𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, March 02, 2022 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Thu 3 Mar 02:40:23 GMT 2022 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 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/02/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmdmWehA6h2EsxLvmLQHxv9wFn9VZJZHVbgXQXVigmyUCo QmbqzbFLBLnEsD6wqjgRecqxx1eMiGqj8KkJ8LBeVS7kMR QmRogUf31QThSc3fc9qKNWAZGJTDSwdv1pupuEmsuUuu26 QmZRqBo3ysfz1YXExEqVuEuy5xb4ME8cK3jBDpd8wGSwwX QmT6UzkVGBqiGJqW9tNXHnJ2F7GjgkFTQ1tvxxFeYF4VH3 QmfSu9XMsGzj9YkPDP79UmwB6R9G9p3HQjsSCvUovR8y4o QmeC7QgpY53w9VR36JGVyYSzhMZkHLkGiYWgd57Dskr9pH QmZHDDpdkiKdpvVjLb94b8X2LhPVMcNQweiDqukj1DyKVT QmPgCJca3XFthf3S9xSXFzx2JdpEDjUZ3HPfAnGbLWi5kr QmXBF3kDxFdmKcnVa7vYpbU6MyXrd1r3Y1NNrKZ3hrTTFa QmbGvonNbAJzqBpoefSxdJSBAiUubKnrKDWzMQhqE8sKy9 QmNyjuGQ9G6aZFzvjbDENKmySNxf1JG2psBTi252HdEGHE QmdSS5zduBpaVEqHBiz53YJo7JbLv9XgUWbU3sJWZqfSG8 QmcEFBoREHvxtA22UaNuV5Mx1EPRF8ANqTeNuB9Sx6DA3x QmV9oFmNWDMaAuL1QNuyBGhpy9H8TqW8N8q4jqiKvJET2U QmR9imX83RDB4ivhdNUQMapcgk6SnnNyJnM4q43hj4rq3v QmX3rMb63HxLvj9FqPyymwV4TDWUAY1bdbtXfufZPb287E QmUWSqFs7G64P11sRgFghydAWm5vaGowUWhjb5bQ6WVLjv QmeVoLY6Zx3HEzqi2Ycfzv79DNidwPTPBUM7zgf846qztA QmcRCrUwjMkvCTjxN4RTXVgnt8vzjyT5Cf4ktnEzhysN1Z QmWigayprvGPhmqrB8DCEjNTBh2aibrVVhgyYkneAYcRUi ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Reducing the Webspam by Moving Away From Social Control Media and Adopting Gemini Where Possible | Techrights ⦿ EPO Breaks Laws Just Like Vladimir Putin, But Then It Has the Audacity to Exploit Ukraine to Pretend the Opposite is True | Techrights ⦿ Reviewing Gifts and Coverage of News About Companies That Supply These Gifts | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] The King of CPUs | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Throwing Stones in a House of Glass | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/adopt-gemini-where-possible/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/epo-putin/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/gifts-for-reviews/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/irc-log-010322/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/michael-king-of-x86/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/suepo-on-epo-stasi-and-iloat-ruling-against-mother/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/cutefishos-examined/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/libressl-3-5-0/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/opensuse-leap-15-4-beta/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/procmail-considered-harmful/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 65 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/adopt-gemini-where-possible/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/02/adopt-gemini-where-possible/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.02.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Reducing_the_Webspam_by_Moving_Away_From_Social_Control_Media_and_Adopting Gemini_Where_Possible⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 5:42 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 7ea351a78c8f26045428a0e85b37337e Improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/reducing-web-noise.webm Summary: Millions of high-quality pages are available through Gemini Protocol (in GemText format, too); today we show some examples of that and also demonstrate that the number of Gemini users is growing, offering a potential safe haven to those who got fed up with SPAM and propaganda on the Web THE Web has become a very noisy place; many reviews (or so-called ‘reviews’) are paid-for commercials, news is noise, articles_are_product_endorsements, and even_benchmarks_are_rather_dubious. One might think that the Web is full of information, a wealth of sources at one’s disposal, but it’s actually a sordid mess and social control makes it worse by amplifying_strife. “One might think that the Web is full of information, a wealth of sources at one’s disposal, but it’s actually a sordid mess and social control makes it worse by amplifying strife.”So this month we’ve been scaling down (gradual exit from) social control media usage and we’re focusing on producing more Daily Links and articles instead. In addition, we intend to link more and more to Gemini capsules, whose overall number is still growing steadily. The size of Gemini is vast considering some on-demand (dynamic) capsules, e.g. proxies of sites. Reading Wikipedia over Geminispace with GemText instead of HTML is also possible through a_unique_capsule that we mentioned earlier this year. It means that this capsule does, in theory, have as many pages in it as there are Wikipedia articles (in all languages). As we said last month, we’ll try to give exposure and explanation of Gemini capsules which deserve recognition. Many people undervalue Gemini because they wrongly assume it’s just Gopher or just some “old thing” mostly “for geeks”. It’s actually vastly simpler (to maintain and to use) than the Web. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 126 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/epo-putin/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/02/epo-putin/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.02.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ EPO_Breaks_Laws_Just_Like_Vladimir_Putin,_But_Then_It_Has_the_Audacity_to Exploit_Ukraine_to_Pretend_the_Opposite_is_True⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Patents at 3:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum f95ac96e2d55aad2c0190c17ba7a1497 EPO Exploiting Ukraine Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/putinist-upc.webm Summary: The criminals who have taken over Europe’s second-largest institution are exploiting Ukrainian deaths to promote their twisted, illegal agenda, which basically represents a threat to Europe THE profoundly corrupt EPO, which compels examiners to grant patents against the law, is bringing back the methods of Benoît_Battistelli, who habitually used terror attacks to pretend he was defending people and that he actively pursued peace. “António is the sort of person Jorge (his father) would want captured and prosecuted.”Now, almost a week after Russian invasion, António_Campinos and his mates (whom he hired based on loyalty rather than skills, just like Vladimir Putin) have the nerve or the audacity to not only ‘milk’ Ukraine but to also promote theatrics for the mere illusion that the Unitary_Patent can legally come into force. These people help litigation firms and patent trolls invade Europe, they knowingly break the law, they violate constitutions, and they corrupt our media with paid-for_fake_news. And here they are presenting themselves as guardians of peace, even weeks after some very hard-hitting decisions from ILOAT. António is the sort of person Jorge (his father) would want captured and prosecuted. Why bring up Jorge Campinos? Because António himself kept bringing up Jorge, pretending he was the “man of the people” because of his father. But the young Campinos is just a corrupt_opportunist_in_pursuit_of_power. He’s another Putin. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Jorge Campinos⦈ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀ ⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀ ⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀ ⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇ ⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀ ⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀ ⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠈⢹⠋⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠉⡟⢉⡏⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠸⣇⡠⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 226 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/03/02/gifts-for-reviews/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/02/gifts-for-reviews/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.02.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Reviewing_Gifts_and_Coverage_of_News_About_Companies_That_Supply_These Gifts⠀✐ Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Hardware, Microsoft, Windows at 9:30 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 1d6128929eacf526a5644833c2795a8f Michael and the x86 Box Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/inside-the-box-of-phoronix.webm Summary: There’s a severe Web crisis that more_people_ought_to_talk_about; sites are being increasingly compromised or ‘bought’ (looking to ‘cash in’ on their audiences) and as a result we have a deeply misinformed public; today we revisit Phoronix A MONTH ago we caught Phoronix violating ethical standards and called the site out on it (only after we had given it about a day to respond) [1, 2]. We since then haven’t linked to Phoronix anymore and things have hardly improved, as noted in the video above. The companies which send very expensive gifts receive a disproportionate amount of coverage in Phoronix and gifts are still being sent to the Phoronix estate (from_Microsoft_also), as shown above based on this morning’s_very_latest_post. “Companies work overtime to shape perceptions around them and their products; heck, they have whole business units devoted to this task.”Michael finally/ belatedly responded_more_than_a_fortnight_later and weakly (not disputing what we had actually said but dancing around the questions). This rant isn’t limited to Phoronix but to the state of the Web at large, including social control media. We recently mentioned GulagTube/YouTube_"influencers"_selling_fake endorsements/reviews (“The Linux Experiment”, which worked hard to cancel Richard Stallman, got_banned_for_it_last_year) and Phoronix is doing the same, albeit not in the form of video (but benchmarks and photos as a medium). It is quite frankly frustrating that the Web has become a source of propaganda not just from governments but also corporations and their ‘foot soldiers’, with sites that masquerade as independent but are in fact receiving loads of very expensive gifts. With all sorts of sockpuppets and fake reviews overwhelming the Web (or fake awards/endorsements) it has become hard to know who to trust online; it’s a lot worse on the Web because the platform is heavily targeted, including_Wikipedia. Companies work overtime to shape perceptions around them and their products; heck, they have whole business units devoted to this task. Over in our IRC channels there has been some discussion about this_other_post from_Phoronix, once again going soft on Microsoft. As one person immediately responded, “we don’t need directx, we have opengl and vulkan [...] it’s another one of their tricks… the headline has little information… it’s a linux kernel module for WSL that implements directx… in that case, it’s another microsoft way to locking in GNU/Linux programs to windows by implementing a directx shim in the virtualized linux kernel… so WSL is EEE and we’re now at the extend part… they extend it with proprietary API and hope that the programs rely on it.” “Maybe it’s just Software-defined Silicon,” Ryan said. About another crate of CPUs, there was even more commotion. “Every time you pay Intel more, it does things that it could already do and locked you out of intentionally,” Ryan said. “Like Windows.” “The electric company moved everything over to Microsoft Azure. Now I get a spinney beachball of death instead of being able to pay my electric bill with Firefox.” Psydroid said: “Intel couldn’t stay behind so that’s another crate of CPUs for Michael Intelarabel and the Moronix” Ryan responded: “When all else fails, bribe. Here’s an entire shipping container of CPUs. We don’t want them back, so if you put them on ebay that’s fine. Be sure to run Clear Linux and use the Intel Compiler when comparing us to AMD. It’s not so much that the Intel Compiler optimizes that well for Intel processors. It’s that it makes AMD processors take the slowest code it generates to make Intel’s CPUs look better in comparison between the two. Intel provides all sorts of kickbacks for third party developers to use ICC so that it ruins the performance of the largest amount of software possible for AMD. Then they can just go “Aww shucks, well, we have no way of knowing whether AMD’s CPUs meet these feature sets, so we just sniff to see what it is and fail safe.”. No investigations afaik.” Going back to that other article, it shows that Phoronix isn’t changing its ways. 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business; You Corrupt António Campinos...⦈ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SUEPO_on_EPO_Stasi_and_ILOAT_ruling_of_EPO_Stasi_against mother⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SUEPO_on_EPO_Stasi⦈_ Summary: On February 24th (yes, that_date) the staff union of Europe’s second- largest institution issued this (shown above) publication; and now the dictator of the EPO has the audacity to leverage_Ukraine_for_self-serving_political objectives ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣼⢻⣿⣿⣥⣄⣠⢡⣤⣄⠀⣤⣠⡄⣩⣽⡛⣾⣿⣡⣭⣟⢿⢀⣬⣟⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⢿⣫⣽⡛⣯⣿⡟⣻⣿⣻⣿⢻⡗⣤⣤⣤⢠⣤⡀⣠⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠂⠠⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⡇⣿⠀⠸⣿⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⢸⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⡇⠻⣮⣹⣿⢸⣷⣿⣿⡧⠻⣿⡅⠻⣮⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠟⠋⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⢏⢿⡿⠿⠏⠿⠸⠷⠿⠀⠀⠿⠀⠿⠿⡛⠿⠿⡹⠿⠿⣸⣸⠿⢟⡸⢿⣹⢿⣸⢟⠿⣸⡿⠿⢟⡻⠿⢇⡻⠾⣿⠿⡸⠿⠿⠿⠷⡹⠿⢟⡻⠾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⢶⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠇⢉⣿⡏⣿⣿⡿⠁⠽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢀⣠⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣄⡀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠛⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠶⠿⠟⠃⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠁⠀⢄⠈⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠘⠓⠂⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣶⣤⡀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⣶⣶⣶⡿⣰⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠ 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Sometimes though, we bring you something in this field simply because it amuses us and we think it will you too. Such is the case with [Bryan Lunduke]’s look at making a Linux desktop look like Windows 95. And lest you think that it might be yet another skin to make Windows users transition to Linux a bit easier, the aim and result is to make it look exactly like Microsoft’s mid-90s desktop. Underneath it all is the relatively familiar xUbuntu distribution, with a deliciously troll-worthy project called Chicago95 atop it. This takes some existing Windows 95 theme and icon projects, and adds GTK themes, an MS-DOS shell theme, the ability to install those cheesy ’90s Plus! themes, and a Microsoft Office 95 theme for LibreOffice. It really does deliver an experience very close to the Redmond original. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Most_Reliable_Hosting_Company_Sites_in_February_2022 [Ed: GNU/Linux everywhere]⠀⇛ Aruba had the most reliable hosting company site in February 2022, continuing to top the table for the third consecutive month. Aruba provides hosting, cloud and digital signature services, fibre optic internet, digital preservation, and much more, with data centres across Europe in the UK, Germany, Czechia, Poland, Italy and France. The top nine hosting company sites each responded to all of Netcraft’s requests and were separated by average connection time. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ [WCCF Tech] AMD_EPYC_Gets_Performance_Boost_In_Linux_5.18, Improvements_To_Scheduler/NUMA_Benchmarked⠀⇛ # ⚓ [WCCF Tech] AMD’s_Next-Gen_Data_Center_Behemoth,_The Instinct_MI300_MCM_‘GFX940′_GPU,_Makes_Possible_First Appearance_In_Linux_Patch⠀⇛ Previous rumors have indicated that the AMD Instinct MI300 will feature a 4-GCD design based on the brand new CDNA 3 architecture. The upcoming Instinct MI200 was going to feature 128 compute units per die but that has changed to 110 compute units since last week’s rumor. A total of 220 Compute Units would net 14,080 cores and if we take the exact number and multiply it by 4 (the number of GCDs on Instinct MI300), we end up with 440 Compute Units or an insane 28,160 cores. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ [MakeTech Easier] How_to_Use_Emacs_for_RSS_with_Elfeed⠀⇛ Emacs is a very extensible piece of software. It can be your text editor, your email client and even your USENET reader. With Elfeed, you can also use Emacs as your RSS feed reader. # ⚓ How_to_notify_user_using_wall_command_–_TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛ Wall command is used to send a message to currently logged-in users, and a system administrator mainly uses this command to notify other users about forthcoming maintenance updates. All users will be notified only if the terminal is working, but nowadays you can also get messages on the notification panel irrespective of whether the terminal is running. If you want to send a message to a specific user, then use the “write” command. In this article, you will see multiple ways to notify users using wall command. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Synaptic_Package_Manager_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS –_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ The Synaptic Package Manager is a graphical tool that makes installing, updating, and removing packages easy. It’s perfect for those unfamiliar with command-line options because of its user- friendly interface, and you can begin to learn more in-depth about how packages work and system maintenance. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Synaptic Package Manager on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish for users that wish to use a feature packaged package manager GUI solution compared to Ubuntu’s default GUI package management or the command line terminal. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Vivaldi_Browser_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Vivaldi is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies. It had grown from the downfall of Opera with many disgruntled when it changed from the Presto layout engine to a Chromium-based browser. This platform angered traditional Opera users. Since then, Vivaldi has become one of the most popular alternative Internet Browsers amongst the big three Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Vivaldi promotes itself as a leading browser with faster navigation, clever bookmarking, more intelligent browsing, extensive tab management, and a more visual approach. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Vivaldi Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish using the command line terminal and also the option of Vivaldi stable or Vivaldi snapshot browser versions. # ⚓ Parse_CSV_Files_In_Bash_Scripts_In_Linux_–_OSTechNix⠀⇛ Comma-separated values aka CSV is a semi-structured data that uses comma as the delimiter to separate the words. CSV file formats are very popular among data professionals since they have to deal with a lot of CSV files and process it to create insights. In this article, we will be focusing on how to parse CSV files in Bash shell scripts in Linux. In most parts of this article, I will be using awk and sed tools for csv parsing instead of combining different commands like grep, cut, tr, etc. The awk utility reduces the complexity of piping multiple commands or writing a loop with logic to grab the data. Instead, you can write a one-liner code in awk to do the job. # ⚓ How_To_Setup_UFW_Firewall_on_Debian_11_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to setup UFW Firewall on Debian 11. For those of you who didn’t know, UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall), is the most popular and easy-to-use command-line tool for configuring and managing a firewall on Debian-based distributions. Ufw protects the server by monitoring the incoming and outgoing traffic of the network connections of a server. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by-step installation of the Setup UFW Firewall on a Debian 11 (Bullseye). # ⚓ How_to_handle_ACPI_events_on_Linux⠀⇛ ACPI is the acronym for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface; as a standard, it was first implemented in the year 1996, as a successor to APM (Advanced Power Management). As a main feature, it brought the ability to handle power management at the operating system level, whereas before it was handled in BIOS. Some ACPI events on Linux are, by default, handled via systemd-logind, but more complex configurations can be achieved by installing and running the acpid service. In this article we see how to configure systemd-logind and how to handle more specific ACPI events via the acpid daemon. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ [Boiling Steam] Aperture_Desk_Job:_Valve’s_Back_At_It_– Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Valve hit us with a surprise a few days ago: they announced a new game set in the Portal universe — Aperture Desk Job. Even though it’s a demo designed to showcase the Steam Deck’s controls, desktop users aren’t excluded, and I got the chance to play it once it went live today. Available on Steam for both Windows and Linux. Though the game is set in the Portal universe, you’re not in control of a character who shoots portals. Rather, your job is to test a series of toilets, add water to them, make sure that they flush, then move on to the next one. Sounds boring, right? Well, after you’ve inspected a few, things get a little more interesting. Grady, the Aperture core that is your tutor, adds a turret mode to one of them later on. It will even shoot rockets. This improvised toilet — what Grady calls the “Mark II” — is in the hopes of impressing Cave Johnson, who returns from Portal 2, the CEO of Aperture Science. Grady thinks it will make the both of you rich. # ⚓ Apex_Legends_is_Now_Playable_on_Linux;_Official_EAC_Support [Ed: Might be a plagiarism site]⠀⇛ # ⚓ ‘Inscryption’_Mac_and_Linux_ports_are_being_publicly playtested⠀⇛ As outlined in a Steam blog post, ports for Mac and Linux versions of the game are currently in Beta, with the developers asking for help with playtesting. All owners of Inscryption on Steam can playtest the ports by right-clicking the game in their library, selecting Properties and entering the code “mealwormsigil” in the Betas tab. Players are then asked to report any bugs or issues within the Beta, which can be done in-game by pressing F11 or in the Daniel Mullins Games Discord Server via the Inscryption Mac bugs channel. # ⚓ [Its FOSS] Want_to_Play_Destiny_2_on_Steam_Deck_or_Linux? Bungie_Will_Ban_You_If_You_Try⠀⇛ Linux gamers have been hoping to see Destiny 2 work on Linux using Proton or SteamPlay. This is because BattleEye and other anti-cheat engines announced official support for Proton. Basically, with the resources available with Bungie (especially now under Sony), it should not be a big deal to enable proton support. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Oxygen_Not_Included_got_a_few_improvements recently_to_help_Steam_Deck_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Klei Entertainment did say in their January Roadmap that support for the Steam Deck would come, and some of that work has now be made live. This doesn’t sound like they’re done yet but it all sounds like good work towards it. The update actually landed on the Steam Deck launch day, which I missed as of course that day was ridiculously busy to keep track of everything. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] A_round-up_of_our_Steam_Deck_content_—_the videos_keep_coming⠀⇛ Since news moves fast, here’s a chance for you to grab a breather and get a look at my ongoing Steam Deck content. Here’s what has been shown off so far. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Virgo_Versus_The_Zodiac_gets_an_official Linux_release_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Virgo Versus The Zodiac, what the developer says is an “unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG”, has been released officially for Linux (and macOS). Inspired by the Mario & Luigi RPG series and the Mother RPG series. “The game features traditional turn-based combat with real-time execution of moves: blocking, countering and timing your attacks carefully as well as predicting your foes’ moves is essential to succeed in Virgo’s twisted and unforgiving cosmic quest to bring back the Golden Age, a period of peace, symmetry and balance, or so she thinks.” # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Bomb_Club_Deluxe_is_an_explosive_puzzle game_out_now_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Bomb Club Deluxe from Antoine Latour and Lozange Lab is a fresh and quality puzzle game, all about setting off explosive chain reactions to solve a level. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Free_stealth_game_The_Dark_Mod_v2.10_is_a HUGE_upgrade_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Inspired by the Thief series, The Dark Mod is a brilliant free and open source game and game engine for people to make various levels with. The Dark Mod version 2.10 is out now and it’s BIG. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Fantasy_themed_tactical_card_game_‘Dragon Evo’_enters_Early_Access_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Dragon Evo is a fresh entry into the deck-building tactical card game genre and it’s now available in Early Access, along with Linux support too. Inspired by RPGs with a little sprinkle of RTS with the, it’s actually quite a unique game although it does have some rough edges with it not being complete yet. There’s quite a lot to take in right away too with their health and action system. Card have different attack categories including close combat, ranged, flying or burrowing attacks. Each has a strength and weakness too, so you’re always thinking and planning while playing. It’s a deck- builder, so you get to make up your own pack and you earn more while you play too. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Do_you_like_code?_do_you_like_art?_Do_you_love_KDE?⠀⇛ Most of the design concepts are done, but my C++ QtStyle foomagic is lower than zero 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇;)⦈ so muhhhh heee… do you want to help? Janet extraordinaire yesterday helped a bit and adjusted the old Oxygen painting to do a preliminary implementation of the noise O² needs for its background, but that is only the very beginning of is needed. # ⚓ Say_Hello_to_KDE_Eco_–_Kockatoo_Tube⠀⇛ KDE invites you to get your software project certified with Germany’s top seal of approval for eco-friendly products: the Blauer Engel eco-label. Software may be immaterial, but it determines the energy consumption of hardware, and making software resource efficient is crucial. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is reported to contribute as much C02 to the environment as the aviation industry — and the numbers continue to rise. Sustainability, as reflected in the Blauer Engel criteria for software eco-certification, must be considered holistically: user autonomy and transparency, hallmarks of Free and Open- Source Software, are a part of that. # ⚓ January/February_in_KDE_PIM_—_Decrypted_mind⠀⇛ Since the last summary two month ago we have seen the 21.12.3 patch releases of Kontact, and more than 1200 changes by 35 contributors have been integrated. Around 20 people helped to process nearly 120 merge requests the last 2 months, reviewing and finally merging over 80 of them. Calendaring The new notification- based reminder service can now launch KOrganizer or Kalendar respectively to view or edit the corresponding event. The Notifications with geolocation data attached to your event or task will now open your default mapping application. The reminder service is planned to replace the previous dialog-based one for 22.04. The identity management library has been restructured to reduce the runtime dependencies of the reminder daemon as well as other background services. The public holidays list for several countries has been updated. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME_Files_43_Looks_Amazing_with_GTK4_and_Libadwaita –_A_Deep_Dive⠀⇛ We test-drive the development version of GNOME Files version 43 and give you details about its looks, features and performance. o § Distributions⠀➾ # ⚓ [Make Use Of] Have_a_Taste_of_the_cutefishOS_0.8_beta⠀⇛ From China, comes a new Linux distro, cutefishOS, creating quite a buzz in the Linux community. The Debian 11 Bullseye-based distro is currently still in beta, however. Its desktop environment is quite elegant, yet simple. The 0.8 beta release teases that the final product will be a hit with new Linux users, especially Apple converts, as the GUI is remarkably similar to that of Apple’s Catalina. The stated goal of the cutefishOS developers is “… to provide users with a comfortable interface design, better user experience and a better choice.” # § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ [TechRepublic] Tiny_Core_Linux_is_the_smallest_Linux distribution_on_the_market_with_a_big_heart_| TechRepublic⠀⇛ Tiny Core Linux is as lightweight as a GUI- based Linux distribution can be. Jack Wallen walks you through the installation that makes this operating system unique. One thing that makes Linux special is that there’s a distribution crafted for nearly every conceivable use case. You’ve got Linux for science, games, productivity, edge, cloud, containers, embedded, big data, networking, security … if you can think of a need, Linux can cover it. # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Dell_Latitude_D630_System_Check_and_Tumbleweed Update⠀⇛ Mothballed my D630 when I got this HP EliteBook about a year ago. I intended on keeping the machine updated about every 3 to 6 months but time hasn’t permitted. I located the laptop in a plastic tote with other laptops from yester-year. Plugged in and powered up the machine. Just as it was when I retired it The battery had discharged itself sitting for a year, even though it was off, which I found rather surprising. Not a huge deal but still surprising. The machine took much longer to start up than I remembered taking I realized that this computer still had a “spinning rust” drive in it as it was only in the last few years that I have gone all SSD on my laptops. When the machine booted up, it was just as I had let it. I would call it like a time capsule but that is what my offline backup tool, Back In Time is used for. I clicked around a bit and lamented the ropey open source Nouveau graphics drivers. When the Nvidia Quadro NVS 135M GPU in this was supported, I had a fantastic experience with it. Now, not so much. I still have high hopes for Nouveau, I hope that it can be worked on to the point that I can get non-glitchy performance out of it yet. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ [Ubuntu] Advantech_and_Canonical_Collaborate_on Ubuntu_Pre-Loaded_Embedded_Solutions_for_Edge_Computing Applications_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Advantech, a leading provider of embedded IoT solutions, has collaborated with Canonical in the provision of Ubuntu pre-loaded and certified embedded boards and systems for diverse edge computing applications. By certifying Advantech products, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, guarantees up to 10 years of Linux security and update capabilities for users in the AI robotics, industrial manufacturing, and mission- critical application sectors. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ [Hackaday] Review:_DevTerm_Linux_Handheld_Has_Retro-Future Vibe_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ It’s not every day that an open-source, portable Linux handheld computer gets announced, so I couldn’t resist placing an order for the DevTerm by ClockworkPi back when we first learned about the stylish little terminal, which includes a 1280 x 480 screen (double-wide VGA) and a modular little thermal printer. Of course, the global semiconductor shortage combined with shipping slowdowns led to delays, but things did ultimately come together for the project. I’ve always been a sucker for small-format machines, especially ones that come as a well-designed kit, and that means I can tell you all about what it was like to put it together and turn it on. There’s a lot to look at, so let’s get started. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ [Hackaday] Split_Flap_Display_Tells_Us_The_Word_| Hackaday⠀⇛ LED and LCD displays are a technological marvel. They’ve brought the price of televisions and monitors down to unheard-of levels since the days of CRTs, but this upside arguably comes with an aesthetic cost. When everything is covered in bland computer screens, the world tends to look a lot more monotonous. Not so several decades ago when there were many sharply contrasting ways of displaying information. One example of this different time comes to us by way of this split-flap display that [Erich] has been recreating. # ⚓ [Arduino] This_homemade_table_puts_a_soccer_spin_on air_hockey_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ The classic tabletop game of air hockey has existed in its current form for decades, and while it can be fun initially, the lack of exciting components can make it dull after a while. So, in order to exercise his creative and technical skills, Silas Hansen decided to create his own spin on the game by making an air football table. His project was designed and built from scratch with some very innovative fabrication techniques. The base of the air football table was crafted by laser cutting various pieces of MDF board into the side panels and the second layer of the top. To ensure smoothness, the top layer was cut from a solid panel of acrylic that also had a series of holes for air to pass through. Lastly, the corner supports, mounts, and game pieces were 3D-printed. o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Results_that_surprised_us_in_The_State_of_Enterprise_Open Source_report⠀⇛ We survey a broad panel of IT decision makers about the state of enterprise open source every year. We also have many thousands of conversations with customers, prospects, analysts, and industry peers. So it takes a lot to surprise us. Yet, every year that we run this survey there are usually one or two results that we didn’t really expect. Here are a couple from this year’s The State of Enterprise Open Source 2022 report, for which we surveyed nearly 1,300 IT decision makers at medium to large enterprises worldwide. # ⚓ [Business Wire] Leaders_in_Semiconductors,_Packaging,_IP Suppliers,_Foundries,_and_Cloud_Service_Providers_Join_Forces to_Standardize_Chiplet_Ecosystem⠀⇛ # ⚓ OSI_links_arms_with_the_Open_Infrastructure_Foundation⠀⇛ Here on the blog we’ve been sharing stories of why our sponsors have chosen to support OSI. Today I’m flipping the script to explain why OSI has chosen to become an associate member of one of our own members, the Open Infrastructure (OpenInfra) Foundation. You can read more about their new affiliate members here. # § FSF⠀➾ # § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ [FSF] February_GNU_Spotlight_with_Mike_Gerwitz: Nineteen_new_GNU_releases!⠀⇛ 19 new GNU releases in the last month (as of February 27, 2022): auctex-13.1 autoconf-archive-2022.02.11 binutils- 2.38 ed-1.18 findutils-4.9.0 gdbm-1.23 glibc-2.35 gnunet-0.16.0 guile-3.0.8 guile-sdl-0.6.1 hello-2.12 help2man- 1.49.1 libredwg-0.12.5 nano-6.2 parallel-20220222 poke-2.1 rcs-5.10.1 screen-4.9.0 wget-1.21.3 # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ CXX-Qt_–_Safe_Rust_Bindings_for_Qt_–_KDAB⠀⇛ At KDAB, we have been investigating how to integrate Rust with Qt in a safe and idiomatic way. The solution we are currently working on is called CXX-Qt. It’s available in the GitHub and on crates.io. This blog post discusses the journey of CXX-Qt — where it started, where it can be used right now, and the future direction of the project. If you would like to get started with code examples, visit our Rust book. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ [Tedium] 10_Document_File_Formats_That_Didn’t_Make_It⠀⇛ As you may or may not know about me, I have strong opinions on how word processors and text editors should work. I also have a fascination with failed (or at least, declining) file formats—and having written a couple of these lists, I’ve found them to be deeply enjoyable as well as a great way to highlight forgotten software that people probably haven’t used in a long time. (Some would argue they’re trolling opportunities, to which I plead the fifth.) So perhaps it’s time to combine those two things into a list that highlights some word processors that time forgot, or that most of us moved on from. But I of course need to hedge this slightly, by pointing out that when I decide on what shows up in this list, I work within basic parameters: it tends to be specialized, obfuscated, uncommon, or unloved—in a combination that, together makes it optional for the average person. Let’s dig into some documents that might be hard to open with a standard word processor. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Red_Hat_co-founded_project_Knative accepted_as_CNCF_incubating_project⠀⇛ Red Hat is thrilled to congratulate Knative on its acceptance as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) incubating project. This begins a new chapter in the evolution of a leading containerized serverless platform. As one of the co-founders of the Knative project and creators of its sandbox Functions subproject, Red Hat believes that Knative has a bright future as part of the CNCF. # ⚓ Knative_joins_the_CNCF_as_a serverless_incubation_project_–_IBM Developer⠀⇛ Today, IBM joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and the Knative community in welcoming Knative as the newest incubating project to the umbrella open source organization. This important milestone is crucial for the future of Knative and the CNCF. As mentioned in a previous blog post, by joining the CNCF, the Knative community gains a vibrant open source organization which allows it to grow and gain more users. By accepting Knative as an incubating project, the CNCF gains a project that extends, simplifies, and enhances the Kubernetes platform for serverless and event-driven workloads. This is a win-win combination. # ⚓ The_Linux_Foundation_and_Harvard’s Lab_for_Innovation_Science_Release Census_of_Most_Widely_Used_Open Source_Application_Libraries⠀⇛ # ⚓ [PR Newswire] The_Linux_Foundation and_Harvard’s_Lab_for_Innovation Science_Release_Census_of_Most_Widely Used_Open_Source_Application Libraries⠀⇛ # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ [LWN] Security_updates_for_Wednesday_ [LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Fedora (mingw-expat and seamonkey), openSUSE (mc, mysql-connector-java, nodejs12, and sphinx), Red Hat (kernel and kpatch-patch), SUSE (cyrus-sasl, kernel, nodejs12, and php74), and Ubuntu (glibc). # ⚓ [Bruce Schneier] Vulnerability_in_Stalkerware Apps_–_Schneier_on_Security⠀⇛ TechCrunch is reporting — but not describing in detail — a vulnerability in a series of stalkerware apps that exposes personal information of the victims. The vulnerability isn’t in the apps installed on the victims’ phones, but in the website the stalker goes to view the information the app collects. The article is worth reading, less for the description of the vulnerability and more for the shadowy string of companies behind these stalkerware apps. # ⚓ Google_Releases_Security_Updates_for_Chrome_| CISA⠀⇛ Google has released Chrome version 99.0.4844.51 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Release Note and apply the necessary updates. # ⚓ SC_In_Focus:_Linux_malware,_beyond_crypto- ransomware,_and_stopping_more_attacks_with_high resolution_intelligence_|_SC_Media⠀⇛ As always, we end on a positive note by focusing on some new research that can help defenders. By mapping observed malware in 2021, FortiGuard Labs was able to identify a handful of techniques, that, if blocked, could prevent most attacks. This is crucial information for defenders, as it eases the challenges of dealing with information asymmetry, where attackers have traditionally had the advantage over defenders. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ [Barry Kauler] A_sad_time_for_Europe⠀⇛ We are daily seeing the brutal attack on Ukraine, on TV and the Internet and newspapers — except you won’t be seeing this, or rather you will be seeing a censored version of events, if you live in certain countries that control the media. These events have reminded me of my step-mother’s escape from Hungary, in 1956. She was a young single woman, age 23, and she and her sister had employment working in a clothing manufacturing factory in Budapest. One day she was waiting in a queue to use a public telephone, when suddenly a fight erupted between Hungarian freedom fighters and Russian soldiers. A stray bullet hit my step- mother in the stomach. She was taken to a hospital, and operated on. Russian soldiers came to the hospital, looking for anyone who had been admitted with gunshot wounds. They walked around the wards, and the Doctor told them she had just been operated on for appendicitis — fortunately, the wound was just in that same place. # ⚓ [The Washington Post] Mykhailo_Fedorov,_Ukraine’s_youngest minister,_is_using_Twitter_to_shame_tech_companies_into joining_his_country’s_fight_–_The_Washington_Post⠀⇛ Mykhailo Fedorov, the nation’s youngest cabinet minister, turned a staid government Twitter account into a cannon to shame the world’s biggest tech companies # ⚓ [AccessNow] Digital_rights_in_the_Ukraine-Russia_conflict⠀⇛ The European Union must do everything in its power to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Through an open letter, Access Now has laid out clear actions for working with tech platforms and telecoms operators to uphold connectivity, access to accurate information, data protection, and non- discrimination at the border. “Russia’s war on Ukraine is affecting millions of people, and the European Union has both the power and the responsibility to ensure the internet and all telecommunications are accessible for all. Decisions and interventions must come now,” said Fanny Hidvegi, Europe Policy Director at Access Now. Brett Solomon, Executive Director at Access Now, had a clear message for online platforms operating throughout the war on Ukraine, and in crises, “keep the internet open,” he said on the ABC’s The Drum. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Public_Knowledge_Urges_FCC_To_Preserve_Consumer_Protections for_VoIP_Services_–_Public_Knowledge⠀⇛ Today, Public Knowledge filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling urging the Federal Communications Commission to declare Voice over Internet Protocol as a Title II “common carrier” telecommunications service. Communications Workers of America, Center for Rural Strategies, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, Next Century Cities, The Public Utility Law Project of New York, and The Utility Reform Network joined the filing. Congress created a broad, technology- agnostic definition of a telecommunications service in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 so that consumers using future technologies such as VoIP would still receive the same level of protection and service quality as traditional communications networks. Without this reclassification, consumers risk losing valuable protections including fair pricing, service quality standards, and reliable emergency services. Public Knowledge calls on the agency to act to ensure everyone has access to reliable, quality voice service no matter what technology provides it. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1628 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.02.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_2/3/2022:_Arti_0.1.0_and_LibreSSL_3.5.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:23 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Anonymous_hacks_Russian_website,_Linux_terminal,_and_nearly ignites_gas_control_system [Ed: So-called "Linux terminal"]⠀⇛ In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, decentralized international hacktivist collective Anonymous has hacked into a Russian website and Linux terminal and nearly triggered an explosion in an industrial gas control system. On Saturday (Feb. 26), Anonymous hacked into the Center for the Protection of Monuments website for a second time in two days and uploaded a rogue page featuring the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag and containing a number of defacements, including screenshots of a Linux terminal in Russia and an industrial gas control system in North Ossetia, a republic within Russia. At the time of publication, the altered page was still online, but in the event it is removed, Anonymous has saved an archived version on the Web Archive. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Emacs_Plugins_That_Impressed_Me_–_Invidious⠀⇛ I have been investigating a lot of Emacs plugins recently, and these are a few of the ones that I thought were both fun and interesting–so much so that I have added these to my Doom Emacs config. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ The_10_Best_Instant_Messaging_Apps_for_Linux⠀⇛ It’s essential to stay in touch with family and friends, given the human need for socializing. Instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and many others have changed the very essence of communication, and their ready availability makes them a must-have option. Given the innovations in digital communications, the Linux community is blessed with instant messengers, each winning users across premium and open-source OSes. Here are some of the best instant messaging apps to use on your Linux desktop. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ [DerekSivers] Write_plain_text_files⠀⇛ I write almost everything important in my life: thoughts, plans, notes, diaries, correspondence, code, articles, and entire books. They are my extended memory — my noted self — my organized thoughts. I refer to them often. I search them, update them, and learn from them. I convert them into HTML to make websites, or LaTeX to make books. My written words are my most precious asset. They are also a history of my life. That’s why I only use plain text files. They are the most reliable, flexible, and long-lasting option. Here’s why. # ⚓ [FranziskusKiefer] An_Executable_HPKE_Specification⠀⇛ In this I describe the first executable HPKE specification using hacspec. It is not only an executable specification of HPKE, it is also an annotated version of the RFC that can be read instead of (or in addition to) the RFC. While the TL;DR on HPKE was intended for consumers or potential users of HPKE, this blog post is aimed at implementators that want to implement HPKE or understand it better. It is a showcase for Cryspen’s technology stack. In a follow up blog post we will describe how to connect the hacspec specification to efficient cryptographic primitives and formal proofs. # ⚓ [Teleport] How_To_Use_SSH_ProxyJump_and_SSH_ProxyCommand⠀⇛ OpenSSH ProxyJump and ProxyCommand directives tell the SSH client how to connect to a remote server via an intermediary server — often called a jump host, jump server, or bastion server. # ⚓ How_to_Use_OpenRGB_for_Lighting_Control_on_Linux⠀⇛ RGB lights can bring fresh life to any boring computer setup. At this point, you can get the RGB lighting for almost every component of your PC — fans, keyboards, and mice — you name it. The cherry on top is that most of these component manufacturers ship their own software for controlling their lighting systems. However, things aren’t that simple for Linux users. Unfortunately, most of these programs are usually proprietary. To add insult to injury, these pieces of software aren’t available for Linux. That’s where the open-source RGB control programs come in, OpenRGB in this case. In this guide, we will go over everything about OpenRGB: its features, how to install and use it, and more. Let’s get into it! # ⚓ The_timer_command_in_Linux⠀⇛ Lately, part of the community has been dedicated to creating tools that are an improvement to commands that already exist in Linux. Today, in this post, you will learn about the timer command in Linux. # ⚓ How_to_Install_LibreWolf_Browser_on_Manjaro_21_Linux_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ LibreWolf is a Firefox fork that focuses on privacy and security by eliminating telemetry, which can be invasive to your personal information, along with increased protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install LibreWolf Browser on Manjaro 21 Linux. The tutorial will use the yay AUR helper, ideally most users may be using some wrapper for Pacman, for new users, it is essential to install one to keep your packages up-to-date while you learn Arch/Manjaro. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Ventoy_Bootable_USB_Creator_on_Manjaro_21 Linux_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Ventoy is a free, open-source tool used to write media’s ISO image files directly onto storage media to create bootable USB flash drives. Ventoy provides many benefits, including operating on USB devices with low disk space. It also does not take up much room. Almost anyone can install it quickly, making it popular among users who don’t want their data saved in image files instead of directly onto removable media like SD cards or CF Cards (though there are some limitations). In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Ventoy USB Bootable Image Creator on Manjaro 21 Linux. The tutorial will use the yay AUR helper, ideally most users may be using some wrapper for Pacman, for new users, it is essential to install one to keep your packages up-to-date while you learn Arch/Manjaro. # ⚓ Install_RabbitMQ_on_Ubuntu_22.04/Ubuntu_20.04_– kifarunix.com⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install RabbitMQ on Ubuntu 22.04/Ubuntu 20.04. RabbitMQ is the most widely deployed open source message broker written in the Erlang programming language and is built on the Open Telecom Platform framework for clustering and failover. It implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol (STOMP), MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT), and other protocols. # ⚓ How_to_install_Linux_Apps_on_a_Chromebook_–_Dignited⠀⇛ With Linux installed on your Chromebook, you can take advantage of full desktop Linux applications. Installing Linux apps on Chromebook requires knowledge or at least of the command line. There’s no single Google Play store-like website or app where you simply search and install any Linux App you want. Each vendor chooses whatever Linux distribution they wish to support and publish their apps to the respective repositories. You then use mostly command line tools to install the respective Apps. However, with flatpaks and snaps, you can browse and search Linux Apps in similar ways you do with Android or iOS apps. # ⚓ How_to_Set_up_Linux_on_your_Chromebook⠀⇛ Chromebooks are lightweight fast booting computers with all-day battery life. They have grown popular in the Education sector and even among professionals. I have a $299 Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go which I use as my daily driver. While you can install Apps from the Google Play store and Chrome Webstore on Chromebooks, you can’t install full-desktop Apps unless you enable and install Linux on Chromebooks. To swap my Asus Vivobook laptop for a lightweight Chromebook, I needed to be able to run some full desktop apps on my new Chromebook, specifically a music player, text editor and a photo editor. My traditional desktop apps include GIMP for photo editing, Sublime Text and VLC for offline music playback. These can be installed on Chromebook after you install Linux. # ⚓ What_is_Terraform,_Terraform’s_Lifecycle,_and_Terraform’s Core_Principles?⠀⇛ Terraform is a tool for provisioning infrastructure that uses Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It facilitates the operation of infrastructure, platform, and service by self-regulating and managing them. It also aids in the secure and systematic creation, change, improvement, and versioning of infrastructure. It is the world’s first multi-cloud Infrastructure as Code tool, created in the GO programming language. It’s a declarative, open-source infrastructure. Because the declarative architecture makes use of clear language, there is no need to explain how this automation works at each stage. It’s a modern method that automates the execution of the ultimate result and only requires you to specify what the end result should be rather than listing each step. Terraform is an IaC tool for provisioning infrastructure. Take, for example, a project in which you wish to build infrastructure from scratch for the application that will run on it. # ⚓ How_to_install_MailTrain_App_on_Ubuntu_&_Debian⠀⇛ This time, you will learn how to install MailTrain App on Ubuntu / Debian Mailtrain is a free, self-hosted open-source newsletter and email marketing application. It is developed using Node.JS and it uses MySQL/MariaDB as for Database. Mailtrain provides many features like list management, Template Editor, RSS Campaigns, Custom Fields, Email Automation, High- Level Encryption. If someone is starting and has a long list of subscribers, Mailtrain is a suitable option for anyone who is starting as it also provides a decent web based console for management. # ⚓ How_to_enable_RPM_Fusion_repositories_on_Fedora?⠀⇛ I have used Fedora many times in the last decade, and currently, it is my main distro. Today’s article will not be about my reasons for choosing Fedora as my main OS or about its features, perhaps we will write about it in another article, as we will dedicate it to talking about RPM Fusion repositories and how to install them on Fedora, but hey, what is RPM Fusion? And why do you need to install it on Fedora? o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ ‘Apex_Legends’_Now_WORKS_On_Linux_With_Official_EAC Support⠀⇛ Call it “the Steam Deck effect.” Valve’s console launch is having an immediately awesome impact on the entire Linux gaming ecosystem, and is clearly swaying publishers like EA. For PC gamers eagerly awaiting the arrival of their favorite multiplayer games on Linux — specifically the ones reliant on Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) — today brings incredibly positive news. Respawn’s hero shooter Apex Legends is up and running on Linux. # ⚓ Bungie_say_a_big_fat_no_to_Proton_and_Steam_Deck_for Destiny_2_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Were you hoping to play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck or a Linux desktop using Proton? Well, you’re currently out of luck. Their updated Steam Guide has a newer section just for Steam Deck and it’s not good news. Like a lot of bigger games, they don’t support Linux either natively or at all and right now it appears they don’t have any plans to either. # ⚓ Gamer_Goo_for_Sweaty_Hands:_Does_it_Work?_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Something that I’ve had since childhood is sweaty hands all year-round. Not sure what the cause is, but Gamer Goo is advertised as being able to prevent sweaty hands for a better grip on a controller, allowing a better gameplay session. # ⚓ Bungie_rejects_Steam_Deck’s_Linux,_threatens_to_ban_Destiny 2_players_there_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ When will Bungie let Destiny 2 come to Valve’s Steam Deck handheld gaming PC? It’s looking like the answer is never — because the soon-to-be Sony subsidiary has published an help page that not only says the game’s unsupported, but outright threatens to ban prospective Steam Deck players (via Wario64). o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ This_GNOME_Extension_Puts_Dock_Items_Back_in_the_App Grid_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ GNOME 40 users: do you want to see your favourite apps in the application grid again? Well, you can! There is (naturally) a GNOME extension that puts shortcuts for apps added to the dock back in the app grid, similar to how things were in GNOME 3.38 and earlier. Admittedly if you’re yet to try GNOME 40/ Ubuntu 21.10 you might be wondering what the heck I’m on about, so I’ll explain. In GNOME 40 and above, applications that are “pinned” to the Ubuntu Dock (or added as a favourite in the vanilla Dash, which is what GNOME calls the dock) do not appear in the application grid as well… # ⚓ Year_MMXXI_in_8_minutes⠀⇛ For now, I’ll focus on the usual short summary of my work + personal + open-source discoveries and activities from 2021, without too much emphasis on the deeper chaos going on in that year. o § Distributions⠀➾ # ⚓ Trisquel_10.0_Nabia_arrives_with_Linux_5.4,_says_goodbye_to 32-bit_architecture_and_more⠀⇛ Few days ago the launch of the new version of that of a completely “free” Linux distribution, «Trisquel 10.0 Nabia» which is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS base package and is targeted for use by small businesses, educational institutions, and home users. For those who are unaware of Trisquel, they should know that this distribution has the personal endorsement of Richard Stallman, officially recognized as completely free software by the Free Software Foundation and placed on the foundation’s list of recommended distributions. The distribution is notable for excluding all non- free components from the distribution, such as binary drivers, firmware, and graphics that are distributed under a non-free license or use trademarks. # § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ [Undeadly] OpenSSH_updated_to_8.9⠀⇛ On February 23rd, 2022 OpenSSH was updated to version 8.9. # ⚓ [Undeadly] LibreSSL_3.5.0_development_branch released⠀⇛ There is a lot there which would be best to read in its entirety rather than attempting to summarize here. However, for the sake of emphatic repetition and encouragement from the community at large, this quote seems salient and worth sharing: [...] # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Beta_Test_Leap_with_Pizza,_Friends_–_openSUSE_News⠀⇛ The release manager for openSUSE Leap Luboš Kocman is expected to announce the Beta release phase of Leap 15.4 this week, according to the roadmap. That means the openSUSE Community can download, install and test the release. Leap’s Beta phase has rolling updates until it’s official release, which will then transition the release to a maintenance phase. To celebrate this Beta phase, why not have a Pizza Party and test the openSUSE Leap 15.4 Beta. If there’s no party near you, organize your own; just add it to the wiki page and invite others from your local community to join you in testing openSUSE Leap. Get some pizza delivered to your home or office and bring friends and colleagues together. A new openSUSE user may show up! If you are unsure of how to do it, read this. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ AlmaLinux_8.5_now_includes_a_PowerPC_edition⠀⇛ The AlmaLinux Foundation has announced the availability of a PowerPC version of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux rebuild for machines based on IBM’s POWER architecture. The new edition targets ppc64le – that is, little-endian 64-bit POWER-architecture. POWER and PowerPC processors were originally big-endian, as are IBM’s z Series mainframes, as well as the Motorola 680×0 family that Apple replaced with PowerPC. However, x86 is little-endian, so support for little-endian operation makes it easier to port some x86 software to PowerPC. Along with the project’s original x86-64-only version 8.3, and the Arm Aarch64 edition it later added, the new edition means that AlmaLinux supports three out of the four CPU architectures that Red Hat itself supports. By comparison, its rival Rocky Linux still only supports x86-64 and Aarch64, although the project is working on it. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Easily_Install_Debian_on_Your_Computer⠀⇛ Debian was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock, named as a portmanteau of his name with that of his then-girlfriend, later wife, Deborah. Murdock wanted a Linux distribution that was as open and committed to free software as the GNU project. While leadership has changed since then, Debian is still committed to being “a universal operating system.” Known for its commitment to stability and its support for multiple processor architectures besides Intel, Debian is the basis for other popular Linux distros, especially Ubuntu. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ PineTime_Smartwatch:_An_Affordable_Linux-based Smartwatch⠀⇛ Like the PineTime smartwatch from 2019, Pine64 launched another PineTime in mid-2021 with similar open nature to begin a Linux- based smart wearable. It comes with infiniTime firmware pre-installed, and of course, it is completely customizable in the software department. Moreover, PineTime is undoubtedly a great option with its aggressively low price tag. The company Pine Microsystems, Inc. is actually a US-based PC software and hardware manufacturer. Pine A64 is one of their greatest manufacturers, which is a single- board computer. And this company used the same name to launch their new smartwatch. That is PineTime; I am talking about. And today, I am here to share my experience of using this watch. # ⚓ [JeffGeerling] Top_10_Pi_Projects_for_Raspberry_Pi’s 10th_Birthday⠀⇛ In case you didn’t know, the Raspberry Pi turns 10 today! That’s right—the Raspberry Pi model B (pictured above, front left) was launched on February 29th, 2012. And it sold out immediately. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ [JohnGruber] On_the_Origin_of_the_iPhone⠀⇛ I did get in touch with Fadell after that. But I realized I should have known better even before getting in touch with him. Apple operates in secrecy, but the origin story of the iPhone has been told several times from several sources. A very long story rendered very short: Fadell’s story adds up; Businessweek’s description of the embedded Linux project being led by Fadell does not. (Businessweek’s description of Forstall and Fadell as political rivals definitely adds up, though. The cutthroat internal politics of Apple under Steve Jobs — strong personalities with large egos — amidst tumultuous technical drama (see timeline below) sounds like the makings for a damn good show like Succession.1) # ⚓ [ITWire] Ericsson’s_alleged_bribery_details_leak_on eve_of_Mobile_World_Congres⠀⇛ Internal files from the Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson have been leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, showing details of how the firm allegedly paid bribes to the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq in order to continue selling its services there. # ⚓ Android_13_Rumors:_Release_Date,_Customizable_Colors, Photo_Privacy_and_More_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ A_new_look_for_Android_Central_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ MediaTek_beats_out_Qualcomm_to_become_the_new_Android processor_king_in_the_US_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_LG_Velvet_is_set_to_start_receiving_Android_12 within_the_next_few_weeks_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Newly-discovered_Android_malware_steals_banking_app login_credentials⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_101:_how_to_organize_your_homescreen_–_The Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ MediaTek_now_the_most_popular_chip_for_US_Android phones_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Chrome_Releases:_Stable_Channel_Update_for Desktop⠀⇛ The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 99 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.This will roll out over the coming days/weeks. Chrome 99.0.4844.51 for Windows,Mac and Linux contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 99. # ⚓ François_Marier:_Ways_to_refer_to_locahost_in Chromium⠀⇛ The filter rules preventing websites from portscanning the local machine have recently been tightened in Brave. It turns out there are a surprising number of ways to refer to the local machine in Chromium. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ [Tor] Arti_0.1.0_is_released:_Your_somewhat- stable_API_is_here!⠀⇛ Arti is our ongoing project to create a working embeddable Tor client in Rust. It’s nowhere near ready to replace the main Tor implementation in C, but we believe that it’s the future. Today, we’ve reached our 0.1.0 milestone: this means that we now consider Arti’s high-level APIs to be “mostly stable”, and ready for experimental embedding in other projects. (We don’t promise no API breakage, but we don’t break our high- level APIs without a good reason.) The 1.0.0 milestone, scheduled for September, will represent an even stronger API commitment. # ⚓ [uniToronto] Firefox_(Nightly)_and_the_case_of the_fading_scrollbars_on_Unix⠀⇛ For reasons beyond the scope of this entry, I run a self-compiled Firefox that’s built from the latest Firefox development sources (as of when I build or rebuild it). Recently, I’ve noticed that my scrollbars have been flickering. At first I didn’t clearly see what was going on; later, I realized that the ‘flickering’ was that the scroll bar would disappear after a while if I didn’t move the mouse, then reappear the moment I nudged it even slightly or used the scroll wheel. I find this sort of behavior quite irritating. I don’t like things flickering in and out of visibility any more than I like blinking cursors, because my eye is reflexively distracted by change. It’s slightly more tolerable now that I know what’s actually causing it and it no longer feels random, but I still want it to go away. Today, having identified it, I managed to track down what’s going on. # § FSFE⠀➾ # ⚓ Zoë_Kooyman_ushers_in_new_era_for_FSF_as_new executive_director_–_SD_Times⠀⇛ Foundation (FSF), a nonprofit that exists to promote software freedom, announced that Zoë Kooyman has been appointed as the organization’s new executive director. She will replace John Sullivan, who held the role for the past 12 years. Sullivan will stay with the organization for the next few months in order to ensure a smooth transition. The FSF defines free software as “software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it.” One such example is the GNU operating system, of which the FSF is the steward. Kooyman joined the FSF in 2019 as a program manager, and has been the lead organizer of the FSF’s LibrePlanet event since 2019, including successfully converting the 2020 event online in just five days at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ [MattRickard] Year_2038_Problem⠀⇛ Many programs have already safeguarded against this by storing Unix timestamps in a 64-bit integer (that kicks the problem 292 billion years into the future), but some legacy programs will inevitably fail in unexpected ways. We’ll have a lot more legacy software in 2038 than we did in 2000 (Y2K). # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Two_Sum_Problem_in_Python⠀⇛ The two sum problem is a version of the subset sum problem and is a common programming question. Although there is a popular dynamic programming solution for the subset sum problem, we can construct an O(n) time approach for the two sum problem. The goal is to identify all the pairs of two numbers that add up to a certain “S” in an unsorted array. This article is about a famous coding task frequently asked in Python interviews. # ⚓ Tkinter_OptionMenu⠀⇛ This article provides a guide on how to utilize the Tkinter Scrollbar fully. This tutorial highlights having a useful Tkinter application containing long lists or a widget that is too big to fit in the application window. In addition, we discussed the Scrollbar widget could be used for said applications. # ⚓ Tkinter_Scrollbar⠀⇛ Python has several options for constructing a graphical user interface. Tkinter is the most widely used GUI technique out of all the options. It’s a Python language interface to the Python-provided Tk GUI toolkit. A Scrollbar is a Python Tkinter widget that provides continuous data to be scrolled in a predetermined direction on the screen. The direction can either be horizontal or vertical. Scrollbars are inserted when the content surpasses the screen orientation, allowing the user to travel to unseen material in either a right-to-left or upward-to- downward direction. # ⚓ Tkinter_Set_Window_Size⠀⇛ When creating a GUI with Tkinter, the size of the window is usually determined by the size and location of the components in the window. However, you can regulate the window size by giving it a specific width and height. The geometry() function on the window with the width and height strings supplied as arguments can be used to change the size of the Tkinter window. In this tutorial, we have provided you with guidelines on how to specify a window size for a Tkinter GUI application in Python. # ⚓ [uniToronto] Python’s_os.environ_is surprisingly_liberal_in_some_ways⠀⇛ The way you access and modify Unix environment variables in Python programs is generally through os.environ; Python 3 being Python 3, sometimes you need os.environb. In Unix, what can go in the environment is somewhat fuzzy and while Python has some issues with character encodings, it’s otherwise surprisingly liberal in a number of ways. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Compare_sh_Shell_vs._Bash⠀⇛ Any modern UNIX/Linux operating system comes with the sh and the Bash shells installed by default. While both of them are very similar in nature, one offers more than the other. This guide will dive deep into the differences and similarities between the sh and the Bash shells. # § C++⠀➾ # ⚓ Fabs()_C++⠀⇛ # ⚓ C++_timer_example⠀⇛ # ⚓ C++_std_transform⠀⇛ # ⚓ C++_round_up⠀⇛ # ⚓ C++_Infinity⠀⇛ # ⚓ Error:_Double_Free_or_Corruption⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Print_a_Vector_in_C++⠀⇛ # ⚓ ERROR:_ISO_C++_forbids_comparison_between pointer_and_integer⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_print_an_array_in_C++⠀⇛ # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Switch_statement_in_Java_|_Explained⠀⇛ Switch statement is a decision-driven statement that is used to test a variable/expression against a list of values. These values are referred as cases and the variable will be tested for each case. One switch expression/ statement can have multiple cases therefore switch statement can be used to select a specific code block from multiple choices. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ [JimNielsen] Things_the_CSS_Spec_Folks_Got_Right⠀⇛ I read this article which examines why CSS is the way it is from the perspective of a technical director at the W3C. It’s easy, in hindsight, to critique things CSS got wrong or should’ve prioritized differently. But I want to take a moment to marvel at the things they got right. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ [CounterPunch] How_a_Black_Writer_in_19th-Century_America_Used Humor_to_Combat_White Supremacy⠀⇛ But in the decades after the Civil War, Black writers looking to faithfully depict the horrors of slavery had to contend with readers whose worldviews were colored by racism, as well as an entire swath of the country eager to paper over the past. Charles Chesnutt was one of those writers. Forced to work with skeptical editors and within the confines of popular forms, Chesnutt nonetheless worked to shine a light on the legacy of slavery. o ⚓ [TheNation] Stephen_Crane’s_Lifetime_of_Mystery⠀⇛ Stephen Crane became famous with the publication of The Red Badge of Courage in September 1895, when he was 24 years old; for the rest of his short life, he would—somewhat to his chagrin—be known as “the author of Red Badge.” Less a novel than a dreamlike meditation on practical versus theoretical knowledge, it argues for the former with a command, and a disillusion, belying the fact of its author’s birth six years after the end of the war it depicts. As such, it points to a fundamental ambiguity in Crane’s writing and career, in which reports on experience preceded experience itself, prompting the writer’s ardent efforts to live up to his own authority. His life repeated the path of his protagonist. His dreams became real, then became nightmares. o ⚓ [VideoCardz] [Crackers]_now_demand_NVIDIA_should_make_their drivers_open_source_or_they_leak_more_data⠀⇛ Following (now) multiple reports of the ransom cyber attack on NVIDIA servers, the [cracking] group LAPSUS$ now demands NVIDIA should release their drivers for Windows, MacOS and Linux as open source. Should NVIDIA fail to meet this demand, the group threatens to release chipset files, graphics, and silicon information for existing and upcoming GPUs. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ [Talospace] Intel_Gets_Worse,_But_POWER11_Might_Get Better⠀⇛ I don’t know who that is, or what internal events at IBM they’re privy to, so it should be taken with a grain of salt. (If they read this blog, feel free to follow up in the comments or with me in E-mail.) Still, it makes more sense than IBM suddenly slamming the door on OpenPOWER after the tremendous goodwill built up with POWER8 and especially POWER9. It does also suggest, however, that the situation with Power10 is more or less baked in. The roadmap for POWER9, currently the OpenPOWER architecture with the widest install base, basically blew up and the long-promised POWER9 AIO “Axon” or “Axone” never arrived. I’m predicting that Power10 will have a smaller install base than POWER9 because it’s still IBM-exclusive, no other vendors so far have announced machines, and Raptor (the only “low-end” vendor of OpenPOWER workstations) has said they won’t ship a Power10 system with blobs. If there wasn’t enough money on the table to release Axon for IBM’s biggest OpenPOWER ecosystem, there won’t be for a newly- freed “Power10+.” # ⚓ New_Part_Day:_Smallest_ARM_MCU_Uproots_Competition,_Needs Research_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ We’ve been contacted by [Cedric], telling us about the smallest MCU he’s ever seen – Huada HC32L110. For those of us into miniature products, this Cortex-M0+ package packs a punch (PDF datasheet), with low-power, high capabilities and rich peripherals packed into an 1.6mm x 1.4mm piece of solderable silicon. This is matchstick head scale computing, with way more power than we previously could access at such a scale, waiting to be wrangled. Compared to an ATTiny20 also available in WLCSP package, this is a notable increase in specs, with a way more powerful CPU, 16 times as much RAM and 8-16 times the flash! Not to mention that it’s $1 a piece in QTY1, which is about what an ATTiny20 goes for. Being a 0.35mm pitch 16-pin BGA, your typical board house might not be quite happy with you, but once you get a board fabbed and delivered from a fab worth their salt, a bit of stenciling and reflow will get you to a devboard in no time. # ⚓ Desoldering_Without_Hot_Air:_Piece_Of_Wire_Edition_| Hackaday⠀⇛ Quite a few hackers nowadays share their tips and tricks on Twitter – it’s easy to do so, and provided either an existing audience or a bit of effort to get one, you’ll get at least a few notifications telling you that people appreciated what you had to share. Today, we’re covering two desoldering hacks highlighted there that will be useful some day, exactly when you need them. Both of them use a piece of wire and, in a way, extend the reach of your soldering iron’s tip. Copper wire would work better because of superior thermal conductivity, but other types of solid core wire will work in a pinch. First hack is brought to us by [Erin Rose] – desoldering a microUSB socket. You need to heat up the entire shield and the pins at the same time, which the wire acts as a thermal gateway for. As long as there are melted solder bridges from sections of the wire to all the copper-to-part connection points, it should be easy to pump enough heat into the solder joints for all of them to eventually melt and give in at once. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ [LeightonBroadcasting] Mom_Pays_Son_$1800_to_Stay_Off Social_Media⠀⇛ “Sivert’s sisters are five, six, and seven years older than he is, and so we watched how social media at a young age affected them. We tried to limit their social media as teenagers with varying degrees of success. One daughter, in particular, (social media)became something that was really affecting her mood, her self-esteem, and she was really struggling with it in a noticeable way. We ended up taking her phone away, which she didn’t love. But after about three weeks we started to see an incredibly noticeable change in her behavior.” o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ [ProPublica] Is_TurboTax_Free?_What_About_Easy?_Not for_This_Freelancer.⠀⇛ If you watch TV, you’ve likely been inundated with ads about tax prep services that promise to meet your every need or let you file for free. It’s the time of year when people open search engines and ask: “Is TurboTax free?” # ⚓ [Techdirt] Education_Spyware_Purveyor_Uses_Lawsuit_As Excuse_To_Sling_Subpoena_At_One_Of_Its_Most_Vocal Critics⠀⇛ Remote test-taking spyware company Proctorio has spent months turning itself into an internet villain. It all started when student and security researcher Erik Johnson decided to take a look at the inner workings of Proctorio’s spyware, noting that it tracked everything from eye movement to mouse movement (with plenty in between) in apparent hopes of keeping students from cheating. # ⚓ [KrebsOnSecurity] Conti_Ransomware_Group_Diaries, Part_I:_Evasion [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti, an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. The chat logs offer a fascinating glimpse into the challenges of running a sprawling criminal enterprise with more than 100 salaried employees. The records also provide insight into how Conti has dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ The_modern_packager’s_security_nightmare_– OSnews⠀⇛ This post explains the issue packagers run into very well – and it sure does look like these newer platforms are not very good citizens. I know this isn’t related, but this gives me the same feelings and reservations as Flatpak, Snap, and similar tools. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ [PatrickBreyer] Breyer_appeals_court ruling_on_secretive_EU_AI_„video_lie detector“_research⠀⇛ With an appeal filed on Friday, Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer is challenging a 2021 court decision on secretive EU-funded development of an AI- driven „video lie detector“ and risk classification to be used on travellers to Europe („iBorderCtrl“). The European Court ruled on 15 December 2021 that the public can partially access the project documentation where it generally discusses the reliability, ethics and legality of such technology. However the Court considered that commercial interests rule out public access to information on the specific iBorderCtrl technology, including its legality, its reliability (false positives), the risk of discrimination and mitigation measures. Following Breyer’s appeal the European Court of Justice will revisit the first instance decision. # ⚓ [BroadbandBreakfast] American_Library Association_Concerned_With_Burdensome Infrastructure_Bill_Reporting Requirements⠀⇛ The ALA is concerned that it will be forced to breach privacy policy if it is required to report the effectiveness of money coming from the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act. Because of this fear, the ALA has requested that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ensure their reporting requirements don’t call for things like specific searches citizens may have used while on a federal computer funded by the IIJA, as that act would be unconstitutional. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ [TruthOut] Our_Fight_for_Disability_Justice_Must_Also Confront_War_and_Militarism⠀⇛ # ⚓ [ProjectCensored] Examining_the_Russian_Invasion_of_Ukraine with_Harvey_Wasserman_and_Peter_Kuznick_–_The_Project Censored_Show⠀⇛ Notes: Harvey Wasserman has been a clean-energy and anti-nuclear activist for decades. His recent article on the nuclear hazards in Ukraine, Chernobyl 2.0, was published at The Progressive. Peter Kuznick is Professor of History at American University in Washington DC, and also directs the Nuclear Studies Program at that institution. He and Oliver Stone wrote The Untold History of the United States. # ⚓ [TheNation] The_Coming_Republican_Civil_War_Over_Russia⠀⇛ The prospect of war raises the stakes and heightens the intensity of political disagreement. But the outbreak of war often has the reverse effect, with pressures for national unity narrowing the spectrum of debate. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, arguments within the Republican Party were particularly intense, leading analysts like Amber Phillips of The Washington Post to write about “a huge split among Republicans on how to characterize what’s happening.” # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_War_Will_Continue_Until_We_Stop It⠀⇛ The invasion ended in February, and soon after, I visited what had been a gleaming city. Light still glinted off towering office buildings, six lane highways still sped international traffic in and out. Public parks offered shade and modern art and manicured gardens where older women walked with children and bought ice cream and pastries from roadside carts. # ⚓ [TheNation] Afghan_Refugees_in_Ukraine_Are_Reliving_a Nightmare⠀⇛ As Masouma Tajik walked the narrow, medieval streets of Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday, she was struck by the similarities to what she saw in Afghan cities before their fall to the Taliban. “There is an eerie silence I remember that had taken over Kabul in the night before August 15,” she said, referring to the day the Taliban seized the Afghan capital. # ⚓ [ProjectCensored] House_Democrat_Invests_in_Pharmaceutical Companies_and_Defense_Contractors_Despite_Being_Key_Decision- Maker_on_Congressional_Committee_–_Validated_Independent News⠀⇛ Of course, Yarmuth’s stock purchases create obvious conflicts of interest. As Budget Committee Chair, he oversees a group which, according to Sludge’s DavidMoore, “writes the annual concurrent budget resolution that declares appropriate budget levels for categories of the government including national defense.” Additionally, Rep. Yarmuth’s investments in BMS came at a time when the Build Back Better Act, which included attempts to reform drug pricing, faced great opposition from many House Democrats. BMS, which is a prime manufacturer of common Medicare treatments that cost Medicare and patients billions of dollars each year, also belongs to two trade associations, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Each has lobbied against measures involving drug price negotiation, meaning Rep. Yarmuth has invested in companies which benefit from legislation he has a hand in passing. # ⚓ [TheNation] Memory_Wars_in_Russia_and_Ukraine⠀⇛ The day before Russia launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine was a national holiday dedicated to Defenders of the Fatherland. Mobile Internet traffic swelled with reposted patriotic memes and videos. One viral TikTok reel opens with a photo of Vladimir Putin flanked by a pair of nuclear submarines and proclaims: “Russians will always return to take back what is theirs.” # ⚓ [TheNation] Post-Truth_World?⠀⇛ # ⚓ [TheNation] We_Must_End_the_War_on_Ukraine—and_Put_an_End to_Perpetual_Wars⠀⇛ Commentators argue that Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has overturned the postwar world order. But the reality is perhaps more dangerous than that. # ⚓ [TruthOut] Ukrainian_Activist_Condemns_Russia’s_Violence and_Ukraine’s_Ban_on_Men_Fleeing⠀⇛ # ⚓ [MintPressNews] Plan_Puma:_When_Argentina_Ran_Military Drills_at_the_Behest_of_the_US_to_Invade_Venezuela⠀⇛ BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s Defense Minister Jorge Tayana and his Venezuelan counterpart, Minister of People’s Power for Defense Vladimir Padrino López, have agreed to cooperate in pursuing their investigation of Puma, a series of military exercises conducted in Argentina in 2019 with the aim of invading Venezuela and overthrowing the government. The military drills – which were overseen by Argentina’s former rapid deployment force army commander and current head of the army, General Juan Martín Paleo – were undertaken between April and July 2019, during the presidency of Mauricio Macri. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Some_Economic_Consequences_of_the_War_in Ukraine⠀⇛ Economic Consequences for Russia The immediate effect on the Russian economy in the initial days was a sharp fall in its stock and financial asset markets. Investors began cashing out and running for the sidelines to wait out subsequent developments.  But not too much should be made of that.  Financial asset price deflation is just paper value and doesn’t impact the Russian consumer or its general economy all that much. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Nikita_Khrushchev_and_Vlad_the_Invader: Perils_and_Defeats_of_Overreach⠀⇛ Almost 60 years ago, another autocrat, Nikita Khrushchev, installed medium-range missiles in Cuba; his risk-taking led to a disgraceful ouster from power.  Vladimir Putin has taken on a huge risk in Ukraine that will render him a global pariah.  But he has accumulated the powers of a Czar as opposed to a Communist Commissar, and there is no Politburo as a possible center for creating opposition to his leadership.  Moreover, Putin has surrounded himself with former KGB colleagues at the key positions of Defense Minister, Intelligence Chief, and Security Advisor.  Russia’s influential oligarchs will feel the pain of Western sanctions against Russia, but they are no more likely to challenge Putin than Germany’s business class would challenge Adolf Hitler. Putin’s pathological and paranoid speech on the eve of the invasion was Hitlerian, reminiscent of Nazi justifications for using force in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Soviet Union.  The delusional references to Ukraine’s “aggressive Russophobia and neo-Naziism,” the “kidnapping [of] Russian citizens,” and the “genocide perpetrated against 14 million people” testify to the madness of Putin’s methods.  Once upon a time, it could be argued that the ill-fated decisions of Presidents Clinton and Bush to enlarge the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were responsible for some of Putin’s not unreasonable demands, but today’s exercise in regime change indicates that it was the fear of a Western-style democracy on his sensitive western border that was uppermost.  Putin has enormous personal power, unlike his immediate predecessors, with no one, no institution, to restrain him. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Why_Progressive_Lawmakers_in_the_US_Must Call_for_the_Impeachment_of_Joe_Biden⠀⇛ On February 11th, US President Joe Biden announced that the United States will steal seven billion dollars of Afghanistan’s currently frozen assets. This act of theft guarantees the collapse of Afghanistan’s central bank, and an increase in instability and the starvation of perhaps the most stricken people on earth. Over the past twenty years, the death toll from the US war in Afghanistan may well be in the low millions. Rather than pay reparations to the victims of the US occupation, the US is sadistically punishing the victims through deliberate economic warfare. One hardly needs to be a legal expert to know that impunity for these acts is not allowed under US or international law. Biden’s action is both inhumane and lawless. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Everyone_Loses_in_the_Conflict_Over Ukraine⠀⇛ Putin’s first argument is, Washington invented the model of aggressive, illegal invasions, and destruction of distant countries that never threatened U.S. security. Millions have died, been injured, and sickened in defenseless countries attacked by U.S. armed forces. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney killed over a million innocent Iraqis and devastated the country in so many ways that scholars called it a “sociocide.” Putin’s second argument is that Russia is being threatened on its sensitive western border, which had been invaded twice by Germany and caused the loss of 50 million Russian lives. Soon after the Soviet Union collapsed, the West’s military alliance against Russia began moving east. Under Bill Clinton, NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) signed up Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic in 1999 leading to major arms sales by the U.S. giant munitions corporations. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Ukraine:_Don’t_Look_to_Politicians_for Peace⠀⇛ Every international conflict tests that conviction: Will THIS be the one war that makes me reconsider and conclude “hey, THIS war, unlike any other I’ve witnessed, is unavoidable, necessary, and just?” The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not that war. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Respond_to_Putin’s_Invasion_of_Ukraine_With Diplomacy_Not_War⠀⇛ Our first concern must be for civilians across the country, now facing violence and displacement. And our first call must be for an immediate ceasefire, a pull-back of Russian troops from Ukraine, and international support for the humanitarian challenges already underway in the region. As for resolving the conflict, that requires understanding its causes — which has everything to do with when we start the clock. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Beyond_the_Clash_of_Empires:_a_World_of Living_Places⠀⇛ A large and powerful nation attacks a small and weaker nation. Fiery explosions light up the night. Their thunder roars across the landscape while armored columns roll over the border. Shock and awe. Kyiv 2022. Bagdad 2003. It all looks much the same. Empires press against each other. People are caught in the middle. In Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, to name a few of the recent battlegrounds. Roadkill in the imperial struggle for power. Leave aside the justifications and charges each side will throw against one another. The problem is as old as civilization itself. The problem is empire. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Time_for_the_US_to_Take_the_Lead_for_Peace in_Ukraine⠀⇛ As a bloody and dangerous war is raging in Ukraine between the armies of Russia and Ukraine, the latter backed by arms being supplied by the US and its NATO allies, instead of masses of protesters converging on Washington to demand that the US end the conflict in Ukraine by announcing that it would never again permit the expansion of NATO membership to Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova or any other former Warsaw Pact country or former Soviet state of the former Soviet Union, the only demonstration in the nation’s capital is truckers protesting Covid vaccine and mask mandates . For decades since the Korean War (the last time the US sought Security Council approval before going to war), the US has been committing the illegal war crime of attacking another country that does not present any imminent threat of attack to it as required under the UN Charter, yet not since the Biden administration took office, and only rarely under prior Democratic presidential administrations from Carter through Obama, has a US peace movement risen up to seriously protest US militarism. # ⚓ [TruthOut] Noam_Chomsky:_US_Military_Escalation_Against Russia_Would_Have_No_Victors⠀⇛ # ⚓ [TruthOut] UN_Diplomats_Walk_Out_as_Russian_Foreign Minister_Addresses_Human_Rights_Council⠀⇛ # ⚓ [DemocracyNow] Journalist_Andrew_Cockburn_&_Historian Timothy_Snyder_on_Ukraine,_Russia,_NATO_Expansion_& Sanctions⠀⇛ As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, veteran journalist Andrew Cockburn and Yale historian Timothy Snyder discuss the history of the region and what role NATO’s expansion played in the current crisis. Cockburn says the United States and its allies broke promises made in the 1990s not to expand the military alliance into Eastern Europe, setting the stage for an eventual confrontation. “What Putin has done is absolutely disgraceful, but it’s kind of easy to understand. There has been sustained efforts to push NATO forward,” he says. But Snyder says the focus on NATO ignores the agency of leaders in Ukraine and elsewhere who have the right to seek their own arrangements. “It’s very important to remember that the world isn’t just about Washington and Moscow. It’s also about other sovereign states and other peoples who can express their desires and have their own foreign policies,” says Snyder. # ⚓ [DemocracyNow] Ukrainian_Pacifist_in_Kyiv:_Reckless Militarization_Led_to_This_War._All_Sides_Must_Recommit_to Peace⠀⇛ Russia has escalated attacks against Ukraine, launching a missile strike hitting a government building and shelling civilian areas in Kharkiv, reportedly targeting civilians with cluster and thermobaric bombs, and killing more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers at a military base in Okhtyrka. Meanwhile, the U.S. rejected Ukrainian President Zelensky’s demand for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying it could lead to a war between the U.S. and Russia. This comes as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators failed to reach an agreement on Monday and the European Union approved Ukraine’s emergency application to be a candidate to join the union. We go to Kyiv to speak with Yurii Sheliazhenko, executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, who says “support of Ukraine in the West is mainly military support” and reports that his country “focuses on warfare and almost ignores nonviolent resistance to war.” He also discusses Zelensky’s response to the crisis, the European Union’s approval of Ukraine’s emergency application, and whether he plans to leave the war- torn city of Kyiv soon. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Barrett_Brown_on_Fascist_Billionaires, Private_Intelligence_Firms,_and_the_Bankrupt_Corporate Press⠀⇛ # ⚓ [CommonDreams] ‘Undisguised_Terror’:_Ukrainian_President Condemns_Russian_Missile_Attack⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday accused Russia of engaging in “frank, undisguised terror” after a missile struck the main square of Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least seven people, injuring dozens, and damaging an administrative building. “They are using terror trying to break us,” Zelenskyy said in an address to the European Parliament on day six of Russia’s deadly assault on Ukraine. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Russia_Warns_Kyiv_Residents_to_Leave_Homes Ahead_of_Bombing_Blitz⠀⇛ This is a developing news story… Check back for possible updates… The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday warned Kyiv residents to leave their homes immediately as Russia’s forces advanced on the Ukrainian capital and announced plans to bomb targets in the city. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] UN_Diplomats_Walk_Out_as_Russia’s_Lavrov Addresses_Human_Rights_Council⠀⇛ To protest Moscow’s war on Ukraine, roughly 100 diplomats from countries around the globe walked out of a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday. Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Yevheniia Filipenko, led the walkout, which left a mostly empty conference hall to hear Lavrov’s pre- recorded video message during the council’s meeting on disarmament. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] As_Ukraine’s_Humanitarian_Crisis_Spirals, Groups_Plead_for_Billions_in_Aid⠀⇛ As Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Tuesday, the United Nations refugee agency and other humanitarian groups called for funding from across the globe to help aid millions of displaced and suffering Ukrainians amid warnings that the situation in the country and across Eastern Europe is “deteriorating rapidly.” “We already see long-term disruptions in regular water and electricity supplies. People calling our hotline in Ukraine are desperately in need of food and shelter.” # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_Cold_Open:_Ukraine_and_the Conscience_of_the_Left⠀⇛ Saturday Night Live responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by devoting its “cold open,” which typically involves a comedy routine based on current events, to a solemn performance by a New- York based Ukrainian chorus. It was a moving moment. It’s impossible not to be moved by Ukraine’s suffering, and was glad to see their courage being honored. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_We_Need_a_Massive_Push_for_Peace in_Ukraine—Now⠀⇛ “When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers,” an old African proverb teaches. Sadly, we now witness its truth in the horrors visited upon Ukraine by Russia’s invasion. The elephants—Russia and the U.S. with its NATO allies—fought over Ukraine, and now Ukrainians are paying a horrible price. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Russia_Holds_Drills_With_Nuclear_Submarines Amid_Attack_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ Russia further elevated concerns about global catastrophe on Tuesday as its “nuclear submarines sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers roamed snow forests” in Siberia just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and put his nation’s nuclear forces on “special alert.” “Drills with nuclear weapons are never acceptable and are particularly dangerous in tense times.” # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Prioritize_Peace_and_Humanitarian_Aid_for Ukraine_Over_Weapons,_Say_US_Experts⠀⇛ While unequivocally condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war on Ukraine, some U.S. experts on Tuesday made the case for prioritizing diplomacy and humanitarian assistance over military aid to end the violence, help suffering Ukrainians, and promote long-term peace. “Rather than build up weaponry in Europe, could the United States initiate negotiations about shared security, disarmament, and a military stand-down?” # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_There’s_No_Justification_for Russia’s_Aggression,_But_US_Double_Standards_on_Illegal_War Are_Hard_to_Stomach⠀⇛ Though U.S. and NATO policy in recent years has contributed to the current tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, responsibility rests unequivocally with the Kremlin. It is an illegal war of aggression which has quite deservedly resulted in worldwide condemnation. # ⚓ [EestiRahvusringhääling] Estonia_starts_mapping_out potential_bomb_shelters⠀⇛ While the military and officials confirm that Estonia is currently not under direct military threat, resources such as the Be Prepared! (“Ole valmis!”) app created by the Women’s Voluntary Defense Organization (Naiskodukaitse) are helping residents prepare for emergencies. This app notes that the best place to shelter from an airstrike, for example, is in a basement. # ⚓ [VOANews] Satellite_Photos_Show_Another_Failed_Iran_Space Launch⠀⇛ Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days, even as Tehran faces last-minute negotiations with world powers to save its tattered nuclear deal in Vienna. Satellite images from Maxar Technologies seen by The Associated Press show scorch marks at a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province on Sunday. A rocket stand on the pad appears scorched and damaged, with vehicles surrounding it. An object, possibly part of the gantry, sits near it. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Rich_Nations_Driving_Biodiversity_Loss Called_to_Invest_Billions_in_Developing_World⠀⇛ Less than two weeks before a major meeting in Geneva, top environmental groups on Tuesday argued that the wealthy nations most responsible for the global biodiversity crisis should pour billions more dollars per year into addressing the destruction of nature in developing countries. “To move towards a nature-positive economy, we need to spend more directly on biodiversity conservation and end pressure on nature from harmful financial flows and subsidies.” # ⚓ [TheNation] Climate_Looms_Large_Over_Biden’s_First_State_of the_Union._Will_the_Coverage_Say_So?⠀⇛ This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is CCNow’s deputy director. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Ukraine_Climate_Strikers_Call_for_Day_of Action_to_Demand_‘End_of_This_War’⠀⇛ The Ukrainian arm of the climate movement Fridays for Future on Tuesday called for global demonstrations to demand an end to Russia’s military assault. “We ask all of our brothers and sisters from Fridays For Future to go on the streets, to demand this war to end, to fight for peace in our name,” the group said in a Twitter thread. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_One_Pension_Fund’s_Magical_Beliefs About_the_Fossil_Fuel_Industry⠀⇛ On February 9, 2022, The California State Teachers’ Retirement Systems (CalSTRS) convened a symposium about sustainability and investments, with speakers from CalSTRS, other financial experts, and several groups favoring divestment. This symposium came about from a request last year by State Superintendent of Public Education Tony Thurman requesting the CalSTRS Board place on the agenda a vote about fossil fuel divestment. At the symposium, the public had a chance to learn about how CalSTRS thinks their engagement with fossil fuel companies can lead to positive impacts for the climate. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ [Vice] [Cryptocurrency]_Exchanges_Refuse_to_Freeze All_Russian_Accounts⠀⇛ Faced with a request by Ukrainian leadership to freeze the accounts of all people in Russia and Belarus, major [cryptocurrency] exchanges are steadfastly refusing, saying the tactic would unfairly harm civilians and “fly in the face” of the [cryptocurrency] community’s libertarian ideology. In a tweet, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov publicly asked the world’s major [cryptocurrency] exchanges over the weekend to freeze all accounts of the Russian people, as well as the people of Belarus, a Putin ally, rather than only those entities who have been legally sanctioned, thereby placing additional domestic pressure on Russia to end its war on Ukraine. # ⚓ [HollywoodReporter] Web3_Creator_Company_DNABlock Raises_$7M_in_Second_Seed_Funding_Round⠀⇛ The funding round comes after DNABlock raised $1.2 million in September for its 3D avatar technology, called “Replikant,” that allows creators to design and mint NFTs of realistic avatars. As part of the latest funding round, Scott Broock, formerly a VR executive at YouTube and the evp of digital strategy at the NBCUniversal-owned animation studio Illumination (Despicable Me, Sing) has joined DNABlock as a chief strategy officer. DNABlock will also launch a creator studio in LA for talent in the NFT space. # ⚓ [JakartaDaily] Cryptocurrency,_NFT,_and_Power Consumption⠀⇛ Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are responsible for the carbon footprint associated with the consumption of millions of dollars worth of goods and services. Some artists believe that they can easily fix the issue, while others don’t. NFTs are digital tokens that can be used to create anything digital — art, GIFs, videos, or even a screenshot of Jack Dorsey’s, Twitter former CEO, first tweet. But, NFTs can also generate greenhouse gas emissions and consume a large amount of power. # ⚓ [IEEE] Ethereum_Plans_to_Cut_Its_Absurd_Energy Consumption_by_99_Percent⠀⇛ The resultant energy demand has created a backlash from environmentalists. Utilities and communities, meanwhile, see financial risk and opportunity costs if they cater to cryptocurrency miners that gobble up cheap electricity while creating few jobs. Serving miners may require utilities to make equipment upgrades, which could become superfluous if cryptocurrency prices crash and mining operations shut down. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ [CommonDreams] ‘Major_Step_Forward’:_AIG_to_Stop_Insuring Coal,_Tar_Sands,_and_Arctic_Drilling⠀⇛ Climate justice advocates celebrated Tuesday in response to insurance giant AIG’s announcement that it will no longer invest in or provide insurance coverage for any new Arctic drilling activities nor will it finance or underwrite the construction of any new coal-fired power plants, thermal coal mines, or tar sands projects, effective immediately. “AIG’s new commitments to reduce underwriting for coal, tar sands oil, and Arctic oil and gas are a major step forward for people and the planet.” # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_The_Hidden_Link_Between_Corporate Greed_and_Inflation⠀⇛ # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Congressional_Hearing_Highlights_Need_for IMF_Policy_Change_to_Support_an_Equitable_Global_Recovery⠀⇛ IMF Surcharges: Procyclical, Illogical, Unjust One of the central topics of discussion was the IMF’s policy of imposing punitive and opaque surcharges, onerous fees that the Fund adds to the loan payments of countries with high levels of IMF debt. In recent years, the procyclical and regressive nature of these surcharges has gained increased attention, with civil society, development experts, and human rights advocates increasingly calling for their elimination. This growing demand for a reconsideration of IMF surcharge policy continued at the HFSC hearing. # ⚓ [TheNation] Exclusive:_Rashida_Tlaib_Wants_Biden_to_Finish Building_Back_Better⠀⇛ In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden will touch on the issues of the moment as he discusses Ukraine, inflation, and the nomination of the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. But Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who will deliver the Working Families Party response to Biden’s Tuesday address, does not want the president to lose sight of the Build Back Better agenda that he outlined in 2021 as a framework for rebuilding the American middle class. That, she says, must be renewed in 2022. # ⚓ [Site36] New_authority_against_money_laundering:_EU Commission_and_Europol_want_to_expand_financial investigations⠀⇛ In the summer, the Commission presented a four-step legislative package against money laundering and terrorist financing. This includes the establishment of a new authority and the introduction of a bank account register. The proposals are currently being discussed by the Council, slowly now the consultation of the Parliament is starting. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ [CounterPunch] Building_Back_Unions_With_Executive_Power⠀⇛ # ⚓ [ProjectCensored] Conservative_Lawmakers_in_Several_States Push_Sweeping_Bans_on_Critical_Race_Theory_in_Classrooms_– Validated_Independent_News⠀⇛ Some laws are ridiculously broad, making it impossible for teachers to develop a well-rounded curriculum. For instance, in Tennessee, lawmakers enacted a ban forbidding any classroom material which demonstrates “division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people.” Penalties for recorded slip-ups may include fines against individual educators or revocation of their teaching licenses. Schools may even face losing state funds or their school district’s accreditation. # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Opinion_|_The_GOP_Has_Become_the_Party_of Poverty,_Disease,_and_Death⠀⇛ Senator Marco Rubio says he won’t attend the State of the Union address because it requires a Covid test and he’s too busy to swab his nose. Rubio’s bizarre behavior is right in line with the GOP’s embrace of poverty, disease, and death. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] What_Can_Biden_Say_About_the_Economic_State of_the_Union?⠀⇛ # ⚓ [CommonDreams] Ahead_of_SOTU,_Democrats_Say_‘Not_Too_Late’ to_Pass_Biden’s_Domestic_Agenda⠀⇛ Ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address Tuesday night, Democratic leaders of various House caucuses called for urgent legislative action to advance Biden’s domestic agenda, which has stalled in large part due to the obstructionism of corporate-funded lawmakers in both major parties. “Real economic challenges remain for families. Congress must act quickly to address these challenges.” # ⚓ [CommonDreams] ‘Shameful’:_Manchin_Votes_With_Senate_GOP_to Filibuster_Abortion_Rights_Bill⠀⇛ Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday joined Senate Republicans in blocking legislation that would codify abortion rights into federal law, a vote that came as the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court prepared to rule on a case that could strike a fatal blow to Roe v. Wade. “Millions of Americans are on the cusp of losing the right to determine their own lives, health, and futures.” # ⚓ [TruthOut] Marjorie_Taylor_Greene_Tries_to_Justify_Presence at_White_Nationalist_Conference⠀⇛ # ⚓ [TruthOut] Regardless_of_What_Biden_Says,_the_Real_State_of the_Union_Is_Perilous⠀⇛ # ⚓ [TruthOut] With_Help_From_Manchin,_Republicans_Filibuster Abortion_Rights_Bill_in_Senate⠀⇛ # ⚓ [TruthOut] House_Takes_Step_Toward_Banning_Stock_Trading for_Members_of_Congress⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Shadowproof] Amid_Nuclear_Crisis,_US_Officials_Reluctant To_Pursue_Ceasefire_In_Russia-Ukraine_War⠀⇛ This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a monthly subscriber to help us continue our independent journalism.The world is in a nuclear crisis, and instead of strongly supporting ceasefire talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Western countries are pouring gasoline on the fire. On February 24, delegations from Ukraine and Russia met on the Ukraine-Belarus border near the Pripyat river. It was the first round of negotiations since Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. No breakthrough occurred during the meeting, which lasted nearly five hours. Yet the two delegations agreed to meet again on March 2 near the border between Poland and Belarus. According to Al Jazeera English, Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, said there were “certain points on which common positions could be foreseen.” Ukraine’s delegation was not as optimistic. “The talks were taking place against the backdrop of bombing and shelling of our territory, our cities. Synchronizing of the shelling with the negotiating process was obvious. I believe Russia is trying to put pressure [on Ukraine] with this simple method,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared in his evening address on February 28. Prior to the talks, French President Emmanuel Macron was urged by Ukraine to speak to Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Guardian reported that he asked “Putin to ensure that for the duration of the negotiations all strikes and attacks on civilians and their homes would be halted, civilian infrastructure would be preserved, and all main roads—particularly the road south out of Kiev—would remain safe to use.” Putin reportedly agreed.Videos of Russia attacking Kharkiv with “short- to medium-range, truck-mounted multiple-rocket launchers” known as “Grads” were posted to Telegram the day of talks, leading numerous media outlets to report on the shelling as a violation of Putin’s pledge to Macron. Yet it was unclear if Russian military forces “synchronized” the attack with negotiations. # ⚓ [Meduza] Tapping_Article_275_Russia’s_Attorney_General_says providing_‘assistance_to_foreign_states’_constitutes_treason. What_does_this_mean_for_anti-war_advocates?⠀⇛ On February 27, the Russian Attorney General’s Office promised to “make legal determinations” in the event that any Russian citizen provides “assistance to a foreign state to the detriment of the security of the Russian Federation” during the war with Ukraine. The agency stressed that providing any such assistance will be considered state treason, which carries a punishment of 12 to 20 years. Meduza asked lawyer Ivan Pavlov, head of the human rights group Department One, to explain what this means for Russians who speak out against the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ [Meduza] Day_five_of_the_war:_Photographs_from_Russia’s invasion_of_Ukraine_—_negotiations_take_place_as_shelling continues⠀⇛ Shelling killed dozens of people in Kharkiv on February 28, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry reported. In Kyiv, the fifth day of the Russian invasion was marked by the reopening of grocery stores and public transportation after a tightened curfew. The United Nations estimates that more than 500,000 Ukrainians have already left the country. In Gomel, Belarus, delegations from Russia and Ukraine held talks that ended with the parties agreeing to meet again. Meduza shares snapshots from this day. # ⚓ [TheDissenter] Amid_Nuclear_Crisis,_US_Officials_Reluctant To_Pursue_Ceasefire_In_Russia-Ukraine_War⠀⇛ [EDITOR'S NOTE: While this site typically focuses on whistleblower stories, during the Russia-Ukraine war we are expanding what we normally publish to promote more nuanced coverage of the conflict and reject a Cold War atmosphere that limits discussion of key issues.] The world is in a nuclear crisis, and instead of strongly supporting ceasefire talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Western countries are pouring gasoline on the fire. On February 24, delegations from Ukraine and Russia met on the Ukraine-Belarus border near the Pripyat river. It was the first round of negotiations since Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. No breakthrough occurred during the meeting, which lasted nearly five hours. Yet the two delegations agreed to meet again on March 2 near the border between Poland and Belarus. According to Al Jazeera English, Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, said there were “certain points on which common positions could be foreseen.” Ukraine’s delegation was not as optimistic. “The talks were taking place against the backdrop of bombing and shelling of our territory, our cities. Synchronizing of the shelling with the negotiating process was obvious. I believe Russia is trying to put pressure [on Ukraine] with this simple method,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared in his evening address on February 28. Prior to the talks, French President Emmanuel Macron was urged by Ukraine to speak to Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Guardian reported that he asked “Putin to ensure that for the duration of the negotiations all strikes and attacks on civilians and their homes would be halted, civilian infrastructure would be preserved, and all main roads—particularly the road south out of Kiev—would remain safe to use.” Putin reportedly agreed.Videos of Russia attacking Kharkiv with “short- to medium-range, truck-mounted multiple-rocket launchers” known as “Grads” were posted to Telegram the day of talks, leading numerous media outlets to report on the shelling as a violation of Putin’s pledge to Macron. Yet it was unclear if Russian military forces “synchronized” the attack with negotiations. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] America_Defeats_Germany_for_the_Third_Time in_a_Century⠀⇛ My old boss Herman Kahn, with whom I worked at the Hudson Institute in the 1970s, had a set speech that he would give at public meetings. He said that back in high school in Los Angeles, his teachers would say what most liberals were saying in the 1940s and 50s: “Wars never solved anything.” It was as if they never changed anything – and therefore shouldn’t be fought. Herman disagreed, and made lists of all sorts of things that wars had solved in world history, or at least changed. He was right, and of course that is the aim of both sides in today’s New Cold War confrontation in Ukraine. # ⚓ [Techdirt] More_Video_Game_Footage_Substituting_For_War Footage_As_Russia_Invades_Ukraine⠀⇛ It’s nothing new that video games are getting realistic enough at this point that some out there will use it and pass that footage off as things happening in real life. A rather innocuous example of this would be a real estate developer using images from a city-building game in a brochure, for instance. On the other hand, one of the more common ways we see this happen is with governments using footage from war simulation games to do things like pretend they have capabilities that they very much do not, pass off such footage as proof of IRL military strikes that didn’t occur in the manner shown in the footage, or the use of imagery from video games being used to accuse the United States of supporting ISIS when we very much did not. # ⚓ [Techdirt] What_Happens_When_A_Russian_Invasion_Takes_Place In_The_Social_Smartphone_Era⠀⇛ Several days into Russia’s attack on Ukraine, we are already witnessing astonishing stories play out online. Social media platforms, after years of Techlash, are once again in the center of a historic event, as it unfolds. # ⚓ [Hungary] Refugees_from_Ukraine:_Hungarians_are_amazing!⠀⇛ After many days of challenging travels, people fleeing the war in Ukraine started arriving in Budapest. At the train stations, they are welcemed by aid organizations and volunteers. They told us that once across the border, their journey to the Hungarian capital has been smooth. They left because they did not feel safe in Ukraine, and their message to Putin is that his war is only making Ukrainians stronger. Subtitles: Andrea Horváth Kávai. # ⚓ [ProPublica] Let’s_Recall_What_Exactly_Paul_Manafort_and Rudy_Giuliani_Were_Doing_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Though Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is just days old, Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller neighbor. As it happens, some Americans have played a role in that effort. One was former President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Another was Trump’s then- lawyer Rudy Giuliani. # ⚓ [TheVerge] Facebook_whistleblower_Frances_Haugen_to_join Jill_Biden_at_State_of_the_Union_address⠀⇛ The White House release calls Haugen a “specialist in algorithmic product management” and an “advocate for more humanity and transparency across the tech and social media industry, especially as it relates to teen mental health.” # ⚓ [Axios] Putin_is_turning_the_EU_into_a_foreign_policy superpower⠀⇛ Why it matters: Putin has done the unthinkable with his unprovoked assault, reversing decades of German defense and energy policy, turning a European peace project into a weapons dealer, and setting Ukraine on an accelerated path to EU membership. # ⚓ [CNET] Facebook,_YouTube_to_Restrict_Some_Russian_State- Controlled_Media_Across_Europe⠀⇛ Facebook, YouTube and other social networks are limiting access to Russian state-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik across Europe, a move that will likely heighten tensions between some of the world’s most popular social networks and the Russian government. Facebook’s parent company, Meta, said Monday it will limit access to Russian state-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik across the European Union. # ⚓ [IndiaTimes] Meta_purges_14.8_mn_pieces_of_bad_content_in India_in_Jan⠀⇛ New Delhi, Meta (formerly Facebook) took down over 11.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 3.2 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the month of January, the company said on Tuesday. Between January 1-31, Meta received 911 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and responded to 100 per cent of these reports. # ⚓ [ITWire] ACCC_seeks_input_for_likely_new_rules_on_digital platforms⠀⇛ In a statement issued on Monday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said a discussion paper, released on the same day, looked at possible ways of tackling issues in social media, search app marketplaces, online retail and ad technology. Last year, news media laws drafted by the ACCC were put in place so that big digital firms could negotiate monetary deals with media organisations. While some organisations have reached agreement on payment, others — SBS and The Conversation are two prominent examples — have not been able to reach satisfactory deals. o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ [FAIR] Calling_Both_Sides_‘Spoiled’_in_Baseball_Lockout Ignores_How_Owners_Forced_Labor_War⠀⇛ As Major League Baseball’s scheduled March 31 opening day looms nearer without a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the nation’s sports media are pointing fingers squarely at both sides: the players’ union as well as team owners, who have been locked in so-far fruitless talks since the owners imposed a lockout in early December. # ⚓ [TheEconomist] The_Kremlin’s_propaganda_machine_is_running at_full_throttle⠀⇛ The machine has been struggling to keep reality at bay, however. The Kremlin had done nothing to prepare the public or its armed forces for the largest war in Europe since 1945. For months it was telling them that Russia was not about to invade Ukraine, and the rumour that it was reflected Western scaremongering. Some captured Russian soldiers, indeed, have appeared to be under the impression that they were taking part in a military exercise, and were surprised to have found themselves in Ukraine. # ⚓ [Salon] QAnon_followers_are_casting_Putin_in_a_positive light⠀⇛ Matthew Remski, a co-host of the aforementioned Conspirituality podcast and a cult dynamics researcher, told Salon in an interview that QAnon’s attempt to reduce the war in Ukraine to being about saving children isn’t necessarily a way for the conspiracy theorists to rationalize what’s happening, but instead a strategy to keep QAnon followers engaged and focused. # ⚓ [Newsweek] QAnon_Followers_Gleefully_Back_Vladimir_Putin’s Invasion_of_Ukraine⠀⇛ Anon followers have gleefully thrown their support behind Vladimir Putin after the Russian president ordered troops into separatist areas of Ukraine. Putin’s decision to recognize the rebel regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent of Ukraine and to move Russian troops across its border was applauded by influencers within the online conspiracy movement. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ [France24] Mexico_rules_out_imposing_economic_sanctions_on Russia⠀⇛ Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday ruled out imposing economic sanctions on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine and criticized what he called censorship of Russian media. # ⚓ [Vice] Russia_Threatens_to_Block_Wikipedia_for_Stating Facts_About_Its_War_Casualties,_Editors_Say⠀⇛ Russia’s censorship office is threatening to block all of Wikipedia in the country if the website doesn’t delete information about Russian soldier casualties and military violence against civilians. Wikipedia’s Russia site editors received a memo from the company’s federal censorship arm on Tuesday, claiming that the article Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) contains false information —the notice says that the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation is informing the website operators that the article in question is in violation of federal law. It specifically cites as false the article’s listing of Russian military casualties, as well as Ukrainian civilians and children—and demands the site operators to delete that information. # ⚓ [RSF] Saudi_blogger_Raif_Badawi_still_held_after_completing 10-year_jail_term⠀⇛ After 10 years of imprisonment, Saudi blogger Raif Badawi should have been released from prison on 28 February, but he continues to be held in Dahaban Central Prison, North of Jeddah. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Saudi authorities to release Badawi immediately and allow him to join his family, who now live in Canada. # ⚓ [RFERL] Popular_Website_In_Siberia_Blocked_For_Using_The Word_‘War’_In_Its_Ukraine_Coverage⠀⇛ Taiga.Info website’s representatives told RFE/RL on March 1 that the site was blocked almost immediately after editors received a warning letter from Roskomnadzor demanding the reports in question be removed from the site, which the editors did. # ⚓ [Spiegel] »They_Wanted_a_Nicer,_Softer,_Fuzzier Holocaust«⠀⇛ Controversy has long been a part of the job for American cartoonist Art Spiegelman. Decades after its publication, his Holocaust comic “Maus” has once again caused an uproar following its recent removal from the eighth-grade curriculum by a school board in Tennessee. o § Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ [DontExtraditeAssange] Julian_Assange_awarded_Dr_Karl Renner_Solidarity_prize_by_Austrian_Journalists’_Club_ÖJC⠀⇛ WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson also took part of the ceremony in Vienna. He described that in the Julian Assange case the truth has been imprisoned and those in power will stop at nothing to cover up their wrongdoings. # ⚓ [DawnMedia] Suspect_in_journalist_Athar_Mateen’s_murder remanded⠀⇛ Special public prosecutor Zulfiqar Ali Arain informed the judge that the suspect was arrested on Feb 26 and during interrogation he disclosed his involvement in the murder of journalist Mateen. # ⚓ [RSF] Russian_regulator_censors_Ukraine_war_coverage, reporters_told_to_toe_Kremlin_line⠀⇛ Reporters Without Borders (RSF) supports the efforts of Russia’s independent journalists and media outlets to provide reliable news coverage despite the clampdown imposed by the Kremlin as a result of its war in Ukraine, which has increased the many obstacles they have already had to deal with. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ [CounterPunch] There’s_No_Sugarcoating_Hershey’s_Abuse_of Workers_and_Union-Busting_Tactics⠀⇛ Nearly two years ago, Virginia’s former governor, Ralph Northam, a Democrat, approved the granting of about $1.6 million in tax dollars to expand Hershey’s Stuarts Draft factory. Fawning over the project, Northam said, “As we work to accelerate Virginia’s economic recovery, existing corporate partners like The Hershey Company are leading the way with new hiring and investment.” He continued, “We thank Hershey for its continued confidence in Virginia and its people.” Brian Ball, Virginia’s secretary of commerce at the time, was even more ingratiating than Northam, saying, “we stand ready to do what we can to ensure the company’s Stuarts Draft operation continues to thrive.” As a result of its investment, the company became eligible for tax breaks and credits in the state. More than a year after Northam’s decision to invest public funds into the Virginia factory, the company posted significant profits, boasting in a press release about “stronger than anticipated consumer demand, an improved tax outlook and optimized brand investment, which, collectively, are expected to more than offset higher supply chain costs and inflation.” Months later, Hershey raised the prices of its products, in line with the increasingly common practice by corporations to squeeze greater profits from consumers and then blame “inflation” for the higher price tags. # ⚓ [CounterPunch] The_Pathologies_of_the_Megamachine⠀⇛ The megamachine’s physical power often comes in the form of violence. This includes fear, humiliation, pain, physical injury, and, of course, death. From the beginning of the megamachine, those who dominate have often brought death to those they dominate through conquest, colonialism, imperialism, and the like. The second way in which the megamachine operates is through the fear of economic hardship, social degradation, poverty, as well as a well- orchestrated terror – and the actual – loss of one’s livelihood. Those in power have always turned this around by exploiting a desire for social advancement to turn the megamachine’s underlings into willing tools. # ⚓ [TruthOut] Starbucks_Union_Files_20_Complaints,_Alleging Company_Is_Illegally_Union_Busting⠀⇛ # ⚓ [ProPublica] ACLU_Sues_Maine_for_Providing_Ineffective Defense_Counsel⠀⇛ Civil rights lawyers sued Maine officials on behalf of impoverished criminal defendants on Tuesday, alleging the state failed to create an effective public defense system in violation of defendants’ constitutional rights. Maine doesn’t supervise the attorneys it contracts with to represent adults who are charged with crimes and cannot afford their own lawyer, said Zach Heiden, chief counsel for the Maine branch of the ACLU. For more than a decade, Maine has not implemented rules to evaluate attorneys, trained lawyers or compensated attorneys properly, he said. That has denied defendants of their Sixth Amendment right to counsel or creates an “unreasonable risk” of doing so, Heiden added. # ⚓ [Techdirt] Regulator_Testifies_Electricity_Overcharging During_Fatal_Texas_Deep_Freeze_Was_Pushed_By_Governor Abbott⠀⇛ U.S. infrastructure policy is treated as annoying and boring… until a crisis hits and suddenly everybody cares. As millions of Texans found out last year when the state’s energy infrastructure crumbled like a rotten old house under the weight of heating energy demands, leaving millions without power during a major cold snap. While the state engaged in a lot of performative nonsense in the wake of the breakdown, nothing much changed. Most of the state laws passed to “fix” the problem just punted any meaningful action down the road, while carving out big exemptions for natural gas companies that helped write the laws. # ⚓ [Techdirt] Seventh_Circuit:_No_Immunity_For_Chicago_Cop_Who Lied_To_A_Judge_Before_Accidentally_Raiding_The_Right Apartment⠀⇛ There’s a good reason we have strict standards for warrant requests — ones that requires plenty of probable cause and factual statements. Because if we didn’t have that, people would literally die when officers raid the wrong house or point guns at the wrong person. Innocent people would end up in jail and people’s rights would be routinely violated when subjected to searches backed by nothing but boilerplate and meaningless assertions about “training and expertise.” o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ [Techdirt] The_State_Of_The_World,_And_Why_We_Need_Section 230⠀⇛ I have heard rumors from multiple quarters that President Biden might mention Section 230 in tonight’s State of the Union speech, and I cannot think of any reason he should, unless it is to venerate it. Because it is only through the existence of Section 230 that we, or the world, stand a chance against the threats we face, especially right now. # ⚓ [Techdirt] Today_In_Senators_Who_Don’t_Know_What_The_Fuck They’re_Talking_About_Regarding_Internet_&_Speech:_Senator James_Lankford⠀⇛ I’ve heard some truly bizarre attacks on Section 230, but Senator James Lankford from Oklahoma has taken it all to a new level of nonsense. The already Trumpian Senator is apparently facing a primary from someone even Trumpier, which perhaps contributes to whatever brain damage caused him to tweet a bunch of total nonsense over the weekend ostensibly about Section 230, but really just demonstrating what a very uninformed man, Senator James Lankford is. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ [TheTechnoBee] Is_My_Computer_[HDCP]_Compliant?⠀⇛ However, some provisions requested by the repair community were denied; removing DRM to repair game consoles and non-land vehicles (boats and airplanes) is still illegal, as is bypassing HDCP (HDMI copy protection) on TVs. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ [TheVerge] Inside_Sonos’_decision_to_sue_Google —_and_how_it_won⠀⇛ Sonos has long accused other tech giants of stealing its patents and technology, but in 2020, it actually sued Google for patent infringement. Sonos said that it had disclosed details about how its technology worked during negotiations to integrate Google’s voice assistant and that Google had copied the tech and then released cheaper products it subsidized with revenue from search advertising. Sonos recently won that lawsuit at the US International Trade Commission, which ruled that Google infringed all five patents Sonos brought to court. In response, Google had to change how some of its speakers worked, including reducing some functionality. Google is, of course, appealing, but you just don’t see this very often. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ [TheVerge] ‘Former_pirate’_hit_with_$19.5_million fine_for_piracy_[sic]⠀⇛ Adam Lackman, the self-described “former pirate” behind the Kodi add-on repository TVAddons, has agreed to pay $19.5 million ($25 million CAD) to a group of Canadian telecom giants over copyright infringement, according to a report from TorrentFreak. As noted by TorrentFreak, TVAddons was still accessible up until last week before going offline (seemingly) for good. In its heyday, TVAddons was a site that allowed users to upload unofficial add-ons for Kodi, the open- source media library you can install on streaming devices like the Amazon Fire TV Stick and Google Chromecast. While Kodi itself is legal software, third-party apps, like TVAddons, can direct people to pirated content. # ⚓ [TorrentFreak] DISH:_Pirate_IPTV_Operators_Launched New_Services_Despite_$90m_Judgment⠀⇛ The former operators of SetTV, a pirate IPTV service that was ordered to pay $90 million in damages to DISH Networks, are reportedly back in business with several new services, in violation of a permanent injunction. Some of DISH’s evidence comes from telephone recordings obtained from a country sheriff’s office where one was incarcerated. # ⚓ [TorrentFreak] ‘Russian’_Pirate_Bay_Proxy_Asks_Users to_Donate_to_Ukraine’s_Army⠀⇛ Most Pirate Bay proxies only exist to mirror the original torrent sites but extreme situations can trigger unprecedented actions. The Russian-operated Pirate-bays.net, which has millions of monthly users, is taking a clear stand against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The site has ditched its advertisements in favor of a “Stop Putin” banner, which solicits donations to the Ukrainian army. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4579 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.02.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_2/3/2022:_OpenSUSE_Leap_15.4_Beta_and_Bluefin_R_Series⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ [Make Use Of] 6_Reasons_Why_Linux_Doesn’t_Have_More_Apps⠀⇛ A majority of Linux apps are community-developed but still, there’s a lack of both open-source and proprietary apps for Linux. Why is this so? Linux has an abundance of software, but when you first make the switch, you may be frustrated by the lack of names you’re familiar with. If you’ve used Linux for a while, you may also grow disillusioned by what can feel like a relatively slow rate of change or the enduring lack of certain types of software. Why are certain apps yet to come to Linux, and what is holding back the community from producing more alternatives? Let’s find out. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ What_is_Dahlia_OS_and_Why_You_Have_to_Try_It⠀⇛ Having been a Linux user for what feels like an eternity, there have always been instances where I felt why do we have just Linux dominating? Granted it’s open-source which is great and of course, there’s the Unix family but we cannot exactly claim Unix to be fully open-source – considering the Open Group relationship. Even though we have the BSD family of truly free and open-source Unix operating systems including OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, etc there is a need to be skeptical about these systems and their interoperability with the future of IoT devices that will continue to define the landscape of technology going into the future. Enter Zircon; Zircon is the new kid on the block that was conceived by Google with the underlying family of operating systems in the image of Fuchsia and Dahlia OS both of which are open-sourced with heavy use of Flutter+Dart all through. Fuchsia is the official operating system upon which the Zircon kernel is continually developed. Learn more about Fuchsia OS and Zircon here! Dahlia OS, on the other hand, is based on the unfinished Fuchsia operating system and as an equally open-source initiative, It does a pretty good job of bringing both the Linux and Zircon kernel operating under one roof, Dahlia OS. # ⚓ [TechRadar] [Older]_Best_Linux_distro_for_developers_in 2022⠀⇛ The best Linux distros for developers provide a simple, stable, and secure environment for coding and programming applications for the internet, Android, and the cloud. This is increasingly important, because Linux powers the backbone of the internet, mobile devices, and now cloud computing systems. Therefore it’s often essential for techies to be able to work directly in a Linux environment, especially for operating servers and for developing software that runs on them. While Linux has a reputation for being primarily for coders and programmers, over the past couple of decades there have been moves to provide versions of Linux that are more friendly to ordinary users, such as by providing more of a graphic user interface (GUI) and be less reliant on command line use. However, at its core Linux still offers a thriving environment for coders and developers. # ⚓ [TechRadar] [Older]_Best_Linux_server_distros_of_2022⠀⇛ We feature the best Linux distros for servers, to make it simple and easy to run stable and reliable servers for your home or business. While Windows may be the world’s most popular Operating System (OS) for desktop PCs, the world’s most popular OS for the internet’s web servers is Linux. Usually bundled along with Apache, MySQL, and PHP – and frequently referred to as a LAMP configuration – a wide variety of different Linux distros are used not just for the servers that power the internet but also for the virtual networks behind cloud computing. Sometimes the choice of which Linux distro you use on your servers is down to personal preference, sometimes market forces, and sometimes due to small advantages a particular distro will have in regards to the core applications to be used, security concerns, or stability issues. Ultimately, most web users will never notice any difference because the OS works very much in the background, and it will only be the system administrators and IT managers who take notice of which distro of Linux is used. o § Linux Magazine⠀➾ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Behind_the_Nearest_Cloud⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] A_professional_DAW_for_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Provable_security_and_other_problems_in modern_cryptography⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] A_logic_and_beauty_of_its_own⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Last_words⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Flexible_HiFiBerry_replaces_old_audio amplifier⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Easy_monitoring_with_Checkmk⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Simplifying_NVIDIA_driver_installation_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Encrypt_your_disks_on_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] A_plotting_library⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Zorin_OS_16_Educational_Spin_Now Available⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] DMX_with_the_Kunbus_Revolution_Pi_Core 3+⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] This_month_in_Linux_Voice.⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Linux_Mint_20.3_Cinnamon_and_deepin_20.4⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Adjusting_cell_phone_photo_orientation with_Go⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Freeing_home_IoT_and_WiFi⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] The_state_of_email_encryption⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Zack’s_Kernel_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Sparkling_gems_and_new_releases_from_the world_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] System_monitoring_from_the_command_line⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ [Medevel] LessPass_is_a_free_self-hosted_Password_Manager and_Password_Generator⠀⇛ LessPass is a free, web-based password manager for individuals. The project is maintained by a large community of developers and software engineers. LessPass uses PBKDF2 with 100,000 iterations and a hash function sha-256. Password generation is based on pure functions. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Get_started_on_OpenStack_with_DevStack_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Start tinkering with the open hybrid cloud by using DevStack to create a local OpenStack installation on a spare server or laptop. # ⚓ How_to_Install_OpenLiteSpeed_Web_Server_on_Ubuntu_20.04_– VITUX⠀⇛ OpenLiteSpeed is a free and open-source web server software that enables users to deliver websites faster and reliably. This can be done in many ways, including concurrency, memory usage, request processing rates and built-in cache. OpenLiteSpeed has a large community dedicated to developers who contribute code and hardware to the project. OpenLiteSpeed is written in the C programming language and can be used on many platforms, including Linux, UNIX, BSD and Windows. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps necessary to get OpenLiteSpeed up and running on your server. Plus, we will show you how to configure it for optimal performance. So let’s get started! # ⚓ [HowTo Forge] How_to_Install_and_Configure_Suricata_IDS along_with_Elastic_Stack_on_Rocky_Linux_8⠀⇛ Suricata is a Network Monitoring tool that examines and processes every packet of internet traffic that flows through your server. It can generate log events, trigger alerts and drop traffic upon detecting any suspicious activity. You can either install Suricata on a single machine to monitor its traffic or deploy on a gateway host to scan all incoming and outgoing traffic from other servers connected to it. You can combine Suricata with Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Filebeat to create a Security Information and Event Management(SIEM) tool. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Chromium_Browser_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web. The Chromium codebase is widely used, and Microsoft Edge, Opera, and many other browsers are based on the code. Chromium is well-liked amongst advanced users that prefer not to have all the bloat of tracking that can come in Chrome and other proprietary software. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Chromium Web Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish using APT or Flatpak installation. # ⚓ Oximeter_And_Hearth-Rate_Sensor_with_Arduino:_Max30100 wiring,_setup_and_code⠀⇛ In order to measure the Heart beat in BPM and Oxygen level, the MAX30100 Oximeter is one of best devices to get this data. As it works on reflection of light, so just have to place finger on the light emitting from it to get your data from Arduino. This tutorial is all about interfacing the MAX30100 pulse oximeter sensor with Arduino Uno. The sensor has the ability to measure blood oxygen and heart rate. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Opera_Browser_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Opera is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Opera Software and operates as a Chromium-based browser. Opera offers a clean, modern web browser that is an alternative to the other major players in the Browser race. Its famous Opera Turbo mode and its renowned battery saving mode are the best amongst all known web browsers by quite a margin, along with a built-in VPN and much more. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Opera Browser stable, beta, or development (nightly) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish, including installing, updating, and removing the browser. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Python_Package_Manager_Pip_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Have you ever wondered why Python installation and setup is so fast and easy for all that it promises? This is thanks to its standard package manager, called pip. Python itself comes with very basic built-in modules, but the most powerful modules that make Python a powerhouse are not included in the basic installation of Python. Any package in PyPI (the Python Package Index) can be installed, uninstalled, updated, and so on with the package manager called pip. Python Package Index (PyPI) is an extensive library that was developed by the Python community and has brought a huge amount of application development. In this article, you will learn to install and use pip to manage packages within Python. Additionally, this article goes over the installation of the pip version that is compatible with Python2. # ⚓ How_to_install_KDE_neon_20220210_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show how to install KDE neon 20220210. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Docker_on_RHEL_8_(AlmaLinux/RockyLinux)⠀⇛ Docker is a container-based software that allows multiple applications to run inside the containers. This is a virtualization platform that is useful for developers and other users to feel fewer compatibility issues with an operating system. In Docker, various containers can communicate with each other and share the same kernel. So, you can run different applications in multiple containers. Docker can be installed on almost on all major distributions such as Windows, Linux (RHEL based distros, Debian based distros, etc.), Mac OS. We will explore in this article how you can install Docker on the a RHEL 8 distribution, such as AlmaLinux 8 or Rocky Linux 8, using the command- line method. In our example we’ll be using AlmaLinux 8. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Software_with_Yum/Dnf_Using_RHEL_ISO_Image⠀⇛ Linux operating system attributes such as easy configuration, open-source projects support, access to container development tools, and other numerous functionalities are not the only reasons why some users fancy RHEL 8 over other Linux operating system distributions. The release of RHEL 8 has more muscles to flex to its user community. You can now set up RHEL ISO local repo on your installed RHEL 8 server system from an RHEL OS ISO file or installation DVD. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Flameshot_on_AlmaLinux_8_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Flameshot on AlmaLinux 8. For those of you who didn’t know, Flameshot is an open-source screenshot tool available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. The best thing about this screenshot tool is that it operates with both the graphical user interface as well as the command-line interface. It is a very easy-to-use screenshot tool that provides users with a high level of flexibility and customization. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Flameshot screenshot tool on AlmaLinux 8. You can follow the same instructions for CentOS and Rocky Linux. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Timeshift_on_Manjaro_21_Linux_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Timeshift is a powerful open-source tool that can help you protect your data. It allows you to create incremental snapshots of your filesystem, which can be browsed with a file manager. In BTRFS mode, snapshots are taken using the in-built features of the BTRFS filesystem if you’re looking for a reliable way to back up your data. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the TimeShift snapshot utility on Manjaro 21 Linux. The tutorial will use the yay AUR helper, ideally most users may be using some wrapper for Pacman, for new users, it is essential to install one to keep your packages up-to-date while you learn Arch/Manjaro. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Calibre_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Calibre is a free and powerful e-book software that can be used to catalog your books, fetch metadata for them automatically with the help of its built- in tools, or you could do it manually if needed; convert texts into various formats, including ones made explicitly by the device manufacturers so they’ll display properly on readers like Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″, send files straight away without having any interruptions along route thanks again network features which also allow users download content over 1K websites updated daily! In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Calibre on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish using two different methods with APT and Flatpak. # ⚓ Migrate_Docker_Containers_To_New_Server⠀⇛ Docker makes it simple to deploy container images that contain a fully functional operating system and make use of the host kernel. We’ve already covered the installation and use of Docker containers; in this post, we’ll go through how to migrate Docker containers from one server to another server. Docker containers are relatively easy to set up and manage. We can find hundreds of containers on docker hub and create a full-fledged virtual operating system with just a few commands from the console. In the last post in the Docker category, we learned how to host several websites or applications on a single server by using docker containers. The following commands will allow you to move your Docker containers to a new server. But first, let’s take a quick look at how we’re going to go about accomplishing this. Typically, we deploy a docker image by first downloading it from a source like Docker Hub. The command docker create automatically downloads and deploys the specified container image. After successfully deploying an image and publishing our application. During the production time, the application creates data, and we also install packages that modify the base docker image. When migrating docker containers, we must save the operating container as an image, transmit it to the new server, then load the docker image as a brand new container. Another method of migrating docker containers is to export and import docker containers. Exporting a docker container using docker export command is a little different from saving a docker image using docker save command. docker export command creates a snapshot of a running container whereas docker save commands creates an image that can be used to create container. We can use both the commands to migrate our containers to a new server. # ⚓ How_to_use_httpx,_a_web_client_for_Python_| Opensource.com⠀⇛ The httpx package for Python is an excellent and flexible module for interacting with HTTP. # ⚓ Things_To_Do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_20.04/22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Having written a few top things in the past for Ubuntu systems, it’s that time of the year again for us to revisit the subject of some of the ideal things you need to do in order to successfully configure your Ubuntu operating system for optimal use. For the uninitiated, Ubuntu is a family of operating systems that are oriented towards newcomers in the Linux world. With the main Ubuntu system using Gnome as the default desktop environment, we have other flavors that use desktops like XFCE, MATE, LXDE, and KDE by default. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Tor_Browser_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Tor, also known as The Onion Router, is open- source, free software that enables anonymous communication when using online services such as web surfing. The Tor network directs the Internet traffic through an accessible worldwide volunteer overlay network with over six thousand relays and continues to grow. Many users want to find more ways to keep their information and activities anonymous or at least as private as possible, which has led to Tor Browser growing quite popular in recent years as it conceals a user’s location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. The Tor network is intended to protect the personal privacy of users and their freedom and ability from conducting communication without having their activities monitored, and data were taken without their consent and used to sum it up. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest Tor Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Steam_Deck_may_inadvertently_steal_Nintendo’s_retro_gaming market⠀⇛ According to PC Gamer, Valve’s new Steam Deck is an emulation dream machine. The Steam Deck has one- click access to all of the latest emulators, including Dolphin, DuckStation, PCSX2, BSNES, and even Yuzu, the Nintendo Switch emulator. Gamers can access this list of emulators by switching to the system’s desktop mode by holding down the power button–there’s no need to enter command lines. This easy access, setup, and execution of emulators could eat Nintendo’s retro gaming lunch. Nintendo is removing all Virtual Console games from sale, and by next year in 2023, the Nintendo Switch Online subscription will be the only way to buy and play old-school retro games on Nintendo platforms. Before now there hasn’t been an easy way to play older games on handhelds without the use of configuring, jailbreaking and obtaining software downloads/patches, etc. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Valve_expect_to_make_‘hundreds_of thousands’_of_Steam_Decks_next_month_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ In a fresh interview with IGN, Valve developer Lawrence Yang spoke about a number of things and it sounds like you may get your Steam Deck perhaps a little sooner than expected. Right now, Valve use a special queue system giving reservations a rather broad time on when to expect a Steam Deck delivery like Q2 or after-Q2. The good news is though, production is quickly ramping up. Yang mentioned how “in production terms it’ll ramp very quickly, in the first month very quickly we’ll be in the tens of thousands, by the second month we’ll be in the hundreds of thousands and beyond that it’ll grow even quicker”. Yang also mentioned how once they get into the after-Q2 launch period, things will get a lot clearer. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Steam_Deck_gets_an_OS_update_to_help_solve stick_drift_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ As more people get their shiny new Steam Deck, more problems will inevitably appear not just because hardware can never be perfect but as more system updates roll out — there’s a bigger chance for problems and recently stick drift became an issue. Posting on Reddit, a couple of users (#1, #2) showed some pretty bad stick drift, something other console makers have also had to deal with and it can be a really big issue. Particularly problematic on the Nintendo Switch with the Joy-Cons, something I’ve personally experienced. # ⚓ [Boiling Steam] The_Steam_Deck_Has_Now_935_Games_(Playable and_Verified)_Right_After_Launch_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Valve is not falling asleep after the launch of the Steam Deck, and the pace of verification of new titles for the Deck is going steady. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ openSUSE_Leap_15.4_Reaches_Beta_Build_Phase⠀⇛ The next openSUSE Leap minor release, 15.4, has entered its beta release phase today and users can begin testing the minor version to find bugs before the general release schedule for June 8. Unlike previous 15 series versions, Leap 15.4 will offer a refresh of more modern packages for the distribution. # § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ [Its FOSS] Ubuntu_vs_Arch_Linux:_What’s_the difference?⠀⇛ Ubuntu and Arch Linux offer entirely different desktop experiences. It is often tough to choose one of them as your daily driver, especially when you cannot ignore the benefits of Arch Linux and Ubuntu. They are both incredible choices for what they are. But, how do you choose what is best between these two? # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ CentOS_Automotive_SIG_Announces_New_AutoSD_Distro_– Blog.CentOS.org⠀⇛ The CentOS Automotive SIG is excited to announce the Automotive Stream Distribution. This is a binary distribution developed within the SIG that serves as a public, in- development preview of the upcoming Red Hat in-vehicle OS. In August 2021, the CentOS project announced the launch of the CentOS Automotive SIG. The purpose of this SIG is two-fold. First, it is meant to be a neutral public space for collaboration between third parties interested in open development of software targeted at in-vehicle automotive use cases. Second, it is meant to provide such projects with build and test infrastructure. The goal of the SIG is to provide an open-source home for RHEL-oriented automotive work, and to attract and encourage open development of automotive software between commercial and non-commercial partners. # ⚓ [Enterprisers Project] Agile_transformation:_5_ways to_measure_progress⠀⇛ Among the many hot project management strategies these days, Agile may be the most widely implemented: Agile techniques like daily stand-ups, scrums, and sprint planning are now ubiquitous in offices and Zoom calls alike. Rather than building towards a singular, make-or-break product release or campaign, Agile project management focuses on small, incremental achievements to encourage forward movement and avoid bottlenecks. Leaders often wonder whether adoption of Agile methodologies is working for their organizations. How can they determine whether or not it’s a success? While there are ways to quantify progress – particularly with regard to speed and revenue – not every change can be put into data and figures. # ⚓ [Enterprisers Project] IT_leadership:_3_ways_to thrive_during_disruption_|_The_Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ The way companies approach IT infrastructure, workplace configuration, and enterprise architecture is shifting. CIOs and IT leaders need to be ready to effectively support their organizations as digital transformation strategies evolve and business disruption continues. Here are three primary areas where change is likely to occur, along with some ways to position your team for success in the coming months. # ⚓ Red_Hat_contributes_towards_innovative_optical_& wireless_network_technologies⠀⇛ Chris Wright, Chief Technology Officer at Red Hat, conducted a keynote session and elaborated upon the open source possibility around IOWN technology development, and shared Red Hat’s contribution to the IOWN GF. In the IOWN GF technology working group, we are contributing to three task forces: The Data-Centric Infrastructure Task Force, IOWN for Mobile Network Task Force, and the Reference Implementation Model Task Force. We joined the discussion in each TaskForce last year from our perspective based on OpenShift/ Kubernetes and RHEL upstream possibilities, and delivered the reference documents summarizing minimum viable versions of IOWN technology in 2021 together with IOWN GF members in each Task Force. Data-centric Infrastructure is designed to enable service providers with the tools needed to build and flexibly place data pipelines, including data processing and storage functions, and to dynamically select data transfer and network protocols for each. Figure 1 provides an example of a Logical Service Node providing Tenant Workloads for overlay solutions. It also shows an enhanced Logical Service Node integrating telco specific accelerators and a vendor’s embedded proprietary code, such as for 5G Radio Access Network. They can run on Kubernetes worker nodes as composable compute in a disaggregated infrastructure with Open APN (All Photonics Network) providing lossless and low latency infrastructure. # ⚓ Introduction_to_the_Node.js_reference_architecture, Part_7:_Code_coverage_|_Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Get advice on testing your JavaScript applications—and how to ensure adequate code coverage for that testing—from the Node.js reference architecture. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Bluefin_Launches_R_Series_All-in-One_DS_Platform_| AVNetwork⠀⇛ Bluefin International is introducing a new product category based on the Rockchip platform. The R Series is a cutting-edge digital signage platform that offers users a host of operating systems including Android 10, Debian 10, Linux, and more. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ [CNX Software] 3.5-inch_Elkhart_Lake_SBC_offers_dual GbE,_4x_M.2_sockets,_5G_cellular_support⠀⇛ # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ [CNX Software] MediaTek_Dimensity_8000/8100_Cortex- A78/A55_processor_to_power_premium_5G_smartphones_–_CNX Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Ubuntu Pit] Top_10_Best_Apps_To_Use_Linux_Terminal on_Your_Android_Device⠀⇛ # ⚓ [9to5Google] Google_app_tweaks_its_dark_theme_on Android_to_be_darker_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Android Police] Nubia_Z40_Pro_becomes_the_first Android_to_feature_MagSafe-like_charging_tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ [XDA] Does_the_Samsung_Galaxy_Book_2_Pro_support Android_apps?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_12:_6_Hidden_Features_you_must_know_about_| Technology_News_–_India_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ [XDA] Xperia_1_II_&_Xperia_PRO_receive_Android_12 update_with_Jan_2022_patches⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_best_Android_gaming_apps_2022_–_Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Computer World] 14_handy_hidden_features_in_the Gmail_Android_app_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Hacker News] TeaBot_Android_Banking_Malware_Spreads Again_Through_Google_Play_Store_Apps⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Android Authority] Best_of_MWC_2022:_Android Authority’s_top_picks_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ [India Times] nothing:_Nothing_may_launch_new_Android smartphone,_power_bank_this_month_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ [Linux Links] Blanket_–_focus_and_productivity_tool⠀⇛ Linux offers a vast collection of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the obvious to the bizarre. It’s the quality and selection of these tools that help Linux stand out as a productive environment. A good utility cooperates with other applications, integrating seamlessly. We are always looking out for small utilities that help improve productivity. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ picolibc-testing⠀⇛ Picolibc has a bunch of built-in tests, but more testing is always better, right? I decided to see how hard it would be to run some of the tests provided in the GNU C Library (glibc). * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ [CNX Software] MediaTek_Dimensity_8000/8100_Cortex-A78/A55 processor_to_power_premium_5G_smartphones_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ MediaTek Dimensity 8000/8100 Arm Cortex-A78 processors for 5G premium smartphones bring many of the features of the flagship Dimensity 9000 Armv9 processor announced last December, but at a more affordable price point. # ⚓ [Hackaday] PlayStation_4_Controller_Gets_a_USB-C_Upgrade⠀⇛ Micro USB was once the connector of choice for applications where USB-A was too big, but now USB- C has come to dominate all. It’s becoming standard across the board for many peripherals, and [Ian] recently decided that he wanted to upgrade his PS4 controller to the newer standard. Hacking ensued. The hack consists of a small breakout board that enables a USB-C connector to be fitted into the PS4 controller in place of the original micro USB port. [Ian] explains what needs to be done to complete the mod, which first involves disassembling the controller carefully to avoid damage. The original microUSB breakout board can then be removed, and fitted with one of a selection of replacement boards available on Github to suit various revisions of PS4 controller. A little filing is then required to allow the new connector to fit in the controller case, and [Ian] notes that using an 0.8mm thick PCB is key to enabling the new breakout board to fit inside the shell. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Microsoft_365_Price_Increases_Now_in_Effect_After Last-Minute_Rush⠀⇛ # ⚓ Delinea_bolsters_PAM_service_for_Linux_with_cloud expansion⠀⇛ Delinea has announced an extension of its cloud suite to help provide better management solutions for Linux user groups. The new technology expansion allows customers to add users from cloud directories to existing local groups on Linux systems. The company says this will create more efficient and secure access for all parties involved. Delinea’s PAM technology and cloud suite allows enterprises to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk. With the new expansion allowing Linux capability, users will now be able to experience a centralised administrative experience for greater efficiency and control over secure data and workload. On Windows and Linux machines, local user groups collect user accounts into manageable units, streamlining access management. However, when systems run into the hundreds or thousands, managing local groups on each system becomes a significant challenge and disruption. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ [The Register UK] Tech_world’s_Ukraine_response_mixes evacuation_efforts,_ad_bans,_free_phones,_infosec_FUD⠀⇛ As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the technology industry is trying to use its services to make a difference – and to keep those services available as the war makes it harder to operate. Nation-state level responses to the invasion have been led by the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, which together on Saturday barred Russian entities from using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication’s (SWIFT’s) money transfer services. Doing so leaves Russian banks effectively unable to transact across borders using digital technology – but Russia almost certainly still able to use digital technology in the service of its illegal invasion. # ⚓ [AccessNow] EU_must_keep_people_in_and_leaving_Ukraine_as safe,_secure,_connected_as_possible_–_Access_Now⠀⇛ The European Union must do everything in its power to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and work with tech platforms and telecoms operators to uphold connectivity, access to accurate information, data protection, and non- discrimination at the border. “Russia has launched a full scale war on Ukraine. The European Union must immediately use its full capacity to help keep people as safe, secure, and connected as possible,” said Natalia Krapiva, Tech-Legal Counsel at Access Now. “We must empower people to access accurate information, protect the privacy of millions as they escape, keep those on the move connected to their loved ones, and do everything possible to treat everyone fairly.” # ⚓ [AccessNow] Open_letter_to_the_EU:_protect_people_affected by_Russia’s_attack_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ On behalf of Access Now, we write to provide a list of recommendations to share with tech platforms and telecoms operators in the context of the war in Ukraine. We welcome the swift engagement of the European Union in these matters and we ask for your support in the area of connectivity, platforms’ operations, data protection, and non- discrimination. Access Now is an international NGO that works to defend and extend the digital rights of users at risk around the world. We operate in 13 countries, including in the Central and Eastern Europe region, and we operate a 24/7 Digital Security Helpline that provides technical support to activists and journalists on the ground. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5589 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.02.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_2/3/2022:_Windows_Sliding_Down_and_Procmail_Considered_Harmful⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:49 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Microsoft_is_Faking_It_and_Windows_Market_Share_Worldwide Now_Lowest_Since_the_Release_of_Vista_11⠀⇛ With February now over, let’s examine the actual numbers; Microsoft boasts “success”, but that’s just “fake news”… o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video:_Raspberry_Pi,_10_years_later_| www.montanalinux.org⠀⇛ On Feb. 28th the Raspberry Pi turned 10 years old. Here’s a video from the Raspberry Pi Project to commemorate that milestone. # ⚓ FLOSS_Weekly_670:_SSI_and_Digital_wallets_–_Darrell O’Donnell,_Digital_Wallets⠀⇛ Darrell O’Donnell of Continuum Loop tells Doc Searls and Shawn Powers how digital wallets will have to work in a world of self-sovereign identity (SSI) on this episode of FLOSS Weekly. Digital wallets will have all the identity information you need, but with the ability to confine output to only what another party needs to know and nothing more. # ⚓ Asciinema:_Best_Way_To_Record_&_Share_The_Terminal!_– Invidious⠀⇛ Have you seen those those terminal videos on Github and realized they’re not actually videos it’s really text well that’s been done with a tool called Asciinema and it’s really cool o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_5.16.12⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 5.16.12 kernel. All users of the 5.16 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 5.16.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ stable/linux-stable.git linux-5.16.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_5.15.26⠀⇛ # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_5.10.103⠀⇛ # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_5.4.182⠀⇛ # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_4.19.232⠀⇛ # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_4.14.269⠀⇛ # ⚓ [LWN] Linux_4.9.304⠀⇛ # ⚓ What_the_Tech:_The_‘2038_problem’_is_real_and_threatens digital_infrastructure_worldwide⠀⇛ Two events pose a threat to Americans’ ability to connect to the internet. Hackers have always posed a threat through DNS attacks, or denial of services. Another threat is known through the cyber security world as the “2038 problem” which may cause computer problems similar to the fears over the Y2K bug of 20 years ago. The year 2038 problem is 16 years in the future, but the threat can already be seen. Take your own smartphone. Open settings and try to change the date on the calendar to the year 2038. You can’t because a math glitch prevents many computers to see past 2037. When computer programmers built the Unix code in 1970, they used a 32-bit system that counted seconds. As other programs and systems built on the Unix code, they, in a sense, created an “expiration date of some 2.1 billion seconds. # ⚓ Luca_Ceresoli_joins_Bootlin_team⠀⇛ The entire team at Bootlin is extremely happy to welcome Luca Ceresoli, who started working with us on March 1, 2022. Based in Italy, Luca is the first employee of Bootlin based outside of France, and we plan to continue to expand our hiring in a similar way in the future. # ⚓ Torvalds_moves_Linux_to_C11⠀⇛ Old one out-of-date, but this one goes to 11 Linus Torvalds is about to shift Linux from a version of C which is so old it was written before the fall of the Soviet Union – C89. Torvalds has said that it is time to move to something more modern starting with kernel 5.18. Linux had planned to move to a newer standard eventually with C99 being the next version. However, a recent patch to a security problem revealed that there could be problems with C99. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ [Make Use Of] The_5_Best_System_Cleaning_Apps_for_Your Linux_Desktop⠀⇛ Linux-based operating systems have complex structures. When you add a file or install an app, the system performs some arrangements by making the right configurations files to support the file or application. These configuration files stack up and consume the system space. Similarly, when you install an update for the OS, it leaves backup files behind. This leftover data affects the system’s performance. To remove these temporary files and keep your computer optimized, there are system cleaning apps available for Linux. So, let’s look at five of the best system cleaning apps for Linux that are free to use. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Install_SuiteCRM_on_Ubuntu_20.04_–_RoseHosting⠀⇛ SuiteCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software solution that provides a 360-degree view of your customers and business. It is a fork of the popular open-source SugarCRM Community Edition. # ⚓ How_to_install_Flightgear_on_Zorin_OS_16_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_To_Install_aaPanel_on_Debian_11_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install aaPanel on Debian 11. For those of you who didn’t know, aaPanel is a free and open-source hosting control panel for Linux. It’s easy to install & all the web hosting options are well-categorized for easily managing websites and databases. Currently, aaPanel supports Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the aaPanel free and open- source hosting control panel on a Debian 11 (Bullseye). # ⚓ How_to_install_Rosegarden_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install the Rosegarden DAW workstation on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below. # ⚓ Touch_Command_on_Linux:_Tutorial_and_Examples_–_Linux Stans⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we’re going to show you what the touch command is, how to use it, and include practical examples of using the command. Unlike other commands that you should never run on Linux, the touch command is actually recommended and often used by everyone on Linux. # ⚓ Access_and_modify_virtual_machines_disk_images_with libguestfs_tools⠀⇛ In a previous article, we saw how to create kvm virtual machines from the command line; in this tutorial, instead, we learn how to access and modify virtual machines disk images, using some utilities which are part of the libguestfs package on the most commonly used Linux distributions. Those tools let us perform a variety of tasks. We will focus on some of them, like virt-filesystems and guestmount, which can be used to list filesystems existing on guest disk images, and mount them on the host system, respectively. # ⚓ Terraform_Variable_with_Example⠀⇛ We learned about the terraform variable in the previous article. Let’s start with an example. Let’s set the terraform provider to AWS with the access key, secret key, and region where we wish to build these resources, as usual. # ⚓ Install_OpenVAS_–_Open_Vulnerability_Assessment_Scanner⠀⇛ Today you will learn how to install OpenVAS. OpenVAS is a full-featured vulnerability scanner. Its capabilities include unauthenticated and authenticated testing, various high-level and low- level internet and industrial protocols, performance tuning for large-scale scans and a powerful internal programming language to implement any type of vulnerability test. The scanner obtains the tests for detecting vulnerabilities from a feed that has a long history and daily updates. # ⚓ Suricata_Network_IDS_integration with_WAZUH⠀⇛ This post is about Suricata Network IDS integration with WAZUH. Wazuh is an excellent HIDS (Host-based Intrusion Detection System) among other things. In addition to it’s rule-based analysis of log events from agents and other devices, it also performs file integrity monitoring and anomaly detection. This provides a great deal of insight into the security of your digital assets. However, some security issues are most successfully detected by inspecting a server’s actual network traffic, which generally is not accounted for in logs. This is where a NIDS (Network Intrusion Detection System) can provide additional insight into your security in a way that is highly complimentary to the HIDS functionality in Wazuh. Suricata is one such NIDS solution, which is open source and can be quickly deployed either on dedicated hardware for monitoring one or more transit points on your network, or directly on existing Unix-like hosts to monitor just their own network traffic. Because Suricata is capable of generating JSON logs of NIDS events, it integrates beautifully with Wazuh. # ⚓ Terraform’s_Variable⠀⇛ The customer receives a response as soon as he opens the URL. The request then uses a mapping of IP addresses from DNS records to identify its destination, landing on a server that owns this IP, and the server processes to give a response, which is then transmitted back to the request’s origin. Because we’re using Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ll use an EC2 instance. In production, simply having an EC2 instance that can process requests is insufficient. Virtual private cloud plays an important role to separate networks and other virtual networks from the cloud(AWS). # ⚓ Why_should_you_use_Terraform_and_how_does_it_work?⠀⇛ Terraform core works with two different input sources. Terraform configuration is the first source. You specify what needs to be created or provisioned in this section. Terraform’s second source for keeping up-to-date configuration files is state. As a result, terraform core analyses the data and implements a plan for finishing the work at hand. It compares the state, what is the present state, and the configuration you want as a final result. It decides what’s to be performed in accomplishing the configuration file’s desired state. To develop or provision the infrastructure, it estimates what has to be created, updated, and destroyed. # ⚓ How_to_Open_Ports_in_Linux⠀⇛ Need to connect to an outside PC or server—or need another PC or server to connect to you? If you’re running Linux, you’ll need to make sure the right port is open. While other operating systems usually have some graphical tool for this, Linux isn’t so simple. We’ll walk you through how to open ports in Linux below. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ [WCCF Tech] Here’s_How_You_Can_Check_Steam_Deck_Support_for Your_Library⠀⇛ Luckily, there’s an automated tool called CheckMyDeck that will do that for you. There’s one caveat, though: it needs your SteamID. In case you don’t know what that is, there’s another automated tool available to help, the SteamID Finder. Just copy-paste your Steam profile page URL, grab the Steam64 ID, and go back to CheckMyDeck. # ⚓ [GamingOnLinux] Humble_Heroines_Bundle_has_some_quality treats_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Want some more games, perhaps for your shiny new Steam Deck? Well, here’s a fresh bag of treats from Humble Bundle. There’s a couple native Linux games, and most others will work with Steam Play Proton directly. # ⚓ Bungie_Rejects_Steam_Deck’s_Linux,_Threatens_To_Ban_Destiny 2_Players_There⠀⇛ o § Distributions⠀➾ # § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenMandriva_Lx_Wins_Award_from_SourceForge_– OpenMandriva⠀⇛ The long awaited OM Lx 4.3 release is here. This means users of OpenMandriva Rock/OM Lx 4.2 need to do the distribution upgrade or “distro-sync” to OM Lx 4.3. # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Kasten_K10_by_Veeam_and_SUSE_Rancher:_Enterprise_K8s data_protection⠀⇛ # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ [Linux Magazine] Fedora_36_Beta_Now_Has_a_Release Date⠀⇛ It’s official, Fedora 36 now has two different release dates. If things go as planned, the beta of the distribution will become available on March 15, 2022. If there’s a delay, Fedora 36 will be released on March 22, 2022. Once the public beta testing is complete, the official release will be April 19, 2022, or, if there’s a delay, April 26, 2022. As for new features, the most notable will be the addition of GNOME 42, which improves both UI and functionality. The changes to GNOME 42 include a system-wide dark theme preference, wallpapers for both dark and light themes, updates to the folder icon theme, even more support for libadwaita, an improved System Settings application (thanks to GTK 4), a new default text editor (shifting from Gedit to GNOME Text Editor), and an improved screenshot tool and native screen recording. # ⚓ Red_Hat_Training_And_Certification_Expands_Offerings For_Partners⠀⇛ Red Hat has announced that Red Hat Training and Certification is expanding its offerings for partners in order to advance their skills journey with open hybrid cloud technologies. Red Hat partners can now access Red Hat Training self-paced online courses at no cost in order to develop critical skills around Red Hat solutions in key areas such as cloud computing, containers, virtualization, automation and more. # ⚓ David_Cantrell:_rpminspect-1.9_released⠀⇛ rpminspect 1.9 is now available. The last release was in November of 2021, so this release includes a lot of new functionality and bug fixes. Among the many changes and bug fixes is the addition of the rpmdeps inspection. This inspection checks for consistency and expected changes in dependency tags in build comparisons. It also checks to ensure subpackages that gained automatic shared library dependencies also carry the appropriate explicit dependency on the providing package (in cases where the providing package is another subpackage in the build). # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_Debian_LTS_work,_February_2022⠀⇛ In February I was assigned 16 hours of work by Freexian’s Debian LTS initiative and carried over 8 hours from January. I worked 16 hours, and will carry over the remaining time to March. I spent most of my time triaging security issues for Linux, working out which of them were fixed upstream and which actually applied to the versions provided in Debian 9 “stretch”. I also rebased the Linux 4.9 (linux) package on the latest stable update, but did not make an upload this month. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ [Purism] Librem_5_Photo_Processing_Tutorial⠀⇛ During the last year, it has become possible to take some pretty good-looking high resolution photos with the Librem 5… Both cameras can be already used to take stunning photos, and the driver for the front camera is even already upstreamed into mainline Linux. The processing pipeline is, however, rather limited at this point. The user has to manually set the gain, exposure and focus knobs before taking the photo, and there are no heuristics that could analyze the image and decide how to proceed with processing to make it look best. # ⚓ [Linux Gizmos] Elkhart_Lake_powers_SBC_with_4x_M.2_slots and_an_Ubuntu-driven_UP_kit⠀⇛ Aaeon announced a 3.5-inch “GENE-EHL5” SBC with Intel’s Atom x6000 that features 4x M.2 slots. The company also launched a $599 “UP Squared 6000 Edge Computing Kit” with the same Atom SoC, 3x GbE, 2.5GbE, and 3x M.2 slots. Last November, Aaeon introduced a PICO-EHL4 Pico-ITX board with Intel’s Atom x6000. The company has now followed through with a 3.5-inch GENE-EHL5 SBC with the same Elkhart Lake processor. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ [Hackaday] Need_A_Logic_Analyzer?_Use_Your_Pico!_| Hackaday⠀⇛ There’s a slew of hardware hacker problems that a logic analyzer is in a perfect position to solve. Whether you’re trying to understand why an SPI LCD screen doesn’t initialize, what’s up with your I2C bus, or determine the speed of an UART connection, you’ll really want to have a logic analyzer on hand. People have been using a Pi Pico as a logic analyzer in a pinch, and now [pico- coder] has shared a sigrok driver that adds proper support for a Pico to beloved tools like Pulseview. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ [Android Police] Material_You_is_the_perfect opportunity_to_bring_back_Android’s_old_album_art wallpapers⠀⇛ # ⚓ [GSM Arena] HTC_to_announce_a_flagship_Android_phone in_April_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ [9to5Google] HTC_is_making_a_Metaverse_smartphone_– 9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Android Central] Android’s_best_feature_is_choice_| Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ [TechRadar] Expect_more_super-powerful_cheap_Android phones_soon_–_here’s_why_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ [9to5Google] How_to_downgrade_from_Android_13_to Android_12_on_Pixel_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ [Mozilla] How_to_secure_your_data_in_less_than 10_minutes⠀⇛ Data Privacy Day has come and gone. But here at Mozilla, helping educate people around online privacy is so important to us that we want to be your guide to protecting your data over the next four weeks. Save this page on Pocket, come back every Wednesday and find a couple of quick things you can do to help you live your best and most secure digital life. Don’t wait for the next data privacy settlement or breach. Put on a playlist and you’ll be done by the time your favorite song ends. # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ [Document Foundation] LibreOffice_7.3_Articles_in Italian,_Polish_and_Portuguese⠀⇛ o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ OGC_Code_Sprint:_developing_open_standards_and_software⠀⇛ The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has organised a code sprint, along with two other organisations which promote open source software: the Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Both OSGeo and ASF have several projects which implement OGC data standards. At Ordnance Survey, we think it’s essential to encourage OS developers to be part of the conversation and development of the open data standards used in our products and services. That’s why we are sponsoring OGC’s code sprint event, and as an OGC member, we implement many OGC standards on the OS Data Hub. # ⚓ War_and_the_Power_of_Standards_– ConsortiumInfo.orgConsortiumInfo.org⠀⇛ The unleashing of unprovoked acts of violence against the people of Ukraine has both horrified and united much of the world against Russia. Even historically neutral Switzerland has condemned Putin’s aggression. And aid is flooding into the beleaguered democracy from around the world. Why? Not because the Russian Federation has breached any existing treaty, but because Putin has violated widely shared standards of conduct and decency. And while nations have the sovereign right to withdraw from written agreements, they are powerless to disavow an international consensus over what nations may and may not do. Or to avoid the consequences when they violate that consensus. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ [Hackaday] You_Can_Find_Military_Radars_On_Publicly- Available_Satellite_Data_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ When it comes to hunting down military radar installations and associated hardware, we typically think of equipment that is firmly in the price bracket of nation states and their military forces. Whether it’s early warning radar, those used for air defence, or for naval purposes, you’d think it was relatively difficult to intercept or track these emissions. However, a new tool built by geocomputation lecturer Ollie Ballinger shows this isn’t the case. In fact, openly-available data captured via satellite can be used to find all manner of military radar emitters. Let’s explore how! o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ [Hackaday] Electric_Jet_Engine_Uses_3D_Printed_Compressor, Skips_The_Turbine_Altogether._|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Turbojet engines are an incredible piece of 20th century engineering that except for some edge cases, have mostly been replaced by Turbofans. Still, even the most basic early designs were groundbreaking in their time. Material science was applied to make them more reliable, more powerful, and lighter. But all of those incredible advances go completely out the window when you’re [Joel] of [Integza], and you prefer to build your internal combustion engines using repurposed butane canisters and 3d printed parts as you see in the video below the break. # ⚓ [Hackaday] Learn_To_Play_Guitar,_Digitally_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Learning to play a musical instrument takes a major time commitment. If you happened to be stuck inside your home at any point in the last two years, though, you may have had the opportunity that [Dmitriy] had to pick up a guitar and learn to play. Rather than stick with a traditional guitar, though, [Dmitriy] opted to build his own digital guitar which is packed with all kinds of features you won’t find in any Fender or Gibson. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ [The Anarcat] procmail_considered_harmful_– anarcat⠀⇛ procmail is a security liability and has been abandoned upstream for the last two decades. If you are still using it, you should probably drop everything and at least remove its SUID flag. There are plenty of alternatives to chose from, and conversion is a one- time, acceptable trade-off. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ [Gizmodo] Tumblr_Unveils_Monthly Subscriptions_for_Ad-Free_Browsing⠀⇛ The social media platform unveils a $4.99 ad-free option for users who are interested in “pure, unadulterated nonsense.” o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ [NewYorkTimes] A_Group_Founded_by_Colin_Kaepernick_Is Providing_Free_Second_Autopsies⠀⇛ A group founded by the former N.F.L. quarterback Colin Kaepernick started this week to offer free secondary autopsies for families of people who died under “police-related” circumstances. A certified autopsy can be prohibitive, sometimes costing $5,000 or more, so those without means have had to rely on the official inquiry conducted by a medical examiner or coroner. But proponents of a second autopsy argue that forensic pathology is not an exact science, and that medical experts can have differing opinions that are sometimes colored by bias. Not having the means for an independent autopsy — a second opinion, in medical speak — prohibits one’s access to equal justice, supporters of Mr. Kaepernick’s initiative said. “There is definitely a deep-seated subconscious bias — and in some instances a conscious bias — on the part of medical examiners vis-à-vis police-related deaths,” Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, one of country’s most famous forensic pathologists and one of the board- certified examiners who will be conducting autopsies as part of this effort, said in an interview on Thursday. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ [Greenpeace] Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_set_for_a_record low⠀⇛ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6389 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 66 seconds to (re)generate ⟲