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here), Lennart Poettering is being bossed by the_NSA’s_foremost_tentacle (Microsoft) and he acts accordingly. He says “I would go as far as saying that SecureBoot on Linux distributions is mostly security theater at this point, if you so will.” (It_is_in_general_the_case, not_just_in_Linux) But he wishes to go further with the security theater. Although LWN_lacks_comments_on_this_matter and Phoronix is, as usual, just Microsoft-friendly_fluff these days, we need to examine comments in Phoronix. Here are some: And of course, the UKI must include systemd, that will take over as a UEFI payload and control everything in the system! Responding to the above: Next year’s new systemd plugin, same old story. More: Great. Some of the reasons I can’t stand Windows. How about no, especially if it makes it harder to build your own kernels or to make changes to the initrd Responding to the above: That’s the fly in the ointment. The whole trusted boot and execution system requires end users to be able to load their own keys into the UEFI boot key store. Not all hardware allows that. For that matter not all PC hardware even allows for it. The only way this works is if there’s some way to require OEMs to allow third party keys other than those signed by a megacorp. Apple and Microsoft will fight that with every dirty trick, lawsuit, and just plain underhandedness they can – and not enough users will even notice to bother to protest – so it’s unlikely there would be any effective regulatory process to stop it. Think of the kids. Think of the corporate bottom lines. Think of national security. Think of… To which the reply was: That is not enough — if there is a way to enroll user keys, evil maid can use it to inject her own. There are some solutions, but they are super complex in comparison to just fuse corpo-keys. Anyhow, all this requires user to fully trust the motherboard firmware, which is not verifiable. More: No, thanks. I’ll opt to continue configuring and building my kernels (and initramfs) locally. Unsigned, very true. Trusted by …. me And yes, running an OpenRC system here. Bureaucracy has arrived at Linux. Every bit needs a form and a signature before it can be flipped. This is ridiculious. Securtity has nothing to do with signing if there is not trust in that chain. You must trust the parties involved in signing – and in case of Microsoft one would be crazy to trust it (we got lots of proofs). All those pseudo security features made the computers much less trust worthy – using minix to spy on users (Intel) – the stupid boot signatures which are more for making GNU/Linux more inconvenient or broken than making anything more secure. And the big binary monster of systemd may be nice to improve boot time and avoid race conditions, but the killing of processes and other things configuered in disguise does not make the situation better but much worse. Trust comes if you understand your system – and if other use reasonable defaults. Init scripts were easy – systemd is a monster in comparison. So while not against a trusted boot process in general, the authority must be trustworthy – and I am not aware of anything which would provide the necessary level of trust. And if big companies are involved it comes with a necessity of matching agendas – and not concerning security but more to the contrary. So this is just a Trojan Horse … and a realy obvious one. Bureaucracy came to Linux decades ago. No, it was optional and so has not arrived, but was only lurking in the shadow. A bit like you. The way I see it is this corporate FUD – the type of features corporations create when they have become too large to fail, and need to trick customers to get them to believe they need something they do not. And who is he working for now? Right, Microsoft … I did not need a secure boot process in 25 years and I did not need Microsoft, and this is not going to change. And? It’s generated locally which makes it 1000 time more trusted than being generated remotely by who knows on what server run by who knows who! Why the fuck would I want it to be built and signed by someone who I don’t know and trust? Lennart, get lost with your Microsoft infested ideas that can only think on how to infest more computers with its spyware! From all the employers you couldn’t work for another one? I’m starting to feel more and more disgusted about this attitude and thinking that we are so stupid to want thing built by somebody else, especially by Microsoft! Reply: If it’s reproducible, it kinda doesn’t matter who signs it. If it also makes it 1000x harder for anyone to sign images that aren’t reproducible, then most end-users have avoided plethora of attacks – quite unattainable for malware makers and most bad actors. I’m starting to feel more and more annoyed how I can’t give regular people an hardened Linux setup resistant to most ab- and misuse. All because of some pointless feet-dragging all while the actual threats to computing freedom fly past unnoticed. More: You are simply not save from mega corporations. They will try to cash in on every bit of fear, uncertainty and doubt you may have. They want you to need them and to buy from them. First they tell you it is ‘locally generated’, then it is ‘generated’, and then to best buy it from them for a price… Uhu, so we all need to pay someone else to give us a f* rng nft: “hey daddy, can you please sign my initrd?, here are some bucks for your efforts”, to use whenever it actually matters because, yes, I bet everyone would be able to sign their own stuff, but of course, we would need certified signatures from some megacorp *cough, Microsoft, cough* to use our own things anywhere outside our home lab. We have seen this sh* with secure boot or web certificates to name two from the top of my mind; good intentions on paper, implementation faulted by design to maximize profit for a selected few. I have not lost time or work to an attack which would be hindered by secure boot and don’t know anyone else who has either. I have repaired and recovered data from computers for myself and others by booting external media of my own contrivance. I gain substantial benefit from external media Linux installations where my usb stick or SSD carries a useful environment to most any machine. I see zero benefit, only pain as the boot process gets locked down like a cell phone, game console or Windows. It is about security, not user security, not my security, not your security. Who is Lennart working for now? Who is putting up the money? There is a good place to start looking. “How on earth that now would work” you say… So you do not know and have got no idea. At least are you not hiding your ignorance. You must think all this encryption can be disabled or worked around easily. It is like you expect nightclubs to have two entrances, one with a bouncer and one without, where you can choose one or the other in case the bouncer does not let you in. You seem to be missing the basic principle here. It has to be mandatory at every link and layer, or it will be as weak as the weakest point. So it is either a useless feature or a guaranteed source of trouble for admins and anyone who wants their freedom. Seems like this is the biggest problem: Asshole vendors that don’t allow the user to sign their own shit. Funny how the whole “Trust” issue requires me to trust corporations who have done the wrong things in the past that hire people I’ve never met and vetted that run closed source code that isn’t audited or vetted by a greater community at large. Am I the weird one for thinking that I don’t like being forced to trust them and that it’s fucked up that I’m not allowed to trust myself or those that I deem trustworthy? I feel like the phrase “Protect and Serve” comes to mind. Since you’re at Microsoft, how about getting them to flex their muscles into strong-arming vendors and BIOS makers into making a method that allows the user to add their own keys so the initrd can be added to the secure chain and mitigate all the systmed madness…Or have you taken too many Soma Tabs, Linus. Systemd is great, but it doesn’t have to be the solution to every problem. It can be A solution, but it sucks when it’s THE solution. Ah yes, another dubious “security feature” that is just another thinly veiled excuse for big corpos to control the open source ecosystem. Never forget “Embrace, extend, and extinguish”! Is Lennart Poettering the Klaus Schwab of linux world? Honest question. There will be more to come for sure. 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Powered by an Intel Core i7-12700H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 16 Gen7 will give you a battery backup of 12 hours. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Geary_|_Easy_to_use_Email_Client_for_Linux_– Invidious⠀⇛ What’s up, Linux Community!!! In this video, I cover Geary, an easy-to-use email application built around conversations for the GNOME 3 desktop. # ⚓ Video ☛ FIX_your_YOUTUBE_EXPERIENCE:_no_ads,_offline_video, no_algorithm,_and_more!_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ GNOME_File_Picker_Bug_Fixed_After_18_Years!!!_– Invidious⠀⇛ For 18 long years the GNOME file picker hasn’t had a thumbnail view but finally that is coming to an end, finally it has caught up to every other file picker from over a decade ago. This has gone on for so long it is treated as a long running meme # ⚓ Video ☛ SpiralLinux_11.220925_Quick_overview_#linux #SpiralLinux_–_Invidious⠀⇛ A Quick Overview of SpiralLinux 11.220925 # ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_Kubuntu_22.10._–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show how to install Kubuntu 22.10. # ⚓ Video ☛ Linux_Crash_Course_–_Understanding_Logging_– Invidious⠀⇛ The Linux Crash Course is a series of tutorials that will teach you a fundamental Linux-related concept in each episode. # ⚓ Video ☛ Engineer_Breaks_Down_Hollywood_Programming_Scenes_– Invidious⠀⇛ In this video I look at some programming/hacking scenes for TV and Movies and break it down for you for the purposes of explaining and assessing accuracy. # ⚓ Video ☛ Meta_and_Microsoft_Team_Up_to_Create_Corporate_Hell –_Invidious⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linus_Torvalds_may_pull_’486_support_from Linux_kernel_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Linux boss Linus Torvalds has contemplated ending support for the i486 processor architecture in the Linux kernel. The ancient architecture was up for discussion last week in a thread titled “multi-gen LRU: support page table walks” that considered how the kernel can better handle least-recently-used (LRU) lists – a means of tracking memory pages. As Torvalds surveyed contributors’ code, he appears to have been frustrated by the need to include workarounds that cater to older CPUs. He therefore suggested ending support for old kit could be an easier way to solve memory matters. “We got rid of i386 support back in 2012. Maybe it’s time to get rid of i486 support in 2022?” he wrote. # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ he_Linux_Kernel_May_Finally_Phase_Out_Intel_i486 CPU_Support⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Poettering:_Brave_new_trusted_boot_world⠀⇛ This work is evidently the first in a series that will come out of the newly formed Linux Userspace API Group. # ⚓ Phoronix ☛ Lennart_Poettering_Talks_Up_A_“Brave_New_Trusted Boot_World”_For_Linux_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Envisioned is having a fully-signed and fully- measured execution path, rollback protections, more simple and robust updates, remote attestation, and built around TPM 2.0 functionality – among other considerations. # ⚓ Brave_New_Trusted_Boot_World⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 15_Open_Source_Free_Apps_for_Outdoor_and_Indoor Cycling⠀⇛ Cycling is a popular sport, practiced by millions around the world. There are different types of bikes, and subdivisions as road, mountain, tour, gravel, and city. While there are no shortage of commercial non-free apps for cyclists, there are a limited number of usable free open-source apps for cyclists. Here, in this post, we offer you a list of the best open source free apps for hobby and professional cyclists, that you can download, setup, and use totally free of charge. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Ghostwriter_Could_Be_the_Tool_You_Need_to Write_a_Novel⠀⇛ Writing is hard—especially if you’re working from home. There are constant distractions: the washing machine’s on its final spin cycle, the dogs need to be walked, and the kids are due back from school in an hour. Sitting in front of your PC, you have a blank Google doc open in front of you, but there are also open tabs for Facebook, Wikipedia, your favorite news outlet, and a dozen or so other notification- enabled tabs. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_monitor_VMware_vSphere_with_Checkmk⠀⇛ Monitoring your virtualized server environments is the ideal way to ensure optimal utilization of hardware resources and the best possible performance… # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_DeaDBeeF_on_Manjaro_21_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DeaDBeeF on Manjaro 21. For those of you who didn’t know, DeaDBeeF (as in 0xDEADBEEF) is a modular cross-platform audio player which runs on Linux distributions, macOS, and Windows systems. It’s free software released under “GNU General Public License” (GPL). This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the DeaDBeeF audio player on a Manjaro 21 (Ornara). # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_deploy_Nextcloud_25_on_Ubuntu_Server 22.04_|_TechRepublic⠀⇛ Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to deploy the latest iteration of Nextcloud, which includes the exciting new Nextcloud Hub 3. Nextcloud is always pushing the envelope of what on-premises cloud servers can be and do. With their latest release, Nextcloud shifts some of the focus to digital well-being with the help of a complete redesign of the UI. There’s more personalization, more universal access, much-improved applications, a built-in photo uploader and editor, AI-powered facial and object recognition for uploaded photos, improved Talk, a more performant email client, better contact organization and more. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Install_Ubuntu_22.10_with_Dualboot_UEFI and_External_Disk_Methods⠀⇛ This tutorial will help you install Ubuntu 22.10 operating system into your computer explained with pictures step by step. Codenamed Kinetic Kudu, it is the latest version of Ubuntu, the world most popular OS from the FOSS community. By reading this tutorial, you will be able to install Ubuntu into you PC and laptop in easy and safe ways without worry of accidentally deleting data. Now let’s exercise and happy installing! # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ How_I_Fixed_My_Blurry_Firefox_on_HiDPI_+ Wayland_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ The 2K screen on my “main” Ubuntu laptop is pin sharp but, alas, Mozilla Firefox is not! I’m not saying the browser looks awful. It’s perfectly usable. Heck, I reckon a fair number of people would struggle to see any issue at all. But I do. To my eyes, all fonts within the UI and within web content are slightly blurry. Not incomprehensibly so but they are noticeably softer. The same is true of window controls, buttons, and other icons rendered in the browser. They do not appear as crisp or as pixel-perfect as the rest of the GNOME desktop or native GTK apps. Now, I’ve no idea how “widespread” this issue is as blurry fonts in a browser on Linux could be caused by a number of things. Plus, I do use Wayland, I do have fractional scaling enabled (125% btw), and I do run development builds of Firefox. Either way, I found the blurry fonts jarring and wanted to fix it. # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ How_to_create_files_from_your_clipboard_in Linux_|_TechRepublic⠀⇛ Jack Wallen offers up a Linux desktop tip that can help make just about any Linux workflow considerably easier. Have you ever needed to save the contents of your clipboard for later usage? When that happens, you probably open a new text document or note, paste the contents to the file and save the file for later usage. What if there was another way? # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Use_the_dig_Command_in_Linux_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ As an administrator, you may find yourself managing a network of Linux servers. The dig command is one of the most basic and important commands that you should know when working with DNS servers. In this tutorial, we show you how to use the dig command through a series of easy-to-follow examples. # ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ How_to_Install_VLC_on_Ubuntu_22.04_–_Linux Nightly⠀⇛ Learn how to install VLC Media Player on Ubuntu 22.04 using terminal commands apt and snap, or via GUI in Ubuntu Software Center. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_Ubuntu_on_a_USB_Drive⠀⇛ If you want a portable Linux installation that you can use on the go, consider installing Ubuntu on a USB drive. Ubuntu’s name pops up whenever you think of Linux distributions. Over the years, Ubuntu has become the next best OS for many users, who want a reliable alternative to Windows. Ubuntu is lightweight compared to Windows and doesn’t need a jacked-up laptop or desktop to run smoothly. But can you install and run Ubuntu from a USB drive? Yes, it is possible to install Ubuntu on a flash drive so you can have a portable version of Ubuntu that you can plug into any system and use when needed. # ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ How_to_Install_Spotify_on_Ubuntu_22.04_– Linux_Nightly⠀⇛ Learn how to install Spotify on Ubuntu 22.04 via terminal with apt and snap, or via GUI in Ubuntu Software Center. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_AUR_Packages_in_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ This comprehensive article shows how to use the yay command to easily install packages from AUR (Arch User Repository) in Arch Linux. Arch Linux is an independently developed Linux distribution that strives to provide the latest stable versions of most software by following a rolling release model. Due to its unlimited customization options and the complete control it gives users, Arch enjoys a vast user base and is one of the major desktop-oriented Linux distributions today. Arch uses the Pacman package manager to install, update, and remove the software from its official repositories. Moreover, in addition to these repos, Arch Linux offers AUR, which is one of the most significant advantages of Arch Linux and makes the difference between Arch and the other Linux distros. However, it can be confusing for new Arch users to understand why Arch has different software repositories, what they are, and what the differences are. So, before we go any further, let’s explain what an AUR repository is and what it gives us. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Yarn_on_Rocky_Linux_9_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Yarn on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Yarn (Yet Another Resource Navigator) is a package manager for JavaScript environments. It is an alternative to the NPM package manager and was developed by Facebook in collaboration with Google, Tilde, and Expo Dev. Yarn improves on many aspects of the standard NPM client. That is, although the functionality is similar, Yarn adds certain enhancements that make the process easier. 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 Laravel Package Manager on Rocky Linux. 9. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_Reaper_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install Reaper on a Chromebook. If you have any questions, please contact us via a YouTube comment and we would be happy to assist you! # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ Gain_Persistent_SSH_Connections_with_the Help_of_Mosh_|_TechRepublic⠀⇛ Jack Wallen shows you how to keep an SSH connection alive, so you can work uninterrupted. How many times have you been taking care of some critical admin work, only to have your Secure Shell connection broken? It happens for all sorts of reasons and when it does, bad things can happen. I’ve had it happen in the middle of a kernel compilation and had no idea where the process was when I finally reconnected. Although that situation worked itself out, there are plenty of instances where it might not. # ⚓ Linux.org ☛ VirtualBox_Networking_|_Linux.org⠀⇛ Most of you may wonder, “Has Jarret lost his mind? What is he talking about, VirtualBox Networking? Everyone knows how to set up networking under VirtualBox!”. I’d say most days, yes, I have lost my mind. But anyway, about VirtualBox Networking… # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_KVM_on_Linux_Mint_21?⠀⇛ “Today, we will learn how to install KVM on Linux Mint 21 using the command line. KVM is a complete virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware. Using this, we can easily create Virtual Machines just like we do in VMware or VirtualBox. The best part about KVM is that it is open source and more efficient than its rival virtualization solutions.” We have used basic Linux commands implemented on Linux Mint’s Terminal to install KVM. Let’s see how it is done! # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_the_scp_(Secure_Copy)_Command_to Transfer_Files⠀⇛ This tutorial explains how to use the scp (Secure Copy) command to transfer files between computers. The scp command is available on all Linux, Unix, and Windows systems. Its implementation will in all probability improve and ease the networking experience. Security is provided by the ssh protocol. This command allows us to transfer files reliably and securely from a computer to another. Together with the sftp command, also protected by the ssh protocol, scp is one of the most safe file transference techniques. After reading this article, the reader will be able to easily share and fetch files with single commands. All practical examples in this tutorial contain screenshots, making it easy for every Linux user to understand how commands are applied. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Use_the_sftp_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛ This tutorial explains how to connect and transfer files through the sftp protocol in Linux, as well as securing by implementing security measures. The sftp command is one of the most useful tools for every network user, including domestic users. This command can be also implemented in Windows systems, making it attractive for every network type. This is one of the main command line tools to securely share files between computers. Additionally, to downloading and uploading files and directories, the user can remotely change permissions, remove, and rename files and more. SFTP is a command which definitely will improve the networking experience from the command line. After reading this article and applying examples (They also can be reproduced in a virtual machine), the reader will know how to configure Linux systems to transfer files with the sftp command, both in interactive mode and command line. The content is valid for all Linux distributions and includes real scenario screenshots, making it easy for all readers to understand how commands are applied independently of the previous knowledge level. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_replace_Telnet_and_FTP_with_SSH and_SFTP_to_help_protect_your_network_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ In my previous article, I showed how to replace clear-text and other insecure network protocols with more secure options. I used the example of replacing HTTP with HTTPS, and in this article, I explain how to switch FTP for SFTP and Telnet for SSH. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_DeaDBeeF_Player_on_Manjaro 21_Linux⠀⇛ DeaDBeeF is an audio player for Linux, Android, and other UNIX-like operating systems. It’s free software released under “GNU General Public License” (GPL). This tutorial will show you how to install it on your system! # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Speed_Up_a_VPN_Connection_on_Linux_– TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛ No one can disagree with the fact that VPNs have been a necessity these days. And this necessity arises from different countries’ banning different sites and apps from their countries. But by using a VPN, you can overcome this problem. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_install_and_set_up_Gitlab_CE_Server_on Alma/Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ GitLab allows you to host an on-premise Git repository that can be accessed from either your local LAN or (if you have an available public IP address) from outside your company. GitLab is an open-source repository manager based on Rails developed by GitLab Inc. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Audacious_on_Manjaro_Linux⠀⇛ Audacious is an open-source audio player that lets you listen to your favorite music whenever without stealing resources from other tasks on the computer. With drag ‘n’ drop functionality, it’s easy enough for anyone in any situation! You can also use different skins like Winamp Classic. The following tutorial will demonstrate how to install Audacious using two methods using the command line terminal – pamac and yay package managers. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Transfer_files_and_folders_from_Windows_to Linux_with_PSCP_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ Are you looking for a way to quickly transfer files from your Windows computer to your Linux computer and back again? The open source PSCP utility makes it easy to transfer files and folders, and of course it’s open source. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Steam_Next_Fest:_The_Big_Recap_(29_Games Tested)_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ During my childhood, PC magazines would come with CDs full of game demos and other shareware contents. Demos became my favorite way to learn about novelties and help me decide if I should purchase the full version. It was a small glimpse into the offer without major compromise. The developers had to make a really compelling argument in the form of a short gameplay experience. That is why, during my reviews, I always suggest you to play the demo if it is available. Hence, comes Steam Next Fest: multi-day celebration where we can try demos of projects to be released. And we, the Boiling Steam crew, decided to go through plenty of them to get a better understanding of what is coming next. So, down below you will see the game name, if it runs on Linux, and a short few sentence review. One thing worth mentioning is that the same way that game distribution has changed, so have the demos. Not all of them are there to convince you of the quality of the game, some of them are akin to a technical alpha or a proof of concept from the author. While there is not necessarily a rank from better to worse in this list, I will try to list first games with more polished, that run well on Linux, and offer some interesting gameplay. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Nobara_Linux:_A_Bleeding-Edge_Gaming_Distro for_Linux_Beginners⠀⇛ Nobara is a Fedora-based distribution that takes Linux gaming to the next level by offering relevant gaming-related configurations out of the box. One of the most often cited roadblocks for new users when it comes to switching over to Linux is the fact that it can be difficult to get many popular games up and running. If you’re one of those users, we’ve got some great news for you. Nobara Linux is looking to change all of that. Based on the popular leading-edge Linux distro Fedora, Nobara includes many tweaks, add- ons, and customizations designed to take all the headaches and hardships out of gaming on Linux. What really makes Nobara unique, however, is that the system is designed for the absolute Linux novice. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Lash#Cat9:_A_radical_new_Linux_UI_for keyboard_warriors_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Lash#Cat9 is a new type of typing-driven UI, which moves beyond terminal emulators. Cat9′s power comes from its close interaction with its display server, Arcan. This picks up some of the ideas from X11 and Wayland then goes much further. If you know your way around Unix, the word “shell” has strong associations, but to get a handle on Cat9, you will have to let them all go. Conventional “shells” are programs that run inside a terminal emulator and let you enter commands. Cat9 is not that type of shell, and that means that most of the coverage of it misses the most important things about it. Saying that, Cat9 is definitely inspired by that sort of UI. Outside of the Unix world, “shell” is a much more general term. For example, the “Windows shell” is the whole GUI of the OS, as Wikipedia explains quite well. Cat9 isn’t that kind of shell either – but combined with the Arcan display server, they have some common ground. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 6_Desktop_Environments_You_Can_Install_on Raspberry_Pi_OS⠀⇛ Bored of the PIXEL desktop on Raspberry Pi OS? Stylish and lightweight alternative Linux desktop environments can be installed instead. Raspberry Pi OS is the default operating system for Raspberry Pi computers. While others can be installed, there is the risk of losing some Pi- specific functionality. You might also be running various projects on your Pi and don’t want to simply switch to a new OS. But what if you wanted a new look? Like other Linux distros, you can change the desktop environment on your Raspberry Pi. # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_Gear_Snaps_round_2_–_Scarlett_Gately_Moore⠀⇛ This week has also been a busy week gardening snap bugs in bugs.kde.org. They are all over the place. I am trying to sort out getting them there own section. I have assigned all snap bugs I have found to myself and requested that this is default. If you have bugs, please report them at bugs.kde.org , for now under neon / Snaps. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ Suse_enhances_edge_platform_with_container control_and_zero_trust_security_|_VentureBeat⠀⇛ Deploying applications to the edge isn’t always about providing a path to the cloud. It’s also often about enabling applications to work locally without the cloud. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Transform_Edge_Operations_with_SLE Micro_5.3,_Now_Integrated_with_Rancher⠀⇛ SUSE Edge 2.0 is a purpose-built, fully integrated solution for managing the full lifecycle of edge devices at scale. By leveraging the latest versions of Rancher, SLE Micro and NeuVector, SUSE Edge 2.0 solution brings a much-needed integrated platform that simplifies, centralizes and automates Kubernetes and Linux OS lifecycle management across distributed edge locations. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Edge_2.0:_A_Cloud_Native Solution_to_Manage_Edge_|_SUSE⠀⇛ We are proud to introduce SUSE Edge 2.0, which will empower customers to accelerate and scale edge infrastructures and transform edge operations. o § Red Hat / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ AI_ethics:_4_things_CIOs_need_to know⠀⇛ Problems with artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics have been well publicized over the past few years. As AI becomes more pervasive, CIOs must be cognizant of ethical issues and look for ways to eliminate or reduce bias. The source of the problem is the data sets algorithms consume to inform decision-making. Too often, these data sets lead to outcomes biased around gender and race – from mortgage applications to healthcare and criminal sentencing. Therefore, more focus must be put on ensuring that the data sets utilized are fair, accurate, and free of bias. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Service_Preview_of_Red_Hat_Advanced Cluster_Security_Cloud_Service⠀⇛ Container and Kubernetes adoption brings the promise of faster application development and delivery at larger scales — however, it also brings with it new security challenges. Protecting cloud- native applications can require significant changes in how organizations approach IT security. They need to apply controls earlier in the application development lifecycle, use existing infrastructure to apply and enforce these controls, keep up with increasingly rapid release schedules, and more. Not just that, but it often needs to be done quickly, placing increased pressure on IT teams that are often already resource-strapped. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Operationalizing_distributed_event- driven_architectures⠀⇛ Organizations are modernizing their application development, focusing on microservices and applications that are transforming their industries. As they differentiate their offerings and services, they constantly strive to build new innovative processes faster, automating workflows, and scaling solutions. By taking advantage of open source tools, developers are building new business use cases and incorporating distributed, event- driven architectures that help automate workflows. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Managing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux devices_at_the_edge⠀⇛ Red Hat creates tools to help you manage the lifecycle of your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) edge devices easily. Edge management in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console makes it easy to standardize, deploy and enhance the security posture throughout the lifecycle of all your edge devices. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Kube_By_Example_launches_new_learning paths_to_help_developers_level_up_their_CI/CD_workflows_with Argo_CD_and_Tekton⠀⇛ Like other KBE learning paths, these resources have been created and contributed by members of the broader Kubernetes community. In addition to the new courses, the site now features a community contributors page where users can learn more about — and interact with — their favorite Kube By Example instructors and KBE Insider guests. These instructors represent some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, and have volunteered their time and talent to teach others about Kubernetes and its vast ecosystem of technologies. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Advancing_the_next_phase_of_container development_with_Podman_Desktop⠀⇛ Red Hat has been collaborating closely with the Podman community on the development and delivery of Podman Desktop, a new tool designed to help developers more easily interact with containers and pods running in Podman. Using a graphical user interface (GUI) in Podman Desktop, developers can install, configure and update their container engine. This builds on work we’ve done over the past few years to bring an enhanced set of container tools to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift, and making them the default choice to find, run, build, share and manage containers. For developers who also want to deploy on Kubernetes, Podman Desktop helps simplify the transition from containers to pods, and from pods to Kubernetes, providing a complete experience to more easily work with containers and Kubernetes using Linux, MacOS or Windows. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Podman_expands_to_the_Desktop_|_Red_Hat Developer⠀⇛ At KubeCon North America 2022, the Podman community unveiled introduced Podman Desktop, a new tool for developers. Podman Desktop allows developers to install, configure, and keep their container engine (Podman) up to date with a GUI. This convenient GUI enables users to interact with containers and pods running in Podman (Figure 1). Podman Desktop also provides an easy deployment to Kubernetes for developers working with containers on their laptops, allowing a seamless transition from containers to pods and pods to Kubernetes. Podman expands to the desktop to provide a complete experience enabling developers to easily work with containers. # ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ IBM_Watson_opens_up_AI_opportunities_for software_vendors_with_embeddable_libraries⠀⇛ IBM Watson announced 3 new AI software libraries that can be directly embedded into apps, including NLP, text to speech and speech to text. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Red_Hat_Introduces_Lightweight_Kubernetes Solution_to_Power_the_Next_Evolution_of_Open_Edge_Computing⠀⇛ # ⚓ Justin_W._Flory:_CHAOSS_D.E.I._Review:_Midyear_reflection [Ed: Ford Foundation trying to paint itself diversity, equity, and inclusion after its dark history of genocide]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Learn_how_to_use_the_Red_Hat_Enterprise Linux_(RHEL)_web_console⠀⇛ The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) web console is a web-based interface designed for managing and monitoring RHEL systems. This powerful and extensible web console ensures that system admins—even those new to Linux—can accomplish many complex tasks such as administering storage, managing users accounts, configuring network interfaces, performing system updates and inspecting logs. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ How_innovative_Open_Organization_charts work_in_practice⠀⇛ In the first part of this series, I illustrated what an Open Organization chart looks like based on the book Team of Teams, by Stanley McChrystal. In this second and final part, I explore concerns about the information flow using this chart and give some examples of how it might work and (possibly unknowingly) has worked in the past. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_Now_Runs_on_Sipeed’s_LicheeRV_D1 RISC-V_Linux_Single-Board_Computer⠀⇛ Canonical continues to expand its RISC-V offering for Ubuntu with LicheeRV D1 (Dock), Sipeed’s first RISC-V Linux single-board computer (SBC) that features a modular design and exported interfaces. The LicheeRV D1 board appears to offer a small footprint and an affordable price (~$6.7 USD) compared to other RISC-V SBCs. Sipeed is another Chinese company that focuses on the mass production of open-source RISC-V hardware, as well as AIoT/TinyML applications. Its LicheeRV D1 board was released on November 2021 and it’s targeted at TinyML developers, featuring HDMI and USB ports, a 40-pin HAT-style GPIO header, a built- in mic, an FPC connector for a mic array, a speaker port, a reset button, and one extra button. # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Now_you_can_run_Ubuntu_on_a_RISC-V_computer that_costs_less_than_$20⠀⇛ Canonical has been busy porting Ubuntu to run on devices with RISC-V processors. This summer the company released builds of the popular GNU/Linux distribution for the StarFive VisionFive, Allwinner Nezha, and SiFive Unmatched. Now Canonical has announced the launch of Ubuntu builds for the SiPeed LicheeRV, a tiny single-board computer with a RISC-V chip and a $17 starting price. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Last_version_of_kernel_5.19.17_released_• The_Register⠀⇛ Linux kernel 5.19.17 is here, the last of the version 5 series, as used in the current release of Ubuntu. Guardian of the stable Linux kernel Greg Kroah- Hartman put out the update yesterday. It’s a standard point-release but fixes a lot of minor bugs in kernel 5.19, released at the end of July. Two things make this worth the effort. One is that this is the last release of Linux 5.x. Version 5.19 is succeeded by kernel 6.0, which was released earlier this month, so even if version 6.0 isn’t a particularly big change, it still means upgrade time is here. All of this matters because Ubuntu 22.10 uses kernel 5.19. Kernel 6.0 came out on October 2, while Ubuntu “Kinetic Kudu” was released on October 20, just 18 days later. In short, it isn’t long enough to test and integrate a new version, so it shipped with kernel 5.19, even though it was just five days from end-of-life. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Canonical’s_Steam_Snap_Will_Let_You_Switch Mesa_Stacks_(Easily)_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ Ubuntu gamers will soon be able to pick which Mesa graphics stack Canonical’s Steam snap app uses. Canonical plan to package different Mesa snapshots as ‘content snaps‘, which are decoupled and packaged separately from a parent app, in this case the Steam snap, which is still, for now, in ‘early access’. “We know that gamers are eager to get their hands on the latest Mesa and we’ve made that even easier with the latest update to the Steam snap,” writes Canonical’s Oliver Smith in a blog post. # ⚓ FOSS Post ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_Review:_Very_Modern_But_Nothing’s Perfect⠀⇛ Few days ago, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, celebrated its distribution’s 18th birthday by releasing Ubuntu 22.10. The same day in which Ubuntu 4.10 was released back in 2004. It means that Ubuntu is officially no longer underage! (jk). Anyway, the new release contains a lot of changes and important updates to discuss. And in this article you will be reading a detailed review of Ubuntu 22.10. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Accelerate_IT/OT_convergence_in_Industry_4.0_[Part I]_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Welcome to this three-part mini-series on bridging the gap between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) in Industry 4.0. Throughout this series, we will discuss the key challenges industrial manufacturers face when trying to accelerate their digital transformation. We will understand why legacy update approaches and lack of security in OT do not suit the Industry 4.0 world and assess how adopting open source software can help bridge the gap. This is Part I, right at the beginning of the journey. We will start with the basics and offer a quick intro to the different domains playing a role in the industrial factory. In the second blog post of this three-part series, we will review the automation pyramid concept. Part III is the concluding chapter of the series. We will make a case for why the convergence between OT and IT calls for a transition from legacy stacks with closed standards and interfaces to modern IT solutions and the embrace of open-source software. With so much to cover, let’s dive straight into Part I. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ How_we_hire_at_Canonical_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Hiring in a global remote first organisation is complex and takes considerable effort to create a truly fair and consistent process. Assessing talent from a large, globally remote talent pool means that we need to do things a little differently. Hear our CEO, Mark Shuttleworth and Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Hanna Neuborn discuss how we hire talent here at Canonical and what we are trying to achieve. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Two_approaches_to_IoT_prototyping_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Taking a new device from an idea to production readiness can be a challenge. Hacks or workarounds can help you deliver a proof of concept, but they can negatively impact production devices. A development kit can be great for quickly proving out an idea, but oftentimes the hardware constraints will be more stringent in production to save costs. Some advance planning can save unnecessary effort in the beginning of the project, or heartache down the road as the project transitions to production. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Ubuntu_Studio_is_the_Linux_distribution_for_audio and_video_creators_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ There’s very little Linux can’t do — powering everything from enterprise solutions and social networks to IoT devices and even automobiles. But Linux isn’t just for the business of business. Thanks to several brilliant desktop distributions, there are plenty of options to help you get productive and creative on the desktop. One such distribution is called Ubuntu Studio, made specifically for creators of audio and video content. # ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_shines_on_MicroPython, microcontrollers_|_InfoWorld⠀⇛ Canonical has released Ubuntu 22.10, an update to the company’s Linux distribution that introduces MicroPython support on a variety of microcontrollers. Codenamed “Kinetic Kudu” and announced October 20, Ubuntu 22.10 is described as an interim release that improves the experience for developers and IT administrators. The upgrade now supports MicroPython on microcontrollers including the Raspberry Pi Pico W board. Also, rshell, thonny, and mpremote are all available in the Ubuntu repositories. Ubuntu’s graphics stack transition to kms, meanwhile, means developers can run Pi-based graphical applications using frameworks such as Qt outside of a desktop session and without Pi-specific drivers. This complements expanded support for embedded displays for Raspberry Pi including the Inky eInk HAT series, Hyperpixel range, and the Raspberry Pi official touchscreen. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ PicoBerry_Carrier_Board_for_the_Raspberry_Pi CM_4._Build_one_for_Yourself!⠀⇛ Today We will introduce PicoBerry! This fully 40- pin GPIO-compatible carrier board is the ideal size for use with the Raspberry Pi CM4 module. With its slim form factor and low power consumption, the PicoBerry is perfect for a wide range of applications. Carrier boards are necessary for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 because it has no I/O options, which would severely limit its capabilities. You’ll need a carrier board if you want to use USB, PCIe, or additional storage beyond onboard flash. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Box_PC_based_on_Tiger_Lake-U_processors features_docking_connector⠀⇛ Distec recently launched a fanless BOX PC compatible with Tiger Lake-U processors from Intel. The Box PC Pro NPA-2009 is equipped with a docking connector via V-by-one or DP to control external TFT displays. Other key features include dual GbE ports, one M.2 2280 slot, one M.2 2230 slot, one M.2 2242 and up to 64GB DDR4. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Adapters_convert_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_2_W_into Raspberry_Pi_3_or_4_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ Spotpear’s Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to Raspberry Pi 3/ 4 adapters would not exist in a “normal” world of abundance that still existed a little less than 3 years ago. But I suppose extraordinary times require extraordinary adapters… # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Streamline_your_morning_routine_with_home automation_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Let’s face it — mornings can be tough. Even the earliest risers and the most enthusiastic morning larks sometimes struggle to drag themselves out of bed and attack the day. The good news is that automation can always save things. By using home automation wisely, you can save time in the morning, cut out tedious tasks, and start the day on the best possible note. In this article, we’ll look at why automation works so well in the morning and share some morning projects from the Arduino community. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Vivo_is_rolling_out_stable_Android_13_to its_flagship_phone,_a_day_after_Samsung⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ One_UI_5:_Samsung_confirms_Android_13 distribution_to_49_smartphones_and_tablets_by_February_2023_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ Delete_These_Ad-Trolling_Apps_From_Your_Android Right_Now⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 10_Completely_Free_Resources_to_Help_You Learn_Android_Development⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ 12_of_the_spookiest_Android_games_for Halloween_2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ Whatsapp:_How_to_report_and_block_someone_on WhatsApp_on_Android_devices⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Netfilter_Workshop_2022_summary⠀⇛ This is my report from the Netfilter Workshop 2022. The event was held on 2022-10-20/2022-10-21 in Seville, and the venue was the offices of Zevenet. We started on Thursday with Pablo Neira (head of the project) giving a short welcome / opening speech. The previous iteration of this event was in virtual fashion in 2020, two years ago. In the year 2021 we were unable to meet either in person or online. This year, the number of participants was just eight people, and this allowed the setup to be a bit more informal. We had kind of an un-conference style meeting, in which whoever had something prepared just went ahead and opened a topic for debate. In the opening speech, Pablo did a quick recap on the legal problems the Netfilter project had a few years ago, a topic that was settled for good some months ago, in January 2022. There were no news in this front, which was definitely a good thing. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Google⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_the_Brave_Browser_on_Linux Mint_21_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at how to install the Brave Browser on Linux Mint 21. # ⚓ Google ☛ Chrome_Releases:_Stable_Channel_Update_for Desktop⠀⇛ The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 107 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks. # ⚓ Google ☛ Announcing_GUAC,_a_great_pairing_with_SLSA_ (and_SBOM)!⠀⇛ # ⚓ FOSSLife ☛ Google_Launches_GUAC_Project_for_Software Supply_Chain_Security⠀⇛ Gulag is not trustworthy. This is not secure. It’s proprietary (GitHub) nonsense. https:// security.googleblog.com/2022/10/announcing- guac-great-pairing-with-slsa.html # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ What_is_Firefox_View_and_how_do_you_use_it?_| ZDNET⠀⇛ The latest Firefox release includes a handy feature that gives you quick access to all Firefox tabs open across all browsers associated with your Firefox account. # ⚓ SpiderMonkey_Newsletter_(Firefox_106-107)_| SpiderMonkey_JavaScript/WebAssembly_Engine⠀⇛ SpiderMonkey is the JavaScript engine used in Mozilla Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the JavaScript and WebAssembly work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 106 and 107 Nightly release cycles. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ LibreOffice_Writer_Keyboard_Shortcuts_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ LibreOffice Writer is a free, open-source word processor that helps you easily create documents in Linux, Windows, or macOS. Similar to its proprietary counterparts, LibreOffice Writer allows you to create both simple compositions and complex formatting such as adding custom colors to your documents. # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Another_batch_of_videos_from LibreOffice_Conference_2022:_Features,_API,_extensions, Jenkins_and_continuous_integration_(CI)_–_The_Document Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ More talks from the recent LibreOffice Conference 2022! Check out the individual videos below, or click here to view the playlist. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_save_a_file_from_LibreOffice_to_a_remote shared_folder_on_your_network_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ Here’s how to save a file to a shared directory on your network for easier collaboration. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_configure_LibreOffice_to_default_to_MS Office_file_formats⠀⇛ o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 6_Top_Free_and_Open_Source_Nim_Web Frameworks⠀⇛  One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. A framework “is a code library that makes a developer’s life easier when building reliable, scalable, and maintainable web applications” by providing reusable code or extensions for common operations. By saving development time, developers can concentrate on application logic rather than mundane elements. A web framework offers the developer a choice about how to solve a specific problem. By using a framework, a developer lets the framework control portions of their application. While it’s perfectly possible to code a web application without using a framework, it’s more practical to use one. # ⚓ Kiwi_TCMS_–_Meet_Kiwi_TCMS_at_WebSummit_2022_in_Lisbon⠀⇛ Kiwi TCMS is happy to announce that we’re taking part in WebSummit 2022, Nov 01-04 in Lisbon, Portugal. We’re joining as a featured startup in the Enterprise Software Solutions category. # ⚓ Business Wire ☛ CloudLinux_Announces_Release_of_Production Ready_Version_of_AccelerateWP_|_Business_Wire⠀⇛ CloudLinux announced today the pre-release of the production version of AccelerateWP, a WordPress optimization suite that will allow both hosting providers and website owners to improve performance of websites with faster performance, smarter operations, better security, and improved profitability. # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WordPress_6.1_Release_Candidate_3_(RC3)_Now Available_–_WordPress_News⠀⇛ Release Candidate 3 (RC3) is now available for testing! The general release is just one week away with WordPress 6.1 scheduled for release on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. This RC3 release is the final opportunity for you to test and help to ensure the resilience of the 6.1 release by performing a final round of reviews and checks. Since the WordPress ecosystem is vast and composed of thousands of plugins and themes the entire project benefits from the time you take to assist. This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission- critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test RC3 on a test server and site. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Request_Page_Redesign_–_Build_results_and_superseded conversations_–_Open_Build_Service⠀⇛ We don’t stop improving the requests workflow and we are actively working on the feedback. This time we worked on including conversations from superseded requests and presenting build results. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_9_–_CMakePresets⠀⇛ CMake introduced with version 3.19 the concept of cmake-presets. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ Next_stable_DBD::SQLite_will_be_released_at the_beginning_of_November_|_Kenichi_Ishigaki_ [blogs.perl.org]⠀⇛ DBD::SQLite 1.71_07 (with SQLite 3.39.4) is a release candidate for the next stable DBD:: SQLite. This release is mainly to address a security hole found in SQLite, plus a few performance issues for perl built with - DDEBUGGING. See Changes for other fixes and changes. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Python_3.11_Released!_How_to Install_in_Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04_|_22.10_| UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ The popular Python programming language released version 3.11 today. Here’s the new features and how to install guide for all current Ubuntu releases. # ⚓ Video ☛ NEVER_WRITE_$@_WHEN_LOOPING_OVER_ARGUMENTS_IN BASH_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In bash for loops are tricky but there’s a Bashism that exists which could trip you up if you don’t know about it. If you’re looping over the arguments passed to a script or a function, Bash will automatically fill in the “$@” argument for you. # ⚓ merge_multiple_jpgs_to_one_picture_vertikal⠀⇛ # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Medium ☛ GraalVM_22.3_is_here:_JDK_19_builds,_jlink support,_new_monitoring_features,_and_more!_|_by_Alina Yurenko_|_graalvm_|_Oct,_2022_|_Medium⠀⇛ Today we’re releasing GraalVM 22.3! This release brings JDK 19 builds, jlink support, new monitoring features, new Native Image APIs, and more! o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ New_Vulkan_1.3.231.0_SDKs_Add_New_GFXReconstruct_Features_– LunarG⠀⇛ Today, LunarG released new Windows, Linux, and macOS SDKs for Vulkan header 1.3.231, including two new features for GFXReconstruct: Virtual Swapchain and JSON Lines Conversion. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Aleksandersen ☛ First_look_at_Microsoft_PC_Manager and_its_conflicting_interests_|_Ctrl_blog⠀⇛ Microsoft is testing a new app to compete with the many dubious “PC cleaner” software available on the market (like CCleaner and CleanMyMac). However, Microsoft’s new app looks out for the company’s interests before its customers’. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ New_(free)_course_introduces_learners_to_the popular_open_source_service_mesh_platform,_Istio⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Researchers_Detail_Windows_Event_Log Vulnerabilities:_LogCrusher_and_OverLog [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about a pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, one of which could be exploited to result in a denial-of-service (DoS). The exploits, dubbed LogCrusher and OverLog by Varonis, take aim at the EventLog Remoting Protocol (MS-EVEN), which enables remote access to event logs. # ⚓ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ CISA:_Urgent_patching_needed_for actively_exploited_Linux_kernel_flaw [Ed: That's just privilege escalation and it was patched ages ago; seems like alarmism to help distract from vastly more severe issues in Windows (actively exploited and not patched by the vendor, Microsoft)]]⠀⇛ Linux-based IoT devices and endpoints have been targeted by the Shikitega malware, which abuses CVE-2021-3493 and CVE-2021-4034, also known as PwnKit, to facilitate privilege escalation. However, only Ubuntu has so far been observed to be impacted by the Linux kernel vulnerability. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (libbluray and wkhtmltopdf), Fedora (firefox, libksba, libmodsecurity, libxml2, qemu, and xmlsec1), Red Hat (389-ds-base, 389-ds:1.4, git- lfs, gnutls, java-1.8.0-ibm, kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, libksba, mysql:8.0, pki-core, postgresql:12, samba, sqlite, and zlib), Scientific Linux (389-ds-base, libksba, and pki-core), SUSE (bluez, firefox, jdom, kernel, libosip2, libxml2, multipath-tools, and python-Mako), and Ubuntu (barbican, mysql-5.7, mysql-8.0, openvswitch, and pillow). # ⚓ CISA ☛ Delta_Electronics_InfraSuite_Device_Master_|_CISA [Ed: Severity 9.8 out of 10]⠀⇛ Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code, cause a denial-of-service condition by remotely deleting files or changing group privileges, or remotely read and write files, all with local administrator privileges. # ⚓ USCERT ☛ CISA_Has_Added_One_Known_Exploited_Vulnerability to_Catalog [Ed: iOS and iPadOS under active attacks with exploit available]⠀⇛ CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.    # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Releases_Eight_Industrial_Control_Systems Advisories_|_CISA⠀⇛ CISA has released eight (8) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on October 25, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Upgrades_to_Version_2.0_of_Traffic_Light Protocol_in_One_Week_–_Join_Us!_|_CISA⠀⇛ On Nov. 1, 2022, CISA will upgrade from Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) 1.0 to TLP 2.0 in accordance with the recommendation by the Forum of Incident Response Security Teams (FIRST) that organizations move to 2.0 by the end of 2022. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ 22-Year-Old_Vulnerability_Reported_in_Widely Used_SQLite_Database_Library⠀⇛ A high-severity vulnerability has been disclosed in the SQLite database library, which was introduced as part of a code change dating all the way back to October 2000 and could enable attackers to crash or control programs. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Hive_Ransomware_Hackers_Begin_Leaking_Data Stolen_from_Tata_Power_Energy_Company [Ed: Microsoft TCO]⠀⇛ The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against Tata Power that was disclosed by the company less than two weeks ago. The incident is said to have occurred on October 3, 2022. The threat actor has also been observed leaking stolen data exfiltrated prior to encrypting the network as part of its double extortion scheme. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Tata_Power_data_leaked_on_dark_web_after_Hive ransomware_attack [Ed: Microsoft TCO]⠀⇛ India’s biggest integrated power company, Tata Power, which has been in business since 1915, has been hit by a ransomware attack staged by the Hive group. The ransomware runs only on Windows systems and the group has now released data it claims is from the attack on the dark web. The company acknowledged the attack in a note to the National Stock Exchange of India on 14 October. “The Tata Power Company Limited had a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure impacting some of its IT systems,” the letter said. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Medibank_says_all_3.9m_customers could_be_affected_by_data_breach⠀⇛ Medical insurer Medibank Group says all of the 3.9 million customers of its main business could now be assumed to be affected by the theft of data, even as it prepared for a resumption of trading. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said it expects to spend up to $35 million on non- recurring costs due to the network attack it has suffered, not including potential customer and other remediation or legal costs. “This cyber crime event continues to evolve and at this stage, we are unable to predict with any certainty the impact of any future events on Medibank, including the quantum of any potential customer and other remediation, regulatory or litigation related costs,” the company said. When it first announced its systems had been breached, it said there was no indication of any sensitive data having leaked. Later, Medibank said the data stolen was limited to ahm and international students. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Launches_Movement_for_a Better_Internet_To_Create_an_Internet_That_Benefits_Everyone –_Public_Knowledge⠀⇛ Today, Public Knowledge joined six other organizations spanning the globe to launch the Movement for a Better Internet, a diverse community of advocates and activists working together to promote policies that create a better internet for people everywhere. The movement is a collaborative effort seeking to drive policy change based on a public interest vision for an internet that benefits us all. Public Knowledge has worked steadfastly over two decades to support an internet guided by public interest values – including privacy, openness, diversity, and equity. As a part of this movement, we are dedicated to collaborating with other members to advance these and other values we will determine together. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ No_good_deed_goes_unpunished_in_a world_where_the_rules_have_been_set_by_academic publishers_–_Walled_Culture⠀⇛ One of the heroes of my new book Walled Culture is Paul Ginsparg. In 1991, Ginsparg set up an automated email server while he was a staff member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. As preprints – early versions of academic papers – were uploaded, the server would send out alerts to subscribers, who could then request the full texts. [...] I’m not going to claim that Ginsparg’s unfair treatment was because of copyright, but I do think he was a victim of the academic publishing culture, albeit indirectly. As Chapter 3 of my Walled Culture book explores in detail, publishers in this sector have done an incredible job of colonising the entire academic and research system – and the minds of those in it. For too long, academic publishers have been regarded as an indispensable part of research work; the idea that knowledge could be shared more easily and beneficially without them was inconceivable for many. # ⚓ Public Domain Review ☛ Synaesthesia’s_Colour_Debut_ (1883)_–_The_Public_Domain_Review⠀⇛ Victorian polymath Francis Galton is known as the inventor of many things: the world’s first weather and isochronal climate maps; the statistical concepts of correlation and regression toward the mean; the ultrasonic whistle; and — with a more harmful afterlife — many aspects of the field he named “eugenics”, as well as its supposed application to criminology. An indefatigable student of physical appearance, who is remembered (and often reviled) for a fanatical dedication to hegemonic British imperial norms of behavior and appearance, Galton also turned his curiosity to the inner world and its perceptions. Pioneering research into the visual-spatial complex known as “number form” — in which individuals experience numbers as possessing distinct spatial properties — Galton published the very first color plate of synaesthetic visualizations in his 1883 Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ feeling_more_in_dreams⠀⇛ I never dream. Usually. On average, I have a dream a month, and it’s been like that since I was a little kid. When I was very, very young, I had reoccurring dream almost every night, but this isn’t about that. The things that increase likelihood of a dream include sleeping in new places, drinking coffee late at night, and emotional distress, and, well, there’s been a bit of all of that lately. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ADEHOSU_Wordo:_FOALS⠀⇛ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Detach_rcirc_channel_to_soju⠀⇛ Soju/rcirc already lets you reattached detached channels with /join, and this lets you type /detach in a channel to detach it. This makes it easy to attach and detach channels. This method works by talking to BouncerServ, if there’s instead some fancy Modern IRC way to do it that’s better, let me know! # § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Scaling_doesn’t_scale⠀⇛ By which I mean there are deeply problematic assumptions in the very notion of scaling: Scaling changes the rules, and scaling problems exist in both directions. If what you are doing effortlessly scales up, it almost always means it’s egregiously sub- optimal given your present needs. These assertions are all very abstract. I’ll illustrate with several examples, to try and build an intuition for scaling. You most likely already know what I’m saying is true, but you may need reminding that this is how it works. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ WEBGATE_www->gemini_proxy_upgraded._Please_read_if you_operate_a_crawler.⠀⇛ Webgate (gemini://webgate.geminet.org/web.sh) has been updated to rewrite all in-document href links to webgate gemini:// links [1]. This means you can now browse the entire web over gemini, given that the requested webpages behave decently, which most smolweb pages should[2]. # ⚓ Interactive_Rubik’s_Cube_Over_Gemini⠀⇛ I first learned how to solve Rubik’s Cube back in 2005, and in the intervening years I’ve collected and learned to solve dozens of different twisty puzzles. Since I launched my capsule last year, I’ve wanted to collect information about twisty puzzles there, especially pertaining to my own collection, but I always seem to get distracted with some other pet project. A few days ago I decided to kill two birds with one stone: add some interesting interactive content to my capsule, and put together a puzzle-related page. The result, I am proud to announce, is an interactive Rubik’s Cube page. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2657 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.25.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/10/2022:_Tails_5.6⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary 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 # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Pro_16_Gen7_Linux_Laptop Launches_with_240Hz_Display,_DDR5_RAM⠀⇛ Following the success of the TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen7 laptop, which was the first to be available in two colors, the new InfinityBook Pro 16 Linux laptop is also available in two visually identical-looking versions Workstation Edition and Max Performance Edition, in Ice Grey or Deep Grey colors. As its name suggests, TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 16 Gen7 features a large, high-quality 16-inch WQHD display that’s available in the highly requested 16:10 aspect ratio (2560×1600 pixels resolution) for both variants, but the Max Performance Edition has a 240 Hz refresh rate that’s four times faster than a 60Hz display for more responsive and accurate gaming. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ System76_upgrade_the_Thelio_desktops_with Intel_13th_Gen_and_new_AMD_Ryzen_7000_CPUs⠀⇛ Out for a new desktop? Want one from a company that builds them for Linux and has their own Linux distribution? System76 just gave the Thelio line a nice big upgrade. Available across the Thelio and Thelio Mira, with the Thelio Major sticking to AMD Threadripper. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ 8_Fun_Command_Line_Tools_You_Can_Mix_and_Match_– Invidious⠀⇛ Command line tools covered in this video include: cmatrix, cowsay, espeak, lolcat, figlet, fortune, ternimal, lsd If you have a fun Linux command line tool to recommend leave me a message or send me an email # ⚓ Video ☛ Why_Steam_Deck_Is_Truly_Garbage_For_The_Money|_A_PC Gamer’s_Steam_Deck_Review_*Reaction*_–_Invidious⠀⇛ OH BOY HOWDY! Let’s see what a “real” PC gamer has to say bout why the Steam Deck is terrible…. # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_200_–_Late_Night_Linux⠀⇛ It’s our 200th episode spectacular! We look back over some of the key events and trends from the last ~5 years that the show has been going. The rise of Arm and RISC-V, the death of 32-bit x86, Mozilla’s decline, the Ubuntu Phone fever dream, gaming wins, and loads more. # ⚓ Video ☛ Fsearch_|_Fast_File_Search_Utility_for_Linux_– Invidious⠀⇛ What’s up, Linux Community!!! In this video, I cover FSearch, a fast file search utility inspired by Everything Search Engine. It’s written in C and based on GTK3. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Sony_Adds_Initial_Linux_Support_for_PS5′s_New DualSense_Edge_Controller⠀⇛ Having support for new hardware on Linux is always good. It gives users the freedom to choose any platform of their choice. But, for gaming gear, that is not always the case. With Linux, not all gaming accessories work as expected. Sony, on the other hand, is making a reasonable effort by adding initial support for a piece of hardware that has not yet been released into the market. DualSense Edge, the next-gen wireless controller from Sony is getting Linux support! o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Best_Debian_10_Nestat_Alternative⠀⇛ Today, we will explore the best alternative to Netstat which is the Socket Statistics tool or the “ss” command. The “ss” helps in providing relevant information about the network connections. The netstat command is comparatively slower than the Socket Statistics because it gathers the information by reading the /proc files. Reading from the /proc files takes plenty of time to display several network connections. On the other hand, Socket Statistics directly gathers the information from kernel space. We listed down the different ways that the “ss” can be used to get an information about the network connections. The “ss” command was implemented on the command line of Ubuntu 22.04. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_21:_conic_gradients⠀⇛ It’s time to get me up to speed with modern CSS. There’s so much new in CSS that I know too little about. To change that I’ve started #100DaysOfMoreOrLessModernCSS. Why more or less modern CSS? Because some topics will be about cutting-edge features, while other stuff has been around for quite a while already, but I just have little to no experience with it. # ⚓ Dante Catalfamo ☛ Creating_a_High_Quality_GIF_with Transparency⠀⇛ I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out the process to create the gif at the top of my How BSD Authentication Works blog post, so I thought I’d share it. Here’s how to create a small, high quality gif with transparency using a video and an image as source material. # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ openvpn:_error=CRL_has_expired⠀⇛ After the former FreshPorts server was retired, its OpenVPN credential were revoked. I maintain those certificates via ssl-admin. I uploaded the new CRL into the System | Certificate Manager | Certificate Revocation page in pfSense. Today, I was seeing strange errors in Nagios, and figured someone wasn’t connected to the VPN. Checking OpenVPN client logs, I found nothing. On the OpenVPN server, I found this message: [...] # ⚓ uni Toronto ☛ Why_I_feel_DNS_CAA_records_are_a_real_TLS security_improvement_in_practice⠀⇛ The fundamental Certificate Authority problem is that any CA in the world can issue valid TLS certificates for your domain, regardless of how good or bad their practices are. These days all CAs at least claim to be careful and there is some assurance that they are, but their actual operational practices vary and a specific CA may be vulnerable to issues like BGP based attacks (also). # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Franz_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Franz messaging in Ubuntu systems. Franz is an application was built in order to make it easier for people to manage and organize their chats. Currently, Franz supports Slack , WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, and Skype. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_SFTPGo_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ SFTPGo is a fully featured and highly configurable SFTP server with optional HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV support. Several storage backends are supported: local filesystem, encrypted local filesystem, S3 (compatible) Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, SFTP. # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ How_To_Install_Akaunting_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Akaunting is a free, open-source self-hostable accounting software that can be used to manage your invoices, quotes, and finances. Akaunting provides an elegant and intuitive UI will all the features and was designed for small businesses and freelancers. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_swap_panes_in_Tmux ⠀⇛ Tmux is an open-source utility that manages numerous terminal windows effectively. Most people know the idea of tab management in Linux Terminal if they have ever used the Terminator application. We may divide the terminal into several panes using Tmux. We can move, resize, and flip between these panes to make adjustments. This lessens the agony of juggling many Gnome terminal windows and tabs. In most cases, closing an SSH connection also closes any associated remote terminal sessions. Tmux can assist since it keeps track of those sessions even if the SSH connection is lost. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_customize_the_tmux_configuration⠀⇛ Tmux is one of the best applications you can use on a Linux/Unix-based operating system. It is a beefed-up GNU screen version commonly referred to as a terminal multiplexer. You can append Tmux’s behavior using the tmux.conf file. This Tmux configuration file is used to change many things, such as custom keybindings, modifying the status bar, customizing color schemes, and many more. In this article guide, we shall learn how to customize the tmux configuration file (tmux.conf) Before we dive into the primary subject matter, we shall brush through the installation, how to launch and how to use sections to enable us to be on the same page. Check our detailed article that covers installing and using Tmux on Linux. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ How_to_Upgrade_Python_Packages_with_Pip⠀⇛ Don’t forget all those Python packages you installed on your system. Here’s what you need to know about updating Python packages with Pip. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_ClipGrab_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS_–_Unix_/_Linux_the_admins_Tutorials⠀⇛ In this guide, we will illustrate how to install ClipGrab on Ubuntu systems. ClipGrab is a donationware video download manager, allowing the download of videos from a variety of websites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion or Facebook. It has been praised for its user- friendliness, but also flagged as malware by security software. It can convert the downloaded files to other file formats such as MP3, MPEG4, OGG Theora or WMV. It is published as free software under the terms of the GPL-3.0-or-later license. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Texstudio_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ TeXstudio is a cross-platform open-source LaTeX editor. Its features include an interactive spelling checker, code folding, and syntax highlighting. It does not provide LaTeX itself – the user must choose a TeX distribution and install it first. Originally called TexMakerX, TeXstudio was started as a fork of Texmaker that tried to extend it with additional features while keeping its look and feel. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Beekeeper_Studio_on_Ubuntu_20.04 |_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Beekeeper Studio is built with Vue.js, a lovely little web framework that is similar to React and Angular, but a little smaller and easier to work with (personal opinion, no hate mail please). Beekeeper Studio is built and maintained by Matthew Rathbone in Dallas, TX. Its the SQL Editor and Database Manager Of Your Dreams. Its’ really a modern, easy to use, and good looking SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Ktorrent_in_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LS⠀⇛ In this small guide, we will show you how to install Ktorrent in your Ubuntu system. KTorrent is a BitTorrent client that is part of the KDE Gear. It is an advanced BitTorrent client for the K Desktop Environment. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_adjust_the_Tmux_pane_size ⠀⇛ Tmux is a useful Linux program that allows for terminal window multitasking. Tmux is an acronym for Terminal Multiplexing, a program based on the concept of sessions. When using Tmux, you can disconnect and run it in the background before reattaching it again. The Tmux app can replace the famous GNU screen. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Victoria_3_is_an_ambitious_society_sim_that will_engross_you_if_you_let_it⠀⇛ Paradox Development Studios’ latest game depicts a century of history with a focus on economics and society. Facing the challenges of a changing world can be daunting but the game is good at letting you play at your own pace. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_new_bigger_demo_for_Scrabdackle deserves_your_attention⠀⇛ Love your quirky little action-adventures? Scrabdackle should be something for you to take a look at and there’s a big update to the demo for you to try. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ SCS_Software_hope_Euro_Truck_Simulator_2 has_another_‘decade_of_further_growth’⠀⇛ Euro Truck Simulator 2 from SCS Software recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and it seems there’s absolutely no stopping it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_continues_growing_hitting_over_30 million_online⠀⇛ Remember the days of the original green Steam client, that no one particularly liked? Hard to believe that it now sees over 30 million people online. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Widelands,_The_Settlers_II_inspired strategy_game_version_1.1_is_out_now⠀⇛ Love strategy games? Originally inspired by The Settlers II, the free and open source game Widelands has a big new release out now. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Bitwarden_2022.10.1_–_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Bitwarden is an Open source, cross platform password manager that sync passwords but also allows accessing passwords offline. Update now available in the software repository. # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Strawberry_1.0.10_–_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Strawberry is a audio player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. Install it from the Synaptic Packager Manager. # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Discord_0.0.21_–_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Stop paying for TeamSpeak servers and hassling with Skype. Simplify your life. Now available in the software repository. # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ IceWM_3.1.0_–_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Window Manager for X Window System. Can emulate the look of Windows’95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif or the Java Metal GUI. Tries to take the best features of the above systems. Features multiple workspaces, opaque move/resize, task bar, window list, mailbox status, digital clock. Fast and small. Available in the PCLinuxOS software repository. # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Shotcut_22.10.222_–_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Shotcut supports many video, audio, and image formats via FFmpeg and screen, webcam, and audio capture. It uses a timeline for non-linear video editing of multiple tracks that may be composed of various file formats. Scrubbing and transport control are assisted by OpenGL GPU-based processing and a number of video and audio filters are available. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ The_Ever-Reddening_Revenue_Streams_Of Big_Blue [Ed: Timothy Prickett Morgan fails to disclose that IBM pays him for his IBM spin]⠀⇛ Red Hat, which had first mover status in the enterprise, figured it out, packaging a complete server stack atop the Linux kernel and selling subscriptions for the packaging and ongoing support of that stack. And while Red Hat will never make as much money in systems software as Oracle or Microsoft, it certainly has been a boon to IBM’s software and consulting businesses since the latter decided to pay $34 billion to acquire the former in October 2018. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Tails ☛ Tails_–_Tails_5.6_is_out⠀⇛ Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.149. This should improve the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_enables_Ubuntu_on_Sipeed’s_LicheeRV RISC-V_board⠀⇛ Canonical continues to expand the availability of Ubuntu running on RISC-V processors and hardware. Followed by a few announcements during the RISC- V Summit China 2022 we are proud to announce the Ubuntu release for additional RISC-V hardware – Sipeed’s LicheeRV board. Open standards and collaboration are strategic to both hardware and software across industries and geographies. In the last decade, open source and open standards have reshaped our world. RISC-V is the most prolific and open Instruction Set Architecture in history, which has led the hardware community to embrace open standards and collaboration at this level. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Top_10_features_in_Ubuntu_22.10,_and_how_to upgrade⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.10, codenamed Kinetic Kudu, was released on 20th October 2022. This version brings new exciting features such as the latest kernel, Gnome 43, a redesigned tray menu, Pipewire, and many more. Canonical is known for releasing frequent updates for their most popular distros. For instance, after Jammy Jellyfish (22.04), Canonical has now released Kinetic Kudu (22.10), a short-term release version. This means it will only be supported for nine months compared to the long-term release version that is supported for five years. If you are an Ubuntu lover, you will know that they always follow a chronological order when naming their releases. Canonical has named this latest release ‘Kinetic Kudu,’ a naming convention derived after an African animal species. Therefore, to uphold the naming conventions legacy, all repos and applications contain the Kinetic prefix. # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_758⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 758⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 758 for the week of October 16 – 22, 2022. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Participate_in_the_Kubernetes_and_Cloud_Native Operations_Survey_2023_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Canonical has conducted surveys about Kubernetes and Cloud Native Operations in the past two years. As a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and an active part of the community, we contribute the anonymised results back, along with our analyses and the insights of industry experts. Everyone can submit an answer anonymously. Respondents only need to provide their contact address when participating in a gift raffle. The reports for 2021 and 2022 are freely available to everyone. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ MiniPC_features_numerous_12th_Gen_Intel processors⠀⇛ AAEON released today the new BOXER-6645-ADS which is a fanless MiniPC that integrates various 12th Gen Intel processors along with Iris Xe Graphics. This MiniPC is equipped with 4x GbE ports, 8x USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, 2x SATA III interfaces and up to 64GB of DDR5. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Restoring_a_19th-century_telephone_with Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ The rotary dial performs its original function, and the original wires are now connected directly to the Raspberry Pi GPIO. Mark is a genius and wrote code that converts the pulses made by turning the dial into digits that the phone SIM card mounted on the GSM HAT can recognise. As if this weren’t enough cleverness for one project, Mark also added speed-dial functionality and caller ID. If the code recognises a telephone number it has dialled before, it speaks the person’s name through the speaker while the phone is ringing. # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ Battery_Eliminator_Bible:_what’s_in_that_classic console_AC_adapter⠀⇛ This is hardly exhaustive, but I promised a list of amperage, voltage and polarity for the wallwarts with my classic game consoles here. I’ve included both the AC adapter’s nominal rating and measured voltage with no load to give you an idea of tolerances, keeping in mind that electronics do age. However, please note that using this list is completely at your own risk: I take no responsibility for frying your machine if you wire it wrong or I measured it wrong. If the machine is highly valuable and it takes batteries, maybe you should just use batteries instead of taking a (small) chance on my competency. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Meet_your_new_GPS_system:_Starlink⠀⇛ At no time did the team attempt to break the encryption used by Starlink, instead they were interested in the various synchronisation sequences – predictable repeating signals that assisted with the coordination between satellite and ground receiver. Each sequence also contains information related to the satellite’s distance and velocity. Humphreys and his team found that the Starlink satellites transmitting approximately four sequences every millisecond “that’s just wonderful for dual use of their system for positioning,” Humphreys opined. Based on current analysis, the team estimates that they can achieve ground precision of around 30m, but if they could get the Starlink team to cooperate and add data related to each satellite’s position in the synchronisation stream, they could refine the accuracy to less than 1m. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ This_jack-o’-lantern_farts_pumpkin_spice_whenever someone_gets_close_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Halloween is just a week away and that means two things: jack-o’-lanterns decorating front stoops around the world and the sudden proliferation of pumpkin spice-based products. Pumpkin spice isn’t a spice made from pumpkin, but rather a spice used in pumpkin pies. As we all know, farmers harvest pumpkin spice from pumpkin farts. That inspired The Man Cave YouTube channel to build this jack-o’- lantern that toots pumpkin spice whenever someone gets close. The Man Cave wasn’t able to acquire a real farting pumpkin (Starbucks keeps those under lock and key), so they were forced to build an artificial recreation that expels Febreze pumpkin spice- scented air freshener. They started by carving a jack-o’-lantern from a mundane, non-flatulent pumpkin. That got a face with an expression that conveys the general sentiment of “sorry about my delightfully aromatic gas.” o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ What_is_Android_Adaptive_Battery: Everything_you_need_to_know⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_delete_search_history_on_Android –_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_shows_what_good_Android_tablet_and foldable_apps_look_like⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ What_Are_The_Newest_Trends_In_The Android_Gaming_World?⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ Google_Pixel_Watch_review:_Best Android_smartwatch_is_a_Fitbit_in_disguise_|_The Independent⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_best_fighting_games_on_Android_in 2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Funtouch_OS_13_is_here:_What_to_know about_Vivo’s_new_Android_13_skin⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_get_the_Chrome_major_version_from_the_User- Agent_or_UA-CH_headers⠀⇛ Over the weekend frontend-firebrand Alex Russell tweeted that it’s confusing these days to know how to get the major version of a Chromium browser, either via the User-Agent header (given User-Agent Reduction), or from User-Agent Client Hints. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Mark Dominus ☛ This_search_algorithm_is_usually_called “group_testing”⠀⇛ The answer is: this is group testing, or, more exactly, the “binary splitting” version of adaptive group testing, in which we are allowed to adjust the testing strategy as we go along. There is also non-adaptive group testing in which we come up with a plan ahead of time for which tests we will perform. # ⚓ Alexandru Nedelcu ☛ On_Scala_3′s_Optional_Braces⠀⇛ As a disclaimer, this may well be a subjective opinion, so full disclosure: I have never liked working with languages that have significant whitespace syntax. On the list of languages I dislike most, CoffeeScript is in the top 3, with YAML being a close second, and I had hoped that CoffeeScript’s failure will finally make the notion of significant whitespace unpopular. But significant whitespace is like a siren song that keeps coming back in language design, possibly propelled by the popularity of Python and of YAML, and I don’t understand why. # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ nanotime_0.3.7_on_CRAN:_Enhancements⠀⇛ A new version of our nanotime package arrived at CRAN today as version 0.3.7. nanotime relies on the RcppCCTZ package (as well as the RcppDate package for additional C++ operations) and offers efficient high(er) resolution time parsing and formatting up to nanosecond resolution, and the bit64 package for the actual integer64 arithmetic. Initially implemented using the S3 system, it has benefitted greatly from a rigorous refactoring by Leonardo who not only rejigged nanotime internals in S4 but also added new S4 types for periods, intervals and durations. This release adds a few more operators, plus some other fixes, that were contributed in several PRs by Trevor Davis. The NEWS snippet has the full details. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Kevin Liu ☛ How_do_you_find_your_people,_when_searching_is_itself an_antipattern?⠀⇛ If you want to meet and talk to cool people, your first thought might be… to try to meet cool people. Like, at a meetup or something, maybe? So then, why are the cool people so rarely at the obvious venues: founder hangouts, dating app queues, online meetups and events? o ⚓ The Nation ☛ I_Wanted_a_Boyfriend._My_Life_Coach_Told_Me_to Become_a_Commodity.⠀⇛ I picked my life coach because of his picture. He was fit, had kind eyes and a winning smile—an aspirational stand-in for the gay man I wished I was. At 33 years old, I had never been in a relationship, and I wanted to change that. For years, I’d been in psychotherapy—recovering from sexual violence and working through my fear of physical intimacy—but I had hit a wall. I didn’t want more analysis of my avoidant attachment styles or the reasons I take pleasure in withholding. I wanted results. I thought life coaching would be different. I booked a Zoom consultation.1 o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Redefining_Freedom_With_Robin_Kelley⠀⇛ Even when African Americans have been actively denied time and space to dream, we have imagined other possibilities for the world around us. Jupiter Hammon, one of the first African Americans to publish poetry in the 18th century, envisaged a future in heaven that would make navigating the atrocities of being enslaved less absolutely crushing. Some 200 years later, the legendary poet and intergalactic recording artist Sun Ra would declare that outer space is the place for Black people to live and thrive outside of the strictures of white and Western dominance. All the while, Black radical movements have manifested visions of the new worlds, the improved material conditions and healthier social relations that would emerge if Black people were finally free to determine our own trajectories. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Mahmoud_Abdul-Rauf_Speaks!⠀⇛ This week we talked to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, former NBA player and legendary athlete-activist, about his new memoir, In The Blink of an Eye (Kaepernick Publishing). Mahmoud tells us about his decision to write his story, who his influences are, and his decision to team with Kaepernick Publishing. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Dancers_Now_Help_Power_Glasgow_Nightclub⠀⇛ Humanity thus far has supplied most of its electricity needs by burning stuff, mostly very old stuff that burns great but is hard to replace. That stuff is getting increasingly expensive, and the pollution is a bother too, so renewable sources of energy are becoming more popular. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Get_Clear_Insights_Into_Cloudy_Water_With_The_Open Colorimeter⠀⇛ A basic scientific tool for chemistry and biology is a colorimeter device used to measure which wavelengths of light a particular sample solution absorbs. Some applications of colorimeters are measuring pH or chlorine levels, measuring pollutants, such as oil or pesticides, and, in some cases, can even be used to measure RNA/DNA concentrations. Even most washing machines today have a specialized colorimeter sensor, of sorts, to measure turbidity (cloudiness) to provide feedback on the cleaning process. To help in building your home scientific lab, [IORodeo] has released an Open Colorimeter. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Simulating_Temperature_In_VR_Apps_With Trigeminal_Nerve_Stimulation⠀⇛ Virtual reality systems are getting better and better all the time, but they remain largely ocular and auditory devices, with perhaps a little haptic feedback added in for good measure. That still leaves 40% of the five canonical senses out of the mix, unless of course this trigeminal nerve- stimulating VR accessory catches on. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Plumbing_Valves_As_Heavy_Duty_Analog_Inputs⠀⇛ Input devices that can handle rough and tumble environments aren’t nearly as varied as their more fragile siblings. [Alastair Aitchison] has devised a brilliant way of detecting inputs from plumbing valves that opens up another option. (YouTube) [via Arduino Blog] # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Bare-Metal_STM32:_Setting_Up_And_Using_SPI⠀⇛ The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) interface was initially standardized by Motorola in 1979 for short-distance communication in embedded systems. In its most common four-wire configuration, full- duplex data transfer is possible on the two data (MOSI, MISO) lines with data rates well exceeding 10 Mb/s. This makes SPI suitable for high- bandwidth, full-duplex applications like SD storage cards and large resolution, high-refresh displays. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ “Reversing_Shorts”_Demystify_Phone_Security⠀⇛ Ever wonder what makes a cellphone’s operating system secure, or what that app you just installed is saying about you behind your back? In a brand new video series, [Jiska] gives us a peek into different topics in smartphone software reverse engineering. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Intentional_Disinvestment:_EPA_Launches Civil_Rights_Probe_of_Water_Crisis_in_Mostly-Black_Jackson, Mississippi⠀⇛ The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a civil rights investigation into whether the state of Mississippi discriminated against the majority- Black capital of Jackson when it refused to use federal funds to address the city’s dangerous water crisis. Mississippi has received federal funds to address drinking water needs since 1996 but distributed funds to Jackson just three times over this 26-year span. “For years, Black communities have faced intentional disinvestment” in water infrastructure, says Abre’ Conner of the NAACP, which filed the complaint that led to the investigation. Conner says that through the creation of the EPA’s new civil rights office, the government now has “an opportunity to make right the wrongs that have happened to Black communities and to other historically disadvantaged communities for years.” # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Covid_Inquiry_Mystery⠀⇛ There is still no explanation as to why the judge chairman Lady Poole, the lead counsel Douglas Ross KC and three other lawyers have all quit the public inquiry into the handling of Covid in Scotland. This is an astonishing event. The inquiry currently is not happening. But nobody in the media seems particularly to care. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Apple_Releases_Patch_for_New_Actively Exploited_iOS_and_iPadOS_Zero-Day_Vulnerability⠀⇛ Tech giant Apple on Monday rolled out updates to remediate a zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Australia_flags_increased_penalties_for_data breaches_following_major_cyberattacks [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Dreyfus, in an official statement issued on Saturday, said the government would next week move to “significantly increase penalties for repeated or serious privacy breaches” with amendments to privacy laws. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Cybercrimes_shoot_up_by_112%_in_Mumbai_in five_years⠀⇛ Cheating cases, whether through loan apps, matrimonial frauds or job scams, topped the list of cybercrimes last year with 1,154 FIRs being lodged. Online frauds involving debit/credit cards were next on the list-1,075 FIRs filed. According to the data, detection rate of cybercrimes was low at 16% in 2021. Experts pointed out that the number of FIRs being registered were very less compared to actual complaints. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Ring_Cameras_Are_Being_Used_to Control_and_Surveil_Overworked_Delivery_Workers⠀⇛ The popularity of networked doorbell surveillance cameras was not an inevitable outcome, but a development that companies like Amazon have cultivated through a variety of well-documented methods. The company has spent years stoking suburban paranoia, then offering Ring surveillance cameras as a salve. It has partnered with police departments (at least 2,000 as of this summer) to offer Ring cameras for free or at a steep discount. Ring surveillance cameras are offered at a discount during Prime Day, the pagan holiday celebrating Amazon’s consumption cult. The company is even launching a Ring surveillance footage TV show. Each of these methods have also been part of the company’s monopoly speedrun which has shifted commerce away from physical brick-and-mortar stores to e-commerce and delivery workers. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ We_Need_a_New_Paradigm_to_Halt_the Unprecedented_Growth_of_Electronic_Monitoring⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ French_Government_Hits_Clearview_With_The Maximum_Fine_For_GDPR_Violations⠀⇛ Clearview hasn’t won many friends since its inception. Scraping the web of any relevant content to compile a few billion records for facial recognition matches is no way to run a respectable business, and Clearview has been anything but respectable. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Jerusalem Post ☛ Boston_councilor_proposes_official_‘Hijab Day’_on_Mahsa_Amini’s_birthday⠀⇛ She continued, talking about the protests and Amini, leading the conversation to focus on justice for Amini and the other women who were killed for the crime of improperly worn hijabs, demonstrating the various ways one can wear a hijab, seemingly to prove that there is no incorrect way to do so. # ⚓ Medforth ☛ Critics_of_Islam_attacked_in_Leipzig,_Germany_– police_sides_with_Antifa⠀⇛ Later, the assault continued in a side alley. There, the BPE team was virtually encircled by Muslims and Antifa like the prey of a pack of predators. The police are said to have been more concerned with preventing the attackers from resisting their attacks than with making it impossible for the perpetrators to attack. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Intimidation_complaint_claims_voter_was_filmed, accused_of_being_‘mule’_at_Mesa_dropbox⠀⇛ An official with the Arizona Secretary of State’s office confirmed Wednesday that they have referred the report to the Department of Justice and Arizona’s attorney general. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Armed_Vigilantes_Are_‘Monitoring’_Ballot Drop_Boxes_in_Arizona_Now⠀⇛ This time local sheriffs were captured on camera trying to intervene in a standoff between the armed individuals monitoring the drop boxes and those who came to observe the watchers. The sheriff’s office did not respond to a request for comment about Saturday night’s incidents. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Election_officials:_Armed_“vigilantes”_near_ballot drop_box_in_Arizona⠀⇛ Why it matters: At least two voters have filed complaints of voter intimidation to Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) in the past few days, including one claiming “camo clad people” of taking pictures while an early ballot was dropped off outside the Maricopa County election headquarters, according to KNXV-TV, an ABC- affiliated station in Phoenix. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Islamic_State_Group_Still_Active_in_Southern Syria,_Observers_Say⠀⇛ Last week, local fighters, some of whom were affiliated with the Syrian government, carried out an operation targeting several hideouts belonging to IS operatives in a town in the southern province of Daraa. During the raid, at least six IS members were killed, and three houses used as IS operations centers were destroyed, according to local news reports. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ 10_Burkina_Faso_Soldiers_Killed,_50_Wounded_in Army_Base_Attack⠀⇛ Djibo’s population of some 30,000 has been cut off for three months with jihadis controlling the main roads after blowing up bridges. An attack on a supply convoy heading for Djibo September 26 left 37 dead — 27 of them were soldiers. Seventy truck drivers are still missing. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zaporizhzhia_nuclear_plant_is_‘inextricably connected’_to_the_Kakhovka_dam_Kyrylo_Budanov,_Ukraine’s chief_of_defense_intelligence,_explains_what_may_happen_in the_battle_for_Kherson_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In the face of the advancing Ukrainian army, the Russian military are getting ready to defend their foothold in Kherson. At the same time, they’re evacuating the area and preparing for their own “very rapid” retreat, in case it becomes necessary. In an interview to Ukrainska Pravda, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukrainian chief of defense intelligence, explained Russia’s current strategy in Kherson, and whether there’s any reason to think that the Russian troops might destroy the Kakhovka dam as part of their retreat. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_to_meet_with_military_supply_and_logistics council_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet remotely with the “coordination council” for military supply and logistics, created by Putin’s decree on October 21. On October 25, the president will participate in his first meeting with the council, which held its inaugural meeting on October 24. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Spoils_of_War:_Why_Boston_is_No_Longer the_“Athens_of_America”⠀⇛ Boston’s liberal and high culture cachet spilled over into suburban towns like Lexington and Concord. The latter, of course, was the home of Emerson, Thoreau, and other famous writers and thinkers who made significant contributions to American thought, culture, and literature. While today this history is clearly revered and appreciated by those who live in Concord, the town and its neighbor Bedford are also home to Hanscom Air Force Base, which Wikipedia describes as “the Air Force’s center for the development and acquisition of electronic systems” while also noting that “the base has also played a significant role in the creation of a national high-technology area around Route 128.” It’s highly unlikely, of course, that Emerson and Thoreau would be pleased by this fact. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Deadly_Cost_of_Police_Welfare_Checks⠀⇛ This is what happens when you indoctrinate the police into believing that their lives and their safety are paramount to anyone else’s: suddenly, everyone and everything else is a threat that must be neutralized or eliminated.[Click to Tweet] # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Two_Chinese_men_charged_over_alleged bribery_in_Washington’s_Huawei_case⠀⇛ Two Chinese citizens have been charged with trying to bribe an American law-enforcement official to allegedly obtain inside information about the government’s case against telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies. Guochen We and Zheng Wang were charged in a Brooklyn complaint last week which was made public on Monday. Huawei was not named in the allegations, with references being to an unnamed telecommunications company instead. It was not immediately clear why the case was made public at this time, given that the government’s stoushes with Huawei took place quite some back. Guochen and Zheng were among 13 Chinese citizens charged in three separate cases. Both men were said to remain at large. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_US_chip_curbs_on_China_will_also_affect Australia:_claim⠀⇛ Restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, announced by the US on 7 October, will also affect Australia, an academic says in an op-ed for Australian think-tank, the Lowy Institute. James Laurenceson, director and professor at the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, said the impact of the US policy hardly seemed to have registered in Australia. The updated export rules are claimed to be aimed at restricting “the PRC’s [People Republic of China's] ability to obtain advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and manufacture advanced semiconductors”. Laurenceson said analysts outside government — which has painted the curbs as being targeted to blunt China’s military modernisation and alleged human rights abuses — were of one voice that Washington was trying to cut off Beijing’s access to foundational technologies in order to remain economic top dog. He cited a number of analysts, such as Hal Brands from John Hopkins University who had written that by homing in on chips, “the US is seeking to hinder Chinese economic dynamism and military muscle alike”. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Following_Russia’s_‘dirty_bomb’_accusations, Ukraine_urges_IAEA_to_inspect_its_facilities_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Following Russia’s allegations that Ukraine is trying to produce a “dirty bomb,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect “immediately” any energy facilities claimed to be places of “dirty bomb” production. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ RT_suspends_host_Anton_Krasovsky_after_he_calls for_Ukrainian_children_to_be_‘drowned_in_a_river’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ RT Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan reported Monday that the outlet has suspended host Anton Krasovsky, four days after he called for Ukrainian children to be “drowned” and “burned” on air. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Promoting_Stability_or_Fueling_Conflict?”: Biden’s_U.S._Arms_Sales_Boom_from_Ukraine_to_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛ We speak with national security expert William Hartung about the Biden administration’s unprecedented military spending on Ukraine and the impact of U.S. arms sales on national and global security. Despite Biden’s campaign promises to curb arms sales, Hartung says the administration has followed an “outmoded ideology” that necessitates the U.S. achieve global military dominance through weapons sales. “There’s a lot of money at stake and it shapes policy in ways that are detrimental to human rights and peace and stability,” says Hartung, who also details the influence of the weapons lobby on government policy. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Far_Right_and_Far_Left_Smear_Campaign Against_Ukraine⠀⇛ Greene’s an idiot, but Waters is a widely respected musician-activist. However, he recently penned an open letter to Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska. In the letter Water asked Zelenska to beg her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, to stop accepting weapons from NATO countries and make peace with Russia. (Waters has written no similar open letters to Jill Biden or Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longtime mistress Alina Maratovna Kabaeva.) # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Clarence_and_Ginni_Thomas_Must_Be_Investigated by_Congress,_Watchdog_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Stabilizing_Afghanistan⠀⇛ The Taliban have been totally unresponsive to pressures to change their fundamentalist policies despite the steadily worsening internal situation. One result is a growing resistance movement that encompasses the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front. So, the one positive aspect of the Taliban takeover—the secession of fighting—is in danger of disappearing, compounding the already dire situation. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ „Russians,_go_home!”_–_several municipalities_in_Kharkiv_region_liberated_by_Transcarpathian Hungarians⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 101st_Airborne_Deployed_to_Ukraine’s_Border ‘Ready_To_Fight_Tonight’⠀⇛ A commander said, “this is not a training deployment, this is a combat deployment” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Stop_Worrying_and_Love_the Bomb⠀⇛ The longer the proxy war in Ukraine continues, the closer we come to a direct confrontation with Russia. Once that happens, the Dr. Strangeloves running the show will reach for the nukes. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Progressive_Democrats_Break_Rank With_Call_for_Urgent_Diplomacy_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ In a dramatic break with the Biden administration on the eve of the midterm elections, 30 House Democrats have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to engage in direct talks with Russian President Vladmir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. In addition to bilateral talks, signatories to the letter, initiated by Progressive Caucus Chair Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, urge the White House to support a mutual ceasefire and diplomatic efforts to avoid a protracted war that threatens more human suffering and spiraling global inflation, as well as nuclear war through intention or miscalculation. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Do_Not_Stop_Worrying._Do_Not_Love the_Bomb⠀⇛ I have covered enough wars to know that once you open that Pandora’s box, the many evils that pour out are beyond anyone’s control. War accelerates the whirlwind of industrial killing. The longer any war continues, the closer and closer each side comes to self-annihilation.  Unless it is stopped, the proxy war between Russia and the U.S. in Ukraine all but guarantees direct confrontation with Russia and, with it, the very real possibility of nuclear war. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Progressives_in_US_House_Call_for ‘Proactive_Diplomatic_Push’_for_Ukraine_Ceasefire⠀⇛ Led by Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the lawmakers said the U.S. must lead efforts to end the war as peacefully as possible in addition to providing the Ukrainians with economic and military aid, which now totals $60 billion. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ General_Vlasov’s_return_Scholar_Jade_McGlynn explains_how_Putin’s_‘unifying_historical_truth’_is_losing_to reality_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘You_get_carried_away’:_Director_of_RT’s_Russian service_suspended_and_investigated_after_calling_for Ukrainian_children_to_be_drowned_and_burned_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian state propaganda network RT has suspended Anton Krasovsky, the broadcasting director for its Russian-language service, after he called for Russian-speaking Ukrainian children who oppose Russia to be “drowned” and “burned” in one of his broadcasts. RT Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan reported the suspension on Telegram on October 24, calling Krasovsky’s comments “wild and disgusting.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian-backed_annexation_authorities_in_Kherson announce_formation_of_territorial_defense_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian-installed annexation authorities in Kherson have announced the formation of a territorial defense force. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘It’s_not_the_most_comfortable_place,_but_I’m free’_The_IT_specialist_waiting_out_Putin’s_draft_alone_in the_forest_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin’s September 21 mobilization announcement sparked a massive new wave of emigration out of Russia; in early October, Forbes Russia reported that roughly 700,000 people had left the country in the previous two weeks (the Kremlin has denied that the real number is that high). Other potential conscripts, unable or unwilling to leave the country altogether, have gone into hiding domestically. One man in the latter group is an IT specialist from southern Russia. Rather than escaping to a hotel or hostel, which are liable to be raided by the authorities, he’s spent the last few weeks camping in the forest — and has kept a public record of his experience on Telegram. The independent Russian outlet Mediazona got in touch with the anonymous outdoorsman to find out why he chose the wilderness over migration. Meduza summarizes their interview. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Shoigu_calls_his_counterparts_in_the_west_to accuse_Ukraine_of_false_flag_attack_Russia_alleges,_offering no_proof,_that_Ukraine_is_planning_to_use_a_‘dirty_bomb’_— Meduza⠀⇛ On October 23, Russian defense minister Sergey Shoigu placed calls to the defense ministers of several western countries, informing them that Ukraine was preparing a “possible false flag with the use of a ‘dirty bomb.’” Shortly before Shoigu’s conversations, RIA Novosti published reports that Ukraine was planning to detonate a “dirty bomb” on its own territory in order to launch a global anti- Russia campaign. Ukrainian officials have called the allegations absurd and dangerous. Shoigu’s western counterparts reportedly urged him not to escalate the situation in Ukraine further. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Former_CIA_Director_Says_Prosecute_Trump Like_Snowden⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_authorities_restoring_long-neglected_bomb shelters_in_schools,_hospitals,_and_apartment_buildings, local_media_reports_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Moscow authorities have begun inspecting the conditions of bomb shelters in the city’s schools, according to the Russian news site Podyom, which cited unnamed employees from companies involved in the review. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_accuses_Ukraine_of_planning_to_present ‘dirty_bomb’_explosion_as_unintended_Russian_nuclear detonation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Defense Ministry insists that Ukraine is planning a false-flag strike using a “dirty bomb.” According to the Russian ministry’s Telegram post, the explosion will be presented as an unintended detonation of a low-capacity Russian nuclear warhead. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kursk_regional_government_asks_districts_to_dig trenches_near_OBGYN_clinics_and_other_civilian_objects_— Meduza⠀⇛ Mikhail Gorbunov, the head of Kursk Region’s security committee, said it’s necessary to build shelters in rural areas and district centers, in case of shelling: # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Foreign_Ministry_spokesperson_reiterates ‘dirty_bomb’_claims_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called on the Ukrainian authorities and their “Western sponsors” to stop preparing a “false flag attack” involving a “dirty bomb.” o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ ABC ☛ ‘I_am_suffering_mentally,’_Uvalde_educator_says_after false_blame_in_shooting_aftermath:_Exclusive⠀⇛ In a statement to ABC News, DPS spokesman Travis Considine explained: “At the outset of the investigation, DPS reported that an unnamed teacher at Robb Elementary School used a rock to prop open the door that the shooter used to enter the school building. It was later determined that the same teacher removed the rock from the doorway prior to the arrival of the shooter, and closed the door, unaware that the door was unlocked. “ Considine said “DPS corrected this error in public announcements and testimony and apologizes to the teacher and her family for the additional grief this has caused to an already horrific situation.” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Meet_the_Industry_Lobbyists_Fighting Efforts_to_Solve_the_Biodiversity_Crisis⠀⇛ “Companies and their trade associations must align their lobbying activities with biosphere integrity.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Coalition_Calls_on_John_Kerry_to_Back Loss_and_Damage_Funding_at_COP27⠀⇛ “The discussion is one thing, and the actual provision of money is another.” # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Ukraine_races_to_stop_Russia_from destroying_its_power_grid⠀⇛ Ukraine’s grid has been linked to Europe’s since March, allowing European providers to supply current if Ukraine falls short. But if shutdowns make Ukraine’s grid too unstable, Europe might have to disconnect it, at least temporarily, in order to prevent that instability affecting its own grid; that would make Ukraine’s problems even worse. Sudden shutdowns would damage other infrastructure and heavy industry. For example, the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Kryvyi Rih, a city in eastern Ukraine, depends on the public power grid for the facility that turns coal into coke for its blast furnaces. If power were cut abruptly, its equipment would be wrecked, says Mauro Longobardo, chief executive of ArcelorMittal Ukraine. In cities such as Kyiv, meanwhile, water and sewage systems would shut down, along with neighbourhood heating systems. In below-zero temperatures pipes would freeze and crack. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Beyond_Parody’:_New_Climate-Focused Semafor_Newsletter_Sponsored_by…_Chevron⠀⇛ “Welcome to Semafor Climate, where we take the temperature of the politics, technology, and energy markets influencing global warming,” journalist Bill Spindle wrote for Monday’s newsletter. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_How_Democrats_Can_Play Offense_on_Gas_Prices⠀⇛ Waiting in line at a convenience store here in New Hampshire the other evening, I started watching a TV in the corner above the counter. A dark and grainy image of the U.S. Capitol flickered onto the screen, then an unflattering photo of Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, who is running for re-election this November, and the text, “Sen. Maggie Hassan and DC Liberals Voted for $12 Billion in HIGHER ENERGY TAXES.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Green_Groups_Call_On_Governors_to Oppose_GTN_Pipeline_Expansion_‘Loud_and_Clear’⠀⇛ “We need our governors to stand with us and send a strong message to the federal government to stop rubber-stamping pipeline expansions.” # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ The_Free_Agent_Beaver⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Rethinking_Our_Relationship_to Pit_Bulls⠀⇛ Starting around 1990, multiple features of American life converged to inspire widespread bans that made pit bulls outlaws, called “four-legged guns” or “lethal weapons.” The drivers included some dog attacks, excessive parental caution, fearful insurance companies and a tie to the sport of dog fighting. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democrats_Need_to_Warn_Against_a_Truss Economy⠀⇛ Democratic candidates are heading into the homestretch of the 2022 midterms with a message focused mainly on Trumpian extremism—but they might do well over the next two weeks to highlight the specter of a Trussian meltdown. Liz Truss, of course, is the English Conservative leader destined to become a trivia-question answer as the country’s shortest-serving prime minister. She owes her rapid downfall to her enactment of exactly the same sort of tax-cuts-on-autopilot program that the Republican Party is pledging to pursue with newly minted majorities in the 118th Congress. As the Truss economic program took hold, the British pound promptly tanked, mortgage rates skyrocketed, and financial markets went south. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ “America_This_Week”_with_Walter_Kirn_and_Matt Taibbi_[Transcript]⠀⇛ On muzzling the new Citizen Kane, the lettuce-life of Liz Truss, occupying England, and more. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Exit_Liz_Truss;_Enter_Lettuce⠀⇛ The calamitous mini-Budget delivered seven days later spooked the markets and encouraged a fall in the pound.  The promise to abolish the tax bracket of 45p was scrapped.  Then came the sacking of Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, supposedly Truss’s close ally.  In a manner befitting the friendship, Kwarteng was blamed for announcing Truss’s policies.  Jeremy Hunt, his replacement drawn from political oblivion, took the hammer to the fragile edifice of supply-side Trussonomics and promised to further puncture it.  Britannia was being rechained. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Rishi_Sunak_To_Become_the_UK’s_New_Prime Minister._Here’s_What_He_Doesn’t_Want_You_To_Know⠀⇛ From offshore dealings to right-wing think tanks, here’s openDemocracy’s guide to the man who could become the UK’s richest PM. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Greenpeace_to_Rishi_Sunak:_Tax_Fossil_Fuel Profits_and_Lower_Energy_Bills_Now⠀⇛ Almost seven million people in the U.K.—nearly a quarter of the country’s population—are facing fuel poverty as winter quickly approaches. Meanwhile, heavily subsidized fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits, which they use to block policies that would facilitate a green transition and rein in their destructive industry. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Media_Narratives_Shield_Landlords_From_a Crisis_of_Their_Own_Making⠀⇛ As more people face the life-altering prospect of dislocation, establishment outlets have decided that landlords are the real victims. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Britain’s_New_PM_Is_as_Wealthy_as_the_King_—_and as_Distant_From_the_People⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Corporate_Lobbyists_Persuaded_Supreme_Court_to Throw_Out_Pro-Worker_Ruling⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Is_Portland_About_to_Have_Two_Supporter-Owned Soccer_Teams?⠀⇛ Community ownership of Portland, Ore.’s two professional soccer teams could soon be on the agenda. A yearlong investigation by former acting attorney general Sally Yates found that the front office of the Portland Thorns, a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team, not only failed to cooperate with investigators but even tried to impede them. The Yates report ignited protests in the Rose City, and numerous corporate sponsors of PTFC—the umbrella term for the Thorns of the NWSL and the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer—issued statements either distancing themselves from the club, cutting ties altogether, or diverting their sponsorship funds toward other causes. Feeling the political heat, owner Merritt Paulson fired executives Gavin Wilkinson and Mike Golub. Then, as public pressure kept building, Paulson announced that he would step down as CEO of the clubs, a maneuver that Oregonian sports columnist Bill Oram dismissed as “another empty gesture from an owner unaccustomed to being told he can’t have what he wants exactly the way he wants it. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Biden_Needs_to_Stop_Boasting_About_the Economy⠀⇛ As polls tighten on the midterms, seasoned pollster Stanley Greenberg has emerged as the Cassandra warning Democrats that they need to push economic populism or risk being turfed out of the House and Senate by an angry electorate. Greenberg, who was a close adviser to Bill Clinton early in his presidency, is not alone in making this argument. He’s echoing the polemics of left-wing figures like Senator Bernie Sanders and journalist David Sirota (a onetime Sanders adviser). But Greenberg, with his impeccable mainstream credentials, is more likely to be listened to by party elites that habitually ignore the criticisms of Sanders or Sirota. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_Inflation_is_Not_the_Main_Issue_in_the Elections⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Not_to_Offer_Climate_Finance⠀⇛ When the COP27 opens on November 6, a high-profile climate finance deal will be signed by climate policymakers from Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels on one side, and from Pretoria and parastatal electricity firm Eskom’s Johannesburg headquarters on the other. On October 19, South Africa’s Cabinet approved – and the Presidential Climate Commission endorsed – the deal, but details are still murky. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Out_of_the_Graveyard:_the_Return_of_the Pluto-Populists⠀⇛ In the US, Donald Trump was never actually in his political grave, despite losing the presidential election and his role in the 6 January Capitol riot. But four out of 10 Americans still approve of him, according to the polls, and he retains his grip on the Republican Party. In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has pulled level with his opponent Lula da Silva as he seeks re-election as Brazilian president. In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi is wrangling over his future position in a government led by a quasi-fascist. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 86_Percent_of_GOP_2022_Senate_Race_TV_Ad_Budget Has_Come_From_Dark_Money_Groups⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 80,000+_March_Against_Far_Right_Orbán_Government as_Part_of_Teachers’_Revolt⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 80,000+_March_Against_Far-Right_Orban Government_in_Budapest⠀⇛ With over 80,000 marching in the demonstration it was the largest public display of dissent since Orban’s reelection in April as a revolt by teachers—demanding better pay and increased funding for schools—continues. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ VOTE!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_to_Follow_Your_Congressional_and_Local Elections_in_2022⠀⇛ Think about it this way: The campaigns themselves are constantly watching certain signals — polls, fundraising totals, public opinion — to understand what’s going on in their races. They adjust their tactics accordingly. You have the power to adjust your actions, too. Here are a few questions to ask. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fetterman_Says_Dr._Oz_Must_‘Immediately Disavow’_Any_Trump_Effort_to_Sow_Election_Doubts⠀⇛ “It’s clear that Donald Trump, Dr. Oz, and the GOP will do whatever it takes to try and steal this race on election night,” Fetterman campaign spokesperson Joe Calvello said in a statement. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Hey_Dems,_Blame_the_Corporate_Profiteers’: Progressives_Offer_Midterm_Messaging_Advice_on_Inflation⠀⇛ While Democratic strategists and politicians have seemed eager in recent months to change the subject from the economy—effectively ignoring the struggles of a majority of U.S. households as the GOP hammers home the message that Democrats are to blame for high gas and grocery prices—progressives including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan have urged the party to see that they can and should face the issue head-on. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Rather_Than_Ignore_Him,_We_Must Demand_Trump_Be_Prosecuted⠀⇛ I really don’t want to write about him any more. I’d rather not even think about him. Honestly, I’d rather forget he existed. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Building_Walls_That_Shouldn’t Exist⠀⇛ In mid-October 2022, the German newspaper Der Spiegel gained access and published a report by OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, detailing misconduct and irregular activities of FRONTEX, the coast guard agency hired to monitor migration into the EU. The investigation had caused the resignation of FRONTEX’s CEO, Fabrice Leggeri, back in April. Its findings were another sad confirmation of EU’s polices on immigration issues. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ As_Elon_Gets_Ready_To_Take_Over_Twitter, Bluesky_Takes_A_Big_Step_Forward⠀⇛ It seems quite likely that Elon Musk will own Twitter in a few days. One thing that has remained very much up in the air through all of this is how Musk views Bluesky. As you’ll recall, Bluesky was a project kicked off by Jack Dorsey back in late 2019, partially influenced by my paper on why we needed to move more to a world of protocols rather than platforms. While Bluesky was seed funded from Twitter, it is entirely separate from Twitter. However, part of the promise behind Bluesky was that Dorsey made it clear he hoped to one day move Twitter over to using the Bluesky protocol — and one of the biggest challenges for any of the many attempts at building a protocol-based social media system is actually getting users to sign up. A Bluesky/Twitter deal would effectively bring the users along for the ride. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Wired ☛ Section_230’s_Fate_Belongs_With_Congress—Not_the_US Supreme_Court⠀⇛ Section 230 was a little-noticed part of a major 1996 overhaul of US telecommunications laws. The House of Representatives added Section 230 to its telecommunications bill largely in response to two developments. First, the Senate’s version of the telecommunications bill imposed penalties for the transmission of indecent content. Section 230 was touted as an alternative to the Senate’s censorious approach, and as a compromise, both the House’s Section 230 and the Senate’s anti-indecency provisions ended up in the bill that President Bill Clinton signed into law. (The next year, the Supreme Court would rule the Senate’s portion unconstitutional.) Second, Section 230 tried to solve a problem highlighted in a 1995 ruling in a $200 million defamation lawsuit against Prodigy, brought by a plaintiff who said that he was defamed on a Prodigy bulletin board. A New York trial court judge ruled that because Prodigy had reviewed user messages before posting, used technology that prescreened user content for “offensive language,” and engaged in other moderation, its “editorial control” rendered it a publisher that faced as much liability as the author of the posts. A few years earlier, a New York federal judge had reasoned that because CompuServe did not exert sufficient “editorial control,” it was considered a “distributor” that was liable only if it knew or had reason to know of the allegedly defamatory content. # ⚓ The Times Of Israel ☛ Salman_Rushdie_‘going_to_live’_but has_lost_use_of_eye_and_hand,_says_agent⠀⇛ Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in an article published Saturday that Rushdie suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso, in the attack that took away sight in an eye and left a hand incapacitated. # ⚓ BBC ☛ The_sand_doodler_who_conquered_her_Somali_Islamic critics⠀⇛ Her mother did not support her dreams of becoming an artist. Neither did her neighbours, who accused her of being un-Islamic. Most Muslims believe that art depicting humans and animals is forbidden. “They forced me to stop painting. I abandoned art completely and studied nursing. But I found it boring. One day I decided art would never leave me and I would never leave my art, no matter what people thought of me.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ ACLU_Says_Right_to_Boycott_Is_at_Stake_in Lawsuit_Over_Arkansas_Anti-BDS_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Free_Speech_Issue”:_Meet_the_Arkansas Publisher_&_ACLU_Lawyer_Asking_SCOTUS_to_Overturn_Anti-BDS Law⠀⇛ The ACLU is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an Arkansas anti-BDS law that penalizes state contractors unless they pledge not to boycott the state of Israel. Arkansas is one of more than 30 U.S. states to have passed “copycat” legislation to criminalize the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to boycott Israel and Israeli goods to protest its violation of Palestinian rights. The ACLU and other rights groups have argued the right to boycott is foundational to U.S. politics and protected free speech, and warn if the anti-BDS laws aren’t challenged, Americans could lose their right to boycott fossil fuel companies, gun manufacturers and more. We speak with ACLU lawyer Brian Hauss and Alan Leveritt, publisher of The Arkansas Times and plaintiff in the ACLU lawsuit. “The state of Arkansas is requiring us to take a political position in return for advertising,” says Leveritt, who calls his lawsuit “purely a First Amendment issue.” We also speak with filmmaker Julia Bacha, who followed Leveritt’s story in her documentary “Boycott,” and says “it’s critical to start asking our elected officials why they voted for these bills and what they actually mean.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Republicans_Sue_Google_To_Try_To_Force_Spam_Into Your_Inbox⠀⇛ Okay, let’s get this out of the way first: Republican politicians send a shit-ton of spam. And, no, it’s not just standard political messaging. It’s spam. And it’s often full of absolute scams. Erick Erickson, an extremely rightwing/GOP-supporting commentator, recently wrote a whole post calling out his team for spamming everyone and then blaming others for the problems their spam created. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ A_Pakistani_journalist_living_in_hiding_was_killed_by police_at_a_roadblock_in_Kenya⠀⇛ On Monday, Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party and its senior leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry, condemned Sharif’s killing and demanded a detailed investigation. Khan also visited Sharif’s residence in Islamabad to express his condolences to the family. # ⚓ BoingBoing ☛ Donald_Trump_says_journalists_should_face_rape in_prison_for_[legally]_reporting_on_leaked_info⠀⇛ Trump has repeatedly referred to journalists as “the enemy of the people,” a choice phrase used by the likes of Hitler, Stalin, and other cruel oppressors. Like his Big Lie about election fraud, it doesn’t take much to trigger his MAGA mob, and this is what the anti-democratic ex-president is counting on. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump_Proposes_Imprisoning_Journalists_Who_Don’t Name_Sources⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ US_Abortion_Rights:_Who_Would_Kill_the Gander_that_Goosed_a_Golden_Egg?⠀⇛ Even before classes began in 1963, I had organized the first high school Young Democrats chapter in Texas. By 1964 Houston Young Democrats were attending rallies for presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson, carrying signs reading “All the Way with LBJ – Repeal 14 (b).” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Capital_Punishment_Places_Too_Much_Trust_in an_Untrustworthy_Institution⠀⇛ Yes, some crimes are so heinous that they merit death. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Netflix_Music_Supervisors_File_for Union_Election⠀⇛ Music supervisors curate and/or oversee the recording of music that appears in films and in television shows and manage negotiations for the use of preexisting music. The craft entered the spotlight in the late spring and early summer when several prominent appearances of Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God)” during the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things prompted a major surge in streams for the 1985 single and subsequent news coverage. # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_Sioux_Chef_uses_only_native_ingredients,_but isn’t_‘cooking_like_it’s_1491′⠀⇛ Known as the “Sioux Chef,” Sherman grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota as a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe. Right after high school, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota, where one of his responsibilities was learning the names and properties of different local plants. Looking back now, he credits that job with sparking his interest in Indigenous foods. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Iran:_Climber_Elnaz_Rekabi_apology_was_forced,_source says⠀⇛ The next day she met the Iranian sports minister with the same clothes on, which raised suspicion that she had not been home during that time. The source said Ms Rekabi was detained in a room at Iran’s National Olympic Committee building with plainclothes agents present until she met the minister. She is now under “house arrest” but the authorities say she is staying at home because she is in need of rest, the source said. # ⚓ Karachi_Christian_Man_In_Hiding_After_Being_Threatened_With Death⠀⇛ The men let Masih and the children go after his daughter vouched that she wanted to live with “Jesus Pappa”, according to Pak Christian News. Police is said to have turned a blind eye despite Masih’s spouse confessing how she had attempted to poison her husband and children. # ⚓ Christian Post ☛ Gunmen_kill_Christian_woman,_daughter_in attack_on_church_service_in_Nigeria⠀⇛ Another senior police officer, SP William Ovye-Aya, was quoted as saying, “There was a distress call made to our command over the attack, which left two female worshipers dead, and several others injured. On getting the alert, our command quickly deployed a response team to the area with a view to restoring normalcy in the area and arresting the perpetrators.” About a week after the attack, it’s not known if the suspects have been arrested, or even identified. This was the second targeted attack on a church in Lokoja area in three weeks, the newspaper said. # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Gunmen_attack_Nigerian_church_during service,_killing_2⠀⇛ Sunday’s violence renewed concerns about safety at houses of worship in Nigeria, where at least seven attacks have targeted churches or mosques so far this year. In June, a massacre in Ondo state left 40 worshippers dead. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Analysis_Shows_Voters_in_States_With_New Abortion_Restrictions_Oppose_Them⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Starbucks_Union_Celebrates_as_Last_of_7_Fired Memphis_Organizers_Is_Reinstated⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Enigma_of_John_Donne⠀⇛ During the 16th century, the English were unusually spirited in their destruction of Catholics. If you were unlucky, you might be strung up by the neck, cut down before you died, have your “privy members” hacked off, your bowels taken out and burned, your head removed, and your remainders chopped into four pieces and tossed into some ignoble hole or ditch, according to the wishes of the king or queen. You might also be rolled up into a ball by a torture machine, hung from the wrists by manacles until your body felt like it was exploding, or pinned to the ground with a sharp rock, on top of which a heavy door was mounted, on top of which other heavy things were mounted, until the weight was enough to pulverize your bones. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ For_a_City_of_Refuge_and_Love⠀⇛ Their resignations are only part of the solution. The structure that is the domination of groups over others must stop. Los Angeles must produce an identity that pushes away any dominant community, a rainbow identity, and establishes a city that gives itself the resources to develop based on this identity. The resource in question is a deepened democracy, the sort of democracy that removes power from city council and the mayor and gives it to communities. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Longest_Strike_Ends:_California_Mental Health_Care_Workers_Win_Big⠀⇛ Braving three- digit heat, strikers walked picket lines throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. They picketed, marched and rallied at Kaiser hospitals – in a strike that caught the attention of mental health care advocates everywhere. “Our strike was difficult and draining, but it was worth it,” said Natalie Rogers, a therapist for Kaiser in Santa Rosa. We stood up to the biggest nonprofit in the nation, and we made gains that will help better serve our patients and will advance the cause of mental health parity throughout the country.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Why_Have_Police_Reform_Movements_Stalled?⠀⇛ Amid the pressure, elected officials pledged sweeping changes to how officers operate and how they’re overseen. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_‘Affront_to_Justice,’_Thomas_Shields Graham_From_Subpoena_in_Georgia_Election_Case⠀⇛ Thomas, who handles emergency requests filed in Georgia, temporarily blocked the subpoena, which was issued by the Fulton County district attorney and called on the South Carolina Republican senator to answer questions about phone calls he made to Georgia election officials after the election. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Don’t_Call_Them_Election_Deniers. Call_Them_Election_Liars⠀⇛ “Lie: To make an untrue statement with intent to deceive.””Liar: A person who tells lies.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court:_No_Immunity_For_Cops_Who_Waited_Months_To Test_Heart_Shaped_Candy_They_Claimed_Were_Drugs⠀⇛ We know cops often can’t differentiate innocuous substances from actual drugs. These from-the-hip determinations are just the manufacturing of reasonable suspicion and probable cause, something that allows cops to perform the searches and seizures they were planning to do anyway. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google,_Netflix_under_scrutiny_in_South_Korea over_network_fees⠀⇛ Various versions of legislation have been proposed in South Korea in the hope of making the companies pay what supporters of the reform call a fair price. The hearing is expected to be concluded late on Friday but the proposal is still seen as some way away from moving forward to the next stage of the legislative process. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Facebook_threatens_to_block_news_sharing_in Canada_as_it_did_Down_Under⠀⇛ Meta, the parent company of social media giant Facebook, has threatened to block the sharing of news feeds in Canada — similar to what it did in Australia — if Ottawa legislates to force it to pay news outlets for their content. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ UK_Eyes_Scaling_Back_Net_Neutrality_Rules_For_No Coherent_Reason⠀⇛ Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: UK telecom regulator Ofcom is proposing that the country scale back popular net neutrality rules under the claim that the rules are harming innovation. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Why_Streamers_Are_Getting_on_Board With_In-Flight_Entertainment⠀⇛ In-flight entertainment (IFE) offerings are generally programmed 90 days in advance, and with new tech, airlines can change them more easily. “ [We used to rely] on what we jokingly called ‘sneakernet,’ someone coming onto the aircraft with the dongle connecting over USB and loading everything for the month,” says Leader, adding that it took about a week to update an entire fleet. “The airlines can now load the content over Wi-Fi.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Dumb_Netflix_Password_Sharing_Crackdown_Will Arrive_In_US_Early_Next_Year⠀⇛ Undaunted by criticism that its plan is little more than a Comcast-esque cash grab, Netflix executives say they’re moving full speed ahead with a plan to begin cracking down on password sharing, a practice executives spent years previously encouraging. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Extreme Tech ☛ Apple_Granted_Patent_for_Deepfakes Based_on_Reference_Images⠀⇛ According to patent documents first spotted by Patently Apple, Apple’s technology uses machine learning to create synthetic images of human faces based on a reference image provided by the user. Once the tech has generated a synthetic face, it can manipulate that face to create changes in expression. Given a reference image or “target shape” depicting a whole person (not just a face), the image generator can also create synthetic images in which the reference person is posed differently. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_IPTV_Pair_Sentenced_to_45 Months_in_Prison_For_Defrauding_Sky_&_BT_Sport⠀⇛ Following an investigation by Kent Trading Standards, two men who sold illicit access to live sports, movies, and TV shows, have been ordered to serve a total of 45 months in prison. The pair reportedly made more than £540,000 in just 18 months but after pleading guilty to copyright, fraud, and money laundering offenses, now face action under the Proceeds of Crime Act. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Canada’s_Federal_Court_Issues_FIFA World_Cup_Piracy_Blocking_Order⠀⇛ Piracy-blocking efforts in Canada continue to expand. The Federal Court previously issued orders targeting IPTV and NHL streaming sources and last week, a new piracy-blocking order was handed down. It requires local ISPs to prevent subscribers from accessing pirated streams of the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ How_The_Art-Generating_AI_Of_Stable Diffusion_Works⠀⇛ [Jay Alammar] has put up an illustrated guide to how Stable Diffusion works, and the principles in it are perfectly applicable to understanding how similar systems like OpenAI’s Dall-E or Google’s Imagen work under the hood as well. These systems are probably best known for their amazing ability to turn text prompts (e.g. “paradise cosmic beach”) into a matching image. Sometimes. Well, usually, anyway. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ As_Big_Book_Publishers_Look_To_Kill_The Internet_Archive,_It_Introduces_‘Democracy’s_Library’⠀⇛ Last week the Internet Archive announced a new project: “Democracy’s Library.” This hits on a bunch of important topics for us here at Techdirt. First, it’s a travesty that government-funded research and publications are often hidden away, locked up and impossible to access, despite the fact that they were paid for by us, the public. Second, democracy is legitimately under threat across the globe, and getting more access to quality information out to the public is more important than ever before. While I know that some people have been turning their backs on this idea of late, it’s more important than ever that quality information and data is more accessible to more people. Third, as we’ve seen, previous attempts by dedicated activists and individuals to make government data public have unfortunately ended in tragedy, so having strong backing is key here. And… finally, this is all happening at the same time that the largest book publishers in the world, who should be supporting access to knowledge, are literally trying to destroy the Internet Archive. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Halloween⠀⇛ Halloween has grown on me lately. It started to annoy me in my twenties, but it’s a lot more fun with small children. B is going to be Wall-E, and Brad wants to be a “green purple.” Last year B was an F1 driver, and we used cardboard and spray paint to turn the Cozy Coup into a pretty stellar F1 car. Brad was a bear- which he loved- but even at 18 months you could see the disappointment of not having a race car himself. So for a lot of the night there was a bear driving a race car looking confused. # ⚓ We_have_arrived!⠀⇛ The trip itself went smootthly. Well, except for one small disagreement about where the I-95N on- ramp was located when we were somewhere in Georgia getting gas. And the 18-wheelers hogging up the highway in South Carolina lowering our average speed for the trip. Oh, and there was the bumper- to-bumper traffic just south of Hendersonville [2] on I-26W. Other than that, [DELETED-what have the Romans ever done for us?-DELETED] the trip was just smooth sailing. When Bunny and I first started our yearly trips here, we stayed in the The Inn at Brevard [3], on the east end of town. A few years later we started staying at The Red House Inn [4], located on the west end of town. Unfortunately, the owners sold the place just after our visit last year [5], and now the Red House Inn is a private residence. The previous owners still have propery they were willing to rent out, but they houses, and Bunny and I don’t need an entire house for a vactation. # ⚓ Extreme_bathrooms,_Brevard_NC_edition⠀⇛ The bidet … only slightly less mysterious than the three clam shells. # ⚓ a_stop_in_at_The_Midnight⠀⇛ I listened to some music on Tidal to assist in my enjoyment of the evening, and even wrote a thing on my “TMO” blog out of sheer boredom. Strange how words come to me, sometimes. # ⚓ Star_Log_2022-10-24_(Fairbanks,_Alaska,_US)⠀⇛ The last two weeks have been almost nonstop overcast weather, during the night at least. The last few days have had a solid sheet of cloud covering the whole sky. I think we were stuck in some kind of warm, moist air mass. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ IP_and_ASN_based_blocking⠀⇛ Originally started playing with these again because I saw a post about how some google user-agent doesn’t respect robots.txt blocking when it is against the “*” user-agent. So, I remade some scripts to extract all the netblocks from the whois server that pwhois.org runs, then add those to a static protocol block in my bird config, with the routes for the ranges set to unreachable. # ⚓ Updating_Gtk_applications⠀⇛ I’ve been patiently waiting for Gnome 43 to land in Arch Linux since it was release now over a month ago. I finally got tired of waiting yesterday and installed some alpha packages via a third party repository. I have to say, I’m a bit disgusted to have to do this to get current software on Arch. I’ve never had to do this sort of hacky thing before, and I don’t like doing it. My strong preference is to only have the default repositories in my repo list. But I digress. Now, Gnome is not my daily driver desktop environment. I keep it installed for testing and development, while running Xfce on a daily basis. But I have a number of applications that I have written and maintain which use the Gtk toolkit. For some years now, Gtk+ has been more and more tied to Gnome and is in fact hosted on the Gnome Gitlab instance. So it’s a good idea in my case to pay attention to where this code is headed. I’ve also begun porting a couple of my applications to target Gnome more specifically by using LibAdwaita and loosely following the Gnome HIG. More often than not I have found that this makes for a nice interface, and such applications are still useful outside of Gnome. # ⚓ neil_in_gemini_space⠀⇛ quite a few significant life events and my ongoing quest to be a more authentic human had me thinking about living off-grid despite living in the Guernsey suburban area. my objective is to be self sufficient for power – specifically electricity. i choose solar for this. # ⚓ My_Cerebral_Processing_Unit⠀⇛ So here I sit once again atop the bed, propped up like a mannequin and typing into *myx-nulu*, the trusty tablet with a cheap, bluetooth keyboard. Hey – it’s part of the morning routine, so I am certainly not complaining. I swigged the remains of yesterday’s Earl Grey with a dash of leche semi- desnatada. In a previous life, I always had a problem with the word *desnatada*. I saw it as something altogether different, such as *desinatana* or something even stranger. I believe this springs from an acute dyslexia that I have. I’ve rarely addressed this dyslexia though it’s plagued me throughout my life. Firstly, it interfered with English spelling as I was growing from a bud on the side of a spine of a desert shrub. That *feature* has carried over slightly into Spanish, as one can see, though the flaw is easier to catch since Spanish, like Czech (another of my linguistic adventures, as anyone who has lived my previous lives with me’d know), is a (mostly) phonetically spelled language. From time to time I still have to look up certain words in English **just to be sure**, even though I am mostly correct in my first “guess” at spelling. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator_problem⠀⇛ The Myers-Briggs type indicator is fun and the fact that it’s so well-known is an advantage, but it has a drawback. There are four categories: E vs I, S vs N, T vs F, J vs P. The problem is that most people fall somewhere in between. It’s a bell-shaped curve where only a few people are clearly E or clearly I. That’s not really what you want in a personality sorter, where you instead would want people who are mostly one or the other and where true neutral is the rarest result. # ⚓ GitHub’s_li’l_pencil⠀⇛ But as I thought about it a li’l more, I sobered up and realized that the pencil itself is more of a mitigation for how bad GitHub is, than a baseline good. # ⚓ Re:_What_is_a_“unit_test?”⠀⇛ I don’t write unit tests (that’d be almost as pointlessly redundant as type annotation) but I generate them automatically and they’re great. They let me refactor wildly and they help prevent old working code from breaking. I like high-level tests, too. When I was first writing 7off (a markdown->gemini converter), I created a sample source file, and a hand-made target file that looked the way I wanted, and then as I was hacking, I kept looking at the diff between the program’s generated target with my handmade version. That’s actually still the only test in 7off’s test directory, which makes sense since it’s a single-procedure API. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5497 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 32 seconds to (re)generate ⟲