Tux Machines Bulletin for Friday, March 14, 2025 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 15 Mar 02:49:50 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 - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules ⦿ Tux Machines - CIQ Releases Security-Hardened Version of Rocky Linux ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Games: Warside, Palworld, and More ⦿ Tux Machines - GNU/Linux and Servers ⦿ Tux Machines - Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature drop ⦿ Tux Machines - GStreamer 1.26 Released ⦿ Tux 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Ubuntu — Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the Ice theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s lead developer, Robert “ylee” Wiley, shared a sneak peek of Zenithal in situ on his X (formerly Twitter) account a few weeks back... 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The name, Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened, certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue, but when you read about what the team has done to this distribution, the name won't matter. Here's the deal. Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened is delivered via a secure supply chain and packages, pre-configured security, code-level hardening that blocks common exploits, automated security updates, enhanced threat detection, and support. This is all done while maintaining API and ABI compatibility with the usual standards applied to Enterprise Linux. Other important features of Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened include system-level hardening, accelerated risk management, strong access controls, and simple deployment. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 512 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Chiark ☛ Iconography_of_the_PuTTY_tools⠀⇛ Sometimes I receive an email asking a question, and by the time I’ve finished answering it, I realise it’s worth turning into a blog post. This time I knew it was going to be one of those before I even started typing, because there’s a graphic design angle to the question and a technical angle. So I had a lot to say. PuTTY’s icon designs date from the late 1990s and early 2000s. They’ve never had a major stylistic redesign, but over the years, the icons have had to be re-rendered under various constraints, which made for a technical challenge as well. * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o ⚓ James G ☛ Tales_of_Debugging:_The_missing_character⠀⇛ Artemis has an algorithm that looks for a common suffix among post titles. If a suffix is found across multiple titles, it is removed. This has been useful in reducing repetition in titles, especially among posts in series. With that said, there was a bug: my code used replace() to remove the suffix, not, as I should have used, string indexing. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ BritCSS:_Write_CSS_With_British_English_Spellings⠀⇛ Everyone knows that there is only one proper English, with the rest being mere derivatives that bastardize the spelling and grammar. Despite this, the hoodlums who staged a violent uprising against British rule in the American colonies have somehow made their uncouth dialect dominant in the information technologies that have taken the world by storm these past decades. In this urgent mission to restore the King’s English to its rightful place, we fortunately have patriotic British citizens who have taken it upon themselves to correct this grave injustice. Brave citizens such as [Declan Chidlow], whose BritCSS project is a bright beacon in these harrowing times. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ o ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Updates_on_Schleswig-Holstein_moving_to LibreOffice⠀⇛ Nearly a year ago, we posted about the German state of Schleswig-Holstein’s plan to move 30,000 PCs from Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice. Now, Stephane Fermigier from EuroStack – which promotes European technological sovereignty and open source – has posted an update, citing an article in the German c’t Magazin. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Reuven Lerner ☛ My_newest_course:_HOPPy_(Hands-on_Projects_in Python)_—_Reuven_Lerner⠀⇛ I constantly encounter people who know the basics of the language, but are frustrated when it comes time to create, manage, and distribute their own project. This has become especially acute over the last few years, as the set of Python tools has become more modern and robust — but also more complex. How can you improve your skills, and get over these feelings of frustration and doubt? o ⚓ APNIC ☛ Event_Wrap:_APAN_59⠀⇛ APNIC supported and participated in 59th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN 59), held in Yokohama, Japan from 3 to 7 March 2025. The five-day event comprised working groups, workshops, panel discussions, and conference sessions on topics including IPv6, AI, disaster mitigation and security. View the agenda for more information. * § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ o ⚓ University of Pittsburgh ☛ BSD_Licenses_-_Using_Creative_Commons and_Open_Software_Licenses⠀⇛ Balancing the rights of creators and users, open licenses grant users some permissions to use and distribute a copyrighted work. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 640 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Games_Warside_Palworld_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Games_Warside_Palworld_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Warside, Palworld, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Spring_Sale_2025_is_live_now_-_here's_some_great budget_games_for_Steam_Deck_/_Linux⠀⇛ Valve have launched the first of their planned four major seasonal sales for 2025, with the Steam Spring Sale launched featuring plenty of big discounts and demos. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fast-paced_turn-based_tactics_game_Warside_for_fans_of Advance_Wars_launches_April_14⠀⇛ It looks very much like Advance Wars. LAVABIRD and First Break Labs have announced that Warside is set for launch now on April 14th. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Palworld_is_getting_crossplay_in_'late_March'⠀⇛ Pocketpair have announced that sometime real soon you'll be able to team up with players across different platforms in the popular monster catcher Palworld. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Hello_Sunshine_has_you_walking_in_the_shadow_of_a_giant robot_so_you're_not_fried_by_the_sun⠀⇛ Just announced from Red Thread Games (Dreamfall Chapters, Draugen, Dustborn) is Hello Sunshine, a mysterious survival game where you're following a truly massive robot and keeping to their shadow to not get fried by the sun. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Moon_Studios_developer_of_Ori_and_No_Rest_for_the Wicked_goes_'fully_independent'⠀⇛ Some good industry news for you today. Moon Studios who made Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and their current Early Access game No Rest for the Wicked have gone "fully independent". * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Bazzite_Linux_announced_two_new_editions_designed_for game_developers⠀⇛ Bazzite Linux, a popular choice for people wanting to put Linux on their handhelds or living room PC, is getting two new editions designed to help developers. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Spell-combining_co-op_survivor-like_The_Spell_Brigade adds_a_new_character_and_a_new_game_mode⠀⇛ A game that continues to review well by players, with it hitting a good sales milestone not long after launch, The Spell Brigade from Bolt Blaster Games has a big update out now with a brand new character. It has Native Linux support and is rated Steam Deck Verified. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Here's_what_was_shown_off_during_the_Humble_Games Showcase_2025⠀⇛ The Humble Games Showcase 2025 just recently went live and with it we have some new game announcements and trailers. So here's what you might have missed to keep you up to date. * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ A_Sweeping_Journey_Down_The_Path_In_The_Woods:_Slay_The Princess_Pristine_Cut_Interview⠀⇛ When you make your way out of the cabin in the woods at the end of a production cycle, what happens next? * ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Ubisoft_announce_Steam_Deck_support_for_Assassin's Creed_Shadows_at_launch⠀⇛ In a surprise turnaround after previously stating the Steam Deck would not be supported for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft have now said it actually will be. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 749 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/GNU_Linux_and_Servers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/GNU_Linux_and_Servers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux and Servers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ [Old] GNU ☛ Free_Software_Is_Even_More_Important_Now_-_GNU Project_-_Free_Software_Foundation⠀⇛ We deserve to have control of our own computing. How can we win this control? o ⚓ [Old] Project Gutenberg ☛ Free_as_in_Freedom:_Richard_Stallman's Crusade_for_Free_Software_by_Sam_Williams_|_Project_Gutenberg⠀⇛ "Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software" by Sam Williams is a biographical work that likely spans the late 20th to early 21st century. The book chronicles the life and activism of Richard Stallman, a pivotal figure in the free software movement, emphasizing his contributions to software freedom, the development of the GNU General Public License (GPL), and his philosophical battles against proprietary software practices. The opening of the book introduces readers to Stallman's early life and the initial events that shaped his perspective on software sharing and ownership. In a frustrating encounter with a malfunctioning printer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stallman's realization that the software running the printer was closed off and proprietary sparked a series of reflections about the ethos of the hacker community and the impact of non-disclosure agreements. This incident is highlighted as a significant turning point in Stallman's journey, emphasizing his growing conviction that software should be open and accessible to all. The narrative sets the stage for Stallman's evolution from a software programmer to a passionate advocate for free software, as it explores the moral implications of proprietary software and the importance of collaboration and transparency in the tech community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) o ⚓ [Old] Salon ☛ Code_free_or_die⠀⇛ But as Williams points out, no matter what you call it, the cultural and economic phenomenon of free software at the turn of the century was one of the best things that ever happened to Stallman. In 1999 he was suddenly speaking to crowds in the tens of thousands at LinuxWorld conventions. If he'd had his way, they would have been called GNU/LinuxWorld conventions, thus giving proper respect to the GNU software project that Stallman spearheaded -- but in any case, the rise of Linux meant that Stallman was suddenly delivering his personal peroration on the moral imperative of free software to a greater audience than ever before. And even as the dot-com boom imploded, and the economic model underlying attempts to cash in on open-source software collapsed, Stallman's star continued to rise. Today he is in huge demand for speaking engagements across the globe. He is the co-recipient, along with Linus Torvalds, of Japan's Takeda Award in 2001 (worth approximately $268,000). Stallman continues marching along, even as many of the magazines that profiled or otherwise covered him are gone. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Pokemon_Go,_the_Surveillance_Game_Financed by_the_CIA,_now_Owned_by_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛ Pokemon Go has been 3D mapping your homes for years, and now it is owned by the Wife-Beating, Jeff Bezos Hacking, Journalist Murdering Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. # ⚓ GUI_Driver_Manager_for_Debian⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] DEV Community ☛ Understanding_the_Structural Differences_Between_BSD-based_Kernels_and_Linux_Kernels⠀⇛ When diving into the world of open-source operating systems, two names frequently come up: BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) and Linux. Both have rich histories and have significantly impacted the development of modern operating systems. However, despite their similarities as Unix-like systems, there are notable structural differences between BSD-based kernels and Linux kernels. This blog aims to shed light on these differences to provide a clearer understanding of their architectures. # ⚓ Rob Norris ☛ We_should_improve_libzfs_somewhat⠀⇛ Recently in the weekly OpenZFS Production User Call we’ve been trying to pin down some common use cases and work out how to get from where we are to the point where someone can turn up looking for a useful programmatic interface to OpenZFS. That conversation is ongoing but we all agree the bare minimum should be to make sure that what we have already is usable, even if not particularly useful. At least, that makes it easier for people to experiment and get a feel for the shape of the problem, and help us figure out what’s next. BSD Fund have generously sponsored me to do a little bit of exploratory work around libzfs and it’s younger sibling libzfs_core and make some progress. This fits in well with my personal mission of making OpenZFS more accessible to developers of all kinds (which I will try to write about soon). There’s some nice low-hanging fruit to be plucked here! This post will go over what we’re trying to achieve, why it’s difficult and what I’m currently looking at. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Servers / Back end⠀➾ # ⚓ Netcraft ☛ Netcraft_Launches_New_Real-time_Threat_API_to Improve_and_Accelerate_Collaboration_with_Infrastructure Providers⠀⇛ Netcraft, the leader in cybercrime detection and takedown, has set a new standard for reporting threats in real-time via a new JSON-based API powered by its world-leading Cybercrime Disruption and Takedown platform. This new API gives infrastructure providers — including domain registrars, registries, and hosting companies — a free, real-time threat feed of abuse incidents originating on their infrastructure. # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Spotlight_on_SIG_Apps⠀⇛ In our ongoing SIG Spotlight series, we dive into the heart of the Kubernetes project by talking to the leaders of its various Special Interest Groups (SIGs). This time, we focus on SIG_Apps, the group responsible for everything related to developing, deploying, and operating applications on Kubernetes. Sandipan_Panda (DevZero) had the opportunity to interview Maciej_Szulik (Defense Unicorns) and Janet_Kuo (Google), the chairs and tech leads of SIG Apps. They shared their experiences, challenges, and visions for the future of application management within the Kubernetes ecosystem. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Effortless_observability_for_Django_applications⠀⇛ In this post, we will start with a Django application built using the native support for Django in Rockcraft and Charmcraft and deployed with Juju, and add observability to it using just a few commands. This shows a key benefit of bringing the Juju ecosystem (which includes most of the plumbing you’d expect from a modern cloud, like observability, databases, ingressing and so on) to a web application using charms as we will be able to set up observability in a matter of minutes rather than hours. Rockcraft and Charmcraft also natively support Flask, FastAPI and Go and the following instructions will work similarly for those as well. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 966 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Google_slips_built_in_terminal_Debian_Linux_VM_into_Android_15_.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Google_slips_built_in_terminal_Debian_Linux_VM_into_Android_15_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature drop⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 Quoting: Google slips built-in Linux terminal into Android 15 update — The March "feature drop" for Android 15 on Google Pixel devices includes an optional Linux session. Although Google's description of the March 2025 Pixel Drop doesn't even mention it, Android Authority noticed. The functionality has been in development for a while, as the site reported in October, and is now available as a stable app for mainstream Android 15 Pixel users. That said, the new feature is an optional extra that users can turn on by enabling the Linux development environment that appears under the developer options in the system settings, which indicates its expected audience. It's not a terminal emulator that lets you access Android's underlying native Linux environment. Instead, this is a special Debian VM, running on top of the built-in Android Virtualization Framework. To the Reg FOSS desk, this sounds very similar to the built-in Linux Terminal that's available in ChromeOS and ChromeOS Flex. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1013 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/GStreamer_1_26_Released.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/GStreamer_1_26_Released.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GStreamer 1.26 Released⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ GStreamer_1.26_Release_Notes⠀⇛ GStreamer 1.26.0 was originally released on 11 March 2025. * ⚓ LWN ☛ GStreamer_1.26.0_released⠀⇛ Version_1.26.0 of the GStreamer cross-platform multimedia framework has been released. Notable changes in this release include support for the H.266_Versatile_Video_Coding (VVC) codec, Low_Complexity_Enhancement_Video_Coding (LCEVC) support, closed caption improvements, and JPEG_XS image codec support. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1046 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Hardware_and_Gadgets_Fairphone_and_More.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Hardware_and_Gadgets_Fairphone_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Hardware and Gadgets: Fairphone and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Fairphone:_Shoot_better_profile_pics_with_the_Fairphone_5⠀⇛ If there’s one feature that you can depend on with the Fairphone 5, it is the more-than-capable 50MP triple camera system. There’s so much you can do with this shooter, especially if you pay attention to a few details. The next time someone asks you to click them, keep these tips in mind. * ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Vantron_Introduces_the_VT_USB_AH_8108_Wi-Fi_HaLow_Dongle Featuring_Morse_Micro_MM8108⠀⇛ Vantron has introduced the VT-USB-AH-8108 Wi-Fi HaLow Dongle, a compact connectivity solution powered by Morse Micro’s MM8108 chipset. The device supports long-range, low-power wireless communication through a plug-and-play USB interface. * ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ UNIHIKER_K10_is_an_ESP32-S3_based_platform_with_TinyML and_built-in_sensors⠀⇛ The UNIHIKER K10 is an AI learning device designed for education, integrating features for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT applications. It includes a 2.8″ color screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a camera, microphone, speaker, RGB light, and multiple sensors. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1094 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/IBM_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/IBM_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ IBM and Red Hat Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Peter 'CzP' Czanik ☛ The_syslog-ng_Insider_2025-03:_EPEL_10; Elasticsearch;_Active_Roles⠀⇛ The March syslog-ng newsletter is now on-line: Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! * ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_Testing_Elasticsearch_9.0.0_beta1_with_syslog-ng⠀⇛ Each time a new major Elasticsearch version is released, someone asks if it works with syslog-ng. So I gave it a quick test and based on that, it works fine. But of course, some terms and conditions apply… :-) * ⚓ Cockpit_Project:_Cockpit_335⠀⇛ Cockpit is the modern_GNU/Linux_admin_interface. Here are the release notes from Cockpit 335 and cockpit- machines 329: [...] * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Axiom_Space_and_Red_Hat_to_take_edge_computing_into orbit⠀⇛ The Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1) is a processing prototype that will conduct tests aboard the ISS and demonstrate initial Orbital Data Center (ODC) aptness. It all sounds rather grand for something that resembles a glorified shoebox. HPE has sent up a succession of Spaceborne computers – commercial, off-the-shelf supercomputers – over the years to test storage, recovery, and operational potential on long-duration missions. At the other end of the scale, the European Space Agency (ESA) has run Raspberry Pi computers on the ISS for years as part of the AstroPi educational outreach program. * ⚓ MWC:_Red_Hat_follows_T-Mobile_deal_with_a_bunch_more_operators⠀⇛ Red Hat recently added quite the feather to its cap with the news that its OpenShift will power T-Mobile’s common telco cloud across its core and far edge business. It’s a significant strategic agreement for Red Hat, according to Fran Heeran, VP of Global Telecommunications at Red Hat and former Nokia exec. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1172 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/I_installed_Linux_on_this_8_inch_mini_laptop_now_I_m_rethinking.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/I_installed_Linux_on_this_8_inch_mini_laptop_now_I_m_rethinking.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop - now I'm rethinking my main driver⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 Quoting: I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop - now I'm rethinking my main driver | ZDNET — If given the opportunity, I would much rather use a desktop over a laptop or phone. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I have my Android, but typing on phones has never been easy for me. I like touch typing and I'm very good at it (I should be, given how much I write). On the few occasions I have had to actually write and edit on a phone, it was horrible, so I avoid it at all costs. But what do I do when I'm on the go and I don't have room in my bag for a full-sized laptop? I go mini. Or, shall I say, tiny. The Piccolo N150 Netbook is an eight-inch "mini laptop" that looks sort of like a tablet or one of those old-school electronic organizers from the '90s. When I first received this device to review, I was giddy upon handling it. I always loved miniaturized things as a kid, and the Piccolo speaks to something nostalgic. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1218 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/I_revived_my_ancient_HP_laptop_with_Linux_and_it_was_easier_tha.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/I_revived_my_ancient_HP_laptop_with_Linux_and_it_was_easier_tha.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ I revived my ancient HP laptop with Linux - and it was easier than you think⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 I revived a nearly decade-old laptop in 20 minutes by installing Linux on it, saving myself hundreds of dollars and sparing a laptop from the landfill. You can save your old laptop with Linux, too, and it's easier than you might think. If you have an aging laptop, you might find yourself in a tight spot this year as laptop prices go up with the end of Windows 10 looming in the background. Depending on how old your Windows 10 laptop is, you might not even have the option to upgrade to Windows 11, leaving you with no choice but to buy a new laptop — at least, that's how it might seem. Luckily, there's an alternative. If you have an old laptop that's one crash away from the trash, you might be able to breathe new life into it by installing Linux. I tried it and was surprised at how quick and easy it was... and even more surprised at how well my 8-year-old laptop ran afterward. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1256 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/_It_just_works_AcreetionOS_is_the_easy_to_use_alternative_to_Wi.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/_It_just_works_AcreetionOS_is_the_easy_to_use_alternative_to_Wi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ’It just works’: AcreetionOS is the easy- to-use alternative to Windows 10/11 -- switch to it now⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 The developers behind AcreetionOS have a few questions for you. “Have you been wanting to switch away from Windows? Are you looking for something that just works?” If the answer to both of those is yes, their brand new operating system might be just what you’re after. We’ve been using the Arch Linux based AcreetionOS for a few days now, and while the user interface could use a bit of polish (it’s still very new, so that’s understandable), it’s a solid OS that’s easy to use and, yes, it really does just work. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1289 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/KDE_Frameworks_6_12_Released_with_Various_Improvements_and_Bug_.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/KDE_Frameworks_6_12_Released_with_Various_Improvements_and_Bug_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ KDE Frameworks 6.12 Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Mar 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇KDE_Frameworks_6.12⦈_ KDE Frameworks 6.12 continues the monthly KDE Frameworks releases with a background for the navigation bar of the Dolphin file manager and Gwenview image viewer, support for the kded6 daemon to restart automatically in the background when it crashes, and MIME-type icons for Kdenlive project files in the Breeze icon theme. In addition, KDE Frameworks 6.12 adds default naming for 7zip files without a name, enables reading of HEIF images with native 16-bit depth, adds support for resolution and EXIF/XMP metadata for HEIF images, adds EXIF metadata and rotation (transformation) support for JPEG XR images, and adds XMP and EXIF metadata support for AVIF images. 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Over the course of the years, it transformed drastically. It gained support for compositing on X, and it became a Wayland compositor. Sharing the same codebase was critical in the early days of kwin_wayland. We already had working window management abstractions, which had been tested for many years, so we could reuse them on Wayland instead of writing new from scratch. Also, if kwin_x11 gained a new feature, then kwin_wayland would likely gain it for free too. As time went by, kwin_wayland outgrew kwin_x11. They still shared code but they became quite distinct projects with different mental models how things operate, e.g. how pixels get on the screen or how input works. It also didn’t help that many Plasma developers jumped the X11 ship and turned to the Wayland side as part of the “eating your own dog food” practice, which eventually led to the feature freeze in KWin/X11 back in 2018 due to the lack of sufficient testing and various breakages. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1394 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Mozilla_Firefox_and_Thunderbird_Tor_Browsers_and_Thunderbird_Vi.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Mozilla_Firefox_and_Thunderbird_Tor_Browsers_and_Thunderbird_Vi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird: Tor Browsers and Thunderbird Video⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_14.5a4⠀⇛ Tor Browser 14.5a4 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. * ⚓ Tor ☛ Older_Tor_Browsers_Breaking,_Update_Now!_|_The_Tor_Project⠀⇛ The expiration, happening on March 14 2025, of a root certificate used by Mozilla for add-ons verification on Firefox 115.12 and below, can suddenly disable extensions, including the built-in NoScript, and cause functionality such as the Security Slider to break on Tor Browser versions older than 13.5.11 legacy. * ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ VIDEO:_The_Thunderbird_Design_System⠀⇛ In this month’s Community Office Hours, Laurel Terlesky, Design Manager, is talking about the new Thunderbird Design System. In her talk from FOSDEM, “Building a Cross-Platform, Scalable, Open-Source Design System,” Laurel describes the Thunderbird design journey. If you are interested in how the desktop and mobile apps have gotten their new look, or in the open source design process (and how to take part), this talk is for you! Next month, we’ll be chatting with Vineet Deo, a Software Engineer on the Desktop team who will walk us through the new Account Hub on the Desktop app. If you want a sneak peak at this new streamlined experience, you can find it in the Daily channel now and the Beta channel starting March 25. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1451 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Open_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Open_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_and_AI_power_open_source_smart_city monitoring_project⠀⇛ If you're planning to go out, it doesn't hurt to take a look at the weather and traffic report for your area. But what if you could get even more specific? That's where this cool Raspberry Pi project put together by maker and developer Glossyio comes in. Using our favorite SBC, they've crafted an AI-driven traffic monitor that provides specific traffic data no matter where it is deployed. * ⚓ Olimex ☛ The_open_source_hardware_iMX8MP-SOM_now_have_Armbian_based linux_image⠀⇛ We are happy now to announce that there is full features Armbian / Debian 12 Bookworm image, where all features of the iMX8MP-SOM-4GB are supported. * ⚓ Yaymukund ☛ Hacking_a_GPO_746_rotary_phone⠀⇛ The logical core of the GPO 746 is the D92732 circuit board. It connects all of the different components— the microphone, rotary dial, ringer bells, switch hook, and handset speaker. For this project, I only cared about the last two: [...] ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1501 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_16_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 16! * ⚓ Rlang ☛ Sparklines_in_Reactable_Tables⠀⇛ {reactable} is an R package for producing HTML tables, commonly used in Shiny. To create a HTML reactable table all we need to do is input a data.frame object to the reactable function. These tables have a nice simple default look however we can also add our own styles very easily. In our first example of a table I am just using the in built R iris dataset. * ⚓ Czterycztery ☛ how_to_write_a_quine⠀⇛ This is a text about how to write a quine (https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_%28computing%29), which is a program that prints its own source code without using introspection. I assume the reader has encountered quines before, maybe even tried to write one, and understands why they are difficult and interesting. The text consists of two parts: in the first, I explain through an allegory how it works, and in the second, I describe in detail how to write a quine. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ GCC_15_is_close:_COBOL_and_Itanium_are_in,_but_ALGOL out⠀⇛ Version 15 of the GNU Compiler Collection is getting close to release, and as it does, some changes are not going to make it. * ⚓ Peter N M Hansteen ☛ No_Project_Is_an_Island:_Why_You_Need_SBOMs_and Dependency_Management⠀⇛ Whether you let others see the code you wrote nor not, the software does not exist in isolation. All software has dependencies, and in the open source world this fact has been treated as a truth out in the open. Every free operating system, and in fact most modern-ish programming languages come with a package system to install software and to track and handle the web of depenencies, and you are supposed to use the corresponding package manager for the bulk of maintenance tasks. * ⚓ Kmx.io ☛ Why_I_stopped_everything_and_started_writing_C_again⠀⇛ So I started writing my libc3 utility library, which would become a language (C3) with an interpreter (ic3) but could also be compiled (c3c) if we did manage to get it through at some point; and data structures emerged from UTF-8 buffers and the other way around pretty fast and all was bounds-checked at memory cost but the results were awesome. Defensive programming all the way : all bugs are reduced to zero right from the start. The system has been maintained clean of wrong bugs all of the time. There are no security implications of running KC3 code. So very fast a small interpreter was born, pumping tags (an enum-tagged union of all datatypes of the language) in a REPL (read eval print loop). 3 years later I just finished a 5 layered refactor and all the tests pass again and the webserver seems to not be broken again. The language was renamed from C3 to KC3 as the original name was already taken. So what do we have ? * ⚓ Zach Tellman ☛ complexity_as_entropy⠀⇛ To understand the relationship between information and disorder in a physical system, consider why a sequence of random numbers cannot be compressed. When we compress data, we exploit its internal relationships; we use one part to describe another. You can see this in run-length encoding, or in how gzip encodes duplicate strings as back-references. But in a random dataset, there are no internal relationships; with each element, our explanation must begin anew. And this is why, in this newsletter, we spend so much time on the structures that bind the disparate parts of our software together. These structures compress our code, amplify our explanations. They make our software simpler. * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_RHEL_provides_secure_and_stable_Python_streams⠀⇛ Python is a core component of many enterprise environments. Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux (RHEL) provides security-compliant Python streams with long life cycles. This commitment applies to Python 3.12 in RHEL 10 and older Python versions that serve as the main interpreters, such as Python 3.6 in RHEL 8 and Python 3.9 in RHEL 9. § Python in Fedora: The journey to stability The packaging and subsequent availability of Python 3.12 in Fedora followed a structured release cycle with the following milestones: Python 3.12 alpha 1 * § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Android_16_may_get_a_built-in_Linux_terminal⠀⇛ The new feature is an optional extra that users will need to turn on by enabling Developer Mode, which indicates its expected audience. It's not a terminal emulator that lets you access Android's underlying native Linux environment. Instead, this is a special Debian VM, running on top of the built-in Android Virtualization Framework. To the Reg FOSS desk, this sounds very similar to the built-in Linux Terminal that's available in ChromeOS and ChromeOS Flex. o ⚓ [Old] Ulm und Neu-Ulm eV ☛ ash_variants⠀⇛ After I had repeatedly wondered how all those "ash" variants might be related, and had found hardly any information, I had a closer look at the variants I know. Source is available for all variants, except for BSD/OS. Thanks to TUHS for archiving the traditional BSDs and 386BSD, to Kirk McKusick for his CSRG archive, and to Peter Seebach for allowing me to learn all BSD/OS variants. o ⚓ [Old] Ulm und Neu-Ulm eV ☛ traditional_Bourne_shell_family_/ history_and_development⠀⇛ This page is about all the variants of the original Bourne shell - it doesn't deal with bourne compatible shells like the korn (ksh), almquist (ash), bourne again (bash) or posix shell. The Bourne shell, introduced with the "7th edition" of Unix in 1979, is an important part of the Unix history. Its grammar is the core of several modern shells. Even some later variants of the traditional Bourne shell are in use until today. However, there's little common knowledge about these traditional Bourne shell variants, because they never had been "versioned". This page tries to document their way. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1696 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.2.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.2.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Qt ☛ From_Theory_to_Practice:_Qt’s_Role_in_Aalto_University’s_C++ Course⠀⇛ Bridging the gap between academia and industry is key to fostering the next generation of software developers. Qt's University & Talent Network, launched in June 2024, is committed to equipping students with real-world skills. Through strategic university collaborations, Qt provides hands-on learning experiences that bring programming concepts to life. * ⚓ Qt ☛ Why_Your_Platform_Engineering_Isn’t_Scaling_and_how_to_fix_it⠀⇛ Over the past year, platform engineering has become a buzzword, leading some to lose sight of its true purpose: delivering measurable business value beyond Day One. To thrive, platform engineering demands clear goals, scalable frameworks, and an unwavering focus on long-term sustainability. * ⚓ Rlang ☛ Machine_Learning_Insights_on_BIST_100’s_Future⠀⇛ The BIST100 was rising before the Turkish Central Bank’s rate cuts; could that be an initial signal of a firm uptrend? The ML model tells us there is much more room to go up. * ⚓ LWN ☛ Choi:_announcing_Casual_Make⠀⇛ Charles Choi has announced the release of the Casual_Make: a menu-driven interface, implemented as part of the Casual suite of tools, for Makefile_Mode in GNU Emacs. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1751 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Qt ☛ Extended_Security_Maintenance_for_Qt_5.15_begins_May_2025⠀⇛ After the support period, the release will be in EoS (End of Support) state and will only be supported through additional services, including Extended Security Maintenance for Qt 5.15, Extended Support, and Professional Services. Customers distributing applications and embedded devices using Qt 5.15 software should evaluate how to access technical support and maintenance patches which may include security fixes. Standard commercials terms still apply after End of Support. * ⚓ LLVM Project ☛ LLVM_Fortran_Levels_Up:_Goodbye_flang-new,_Hello_flang! -_The_LLVM_Project_Blog⠀⇛ LLVM Project News and Details from the Trenches * ⚓ LWN ☛ The_LLVM_project_stabilizes_its_Fortran_compiler⠀⇛ The LLVM project's Fortran compiler, which has for many years gone by the name "flang-new", will now simply be "flang", starting from LLVM's 20.1.0 release on March 4. The announcement, which includes details about the history of flang, comes after a long period of development and discussion. The community has considered renaming flang several times before now, but has always held off out of a feeling that the compiler was not yet ready. Now, the members of the project believe that flang has become stable and complete enough to earn its name. * ⚓ Rlang ☛ Evidence_Synthesis_for_Decision_Making_in_Healthcare⠀⇛ * ⚓ Open Source For U ☛ The_Best_JavaScript_Libraries⠀⇛ JavaScript has emerged as the foundation of modern web development, allowing developers to create highly interactive and dynamic web experiences. Here’s an overview of the top ten JavaScript libraries with guidelines on how to choose the right one. * ⚓ Open Source For U ☛ Eclipse_Foundation_Launches_Theia_AI⠀⇛ Bringing Hey Hi (AI) to Custom Tools and IDEs—With Full Developer Control The Eclipse Foundation has unveiled Theia AI, an advanced open framework that empowers developers and tool builders with AI-driven capabilities—without vendor lock-in. o § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ GNU_GNU/Linux_basic_python_based_multi_threaded mongodb_performance_testing_benchmark⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1832 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Redditor_proves_Linux_desktop_environments_can_run_on_your_Goog.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Redditor_proves_Linux_desktop_environments_can_run_on_your_Goog.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Redditor proves Linux desktop environments can run on your Google Pixel⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Google_Pixel⦈_ Quoting: Redditor proves Linux desktop environments can run on your Google Pixel — Google gave developers and tinkerers access to a new Terminal app on Pixel phones last week. Just like the name suggests, this native app unlocks possibilities for developers, security researchers, and other app creators looking to create novel, Linux-first applications. The app shows up in the app drawer once you activate the corresponding setting through the Developer options in the 2025 Pixel Feature Drop. You'll also need a one-time 500+MB download followed by a manual setup process for the on-device Linux instance. Reddit user /u/gianlucab81 posted about getting the Terminal app to run on their Pixel 9 Pro XL. In a short post, they recommended allocating sufficient device storage to the Linux partition (16GB) and enabling port forwarding for port 5901, which redirects incoming traffic to the internal IP address and port of the Linux instance. 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British cloud industry is quaking in its sheds. We discuss the government's senior moment with technology (again). * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium), Fedora (ffmpeg, qt6-qtwebengine, tigervnc, and xorg-x11-server- Xwayland), Red Hat (fence-agents and libxml2), SUSE (amazon- ssm-agent, ark, chromium, fake-gcs-server, gerbera, google- guest-agent, google-osconfig-agent, grafana, kernel, libtinyxml2-10, podman, python311, python312, restic, ruby3.4- rubygem-rack, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (jinja2, linux- azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-lts-xenial, linux-nvidia, linux- nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, netatalk, python3.5, python3.8, rar, unrar-nonfree, and xorg-server, xwayland). * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Medusa_Ransomware_Made_300_Critical_Infrastructure Victims⠀⇛ CISA, FBI, and MS-ISAC warn of Medusa ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Grafana_Flaws_Likely_Targeted_in_Broad_SSRF Exploitation_Campaign⠀⇛ Threat actors are likely targeting Grafana path traversal bugs for reconnaissance in a SSRF exploitation campaign targeting popular platforms. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Cisco_Patches_10_Vulnerabilities_in_IOS_XR⠀⇛ Cisco has released patches for 10 vulnerabilities in IOS XR, including five denial-of-service (DoS) bugs. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Unpatched_Edimax_Camera_Flaw_Exploited_Since_at_Least May_2024⠀⇛ A recently disclosed Edimax zero-day vulnerability has been exploited in the wild by Mirai botnets for nearly a year. * ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Turkey_to_set_up_cybersecurity_authority_with_sweeping_powers as_new_law_passes⠀⇛ The Presidency of Cybersecurity auhotized to access archives, electronic data processing centers, and communication infrastructure as needed for its investigations and to store the data it obtained for two years. * § Windows TCO⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ February_sets_record_for_highest_number_of ransomware_attacks_ever_reported⠀⇛ A new report out today from S.C. Bitdefender SRL has revealed that February 2025 was the worst month on record for ransomware attacks, with an unprecedented 962 claimed victims. The 962 ransomware victims in February marks a 126% year-over-year increase from February 2024, when 425 attacks were reported. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1996 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers and Windows TCO⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Take_control_of_Cache-Control_and_local_caching⠀⇛ TL;DR Caching speeds up website content delivery What caching directives are and how to use them * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Fortinet_Patches_18_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Fortinet has published 17 new advisories to inform customers about 18 vulnerabilities patched in its products. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ China’s_Volt_Typhoon_Hackers_Dwelled_in_US_Electric Grid_for_300_Days⠀⇛ Dragos case study reveals that Volt Typhoon hacked the US electric grid and stole information on OT systems. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Zoom_Patches_4_High-Severity_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ Zoom has patched five vulnerabilities in its applications, including four high-severity flaws. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ A_Guide_to_Security_Investments:_The_Anatomy_of_a Cyberattack⠀⇛ Organizations must recognize that security is not about the number of tools deployed, it is about ensuring those tools effectively disrupt the attack chain at every stage. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Mandiant_Uncovers_Custom_Backdoors_on_End-of-Life Juniper_Routers⠀⇛ China-nexus cyberespionage group caught planting custom backdoors on end-of-life Juniper Networks Junos OS routers. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Creating_a_cybersecurity_standard_of_care:_The future_of_software_liability⠀⇛ This approach emphasizes the importance of integrating security measures into the software development lifecycle from the beginning. * ⚓ SANS ☛ Scans_for_VMWare_Hybrid_Cloud_Extension_(HCX)_API_(Log4j_-_not brute_forcing),_(Wed,_Mar_12th)⠀⇛ Today, I noticed increased scans for the VMWare Hyprid Cloud Extension (HCX) "sessions" endpoint. These endpoints are sometimes associated with exploit attempts for various VMWare vulnerabilities to determine if the system is running the extensions or to gather additional information to aid exploitation. * ⚓ LWN ☛ Below:_local_privilege_escalation_(SUSE_security_team_blog)⠀⇛ The SUSE Security Team blog has a post with a detailed analysis of a vulnerability (CVE-2025-27591) in the below tool for recording and displaying system data. In January 2025, Below was packaged and submitted to openSUSE Tumbleweed. Below runs as a systemd service with root privileges. The SUSE security team monitors additions and changes to systemd service unit files in openSUSE Tumbleweed, and through this we noticed problematic log directory permissions applied in Below's code. * § Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets⠀➾ o ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_March_2025_Patch_Tuesday_fixes_7 zero-days,_57_flaws⠀⇛ Today is Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 57 flaws, including six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. o ⚓ SANS ☛ File_Hashes_Analysis_with_Power_BI_from_Data_Stored_in DShield_SIEM,_(Wed,_Mar_12th)⠀⇛ > o ⚓ CSO ☛ Microsoft_patches_privilege_escalation_flaw_exploited_since 2023⠀⇛ One of the zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-24983, is a use-after-free memory corruption in the Win32 kernel subsystem that can lead to privilege escalation. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2122 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/The_5_best_rolling_release_Linux_distributions_and_why_you_shou.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/The_5_best_rolling_release_Linux_distributions_and_why_you_shou.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The 5 best rolling release Linux distributions - and why you should be using one⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 Quoting: The 5 best rolling release Linux distributions - and why you should be using one | ZDNET — Choice is one of the greatest things about Linux. You get to choose which version of the open-source operating system you use, what desktop environment you want, how secure you want it to be, and so much more. Linux is rife with choice, and that ideal permeates the platform. One choice is whether or not to go with a traditional release or a rolling release. So, what's a rolling release? Let me take a step back and explain. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2159 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Today in Techrights⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Urucum_seed⦈_ ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ Richard_Matthew_Stallman,_or_rms_(RMS),_Turns_72_This_Coming_Weekend⠀⇛ This coming Sunday he deserves a cake ⚓ New⠀⇛ 2. ⚓ Links_13/03/2025:_Calculators_and_Spreadsheets,_Returning_to_a_Human Internet⠀⇛ Links for the day 3. ⚓ Links_13/03/2025:_Further_Assaults_on_Science_and_Education_in_the_US⠀⇛ Links for the day 4. ⚓ Expect_XBox_to_Be_Shut_Down_Like_Skype⠀⇛ "hey hi"-washing fools nobody 5. ⚓ Truth_Hurts_(Especially_Some_Dishonest_and/or_Greedy_People),_But Reporting_Truth_is_What_Makes_Journalism_Valuable_to_the_General_Public and_Helps_Protect_Society_From_Abuse_by_Sociopaths_or_Pathological Liars⠀⇛ When it comes to reporting, we're on the side of female victims, not the men who strangle them. 6. ⚓ New_Paper_Reveals_the_Web_(and_Net)_Drowns_in_LLM_Slop,_"Linux"_is Impacted_Too⠀⇛ It will be getting harder to trust anything on the Web 7. ⚓ Links_13/03/2025:_RIP,_Carl_Lundström;_Tesla_(the_Company,_Not Scientist_It_Piggybacks)_Besieged_by_Public_Backlash⠀⇛ Links for the day 8. ⚓ Gemini_Links_13/03/2025:_MElon_"Greek_Tragedy"_and_Going_Offline_More⠀⇛ Links for the day 9. ⚓ Links_13/03/2025:_COVID-19_Legacies_and_"Modern"_Cars_as_Spying Machines_on_Wheels⠀⇛ Links for the day 10. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 11. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Wednesday,_March_12,_2025⠀⇛ IRC logs for Wednesday, March 12, 2025 ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text. 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For Fedora 41 users managing Kubernetes environments, K9s is an invaluable tool. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2675 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_howtos.2.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_howtos.2.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Disable_Centered_Window_Placement_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ More tweaks. The Problem On Ubuntu 24.04, terminals and other windows open in the center by default due to the GNOME auto- placement policy. The Solution You can disable this behavior and force new windows to open in a corner. $ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter center-new-windows false * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Linux_Fu:_Use_The_Source_(Command),_Luke⠀⇛ You can argue if bash is a good programming language or not, but you can’t argue that it is a programming language. However, there are a few oddities about it that make it different from most other languages you probably know. For one thing, variables are dynamically scoped. Second, you can easily change variables in an upper scope. This leads to a problem when you want to do something like reset your path: * ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Install_Input_Leap_to_share_Mouse_/_Keyboard_between Linux,_backdoored_Windows_&_macOS⠀⇛ Got multiple computers/laptops but only one mouse & keyboard? Without buying a KVM switch, here’s a software can do the job sharing them between your computers. It’s Input Leap a free open-source application forked from Barrier, allowing to use single mouse and keyboard to control multiple computers in same local network. * ⚓ Matěj_Cepl:_Dreaded_“Too_many_arguments”_error_with_cd⠀⇛ When usingbash(1)optionautocdI get often to the situation that multiple directories is found, and thencdfails to work with the error I begun to dread: “bash: cd: too many arguments”. * ⚓ TecMint ☛ [Updated]_How_to_Find_Running_Services_in_GNU/Linux_with Systemd_Commands⠀⇛ * ⚓ Unleash_Sonic_Perfection:_Configuring_PipeWire_with_an_RT_Kernel_for Low_Latency_Audio⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2742 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_howtos.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_howtos.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Run_backdoored_Windows_Software_&_Games_on_GNU/Linux with_CrossOver_25⠀⇛ * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Android_Studio_on_CentOS_Stream_10⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Android Studio on CentOS Stream 10.  Android Studio stands as the official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for crafting Android applications. Leveraging the robust foundation of IntelliJ IDEA, it provides developers with an extensive toolkit to streamline app creation, testing, and debugging. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Abusive_Monopolist_Microsoft_Edge_on CentOS_Stream_10 [Ed: This is a passwords stealer; what sane person would install such malware on GNU/Linux and what for?]⠀⇛ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Metasploit_Framework_on_Manjaro⠀⇛ Metasploit Framework is a powerful, open-source penetration testing framework used by cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers worldwide. This tool aids in vulnerability assessment, exploit development, and security research. For Manjaro users, installing Metasploit can enhance your ability to conduct thorough security audits and identify potential weaknesses in your systems. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GStreamer_on_Manjaro⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GStreamer on Manjaro. GStreamer stands as one of the most powerful multimedia frameworks available for GNU/Linux systems today. As a Manjaro user, installing and configuring GStreamer properly can significantly enhance your system’s media handling capabilities. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_R_Programming_Language_on_Ubuntu_24.04 LTS⠀⇛ The R programming language has become an indispensable tool for data scientists, statisticians, and researchers alike. Its versatility in handling statistical computations, data analysis, and graphical representations makes it a favorite for both academic and professional environments. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) offers a robust and stable platform for running R, combining the power of … o ⚓ ID Root ☛ Mv_Command_on_GNU/Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛ The mv command is a fundamental tool in GNU/Linux file management, allowing users to move and rename files and directories with ease. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced GNU/Linux user, mastering the mv command can significantly enhance your productivity and streamline your workflow. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2832 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ o ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_602:_Wildcard_Gotchas⠀⇛ I Tried FreeBSD as a Desktop in 2025. Here's How It Went, Cray 1 Supercomputer Performance Comparisons With Home Computers Phones and Tablets, The first perfect computer, Find Name Wildcard Gotcha, and more * § Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Beta News ☛ AdGuard_brings_full-system_ad_blocking_to_Linux_with new_standalone_app [Ed: Not slop, for a change?]⠀⇛ For many years now, Linux users looking to block ads have needed to piece together a mixture of browser extensions, DNS-based filtering, and network-wide tools (such as Pi- hole). While these solutions certainly help, none of them offer complete system-wide protection. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ I_Have_Seen_the_Future_of_Cloud-Native:_SUSE_Expands_Cloud- Native_Offerings_With_DevX_Validated_Designs⠀⇛ SUSE’s presentation at SUSECON 25 highlighted its commitment to providing a structured and security- focused cloud-native stack. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_and_Hey_Hi_(AI)_power_open source_smart_city_monitoring_project⠀⇛ Glossyio has created a Raspberry Pi-powered traffic monitor that uses Hey Hi (AI) to monitor traffic and look for statistics around specific travelers like cyclists and pedestrians. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ PicoCalc_Kit_is_a_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_handheld terminal_with_a_backlit_STM32_QWERTY_keyboard⠀⇛ ClockworkPi has made several GNU/Linux handheld terminals over the years such as the GameShell or DevTerm, but the PicoCalc Kit is quite different since it relies on the Raspberry Pi Pico board plus an STM32 microcontroller to handle its built-in keyboard. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Open Source For U ☛ Top_7_Open_Source_Technologies_To_Learn_And Master_In_2025⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ FreeType_Zero-Day_Being_Exploited_in_the Wild⠀⇛ Meta’s Facebook (Farcebook) security team warns of live exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source FreeType library.  # ⚓ Security Week ☛ North_Korean_Hackers_Distributed_Android Spyware_via_Surveillance_Giant_Google_Play⠀⇛ The North Korea-linked APT37 has been observed targeting Android users with spyware distributed via Surveillance Giant Google Play. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2943 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/today_s_leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Liam Proven ☛ Fun_with_the_Sharp_Zaurus_SL-5500_(and_an unexpected_OpenBSD_link)⠀⇛ The Zaurus_SL-5500 was an early, tiny, GNU/Linux pocket computer-cum-PDA. I had one. Two, in fact. They got stolen from my house. :-( It had a CF card slot, so you could even remove your storage card and insert a CF Wifi card instead, and have mobile Internet in your pocket, 20 years ago!   But if you did, you got a free extra with a wifi adaptor – a battery life of about 15-20 minutes. It was clever, but totally useless. With the wifi card in, you couldn’t have external storage any more, so there was very little room * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Build,_buy,_or_borrow:_Open_Source_and_your_tech_stack⠀⇛ A look into "not invented here" syndrome and explore when it's strategically beneficial to embrace Open Source solutions. o § Public Services/Government⠀➾ # ⚓ Open Source Initiative ☛ Overcoming_barriers_to_Open_Source procurement_in_the_European_Union⠀⇛ The EU has just started a review of European public procurement rules, and have asked for input on potential changes to the rules. The OSI has responded advocating for changes to dismantle these barriers and ensure Open Source solutions are fairly considered. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3015 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Videos_and_Shows_FLOSS_Weekly_Cancel_Culture_and_LibreOffice_25.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Videos_and_Shows_FLOSS_Weekly_Cancel_Culture_and_LibreOffice_25.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Videos and Shows: FLOSS Weekly, 'Cancel Culture' and LibreOffice 25.2 video⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ FLOSS_Weekly_Episode_824:_Gratuitous_Navel_Gazing⠀⇛ This week, Jonathan Bennett chats with Doc Searls about SCaLE and Personal AI! What’s the vision of an AI that consumers run themselves, what form factor might that take, and how do we get there? * ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Is_Woke-ism_Being_Weaponized_to_Destroy_Free_&_Open Source_Software?⠀⇛ Let's take a look at the theory that Big Tech & Activists are attempting to destroy Open Source with Woke & DEl ideology. * ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ 'Linux'_Foundation_Wants_"Non-White,_Non-Male"_People in_their_Projects⠀⇛ 'Linux' Foundation Community Manager proudly proclaims, "I haven't contributed" anything but wants "Non-White, Non-Male, Non-30ish" people to feel welcome. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ o ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_25.2_video_–_in_18_languages! 🌎⠀⇛ LibreOffice 25.2 is our new major stable release, with many new features. This video which shows a few of them (also available on PeerTube) is in English but has subtitle translations in 17 languages, thanks to our awesome localisation communities! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3072 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Wayland_Development_Updates.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Wayland_Development_Updates.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Wayland Development Updates⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ Pekka_Paalanen:_Wayland_color-management,_SDR_vs._HDR,_and_marketing⠀⇛ This time I have three topics. First, I want to promote the blog_post I wrote to celebrate the landing of the Wayland color-management extension into wayland- protocols staging area. It's a brief historique of the journey. * ⚓ kwin_x11_and_kwin_wayland_split⠀⇛ One of the biggest behind-the-scenes changes in the upcoming Plasma 6.4 release is the split of kwin_x11 and kwin_wayland codebases. With this blog post, I would like to delve in what led us to making such a decision and what it means for the future of kwin_x11. § Background KWin started as an X11 window manager almost two and a half decades ago. Over the course of the years, it transformed drastically. It gained support for compositing on X, and it became a Wayland compositor. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3119 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Windows TCO Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 * ⚓ The Record ☛ Ransomware_attack_takes_down_health_system_network_in Micronesia⠀⇛ One of the four states that make up the Pacific nation of Micronesia is battling against ransomware hackers who have forced all of the computers used by its government health agency offline. On Wednesday, the Department of Health Services for the state of Yap warned the island’s 12,000 residents that a ransomware attack hit its systems on March 11. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Medusa_ransomware_infects_300+,_uses_'triple extortion'⠀⇛ A crook who distributes the Medusa ransomware tried to make a victim cough up three payments instead of the usual two, according to a government advisory on how to defend against the malware and the gangs who wield it. * ⚓ Tripwire ☛ Medusa_Ransomware:_FBI_and_CISA_Urge_Organizations_to_Act Now_to_Mitigate_Threat⠀⇛ Once hit by a Medusa ransomware attack, victims are told that they must pay a ransom to decrypt their files and to prevent them from being released onto the [Internet]. This is known as a "double-extortion" attack - and means that even if the victim organisation has backups and can recover the files that have been encrypted, they still face the threat of having their sensitive data leaked if they refuse to pay the ransom. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3174 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Writing_a_nonfiction_history_book_with_mostly_Linux_and_FOSS.shtml Gemini version at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/14/Writing_a_nonfiction_history_book_with_mostly_Linux_and_FOSS.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Writing a nonfiction history book with (mostly) Linux and FOSS⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 14, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇illustration⦈_ Quoting: Writing a nonfiction history book with (mostly) Linux and FOSS — I've been writing books for over 30 years now. I began publishing them in 2011. So far, I unleashed 21 books unto the wild. By and large, fiction is super easy to write. You just use your own head. Even my technical works on kernel crash analysis, problem solving, ethics, or career help were relatively simple to jot down. Recently, though, I had completed my most ambitious project yet. A military history book. Nonfiction is hard. You cannot wing it, use your experience or imagination. You must work with references, tons and tons of them, read other books, you must use citations, and so forth. Well, for the past three months, I have engrossed myself into this ultra-complex endeavor. Now, it's done. The book weighs 90K words, it has some 35 figures and tables, each, plus almost 700 citations. It also includes a piece of simulation code, for a specific combat scenario, written in Matlab-like octave. And I did all of this work using Linux and Linux tools. Well, 90% of the work. Let me tell you more. Linux from the perspective of a seasoned author with fifteen million words under their belt. 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