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GNU/Linux and Digital Sovereignty Leftovers
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Kernel Space
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AppleInsider ☛ Claude gets AirPods 3 head tracking working on Linux
AI has been used to find out how to access motion tracking data from AirPods, enabling one Linux user to use head tracking data to produce a software mouse.
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HowTo Geek ☛ Docker isn't magic, it's these 5 Linux kernel features strapped together
Docker's explosive adoption and dominance over the tech industry is incredible, to say the least. But because Docker's rise was so meteoric, a lot of people tend to mistake it for some kind of mystical, groundbreaking, all-new way of doing things. But the reality is much more simple: Linux set the groundwork for containers decades ago, and Docker found an appealing way to use it.
All Docker containers share the host machine's Linux kernel and rely on five core kernel features to function properly. Once you understand these five features, it's much easier to grasp how Docker works and how to use it both effectively and securely.
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Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)
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Johnny Decimal ☛ CLI v5, .config v2, supports Bear – please update
The JD CLI has been updated to v5. It now supports Bear as a JDex.
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FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Enthusiast abandons self-hosted Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Exchange after 27 years, moving mailboxes to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365
A homelab enthusiast is retiring a Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Exchange installation that began with Exchange 5.5 on backdoored Windows NT 4 in 1999. After migrating mailboxes to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365, he kept Exchange 2019 running to relay local hardware and software alerts. Postfix on Ubuntu Server LTS will take over, with plans to add STARTTLS, Let's Encrypt certificates, and boot encryption
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CBC ☛ Canada's military is using Palantir software. What are the risks?
Documents obtained by the Investigative Journalism Foundation revealed that the Department of National Defence (DND) has had a contract for Palantir's Gotham software since 2020 that was internally flagged as "not for public disclosure." Initially valued at $14 million, it could be worth up to $63 million.
DND told CBC News that Gotham brings together information from military databases and operates on closed, classified networks inside secure facilities in Canada. The department declined to say exactly what information Gotham processes, citing national-security concerns.
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Vendor Lock-in
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LWN ☛ Amutable Foundations: A Technical Overview [Ed: Microsoft EEE]
Lennart Poettering, Michael Vogt, and Joaquim Rocha have put together a
detailed overview of what the Amutable Operating System (AOS) and
associated infrastructure will look like.
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