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Links 09/07/2023: GNU/Linux Client Side Usage Growing, Linux 6.5 Release Candidate Out



  • GNU/Linux

    • Desktop/Laptop

      • LinuxiacAfter 30 Years, Linux Finally Hits 3% Market Share

        Linux has a long history that dates back more than 30 years. However, it has never been as popular among regular computer users as other operating systems such as Microsft’s Windows or Apple’s macOS.

        Of course, for many years, Linux has emerged as a dominant force in the realm of server operating systems. Due to its exceptional performance, stability, reliability, and security, it has been widely adopted in server/cloud/IoT environments.

        However, these days, Linux is no longer limited to these environments alone; it is rapidly gaining momentum as an operating system of choice for many desktop users, especially developers.

        And the most recent figures confirm this, giving all advocates of Linux and open source in general reason to rejoice.

    • Audiocasts/Shows

    • Kernel Space

      • 9to5LinuxLinus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.5 Release Candidate

        The two-week merge window, which opened with the release of Linux kernel 6.4 on June 25th, 2023, is now officially closed and the first Release Candidate is available for download for those of you who want to get an early taste of the next major release, Linux kernel 6.5.

        The final release of Linux kernel 6.5 is expected at the end of August or early September 2023, which depends on how many Release Candidate (RC) milestones Linus Torvalds will announce until then. It will be out on August 27th if there will be only seven RCs or on September 3rd if eight RCs are announced.

      • LWNKernel prepatch 6.5-rc1 [LWN.net]

        Linus has released 6.5-rc1 and closed the merge window for this release.

      • The Register UKLinus Torvalds calls for calm as bcachefs misses Linux 6.5
        Linux kernel overseer Linus Torvalds has delivered the first release candidate for version 6.5 of the kernel, but warned this release may not go smoothly.

        Torvalds's headline assessment of rc1 is "none of it looks hugely unusual."

        "The biggest single mention probably goes to what wasn't merged, with the bcachefs pull request resulting in a long thread (we didn't hit a hundred emails yet, but it's not far away)."

      • Tom's HardwareIntel Is Already Building Linux Audio Drivers For Lunar Lake

        Intel is reportedly building audio drivers for Linux for its upcoming Lunar Lake CPUs that will arrive next year.

    • Applications

      • NeowinLibreCAD 2.2.0.1

        LibreCAD is a free Open Source personal CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. LibreCAD is a comprehensive, 2D CAD application that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreCAD users worldwide, and it is available in more than 20 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, ...). It can read DXF and DWG files and can write DXF, PDF and SVG files. You can download, install and distribute LibreCAD freely, with no fear of copyright infringement.

        LibreCAD is a feature-packed and mature 2D-CAD application with some really great advantages...

      • Medevel17 Open-source and Free Sticky Notes for Windows, Linux and macOS

        Sticky notes are small, colorful pieces of paper that can be stuck on any surface. They are a simple yet effective tool for jotting down important information, reminders, and ideas. Sticky notes are widely used in offices, schools, homes, and other places where people need to keep track of things.

      • Linux Links10 Best Free Linux News Aggregators (Updated 2023)

        This article recommends the finest free and open source graphical news aggregators.

      • Jussi PakkanenJussi Pakkanen: CapyPDF 0.4 release and presenter tool

        I have just released version 0.4 of CapyPDF. You can get it either via Github or PyPI. The target of this release was to be able to create a pure Python script that can be used to generate PDF slides to be used in presentations. It does not read any input, just always produces the same hardcoded output, but since the point of this was to create a working backend, that does not really matter.

    • Instructionals/Technical

      • Own HowToHow to Find Debian version

        Is your machine running Debian but you don't know which version exactly you are running?

      • Linux CapableHow to Install Linux Kernel 6.4 on Fedora Linux

        The release of Linux Kernel 6.4 marks another milestone in the world of Linux. As one of the most vital components of the Linux operating system, the kernel has undergone significant advancements and improvements in this release. Let’s take a closer look at what makes Linux Kernel 6.4 stand out.

      • It's FOSSWhat are Exit Codes in Linux?

        Unraveling the mystery of exit codes in Linux. Learn what are the exit codes and why and how they are used.

      • dwaves.deGNU Linux (Debian 11) how to run OSX as KVM Virtual Machine – How to upgrade Debian 11 to 12 (how to fix UNABLE TO DECRYPT THE ROOT HARDDISK AFTER UPGRADING X-|)
      • Linux CapableHow to Deactivate IPv6 in NGINX and Resolve Nameserver Issues

        Managing NGINX configurations is an essential skill in the realm of Linux system administration. One frequent operation is the deactivation of IPv6. This guide offers in-depth insights to assist you in smoothly disabling IPv6 in NGINX on a Linux system. Additionally, we will address a common issue related to the curveball nameserver resolver.

      • Linux CapableHow to Install Linux Kernel 6.4 on Linux Mint

        Following this guide will demonstrate how to install Linux Kernel 6.4 on Linux Mint 21 or the older stable maintained release Linux Mint 20, utilizing the Ubuntu Mainline kernel installer for the latest kernel version.

      • Linux CapableHow to Install SmartCTL on Ubuntu 22.04-20.04

        SmartCTL: A critical utility for modern Linux systems, designed to serve as an interface to the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) system embedded in the current hard disk drives and solid-state drives.

      • Linux CapableHow to fix curl: (6) Could not resolve host

        Let’s face it: errors and disruptions in our digital workflow can be frustrating. But with the right guidance, we can turn these obstacles into learning experiences. One such hitch is the infamous ‘Curl 6: Could Not Resolve Host’ error in Linux systems.

      • Linux CapableLearn the Process of Executing POST Requests via cURL

        cURL, an open-source command-line tool, is widely recognized for its ability to transfer data over a network. Among the various HTTP request methods it supports, POST is particularly significant as it facilitates data transmission to a server.

      • Linux CapableNginx Reverse Proxy Configuration Examples

        A reverse proxy is a highly recommended method for exposing an application server to the internet. Application servers, such as those running Node.js applications or a minimal built-in web server with Flask, often bind to localhost with a TCP port.

      • Linux CapableNginx URL Redirection with Examples

        In the ever-evolving landscape of the internet, the importance of URL redirection cannot be overstated. When the structure of a website changes, the URLs often change as well.

      • Linux CapableUnderstanding the Linux wall Command

        For users and administrators of Linux, mastering the built-in commands is vital to unlocking the full power of this operating system. In our focus today is the wall command. Known as the broadcast message command, wall is a crucial tool allowing communication to all users logged into a Linux system at once.

      • Ubuntu HandbookEnable Full Light Mode (Panel, Dock, Overview) in Ubuntu 22.04 | 23.04

        For those who prefer light theme, there’s an extension now to make all the GNOME Shell components to be light! Ubuntu so far has light and dark mode options available in the ‘Appearance’ settings page.

      • Gadget BridgeHow to Mirror and Control Your Android Phone from Ubuntu?

        While most screen mirroring apps do a good job of casting your phone’s display on a bigger screen, not many of them let you control your phone from another device. If you mirror your phone on a TV, you cannot use the remote controller to navigate through different apps. You still have to rely on your phone for that. PCs, on the other hand, offer more control options. Previously, we talked about how you can control your phone using a Windows PC. Now, let’s take a look at how you can mirror and control your Android phone from an Ubuntu (Linux) desktop.

      • Make Use OfHow to Add or Change Keyboard Layouts on Linux

        If you're someone who prefers to interact with computers in a language other than English, then keyboard layouts are a lifesaver for you. Most probably, you'd like to set your native language as your system's primary input language.

        Even if you're used to typing in English, there are chances that you might not fancy the default QWERTY keyboard layout. Perhaps you're one of those people who own keyboards with unconventional layouts.

    • Desktop Environments/WMs

      • GNOME Desktop/GTK

        • GNOME GUADEC 2022 & Debian Albanian women trafficked to Mexico?

          DebConf22 and the GNOME conference, GUADEC 2022 both took place during the same week from 20 to 25 July 2022.



          [...]

          The two women closest to Lamb in Brazil are also pictured in Mexico at the GUADEC women's dinner. Given that DebConf was so much closer to their country in adjacent Kosovo, how did they go to Mexico? One of them works for GNOME so she has a legitimate reason to be in Mexico.

          GUADEC 2022 was the last GUADEC for Neil McGovern as Executive Director. We already wrote about the manner in which GNOME parted ways with McGovern. Given the murkiness about his departure and the GUADEC day trip to the city of Tequila, we feel the funding of Albanian women needs careful scrutiny.

          Therefore, as both conferences were on the same week, we wanted to ask where was Chris Lamb? The former Debian leader is completely absent from the DebConf22 schedule. Querying his username finds nothing. Did he skip DebConf and travel to Mexico to attend the sending off of his friend Neil McGovern, along with the Albanian friends?
        • This Week in GNOMEThis Week in GNOME/Felix Häcker: #103 Flowing Information

          Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from June 30 to July 07.



          [...]

          Arjan says

          This week Dan Yeaw released Gaphor 2.19.1. The simple modeling tool has received a lot of small improvements and bug fixes. Parts of the UI have been updated to use new GTK 4 elements. Information Flow for Associations has been added, and Object Flows can now connect to Join/Fork Nodes. Get your copy from Gaphor’s download page or directly from Flathub.

        • Cassidy James Blaede: Toot toot! Mastodon-powered Blog Comments

          If you follow me on Mastodon, you’ve probably heard that I’ve added Mastodon-powered comments to this here blog. If you missed it, check it out!

          Read on to dive into my process, the first few iterations of how I did it, and what my hopes are for the future. There are lots of links to the source code on GitHub if you want to follow along, as well. Oh, and throughout this post I’ll be referring to “Mastodon” comments, but technically any Fediverse account that uses ActivityPub can comment on my blog by replying to the the associated Mastodon post—and I do directly use the Mastodon API to get those replies and associated data from my own instance.

        • Marcus Lundblad: Summer Maps

          Since the release of 44.0 in March, aside from some fixes (like adding support for authentication HTTP headers in OpenTripPlanner plugin, as now needed by the Finnish Digitransit service) there has also been some changes on the surface in Maps.

          First, Jakub Steiner has contributed with a refresh of icons used for transportation modes, and the various mode of public transit.

        • Dave Patrick Caberto: GSoC 2023: Rust and GTK 4 Bustle Rewrite (Week 3 & 4)

          There's unfortunately not a lot to talk about for the past two weeks as I have been really absorbed with finals at my university. However, while preparing for the finals, we got the PR to add from_bytes constructor for zbus::Message merged. This means that we can now construct zbus::Message from raw GDBusMessage bytes and vice versa, which is critical for porting Bustle from GDBus to zbus.

        • Hubert FiguièreHubert Figuière: Life update

          If you are looking for a Software Engineer with strong skills in C, C++, Rust and JavaScript, with a strong FLOSS background, I am available to hire.

        • MediumTanmay Patil: GSoC Update: PlayAnswer widget (wip)

          After dedicating first two weeks of work to libipuz, it was time to shift our focus to the UI part of the Application.

          Discussion

          To create the PlayAnswer widget, we had two choices: either inherit from the PlayGrid or design a container that includes a PlayGrid as its child. Ultimately, we decided to go with inheriting from the PlayGrid.

        • Cassidy James Blaede: Give your SVGs light/dark style support

          I’ve recently been contributing to Flathub and updating my own website a bit, and I found myself wanting to recolor SVGs for light and dark style support. Let’s look at some examples: [...]

  • Distributions and Operating Systems

    • Ubuntu PitBlendOS v3 “Bhatura”: A Immutable Linux Distribution Based on Arch

      In a significant development, Rudra Saraswat, the renowned developer of blendOS and maintainer of Ubuntu Unity, has made a groundbreaking announcement. On July 6, Saraswat unveiled blendOS v3 “Bhatura”, marking yet another major update to this Immutable Linux distribution.

    • Reviews

      • Distro WatchReview: Crystal Linux 2023-03-16, StartOS (previously embassyOS) 0.3.4.2

        Crystal Linux is a young, rolling release Linux distribution which is based on Arch. The distribution has a focus on desktop usage and features the Onyx desktop, a customized version of GNOME with a Windows-like panel and layout. The other key feature the Crystal Linux website mentions is Timeshift, which is available for making optional filesystem snapshots.

        I downloaded the sole edition of Crystal which is 1.7GB in size. The live media was able to boot in both UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes and quickly loads the GNOME (Onyx) desktop. A panel is placed along the bottom of the display which holds the application menu, task switcher, and system tray. The desktop has a dark, purple theme.

    • Fedora Family / IBM

      • IT Wire Curbs on RHEL source code: we've reached the third stage of spin
        For the uninitiated, as iTWire outlined on 27 June, the second stage is when the person who made the original statement issues a "clarification" to provide the actual meaning of the original statement.

        The third stage is when friendly tech writers are invited, or else spontaneously decide, to exonerate the company for its move and blame it on some other entity (the government, the private sector, goblins, the Australian Labor Party, AI, the Loch Ness monster, the Abominable Snowman etc).

        Open source writer Steven Vaughan-Nichols has taken up cudgels for Red Hat, blaming IBM, which now owns the Linux firm, for the changes in access to RHEL source code.

      • Akseli LahtinenTrust in software is important for me

        There has been, once again, turmoil and drama in FOSS spheres. First, Red Hat did a trick with their open source code, so that if anyone who uses their GPL rights to share the Red Hat code, loses their subscription. (Well, that's how I understood it. Please give it a read yourself to make sure.)

        It's a complicated matter, where complicated opinions bubble on top, at least for me. I do not comment on it since I just do not know enough. I've never used RHEL for anything, anyway.

        But it has certainly affected the user trust.

        Now, Fedora got recently a proposal to add opt-out telemetry.

        Considering Fedora and Red Hat are tied to each other on some level, it again has affected the user trust. Mainly negatively.

        Gaining trust is hard, losing it is easy. And it does seem this has been quite a blow to Red Hat and Fedora, but maybe it shows positively in other ways. Who knows.

        I shared my opinions on their forum, but yes, I'm cynical enough to think my voice doesn't really matter. I could've been less "sharp-tongued" about it in those posts, but dude im just so tired.

        My personal feelings on the matter is that I hope all goes well, but I will try other distro offerings in the meanwhile and see how it goes. I am tired of worrying over such things anyway, so it's easier for me to move.

      • Bryan LundukeUbuntu to enact new marketing strategy: "Stay quiet and watch Red Hat implode"

        "All we need to do is stop talking and we instantly look better by comparison."

      • Daniel García Moreno: rpmlint updates (July 2023)

        I'm spending some time every week working in the rpmlint project.

        Every component described above is open-source and auditable. For completeness: it’s not an integral part of the stack, but we use a self-hosted instance of Metabase, an open-core business intelligence platform, to visualise the data stored in the PostgreSQL database. The Endless OS Foundation team has access to Metabase, and thence to the data stored by Azafea; nobody else has access to the raw data. Metabase allows us to make read-only charts and dashboards visible to the public. Here is a visualisation of the total RAM in Endless OS users’ machines in the past 24 hours at the time of writing, rounded to the nearest half-gigabyte (or rather, for my fellow pedants, gibibyte), taken from this event. You can see the live chart here. And if you mouse over one of the segments in the live chart, you can infer from the totals that there are somewhere north of 17,000 computers running Endless OS 4 or newer. (This is an underestimate of our total user count because it only considers the computers in use in a particular 24-hour window, which have not opted out of metrics, and which are not part of the ~20% of systems running an older OS version.)

      • Ryan Rix: "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - remembering Seth Vidal

        it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride.

        The [2013-07-05 Fri] tweet from Seth Vidal, talking with another software engineer about the best tools for tracking cycling stats

        A decade ago we learned of the passing of Red Hat/Fedora Linux software engineer Seth Vidal on [2013-07-08 Mon]. I had the privilege of working with him in my time as a hobbyist contributor to Fedora and KDE and during my internship on Red Hat's Community Architecture team while I was in University. Seth was very much one of those "bristly" Linux Sysadmin types but had a huge heart and was always honest and helpful and hopeful. I only got to meet with him and hack in person a few times at FUDCon and the like but I enjoyed talking with him online and I appreciated his mentorship.

        Like many deaths, of course it was normal life, and then suddenly it wasn't. He died after a driver hit him while cycling and drove away without stopping.

    • Canonical/Ubuntu Family

      • 9to5LinuxUbuntu-Based Linux Lite 6.6 Comes with an AI Helper, Now Available for Testing

        Still based on the Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) long-term supported operating system series, powered by the long-term supported Linux 5.15 LTS kernel series, and featuring the Xfce 4.16 desktop environment series, Linux Lite 6.6 promises support for 22 new languages across many UI elements.

        Another interesting new feature in the upcoming Linux Lite 6.6 release is the implementation of an interactive AI Helper utility in Lite Welcome, based on OpenAI technologies.

    • Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

  • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

    • Web Browsers/Web Servers

      • Mozilla

        • TalospaceThe Talospace Project: Firefox 115 on POWER

          Firefox 115 is out, which is also the new Extended Support Release base. A nice feature on Linux is a middle click on the new tab button will open a new tab with whatever URL is on the clipboard (on the other hand, middle click on an existing tab closes it, so the interface is a wee bit muddled here); a more questionable feature is a Mozilla-controlled extension blocklist by domain.

    • Programming/Development

      • Dirk EddelbuettelDirk Eddelbuettel: #40: Another r2u Example – Making Colab Easier

        Welcome to the 40th post in the $R^4 series. This one will just be a very brief illustration of r2u use in what might be an unexpected place: Google Colab. Colab has a strong bent towards Jupyter and Python but has been supporting R compute kernels for some time (by changing what they call the ‘runtime’). And with a little exploration one can identify these are (currently, as of July 2023) running Ubuntu 20.04 aka ‘focal’.

      • JS

        • Linux CapableWhat is Node.js? Exploring Server-Side JavaScript Development

          Node.js is a powerful runtime environment that allows developers to build server-side applications using JavaScript. It is built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, providing a lightweight and efficient platform for creating scalable and high-performance web applications.

  • Leftovers

    • Science

      • Federal News NetworkSolar storm on Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states

        A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are most often seen in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia, but an 11-year solar cycle that’s expected to peak in 2024 is making the lights visible in places farther to the south. The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks has forecast auroral activity Thursday in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Indiana, Maine and Maryland.

    • Hardware

    • Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      • QuartzThe US is buying up nearly all of Mexico's avocado exports

        The US is a major importer of Mexico’s avocados, among many other foods. As farms in the US become increasingly strained, particularly due to drought in California, that dependence on Mexico is only increasing. In 2003, the US bought just 30% of Mexico’s avocado exports.

      • Vice Media GroupScientists Raise Alarm Over Risk of 'Synchronized' Global Crop Failures

        New research exposes an underestimated risk of simultaneous global food supply shocks due to climate change.

      • teleSURClimate Change to Reduce Grain Harvest in Germany

        June was the second sunniest month since records began€ in this European country, the National Meteorological Service said.

      • The NationIn India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm

        Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India—Rukmini Kamble, 69, has a unique way of identifying how severe a heat wave is. “I look at the number of painkillers and paracetamol tablets I take in the months of extreme heat,” she told me. She now takes two painkillers every day. During the heat waves last year, she took at least one pill a day to bring down or prevent fever while she worked.

      • AxiosNow trending: "Plant-based" foods — and "vegan" is out

        Food makers are tripping over themselves to introduce new "plant-based" products — but many are shying away from the term "vegan," which some perceive as having negative or off-putting connotations.

        Why it matters: The two terms aren't always synonymous — "vegan" tends to refer to a lifestyle as well as a diet, in which all animal products, including honey, are avoided.

        • But the semantic differences are critically important to marketers, as demand for animal-free foodstuffs balloons.

        Driving the news: Novel plant-based foods were out in full force at last week's Summer Fancy Food Show at New York City's Javits Center — a prominent showcase for new products — but many of the entrepreneurs behind them said they consciously avoided the "vegan" label.

      • The AtlanticIt’s Weirdly Hard to Make Seawater Drinkable

        Desalination requires tons of energy. One company is testing a hack to make it greener.

      • Campaign demanding one free meal a day for students voiced at the parliament

        More than 2 million children gave birth in Turkey since 2001, and 21 thousand of them were younger than 15 said MP Sevda Karaca in her speech at the parliament and added that there are around 5 million child workers in the country.

      • Federal News NetworkUN nuclear chief is visiting Japan to give a final report on release of treated radioactive water

        The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is in Japan to meet with government leaders and see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. Japan hopes the visit by International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Mariano Grossi will give credibility to the contentious plan. Grossi will meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later Tuesday to submit IAEA’s final report on the water release. The report is expected € to say that the water sampling, testing and monitoring plans fulfill international requirements. The plant operator is expected to get a permit for releasing the water in the coming days, though when it will start doing so is undecided.

      • New York TimesScientists Say Fukushima Water Is Safe, but Radiation Fears Persist

        The International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report declared the treated water from the destroyed nuclear plant had met its safety standards. Critics continue to demand more transparency.

      • Hong Kong Free PressChina bans food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Fukushima nuclear wastewater release

        China’s customs authority on Friday said it would ban food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Tokyo’s plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean. Japan’s planned, decades-long discharge of accumulated water from the devastated Fukushima nuclear facility has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as meeting global standards.

    • Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

      • Evernote is moving to Europe after laying off most of its workforce in the United States

        Evernote has eliminated most of its workforce. In a joint statement with SFGateBending Spoons, the Milan-based app developer that bought the company last November, said Friday that it has laid off nearly all Evernote employees in the United States and Chile. Bending Spoons plans to move most of the company’s remaining operations to Europe. The layoffs come less than six months after the company was founded Cut 129 jobs in Evernote because the app has been “unprofitable for years”. Bending Spoons hasn’t shared exactly how many employees have been affected by this latest round of layoffs. Scan for Linkedin reveals Some software engineers who have worked with Evernote for a few years lost their jobs on Friday.

      • Silicon Angle Evernote undergoes major layoffs, shifts operations to Europe

        Web 2.0-era personal productivity app maker Evernote Corp., acquired by Italian technology company Bending Spoons S.p.A. in November, has laid off most of its staff in the U.S. and Chile and has relocated the remaining staff to Italy.

        In a statement from Bending Spoons Chief Executive Officer Luca Ferrari reported July 7 by SFGate, most of Evernote’s operations will be moved to Europe because of the “significant boost in operational efficiency that will come as a consequence of centralizing operations in Europe.

        ” The exact number of employees laid off in the closure of the Bay Area and Chile offices was not disclosed, but the company had previously laid off 129 employees at the beginning of the year. According to SFGate, affected workers were primarily engineering and information technology employees.

    • Security

      • Xe's BlogHVE-BC1750-0001: Deceptive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Human Interaction Protocols

        In this report, we describe a discovered remote code execution vulnerability in neural language processing systems. These systems, currently in active use by major social media networks including but not limited to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, allow for the crafting of a carefully selected message that allows successful attackers to gain control over the target victim.

      • CyberRisk Alliance LLCNovel Linux kernel vulnerability exploitable for elevated privileges

        Attackers could leverage the new StackRot vulnerability in the Linux kernel to facilitate privilege escalation in targeted hosts, The Hacker News reports.

        Linux versions 6.1 to 6.4 are affected by the use-after-free flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3269, which originated from the maple tree data structure that replaced red-black tree for virtual memory area management and storage, said Peking University security researcher Ruihan Li.

      • Data BreachesIt: Luigi Vanvitelli hospital hit by ransomware

        On July 4, the Luigi Vanvitelli hospital in Italy posted a notice on its homepage that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack on July 1 and was investigating it. There has been no update since then.

      • Cyber ​​attack on the Luigi Vanvitelli university hospital in Naples. It was ransomware

        There is no respite for the Italian “gooses that lay golden eggs”, the hospitals that do not seem to suffer a respite. And after ASL1 Abruzzo, now it’s the turn of the Luigi Vanvitelli university hospital in Naples.

        The hackers criminals have hit the hospital with a type cyber attack ransomware. The incident was disclosed by the national cybersecurity agency, which sent a team of experts to support the hospital in managing the attack and restoring the compromised systems.

    • Defence/Aggression

    • Environment

    • Finance

      • Irish ExaminerIreland had 'by far' the highest tech lay offs in EU, Eurofound confirms

        Ireland has been "by far" the biggest casualty when it comes to the tech giants laying off staff, with 40% of the redundancies in the EU over the past three years.

        An analysis by the Dublin-based EU agency Eurofound, or the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, examined worldwide job cuts at Facebook parent Meta, Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Google.

        "It is clear Ireland is by far the country most affected by big tech restructurings, which is not surprising since most of these tech companies’ European or EMEA headquarters are based there."

      • Financial Times[Old] FirstFT: Wall Street job cuts set to surpass 11,000 this year

        Job cuts at the largest US banks are on course to surpass 11,000 this year as Wall Street contends with the worst recruitment market since the financial crisis following a pandemic-era hiring binge.

        Citigroup this week became the latest big US bank to announce significant job cuts, telling investors that it planned to complete 5,000 redundancies by the end of the second quarter, mostly in investment banking and trading. That followed cuts affecting thousands of bankers at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

        The redundancies come as executives try to unwind a recruitment spree that started as the economy rebounded in the aftermath of Covid-19. Banks dramatically increased their headcounts to cope with a deals and trading boom at a time when working from home was scrambling traditional ways of doing business.

      • Michael West MediaThinking behind Reserve Bank's 'hawkish pause' on show

        Commentators will run a fine-tooth comb through what Philip Lowe has to say next following the Reserve Bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold this month.

        The central bank has been hiking rates to rein in inflation and in July kept them steady at 4.1 per cent.€ 

    • AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

    • Censorship/Free Speech

    • Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

      • Russell CokerRussell Coker: Matrix

        Introduction

        In 2020 I first setup a Matrix [1] server. Matrix is a full featured instant messaging protocol which requires a less stringent definition of “instant”, messages being delayed for minutes aren’t that uncommon in my experience. Matrix is a federated service where the servers all store copies of the room data, so when you connect your client to it’s home server it gets all the messages that were published while you were offline, it is widely regarded as being IRC but without a need to be connected all the time.

        Matrix was designed for bridging with other protocols, the most well known of which is IRC.

        The most common Matrix server software is Synapse which is written in Python and uses a PostgreSQL database as it’s backend [2]. My tests have shown that a lightly loaded Synapse server with less than a dozen users and only one or two active users will have noticeable performance problems if the PostgreSQL database is stored on SATA hard drives. This seems like the type of software that wouldn’t have been developed before SSDs became commonly affordable.



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Links 23/10/2025: LLM 'Hallucinations' (Defects) in Practical Code 'Generation', China Becomes More Economically and Technologically Independent
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Linux Foundation Uses LLM Slop to Promote Microsoft in Linux.com (Again), Rendering It a Linux-Hostile Slopfarm
Openwashing with slop by "Linux.com Editorial Staff", which basically seems to be a bot
Links 23/10/2025: Windows TCO Galore and "The Internet Is Going to Break Again"
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Social engineering attack: Debian voted to trick you on binary blobs
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Techrights Will Always Stand for Women's Rights
We even invest money - personal savings that it - in our principles
Certified Lawyers Should Know Better (Than to Intimidate Us With Man Who Drives on Motorcycle Through a Really Bad Storm Between Distant Cities, Then Collects Photos of Our Home)
Mentioning someone was in prison for bad things isn't a crime, it's a public service
The "AI" (Slop) Bubble is Already Imploding
"ChatGPT Usage Has Peaked and Is Now Declining, New Data Finds"
The So-called "Sexy" Buckets (AI, Quantum) Cannot Save IBM From Reality, Shares Tank
"No matter how much financial hocus-pocus they use to reclassify revenues to land in the "sexy" buckets (AI, Quantum), it still smells old and musty - just like this company."
Paul Krugman is Wrong About the Scope of Mass Layoffs in the United States
A few years ago society was accelerating its journey towards feudalism, boosted by COVID-19
Links 23/10/2025: Proprietary Blunders and CISA's Latest Disclosure of Holes
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Gemini Links 23/10/2025: Fast Past (F1), 99.9% Uptime
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Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
IRC logs for Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Slopwatch: Google News is Promoting Fake 'Articles' About Fake Xubuntu, Fake Articles About Replacing Windows With GNU/Linux
The quality of the Web deteriorates and unless someone cleans up the mess, real sites will lose an incentive to produce anything
When "AI Layoffs" Mean Layoffs Due to the "AI" Bubble Popping
many people that are laid off by Microsoft claim to be specialists in "AI"
Mysterious grant forfeited, $100,000 from Software in the Public Interest accounts 2023
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Evidence: bullying, student union behaviour: Armijn Hemel's FSFE resignation
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Evidence: psychological abuse, stalking, Galia Mancheva, Susanne Eiswirt ignored by FSFE judgment for Matthias Kirschner
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Helping FSFE scam victims and conference organisers
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Nigerian fraud in FSFE constitution
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Worrying and Amusing Stories of "Clown Computing" Gone Awry
Many of these disasters could be avoided
Links 22/10/2025: Amazon Plans to Replace Workers With Robotics, AWS and Clown Computing in General Ridiculed
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Gemini Links 22/10/2025: Niri Completely Changes Multitasking and Overview of Diff-ers
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Links 22/10/2025: Study on Misinformation by Slop and Heavily Debt-Sabbled Microsoft OpenAI (ClosedSlop) Uses "Browser" as Gimmick/Distraction
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They've Already Spent Close to a Million Dollars on Lawyers and Sent Us About 50 KG of Legal Papers (Sponsored by Mysterious Third Party) to Try to Censor Techrights, Without Success
They try to overcompensate with sheer volume for a lack of solid, clear arguments (we are the victims here)
12 Months Ago the 'Hulk Hogan of UEFI' Officially Went 'Tag-Team'
We're actually sort of flattered or proud that such despicable people are so desperate to censor us
"Cloud Computing" Was Always a Joke, But This Week Was the Punchline
Maybe stop following tech trends and fashions
"Cloud Computing" Does Not Mean Safety
Fault tolerance is related to the notion of software freedom
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
IRC logs for Tuesday, October 21, 2025
The Fall of Windows: From Something to Nothing
Of course Microsoft will pretend everything is fine and "just trust the hey hi" (AI)
Sounds Like Fedora is Ready to Become Less of a Slave of Microsoft (GitHub)
This seems like a belated move in a positive direction
XBox is a Dead Microsoft Product in a Dying Industry
It's probable that another wave of XBox layoffs is just over the horizon (maybe even before month's end)
Progress on Techrights Site Search
Fun times
IBM's Bluewashing of Red Hat Means the Layoffs Are Silent, Barely Reported
Don't wait to hear about "Red Hat layoffs"
Gemini Links 21/10/2025: Happy Disconnection, AWS Falling Apart, Closing of Gemlog Blue
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Full Audio of Today's Richard Stallman Talk in the Technical University of Munich
Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society
Microsoft XBox is Just Vapourware (Promises of Hardware That Doesn't Exist), Real Products Perish
just as developers lose interest in developing for XBox Microsoft is increasing the costs imposed upon them
Slopwatch: Fake Articles (Slop) in "Linux" Clothing in Google News (Noise)
all about what Google does
Links 21/10/2025: Even "Inventor of Vibe Coding" Rejects Vibe Coding, USPTO Experiments With Slop in Examination
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Richard Stallman Talk Now Available for Viewing (Archived Copy, Not Live-streamed)
This recording is over 2 hours old
Links 21/10/2025: AWS-Induced Chaos and Social Control Media Curbs
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Gemini Links 21/10/2025: Programming, StarGrid, Brand-New Palm OS Strategy Game in 2025, and Chatbot as Addiction Mechanisms
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The African Lion and the American Cowards
Safaris exist for people to watch and enjoy animals
Amazon Web Shenanigans Perfectly Timed for Today's Talk by Richard Stallman
Maybe listen to him instead of looking for excuses to ridicule the messenger
Mission:Libre Has Taken Off (Project by Carmen Maris)
there will be a lot more to report on next month (after the event)
Techrights to Publish More EPO Leaks Next Week
We're meanwhile also doing lots of work on search, whose interface now looks better
Links 21/10/2025: 'The Lost Art' of Neon Signs and Twitter (X) to Enable Identity Theft (or Handle Theft) as a Service
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Plagiarism With LLM Slop: Hindustan Times (HT Digital Streams Limited) Has Become a Slop Factory/Hub
What a disgrace
A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe, by Richard Stallman
"The surveillance imposed on us today is worse than in the Soviet Union. We need laws to stop this data being collected in the first place"
Next Week We Launch Search at Techrights
We're planning to launch it some time next week. Maybe Tuesday, maybe Thursday.
Talk by Richard Stallman Will be Live-streamed in Less Than 10 Hours
Happy hacking
"No Kings" in the Software World (GAFAM Should Not Exist, Either)
"No Kings" is a good slogan. Let's start by ridding ourselves of masters, not only those who reside in DC or visit DC
Every Morning
Bugs/edge cases combined with automation can spell disaster
Insane, Deliberately Dishonest, or Just Another Bigot?
very intellectually-dishonest human being
A Lot of Techrights is Built on Perl
Perl also runs the sister site
The Register MS Selling Slop for Microsoft (Vapourware, Ponzi Scheme, False Claims)
What will be left of The Register MS if it keeps repeating falsehoods and looking to profit from Ponzi schemes?
analytics.usa.gov Says Less Than 14% of Web Requests (to Government Sites) Come From Vista 11
Vista 11 was released more than 4 years ago!
People Who Attempt to Take Down Correct Information Need a Doctor a Day
“Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” ― George Orwell
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 20, 2025
IRC logs for Monday, October 20, 2025
Vista 11 is Sinking While Microsoft is PIPing (Mass Layoffs But Silent Layoffs)
We're witnessing a shift in platform dominance
Richard Stallman is Having a Good Week Already (Stallman Was Right About 'Clown Computing')
That alone is worth bringing up in his talk
An Update About Soylent News, With Jan Rinok "Back in the Saddle"
Burnout or "near burnout" a possibility when having to curate abuse
When Prominent GNU/Linux Distros Are Run by Spies
What has Microsoft Canonical become?
More Publishers and Companies Nowadays Say "GNU/Linux", Not "Linux"
It's not to see InstallAware saying GNU/Linux this week