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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣶⣤⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 185 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Applications_Docker_Desktop_Bacula_ImageMagick.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Applications_Docker_Desktop_Bacula_ImageMagick.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Applications: Docker Desktop, Bacula, ImageMagick⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Docker_Desktop_4.39_Introduces_General_Availability_of_CLI⠀⇛ Docker Desktop 4.39 arrives with a CLI, multi-platform support, security fixes, and upgrades to Compose, Buildx, Kubernetes, and more. * ⚓ Open Source For U ☛ Backup_Your_Data_with_Bacula⠀⇛ Bacula provides a highly flexible and scalable data backup solution that is suitable for small businesses as well as large enterprises with complex IT infrastructures. This short tutorial will teach you the basics of how you can use it to backup your data. * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ BMPs_with_ImageMagick,_and_a_great_Vogons_thread⠀⇛ Zerker asked on Vogons how_to_create_BMP_images_with ImageMagick that would be compatible with old Windows. This is a summary of the thread, with words in bold directly related to the question, and italics for semi-related. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 229 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Audiocasts_Shows_Bad_Voltage_BSD_Now_and_Destination_Linux.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Audiocasts_Shows_Bad_Voltage_BSD_Now_and_Destination_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Audiocasts/Shows: Bad Voltage, BSD Now, and Destination Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Bad_Voltage_3×70:_Swallowed_up_in_Crimethink⠀⇛ Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which encryption backdoors rear their ugly heads... * ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_601:_The_Monospace_Web⠀⇛ The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again, The Biggest Unix Security Loophole, The monospace Web, What a FreeBSD kernel message about your bridge means, Installing FreeBSD on a HP 250 G9, Networking for System Administrators, and more. * ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_409:_Hacking_the_Hackers:_Interview with_Cybersecurity_Expert_about_GNU/Linux_Tower_Defense⠀⇛ Join us for an insightful conversation with Craig Rowland as we dive into GNU/Linux security, cybersecurity, and the evolution of hacking from BBS days to modern threats. We explore how Sandfly Security’s agentless approach protects GNU/Linux systems, the role of Hey Hi (AI) in cybersecurity, and whether you really need antivirus on Linux. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 275 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Audiocasts_Shows_Tux_Digital_Hackaday_mintCast.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Audiocasts_Shows_Tux_Digital_Hackaday_mintCast.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Audiocasts/Shows: Tux Digital, Hackaday, mintCast⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Flatpaks,_Snaps,_&_AppImages:_“Do_we_really_need_these Universal_App_Formats?”⠀⇛ Linux has no shortage of ways to install software, but is that a good thing or a problem? Traditional package management has been around for decades, but newer formats like Flatpak, Snap, and AppImage promise a better way. Are they the future of GNU/ Linux software—or just another layer of fragmentation? * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Podcast_Episode_311:_AirTag_Hack,_GPS_Rollover,_And A_Flat-Pack_Toaster⠀⇛ This week, Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start off the episode by announcing Arduino co-founder David Cuartielles will be taking the stage as the keynote speaker at Hackaday Europe. In his talk, we’ll hear about a vision of the future where consumer electronics can be tossed in the garden and turned into compost instead of sitting in a landfill for the next 1,000 years or so. * ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_456_–_Built_For_Linux⠀⇛ First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Linus Torvalds make GNU/Linux Rust-ier, and Mozilla flounders with privacy policy Then in our Wanderings: Bill is missing, Moss is still catching up, Joe works on his rack. In our Innards section: We Discuss GNU/Linux dedicated hardware ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 328 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Best_GNU_Linux_Distro_for_Gaming_2025_Top_9_Distros_Compared.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Best_GNU_Linux_Distro_for_Gaming_2025_Top_9_Distros_Compared.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Best GNU/Linux Distro for Gaming 2025 – Top 9 Distros Compared⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 Gaming on GNU/Linux has never been better, and in 2025, gamers have more choices than ever. Although the game titles are not as wide for GNU/Linux as for Windows, with improvements in Proton, Vulkan, native GNU/Linux game support, and the correct GNU/Linux distribution (distro), it can deliver outstanding gaming performance for whatever existing games are... Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 355 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Essential_FOSS_tools_to_make_macOS_suck_less.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Essential_FOSS_tools_to_make_macOS_suck_less.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Essential FOSS tools to make macOS suck less⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 Quoting: Handy FOSS tools to tame macOS — There are some idiosyncrasies about macOS that long term Mac users may never notice, but cause frustration in people more used to how Windows does things – or the much more customizable Linux desktop experience. Here are a few of The Reg FOSS desk's favorite tools we routinely install on new machines to make life a little more comfortable or convenient. Some love tiling window management and edge snapping; others hate it. This vulture is in the former camp, and for years used Spectacle. Sadly, it was discontinued a few years ago, but Rectangle fills the gap nicely and optionally supports the same keystrokes. Since macOS 15 "Sequoia," the basic functionality is built-in and not only do we prefer Rectangle's keyboard shortcuts, they work on non-Apple keyboards with no Fn key, too. It's open source, but there's also a paid Pro version if you want to reward the developers. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 396 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Exploring_the_Hybrid_Debian_GNU_kFreeBSD_Distribution.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Exploring_the_Hybrid_Debian_GNU_kFreeBSD_Distribution.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Exploring the Hybrid Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Distribution⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Installing_at_70%⦈_ Quoting: Exploring the Hybrid Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Distribution | Linux Journal — For decades, Linux and BSD have stood as two dominant yet fundamentally different branches of the Unix-like operating system world. While Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, have grown to dominate the open-source ecosystem, BSD-based systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD have remained the preferred choice for those seeking security, performance, and licensing flexibility. But what if you could combine the best of both worlds—Debian’s vast package ecosystem with FreeBSD’s robust and efficient kernel? Enter Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, a unique experiment that merges Debian’s familiar userland with the FreeBSD kernel, offering a hybrid system that takes advantage of FreeBSD’s technical prowess while maintaining the ease of use associated with Debian. This article dives into the world of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, exploring its architecture, installation, benefits, challenges, and real-world applications. 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We only feature open source software in this series. Some of the programs in this series are purely cosmetic, frivolous pieces of fun. Candy at their finest. But we also include some programs that aren’t purely decorative. * ⚓ wordle-tui_-_wordle_in_your_terminal_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ wordle-tui provides a TUI for Wordle, a word guessing game. Each day you have to guess a new word. You have 6 attempts and each attempt you make reveals some information. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ FDNS_-_encrypted_DNS_proxy_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ FDNS is an encrypted DNS proxy designed for small networks and Linux desktops. Lean and mean, it protects your computer from some of the most common cyber threats, while also improving privacy and the system performance. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ nwg-clipman_-_GUI_for_cliphist_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ wg-clipman is a GTK3-based GUI for Senan Kelly’s cliphist. It provides access to previously copied items, as well as management of the clipboard history from a window opened on gtk-layer-shell. The program is intended for use with sway, Hyprland and other wlroots-based Wayland compositors. This program is a part of the nwg-shell project. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ mu_-_maildir_indexer_and_searcher_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ mu is a tool for dealing with e-mail messages stored in the Maildir-format. mu’s purpose in life is to help you to quickly find the messages you need; in addition, it allows you to view messages, extract attachments, create new maildirs, and so on. After indexing your messages into a Xapian-database, you can search them using a custom query language. You can use various message fields or words in the body text to find the right messages. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Printrun_-_suite_of_hosts_for_3D_printers_and_other_CNC_machines_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Printrun consists of a suite of hosts for 3D printers and other CNC machines (printcore, pronsole and pronterface) and a small collection of helpful scripts. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ cramino_-_BAM/CRAM_quality_evaluation_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ cramino is a tool for quick quality assessment of cram and bam files, intended for long read sequencing. 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Owncloud and Nextcloud are two forks of the same codebase. Nextcloud seems to be hipper. They both look similar to me. Since I encountered Owncloud first I mention it here; the differences seem philosophical but not especially practical. * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Manuel Matuzović ☛ Close_requests,_close_watchers,_and_the dialog_element⠀⇛ The latest version of Chrome (134) comes with a new light-dismiss behavior for the dialog element, which enables a native click-outside feature. That's fantastic! Reading the announcement, I wondered how many ways there are to close a dialog element. The specification states that a user can send a close request to the user agent, indicating that the user wishes to close something currently being shown on the screen, such as a popover, menu, or dialog. There are also close watchers, which listen to other close or cancel actions. * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Pigsty_v3.3_Release:_with_404_PostgreSQL Extensions⠀⇛ Unlocking PostgreSQL’s Full Potential with the 404 available extensions! Pigsty v3.3.0 is now live, following the release of PostgreSQL 17.4. This update delivers a complete PostgreSQL ecosystem with over 400 extensions, focusing on making self-hosting simpler than ever. Key new extensions include pg_documentdb from MS, pg_collection from AWS, and pg_tracing from DataDog. With the integration of FerretDB_2.0 supporting MongoDB compatibility over PostgreSQL. Pigsty’s extension_catalog is now an unrivaled resource for expanding PostgreSQL’s capabilities. See the full list of extensions here. o ⚓ [Old] CedarDB ☛ Why_Trees_Without_Branches_Grow_Faster:_The_Case for_Reducing_Branches_in_Code⠀⇛ In the same way that arborists remove branches from trees to ensure healthy and desirable tree growth, it can also be beneficial to remove branches in software. We claim that pruning branches is a good thing in some of our blog posts, but we never got around to explaining why. In this post, we will rectify that and explore why, although branches are essential to software, it is a good idea to reduce them where possible to increase CPU efficiency. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice⠀➾ o ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ International_Woman’s_Day⠀⇛ * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ Andy_Wingo:_whippet_lab_notebook:_untagged_mallocs,_bis⠀⇛ Earlier_this_week I took an inventory of how Guile uses the Boehm-Demers-Weiser (BDW) garbage collector, with the goal of making sure that I had replacements for all uses lined up in Whippet. I categorized the uses into seven broad categories, and I was mostly satisfied that I have replacements for all except the last: I didn’t know what to do with untagged allocations: those that contain arbitrary data, possibly full of pointers to other objects, and which don’t have a header that we can use to inspect on their type. But now I do! Today’s note is about how we can support untagged allocations of a few different kinds in Whippet’s mostly-marking_collector. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 722 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/FSF_on_Free_Software_Events_in_Shiraz_Istanbul_Chennai_Shanghai.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/FSF_on_Free_Software_Events_in_Shiraz_Istanbul_Chennai_Shanghai.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ FSF on Free Software Events in Shiraz, Istanbul, Chennai, Shanghai, Canary Islands⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Community_meetup_in_Shiraz,_Iran⠀⇛ Join us for the first-ever LibrePlanet meetup in Iran, organized by Iran Free Software Activists. * ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Community_meetup_in_Istanbul,_Turkey⠀⇛ We will be discussing why programs should be shared. Organized by Masscollabs Services and contributors. * ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Community_meetup_in_Chennai,_India⠀⇛ Discuss about the state and adoption of free software in India with local free software advocates. * ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Community_meetup_in_Shanghai,_China⠀⇛ Talk about free software and participate in free software workshops if planned. * ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Events:_Community_meetup_in_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife,_Islas Canarias,_España⠀⇛ LibreCan es el primer meetup de software libre y cultura libre en Canarias. Es un encuentro informal para personas que tienen curiosidad e interés por la cultura libre, el software libre, los derechos digitales, las redes sociales descentralizadas, el derecho a reparar, el libre acceso a la información y otros temas afines. Si te interesa o tienes curiosidad por alguno de estos temas este es tu evento. Es un meetup sin ponencias, sin formalidades, solo ideas y buena compañía. Conecta con gente con tus mismas inquietudes en la primera LibreCan y participa en el foro ¡Esta comunidad también es tuya! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 783 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Garuda_Linux_Broadwing_Released_with_New_Mokka_Edition_New_Welc.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Garuda_Linux_Broadwing_Released_with_New_Mokka_Edition_New_Welc.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Garuda Linux “Broadwing” Released with New Mokka Edition, New Welcome App⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Garuda_Linux⦈_ Highlights of Garuda Linux “Broadwing” include a brand-new Welcome app called Garuda Rani (Reliable Assistant for Native Installations) designed to streamline and enhance the Garuda Linux experience for newcomers. Garuda Rani integrates the functionality of the Welcome, Gamer, and Assistant apps. This release also introduces a brand-new edition called Garuda Mokka, which features a delightful Catppuccin-themed KDE Plasma desktop experience. Designed to delight users, the Garuda Mokka edition promises to deliver a fresh and inviting take on the KDE Plasma desktop with its cohesive and elegant design. 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Neither does Valve's "Deck Verified" program. * § Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)⠀➾ o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Controls_for_OpenType⠀⇛ So, after my last blog post, I ended up taking another few months to get the fonts branch just right, but now we have font resource that can be tagged, filtered and searched upon. After that, I needed my next text editing project to be a bit more manageable. Given that I had already made some head start on it at the beginning of last year, I continued with UI for the OpenType features. [...] Qt currently has two UI toolkits: QML and QWidget. The former uses the terminology “Item” instead of “Widget” to refer to UI controls. I find this somewhat difficult to get used to, so when I don’t prepend a widget name with Q, assume that I mean a generic UI control. I think most people never even consider what the different UI bits are called, so usually it isn’t a problem. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Qubes_Canary_042⠀⇛ We have published Qubes_Canary_042. The text of this canary and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below. For an explanation of this announcement and instructions for authenticating this canary, please see the end of this announcement. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Ubuntu_25.04_(Plucky_Puffin)_progress⠀⇛ Matthieu Clemenceau has published a status update on Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) development to the Ubuntu Discourse forum. This includes updates on Ubuntu's adoption_of_Dracut as an alternative to initramfs-tools, a move to a single ISO for arm64 devices rather than device-specific images, and reverting the planned O3 optimization flags for Plucky Puffin. # ⚓ Hackster ☛ Canonical,_Renesas_Partner_to_Bring_Ubuntu_Core to_RZ_Processors_for_the_IoT_and_Edge_AI⠀⇛ Ubuntu Linux creator Canonical has announced a partnership with Renesas that will see the companies work hand-in-hand on edge artificial intelligence (edge AI) and on-device machine learning (ML) applications — starting with a custom Ubuntu Linux image for Renesas' RZ processor family. "Canonical is excited to partner with Renesas to push the boundaries of what is possible at the edge," claims Cindy Goldberg, Canonical's vice- president for silicon alliances, of the deal between the two companies. "Together, we will provide organizations with the tools they need to reduce time to market for IoT [Internet of Things] and edge devices that are compliant and future- proof." o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Seeed_Studio_launches_Wi-Fi_HaLow_mini_PCIe module_for_Raspberry_Pi,_add-on_board_for_XIAO_boards⠀⇛ Seeed Studio has launched two 900 MHz WiFi HaLow modules for long-range, low-power communication based on Quectel FGH100M-H: the Wio-WM6180 Wi-Fi HaLow mini-PCIe module designed to be installed in hardware such as OpenWrt routers or even Raspberry Pi SBCs, and the Wi-Fi HaLow module for Seeed Studio XIAO designed to take XIAO boards with Espressif, Raspberry Pi, or Nordic Semi microcontrollers. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 977 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Hands_on_Linux_Mint_21_2_review.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Hands_on_Linux_Mint_21_2_review.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Hands on: Linux Mint 21.2 review⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linux_Mint_Logo⦈_ Quoting: Hands on: Linux Mint 21.2 review — Many Debian-based distros, Linux Mint included, use Ubuntu as their jumping-off point. The latest release – 21.2 Victoria – is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and will continue to be supported until 2027. That means it currently uses the 5.15 LTS kernel, but there’s a bleeding- edge edition, aptly called 21.2 Cinnamon Edge, that uses 6.2 should you prefer. Where many Ubuntu spin-offs stick with Gnome display manager, as used by Ubuntu itself, Mint’s default is Cinnamon. This started as an offshoot from Gnome 2 when version 3 was released. Version 3 was the first to drop support for the panel (taskbar in Windows parlance) in favor of a purer shell, which likewise demoted widgets and jettisoned desktop icons. Cinnamon puts all of these front and center, which is one of the reasons it’s often held up as an ideal distro for anyone switching from Windows. It also has a Windows-like menu, with applications sorted into categories, and essential tools – such as the browser and settings – kept in view up the side. You can pin your most used apps to the panel so they’re never more than a click away. 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Ubuntu has long-term support and cutting-edge editions, Zorin has Core and Pro builds, and openSUSE has Tumbleweed and Leap. Tumbleweed, which we’re reviewing here, is a continuously evolving build comprising the latest stable version of each component, which is updated as and when new code appears. Leap, which is based on SUSE Enterprise Linux, is a stable release that receives periodic updates. [...] The installer is logical, but not the most friendly on test. Setting up Wi-Fi requires that you know which security protocol your network uses, and we failed on our first three attempts to boot into openSUSE at the end of the process. Despite the installer apparently completing, our test machine still attempted to start the OS we had previously tested. We solved this by forcing the installer to delete all partitions on our internal drive even if it thought that wasn’t necessary. Once it was up and running, however, everything was far more logical, and there were only ten updates ready to download, reflecting the fact that the installer was still fresh, having been downloaded just the day before. A further 11 appeared later in the day. 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Discover the tactics used, including obfuscation and domain typosquatting, and learn how to stay safe. * ⚓ Information Security Buzz ☛ Typosquatted_Go_Packages_Distribute_Malware Loader_Targeting_Linux_and_macOS⠀⇛ Researchers from Socket have identified an ongoing campaign involving at least seven typosquatted Go packages. These packages impersonate well-known Go libraries and are designed to deploy loader malware on Linux and macOS systems. * ⚓ Typosquatting_campaign_targets_financial_sector_Linux,_macOS_systems⠀⇛ An ongoing campaign has infiltrated the Go ecosystem with at least seven typosquatted packages that install hidden loader malware that primarily target Linux and macOS systems in the financial sector. These packages share repeated malicious filenames and consistent obfuscation techniques, which suggest a coordinated threat actor capable of pivoting rapidly, according to a March 4 blog by Socket researchers. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1198 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Linux_in_Devices_Embedded_Raspberry_Pi_SparkFun_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Linux_in_Devices_Embedded_Raspberry_Pi_SparkFun_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux in Devices/Embedded: Raspberry Pi, SparkFun, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ M5Stack_Cardputer_v1.1_Brings_Upgraded_Microcontroller and_Improved_Keyboard⠀⇛ M5Stack has released Cardputer v1.1, an upgraded version of its compact computing platform. The latest version introduces the StampS3A microcontroller, an improved antenna, and a more responsive keyboard, enhancing stability and usability. Additional refinements include optimized power consumption and better RGB LED control, improving overall efficiency. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ This_illuminating_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_project_wants_to improve_your_photos_and_YouTube_videos⠀⇛ The LEDs are easy to control using the GPIO on the Raspberry Pi Pico via a MOSFET. The settings can be adjusted using a series of push buttons that are mounted to a custom PCB. The hardware is assembled together using a 3D printed mounting component that Sharma designed using Fusion 360 just for this project. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ 'You_can_now_jailbreak_your_AMD_CPU'_—_Google researchers_release_kit_to_exploit_microcode_vulnerability_in_Ryzen_Zen_1 to_Zen_4_chips⠀⇛ The exploit affects all AMD CPUs using the Zen 1 to Zen 4 architectures. AMD released a BIOS patch plugging the exploit shortly after its discovery, but any of the above CPUs with a BIOS patch before 2024-12-17 will be vulnerable to the exploit. Though a malicious actor wishing to abuse this vulnerability needs an extremely high level of access to a system to exploit it, those concerned should update their or their organization's systems to the most recent BIOS update. * ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ Alchitry_V2⠀⇛ Our favorite FPGAs just received a massive upgrade! * ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_Speccy⠀⇛ I grew up on DOS and Windows 3.x machines, so all my 1980s home computer adventures have been retroactive. Retroactively awesome. But while I have way too much knowledge of the 486, developed an obsession with Commodore 8-bit kit, and later bought the same Apple //e Platinum my first school had… I know comparatively little about Sinclair and their cute little machines. It was so much fun reading the Wikipedia post over coffee this morning. * ⚓ Rachel ☛ More_thoughts_on_the_1670_modem's_weird_noises⠀⇛ To be crystal clear: this is not pulse dialing. That sounds completely different, and besides, I didn't tell the modem to dial anything. I sent it "ATD" which basically means "go into originate mode without actually trying to generate any pulse or tone signals - just grab the line and start listening". * ⚓ Herman Õunapuu ☛ I_yearn_for_the_perfect_home_server⠀⇛ In my case, low power means less than 5 W while idling, 10+ TB of redundant storage for data resilience and integrity concerns, and performance means about 4 modern CPU cores’ worth (low-to-midrange desktop CPU performance). I seem to only ever get one or two at most. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1292 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Microsoft_and_Anthropic_Break_GNU_Linux.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Microsoft_and_Anthropic_Break_GNU_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Microsoft and Anthropic Break GNU/ Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Anthropic’s_Latest_Goof-Up_Broke_Linux_Systems⦈_ * ⚓ Dev Class ☛ Visual_Studio_Code_or_Copilot?_Update_continues_focus_on Microsoft_AI,_some_Linux_users_suffer_crashes [Ed: Tim Anderson continues to_act_as_a_mole_of_Microsoft, moreover attacking Linux, as_usual]⠀⇛ Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 1.98 with numerous Copilot updates including a preview of Copilot Vision, enabling developers to upload screenshots for debugging or to generate user interface code. Some Linux users though report “continuous crashing” with the new update. * ⚓ AIM ☛ Anthropic’s_Latest_Goof-Up_Broke_Linux_Systems⠀⇛ Sudo is a command in Linux that gives users elevated privileges to make system-level changes. It is advised against using the prefix sudo for any command, unless absolutely necessary. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣬⠉⠒⣐⣂⣉⠉⠹⠏⠁⠨⠿⠇⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠉⠉⢛⣡⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣤⣀⣉⡙⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⡇⢰⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⢿⣛⠏⠁⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⢀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣏⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⢤⣿⢃⠸⣱⣿⡷⢠⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠙⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠙⢿⣿⣿⢠⢹⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡘⠟⠁⣿⣿⣿⡇⣨⣽⡻⠛⠛⠛⢻⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠁⢿⣿⣇⠿⠿⢸⠀⢹⠿⠟⢯⢙⣋⡻⠀⢹⣧⣤⣶⡆⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡘⣆⠻⡇⢸⢸⡟⢩⢆⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣸⣿⡏⠉⠀⢿⣿⢁⡀⢀⣀⠀⣤⡄⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⢳⠏⠴⠎⠻⢦⣼⣀⣈⡤⠤⠖⠺⠿⠇⠀⠀⠛⠻⢏⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡩⢍⣛⠻⢷⡘⣆⠁⣾⣈⠔⠡⠾⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠚⣿⣿⡏⠀⢹⣿⡿⣹⣿⣿⡾⠟⠁⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠰⠶⠖⠒⡛⢙⠿⢯⡰⠒⠛⠋⠓⣶⣶⣶⣦⡀⢦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣍⡛⠶⣤⣘⣧⣿⣿⡒⠒⠒⠈⠉⢥⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣠⣶⣶⢉⣦⣬⡁⢭⡿⠛⠦⣀⣀⡀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠶⣿⣿⣿⣣⢏⣤⡦⠳⣆⣀⠀⠀⠿⣿⣿⡇⣱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣛⣋⣭⠭⠴⣶⣿⣿⣿⠯⡉⠉⣉⣉⣉⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⠀⣭⠝⢮⡙⣿⡁⡞⠀⠀⠠⠙⡻⢫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠐⠾⣥⣴⣯⣤⠭⠴⣖⣿⣿⡘⠋⠀⢸⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⡶⢂⡜⠁⡼⠛⡈⢧⠈⠲⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢸⡄⣀⠀⠈⣻⣬⣼⣁⣭⡬⠧⢿⣿⢮⣅⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣄⣤⡆⠈⢿⠋⠘⠛⠙⣸⠃⠀⠙⢦⡈⠿⢿⣿⣦⢢⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠡⡫⢠⠞⣴⡆⡇⡌⢳⡐⣌⡃⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠈⠁⣿⣤⣾⣏⡻⢻⡴⣦⡤⢴⠏⣤⣷⣾⣥⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢿⣇⠀⣠⣄⠀⣈⣴⢃⣀⠀⠀⡀⣿⣿⠆⠿⠛⠻⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⠁⣡⣾⣿⣇⠀⣿⣦⠣⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⢀⣤⣀⣿⣧⣀⣀⣿⣦⡙⣦⣰⠏⢀⣛⣛⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣶⣿⣿⡆⡻⡿⣺⣿⡁⠸⠿⠆⠉⢠⡀⠀⠀⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢋⠐⢻⣼⣿⡟⣣⣬⣋⣿⡯⠭⢶⣻⡿⢯⡽⠭⡽⢻⠛⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⠿⠙⠛⢻⡟⠛⣫⣿⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⡇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠰⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡟⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⢀⡙⢳⣶⡏⠈⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣇⣀⣤⣤⣀⡀⣨⣵⠏⢀⣀⣀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢇⠼⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⢾⡆⠀⢹⣿⡿⠿⠁⣀⣉⡀⠀⠀⣷⣞⣼⣧⠛⡿⠈⠛⠁⠒⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡟⠛⠋⠁⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣾⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡺⠇⠀⣾⣿⣧⠀⣤⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠏⢻⠛⠋⢰⣀⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡘⢀⣿⣿⡟⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⠛⢻⡇⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡘⡉⠉⡁⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡁⣴⡇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠖⠘⣫⣍⡉⠉⠉⠉⣝⡛⣛⠛⠛⠛⣛⣛⡛⠛⠛⠛⣃⣹⣳⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣄⣀⣀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣅⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1354 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/New_WINE_and_Games_News.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/New_WINE_and_Games_News.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ New WINE and Games News⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * § WINE⠀➾ o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Wine_10.3_released_with_clipboard_support_in_the Wayland_driver,_initial_Vulkan_video_decoder_support⠀⇛ The Wine 10.3 development release is now available for testing, which includes some new features and the usual assorted bug fixes to make running Windows games and apps on Linux even better. * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ AMD_confirm_Ryzen_9_9950X3D_&_9900X3D_price_and release_date⠀⇛ For those of you wanting a new high-spec processor for all your gaming, perhaps the latest Ryzen X3D will be what you're after. Announced back in January, today we now have the confirmed launch dates and pricing. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Whisker_Squadron:_Survivor_does_a_barrel_roll with_Star_Fox_and_survivor-likes_smashed_together_-_out_now⠀⇛ After a while in Early Access, Whisker Squadron: Survivor has launched that attempts to blend together the on-rails shooting from Star Fox with a few elements of the bullet heaven survivor-likes popularised by Vampire Survivors. Note: key provided for me. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_is_Harry_Potter_meets Goat_Simulator_and_it's_chaos⠀⇛ From John, Evan and David Szymanski - names you might know from the likes of DUSK, My Friendly Neighborhood, Kyle is Famous, Butcher's Creek, Squirrel Stapler and more it's a thoroughly chaotic and ridiculous game about toppling an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. I tried the demo back in October which worked great on Linux with Proton. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Good_news_for_GOG_fans_-_Kingdom_Come: Deliverance_II_arrives_March_28_plus_a_publisher_sale⠀⇛ GOG have announced that the incredibly popular open-world game Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is set for release on March 28th. So if you prefer to get your games from GOG, your patience will be rewarded. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Everything_to_grab_from_Prime_Gaming,_March_7th edition_for_Steam_Deck_/_Linux⠀⇛ Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for March 7th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. It's a fresh month, so we've got some new games coming. ICYMI: Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Competitive_FPS_'FragPunk'_has_launched_on_Steam and_works_on_Linux_/_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ The new kid on the block here is FragPunk, an online competitive FPS that feels like a noisy flashy version of Counter-Strike blended with Valorant and the good news is the anti-cheat is enabled for Linux / Steam Deck. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Bullet_heaven_survivor-like_shoot_'em_up Gunlocked_2_announced⠀⇛ FromLefcourt have announced Gunlocked 2, a bullet heaven survivor-like shoot 'em up that takes all the goodies from the first game and greatly expands on it. The first game is really good, and works well on Linux / Steam Deck with Proton, taking all the fun stuff from games resembling Vampire Survivors with the upgrade system but in a neat space shoot 'em up package. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_gets_fixes_for_No_Man's_Sky, Deviator_and_re-enables_NVAPI_for_multiple_games⠀⇛ On top of releasing a fresh update to Proton Hotfix, there's also a new Proton Experimental update for Linux / Steam Deck available now. o ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Hotfix_updated_to_fix_The_Finals_and_Grand Theft_Auto_V_Enhanced_(offline)_on_Steam_Deck_/_Linux⠀⇛ Valve have released a new Proton Hotfix update which solves issues with both The Finals and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (offline play) on Linux / Steam Deck. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1484 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Open_Hardware_Home_Assistant_Fairphone_PCBs.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Open_Hardware_Home_Assistant_Fairphone_PCBs.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware: Home Assistant, Fairphone, PCBs⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Home_Assistant_2025.3_released_with_dashboard_view headers,_tile_card_improvements,_better_SmartThings_integration⠀⇛ The popular Home Assistant has gotten an update with version 2025.3 that brings dashboard view headers, several tile card improvements, better map clustering, streamed responses from LLMs, and improved SmartThings integrations. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STMicro_STM32WBA6_2.4_GHz_wireless_MCU_gets_up_to_2MB flash,_512KB_SRAM,_USB_OTG,_and_more⠀⇛ STMicro had two announcements yesterday. I’ve already covered the launch of the ultra-low-power STM32U3 microcontroller family, so today, I’ll check the new 100 MHz STM32WBA6 Cortex- M33 wireless MCU family with 2.4GHz radios for Bluetooth LE 6.0, Zigbee, Thread, and Matter designed for wearables, smart home devices, remote weather sensors, and more. * ⚓ This_is_how_cobalt_credits_are_helping_mines_become_fairer⠀⇛ In August 2023, the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) introduced a new financial instrument for the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector called cobalt credits. The newly launched system was designed to reduce risks in cobalt supply chains and help speed up continuous improvements towards responsibly produced ASM copper-cobalt. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Custom_Touchpad_PCBs_Without_The_Pain⠀⇛ Many of us use touch pads daily on our laptops, but rarely do we give much thought about what they really do. In fact they are a PCB matrix of conductive pads, with a controller chip addressing it and sensing the area of contact. Such a complex and repetitive pattern can be annoying to create by hand in an EDA package, so [Timonsku] has written a script to take away the work. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1546 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_ESP32_postmarketOS_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Open_Hardware_Modding_RISC_V_ESP32_postmarketOS_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, ESP32, postmarketOS, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Startup_claims_its_Zeus_GPU_is_10X_faster_than Nvidia's_RTX_5090:_Bolt's_first_GPU_coming_in_2026⠀⇛ Bolt Graphics's RISC-V-based Zeus GPU features upgradeable memory, breakthrough performance, and enhanced energy efficiency. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ESP32-C6_is_the_first_RISC-V_microcontroller_to_achieve PSA_Level_2_security_compliance⠀⇛ Arm introduced the Platform Security Architecture (PSA) back in 2017 to make Internet of Things (IoT) chips more secure. Since then we’ve seen many PSA certified products such as Silicon Labs’  EFR32FG23 (FG23) and EFR32ZG23 (ZG23) Cortex-M33 microcontrollers with PSA Level 3 certification. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Open_Source_Hardware,_How_Open_Do_You_Want_It_To_Be?⠀⇛ In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our work under an open source licence, and we have a pretty good idea of the merits of one such document over another. A piece of open source software has all of its code released under a permissive licence that explicitly allows it to be freely reproduced and modified, and though some people with longer beards take it a little too seriously at times and different flavours of open source work under slightly different rules, by and large we’re all happy with that. * § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ o ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Media_playback_tablet_running_GNOME_and postmarketOS⠀⇛ A couple of years ago I set up a simple and independent media_streaming_server for my Bandcamp_music_collection using a Raspberry Pi 4, Fedora IoT and Jellyfin. It works nicely and I don’t have to play any cloud rent to Spotify to listen to music at home. But it’s annoying having the music playback controls buried in my phone or laptop. How many times do you go to play a song and get distracted by a WhatsApp message instead? So I started thinking about a tablet that would just control media playback. A tablet running a non-corporate operating system, because music is too important to allow Surveillance Giant Google to stick Hey Hi (AI) and adverts in the middle of it. Last month Pablo told me that postmarketOS had pretty decent support for a specific_mainstream_tablet and so I couldn’t reset buying one second-hand and trying to set up GNOME there for media playback. Read on and I will tell you how the setup procedure went, what is working nicely and what we could still improve. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1633 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Orange_Pi_RV2_A_30_RISC_V_SBC_powered_by_Ky_X1_octa_core_SoC_wi.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Orange_Pi_RV2_A_30_RISC_V_SBC_powered_by_Ky_X1_octa_core_SoC_wi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Orange Pi RV2 – A $30+ RISC-V SBC powered by Ky X1 octa-core SoC with a 2 TOPS AI accelerator⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Orange_Pi_RV2⦈_ Quoting: Orange Pi RV2 - A $30+ RISC-V SBC powered by Ky X1 octa-core SoC with a 2 TOPS AI accelerator - CNX Software — Orange Pi says the RV2 SBC supports Ubuntu 24.04, but a Chinese website also mentions OpenHarmony 5.0 OS support with DeepSeek R1 (distilled) models. I could not find any information about the Ky X1 SoC. The product page for the board mentions the single-core integer performance of the RISC-V core is 130% of that of the Arm Cortex-A55 (at the same frequency, I assume), while the power consumption is only 80% of the Cortex-A55 core. Despite the presence of HDMI and MIPI DSI display interfaces and two camera inputs, there’s no mention of the 3D GPU or VPU for hardware video encoding or decoding, so it’s unclear whether those are present in the X1 SoC. Orange Pi also tells us target applications include NAS, commercial electronic products, intelligent robots, smart home, industrial control, and edge computing, none of which necessarily require a GPU or VPU. Sadly, the documentation section on the product page is only a placeholder, and all icons pointing to empty folders on Google Drive for now. Read_on Also: * ⚓ OrangePi_RV2:_A_Cost-Effective_RISC-V_Board_with_M.2_2280_Slot_and_Dual Gigabit_Ethernet_OrangePi_RV2:_A_Cost-Effective_RISC-V_Board_with_M.2 2280_Slot_and_Dual_Gigabit_Ethernet⠀⇛ Regarding operating systems, the OrangePi RV2 runs Ubuntu 24.04, with optimizations for AI workloads and deep learning applications. The board is described as optimized for DeepSeek- R1 distillation models, allowing for local AI inferencing without relying on cloud computing, which can help reduce latency. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠘⠃⡯⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠷⡞⠉⠟⡛⠿⢿⣿⡿⠉⠁⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⣨⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠘⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠁⠐⠐⠀⠀⠁⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠁⠐⠨⠯⠟⡛⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⡐⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⠛⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⠋⠀⣠⠄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⣛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠨⡀⠁⠤⠄⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡄⠈⠉⢐⣶⡷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⣾⣟⣿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠖⢠⣶⣿⣟⣀⠘⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⡇⠉⡩⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠄⢿⢿⠿⣿⣣⣀⣀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣶⣤⣴⣶⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⡿⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣾⢏⢌⡹⣽⡿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠜⠘⢚⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠻⠿⣿⢣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⠲⠴⢿⣿⠡⢿⣵⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⡔⠐⠀⠃⣀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣀⡀⠈⠉⠙⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠋⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠻⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣼⠀⠀⡀⠀⡠⠛⠻⠿⠁⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣴⣶⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠐⠐⠄⠠⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣉⡙⠛⠧⠇⠀⠀⣏⠁⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣷⣶⣤⣥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣄⣤⣤⣿⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⣰⡟⣽⡿⠻⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠈⠉⠛⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢀⠰⣿⠁⠉⡕⡵⡾⢾⡿⣹⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣄⡀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⡇⢸⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⠷⢅⣀⣼⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⢿⡁⢸⠲⠶⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠁⣡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⣤⡠⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣼⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠳⠶⡄⡗⢀⡴⠒⢄⠀⣼⣿⣿⠏⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⣇⡈⠳⠦⠞⠘⠿⡟⠛⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⠀⠀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1726 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Postgres_PGConf_BE_and_pig_v0_3.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Postgres_PGConf_BE_and_pig_v0_3.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Postgres: PGConf.BE and pig v0.3⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PGConf.BE:_Call_for_speakers_and_Registrations_open⠀⇛ PGConf.BE_2024 will be held in Haasrode, Leuven, about 25km from Brussels. The conference will take place on May 6th, 2025. * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pig_v0.3_released:_Build_400+_extensions_with_the extension_wizard!⠀⇛ pig is a Go-based package manager built to tame Postgres and its extension ecosystem of 400+ extensions in one fell swoop. it piggyback your system’s native package manager (APT, YUM, DNF) and follow official PGDG packaging conventions to ensure a glitch-free fit and out-of-box experience. With the latest v0.3 release, pig is now capable of building extensions, The new pig build subcommand streamlines building over 400 PG extensions with just a few commands. What once required custom scripts for automation is now fully integrated, allowing quick setups for building extensions like toolchain, rust & pgrx. Even if your GNU/Linux distro isn't officially supported in the Pigsty Repo, you can still easily build RPM/ DEB packages for yourselves. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1774 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ The Record ☛ Bug_affecting_PHP_scripts_demands_‘immediate_action_from defenders_globally’_|_The_Record_from_Recorded_Future_News⠀⇛ Threat intelligence company GreyNoise said exploitation of the bug, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, “extends far beyond initial reports,” referencing in particular a blog post published Thursday by cybersecurity firm Cisco Talos. * ⚓ Karl Seguin ☛ Zig's_dot_star_syntax_(value.*)⠀⇛ Maybe I'm the only one, but it always takes my little brain a split second to understand what's happening whenever I see, or have to write, something like value.* = .{...}. * ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppSimdJson_0.1.13_on_CRAN: Compiler_Nag,_New_Upsteam⠀⇛ A new release 0.1.13 of the RcppSimdJson This release was tickled by another CRAN request: just like yesterday’s RcppDate_release, it responds to the esoteric ‘whitespace in literal operator’ depreceation warning. Turns out that upstream simdjson had this fixed a few months ago as the node bindings package ran into it. Other changes include a bit of earlier polish by Daniel, another CRAN mandated update, CI improvements, and a move of two demos to examples/ to avoid having to add half a dozen packages to Suggests: for no real usage gain in the package. * ⚓ Rlang ☛ A_Function_to_Draw_Complex_Multiplets⠀⇛ Inspired by Roman A. Valiulin’s book NMR Multiplet Interpretation (discussed previously), I decided to write an R function to draw complex multiplets. The function will draw the multiplet, and optionally, can draw a splitting tree and some annotations. Some of you may find this useful for teaching the topic. The function is called multiplet and it resides in the SpecHelpers package, which was just updated to version 0.3.1. Here are some examples of the function at work, drawn from Valiulin’s book: [...] * ⚓ Rlang ☛ Customize_your_expedition:_Create_a_unique_documentation_for your_R_Package⠀⇛ Ah, pkgdown… That fantastic tool that turns your R package documentation into a website. But sometimes, it lacks a bit of personality. No worries, pkgdown.yml is here to add customization and make your site shine like never before. * ⚓ Sean Goedecke ☛ Great_software_design_looks_underwhelming⠀⇛ When I sent it to another reviewer, suggesting that we use this as a reference point for what a 10/10 looked like, I was genuinely shocked to hear from them that they wouldn’t have passed that challenge through to an interview. According to them, it didn’t demonstrate enough understanding of sophisticated language features. It was too simple. Years later, I’m even more convinced that I was right and that reviewer was wrong. Great software design is supposed to be too simple. I think now I can finally begin to articulate why. * ⚓ James Stanley ☛ James_Stanley_-_Thoughts_on_Signed_Distance_Functions for_CAD⠀⇛ The property that makes SDFs work really well is what I'm calling "the distance property". That is the property that every point in space evaluates to the true distance from that point to the isosurface. And boolean operations don't preserve the distance property! The boolean operations do however preserve a different property which is almost as useful. They give you a function which is a lower bound on the distance from p to the isosurface. That means ray marching still works, because it is always safe to step forward by a distance f(p) without missing any geometry. * ⚓ Michael Lynch ☛ How_to_Write_Useful_Commit_Messages_·_Refactoring English⠀⇛ Effective commit messages simplify the code review process and aid long-term code maintenance. Unfortunately, commit messages don’t get much respect, so the world is littered with useless messages like Fix bug or Update UI. There’s no widespread agreement about what makes a good commit message or why it’s useful, so I’m sharing my thoughts based on my 20 years of experience as a software developer. * ⚓ RxDB ☛ Why_Local-First_Software_Is_the_Future_and_its_Limitations⠀⇛ In local-first software, the primary copy of your data lives on the client rather than a remote server. Rather than sending each read or write over the network, you store and manipulate data in a local database on the user’s device. Sync then happens in the background, ensuring all devices eventually converge to a consistent state. This approach is increasingly popular because it leads to instant app responses (no network delay for most operations), genuine offline capability, and more direct data ownership for users. Local-first apps also sidestep outages and if the server or [Internet] goes down, users can keep working with their local data. When connectivity returns, everything syncs. This makes the user experience more resilient and gives them control of their data, which is especially appealing when privacy concerns or limited connectivity are key factors. * ⚓ Terminalwire ☛ Pick_the_wrong_tool_for_the_job⠀⇛ One interesting technical decision I made for Terminalwire was to use Ruby for the Terminalwire thin-client that’s installed on people’s workstations. Terrible idea, right? I’ve been told by other engineers, “Use Go! Use Rust! Use Crystal!” They’re not wrong; those languages and runtimes have several advantages over Ruby for similar applications, but it’s not right for me at this moment for lots of reasons that aren’t technical. It also turns out my users don’t care about it either. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ James G ☛ People_and_Blogs_Interview⠀⇛ * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Magic_Methods:_The_Secret_to_Elegant_Python Code⠀⇛ There is a way to make Python objects behave and read more like real-world actions and conversation. You can do this using magic methods. Magic methods give Python classes special behaviors by using easily readable code. Magic methods enabling custom objects to behave like built-in Python types allow you to define how objects interact naturally with built-in Python operations. This enhances both readability and usability of custom classes. For instance, instead of calling an add() method, an engineer can simply use the + operator. o ⚓ Adnan Siddiqi ☛ Detecting_the_Engulfing_Pattern_Using_pandas-ta⠀⇛ In the previous post, I discussed the Hammer Pattern. So far, we have been writing everything from scratch to detect a certain pattern. However, there’s an amazing library available that has done all the heavy lifting on our behalf and provides easy-to-use interfaces to detect patterns. I will be using the pandas-ta library for this purpose. For certain patterns, it relies on the TA-Lib library, a C++ library for technical analysis. * § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ o ⚓ [Old] David North ☛ Dovecot,_Thunderbird_and_OAuth_-_a_step_by step_guide⠀⇛ Step 1: You want to set this up because two factor authentication is practically mandatory these days. Step 2: It’s not (currently) possible. Step 3: Get sad. You’re probably quite cross at this point, because my title will have click-baited you into coming here hoping for the answers which I spent a few hours looking for in vain. Let me at least explain myself… o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_problem_facing_MFA-enabled_IMAP_at the_moment_(in_early_2025)⠀⇛ Suppose that you have an IMAP server and you would like to add MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) protection to it. I believe that in theory the IMAP protocol supports multi-step 'challenge and response' style authentication, so again in theory you could implement MFA this way, but in practice this is unworkable because people would be constantly facing challenges. Modern IMAP clients (and servers) expect to be able to open and close connections more or less on demand, rather than opening one connection, holding it open, and doing everything over it. To make IMAP MFA practical, you need to do it with some kind of 'Single Sign On' (SSO) system. The current approach for this uses an OIDC identity provider for the SSO part and SASL OAUTHBEARER authentication between the IMAP client and the IMAP server, using information from the OIDC IdP. o ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ Standards_for_ANSI_escape_codes⠀⇛ For a long time I was vaguely aware of ANSI escape codes (“that’s how you make text red in the terminal and stuff”) but I had no real understanding of where they were supposed to be defined or whether or not there were standards for them. I just had a kind of vague “there be dragons” feeling around them. While learning about the terminal this year, I’ve learned that: [...] ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2038 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium), Fedora (firefox and man2html), Mageia (erlang, ffmpeg, and vim), Oracle (doxygen, firefox, python-jinja2, squid, and webkit2gtk3), Red Hat (nodejs:18), SUSE (emacs, go1.23, go1.24, and pcp), and Ubuntu (ansible, firefox, linux-azure, linux- nvidia, and python-django). * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ CISA_completed_its_election_security_review._It won’t_make_the_results_public⠀⇛ Critics said the decision creates broad uncertainty among other stakeholders who work to protect elections. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Medusa_Ransomware_Attacks_Increase [Ed: Windows TCO?]⠀⇛ The number of Medusa ransomware attacks observed in the first two months of 2025 doubled compared to the same period last year. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Many_Schools_Report_Data_Breach_After_Retirement Services_Firm_Hit_by_Ransomware [Ed: Windows TCO?]⠀⇛ Dozens of schools and thousands of individuals are impacted by a data breach resulting from a ransomware attack on Carruth Compliance Consulting. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ FBI:_Fake_Ransomware_Attack_Claims_Sent_to_US Executives_via_Snail_Mail [Ed: Windows TCO leads to presumptions as such?]⠀⇛ An extortion group has been sending physical mail to corporate executives, threatening to leak their data unless a ransom is paid. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ 18,000_Organizations_Impacted_by_NTT_Com_Data_Breach⠀⇛ NTT Communications Corporation has disclosed a data breach impacting the information of nearly 18,000 customer organizations. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Cyberattack_Disrupts_National_Presto_Industries Operations⠀⇛ National Presto Industries says a cyberattack has resulted in a system outage and operational disruptions. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Edimax_Camera_Zero-Day_Disclosed_by_CISA_Exploited_by Botnets⠀⇛ Multiple Mirai-based botnets are exploiting CVE-2025-1316, an Edimax IP camera vulnerability that allows remote command execution. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ In_Other_News:_EntrySign_AMD_Flaw,_Massive_Attack Targets_ISPs,_ENISA_Report⠀⇛ Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Surveillance Giant Google discloses AMD CPU flaw named EntrySign, ISPs in the US and China targeted in massive attack, ENISA report on NIS2 Directive. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2136 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Silk_Typhoon_shifted_to_specifically_targeting_IT management_companies [Ed: Pretending Microsoft is the expert when it is in face the prime culprit]⠀⇛ The Chinese state-backed espionage group started targeting third-party IT services in late 2024, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft researchers said. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_the_Crypto_Exchange_Bybit_Lost_$1.5_Billion_to North_Korean_Hackers⠀⇛ The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit lost $1.5 billion to North Korean hackers last month — and it all traced back to an account on a free digital storage service. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ House_Passes_Bill_Requiring_Federal_Contractors_to Implement_Vulnerability_Disclosure_Policies⠀⇛ The House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at requiring federal contractors to have a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP). * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Nigerian_Accused_of_Hacking_Tax_Preparation_Firms Extradited_to_US⠀⇛ Matthew Akande was extradited to the US to face charges for his role in hacking into Massachusetts tax preparation firms’ networks. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Exploited_VMware_ESXi_Flaws_Put_Many_at_Risk_of Ransomware,_Other_Attacks⠀⇛ Scans show that tens of thousands of VMware ESXi instances are affected by CVE-2025-22224 and other vulnerabilities disclosed recently as zero-days. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Financial_Organizations_Urge_CISA_to_Revise_Proposed CIRCIA_Implementation⠀⇛ A group of financial organizations is asking CISA to rescind and reissue its proposed implementation of CIRCIA. * ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ How_I_became_a_Cyber_Essentials_Plus_assessor⠀⇛ TL;DR   What is Cyber Essentials and why does it matter?  * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ NEW_FREE_COURSE:_Security_for_Software Development_Managers_(LFD125) [Ed: Sales instead of security, and not even real security]⠀⇛ The Open Source Security Foundation and 'Linux' Foundation Education have announced the launch of a new, free, cybersecurity e-Learning course, Security for Software Development Managers (LFD125). * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ 2025_OpenSSF_Content_Themes:_Strengthening Open_Source_Security_Throughout_the_Year⠀⇛ Each year, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is committed to securing the software supply chain through a year- long focus on key themes. Our content calendar aligns with critical security topics, industry events, and cybersecurity awareness initiatives. As we move through 2025, here’s how OpenSSF is strengthening software supply chain security—including what you need to know about key themes, how to submit your blog ideas, and event dates throughout the year. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ How_Social_Engineering_Sparked_a_Billion-Dollar_Supply Chain_Cryptocurrency_Heist⠀⇛ The $1.4 billion ByBit cryptocurrency heist combined social engineering, stolen proprietary trap AWS session tokens, MFA bypasses and a rigged JavaScript file. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2247 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/This_Week_in_GNOME_190_Cross_Platform.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/This_Week_in_GNOME_190_Cross_Platform.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ This Week in GNOME #190 Cross Platform⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from February 28 to March 07. [...] sp1rit announces The GTK Android backend gained_preliminary_support_for_OpenGL. While not fully implemented yet, most applications that make use of Gtk.GLArea should work now and other applications should see noticeable performance improvements, especially on shadows. [...] Thanks to the_work of Arjan GTK applications on macOS will use native window controls starting the 4.18 release. To preserve backward compatibility, this behaviour is opt-in; application developers can use native controls by setting the GtkHeaderBar:use-native-controls property, either in code or in UI definition files. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2293 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/This_Week_in_Plasma_A_Very_Fixy_Week.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/This_Week_in_Plasma_A_Very_Fixy_Week.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ This Week in Plasma: A Very Fixy Week⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇titlebar_and_frame⦈_ Quoting: This Week in Plasma: A Very Fixy Week - KDE Blogs — Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in Plasma"! 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 took a break from new features and put on our bug-fixing hats, squashing a very large number of bugs and annoyances, because it's important not to break things when you move fast! Some nice UI refinements landed as well. 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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Sao_Paulo_-_Brazil_-_Playcenter_in_2009⦈_ ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ Microsoft_Office_is_a_Dying_Cash_Cow_and_Now_It's_Just_Dying/Starving⠀⇛ Most people use Android and they don't need some bloated office suite because many processes involve Web forms 2. ⚓ Open_Source_Initiative's_(OSI)_Latest_IRS_Files:_Only_2.9%_ (2.90046827447%)_of_Its_Income_is_From_Members⠀⇛ So almost all the money is corporate 3. ⚓ Open_Source_Initiative_(OSI)_Reported_to_the_California_Privacy Protection_Agency_(Formal_Complaint)⠀⇛ Time will tell if a Cheeto-controlled California will take this seriously or just brush it aside like a head of state from Ukraine 4. ⚓ Social_Control_Media_as_a_Rapid_Race_to_the_Bottom_-_Part_IV_-_Physical Health,_Mental_Health,_and_Debilitating_Anxiety⠀⇛ One is better off feeding stray pigeons (rather than scrolling and clicking on "timelines" like a dumb pigeon) ⚓ New⠀⇛ 5. ⚓ OpenAI,_Deep_in_Debt_With_Growing_Losses,_Sees_Web_Traffic_Falling Fourfold_in_a_Year⠀⇛ Microsoft's shares have fallen over 10% since the last report and OpenAI is trying to con people via Wall Street, offloading the debt to some gullible fools 6. ⚓ Microsoft's_Social_Control_Media_Efforts_Cratering_(GitHub_and LinkedIn)⠀⇛ Expect more layoffs 7. ⚓ Links_07/03/2025:_Radio’s_Death_Knells_and_US_Abandoning_Ukraine⠀⇛ Links for the day 8. ⚓ Gemini_Links_07/03/2025:_Replacing_Firefox_with_LibreWolf,_Visiting Churches⠀⇛ Links for the day 9. ⚓ Links_07/03/2025:_Oracle_Layoffs,_HPE_Eliminates_3,000_Jobs,_Massive Price_Hikes_at_Microsoft,_More_Surveillance_in_Microsoft's_Stuff⠀⇛ Links for the day 10. ⚓ Manslaughter:_Haverfordwest_convictions,_Abraham_Raji_&_Debian DebConf_drowning⠀⇛ Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock 11. ⚓ Half_a_Decade_Without_Social_Control_Media⠀⇛ Not all audience is desirable 12. ⚓ IBM_Laid_Off_Almost_2,000_Staff_Last_Friday_and_No_Western_Publication_ (Newspaper,_Web_Site)_Even_Mentioned_That⠀⇛ Only some Asian sites mentioned it 13. ⚓ Under_IBM,_After_Killing_OpenSource.com,_the_Next_Casualty_May_be "Community_Blog"_of_the_Fedora_Project⠀⇛ It sounds like they already made the decision/s 14. ⚓ Links_07/03/2025:_WSL_Breakage_(as_Usual),_Abandoning_WordPress_for Hugo⠀⇛ Links for the day 15. ⚓ LLM_Slop_Versus_Richard_Stallman⠀⇛ "Compilation Of Corruption: Jeffrey Epstein And The Halls Of Academia" 16. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 17. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Thursday,_March_06,_2025⠀⇛ IRC logs for Thursday, March 06, 2025 ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text. 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However, even the best-configured systems can face performance bottlenecks over time. Performance tuning is essential for ensuring that a GNU/Linux system runs efficiently, utilizing available resources optimally while avoiding unnecessary slowdowns. This guide provides an approach to GNU/Linux performance tuning, focusing on three key areas: CPU, memory, and disk optimization. Whether you're a system administrator, DevOps engineer, or just a GNU/Linux enthusiast, understanding and implementing these optimizations will help you enhance system responsiveness, reduce resource wastage, and ensure smooth operation. * ⚓ Disable_Screenshot_Sound_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Making Ubuntu 24.04 user experience a little bit less distracting. The Problem When a screenshot is taken on Ubuntu 24.04, a camera shutter sound is made. * ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Emulating_MVS_Mainframe_on_Raspberry_PI⠀⇛ In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to emulate a Mainframe on Raspberry PI computer boards by setting up and using Hercules, which brings a lite version of MVS (Mainframe) to our loved single-board computers. * ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Guide:_Sync_Unraid_or_your_Linux_distro_of_choice_with Google_Drive [Ed: That just means give the NSA et al access to all your private information]⠀⇛ CheckMag Thanks to Valve and Proton, Linux is becoming a much more viable platform for work and play, but first party support for syncing common cloud services like OneDrive and Google Drive is none existent and unlike TruNAS and Synology this feature isn't built in. However, there is a reliable and relatively straightforward solution. Here's how it works. * ⚓ TechTarget ☛ Using_shred_and_dd_commands_in_Linux_to_securely_wipe data⠀⇛ When it's time to get rid of old systems or when moving one system from one location to another, it's a good idea to use Linux utilities to securely delete existing data. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2887 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/today_s_howtos.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/today_s_howtos.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * ⚓ Linux Buzz ☛ How_to_Install_OpenSSH_Server_on_Ubuntu_24.04⠀⇛ In this article, we will show you how install OpenSSH server on Ubuntu 24.04. * ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ What_To_Do_After_Installing_Kubuntu_24.04_and_KDE_Plasma 5.27⠀⇛ * ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Invoking_ddclient_from_dhclient_to_update_3rd_party dynamic_dns_hosts_on_FreeBSD⠀⇛ Sometime, I like to get things working before finalizing the configuration. * ⚓ Thomas Rigby ☛ Displaying_italics_in_a_different_font⠀⇛ Eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed that my website now displays a funky serif font for italics called "Literata". It compliments the main font which is Inclusive Sans but adds a little flair to the "embellished" text (that's what em means in the element!). * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Bluefish_Editor_on_Ubuntu_24.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Bluefish Editor on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.  Bluefish is a versatile and powerful text editor designed specifically for programmers and web developers. Known for its speed, efficiency, and extensive features, Bluefish supports a wide range of programming languages, making it a preferred choice among developers. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_HPLIP_on_Fedora_41⠀⇛ Setting up printers on GNU/Linux systems has become considerably more straightforward over the years, particularly when using manufacturer-supported solutions like HPLIP. For Fedora 41 users with HP printers or multifunction devices, properly installing and configuring the HP GNU/Linux Imaging and Printing software provides optimal functionality and performance. . o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_Kafka_on_Linux_Mint_22⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Kafka on Linux Mint 22. Apache Kafka stands as a powerful distributed event streaming platform widely adopted by organizations for building high-performance data pipelines, enabling real-time streaming applications, and implementing reliable data integration solutions. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Clonezilla_on_Fedora_41⠀⇛ Clonezilla is a powerful, free, and open-source disk imaging and cloning tool that provides reliable backup and recovery solutions for your Fedora system. Whether you need to migrate your installation to a larger drive, create system backups, or deploy multiple identical systems, Clonezilla offers robust functionality that meets diverse needs. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Rancher_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Rancher is a powerful, open-source container management platform designed to simplify the deployment, management, and scaling of Kubernetes clusters across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid setups. By integrating Rancher with Debian 12 (Bookworm), users can leverage Debian’s renowned stability and security features while streamlining Kubernetes operations. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ Create_Pie_Charts_with_Matplotlib⠀⇛ Pie charts are a staple in data visualization, offering a clear and concise way to represent proportional data. When combined with Python’s powerful Matplotlib library, creating and customizing pie charts becomes both efficient and flexible. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Ghost_on_openSUSE⠀⇛ Ghost is a powerful, open-source blogging platform designed for creating and managing online publications. It offers a clean, minimalist interface, making it an excellent choice for bloggers, journalists, and content creators. This guide walks you through the process of installing Ghost on openSUSE, providing step-by-step instructions to ensure a smooth setup. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_NestJS_on_Fedora_41⠀⇛ NestJS, a progressive Node.js framework, has revolutionized the way efficient and scalable server-side applications are built. Leveraging TypeScript, NestJS empowers developers to harness modern JavaScript features, fostering robust and maintainable codebases. Fedora 41, the cutting-edge GNU/Linux distribution, provides an ideal environment for NestJS development, offering the latest tools and technologies. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ What_is_APT_Package_Manager⠀⇛ The APT Package Manager, short for Advanced Package Tool, is a powerful and user-friendly system designed for managing software packages on Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions. It simplifies the processes of installing, updating, and removing software, making it an essential tool for GNU/Linux users. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3043 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week 2025/10⠀⇛ Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, This week felt quite busy; lots of things going through staging, but luckily, most things passed rather easy from what I’ve seen. At this point, a big “thank you” to the package maintainers taking care of such a smooth process. Tumbleweed could not be rolling at its speed without your help. Seven snapshots were published (0227…0305) during this week. The most relevant changes included are: [...] o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Infra_and_RelEng Update_–_Week_10⠀⇛ 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: 3rd Mar – 7th Mar 2025 o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Apertis_v2025:_the_second_Bookworm-based release_for_industrial_embedded_devices⠀⇛ Apertis v2025 has landed with all the updates from Debian 12.9. This release has a variety of updates including new supported boards, improved release processes, and more! * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ The_FOSS_Force_Almost_Open_Tech_News_Quiz_(3/7/ 25)⠀⇛ Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here's your chance to brag… or not. Again this week, there are 10 questions. Good luck! o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Dan_Horák:_Firefox_128.8.0_ESR_built_for_ppc64le⠀⇛ The JIT-enabled Firefox 128.8.0 ESR has been built for Fedora/ppc64le in my Talos COPR repository. The corresponding sources are in my fork of the official Fedora Firefox package and the JIT is coming from Cameron's work. o § Productivity Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ ONLYOFFICE_8.3_Released_with_Improved_RTL Support,_Enhanced_Compatibility_&_New_Features_Across_All Editors⠀⇛ >One of the many reasons I like open-source software is that, unlike new backdoored Windows releases, it keeps getting better with every update and new version without compromising existing features that already work well. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Requests_For_Groups_And_More_Filters_to_the_Request_Index⠀⇛ Another round of changes for the request index beta feature! This time we improved working with requests for a group by using the request index ui you already use in package, project and in “Your Requests”. We also expanded the request index by adding two more filters. We started the redesign of the request index in August 2024 introducing a new UI to list all the requests replacing the “Tasks” place in the menu. # ⚓ Qt ☛ KDAB:_Qt_World_Summit_and_KDAB_Training_Day_2025⠀⇛ This is a guest blog written by KDAB, an official Gold Sponsor for Qt World Summit 2025.  ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3186 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/today_s_leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/today_s_leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Fix_Battery_Drain_in_Suspend_Mode_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Change the default suspend variant from s2idle to deep where the system supports suspend-to-RAM. # ⚓ Components_of_the_Kubernetes_Architecture⠀⇛ Kubernetes architecture, how it works and why it is considered the de facto platform for deploying and managing containerized applications.  * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_and_Renesas_Announce_Partnership_to Accelerate_Innovation_in_Enterprise_AI⠀⇛ London, UK – Mar 6, 2025 – Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced that Renesas Electronics Corporation, a global leader in semiconductor solutions, has joined Canonical’s silicon partner program  to deliver cutting-edge solutions tailored to meet the growing demands of edge computing and Hey Hi (AI) applications. # ⚓ Canonical ☛ Canonical_and_Renesas_Announce_Partnership_to Accelerate_Innovation_in_Enterprise_AI⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Hackaday_Europe_2025_Welcomes_David_Cuartielles, Announces_Friday_Night_Bring-a-Hack⠀⇛ If you’re coming to Hackaday Europe 2025, you’ve got just over a week to get your bags packed and head on out to Berlin. Of course you have tickets already, right? And if you were still on the fence, let us tempt you with our keynote talk and some news about the Friday night meetup, sponsored by Crowd Supply. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Blogs:_February_2025_GNU_spotlight_with_Amin Bandali:_Sixteen_new_releases!⠀⇛ Sixteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of February 28, 2025): [...] o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppDate_0.0.5: Address_Minor_Compiler_Nag⠀⇛ RcppDate wraps what will is (with minor modifications) the ‘date’ library in C++20. The RcppDate adds no extra R or C++ code and can therefore be a zero-cost dependency for any other project; yet a number of other projects decided to re-vendor it resulting in less-efficient duplication. Oh well. C’est la via. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3293 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Ubuntu_24_04_Update_Fixes_Several_Touchscreen_Quirks.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Ubuntu_24_04_Update_Fixes_Several_Touchscreen_Quirks.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Ubuntu 24.04 Update Fixes Several Touchscreen Quirks⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 Quoting: Ubuntu 24.04 Update Fixes Several Touchscreen Quirks - OMG! Ubuntu — I don’t know how many of you use Ubuntu desktop on a touch-enabled device—not many, I’d wager. I do have; I have a touchscreen laptop that runs Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and I do prod, poke, and push the screen a bit whilst using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. While my device is able to fold resemble on, I don’t use it as a tablet since, despite some folks’ assumption, GNOME Shell is not what I’d described as a a touch-first1 UX, or even touch-centric, just a touch-friendly one. Now, the experience is going to be a little bit better. An updated version of Mutter is on its way to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users. It includes a couple of touch-focused fixes, including a patch to make touch-initiated drag and drop work. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3339 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Windows_TCO_and_GitHub_Fail.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/08/Windows_TCO_and_GitHub_Fail.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Windows TCO and GitHub Fail⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2025 * § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ o ⚓ Security Week ☛ FBI:_Fake_Ransomware_Attack_Claims_Sent_to_US Executives_via_Snail_Mail⠀⇛ The letters, claiming to arrive from the BianLian ransomware group and stamped “Time Sensitive Read Immediately”, allege that the recipient’s organization fell victim to a cyberattack in which thousands of sensitive data files were stolen, a fresh FBI alert reveals. o ⚓ Cyble Inc ☛ February_Saw_Record_Ransomware_Attacks:_Cyble⠀⇛ The record ransomware attacks seen in February 2025 were more than 50% higher than the previous record set two years ago, Cyble said. * § Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)⠀➾ o ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ Your_GitHub_Copilot_access_has_been_renewed 🤡⠀⇛ But no, GitHub insists on sending me this email every month with no way to opt-out or disable Copilot. 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