today's leftovers
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GNU/Linux
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Kernel Space
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The New Stack ☛ Rust Integration in Linux Kernel Faces Challenges but Shows Progress [Ed: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing for Microsoft/LF-funded site, pushing Rust (Microsoft GitHub) agenda]
The conflict between Rust and C supporters in the Linux kernel has been growing for some time. A Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator, said in Open Source Summit Europe in August 2024, the disagreements have risen to “almost religious war undertones.” Since then, things have grown even more hostile.
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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Debian Family
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Thomas Lange: The secret maze of Debian images
TL;DR
It's difficult to find the right Debian image. We have thousands of and several download methods. The directory structure of our main image server is like a maze, and our web pages for downloading are also confusing.
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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Linuxiac ☛ Postfix 3.10 MTA Arrives with OpenSSL 3.5 Support
One of the most significant highlights of Postfix 3.10 is its forward compatibility with OpenSSL 3.5 post-quantum cryptography. Administrators can manage algorithm selection directly through the new “tls_eecdh_auto_curves” and “tls_ffdhe_auto_groups” parameters. By setting these parameter values to empty, Postfix effectively defers the algorithm selection to OpenSSL’s own configuration.
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PowerDNS ☛ A survey on open-source software in the DNS
The question came up as a consequence of the renewed regulatory activism of several countries and regions. In particular, after two decades of laissez-faire, the European Union has spent the last five years conceiving and enacting a broad set of new laws that affect the Internet. One of the very last, the Cyber Resilience Act, imposes obligations and prescriptions on software developers for the first time.
As prescriptions come with a cost, during the law-making procedure, many parties raised the concern that the new law could make many open-source projects unsustainable. Software developed by companies has a clear funding model and could possibly survive a reasonable increase in production cost, but software developed by non-profits, by individuals or by groups of volunteers could end up being retired or abandoned as a way to avoid any liability. Indeed, without a reliable business model, the developer has no clear way to afford the expense of repaying potential damages to end-users or even the practical cost of the new bureaucratical requirements.
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Bryan Lunduke ☛ The Open Source Initiative Has No Control of "Open Source" (but they want it!)
The OSi has tried for years to control "Open Source"...
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Education
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APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: NANOG 93
The three-day event welcomed 700 participants onsite and 67 participants online and featured keynote presentations from Yun Freund on ‘AI Powered Network 5.0’ and Scott Robohn on ‘Building Community around Network Automation’. View the agenda for more information.
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APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: JANOG 55
The event welcomed 4,096 registrants who participated in sessions on topics including network automation, AI, security and much more. The theme of the event was ‘Weaving a New Future with Network’. View the program for more information.
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