schestowitz.com

Challenging Racism in the Courtroom

“After the sight of masked men at British ports and a sacked former home secretary using social media to vilify volunteer lifeboat crews, I don’t feel any Australian could give money to Reform UK without violating Australian laws that prohibit Australian citizens from resourcing insurrections abroad” -Daniel Pocock

IRC Instead of E-mail

80 users online

Mr. Green

Behaving unlike most birds

UEFI and Restricted Boot Are Promoted by Bad Actors and Microsoft Staff Who Don’t Know Security, But Courts Look for Other Arguments (Pertaining to Law)

Recent: James Bottomley Has Promoted Microsoft-Controlled Restricted (‘Secure’) Boot, His Blog Has Just Been Cracked

Three Goals, Three Days

Foden scored four goals in a few days

Police Lines

A sign of trouble or some major incident having occurred nearby

Underestimating One’s Opponent, ‘Pep Style’

Risky approach

Fish Transition Period

Planting season is done, now we just water the plants and look after our animals

Internet Society

We Shouldn’t Have to Give Up Our Safety Online to Be Safe

People should not have to choose between being safe from crime and being safe online. We deserve both. Yet proposals to weaken encryption risk creating exactly that trade-off.

Beyond the Seat at the Table: Raneem’s Journey from Policy to Action

For Raneem Zaitoun, a Lebanese Canadian digital governance expert, understanding the importance of the Internet began long before she entered international policy discussions. It started at home, during Lebanon’s electricity crisis, where frequent power outages did more than plunge neighborhoods into darkness—they cut people off from the opportunities the Internet made possible.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.26

This version blocks compromised intermediate eMudhra certificates.

9to5Linux

KeePassXC 2.8 Released with ARM64 and Wayland Auto-Type Support on Linux

Highlights of KeePassXC 2.8 include Qt 6 port for a modern UI experience, Auto-Type support on Wayland using XDG Desktop Portals, quick unlock via Polkit on Linux, AArch64 (ARM64) AppImage bundle for Linux, configurable keyboard shortcuts, and remote database synchronization with external tools.

Debian-Based siduction 2026.1 “Big Crime” Released with Linux 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7

Coming two years after siduction 2024.1, the siduction 2026.1 release is based on the Debian Sid (Unstable) repositories as of October 18th, 2026, it’s powered by a customized version of Linux kernel 7.2.11, and ships with the KDE Plasma 6.7.4 (with KDE Frameworks 6.30 and KDE Gear 26.08.2) and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments.

COSMIC 1.11 Desktop Environment Released with New Touchpad Settings

Coming three weeks after COSMIC 1.10, the COSMIC 1.11 release adds new options in COSMIC Settings to toggle touchpad tap and drag, which lets you double-tap on an item to drag it, and drag lock, which lets you briefly lift a finger during drag without dropping the dragged item.

SparkyOS Unveiled as a Portable Arch Linux-Based SparkyLinux Flavor

Meet SparkyOS, a new SparkyLinux flavor based on Arch Linux and using Xfce as the default desktop environment. Apart from being derived from Arch Linux, as SparkyLinux is based on Debian, the SparkyOS distribution is designed to be installed and used from a USB stick or external hard drive.

Firefox 158.0.1 Is Out to Block Compromised eMudhra Intermediate Certificates

Mozilla Firefox 158.0.1 is here just one week after Mozilla Firefox 158 to update the OneCRL block list with new security rules that block compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates via OneCRL on October 17th, 2026, even if the Remote Settings option is disabled by policy.

qBittorrent 5.3 BitTorrent Client Is Out as a Major Update, Here’s What’s New

Coming more than five months after qBittorrent 5.2, the qBittorrent 5.3 release introduces an option to match all share limits, support for widely used image types in the HTTP server, support for banning IP ranges, logging of IP ban alerts, support for the “so” magnet link parameter, and an option to toggle closing search tabs with middle-click.

KDE Plasma 6.8.1 Desktop Environment Released with Various Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.8.1 introduces an OSD that will be displayed when using the keyboard to increase the brightness when it’s already at its maximum level, just like it already does when you try to increase the volume when it is at its maximum level.

LinuxGizmos.com

Linux-based industrial Pi controller supports stackable I/O modules

Synergy Logic has launched the SLM-RP4, a UL-listed industrial edge controller based on the Raspberry Pi 4 platform. The DIN rail-mounted system integrates OpenPLC support and accommodates up to eight stackable I/O modules, providing a maximum of 128 I/O points for industrial automation, data acquisition, and IIoT applications.

Solder-down COM brings i.MX95 to Linux dev kit

ADLINK’s I-Pi OSM IMX95 is an industrial development kit based on NXP’s six-core i.MX95 processor with an integrated 2 TOPS NPU. It pairs a solder-down OSM 1.2 module with a 4-inch carrier board, offering dual Gigabit Ethernet, display connectivity, and expansion options for edge AI applications.

Fanless Core Ultra industrial PC gains external EMC protection

Cincoze’s DX-1300 is a compact, fanless industrial computer based on Intel Core Ultra 200S processors, supporting up to 96GB of DDR5 memory and modular I/O expansion. Part of the company’s rugged DX series, the system is also compatible with the newly announced PPM-I360 external power protection module, designed to reduce electrical interference in industrial environments.

Server-class 46-core RISC-V CPU runs mainstream Linux

SpacemiT’s V100 is a server-class RISC-V processor developed with the XiangShan team, featuring 46 CPU cores, DDR5-4800 memory support, and PCIe 5.0 connectivity. Supporting up to 92 cores in dual-socket configurations, the chip is claimed to be the first to fully comply with the RISC-V Server Specification, enabling compatibility with mainstream Linux distributions.