR ☛ EIS_Data_Recovery_Software_Expands_Support_to macOS_and_Linux⠀⇛ East Imperial Soft Company (EIS Data Recovery), a leading provider of data recovery solutions, is thrilled to announce the release of its new software products for macOS and Linux operating systems. Previously available only for Windows, EIS Data Recovery's top-tier file recovery tools are now accessible to macOS and Linux users, offering them the same high-quality solutions for recovering lost or deleted files. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ Tetris_has_turned_40_and_I'm_addicted again⠀⇛ Yesterday, I lost a couple of hours that I’ll never get back. To mark the 40th anniversary of Tetris, which was created in 1985 by Soviet software engineer, Alexey Pajitnov, I thought I’d download the game to my mobile. # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Civ_7_requirements_for_PC,_Steam_Deck,_Linux, and_Mac⠀⇛ The Civ 7 requirements for PC, Mac, and Steam Deck have finally been revealed. In general, you'll need to know the minimum and recommended specs to work out whether your setup can run the game. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Eerie Linux ☛ Installing_*BSD_in_2025_part_0b_–_Modern myths:_AI_ramblings_(NetBSD_and_OpenBSD)⠀⇛ In part A of this article I covered answers from several Large Language Models to questions about DragonFly BSD and FreeBSD. The intent there was to get an idea about how much *BSD knowledge was included in their training data. As a comparison, the same questions were asked about Linux. While all models answered correctly regarding the penguin OS, they made some wrong and weird claims about the BSDs, especially the more niche DragonFly. Let’s see what the situation looks like with NetBSD and OpenBSD in this second part. # ⚓ MWL ☛ 75:_Interrupt_So_Frequently⠀⇛ Here’s a chunk from the new Networking for System Administrators. Here’s the catch. The listed speed is not how fast the interface can pass traffic. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ John Gruber ☛ Daring_Fireball:_Pebble_Founder_Eric Migicovsky_Is_Bringing_It_Back⠀⇛ My first idea for a new name: Rebble — a rebellious return of Pebble. My second idea: Quixote — because this isn’t going to be a hit this time either. (Quixote also would have been a good name for Beeper Mini’s attempt to backwards engineer access as an unsanctioned iMessage client for Android.) But, thankfully, it doesn’t sound to me like Migicovsky’s goal is to boil the ocean. (Update: Turns out, Rebble is the name of a community project to write new firmware to keep old Pebble watches running.) ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2313 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Security_and_Windows_TCO.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Security_and_Windows_TCO.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security and Windows TCO⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (redis:7), Debian (bind9, chromium, flightgear, pam-u2f, and simgear), Red Hat (fence-agents, git-lfs, libsoup, python3.9, rsync, and traceroute), Slackware (bind), SUSE (apache2-mod_security2, corepack22, go1.24, hplip, ignition, iperf, kernel, kernel- devel-longterm, nginx, nodejs22, openvpn, owasp-modsecurity- crs, and shadow), and Ubuntu (bind9, jinja2, libxml2, linux- lowlatency-hwe-6.8, php7.0, tomcat6, and vlc). * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Dictator_Administration_Faces_Security_Balancing_Act_in Borderless_Cyber_Landscape⠀⇛ What challenges will the new administration face and what might President Convicted Felon’s record on cybersecurity indicate about the likely approach in 2025 and beyond? * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Justice_Department_Sues_to_Block_$14_Billion_Juniper Buyout_by_Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise⠀⇛ The lawsuit said that the combination of businesses would eliminate competition, raise prices and reduce innovation. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ VMware_Patches_High-Risk_Flaws_in_Oft-Targeted_Aria Operations_Products⠀⇛ VMWare calls attention to patches for multiple 'high-risk' security defects in its Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs products. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Cyber_Agency’s_Future_Role_in_Elections_Remains Murky_Under_the_Convicted_Felon_Administration⠀⇛ President The Insurrectionist has yet to name anyone to lead the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security. * ⚓ CyberArk_reveals_centralised_authentication_for_Linux_IAM⠀⇛ CyberArk has unveiled its latest offering, Identity Bridge, which aims to enhance identity and access management for Linux systems. Identity Bridge is designed to provide centralised authentication capabilities for Linux environments, aiming to reduce reliance on older, less secure authentication methods. This development is intended to aid organisations in modernising their Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems while keeping Linux environments in focus. * ⚓ Business Wire ☛ CyberArk_Helps_Modernize_Identity_and_Access_Management for_Linux_Machines_With_New_Identity_Bridge_Capability⠀⇛ * ⚓ CyberArk_Helps_Modernize_Identity_and_Access_Management_for_Linux Machines_With_New_Identity_Bridge_Capability⠀⇛ CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) has announced Identity Bridge, a new endpoint identity security capability designed to modernize authentication for Linux machines. This solution enables organizations to use centralized accounts for Linux system authentication, reducing dependency on traditional methods. * ⚓ Cyber Security News ☛ New_SystemBC_RAT_Attack_Linux_Systems_to_Hack Corporate_Infrastructure [Ed: OK, but how does that get there in the first place?]⠀⇛ A new variant of the SystemBC Remote Access Trojan (RAT) has emerged, explicitly targeting Linux-based systems. Known for its stealth capabilities, this malware is designed to infiltrate corporate networks, cloud servers, and IoT devices, posing a significant threat to internal corporate services and overall cybersecurity. * § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ o ⚓ Google ☛ Windows_Bug_Class:_Accessing_Trapped_COM_Objects_with IDispatch⠀⇛ Object orientated remoting technologies such as DCOM and .NET Remoting make it very easy to develop an object- orientated interface to a service which can cross process and security boundaries. This is because they're designed to support a wide range of objects, not just those implemented in the service, but any other object compatible with being remoted. For example, if you wanted to expose an XML document across the client-server boundary, you could use a pre-existing COM or .NET library and return that object back to the client. By default when the object is returned it's marshaled by reference, which results in the object staying in the out-of-process server. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ TeamViewer_Patches_High-Severity_Vulnerability_in backdoored_Windows_Applications⠀⇛ TeamViewer has released patches for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in its client and host applications for Windows. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2452 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Security_Focused_ParrotOS_6_3_Distro_Brings_New_and_Updated_Too.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Security_Focused_ParrotOS_6_3_Distro_Brings_New_and_Updated_Too.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security-Focused ParrotOS 6.3 Distro Brings New and Updated Tools, Improvements⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 01, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ParrotOS_6.3⦈_ Coming more than three months after ParrotOS 6.2, the ParrotOS 6.3 release is powered by Linux kernel 6.11 for the PC editions and Linux kernel 6.6 LTS for the Raspberry Pi edition. Both kernels have been bumped to newer versions to provide users with the best possible hardware support. ParrotOS 6.3 also updates the parrot-core and base-files with new fixes to correct the $PATH environment variable, addresses an issue that prevented the proper displaying of the Firefox launcher, and fixes a bug that prevented the proper functioning of virtual images in the .ova format in VirtualBox. 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By Alpha-Omega We’re pleased to share our 2024 annual report. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ DARPA_wants_to_create_‘self-healing’_firmware_that can_respond_and_recover_from_cyberattacks⠀⇛ The agency’s Red-C program seeks to build new defenses into bus-based computer systems.  * ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ FBI,_Dutch_Police_Disrupt_‘Manipulaters’_Phishing Gang⠀⇛ The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized dozens of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan. The proprietors of the service, who use the collective nickname “The Manipulaters,” have been the subject of three stories published here since 2015. The FBI said the main clientele are organized crime groups that try to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party. * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (libsoup), Debian (debian-security-support and redis), Fedora (expat, java-21-openjdk, lemonldap-ng, and phpMyAdmin), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable and git-lfs), Oracle (bzip2, git-lfs, libsoup, mariadb:10.11, mariadb:10.5, python-jinja2, redis, and unbound), Red Hat (git-lfs, libsoup, python-jinja2, rsync, and unbound), SUSE (buildah, chromium, google-osconfig-agent, govulncheck-vulndb, hauler, ignition, krb5, libxml2, python311- pydantic, SDL2_sound, and trivy), and Ubuntu (jquery, linux- azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-azure-5.15, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-oracle, and mysql-8.0). * § Kernel Space⠀➾ o ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Linux_Support_for_backdoored_Windows_‘Copilot Key’_Brings_Potential_Security_Risks⠀⇛ This spring, the Linux kernel will begin supporting the "Copilot key" which Abusive Monopolist Microsoft added to backdoored Windows machines about a year ago. * § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ o ⚓ Google ☛ Windows_Exploitation_Tricks:_Trapping_Virtual_Memory Access_(2025_Update)⠀⇛ Back in 2021 I wrote a blog post about various ways you can build a virtual memory access trap primitive on Windows. The goal was to cause a reader or writer of a virtual memory address to halt for a significant (e.g. 1 or more seconds) amount of time, generally for the purpose of exploiting TOCTOU memory access bugs in the kernel. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_York_Blood_Bank_Hit_by_Ransomware⠀⇛ The blood bank said it identified suspicious activity on its network on January 26, and immediately engaged third- party cybersecurity experts, who confirmed that the organization was facing a ransomware attack. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Bill_requiring_federal_contractors_to_have vulnerability_disclosure_policies_gets_House_redo⠀⇛ The Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act, a bicameral, bipartisan bill that stalled out last year in the Senate, was reintroduced Friday in the House by Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Shontel Brown, D-Ohio. The bill, whose 2024 companion in the upper chamber came from Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and James Lankford, R- Okla., calls on the Office of Management and Budget and the Defense Department to update federal acquisition policies to require all federal contractors to institute vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs). o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Another_banner_year_for_ransomware_gangs⠀⇛ The industrial sector was the most targeted overall in 2024, with 1,424 observed attacks compared to 1,240 in 2023, the report notes. This represents a 15 percent increase. NCC attributes the overall increase in attacks during 2024 to several factors: Buggy, exploitable products; compromised credentials; geopolitical tensions; an increase in ransomware-as-a-service offerings, which makes it easier for less technically savvy criminals to get in the game; and a high return on investment for the crooks. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2646 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ ICYMI:_Six_Security_Vulnerabilities_Found_In_rsync⠀⇛ According to an article from The Verge, a recent Pew Research Center study on digital decay found that 38 percent of web pages accessible in 2013 are not accessible today. This happens because pages are taken down, URLs are changed, and entire websites vanish, as in the case of dozens of scientific journals and all the critical research they contained. This is especially acute for news: researchers at Northwestern University estimate we will lose one-third of local news sites by 2025, and the digital-first properties that have risen and fallen are nearly impossible to count. * ⚓ Tech EU ☛ Linux_Foundation_Europe_and_OpenSSF_launch_initiative_for_EU Cyber_Resilience_Act_compliance [Ed: GAFAM in "Linux" clothing in Europe (where GAFAM is not based)]⠀⇛ The initiative equips open source communities and manufacturers with the tools to meet European requirements and evolving security standards in global markets. * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ 'Linux'_Foundation_Europe_and_OpenSSF Launch_Initiative_to_Prepare_Maintainers,_Manufacturers,_and_Open_Source Stewards_for_Global_Cybersecurity_Legislation⠀⇛ * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Even_the_US_government_can_fall_victim_to cryptojacking⠀⇛ Documents reveal that USAID was victimized by a password spray attack that resulted in roughly $500,000 in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft service charges. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2701 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Software_New_Style_Calculator_QOwnNotes_and_Clownflare_Tunnels_.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/Software_New_Style_Calculator_QOwnNotes_and_Clownflare_Tunnels_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Software: New Style Calculator, QOwnNotes, and Clownflare Tunnels Alternatives⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Could_A_New_Style_Calculator_Be_In_Your_Future?⠀⇛ I’m old enough to remember when handheld calculators first came to market en masse. It was in the early 1970s, and a handheld calculator was a must-have item on many people’s Christmas list. I know my mom’s Christmas list had a handheld calculator on it. Back then, they were quite expensive. They had a rather dim and small red LED display, and really (mostly) had the basic functions of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers. And that is about all they did. Even with that basic functionality, they cost around $100 (U.S.). * ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Repo_Review:_QOwnNotes⠀⇛ During the holidays, I switched one of my desktop machines from KDE Darkstar to LXQt for a change of pace. I previously ran LXQt for about eighteen months and enjoyed the experience. (Forum member daniel has just released an updated ISO, Community LXQt 2025.01, in case you are interested in trying this new PCLinuxOS remaster.) I have been happy using Zim Desktop Wiki, but I read favorable comments about a native Qt application called QOwnNotes and decided to test it for this month's article. The program's name, although a bit uninspiring, summarizes its philosophy: “Q” is because of its Qt framework; “Own” because it will always allow you to maintain ownership of your notes; “Notes” because it is a note-taking app. * ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ 9_Clownflare_Tunnels_Alternatives_for_Self-Hosters⠀⇛ Self hosting services on your own? How about self hosting a Clownflare alternative as well? Here are some of the best options I came across. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2763 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/This_Week_in_GNOME_185_Adwaita_Sans.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/This_Week_in_GNOME_185_Adwaita_Sans.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ This Week in GNOME: #185 Adwaita Sans⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Adwaita_Sans_and_Adwaita_Mono_fonts⦈_ Quoting: #185 Adwaita Sans · This Week in GNOME — GNOME changed its UI and monospace fonts this week, in a long anticipated change that is planned for GNOME 48. The new fonts are called Adwaita Sans and Adwaita Mono. Adwaita Sans is a modified version of Inter, and replaces Cantarell as the UI font. Adwaita Mono is a modified version of Iosevka, and replaces Source Code Pro as the default monospace font. This feature was implemented by Jamie Gravendeel, with last-minute assistance from Florian Muellner. 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Every week we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. This week we continued to polish up Plasma 6.3 in preparation for its final release in a week and a half, and I gotta say, it's looking pretty good! Most of the bug reports we've gotten from people running the beta have been minor and quickly fixed, which I'm choosing to interpret to mean that it's a good release. :) In addition, we landed a bunch more Plasma 6.4 UI improvements! Check it all out... 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This post contains quick setup instruction using docker/containers for the same. * ⚓ Josef_Strzibny:_Setting_up_Clownflare_R2_buckets_for_Active_Storage⠀⇛ Rails comes with a built-in support for saving and uploading files to S3 and S3-compatible storage services in Active Storage. Here’s how to set up Clownflare R2. * ⚓ Daniel_Lange:_Seagate_old_hard_disks_sold_as_new,_smartmontools_v7.4 for_Debian_Bullseye_and_Bookworm⠀⇛ Apparently somebody managed to resell_Seagate_hard_disks_that have_2-5_years_of_operations_on_them_as_brand_new. They did this by using some new shrink wrap bags and resetting the used hard disk SMART_attributes to factory-new values. Luckily Seagate has a proprietary extension "Seagate FARM (Field Access Reliability Metrics)" implemented in their disks that ... the crooks did not reset. * ⚓ Using_Emacs_as_Terminal_Multiplexer_on_Windows [Ed: Windows is not FOSS; seems weird for this site...]⠀⇛ Here's how you can use Emacs as a terminal multiplexer if you're missing GNU/Linux as a backdoored Windows user. * ⚓ Wiki_Pick:_How_To_Change_Program_Icon⠀⇛ While these instructions are applicable to PCLinuxOS Debian Edition KDE, they should work for the “Classic” RPM KDE version, and may work similarly for other desktop environments. In PCLinuxOS Debian Edition KDE, the PCManFM file manager uses the same icon as KDE's Dolphin file manager. That can be confusing. Of course, there are many other reasons why you might want to change a program icon. * ⚓ Install_An_Epson_Printer_On_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Epson printers are dependent on LSB (Linux Standard Base), so the first thing that one needs to do is open the Synaptic Package Manager and Search for LSB. Once the list of LSB packages from the search, install the packages from the below image marked by a green box. You should also install task- printing-epson from Synaptic. * ⚓ Inkscape_Tutorial:_Create_A_Decorative_Border⠀⇛ I was looking at tutorials, and found this simple tutorial for making a decorative border. This one uses the Division item from the Paths menu, and can be done really quickly, depending on how detailed you want it. Opening Inkscape, start a new drawing. I generally use US Letter size paper, with a Landscape orientation, but you should use what works for you. I made several of these, most of them the same size and one a little smaller. * ⚓ The_8_Easiest_Ways_to_Share_Files_Between_Linux_and_Windows⠀⇛ Sharing files between Linux and Windows can sometimes feel challenging, but it doesn’t have to be. Several reliable methods exist, whether transferring files over a network, using a dual-boot setup, or simply moving a few documents. * ⚓ Using_Lynis_for_Linux_Security_Audits_(Video_Tutorial)⠀⇛ Watch this tutorial to learn how to use Lynis, an open source security auditing tool, to audit and enhance Linux security. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3345 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/today_s_howtos.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/today_s_howtos.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 * ⚓ !_Avi_Alkalay_¡:_Ensuring_health_of_your_NAS_hard_drives_with_SMART⠀⇛ Hardware setup is: [...] * ⚓ Daniel Lange ☛ Daniel_Lange:_Printing_labels_with_the_DYMO_LabelWriter Wireless_(and_LabelWriter_5xx)_on_Debian_Linux⠀⇛ In 2020 my company bought a DYMO LabelWriter Wireless. It is an awesome little device for thermal printing a wide variety of labels. The labels are easily available both from DYMO and from third parties so the pricing is quite acceptable. * ⚓ Net2 ☛ Ubuntu_Command-Line_Mastery:_The_Essential_Guide_for_Power Users⠀⇛ The GNU/Linux terminal is a powerful tool allowing users to control their system precisely and efficiently. Whether you’re installing software, managing files, troubleshooting issues, or securing your system, mastering essential Ubuntu commands can significantly enhance your productivity. * ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Block_IPs_in_Nginx_/_WordPress_Login_Page⠀⇛ This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to configure Nginx to block certain IPs or IP range from accessing your website, and block all others while only you (and specified IPs) can access the wordpress login pages. This site was under attack a few days ago. * ⚓ How_to_Change_the_Default_Text_Editor_on_Linux⠀⇛ Usually, your system has different editors pre-installed in the base system. Your default text editor depends on the Linux distro you're using. It may be Nano, Vim, Emacs, etc. Changing your default editor is entirely up to you, it depends on the features you want and the type of interface and keyboard shortcuts you seek. Editors are at times task-specific and you may have to shuffle them depending on your tasks. This guide will teach you how to change the default text editor on your Linux operating system. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ What_Do_You_Use_to_Stream_Music_on_Linux?⠀⇛ Lately I've been listening to a lot more of my physical music collection than any music streaming service. When I do, lately, it's typically been through YouTube in Firefox. YouTube's music recommendation algorithm I've found to be on point. There are lots of options on Linux, of course, so what do you use when you stream music? ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3426 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/TrueNAS_SCALE_24_10_2_Delivers_Improved_Stability_and_Enhanced_.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/TrueNAS_SCALE_24_10_2_Delivers_Improved_Stability_and_Enhanced_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ TrueNAS SCALE 24.10.2 Delivers Improved Stability and Enhanced Features⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇TrueNAS_SCALE_24.10.2_open-source_NAS_solution⦈_ Quoting: TrueNAS SCALE 24.10.2 Delivers Improved Stability and Enhanced Features — iXsystems released the second update in the TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 series, version 24.10.2, a robust Linux-based enterprise network- attached storage that bets on the ZFS filesystem and supports containerized applications and virtualization. One of the most notable changes is the decision to no longer retrieve hidden zpool properties by default in py-libzfs, such as name, tname, maxblocksize, maxdnodesize, dedupditto, and dedupcached, which are now more securely managed. For users who have migrated apps from 24.04 and experienced issues deleting them due to “dependent clones” errors, the update now introduces a Force Remove iXVolumes checkbox on app deletion. 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