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It is a UNIX-like kernel that exists in various distributions. The most well-known ones are Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and SUSE. You can also find enterprise distributions like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS. In general, Linux is a cross-platform OS that can be run on various device types. Hence, that is a wise choice for embedded software engineering regardless of what you choose, from simple systems and personal computers to supercomputers. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Saving_Money_with_Linux:_Getting_Started_– LinuxLinks⠀⇛ You’ve probably made significant reductions in the consumption of electricity already. But given that prices are forecast to continue to rise, it’s important to evaluate all electrical appliances to see what savings can be made. This series looks at ways to reduce your electricity consumption from computers and associated devices. While the series focuses on Linux, much of the material applies to whatever operating system you are running. # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Kubuntu_Focus_NX_is_a_compact_desktop_with Intel_Tiger_Lake_and_Kubuntu_Linux_software_–_Liliputing⠀⇛ The developers of the Kubuntu operating system have been selling a line of Linux laptops under the Kubuntu Focus brand for the past few years. Now the team is branching out into desktops. The Kubuntu Focus NX is a compact computer with a 28- watt, 11th-gen Intel Core processor and support for up to 64GB of RAM. It ships with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS pre-installed. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Kubernetes_operators_–_the_top_5_things_to_watch for⠀⇛ Software operators are steadily revolutionising how we deploy and run complex distributed systems. They offer the promise of low-intervention, self-driving software – ideally leading to service reliability gains and better uptime. For an introduction to Kubernetes operators, check out our introductory webinar or download our guide to Kubernetes operators. Many hundreds of ready-made operators have been published on various platforms like GitHub and charmhub.io – so many that it can sometimes be hard to choose the best operators for your deployment, right? Well fear not – in this blog post I’ll walk you through my top five points of attention, in order to give you some basic guidelines to help you decide. Let’s go! # ⚓ Containers_are_Temporary_–_The_Data_Inside_Is_Not⠀⇛ Containers are maturing and becoming essential for organizations pursuing an application modernization strategy. With all their code consolidated into a single package, containers can be spun up quickly and seamlessly moved from one computing environment to another. They can also be spun down when their work is complete so they don’t consume resources while sitting idle. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ I_made_a_Live_FreeBSD_USB…_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video I thought I would make a vanilla FreeBSD live persistent USB, similar to NomadBSD….it was so easy, even I could do it 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈ # ⚓ Video ☛ Arch_Linux_GUI_|_Straightforward_Arch_Installer_– Invidious⠀⇛ What’s up, Linux Community!!! In this video, we check out Arch Linux GUI. Many times, people have issues getting through the installation of Arch. Now there’s a straightforward GUI-based installer. Side Note: After recording this video, I discovered that the project has been discontinued. I contacted the developer, and he stated, “I will release videos soon on how people can build their own ISOs. People will still be able to use the current ISOs and/or build their own ISOs in the future” Arch Linux GUI – https://archlinuxgui.in/ Please enjoy the video and if you have any questions, leave a comment below. My goal is to expand the Linux community. # ⚓ Video ☛ MX_Linux_21.2_overview_|_simple_configuration,_high stability,_solid_performance._–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show an overview of MX Linux 21.2 and some of the applications pre- installed. # ⚓ Linux in the Ham Shack ☛ LHS_Episode_#479:_Pop!_OS_Deep Dive⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to the 479th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. After the discussion in the last episode where the hosts settled on Pop!_OS as the “best” Linux distribution, they decided to take a hard look at it and figure out what’s good, what’s usable and what needs improvement. We hope you find this episode enjoyable and if you have some time and free hard disk space, give Pop!_OS a whirl. # ⚓ mintCast Pocast ☛ mintcast_394.5_–_A_Distro_of_a_Different Kaliber⠀⇛ 1:00 Linux Innards 37:03 Vibrations from the Ether 39:56 Check This Out 41:10 Housekeeping & Announcements In our Innards section, Bill falls down a rabbit hole called “pentesting.” And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. # ⚓ Video ☛ Odysee_Is_Still_The_Best_YouTube_Alternative_(And It’s_Getting_Better!)_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Odysee is an alternative video platform and a web frontend to the LBRY protocol. Odysee keeps getting better and adding more features. And anyone that uses YouTube to consume video content will be right at home with Odysee. And video creators, who are often treated unfairly on YouTube, will find Odysee a great place to post their work. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Stable_Kernels:_Linux_5.19.6,_Linux_5.15.64,_and Linux_5.10.140⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 5.19.6 kernel. All users of the 5.19 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 5.19.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-5.19.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_5.15.64⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.140⠀⇛ # ⚓ OpenWrt_/_MIPS_benchmark_with_MGLRU⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ LPC_2022_Evening_Events Announcement⠀⇛ Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 will have evening events on Monday September 12 from 19:30 to 22:30 and on Wednesday September 14, again from 19:30 to 22:30. Tuesday is on your own, and we anticipate that a fair number of the people registered both for LPC and OSS EU might choose to attend their evening event on that day. Looking forward to seeing you all in Dublin the week after this coming one! # ⚓ WCCF Tech ☛ Intel_Meteor_Lake_Updates_For_Linux_6.1: “Standalone_Media_Unit”,_Thunderbolt_Support,_–_Additional GPU_drivers⠀⇛ Intel’s new Meteor lake, released in the latter half of 2023, alters the company’s design of its processors, offering a tiled approach to the company’s chips. The first inclusion that the company added to Linux 6.1 ahead of the merge window is the introduction of the company’s VPU or Versatile Processing Unit, which is slated for Meteor Lake to help accelerate the inference engine. The acceleration will allow the engine to apply analytic rules to the knowledge base used in artificial intelligence to extrapolate new data. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ curl_7.85.0_for_you⠀⇛ Welcome to a new curl release, the result of a slightly extend release cycle this time. # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_syslog-ng_Store_Box_Splunk/HEC_and_Sentinel destinations⠀⇛ The syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) appliance is built on syslog-ng Premium Edition (PE). SSB inherits most of syslog-ng PE’s features and makes them available with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. One of the typical use cases for SSB (and syslog-ng PE) is optimizing the logging infrastructure for SIEM / log analysis. Two recently introduced SSB destinations for log analytics are Splunk HEC (HTTP Event Collector) and Microsoft Sentinel. The syslog-ng Store Box appliance can collect log messages from many different log sources, in many formats. These include UNIX / Linux / Windows system logs, firewall and router logs, various application logs, and now SQL sources as well. SSB can parse, rewrite, filter, and store log messages. In addition to the traditional syslog-ng features, the SSB appliance provides an interface to search log messages, and does complete log life cycle management, including archiving and backup. Finally, it can also forward events to various on- prem and cloud destinations. It allows you to optimize your SIEM installations both for resources and licensing, as you can collect log messages in a single step, store them on SSB, and only forward a reduced subset of logs to various analytics tools. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Psycopg_3.1_released⠀⇛ After several months of development, we are proud to announce the release of Psycopg 3.1! # ⚓ QEMU_7.1_Released⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_AnyDesk_on_Linux_Mint_21_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install AnyDesk on Linux Mint 21. For those of you who didn’t know, AnyDesk is a cross-platform remote desktop tool which allows you to connect with any device remotely. With the help of this application, you can control any device (regardless of its operating system) remotely and can conveniently share files with it. Also, AnyDesk application supports the VPN functionality. 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 an AnyDesk # ⚓ MakeTech Easier ☛ How_to_Create_a_.Desktop_File_for_Your Application_in_Linux_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ A .desktop file is simply a shortcut that is used to launch applications in Linux. Without the .desktop file, your application won’t show up in the Applications menu and you can’t launch it with third-party launchers such as Ulauncher and Albert. Most applications, when installed, will create the .desktop files automatically and place themselves in the “Application” menu for quick access. However, if you compile a program from source or download an app in archive format, this may not be the case and you may have to open the terminal to execute the binary every time you want to use it. Obviously, this can become a very tedious and troublesome step. This article will describe how you can create a .desktop file for any application you use that you can launch from the “Application” menu. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_Plex_in_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Plex is a streaming media server that allows you to store and access the media content on your system from any device. Based on the client-server model, Plex turns an ordinary system into a full-fledged media server. All media files are stored in a single system with a Plex server installed. The server organizes the media from your collection and online services. You can then access the media on the server from any smartphone, smart TV, or streaming box. All you need is to have a Plex client installed on these devices. Then, you can connect to your Plex media server to access all the media content. You can install the Plex media server on Windows, Mac, Linux, and NAS OS. This article will show you how to install and setup the Plex media server in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It is recommended to use the static IP on the server machine so that it will not get changed when the client tries to access it. For installation, you will require the sudo privileges. Open the command-line Terminal application to install Plex. Use the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut to open the Terminal. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ 43_Things_to_do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ “Ubuntu has become a very popular operating system not only among programmers and developers but also among normal day-to-day users and gamers. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish is here with many features and utility upgrades. Doesn’t matter if you are a normal or a pro user; every time you install the new operating system there is the same question comes to everyone’s mind, what to do next and how to set up the operating system for long-term use? So today, in this article, I’m going to show you 43 things you can do after installing Ubuntu on your system. This is not limited to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; you can follow these on any version of Ubuntu to set it up according to your requirements. Everyone’s requirements can vary according to their profession or daily tasks they carry out, so I’m going to cover the things which can be useful for every set of users.” # ⚓ Fabio_Alessandro_Locati:_Install_Fedora_on_MACCHIATObin⠀⇛ After my last post about MACCHIATObin, a few people reached out to better understand how to install Fedora on it. The MACCHIATObin board provides many different installation options. It has an onboard eMMC (in my case, 8GB, but I’m not sure if other sizes are available), an SD card slot, 3 SATA ports, and 1 PCI x4 slot. # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_play_Dying_Light_2:_Stay_Human_on Linux⠀⇛ Dying Light 2: Stay Human is the sequel to Dying Light 1. Dying Light 2: Stay Human was released on PS4, Ps5, Xbox X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Windows. However, playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human on Linux is possible with some tweaking. Here’s how. # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_play_Scrap_Mechanic_on_Linux⠀⇛ Scrap Mechanic is a sandbox game developed and published for Microsoft Windows by Axolot Games. In the game, players can build machines, vehicles, and buildings. Here’s how you can play Scrap Mechanic on Linux. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Malcolm_Network_Traffic Analysis_Tool_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Malcolm is a simple, easy-to-use, and powerful network traffic analysis tool. It is capable of capturing artifacts (PCAP files) and Zeek logs. Malcolm provides an interconnected framework that makes it greater than the sum of its parts. Malcolm’s easy, flexible deployment and robust combination of tools fill a void in the network security space and make advanced network traffic analysis accessible to many in both the public and private sectors. In this post, we will show you how to install the Malcolm network traffic analysis tool on Ubuntu 22.04. # ⚓ How_To_Fix_Unable_To_Locate_A_Package_In_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_| Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ How to Fix Unable To Locate a Package In Ubuntu 22.04 LTS If you are “Unable to locate the package.” while using Ubuntu then this blog post is for you. In this blog post, we will show you the reason for the error along with the solution too. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_create_a_Redis_cluster_for_database failover_|_TechRepublic⠀⇛ Redis is an open-source, in-memory database that offers plenty of features and more than enough performance to power your enterprise-level app or service. Recently, I wrote about deploying Redis on a single server. Although a single server will serve your project well, there’s a good chance you’re going to want to add the level of fail-over that comes along with clustering Redis. And that’s exactly what I’m going to show you. With a Redis cluster, you gain high performance, asynchronous replication and linear scaling for up to 1,000 nodes. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Understanding_Multipath_Logic_on_Linux Servers⠀⇛ Multipath is a fault-tolerance technique that generally aims to back up the connection of physical servers with storage. When there is damage to the fiber cables, it is important that the server does not lose access to the storage and maintains accessibility. That’s why systems like banks and global e-commerce sites use multipath. # ⚓ Creating_a_kubernetes_cluster_with_kubeadm_on_Ubuntu_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this blog post, I’ll try to share my personal notes on how to setup a kubernetes cluster with kubeadm on ubuntu 22.04 LTS Virtual Machines. I am going to use three (3) Virtual Machines in my local lab. My home lab is based on libvirt Qemu/KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and I run Terraform as the infrastructure provision tool. # ⚓ Linux.org ☛ Steam_Game_Server_|_Linux.org⠀⇛ Quite a few people use Steam to play games. Sometimes, some people may want to play a multi- player game with only immediate family. This article can help you create your own server to use. By having your own server, you can use all the resources for yourself and not share them with other players (other than those in your house). The better hardware you use, the better the game can be. Also, there is no sharing of the server bandwidth by other players that aren’t in the game (playing other games). There are two ways to manage setting up a server. Let’s look at the easier one first. # ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ Video_Tip:_How_To_Manually_Sort_All_Your Thunderbird_Folders⠀⇛ In our last blog post, you learned an easy way to change the order your accounts are displayed in Thunderbird. Today, we have a short video guide that takes your organizing one step further. You’ll learn how to manually sort all of the Thunderbird folders you have. That includes any newsgroup and RSS feed subscriptions too! # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_OBS_Studio_on_Linux_Mint_21_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OBS Studio on Linux Mint 21. For those of you who didn’t know, OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming. It is widely used for streaming on Twitch and Youtube and is officially recommended by Youtube for live streaming on its support page. OBS is fully supported by Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. 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 an OBS Studio on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa). # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Deploy_and_run_OpenShift_on_AWS:_4 options_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ OpenShift is Kubernetes with batteries included and verified. That is to say, OpenShift is ready to run complex first- and third-party applications and digital workloads as soon as the installation is complete. For example, every OpenShift cluster includes a software-defined network provider, a container and source build system and registry, an internet-facing router, and even a system for maintaining and updating cluster components. Contrast this with a cluster provisioned by upstream kubeadm or even the more featureful Kubespray, where adding these and other critical features requires thoughtful and sometimes delicate integration. # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ 21_Basic_Yet_Essential_Linux_Networking Commands⠀⇛ It’s not every day at It’s FOSS that we talk about the “command line side” of Linux. But as some of you readers pointed out in the internal survey (exclusive for It’s FOSS newsletter subscribers), you would also like to learn some command line tricks. So I compiled a list of essential Linux networking commands that helped me during my college days and gave me a firm overview of how you can use Linux on the networking side. These commands will help you set-up as well as troubleshoot various networking issues you may encounter with your Linux system. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Play_GNOME_Crossword_Puzzle_Game_on_Linux Desktop_–_TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛ Back in the olden days, when people were far away from the greatest invention, the internet, They usually spend their cup of tea time playing offline games like chess, cards, or crosswords. Although there is no time machine that lets us experience those days. However, you can have those games on your Linux desktop. # ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ Don’t_Suspend_Ubuntu_When_Laptop_Lid_is_Closed_– It’s_FOSS⠀⇛ If you use Ubuntu on a laptop, you might have noticed that the system is suspended when you close the lid. That’s the expected behavior. It saves the battery as well as your work. You lift the lid, the system wakes up, and you can log in and continue your work. That all sounds good except when you work with a multi-monitor setup. A few people, like me, prefer to have the laptop closed and only use the external monitor(s). o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Steam_Deck:_Acceleration_–_5000_Games_and Trending_Up⠀⇛ Things are moving fast for the Steam Deck, even during August, usually a slow month. There’s been a couple of interesting announcements recently. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients_– 2022-08-31_Edition_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Between 2022-08-24 and 2022-08-31 there were 25 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 258 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.7 % of total released titles. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Xfce’s_Apps_Update_for_August_2022:_Xfdashboard 1.0,_WebP_Support_in_Screenshooter⠀⇛ The big news this month is the release of Xfdashboard 1.0 as the first mature milestone of this utility that provides a GNOME shell dashboard- like interface for the Xfce desktop environment. The 1.0 release comes more than 10 years since the project was created! So, as you can imagine, Xfdashboard 1.0 brings lots of goodies. These include its own settings for storing settings permanently (including for plugins), a new color class with support for solid colors (single colors), linear gradients, and path gradients, along with support for specifying colors in CSS, as well as a new “autopin-windows” plugin that automatically pins each window moved to any non-primary monitor. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Want_to_Customise_Libadwaita?_Use ‘Gradience’_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ Some see the emergence of libadwaita as an intentional roadblock designed to get in the way of end-user customisation — but a new app added to Flathub this week proves otherwise. Gradience is a nimble desktop app written in Python, GTK4, and libadwaita. Using it you can tweak each and every colour shown in the libadwaita theme (as well as colours of the adw-gtk3 theme, should you have it installed). We’re talking background app colour, button colour, toggles, switches, radio boxes, and sliders; menus; dialogs; pop-overs; drop-down lists, text… You can even adjust the opacity if you really like seeing your desktop wallpaper. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Its FOSS ☛ Crystal_Linux:_An_Avant-garde_Mix_of_Arch_Linux_and GNOME⠀⇛ There are plenty of Arch-based distros that try to offer something unique. Whether it is about making the user experience better, or something that gives you the ease of the customization, there is a distro for that. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ MX_Linux_21.2_is_out_–_and_outstanding_•_The Register⠀⇛ There are so many Debian derivatives out there that a few months ago, we did a roundup that compared some of the leading ones. We mentioned antiX and MX Linux, saying that we planned to come back and give MX a fuller review. The project just put out its second point-release of 2022, which seemed like a good time to do so. From its ancestry, MX Linux sounds like a bit of a mongrel. It’s the combined result of the communities behind two different distros (both Debian spin-offs, one of which – Mepis – was discontinued a decade ago) working together. To this vulture, that didn’t sound like a particularly compelling proposition. True, it has consistently ranked very highly on Distrowatch for several years now, but that isn’t a major selling point either. Your correspondent did try Mepis back in the day, and antiX more recently because of its claimed lightweight nature. Neither especially impressed me. So I must admit that I never tried MX Linux until very recently, partly prompted by several reader requests. Well, I’m here to say that I was wrong. I tried MX soon after version 21.1 came out, was impressed, and have been waiting for a new version to appear in order to give it its own article. MX Linux is now a firm favorite at Vulture Towers Central Europe, and is in the process of replacing Devuan as our preferred systemd-free distro. o ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ MX_Linux_21.2_Has_Arrived_with_Improvements_and Bug_Fixes⠀⇛ MX Linux 21.2, aka “Wildflower,” is now officially available and is the second refresh of the MX-21 release. The developers of the most popular distribution on Distrowatch, MX Linux, have unleashed the second point release for the distribution. Although there isn’t anything groundbreaking with the latest iteration, it does include plenty of bug fixes and various improvements to help improve an already outstanding distribution. Wildflower, based on Debian Bullseye (11.4), comes with two different options for the kernel. The regular release uses the 5.10 LTS kernel, whereas the Advanced Hardware Support variant makes use of the 5.18 kernel. o § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ MX_Linux_21.2⠀⇛ Today we are looking at MX Linux 21.2. It comes with XFCE 4.16, based on Debian 11, Linux kernel 5.10, and uses about 1GB of ram when idling. # ⚓ Video ☛ MX_Linux_21.2_Run_Through_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at MX Linux 21.2. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Help_improve_GNOME!_–_Fedora_Magazine⠀⇛ gnome-info-collect is a new tool that collects anonymous data about how GNOME systems are configured. It sends that information back to GNOME servers where it can be analyzed. The goal of this tool is to help improve GNOME, by providing data that can inform design decisions, influence where resources are invested, and generally help GNOME understand its users better. The more people who provide data, the better! So, if you would like to help us improve GNOME, please consider installing and running gnome-info-collect on your system. It only takes a second. As of last week, gnome-info-collect is ready to be used, and we are asking all GNOME users to install and run it! # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Technically_Speaking:_Machine_learning model_drift_and_MLOps_at_the_edge⠀⇛ In the newest episode of Technically Speaking, Chris Wright — Red Hat’s Chief Technology Officer and SVP Global Engineering — chats with Kavitha Prasad —Intel’s VP and GM Datacenter, AI and Cloud Execution and Strategy — about DevOps and MLOps, machine learning model drift and how machine learning is moving to the edge. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Satellite_6.11.2_has_been released⠀⇛ Red Hat Satellite is part of the Red Hat Smart Management subscription that makes it easier for enterprises to manage patching, provisioning, and subscription management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure. The erratum for this release includes… # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Get_ready_for_Red_Hat_NEXT!_2022⠀⇛ Are you a CTO, CISO, CDO or thought leader responsible for open source strategy for your company? If so, don’t miss out on Red Hat NEXT! This is Red Hat’s annual event for deep dives on all things Emerging Technologies, coming up on Thursday, September 15th. This year’s conference is a hybrid event, happening in person in Dallas, Texas and virtually anywhere that you can get online! # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Red_Hat_Summit:_Connect_2022_in_Brooklyn:_Learn about_RHEL,_cloud,_and_more_|_Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Join us at Red Hat’s annual Summit: Connect on September 15, 2022. The event is free and open to the public, and will be held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and hosted by Red Hat employees and leaders. This year, we’re offering several sessions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 discussions. Learn how to create your apps the cloud-native way with Red Hat OpenShift developer tools, and how to use Red Hat’s cloud services to rapidly deliver cloud-native applications—all for free! The conference is for those who are interested in open source technologies, as well as people interested in learning more about what Red Hat does every day. You can attend the speaking sessions and see demos of some of Red Hat’s latest tools and technologies. From the morning through the evening, you can expect to hear from Red Hat experts on topics ranging from deploying OpenShift on bare metal servers or in virtualized environments to using Ansible playbooks to manage containers. If you want in-depth details about Red Hat’s plans for the future, join us for keynote speakers or labs. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Beat_these_common_edge_computing challenges⠀⇛ Edge computing is in many ways a natural extension of other distributed architectures, especially hybrid cloud environments. There are immense potential benefits – which explains rising interest and adoption – that can be further enhanced when cloud and edge get paired together. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Analytics_director:_A_day_in_the life⠀⇛ As director of analytics at WorkReduce, I wanted to share a glimpse at what a ‘day in the life’ looks like in my role. I hope you’ll find some valuable tips along the way. # ⚓ VMware_Expands_Tanzu_for_Kubernetes_Portfolio_–_Container Journal⠀⇛ At the VMware Explore conference this week, VMware announced it is adding a range of capabilities to its Tanzu for Kubernetes portfolio, including the ability to deploy the Tanzu Application Platform (TAP) on top of the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Armbian_22.08_Arrives_with_Linux_5.19,_Wayland by_Default_for_KDE_Plasma,_PiKVM_Support⠀⇛ Armbian 22.08 is here three months after the Armbian 22.05 release to introduce a few exciting changes, starting with the enablement of the Wayland session by default for the KDE Plasma desktop environment. This means that new KDE Plasma installations will default to Wayland when using the Armbian 22.08 images. In addition, the KDE Plasma install gets fixed against a broken/ invisible fonts issue reported by users from previous releases. # ⚓ Video ☛ Debian_Is_Finally_Accepting_Non_Free_Firmware!_– Invidious⠀⇛ Debian for the longest time has had a pretty hard stance against non free firmware by default but soon that is going to change with a vote on whether to include it in the ISO # ⚓ Raphaël Hertzog ☛ Freexian’s_report_about_Debian_Long_Term Support,_July_2022⠀⇛ Like each month, have a look at the work funded by Freexian’s Debian LTS offering. [...] Tryton project is in a review phase. Gradle projects is still fighting in work. In July, we put aside 2389 EUR to fund Debian projects. We’re looking forward to receive more projects from various Debian teams! Learn more about the rationale behind this initiative in this article. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Homecoming?_Ubuntu_Unity_Remix_Submitted Proposal_for_Official_Flavour_Tag⠀⇛ Missing Unity? Your wait might get over with Ubuntu Unity 22.10 as the team submitted a proposal to be accepted as the next official Ubuntu flavour. Unity desktop was initially designed for Netbook computers; hence its user interface was different from traditional desktops. It introduced the Hud search, Global Menu, Fixed dock and many other features. It’s been many years since Canonical – the original creator of the Unity desktop environment, abandoned it. Canonical officially replaced Unity with GNOME on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release onwards. However, a group of open-source folks continued its development over the years, and an unofficial Ubuntu Unity Remix featuring the Unity desktop was introduced in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on April 2020. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_Kinetic_Kudu_Wallpaper Competition_is_Now_Open⠀⇛ Unleash your photography skills and get a chance to feature in the Ubuntu 22.10 installer images. Since we are a couple of weeks to the final release, the Ubuntu team announced the Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu official wallpaper competition. Since Ubuntu is the most used Linux distro today, you can imagine the impact of your creativity on millions of Ubuntu installations worldwide. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Join_Canonical_at_NVIDIA_GTC_2022_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ As a strategic partner of NVIDIA, Canonical is proud to be one of the leading sponsors of the NVIDIA GTC again! Join us virtually at NVIDIA GTC on September 19-22 to explore the latest technology and business trends and learn from experts on how AI and the evolution of the 3D Internet are profoundly impacting industries and society as a whole. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ESPHome_compatible_ESP32-S2_module_offers six_32A_latch_relays_in_a_DIN_Rail_enclosure_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ EasySensors “6Gang30AmpsLatchRelayEspHomeReady” (now that’s a product name!) is a DIN Rail mountable, ESP32-S2-based automation device featuring six 32A latch relays and supporting ESPHome open-source framework. # ⚓ SmartLabs_helps_O2_migrate_bespoke_Linux_STBs_to_Android TV⠀⇛ SmartLabs has already helped O2 Czech Republic migrate over 400,000 devices to the Android TV Operator Tier platform. According to SmartLabs, the telco launched its bespoke interactive TV service back in 2018 and it worked side by side with the O2 team to specify, develop and deliver the project. SmartLabs has also created a bespoke next- generation UHD hybrid set-top-box for O2. It was based on the high-grade Amlogic 905D3 chipset and initially employed Linux as its operating system. Following its development strategy, O2 decided at a certain point to create an aggregated Android TV Operator Tier platform. It reached the world’s first agreement with Google allowing the migration of existing Linux STBs, that were deployed with O2 customers, to the platform. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ Got_a_Google_Pixel?_Flip_this_secret Android_13_switch_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Google_makes_it_possible_to_downgrade from_Android_13_to_Android_12,_with_a_catch_|_Android Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ Leaked_Logitech_handheld_is_Android-based Steam_Deck_rival_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Meet_my_Android_screen_of_shame,_where_the ugly_app_icons_live⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ OnePlus_10T_vs_Samsung_Galaxy_S22:_Two_great_Android value_flagship_options⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Oppo’s_new_Android_phone_gets_feature_Samsung fans_can_only_dream_of_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Wallpaper_Wednesday:_Android_wallpapers 2022-08-31_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Thousands_of_Android_apps_leak_hard-coded secrets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ You_Might_Soon_Find_It_Easier_to_Juggle_Apps Between_Android_Devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ GameSir_X2_Pro_controller_for_Android_adds full_triggers,_more⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ How_we_track_the_community_health_of_our_open source_project_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ To be an effective leader in an open source community, you need a lot of information. How do I know who the most active members in my community are? Which companies are making the most contributions? Which contributors are drifting away and becoming inactive? Who in the community is knowledgeable about a specific topic? These were just a few of the questions I had when I started leading the Mautic community at Acquia. But the problem was not a shortage of information. On the contrary, there were so many places our community interacted and so many things to track that I was drowning in data. I could access plenty of data sources, but they were not helping me manage the community effectively or answering my questions. o ⚓ Genode_OS_Framework_release_22.08⠀⇛ The vision of a Genode-based smart phone is certainly our most ambitious undertaking since we created Sculpt OS for the PC. Over the past two years, we relentlessly pursued this vision while targeting the PinePhone hardware. The scope of work reaches from custom firmware for the system-control processor, over kernel development, a staggering variety of device drivers, to the user- interface and application level. With Genode 22.08, those efforts culminate in a first complete system – a phone variant of Sculpt OS. The release documentation tells the story behind this line of work in great detail. Beside phone-related topics, the new release features new tooling for gathering and analyzing system traces that allow for holistic performance studies covering the interplay between components. One particular success story of the new trace recorder is a profoundly improved network performance. Further highlights are the support for USB smart cards via PKCS#11, VirtIO drivers for RISC- V, and the update of Qt5 to version 5.15.2. o ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ When_extension_pages_are_web-accessible_| Almost_Secure⠀⇛ And then I proceeded talking about extension pages as if this security mechanism were always in place. But that isn’t the case of course, and extensions will quite often disable it at least partially. The impact of extension pages being exposed to the web is severe and warrants a thorough discussion in a separate article. So here it comes. o ⚓ Chrome Uboxed ☛ Chrome_105_is_here_for_Windows,_macOS_and_Linux⠀⇛ Right on schedule, the next milestone update to the Chrome browser has started rolling out to Windows, macOS, and Linux users. This update is relatively light in the features department but delivers a healthy batch of security updates and patches. Let’s take a look at what’s new in Chrome 105 for Desktop. o ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ Google_invites_bug_hunters_to_scrutinize_its open_source_projects⠀⇛ Google wants to improve the security of its open source projects and those projects’ third-party dependencies by offering rewards for bugs found in them. “Depending on the severity of the vulnerability and the project’s importance, rewards will range from $100 to $31,337. The larger amounts will also go to unusual or particularly interesting vulnerabilities, so creativity is encouraged,” Googlers Francis Perron and Krzysztof Kotowicz explained. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Apache Blog ☛ More_than_333_Million_Downloads_of_Apache OpenOffice_:_Apache_OpenOffice⠀⇛ A few days ago we have seen with great pleasure that the bar of more than 333 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice® was exceeded. The count is from 2011 until today and it includes all 4.1.x releases. Please note that there are much more ways to get OpenOffice than just via our partner SourceForge.net or alternative servers hosted by Apache itself. You need to consider also copies on CDs, DVDs and download portals of online magazines. So, actually the real number is much higher. The following are a few statistics to show some more details. # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_project_and_community recap:_August_2022⠀⇛ Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_Calc_Guide_7.4_is released⠀⇛ The new Calc Guide 7.4 bring updated information for users on the latest LibreOffice 7.4 release. Skip Masonsmith and Kees Kriek of the LibreOffice Documentation Team are happy to announce the immediate availability of the LibreOffice Calc Guide 7.4. [...] The guide is for beginner to advanced users of Calc, the spreadsheet component of LibreOffice. The book introduces the features and functions of LibreOffice Calc. It is not a tutorial on using spreadsheets. Some chapters assume familiarity with basic spreadsheet usage when describing how to use Calc. “It has been fantastic to join the LibreOffice documentation community of technical writing experts. As I worked on the Calc Guide 7.4 updates, I was well supported by the team to ensure the best outcome for everyone. It was a great experience and I look forward to working on more guides with the team.” said Skip Masonsmith, Calc Guide 7.4 coordinator. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ GNU_FreeIPMI_–_News:_FreeIPMI_1.6.10_Released_ [Savannah]⠀⇛ o Support IPv6 Lan configuration in ipmi-config. IPv6 configuration is supported in the new Lan6_Conf section. o Fix static compilation issues by renaming a number of internal functions. o Misc documentation corrections. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Internationalization_and_Localization_Support_for Safety_Critical_UIs⠀⇛ The upcoming Qt Safe Renderer 2.0 release contains many new groundbreaking features. This blog post illustrates internationalization and localization support. Now you can conveniently design, implement, and verify safety-critical user interfaces for many languages. This feature brings the QSR on par with the typical Qt applications in ease of use. The localization has been possible with the already released QSR version, but now it is straightforward. Managing the data assets for language variants is easy with minimal effort. You can use the example provided with the QSR to see how easy it is to use. The example includes ten different language variants. You can choose any number of variants you like for your application. You can switch the languages in your application on the fly. There is no reason to restart the application and the switch is instant. # ⚓ Medium ☛ Asmit_Malakannawar:_GSoC_Update_2_—_August⠀⇛ I published my last blog post about implementing a member addition form for Faces of GNOME. In this blog, I’m going to talk about my short presentation at GUADEC, as well as implementation of that feature and what things are left to do. # ⚓ FOSSLife ☛ Top_Tech_Jobs_and_Skills_According_to_Dice_2022 Survey⠀⇛ Data-related skills are among the most in-demand by employers, Dice says, noting that “SQL, Python (used frequently in data analytics), and AWS enjoyed some of the biggest growth in job postings between January and June.” # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Design_Studio_3.6_Released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Design Studio 3.6. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ gintro_GUI_toolkit_for_Nim⠀⇛ I am new to Nim, and only started looking for a GUI toolkit a few days ago. # ⚓ Stuart_Langridge:_Farmbound,_or_how_I_built_an_app_in 2022⠀⇛ So, I made a game. It’s called Farmbound. It’s a puzzle; you get a sequence of farm things — seeds, crops, knives, water — and they combine to make better items and to give you points. Knives next to crops and fields continually harvest them for points; seeds combine to make crops which combine to make fields; water and manure grow a seed into a crop and a crop into a field. Think of it like a cross between a match-3 game and Little Alchemy. The wrinkle is that the sequence of items you get is the same for the whole day: if you play again, you’ll get the same things in the same order, so you can learn and refine your strategy. It’s rather fun: give it a try. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Make_your_own_music_tagging framework_with_Groovy_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ In this series, I’m developing several scripts to help in cleaning up my music collection. In the last article I wrote and tested a Groovy script to clean up the motley assembly of tag fields. In this article, I’ll separate the framework I’ve been using into a separate class and then write a test program to exercise it. # § Laravel⠀➾ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ More_than_one_Laravel_on_the_same_server⠀⇛ Recently I was asked if is it possible to run more than one Laravel instance on the same server. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Tedium ☛ Discontinued_Products:_Do_Consumers_Have_Any_Recourse?⠀⇛ Perhaps it was inevitable that the man behind the Trapper Keeper would die, just as it is inevitable that we will all die, our mortal coil will leave us, with our innovations left behind, carrying us forward. But I wanted to dive into something I realized as I first learned about the news of E. Bryant Crutchfield’s passing last week—the fact that Mead appears to have brought the iconic Trapper Keeper back, at least for a moment, however short and insubstantial it may be. When I talked to it manufacturer ACCO Brands in 2018, it seemed like they had left the product for dead. Discontinuing things has been a hot topic of late, thanks to HBO Max removing things from its service seemingly without care or compassion for what has been left behind. Things go out of print all the time—if we just continued printing things forever, there wouldn’t be room for anything else. But I guess I wonder—should something like the Trapper Keeper always be there, on demand, just because I want it? o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The DIY Life ☛ I_Upgraded_My_3D_Printed_Speakers,_Adding WiFi_Streaming_and_AirPlay⠀⇛ I recently built a Bluetooth speaker for my workshop. It works quite well and I’ve been happy with the sound quality so far, but then Arylic reached out and asked if I’d be interested in trying one of their DIY amplifier boards, or more specifically the Up2Stream Amp V4. Arylic sell a range of wired and wireless amps and speakers which are ready to use. They also sell the electronics separately in the form of DIY boards that allow you to build your own enclosures and speaker sets, or add streaming support to your existing setups. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Amazon,_Google_slam_Microsoft’s_cloud_computing changes⠀⇛ Amazon and Alphabet unit Google criticised Microsoft’s cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service providers. [...] Microsoft’s move came after smaller European Union competitors took their grievances about its cloud service practices to EU antitrust regulators, which subsequently quizzed market players on the issue and what impact they have experienced. Amazon, the leading cloud service provider trailed by Microsoft and Google, was scathing in its critiques. “Microsoft is now doubling-down on the same harmful practices by implementing even more restrictions in an unfair attempt to limit the competition it faces – rather than listening to its customers and restoring fair software licensing in the cloud for everyone,” a spokesperson for its cloud service unit AWS said in an email. Google’s vice president for government affairs and policy Google Cloud Marcus Jadotte was equally critical. “The promise of the cloud is flexible, elastic computing without contractual lock-ins,” he said in a tweet. o § ‘Linux’ Foundation and Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Free_quantum_computing_class_for_tech_leaders [Ed: Steven Vaughan-Nichols has rapidly turned into a PR spammer salaried by the 'Linux' Foundation to promote diploma mills - - a sad way to end his career]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ The_Network_Evolves:_ONE Summit_Presents_Collaborative_and_Transformative_Program Across_Networking,_Edge,_IoT [Ed: The so-called 'Linux' Foundation holding many of its events in Microsoft's back yard]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Microsoft_has_chosen_Linux_distro_Mariner_as_sole host_OS_for_Xbox_storefronts [Ed: Microsoft hates Linux with a passion; these Microsoft-connected sites are just provoking]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ Code_visibility_tool_for_enterprises untangles_spaghetti_code_|_VentureBeat [Ed: Well, it's worthless Microsoft trap.]⠀⇛ In terms of code visibility sources, CodeSee provides direct integration with GitHub code repositories and has an extension for Microsoft’s VS code. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Kaidan’s_End-to-End_Encryption_Trust_Management_–_Kaidan⠀⇛ We worked several months on Kaidan’s upcoming end- to-end encryption and trust management. Once Kaidan 0.9 is released, it will provide the latest OMEMO Encryption. But it will also make trust decisions in the background for you if it’s possible. Some trust decisions have to be made manually but there are many others Kaidan automates without decreasing your security. That is done by automatically sharing trust decisions via already secured channels. The feature Kaidan uses is called Automatic Trust Management (ATM). Your device receives the encryption data to secure the conversation between you and your contact via the internet. That encryption data can be the data of an attacker. While you think that you communicate with your contact securely, the attacker can read, modify or drop everything you exchange. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (dpdk, net-snmp, php-horde-mime-viewer, php-horde-turba, and webkit2gtk), Fedora (rsync), Oracle (openssl and systemd), Red Hat (booth, kernel, kernel-rt, and openssl), Slackware (vim), SUSE (bluez, java- 1_8_0-ibm, postgresql10, and zlib), and Ubuntu (kernel, linux, linux-raspi, linux-aws, and linux- oem-5.14). # ⚓ Wired ☛ Inside_the_World’s_Biggest_Hacker_Rickroll_| WIRED⠀⇛ As a graduation prank, four high school students hijacked 500 screens across six school buildings to troll their classmates and teachers. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ High-School_Graduation_Prank_Hack_– Schneier_on_Security⠀⇛ This is a fun story, detailing the hack a group of high school students perpetrated against an Illinois school district, hacking 500 screens across a bunch of schools. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ Trend_Micro_Warns_of_75%_Surge_in Ransomware_Attacks_on_Linux_as_Systems_Adoptions_Soared [Ed: About 90% or 95% of ransomware attacks affect Windows (based on studies), not Linux, so the relic "antivirus" 'industry' is spreading FUD for Microsoft right now, deflecting and distracting from the main issue]⠀⇛ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Microsoft_Azure_outage_continues_for_some services_relying_on_Ubuntu_‘Bionic’_release [Ed: Microsoft's Mary Jo Foley has just written a BS piece trying to blame "Ubuntu" for Azure (Microsoft) issues. "Not a surprise," an associate notes, as "Azure is full of security holes, in addition to unreasonably high operating costs and poor performance. They'll continue their decades-long tactic of blaming "Linux people" for all their problems. For a while that was their go-to excuse for getting cracked or defaced."]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Microsoft_releases_potential_fix_for_Azure_errors_in Ubuntu_18.04_VMs [Ed: Still hostile FUD against Linux - - courtesy of Microsoft.]⠀⇛ Microsoft on Tuesday reported that for a number of Azure customers running Ubuntu 18.04 virtual machines (VMs), a bug in this version will lead to DNS resolution errors. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ #PrivacyofthePeople: The_public_bad_of_private_facial_recognition_use⠀⇛ In the last #PrivacyofthePeople post, we looked at the scope of Section 91 notices, how they may impact your right to privacy, and what remedies you have under law. In this post, we examine the ongoing use of facial recognition technology by private actors such as commercial stores, private college campuses among others. [...] Have you ever had tea at Chaayos? Or enrolled yourself for a fitness program at CultFit? A lot of us may have, but a lot of us don’t know that both these places claim to use FRT on their customers for reasons such as creating ‘Loyaltea’ programmes and “minimizing attendance fraud”. FRT is also being used increasingly by private universities such as Amity University, Noida to “enhance the security system” on campus. # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ AirTag_Found_Moving_With_You: Everything_You_Need_to_Know⠀⇛ * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Always_here_in_the_morning⠀⇛ Just two months until Halloween, the best day of the year. Seasonal Halloween costume shops have opened, and all of the stores that are going to be selling Halloween decorations have started doing so. One month until it won’t be too weird to put Halloween decorations up. I need to decide which classic Gothic novel I’ll read this month… considering The Monk or The Castle of Otranto. # ⚓ EHPRYXT_Wordo:_TESTY⠀⇛ # ⚓ Eventually_RPG⠀⇛ Thinking out loud about a possible homemade small TRPG. Players, make characters and describe your actions in diegetic terms. That’s your interface to the game. Just talking and making notes. GMs, prep a full blorb with maps, NPCs, event tables etc. Also prepare and shuffle two decks, the injury deck and the event deck. Keep them face down but shuffled in full view. You also need one note, label, or marker for each character’s injury pile. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Ellul_on_Nonsense_Art⠀⇛ Jacques Ellul is most known for his technology criticism, but his writings on modern art is well worth the acquaintance. L’emipre du non-sens (1980) is a scathing critique of modernism in all the arts. Although Ellul often comes across as a reactionary who simply finds modern art ugly, ridiculous, or pointless, it’s not quite that simple. Two of the main premises of his argument are that technique is a dominating force in society, stronger than any political tendency, and that modern society is one where meaning has ceased to exist. An art that tries to be relevant and critical of modern society, then, might try to show the absence of meaning, by itself becoming absurd or nonsensical. # ⚓ Making_more,_taking_less⠀⇛ All my life I have been more of a consumer of stuff than a creator of it. I prefer reading to writing, for example. I read more about technical topics (programming languages, frameworks, programs, databases, whatever) than I actually go and use them. I read more code than I write. It also happens with photography; I read about it and look at way more photos than I actually take. # ⚓ A_Guide_To_Playing_Freedoom_&_Community_Made_Doom_content in_2022⠀⇛ There is a youtube curator called AHOY, whom tends to make documentary level content about older games and real life weapon history. I came across AHOYs documentary on the original DOOM games a little while ago, and since then I have been slightly obsessed with OG doom. The history of games and computing in general is a facinating subject which I enjoy learning about. The Documentary a great watch if you want to understand more about the context of original doom, or just get hyped to play it again. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Re:_Having_a_Dot_File_Repo?⠀⇛ For years, I’ve been using misc version control software to backup, transfer and manage my dot files: RCS, SVN, git, even mercurial. The main issue with thos was the “backup” part: exporting those offsite added some security issues which were often tackled by copying local-only repos to encrypted archives or adding strong auth to a backup server, sometimes even setting up a VPN (for SVN). No solution was perfect, but it did the trick. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2096 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.31.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_31/08/2022:_Makulu_GameR_and_Tor_Browser_11.5.3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:33 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Java o WWW * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Software_Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Announcements * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Run_Linux_Commands_in_the_Background⠀⇛ Linux commands are a great way to interact with the system using the terminal. However, sometimes it can take a while to finish the task at hand. This forces users to either wait for a considerable time for the process to finish or spawn a new shell altogether. Luckily, you can run Linux commands in the background by following some simple methods. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Luakit_Ultra_Fast_Browser_–_How_to_install_it on_Raspberry_Pi?⠀⇛ Luakit is a fast and customizable web browser developed by the team of Github. If we talk about the Luakit browser, its framework is based on the Webkit web content engine and supports the GTK+ toolkit. This browser is mostly used by the developers community. Luakit browser is supported by different operating systems including Windows 10, BSD, and Linux distributions (Raspberry Pi OS). In this guide, our focus will be on the installation of the Luakit browser on Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_Laptop_as_a_Monitor_for_Raspberry Pi⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi is a handy device that lets you create several DIY projects; however, it doesn’t come with an LCD screen or monitor to visualize your Raspberry Pi desktop. If you need one for your Raspberry Pi device, you must pay an extra penny to get it. However, the charges to set up a complete Raspberry Pi desktop may be hard for most users, so in that case, there needs to be a solution that can solve the problem of the Raspberry Pi display. Since most users do have laptops nowadays, you can use them as monitors for Raspberry Pi and this article will show you how you can use a laptop as a monitor for the Raspberry Pi display. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Manage_Raspberry_Pi_Through_Pi_Dash⠀⇛ Pi Dash is an Android application used to manage your Raspberry Pi device from your mobile phone. Through this application, you can update and upgrade your Raspberry Pi packages, shut down and reboot your device and get an overview of system resources such as CPU, RAM and temperature. You will also find information about your operating system and task lists through Pi Dash. In this guide, you will learn how you can install Pi Dash on your mobile and use it to manage your Raspberry Pi device from a remote location. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Remotely_Control_Raspberry_Pi_Through PiAssistant⠀⇛ PiAssistant is an Android application used to manage and control your Raspberry Pi device from your mobile phone. This application allows you to access your device information like memory usage, temperature, RAM and much more. It also lets you control GPIO pins and Raspberry Pi terminal through mobile. If you want to access your device storage, you can do so easily within this application, making it easier to copy files from your mobile to your device. In this article, we will guide you on how you can install PiAssistant on your mobile to control your device remotely. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Wine_7.16_out_fixing_up_Saints_Row,_Wow64 support_in_X11_driver⠀⇛ Slightly later than they usually put up the releases, the Wine team released Wine 7.16 on August 28th bring new features and bug fixes for the Windows translation layer. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_fixes_Final_Fantasy_XIV Online_launcher,_GTA_V_texture_loading⠀⇛ Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Linux desktop from Valve recently had two small updates. Although small, they do have some major fixes. This is the extra special version of Proton you can try, it pulls in new features and fixes earlier to get more Windows games working on Linux desktop and Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Necrosmith_is_a_budget_indie_banger⠀⇛ Necrosmith is a roguelike real-time strategy management game. You create minions and release them to scout your surroundings, defend your castle, gather loot, and destroy enemy lairs. The game has no Native Linux release but runs flawlessly through Proton. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Victoria_3_from_Paradox_Interactive releasing_October_25⠀⇛ Paradox has today confirmed that Victoria 3 will be releasing on October 25, plus it’s available for pre-order with a new trailer too. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_Verified_and_Playable_hits 5,000⠀⇛ There it is, the big one! Through the Deck Verified system we now have 5,000+ games listed as either Verified or Playable for the Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Seems_I’ll_be_replaying_Half-Life_2_again soon_but_this_time_in_VR⠀⇛ Half-Life 2: VR Mod is on the way and will hit official Beta on Steam on September 16th, so I guess I’ll be playing it all over again then. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Kena:_Bridge_of_Spirits_gets_Steam_Deck Verified_ahead_of_the_Steam_release⠀⇛ Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a gorgeous looking story-driven, action adventure that was exclusive to the Epic Store but the time is up and it’s coming to Steam now. It’s also been Steam Deck Verified ahead of release. # ⚓ MakeTech Easier ☛ Turn_Any_PC_Into_a_Retro_Gaming_Machine With_Batocera_Linux_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ Batocera Linux is an operating system focused on video game emulation and it can be flashed to a USB stick. In this tutorial, we discuss how you can install Batocera on a USB flash drive. Furthermore, we detail how to place your games on the flash drive. Finally, we show you how to boot into the flash drive and start playing your favorite retro games! o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Maui_2.2.0_Release_–_MauiKit_—_#UIFramework⠀⇛ Today, we bring you a new special report on the Maui Project’s progress. Maui 2.1.1 was released almost three months ago, and since then, we have added new features, bug fixes, and improvements to the Maui set of apps and frameworks; the Maui Shell components and new apps have been updated and pushed for a new release. The following blog post will cover changes and highlights from the last three months, which pave the road for a Maui Desktop environment for convergence. Maui Desktop Environment (Maui DE) encompasses the MauiKit frameworks, Maui Apps, which cover the basic functionalities, and the Maui Shell and all its components. Maui DE aims to introduce a cohesive, modern, fun, and convergent environment for Linux computers in different form factors….. This initial release gives a peek into the goal. # ⚓ Cleaning_code_and_demo_application⠀⇛ In my final weeks of the Google Summer of Code 2022, I spend my time polishing code and writing and documenting all parts of my code for the final Submission for final integration into the branch master. To summarize, I would like to demo the functionalities of the Digikam OCR tool what I have done: * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Makulu_GameR_is_Live_!_–_MakuluLinux⠀⇛ You can now Grab your Free copy of Makulu GameR from the Links Above, We hope you enjoy using this build, as a GameR i can tell you, these are exciting times… o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Several_/sbin_daemons_are_now_dynamically- linked⠀⇛ But the followup a few hours later explains some of the motivation for the move: [...] o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ [OpenMandriva]_ROME_users_attention_please⠀⇛ The process to copy cooker repositories to rolling just finished. [...] The time has come. Current ROME users please stop any update. If you plan to convert your system, which receives updates from cooker branch, to real ROME rolling release you should switch the update channel to rolling right now. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Kubernetes_1.25:_cgroup_v2_graduates_to GA⠀⇛ Kubernetes 1.25 brings cgroup v2 to GA (general availability), letting the kubelet use the latest container resource management capabilities. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Budgie_Desktop_is_Almost_ready_for_Fedora Rawhide⠀⇛ The Budgie dev team submitted the Budgie desktop packages to be included in Fedora Rawhide. A couple of months back, on May-2022, I initially reported that an official Fedora Budgie spin under development. Since then a whole lot of milestones completed by the Budgie team, so that this amazing desktop can be installed as official Fedora spin. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Wouter_Verhelst:_Not_currently_uploading⠀⇛ Although his post is mostly garbage, there is one bit of information that is correct, and that is that my GPG key is currently no longer in the Debian keyring. Nothing sinister is going on here, however; the simple fact of the matter is that I misplaced my OpenPGP key card, which means there is a (very very slight) chance that a malicious actor (like, perhaps, Mr. Notorious) would get access to my GPG key and abuse that to upload packages to Debian. Obviously we can’t have that — certainly not from him — so for that reason, I asked the Debian keyring maintainers to please disable my key in the Debian keyring. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Infineon_XENSIV_PAS_CO2_Shield2Go_board enables_carbon_dioxide_measurements_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ Infineon has added new a shied to its Shield2Go ecosystem with the XENSIV PAS CO2 Shield2Go board integrating the company’s XENSIV PAS CO2 sensor capable of measuring carbon dioxide levels. We first wrote about the Shield2Go module with the OPTIGA Trust-M evaluation kit integrating a security module, but the family also includes various sensors shield and microcontroller boards notably the XMC 2Go board. The new Shield2Go board can be used for both air quality monitoring and controlled ventilation for energy savings. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Custom_Printed_Knobs_In_Just_A_Few_Lines_Of Code⠀⇛ While not everyone is necessarily onboard for the CAD-via-code principle behind OpenSCAD, there’s no denying the software lends itself particularly well to parametric designs. Using a few choice variables, it’s possible to make a model in OpenSCAD that can be easily tweaked by other users — even if they have zero prior experience with CAD. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Google_to_stop_Android_VPN_apps_blocking_ads_| TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google_Pixel_7_phones_could_mark_the arrival_of_higher-quality_Bluetooth_LE_Audio_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_themed_icons:_These_apps_support Material_You_makeovers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Amazon_Android_Days_features_big_discounts on_the_entire_OnePlus_lineup⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ How_to_Set_Up_a_New_Android_From_an_Old_Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ How_to_Reset_a_Voicemail_Password_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pluto_TV_down_or_not_working_on_Android-powered_devices⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Some_Precautionary_Steps_to_Stay Anonymous_on_the_Internet_–_TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛ The main disadvantage of Tor software is that it slows down traffic. This option is not suitable for streaming videos and other heavy files. Even if the traffic is encrypted, the ISP knows that you are using Tor. # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Release:_Tor_Browser_11.5.3_(Android)⠀⇛ The full changelog since Tor Browser 11.5.2 is… o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Compare_two_Integers_in_Java⠀⇛ In Java, “Integer” is a wrapper class by the java.lang package used for constructing integer objects. It stores integer values in 128 bits. While programming in Java, there exists a chance that you need to compare two values of the same data type, such as int. Java offers different methods to compare two Integers; however, the most common method used is the Comparison Operator. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Get_an_Index_of_an_Array_Element in_Java⠀⇛ An array is a set of elements with the same data type and is treated as a fixed-size data structure. In Java, an array inherits the Object class and can be created dynamically. However, arrays are index-based, that’s why the first element of an array is stored at the zero indexes and the second element is at the first index, and so on. o § WWW⠀➾ # ⚓ Aral Balkan ☛ Dear_Linux,_Privileged_Ports_Must_Die⠀⇛ Privileged ports, toffs of the Linux world. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ My_RSS_feed_with_HTML_content_is_back⠀⇛ Dear readers, given the popular demand for a RSS feed with HTML in it (which used to be the default), I modified the code to generate a new RSS file using HTML for its content. # ⚓ Geshan ☛ Node.js_alternatives:_Exploring_Deno_and_Bun_(with code_examples)⠀⇛ JavaScript is a peculiar language, it has its own share of quirks and issues. It is the only language that can be natively used for both backend and frontend software development. Desktop applications can be written in JavaScript with Electron. JavaScript is the language of the web that the browsers speak and Node.js was released in mid- 2009, it has been exploited very well on the server side too in the past 13 years. So, this post is not comparing Node.js with other languages like PHP, Python, Ruby, or dot net as Node.js alternatives as they are in a different league. For this piece, you will learn about other Node.js like JavaScript runtimes that are supposed to give Node.js a run for its money. # ⚓ Chen HuiJing ☛ Hacking_background-clip_with_gradient_colour stops⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Reason ☛ “‘Ass-Hat’_Is_a_Word_That_Has_No_Meaning._It_Is_Just_an Epithet”⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Peter_Weiss_and_the_Riddle_of_Representation⠀⇛ Peter Weiss was 45 years old when his first work of literary fiction, The Shadow of the Coachman’s Body, came out in 1960. He had spent some 30 years studying painting and illustration, and another seven making surrealist short films. Like many first novels, The Shadow of the Coachman’s Body is a book about becoming someone who writes books: There are no narrative stakes for the protagonist, a tenant living in a rural boarding house, besides “getting my notes beyond a beginning that ends in nothing…although I clearly feel the counterforce in me which used to get me to break off my attempts and which even now whispers…that what I’ve heard and seen is too insignificant to be preserved.” Weiss had some trouble finding a publisher for what he called his “micro-novel” (this new translation by Rosemarie Waldrop comes in at under 100 pages), but upon its release it would launch him to the forefront of the experimental postwar literary movement in Europe, where he would join the likes of Heinrich Böll, Samuel Beckett, and Jean Genet. After 1960, Weiss would spend the rest of his life among the European literati as one of the most acclaimed German writers of his generation. Yet Shadow is primarily an exploration of literature’s limitations and inherent vices. o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Ukrainian_flag_confiscated_from_Lithuanian_fans at_a_basketball_match_in_Szombathely⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Pickleball_Is_the_Fastest-Growing_Sport_In_the US⠀⇛ In a Pittsburgh suburb this June, a sizable crowd gathered to watch four individuals duking it out in a fiery doubles match. The MVP of the showdown? Sixty-four- year-old attorney Meg Burkardt, who didn’t realize that the three men she “whooped” that day were used to a different sport: They were Pittsburgh Steelers T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, and Minkah Fitzpatrick. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Making_A_Pipe_Crimper_From_Scrap⠀⇛ We love upcycling around these parts — taking what would be a pile of rusty scrap and turning it into something useful — and this project from YouTuber [Hands on Table] is no different. Starting with a pair of solid looking sprockets, one big, one small, and some matching chain, a few lumps of roughly hewn steel plate were machined to form some additional parts. A concentric (rear mounted) plate was temporarily welded to the sprocket so matching radial slots could be milled, before it was removed. Next, the sprocket was machined on the inside to add a smooth edge for the crimping fingers (is that the correct term? We’re going with it!) to engage with. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Monitoring_A_Cat’s_Litter_Box_Usage_With_AI⠀⇛ [Estefannie] is a proud cat owner, but one of her cats has a bad habit of eating plastic. That means she needs to keep an eye on that cat’s bowel movements, but with two cats in the house, it’s difficult to know who did what. Thus, she whipped up an AI system to log her cats bathroom visits and give her peace of mind. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Law_of_Circulation⠀⇛ o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Thoughts_on_Industrial_Policy⠀⇛ In short, industrial policy is not an on-off switch. We are always practicing industrial policy; the only issue is which industries we choose to favor and how we structure the mechanisms. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Recovery_from_Burnout⠀⇛ Well, I decided that the best thing for me to do was have a clean break. I spoke with my manager and my colleagues, and I started the process of handing everything off, documenting all the loose ends, crossing every t and dotting every i. My last day was bittersweet, but when I woke up on Monday morning with nothing to do, the elation told me I had made the right decision. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Want_More_Teachers?_Start_Valuing Education⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_NCR-80_vintage_mechanical_keyboard_kit⠀⇛ Most people are probably familiar with NCR for their eponymous cash registers, but they had some beautiful terminals and high-end server hardware back in the day, some of which I remember tinkering with at one of my first jobs. This case with some dual-tone retro keycaps would be spectacular. I’d have to be careful to match the colour exactly though, or it’d look weird. Maybe I need to check out some completed builds. Any of you made a keyboard in this case? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Maiden_Kansas_City_Keyboard_Meetup_Was_A Clacking_Good_Time⠀⇛ Wow! I can’t believe it already came and went — but the first annual (semi-annual?) Kansas City Keyboard Meetup was, in my opinion, a rousing success. And I think organizer and Discord- nominated god among men [Ricardo] agrees with me. (He does; I checked before we left the venue.) # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_Amstrad_Portable_You_Won’t_Have_Seen⠀⇛ Of all the players in the home computer world in the 1980s, Alan Sugar’s Amstrad was a step ahead in ease of use over its competitors. The Amstrad CPC series of computers came with their own monitors that also had a built-in power supply, and featured built-in data recorders or disk drives as standard. Despite having a line of business computers and an eventual move into PC territory that included portable machines, Amstrad never produced a CPC which wasn’t anchored to the desktop. [Michael Wessel] has taken that challenge on himself with a CPC464 that had a broken cassette recorder, and come up with a creditable take on a portable computer that never was. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ HIV_decriminalization._(The Democratic_Party_of_Cook_County,_Illinois_enforced_it_all_the way_to_the_end.)⠀⇛ I know some people who live with HIV, and while progress has been made, I doubt there will ever be a vaccine or a cure. It’s simply too profitable, and the drug companies admit cures are not profitable. You cure something, and in a few years nobody needs the cure anymore. Better to just keep hitting them for $133.33 a pill (Genvoya). Many people could get by just fine taking a $13 a day pill (Atripla, generic), which is still steep, but that’s America, but “patent evergreening” keeps resulting in new drugs and corrupt doctors that are working against the patient’s best interest who prescribe them. But we all know drug companies are corrupt, so let us move on. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Medicare_Dis-Advantage: Shortchanging_the_Patients_While_Enriching_the_Insurer⠀⇛ Advocates of universal health care are currently battling the effort by corporate forces, both outside and within the Medicare, to privatize the portion of the program that is now fully public. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Medicaid_Program_Expands_Funding_for_Home_Care, But_Its_Future_Is_Uncertain⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Passing_‘Kids_Code,’_California_Paves_Way for_Safer_Digital_World_for_US_Children⠀⇛ “California is not only setting the standard for children who live in the tech sector’s backyard, but it also paves the way for the rest of the United States and for the world.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Protect_These_Giants,’_Say_122K_Public Comments_Urging_Biden_to_Conserve_Old-Growth_Forests⠀⇛ “There is no question that mature and old-growth trees are vital to the current health and livable future of our planet.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Pandemic_Is_Far_From_Over’:_People’s_CDC Tells_Congress_to_Fund_Covid_Response⠀⇛ “The pandemic is far from over,” the People’s CDC said in a statement, pointing to hundreds of Covid deaths per day in the U.S. alone, rising child hospitalizations, and a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that roughly 20% of adults develop longterm symptoms or complications after being infected, often called Long Covid. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ Open_3D_Foundation_(O3DF) Announces_Keynote_Lineup_for_O3DCon—Online_and_In-Person_in Austin,_October_17-19⠀⇛ The Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) today announced a slate of keynote speakers for O3DCon, its flagship conference, which will be held October 17-19 in Austin, Texas and online. O3DCon will bring together technology leaders, indie developers and academia to share ideas and best practices, discuss hot topics and foster the future of 3D development across a variety of industries and disciplines. The schedule is available at https:// events.linuxfoundation.org/o3dcon/program/ schedule/. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ Creating_cyber_career_opportunities during_the_talent_shortage⠀⇛ With roughly 700,000 cybersecurity positions open, businesses across America are feeling the direct impact of the cyber talent shortage. As ransomware attacks and data breaches continue to make headlines, it’s clear that threat actors aren’t backing off, and employees are now holding down the line in the face of cyberattacks. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ How_1-Time_Passcodes_Became_a_Corporate Liability⠀⇛ Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ New_super-databases:_EU_agencies_get experience_from_the_USA⠀⇛ The EU wants to store fingerprints and facial images of over 400 million people from third countries in a single silo. US authorities already have such a system for around 275 million people. Both sides now want to cooperate more closely on this matter. # ⚓ PIA ☛ Private_Internet_Access_No_Logs_Policy_Reviewed by_Independent_Firm⠀⇛ But we are a company that wants our actions to speak for us. We don’t want you to take our No Logs promises at face value. Just like we’re transparent with our source code and regular Transparency Reports, we aim to be honest with our infrastructure too. Because of this, Private Internet Access underwent an independent audit to review our No Logs policy.  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_At_25:_The_Crypto_Wars_Never End⠀⇛ Next Friday, September 9th, we’ll be hosting our 25th anniversary event. We’ll post the actual details later this week, but the best way to make sure you can attend is to be a regular paying subscriber to Techdirt. You can back us via the qualifying Techdirt Insider packages (Crystal Ball, Watercooler, or Behind the Curtain — or the equivalent levels via our Patreon). And keep watching for more 25th anniversary goodness. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Data_Broker_Lobbyists_Descend_On_DC Pushing_Loopholes_In_New_Privacy_Law⠀⇛ The challenge with passing a functional, useful privacy law for the Internet era is several fold. One is the need for baseline competency in lawmakers, an increasing challenge in U.S. politics. But the other issue is corruption, and the fact that any meaningful privacy law first has to run a gantlet of lobbyists with unlimited budgets, representing an ocean of industries that don’t want revenues dented. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Judge:_No_Expectation_Of_Privacy_In_User Info_Voluntarily_Shared_With_Facebook,_OKs_FBI’s_User Data_Grab⠀⇛ While this ruling [PDF] is likely correct under current Fourth Amendment case law, it does raise questions about the propriety of mass data grabs that aren’t particularized to suspected criminals or investigation targets. (h/t Orin Kerr) o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ The_Illinois_State_(Thought) Police_raid_thousands_of_people_to_confiscate_guns_under_the unconstitutional_FOID_Act.⠀⇛ They raid thousands of people and the best they can come up with to parade around in the media is that they didn’t need warrants because they found one guy with explosives. Which gives them the right to trample the Constitutional rights of lots of people? # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Trump’s_possession_of_intelligence_documents raises_fears_for_national_security⠀⇛ Finding 25 sets of highly classified materials was enough to spur the Justice Department — after months of failed negotiations and a subpoena to Trump — to seek a search warrant, securing another 11 sets of documents that included more highly sensitive materials. # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_last_member_of_a_tribe_in_Brazil_has_died, pulling_Indigenous_rights_into_focus⠀⇛ The rest of his tribe was likely massacred in attacks by gunmen hired by colonists and ranchers dating back to the 1970s, according to Survival International, a London-based human rights organization that advocates for Indigenous and uncontacted people. He had since resisted all attempts at contact and “made clear he just wanted to be left alone,” Fiona Watson, Survival’s research and advocacy director, said in a statement. “No outsider knew this man’s name, or even very much about his tribe — and with his death the genocide of his people is complete,” Watson added. “For this was indeed a genocide — the deliberate wiping out of an entire people by cattle ranchers hungry for land and wealth.” # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Exoskeletons:_Race_of_the_super_soldiers⠀⇛ The military in the USA, China or even Germany uses motorised exoskeletons in logistics, while Russia is said to have already tested them in war. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Jeffrey_Sachs:_“Dangerous”_U.S._Policy_& “West’s_False_Narrative”_Stoking_Tensions_with_Russia, China⠀⇛ We discuss Western hegemony and U.S. policy in Russia, Ukraine and China with Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, whose new article is headlined “The West’s False Narrative About Russia and China.” Sachs says the bipartisan U.S. approach to foreign policy is “unaccountably dangerous and wrongheaded,” and warns the U.S. is creating “a recipe for yet another war” in East Asia. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Biden_To_Ask_Congress_To_Approve_$1.1_Billion Arms_Sale_for_Taiwan⠀⇛ The planned sale comes amid soaring tensions sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Militaries_Are_Rushing_To_Get_Anti-Drone_Lasers Operational⠀⇛ Flying drones have been a part of modern warfare for a good few decades now. Initially, most of these drones were built by traditional military contractors and were primarily used by the world’s best-funded militaries. However, in recent conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and elsewhere have changed all that. Small commercial drones and compact militarized models have become key tools on the battlefield, for offense, defence, and reconnaissance. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_New_Civil_War_in_Libya?⠀⇛ An analysis of the current tensions in Libya, including: – Who are the competing factions? Why is the country divided? – Turkey, Russia and an analysis of the alliances on Libya – How the current disaster was precipitated by the US-NATO war # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_America_Still_Doesn’t_Designate Violent_Domestic_Extremists_as_Terrorists⠀⇛ It garnered little notice, but New Zealand, half a world away from the events of January 6th, has designated the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization, making it “illegal . . . to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and obligating authorities to take action against them.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Should_Europe_Close_Its_Borders_to_Russian Citizens?⠀⇛ Russia and its citizens should ask themselves why their neighbors are sick and tired of them. They all suffered at Russia’s hands from invasions, wars, land grabs, spoliation and interference in internal affairs. In the last two decades, for example, Russia has spent millions of rubles to subvert and subjugate the countries that after World War II belonged to its orbit. Russian secret services trained pro-Russian politicians or created pro-Russian political parties; they also encouraged corruption networks to undermine their societies. For all these reasons, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe want to punish their provocative and bellicose neighbor in some way. In recent weeks, many of them have stopped issuing visas to Russian citizens. Recently, Romanian border guards refused entry into the country to a Russian, sticking a stamp in his passport that read, “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kherson_collaborationist_official_appears_to_have fled_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Russian- backed occupation authorities in Ukraine’s Kherson region, appears to have fled the region amidst reports that a Ukrainian counteroffensive on the south of the country has begun. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Did_Nancy_Pelosi_Accelerate_Chinese-Russian Military_Cooperation_With_Her_Taiwan_Visit?⠀⇛ China’s Foreign Ministry warned of “serious consequences” in the lead-up to Pelosi’s visit, but even after continual visits by U.S. politicians to Taiwan, Beijing is unlikely to pursue military escalation. Doing so could result in a repeat of the 1995-1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, which led to a remarkable loss of face for the Chinese leadership. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Collaborationist_officials_targeted_and_killed_in Ukraine’s_occupied_territories_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Against the backdrop of Ukrainian forces launching a counteroffensive in the south, there has been an uptick in reports of assassination attempts targeting collaborationist and Russian-appointed officials in the occupied territories. According to Meduza’s tally, nearly a dozen of Moscow’s proxies have been killed since March and a number of others have been hospitalized with injuries after surviving apparent attempts on their lives. Here are the attacks that have been reported so far. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Color_of_Suffering:_Black_and_Blue⠀⇛ Aside from Russkies being our worldview Klingons, I have been dealing with race, at home, for my entire life. Watching Black people get their heads bashed in, while crying “I can’t breathe,” or wondering, “Can’t we all get along?” or wondering when their best white friend will turn on them and play the race card, subtly or explicitly, for advantage over some obscure object of desire, and always irredeemably.  I have seen it with my own two eyes; I’ve probably participated in it at some early stage of my life.  There seems to be something infinitely cruel in us, watching our Black friend;s face as the race monster erupts from our chest like the creature in Alien to show him or her that, we, too, are infected with the monster molecule (hate- evil-anger), further deepening the 400 year divide. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_chip_off_the_old_block_How_wartime_pressures drew_former_first_son_Ilya_Medvedev_into_politics_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Story by Andrey Soshnikov (Current Time), Svetlana Reiter (Meduza), and Elizaveta Surnacheva (Current Time), with additional reporting by Kristina Safonova (Meduza). English-language version by Sam Breazeale. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Pro-regime_change_journalist_Shane_Bauer files_lawsuit_seeking_$10_million_seized_from_Iran⠀⇛ o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Did_America_Survive_Without_an Espionage_Act?⠀⇛ Just think: The whole world was free to spy on America without fear of being prosecuted, convicted, and incarcerated by U.S. officials. Think about how scary that must have been for all those Americans who were living during those 140 years.  # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ CIA_Whistleblower_John_Kiriakou_on_What_We Learned_From_FBI’s_Mar-a-Lago_Search_Affidavit⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Reality_Winner_Describes_How_US_Justice Department_Painted_Her_As_a_Terrorist_Sympathizer⠀⇛ On June 2, 2021, Winner was released from Federal Medical Center Carswell in Texas and placed under house arrest until November 23. She is subject to highly restrictive probation conditions until November 23, 2024.Winner was a linguist in the Air Force, and she told Atikpoh she was a “subject matter expert on extremism in Afghanistan.” Before her arrest, she was studying neurology, which involved “viewing lectures by Dr. Robert Sapolsky from Stanford and understanding what trauma does to the human brain.” She also read The Science of Evil by Simon Baron-Cohen and was intrigued by how it quantified the “brain’s capacity to handle empathy and compassion.” “I was studying the patterns of extremism in Afghanistan over the past 50 years and linking it up with early childhood trauma and it seems like any time there’s extreme violence for a period, like the early Soviet invasion, twenty years later you have another extremist group coming out,” Winner shared. According to Winner, prosecutors “left out the neurology sections,” and only focused on how she was writing about the history of Afghanistan. In a “white Southern District of Georgia court,” prosecutors cranked up the fear before Judge Brian Epps, who had “no personal knowledge or personal experience in national security or foreign affairs,” Winner added. He had “no idea what’s going on outside the US borders, and that scared him.” “I wanted to write a book about the cycle of war—that the global war on terror in using violence has only further entrenched us in the cycle of extremism, and [the] only way to dig us out of that is through humanitarian aid and it’s through unconditional compassion.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_Curiosity_the_New_Form_of_Patriotism?⠀⇛ I loved the simplicity of the solution… and the reality check it provided. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ RTL ☛ Fossil_fuels_causing_cost-of-living_crisis:_climate expert⠀⇛ The cost-of-living crisis pushing millions of people towards poverty in Europe is driven by fossil fuels, according to a leading Earth systems scientist, who has warned that global heating risks causing runaway climate change. Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and co-author of the new book Earth For All, said that spiralling inflation was in large measure a result of decades of government failures to decarbonise their economies. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ The_Department_of_Energy_wants_feedback_on_how to_recycle_lithium-ion_batteries⠀⇛ The Department of Energy just took a first step toward launching new lithium-ion battery recycling programs in the US. It issued a Request for Information (RFI) yesterday to ask for public input on how to spend $335 million in federal investments for battery recycling that was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Climate_Scientists_Urge_More_Civil Disobedience_to_Signal_‘How_Deep_in_the_Sh*t_We_Are’⠀⇛ “These are decent people who know more than anybody else about how deep in the shit we are, and are taking this kind of action.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Amid_Pakistan_Wreckage,_UN_Chief_Warns Against_‘Sleepwalking_Toward’_Planetary_‘Destruction’⠀⇛ “It is outrageous that climate action is being put on the back burner as global emissions of greenhouse gases are still rising.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Will_2022_Mark_the_Turning_Point_in_the Climate_Crisis?⠀⇛ In 2021, carbon emissions rebounded from pandemic lows to reach a new record. Last year, the world sent over 36 metric gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere from fossil fuels alone. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ LoRa_Air_Quality_Monitor_Raises_The_Bar_On_DIY IoT⠀⇛ We’ve seen an incredible number of homebrew environmental monitors here at Hackaday, and on the whole, they tend to follow a pretty predicable pattern. An ESP8266 gets paired with a common temperature and humidity sensor, perhaps a custom PCB gets invited to the party, and the end result are some values getting pushed out via MQTT. It’s a great weekend project to get your feet wet, but not exactly groundbreaking in 2022. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Beware_the_Climate_Risks_of_War Over_the_Arctic⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_Terrifying_Things_I_Witnessed Standing_Atop_Greenland’s_Melting_Ice_Sheet—And_Why_I_Still Have_Hope⠀⇛ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Tips_on_saving_electricity_as prices_increase⠀⇛ One thing he recommends is washing clothes at a lower temperature, drying clothes outside and using machines when the price is at its lowest. It might make you unpopular with the neighbours, but a night-time wash is the best option. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Egypt_dims_lights_to_boost_foreign_reserves⠀⇛ And while the government announced electricity rationing this month, signs of wastage elicit scorn. “I see streetlights still working during daylight hours… and we’re suffering from high electricity bills,” said a disgruntled Cairo resident in his 30s who spoke on condition of anonymity. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_the_Pacific_Northwest,_Salmon Declines_Upend_a_Way_of_Life⠀⇛ Every spring and fall, Chinook salmon make their way from the Pacific Ocean into the Klamath River, in Northern California. Historically, their black-speckled bodies would swim upstream, around the Cascade and Klamath mountain range and into the Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon, before spawning in its major tributaries. This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_the_USDA_Fails_to_Enforce_the Animal_Welfare_Act⠀⇛ In October 2021, USDA Administrative Law Judge Jill Clifton ruled from the bench—a highly unusual move—that Moulton’s dealer license must be permanently revoked, calling his 213 “willful” violations “absolutely astounding.” Nevertheless, he was fined a mere $18,000—less than 1 percent of the amount allowed under the law. To make matters worse, he was permitted to keep nearly 700 chinchillas languishing on his ranch for months while he decided whether or not he would file an appeal (and was even granted multiple extensions to do so). # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Montana_Doubles_Down_on_Wolf Slaughter⠀⇛ In 2021, 273 Montana wolves were killed by hunters/trappers, and 39 for preying on 67 cattle and 29 sheep. I have to mention that this official body count ignores the often- high number of poached wolves. Some studies suggest the number of animals killed by poachers is greatly underestimated. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_More_thought_for_landlords_than tenants⠀⇛ It’s all all-too-familiar story, but one that’s taken on new urgency in light of our current economic situation! With rising inflation and living costs, journalists are covering the plight of landlords. Rising interest rates are sharply increasing their loan payments, eating into their rental yields, and throwing off their budgets. It’s scary, especially for those who bought into the fad with bad investment advice. [...] It’s another example of upwards wealth transfer that, once again, disproportionately affects people on lower incomes. Which sucks, because they’re the ones who need the most help. Progressive governments need to recognise and do something about it, rather than tip toe around investors with eight houses complaining that Eugene put a poster up. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Judge_Says_Billions_in_Seized_Central_Bank Funds_Belong_to_Afghan_People⠀⇛ The judge’s report, said a Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, “provides some hope that the people of Afghanistan will have access to the resources they so desperately need.̶… # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Up_to_half_of_Hungary’s_public_baths_may close_for_the_winter_due_to_the_high_energy_prices⠀⇛ The extreme increase in electricity – and gas prices presents a serious problem for both the Hungarian economy and the population as a whole. If the cost of energy increases practically tenfold from one year to the next, what can the institutions that are key players in both sport and tourism do about it? How will it be possible to adequately heat the baths, the swimming pools, the covered tennis courts and the ice rinks in the upcoming season? # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 59%_in_US_Living_Paycheck_to_Paycheck_as Corporate_Profits_Surge_to_All-Time_Highs⠀⇛ Compiled by PYMTS and LendingClub, the analysis finds that nearly three in five consumers were living paycheck to paycheck in July as high inflation continues to eat into workers’ inadequate wages. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ “Give_Millions_of_People_a_Raise”:_Progressives Ask_Biden_to_Expand_Overtime_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Progressive_Caucus_Tells_Biden_to_Use Executive_Power_to_Give_Millions_a_Raise⠀⇛ “Raising the overtime threshold will give millions of workers more money in their pockets.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Enough_With_the_Unseemly_Whining_About Student_Debt_Forgiveness!⠀⇛ Now most Republicans in Congress or running for Congress — an institution known appropriately as a “millionaires’ club” because so many of its elected members either ran for office having millions of dollars in assets or became millionaires in office because of the corruption of the US political system — are opposing this Biden executive order, claiming it will be inflationary, will cost too much, isn’t fair to taxpayers. But perhaps even worse, are many ordinary Americans, most of them upper middle class or wealthier, who are grousing because they paid off their student loans on their own and don’t think their taxes should have to go to fund a cancellation of debt for poorer former students who have not repaid theirs. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Biden_Could_Have_Gone_a_Lot_Further_on Student_Loans⠀⇛ When campaigning for president, Biden promised that he would “eliminate your student debt if you come from a family [making less] than $125,000 and went to a public university,” and that everyone would get “$10,000 knocked off of their student debt.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_GOP’s_Second-Largest_Big_Lie: They_Care_About_Working_Class_People⠀⇛ Billionaire GOP mega-donor Steve Wynn has some free messaging advice for Republicans, which he proffered in a conference call last Wednesday with Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and Newt Gingrich (the audio was obtained by Politico): He urged the GOP to run TV ads telling average working people that Democrats have funded the IRS to hammer them. Wynn even offered a script: “Tell them the IRS is ‘coming after you if you’re a waiter, if you’re a bartender, if you’re anybody with a cash business … they’re coming after you.’” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ An_Enron-Inspired_Law_May_Be_a_Sharper_Legal Threat_to_Trump_Than_Espionage_Act⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Court_Strikes_Down_Tax_Breaks_for_Atlantic City_Casinos⠀⇛ The ruling, handed down Monday, deals a blow to Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s legislative leaders, who fast-tracked the legislation through the Legislature last year. It is also a rebuke to the gaming industry, which had argued the bill was needed because it was struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ CO_Regulators_Can’t_Investigate_HOA Management_Companies⠀⇛ From his top-floor condo overlooking Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, St. James said he spent much of his time in the final weeks of December trying to recover nearly $30,000 that had disappeared from the bank account of his condo’s homeowners association. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Jewish_Google_employee_to_quit_over_cloud_deal with_Israel⠀⇛ A Jewish employee of Google has said she intends to resign by the weekend due to what she claims are “retaliation, a hostile environment, and illegal actions by the company” after she protested against a US$1.2 billion (A$1.74 billion) cloud deal which Google signed with Amazon, the Israeli Government and military. In a long post on the blogging site Medium, Ariel Koren said more than 700 Google employees had signed a petition calling for its retaliation against her over her protests against what is known as Project Nimbus. “Instead of listening to employees who want Google to live up to its ethical principles, Google is aggressively pursuing military contracts and stripping away the voices of its employees through a pattern of silencing and retaliation towards me and many others,” Koren claimed. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Musk_cites_whistleblower_in_new_request_to terminate_Twitter_purchase⠀⇛ In former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko’s complaint, reported by The Washington Post and CNN last week, he alleged the company is susceptible to hacks by foreign governments and is not in compliance with a 2011 consent decree from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to improve security on the platform. He also alleged the company does not accurately represent the number of spam bots on the account based on its count of monetizable daily active users. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Elon_Musk_pushes_to_delay_the_Twitter_trial while_citing_whistleblower’s_testimony⠀⇛ After Elon Musk tried to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and the company sued to hold him to it, his lawyers unsuccessfully tried to hold off the trial until next year, and now they’re pushing for another delay. The Musk team’s proposing a new timeline that would push the week- long trial’s start from the currently scheduled October 17th date until some time in mid- to late- November. This time, they cite the testimony of former Twitter security head Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, who has filed a whistleblower claim against the company accusing it of security flaws, making “false and misleading statements” to users and the FTC, and hiring agents of foreign governments. His lawyers also submitted an amended filing adding more complaints against Twitter. The filing was submitted under seal, but attached to it is the whistleblower documentation submitted by Zatko, who is scheduled to give a deposition on September 9th. # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Facebook_agrees_to_settle_Cambridge Analytica_lawsuit_alleging_millions_of_users’_data_exposed⠀⇛ According to a filing on 26 August, a US District Court judge in California has put the class action case on hold for 60 days until attorneys finalise the terms in a written settlement, according to court documents. The agreement was reached before a 20 September deadline for Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to submit pre-trial depositions in the case. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Meta’s_Facebook_agrees_to_settle_data_privacy lawsuit⠀⇛ Facebook and its lawyers from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher did not immediately respond to a request for more details regarding the settlement. # ⚓ The Wall Street Journal ☛ Facebook_Parent_Meta_Agrees_to Settle_Cambridge_Analytica_Lawsuit⠀⇛ Facebook agreed to pay fines in the U.S. and U.K., and make changes to its privacy practices following the incident. The company hasn’t admitted to any wrongdoing. Cambridge Analytica, which closed in 2018, has denied any wrongdoing. # ⚓ CNET ☛ Facebook_Parent_Meta_to_Settle_Cambridge_Analytica Lawsuit⠀⇛ Friday’s filing didn’t provide financial or other details about the settlement of the privacy lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of Facebook users. The suit sought class-action status and asked for damages to be awarded to the plaintiffs, as well as injunctive relief. # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Facebook_parent_settles_suit_in_Cambridge_Analytica scandal⠀⇛ Terms of the settlement reached by Meta Platforms, the holding company for Facebook and Instagram, weren’t disclosed in court documents filed late Friday. The filing in San Francisco federal court requested a 60-day stay of the action while lawyers finalize the settlement. That timeline suggested further details could be disclosed by late October. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Facebook_to_settle_Cambridge_Analytica privacy_suit⠀⇛ The lawsuit maintains that the breach in privacy shows that Facebook is a “data broker and surveillance firm” and not just a social network. # ⚓ SCMP ☛ Meta’s_Facebook_agrees_to_settle_Cambridge_Analytica privacy_suit_linked_to_Donald_Trump_campaign⠀⇛ Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. # ⚓ The Times Of Israel ☛ Facebook_and_Cambridge_Analytica settle_after_2016_privacy_breach⠀⇛ The deal comes as Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, who announced her resignation in June, were due to testify in court in September as part of the scandal. # ⚓ Computing UK ☛ Facebook_agrees_to_settle_Cambridge Analytica_privacy_class-action_suit⠀⇛ The data collected by the app is said to have been used to influence the 2016 presidential election in favour of Donald Trump. Additionally, Cambridge Analytica was accused of using strategies to influence the outcome of the Brexit referendum vote. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Netflix_Poaches_Snapchat_Execs_Jeremi Gorman_and_Peter_Naylor_to_Lead_Advertising_Business⠀⇛ The streaming giant has poached a pair of Snapchat executives: Snap Chief business officer Jeremi Gorman and VP of sales Peter Naylor, to lead its new ad venture, a spokesperson confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. Gorman will be president of worldwide advertising for Netflix, with Naylor serving as VP of ad sales. They both start at Netflix next month. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Snap’s_chief_business_officer_is_leaving_to_run ads_at_Netflix⠀⇛ Netflix has found an executive to lead its plan for an ad-supported tier: Snap’s chief business officer and top ad exec, Jeremi Gorman. Gorman on Tuesday told colleagues at Snap that she was leaving to join Netflix along with Peter Naylor, Snap’s vice president of ad sales for the Americas, according to two people familiar with the matter. Russ Caditz-Peck, a Snap spokesperson, confirmed the departures. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Truth_Social_is_strapped_for_cash_and struggling_to_find_new_users⠀⇛ The most immediate problem is the platform’s stalled SPAC, initially planned as a way to publicly trade shares in the new company without the diligence of an IPO. But the SPAC has been delayed, leaving the Digital World Acquisition Corp., which was projected to take ownership of Truth Social, in an awkward position. SEC filings show that the company has lost over $6 million in the first half of this year, hasn’t generated any revenue, and holds only $293 million in a trust that houses most of its assets. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_to_Elect_Progressives_and_Defeat Republicans_in_the_Midterms⠀⇛ Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon outlines the steps left to elect progressives and beat Republicans in the upcoming midterms. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Mikhail_Gorbachev,_Who_Presided_Over_End_of Cold_War_and_Soviet_Empire,_Dead_at_91⠀⇛ “We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries… And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Gorbachev_Dies_at_91_in_Moscow:_Remembering the_Greatest_Modern_Champion_of_World_Peace⠀⇛ ScheerPost revisits Robert Scheer’s 1987 Los Angeles Times review: “From Moscow, First Report of an Unprecedented Call for Change: The Gorbachev Manifesto.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Lemmings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Gorby_is_dead_The_USSR’s_final_leader_is_beloved by_many_in_the_West_but_a_contentious_figure_at_home._Here’s how_Mikhail_Gorbachev_is_being_remembered._—_Meduza⠀⇛ The last head of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, is dead. He lived to be 91. Gorbachev died at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital, a heavily guarded medical facility managed by the Russian president’s administrative directorate. Spokespeople for the hospital said in a press release that the former Soviet leader died on Tuesday evening, August 30, “after a severe and prolonged illness.” Sources told the tabloid Mash that Gorbachev arrived at Central Clinical Hospital the day before for hemodialysis to address alleged problems with his kidneys. At the time of this writing, the date of Gorbachev’s funeral isn’t set, but officials have announced that he will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery beside his late wife, Raisa Gorbacheva, who died in September 1999. Meduza reviews reactions to the passing of the last Soviet leader and looks back at his legacy. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_Soviet_leader_Mikhail_Gorbachev_dies_at_91 —_Meduza⠀⇛ Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91, Russian state media reported on Tuesday, August 30. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Mikhail_Gorbachev,_1931–2022_Photos_that_capture the_Soviet_leader_who_helped_end_the_Cold_War_and_changed_the world_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Mikhail Gorbachev — the former General Secretary of the CPSU, the first and only president of the Soviet Union, and the person who brought the Cold War to an end — died on August 30, 2022. In 1991, when Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR, it was clear the world had changed forever. It was a time of limitless freedom and even more hope. A look back at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Loyalists_Plan_to_Impeach_Biden_If_GOP Wins_Control_of_House_in_Midterms⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Demands_to_Be_Reinstated_as_President, Citing_Hunter_Biden,_Mar-a-Lago⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Secret_Service_Agent_Who_Tried_to_Torpedo Hutchinson_Testimony_Retires_Abruptly⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Whistleblowing_at_Twitter:_Mudge_Spills_the Beans⠀⇛ The Twitter appointment made sense, in so far as it was intended to layer and pad security in light of the July 2020 breach which saw a teenager hijack the accounts of a number of figures, including Kanye West, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ First_Gen_Z_Congressmember?_Maxwell_Frost on_Guns,_Palestine,_Cuba_&_Reaching_Trump_Voters_in_Florida⠀⇛ We go to Florida to speak with 25-year-old gun control activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost, who made history last week when he won the Democratic primary for an open U.S. House seat in Orlando. Frost is set to become the first Afro-Cuban and first member of Generation Z elected to Congress if he goes on to win November’s general election for Florida’s heavily Democratic 10th Congressional District. Frost discusses his decade as a movement organizer in Florida and breaks down his stance on Palestine, Cuba and how to reach Trump supporters in Florida. # § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ New Scientist ☛ Short_animations_could_‘inoculate’ YouTube_users_against_fake_news⠀⇛ Jon Roozenbeek at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues have created a series of 90-second videos highlighting the ploys that peddlers of online conspiracies and fake news use. Their idea was to “pre-bunk” (rather than debunk) disinformation by arming people with skills to help them identify falsified or manipulative content. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Alex_Jones_Playbook⠀⇛ Critical news literacy is needed, not just for those who encounter Jones or a Jones-like figure, but all of the propagandists posing as journalists. False information is only dangerous when people uncritically accept it as fact and act upon it. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Virginia_judge_shuts_down_demand_to_ban_book sales_to_minors⠀⇛ A Virginia judge has dismissed an unusual case that could have banned selling two books to children in the state. Following a hearing on Tuesday, Virginia Beach Circuit Court Judge Pamela Baskervill found that Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sarah Maas’ A Court of Mist and Fury failed to meet the standard for obscenity under Virginia law — and, more consequentially, that the obscenity law itself was unconstitutional. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Criticism_also_of_COP_27:_Egyptian_blogger_still on_hunger_strike⠀⇛ Egyptians in exile are currently protesting for the release of blogger and democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah. A Berlin based solidarity group has also criticised Germany, which is an important trading partner of the regime in Cairo and wants to import „green energy“. # ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ The_Monkees’_Micky_Dolenz_Would_Like_a_Word With_the_FBI⠀⇛ This tiny portion of the band’s FBI file was released to the public a little over a decade ago, and now Micky Dolenz, the group’s sole surviving member, has filed a lawsuit against the FBI (See the full suit below). The 77-year-old musician is hoping to see the rest of the file after failing to get his hands on it via a Freedom of Information Act request. “This lawsuit is designed to obtain any records the FBI created and/or possesses on the Monkees as well as its individual members,” reads the suit. “Mr. Dolenz has exhausted all necessary required administrative remedies with respect to his [Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act] request.” [...] The Monkees may not be seem like the kind of band that would attract the FBI’s attention, especially during a time when groups like Country Joe and the Fish and the MC5 were leading the movement against the Vietnam War. [...] o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ A_Black_pastor_was_watering_his_neighbor’s_flowers. Then_the_police_showed_up⠀⇛ Michael Jennings, a longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Ala., says he was doing a neighborly deed of watering his out-of- town neighbor’s flowers, per their request, when a police officer showed up. [...] “This video makes it clear that these officers decided they were going to arrest Pastor Jennings less than five minutes after pulling up and then tried to rewrite history claiming he hadn’t identified himself when that was the first thing he did,” said Harry Daniels, an Atlanta-based attorney representing Jennings, in a statement to NPR. “It’s irrational, irresponsible and illegal,” he added. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ https://theconversation.com/grey-hair- fine-for-george-clooney-but-not-lisa-laflamme-189513⠀⇛ It’s been two weeks since the shocking news that longtime CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme was dismissed after 35 years with the network. It’s still not clear why she was let go. But in the aftermath of LaFlamme’s departure, there were allegations LaFlamme’s decision to allow her hair to go grey was questioned by executives. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Arizona’s_New_‘No_Recording_Cops_Within_8_Feet’ Law_Challenged_In_Court⠀⇛ Police accountability has been a hot topic for years now. Recent events have increased demands for accountability. And, as demands have increased, so have legislative efforts to shield cops from accountability. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ukraine’s_Anti-Worker_Law_Comes_Into_Effect⠀⇛ Law 5371, which strips back labour protections, has been ratified. Is there more to come? # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_the_American_Dream_Became_the_American Scream⠀⇛ Tom Engelhardt examines the dystopia that is the America of today. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ US_Left_Afghanistan_1_Year_Ago,_But_Has_Been Slow_to_Welcome_Afghan_Refugees⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Double_Standard:_Afghan_Refugees_Still Seeking_to_Enter_U.S._as_Biden_Admin_Opens_Door_to_68,000+ Ukrainians⠀⇛ We look at what’s happened to Afghan refugees who have struggled to flee the country since the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan one year ago today. While the U.S. and allied nations helped evacuate some 122,000 people out of Afghanistan, the U.S. has failed to process requests for “humanitarian parole” — a program granting U.S. entry that costs each Afghan applicant $575 and is what Reveal reporter Najib Aminy says is “one of the last possibilities [for Afghans] to leave the country.” According to documents obtained by Reveal, out of the 66,000 applications filed for humanitarian parole, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has processed less than 8,000 of them and approved just 123. Meanwhile, the agency has already approved more than 68,000 applications from Ukrainians since launching a separate program called Uniting for Ukraine in April after the Russian invasion and has charged these applicants no fee. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 6_Million_Afghans_Facing_Famine_as_US Refuses_to_Return_$7_Billion_in_Seized_Funds⠀⇛ “The U.S. is still collectively punishing the people of Afghanistan. For millions of Afghans facing starvation, the war never ended.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_Constitutes_a_Family?_Don’t_Ask Conservatives.⠀⇛ The American family has changed. There is no dominant form that family takes anymore. More people live unmarried, in multigenerational households, or in blended families. More women are primary breadwinners. More children are born without married parents. The Covid-19 pandemic produced new categories of interpersonal dependency in the form of “bubbles,” “quaranteams,” and “pods,” which combined friends, relatives, other people’s children, and even divorced or separated partners. For many people, it is no longer possible or desirable to leave home, marry, purchase property, and have children. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Calls_for_Limiting_Mandatory_Cooperation, Safeguarding_Human_Rights_in_International_Cybercrime Investigations_as_Talks_Resume_for_Proposed_UN_Cybercrime Treaty⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_Watershed_Moment’:_CA_Senate_Passes Historic_Bill_to_Empower_Fast_Food_Workers⠀⇛ “It sets the standard for what states and cities around the country should be doing to support workers.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ GOP_Repeatedly_Opposed_Infrastructure Upgrades._Now_This_Mississippi_City_Has_No_Safe_Water⠀⇛ “Do not drink the water,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said at a press conference. “In too many cases, it is raw water from the reservoir being pushed through the pipes. Be smart, protect yourself, protect your family, preserve water, look out for your fellow man, and look out for your neighbors.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_US_Workers_Fight_for_Labor_Rights, Public_Support_for_Unions_Soars_to_Five-Decade_High⠀⇛ Gallup’s annual Work and Education Survey, conducted between August 1-23, found that 71% of Americans now approve of labor unions. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Public_Approval_of_Unions_Hits_57-Year_High, Polling_Finds⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Prosecution_seeks_24-year_prison_sentence_for_ex- journalist_Ivan_Safronov_—_Meduza⠀⇛ More than two years after he was arrested on charges of high treason, state prosecutors have requested that Ivan Safronov be sentenced to 24 years in maximum-security penal colony, Interfax reported on Tuesday, citing the Moscow City Court.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_human_rights_commissioner_tells jailed_anti-war_activist_that_her_case_doesn’t_infringe_on free_speech_—_Meduza⠀⇛ St. Petersburg Human Rights Commissioner Svetlana Agapitova is defending herself against allegations that she told incarcerated activist Alexandra Skochilenko that Skochilenko has no right to a medically necessary special diet in jail and that she “committed a serious crime against the state” by posting anti-war messages in a local grocery store. Speaking through her lawyer this week, Skochilenko accused Agapitova of telling her in a recent meeting that diet accommodations are possible “in a children’s summer camp” but not in pretrial detention. Skochilenko, who faces 10 years in prison for spreading “deliberately false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces,” says Agapitova also told her, “This has nothing to do with your right to free speech.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Pussy_Riot_members_detained_in_Switzerland_after attempting_anti-war_graffiti_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Police in the Swiss city of Bern detained Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina, Lucy Shtein, and Taso Pletner for attempting to spray paint anti-war graffiti on a curb. The group’s producer Alexander Cheparukhin informed Mediazona. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Police_allegedly_wanted_even_more_severe_charges against_popular_former_Yekaterinburg_mayor_but_didn’t_get ‘green_light’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Police officers reportedly built a case against Evgeny Roizman that would have brought even more serious felony charges against the former Yekaterinburg mayor than he now faces, but the Interior Ministry didn’t get permission to move forward with the investigation. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Republicans_Are_Deleting_Anti-Abortion_Views From_Their_Campaign_Sites⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_GOP_and_Big_Brother_Unite_to Track_Women_Seeking_Abortion_Care⠀⇛ When the Dobbs decision came down from six Republicans on the Supreme Court, many folks were wondering how long it would take before vigilantes and GOP-controlled states might start tracking women seeking abortion services. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Tesla_Violated_Workers’_Rights_By_Banning_Pro- Union_Shirts,_Labor_Board_Rules⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_supports_idea_of_creating_‘adaptation centers’_for_migrants_—_Meduza⠀⇛ According to a transcript published on the Kremlin’s website, Russian President Vladimir Putin supports an initiative to create adaptation centers for migrants put forward by Igor Barinov, head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities (FADN). # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Chokepoint_Dover⠀⇛ A sobering article called “Dover disruption – is this the new normal for Britain’s border?” by Professor Katy Hayward of the Centre for International Borders Research, Queen’s University Belfast, and Tony Smith, former director general of UK Border Force, makes clear that we are only getting a foretaste of the chaos to come. They point out that “while it takes two sides of a border to make a border easier to cross, it only takes those operating on one side of a border to make it hard”. Yet Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has made political friction with France – expressing distrust for President Macron – part of her Tory leadership campaign. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ California_Senate_Passes_Three_Awful_Bills_For The_Internet;_Will_Newsom_Sign_Them?⠀⇛ Unfortunately, last night, the California Senate passed some horribly dangerous bills that we’ve been warning about the past few weeks — and they’re heading to Governor Newsom’s desk for signing. It seems likely he will sign them, even as that will be a huge, and dangerous mistake. First up was AB 2273 the “Age Appropriate Design Code” that we’ve been calling attention to over the past week. The bill has massive problems, is literally impossible to comply with, was written in part by a UK Baroness with ties to Hollywood, will only serve to benefit privacy lawyers and a giant porn company, and could lead to websites requiring a facial scan for access (and that’s according to the bill’s supporters!). It’s a bad bill. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Denuvo_Returns_To_Block_Some_Nintedo_Switch Games_From_PC_Emulation⠀⇛ Denuvo is back! While the company only got a single mention in 8 months thus far in 2022, the once- vaunted antipiracy DRM company made quite the splash in the years prior. If you don’t want to go through tens and tens of posts about Denuvo, I can give you a quick breakdown. Denuvo DRM was once touted as a tool that would bring about “the end of video game piracy,” which then was defeated by cracking groups on the order of months, then weeks, then days, then hours. Publishers began stripping the DRM out of games post release once it had been cracked and the company announced it would be pivoting to anti-cheat technology for online games. Very little noise has been made by or about the company since. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Intel,_Who_Coined_The_Term_‘Patent_Troll’ Makes_Deal_With_Patent_Troll_To_‘Monetize’_Unused Patents⠀⇛ The pattern is pretty common: young companies innovate, older companies litigate. When you can’t keep up and you can’t succeed by beating the market, you turn to the courts to try to squeeze cash out of those more successful than you. Often this involves patent lawsuits or handing your unused patents off to patent trolls to “monetize” them for you. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Sony_Music_Sues_Triller_Over Licensing_Fees⠀⇛ Sony Music alleges that Triller entered into a content distribution agreement back in 2016, and signed an amended version as recently as December 2021, but stopped paying license fees due under the deal. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Netfllix_and_Disney_Continue_to Expand_Australian_Pirate_Site_Blocklist⠀⇛ Various Hollywood studios and Netflix are continue their crusade against pirate sites Down Under. The companies have asked Australia’s Federal Court for a new court order requiring local Internet providers to block dozens of websites. In addition, several of the blocking orders already in play were extended recently. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Paramount_Uses_Copyright_Claims_Board to_Protect_Coming_to_America’s_“Big_Mick”_Burger⠀⇛ Paramount has filed a copyright infringement claim against a company that opened a “McDowell’s”, inspired by the Coming to America movie. The pop-up restaurant, which sold the famous “Big Mick,” misled the public and sold burgers of questionable quality, Paramount notes. The case is being handled by the recently launched Copyright Claims Board. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_327:_Walled Culture_Interview⠀⇛ We’ve got a cross-post episode for you this week! Recently, Mike appeared on the Walled Culture podcast to discuss a wide range of topics including reflections on the SOPA/PIPA fight, ways to support creators, and the world of NFTs. You can listen to the entire interview on this week’s episode of the Techdirt Podcast. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Press_Release:_New_Four-Year,_$4 Million_Open_Climate_Campaign_Will_Open_Knowledge_to Solve_Challenges_in_Climate_and_Biodiversity⠀⇛ This grant, which builds on $450,000 (USD) in planning funds from the Open Society Foundations, will fund a four-year campaign to accelerate progress towards solving the climate crisis and preserving global biodiversity by promoting open access to research. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC_Partners_with_SPARC_and_EIFL_to Launch_a_4-Year_Open_Climate_Campaign⠀⇛ Many researchers, governments, and global environmental organizations recognize the importance of sharing research openly to accelerate progress, but lack cohesive strategies and mechanisms to facilitate effective knowledge sharing and collaboration across disciplinary and geographic borders. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ A_Strange_Return⠀⇛ Good day all. I hope I find you all sound of wind and limb – the regulars and the new faces I’ve yet to acquaint. It is a little over two months since I last visited the midnight and It looks like I’ve some catching up to do – so pardon any belated comments that appear. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Having_a_Dot_File_Repo?⠀⇛ I’ve had to configure a few computers for myself lately, and I’m thinking that maybe I should have a dot file repo in a git forge somewhere that I could just clone down. # ⚓ Re:_Having_a_Dot_File_Repo?⠀⇛ Yes, of course, noone wants to be forced to recrecreate fiddly dot files in a hurry, and at the least convenient time. # ⚓ Pleasant_HTML_Mail⠀⇛ I’ve always found HTML email to be unpleasant (even before I knew about HTML vs plain-text email), but it’s always been just an annoyance. However, I now use a TUI mail client (aerc), so HTML emails are downright unreadable. # § Announcements⠀➾ # ⚓ smolver_development_log,_part_8_–_v1.0.0!⠀⇛ This is the eighth in a planned series of posts (well, ninth if you count the announcement) where I’ll share my experience writing smolver, my Gemini server software, written in Swift. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4607 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 19 seconds to (re)generate ⟲