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It’s no surprise that as organizations scale their cloud-native Kubernetes environments, the associated costs rise along with that growth. However, there is a disconnect between the rising expenses and how well businesses can accurately and effectively monitor and # ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Ermetic_Adds_Kubernetes_Support_to CNAPP⠀⇛ Ermetic has added Kubernetes support to its cloud- native application protection platform (CNAPP) that enables IT and cybersecurity teams to discover and fix misconfigurations, compliance violations and risky or excessive privileges. Amy Amriel, chief marketing officer for Ermetic, says rather than requiring organizations to manage Kubernetes security in isolation from every o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Implementing_Vulkan_extensions_for_NVK⠀⇛ Since joining the graphics team at Collabora as a Software Engineering Intern last November, I have implemented several Vulkan API extensions for NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ 7_Best_Ubuntu_Screen_Recorders_for_Everyday Use⠀⇛ We are now in 2023. Everyone is constantly seeking to acquire new skills and technical capabilities as the use of technology is deeply integrated in our day-to-day lives. From providing online tutorials to holding presentation for professional business meets, everything needs screen recording tool to make your stand. There are plenty of screen recording tools available in the market for Linux and other distributions. Deciding on the right screen recording tool for you is important and a tedious task. But don’t worry because we will make this task simple for you. In this article, we will introduce you to some of the best screen recording tools that you can use on Ubuntu. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Use_Rsync_Command_on_Linux⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the Rsync command on Linux. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Easy_Effects_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Easy Effects on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. # ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_Use_a_Bash_Script_to_Run_Your_Python Scripts⠀⇛ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Configuring_the_Squid_Proxy_Server:_A Comprehensive_Tutorial⠀⇛ Squid is a popular open-source proxy server that can be used to enhance the security and performance of your Debian server. Once you have installed Squid, you need to configure it to suit your specific needs. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Difference_Between_Shutting_Down,_Restarting, and_Halting_Linux⠀⇛ Linux provides various commands to perform different types of system shutdowns. However, the terms used to refer to these shutdown types can be confusing, especially for new Linux users. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Check_if_a_Port_is_Blocked_by_the Firewall_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Having trouble getting access to a particular network resource? It could be due to the firewall blocking the port. As you know, all the applications require access to certain ports, and when the firewall blocks those ports, the applications will not function properly and will not be able to communicate with the network. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Install_and_Use_iostat_on_Linux⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn about iostat on Linux. This tool allows you to monitor CPU usage and provides information about input and output processes on the system. The command iostat Reports Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/output statistics for devices, partitions, and network file systems (NFS). # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_guide_to_troubleshooting_common_Linux_Mint issues⠀⇛ Based on the popular Linux kernel, Mint is an all- inclusive operating system. It offers a user- friendly interface and is known for its stability and security. However, Linux Mint may encounter issues affecting its performance and day-to-day functionality like any other OS. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_comprehensive_guide_to_fixing_Boot_problems in_Linux_Mint⠀⇛ Many issues, including hardware incompatibilities, corrupted system files, or incorrect configurations, can cause boot problems in Linux Mint. These problems can lead to slow boot times, boot failures, or even a complete inability to boot the system. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_and_use_Nginx_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Nginx (pronounced as ‘engine-x’) is a popular web server software known for its high performance and reliability. It is open-source software used by many popular websites, including Netflix, GitHub, and WordPress. Nginx can serve as a web server, load balancer, reverse proxy, and HTTP cache, among other things. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GCC_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GCC on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is a popular and widely used open-source compiler that supports many programming languages, including… # ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_share_clipboard_between_Ubuntu_VirtualBox_and host⠀⇛ If you’re using Ubuntu on a VirtualBox, you might find yourself needing to move some text between your host computer and the virtual machine. Luckily, copying and pasting between them is pretty easy to achieve. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_version_of_Box86_and_Box64_unlocks Steam_Big_Picture_Mode_and_Heroic_Games_Launcher_on_ARM⠀⇛ There’s a new version of Box86 and Box64 out – the amazing piece of software from PtitSeb that can make your ARM Linux PC or SoC run x86 and x86_64 code with great performance. # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Resident_Evil_4_Chainsaw_Demo_Works_Well_on Linux_with_Proton⠀⇛ The Resident Evil 4 chainsaw demo just landed ahead of the game that’s releasing later this March 2023. # ⚓ Arca Noae ☛ New_product:_OS/2_Video_Poker_2.0™⠀⇛ From Reed Software, Arca Noae is proud to announce the availability of OS/2 Video Poker 2.0! OS/ 2 Video Poker 2.0 plays the fast action game of video poker found in casinos world wide. Enjoy a real video poker game experience right on your home or work computer. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_update_– Week_10_2023⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any questions or feedback, please respond to this report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on libera.chat. We provide you both infographics and text version of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly look at what we did, just look at the infographic. If you are interested in more in depth details look below the infographic. # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Friday’s_Fedora Facts:_2023-10⠀⇛ Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)! The F38 Beta is go for release on the early target date (2023-03-14). I have weekly office hours most Wednesdays in the morning and afternoon (US/Eastern time). Drop by if you have any questions or comments about the schedule, Changes, elections, or anything else. See the upcoming_meetings for more information. # Announcements # Calls_for_Participation # Help_wanted # Meetings_&_Events # Releases § Announcements # Inactive_packagers will be removed after the F38 release. # Fedora Discussion now supports saved searches. # API keys in Red Hat Bugzilla are now set_to expire_after_one_year. # The Fedora Council is considering a policy_to create_a_Code_of_Conduct_Committee. # Check your meetings for upcoming_summer_time changes. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Stolen_or_lost_Android_phone?_Here’s_how_to find_it_and_get_it_back⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Billions_of_Android_phone_owners_can_unlock_two free_Google_‘vacation_upgrades’_today_–_it’s_a_dream_come true_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Best_package_tracking_apps_on_Android_in 2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Apple_5G_baseband_signal_is_far_behind_Android brands⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ listmonk:_Is_an_Open-source_Self-hosted_Mailchimp Alternative⠀⇛ listmonk is a fast, feature-rich, standalone, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that comes packed into a single binary. It uses a PostgreSQL (⩾ v9.4) database as its data store. The backend is written in Go, while Vue with Buefy is used for the frontend’s UI. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Comment_Sidecar:_A_self-Hosted_Commenting_Service_and Alternative_to_Disqus⠀⇛ Comment-sidecar is a lightweight, tracking-free, self- hosted commenting service that aims to work in restricted self-hosted webspaces where only PHP and MySQL are available. It is easy to embed into statically generated sites created with Hugo or Jekyll, and it serves as an alternative to Disqus. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Lemmy_is_a_Self-hosted_Bookmark_Aggregator_and_Reddit Alternative.⠀⇛ Lemmy is a free and open source social link aggregation and discussion platform, with content organized into communities for easy subscription to topics of interest. It uses voting to prioritize the most interesting items. Lemmy is licensed under the strong copyleft AGPL License… o ⚓ Medevel ☛ How_Open_source_can_Help_Healthcare_Services_in_Low- Resource_Environment⠀⇛ Open source software is rapidly gaining ground as a cost- effective alternative to proprietary software. In developing countries with limited resources, open source software can be the key to improving healthcare services. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Andy_Wingo:_pre-initialization_of_garbage-collected webassembly_heaps⠀⇛ Hey comrades, I just had an idea that I won’t be able to work on in the next couple months and wanted to release it into the wild. They say if you love your ideas, you should let them go and see if they come back to you, right? In that spirit I abandon this idea to the woods. Basically the idea is Wizer-like_pre-initialization of_WebAssembly modules, but for modules that store their data on the GC-managed heap instead of just in linear memory. Say you have a WebAssembly module with GC_types. § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Marco_Rubio_Reminds_You_to_Adjust_Your_Clock_on_Sunday_With Renewed_Push_for_Permanent_Daylight_Saving_Time⠀⇛ Alongside Daylight Saving Time (DST) comes the yearly discussion in Congress of whether to eliminate it altogether. We lose that extra hour of sleep as the clocks spring forward on Sunday. * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 19_States_That_Have_Passed_Permanent_Daylight_Saving_Time_and Why_They_Haven’t_Implemented_It⠀⇛ Come Sunday, March 12, at 2:00 a.m. EST, Daylight Saving Time will begin. We’ll lose an hour because the 20th-century federal government decided we should. Then on November 5th we’ll gain an hour, and be plunged into darkness. For over half a century, we’ve accepted that this cycle is normal. § Leftovers⠀➾ * § Science⠀➾ o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ What_to_Know_About_the_Much-Hyped_New_Superconductor Discovery⠀⇛ For over a century, scientists have sought a holy_grail of_materials:_a_room-temperature_superconductor, a material that can carry electrical charges without resistance, which would revolutionize the energy landscape as we know it. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Neil Selwyn ☛ The_modern_classroom_chair:_exploring_the_‘coercive design’_of_contemporary_schooling⠀⇛ This new paper explores the politics of educational design … exploring how the coercive logics of neoliberal schooling are baked into the design of everyday physical objects such as classroom chairs This paper analyses three examples of ‘innovative’ new chair designs now being sold to schools with promises of disciplining students’ bodies to achieve classroom order… * § Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ J Pieper ☛ moteus-n1_beta_release⠀⇛ Implied by my previous writeup on pin selection for external connectors, we’ve got a new variant of the moteus controller to announce today in beta form, the moteus-n1! This variant is intended to be more feature- full, higher performance (and higher cost). o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ V600_Alder_Lake_Mini_PC_features_Thunderbolt_4 port,_dual_2.5GbE,_up_to_Core_i9-12900H_CPU⠀⇛ V600 mini PC is equipped with an Alder Lake processor from Core i5-1240P up to a Core i9-12900H, up to 64GB RAM, and high-speed interfaces such as Thunderbolt 4 and dual 2.5GbE networking. The mini PC also comes with two M.2 NVMe sockets, one PCIe Gen 4, one Gen 3, and support for SATA drives up to 7mm thick, offers three 4K-capable video outputs with HDMI and DisplayPort video interfaces, and several other USB 3.2/2.0 ports. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_more_equitable_covid_vaccine_rollout_could_have_saved a_life_every_24_seconds_in_2021⠀⇛ The World Health Organization (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic three years ago, on Mar. 11, 2020. The declaration has not lapsed, and though most cases are mild, more_than_20_million_people are currently ill with covid. o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ AP_Top_Health_News_at_7:25_p.m._EST⠀⇛ Oregon closer to magic mushroom therapy, but has setback House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19 Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won? o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ The_contaminated_Río_Santiago:_opportunity lost_for_Guadalajara?⠀⇛ John Pint tours the parts of this highly polluted river that are safe — and shows what Guadalajara has to gain from cleaning up the Santiago. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Consumer_advocacy_group_urges_judges_to uphold_smoking_ban⠀⇛ Some businesses have been granted suspension orders against the stringent new law since it went into effect in January. o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Stanford_to_end_Color_COVID-19_testing_program, still_provide_rapid_tests⠀⇛ Stanford is ending its Color COVID-19 testing program, which provided free PCR tests to members of the community. Rapid tests will still be available on campus. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Have_Developed_a_Blood_Test_For Anxiety⠀⇛ o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Have_Figured_Out_How_Honeybees_Learn Their_Waggle_Dance_Moves⠀⇛ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Plastic_pollution_in_oceans_has_reached ‘unprecedented’_levels_in_15_years⠀⇛ Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans has reached “unprecedented levels” over the past 15 years, a new study has found, calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful waste. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ For_Every_Person_on_Earth,_There_Are_21,000_Pieces_of Plastic_in_the_Ocean⠀⇛ An analysis of global plastic data over the past four decades, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that there’s now an estimated 170 trillion plastic particles—more than 2.2 million tons—floating in the world’s oceans. That number saw a sharp increase in the past 15 years, dovetailing, the researchers found, with… o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ How_Fungi_Could_Cause_the_Next_Pandemic⠀⇛ Fungi are some of the strangest living things on Earth. Some are single-celled organisms like bacteria, other are multicellular beings akin to plants and animals. Some can even shapeshift between these forms of life. o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Forced_Medication_of_All_Citizens⠀⇛ Karen Hunt “…most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World It all started back in the 1950s with “these drugs will make you feel better, just try them.” And people did. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium and wireless-regdb), Fedora (caddy, python-cryptography, and redis), Oracle (gnutls), SUSE (hdf5, opera, python- Django, redis, tomcat, and xen), and Ubuntu (apache2 and snakeyaml). o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Blackbaud_Fined_$3M_For_‘Misleading_Disclosures’ About_2020_Ransomware_Attack⠀⇛ Blackbaud has been slapped with a $3 million civil penalty by the SEC for “making misleading disclosures” about a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ North_Korean_hackers_used_polished_LinkedIn profiles_to_target_security_researchers⠀⇛ As part of the shift in tactics, the hackers have deployed a range of new tools and social engineering tactics to lure their victims. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Unpatched_Akuvox_Smart_Intercom_Vulnerabilities Can_Be_Exploited_for_Spying⠀⇛ Researchers discover a dozen serious vulnerabilities in Akuvox smart intercom, but the vendor has not released any patches. o ⚓ SANS ☛ Multi-Technology_Script_Leading_to_Browser_Hijacking,_ (Fri,_Mar_10th) [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ In the FOR610 class, we learn how to perform malware analysis. The training focuses on Windows PE files but in the real world, malware samples use multiple technologies to perform malicious actions. I spotted a VBScript file… o ⚓ SDx Central ☛ How_OpenSSF_Aims_to_Make_Log4j-Like_Incidents_Rare [Ed: ‘Linux’_Foundation_still_bringing_up_“Log4j”_(2021) in 2023 in order to scare people and help a phony narrative of Microsofters]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Alleged_NetWire_RAT_Operator_Arrested_in_Croatia as_FBI_Seizes_Website⠀⇛ Authorities seized a domain distributing the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian individual who administered the website. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Millions_of_AT&T_Customers_Notified_of_Data Breach_at_Third-Party_Vendor⠀⇛ AT&T is notifying millions of wireless customers that their CPNI was compromised in a data breach at a third- party vendor. o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Serious_Vulnerability_Patched_in_Veeam_Data Backup_Solution⠀⇛ A serious vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication may allow attackers to obtain encrypted credentials from the configuration database. o ⚓ CNN ☛ Capitol_Hill_data_breach_more_‘extensive’_than_previously known⠀⇛ A sweeping cybersecurity breach of congressional members’ private information was more extensive than previously known and affects not only House lawmakers and their staff but also Senate employees. The Senate sergeant-at-arms alerted Senate staff about the breach Thursday in an email obtained by CNN. The compromised data is “extensive,” and includes sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, home addresses and information on Senate employees’ health insurance plans, the sergeant-at-arms said in the email, which urged Senate staff to freeze their family credit to guard against fraud. o ⚓ SEC ☛ SEC_Charges_Software_Company_Blackbaud_Inc._for_Misleading Disclosures_About_Ransomware_Attack_That_Impacted_Charitable Donors⠀⇛ o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ 3,400_death_registry_records_accessed_in_Hawaii Department_of_Health_data_security_breach⠀⇛ o ⚓ Capitol Broadcasting Company Inc ☛ UNC_data_leak_exposes_more than_1,000_Social_Security_numbers⠀⇛ “Human error” played a role in the recent data leak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has exposed more than 1,000 Social Security numbers. UNC said 1,025 people had their personal information mailed incorrectly. The university mistakenly sent out IRS Form 1099s with names, addresses, social security numbers, or tax identification number to the wrong people. “While 3,403 forms were printed correctly, only 2,214 envelopes were mailed. Upon further investigation, the University determined that due to human error and a processing issue, some of the 2,214 mailings included more than one IRS form,” said Query.AI Chief Information Security Officer Neal Bridges. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ EU_undermining_privacy_–_“your_chats_belong_to us”_(except_the_SMS_chats_of_Mrs_von_der_Leyen_with_Pfizer_ (of_course))⠀⇛ “Von der Leyen under pressure: The head of the EU Commission refuses to release text messages about the expensive vaccine deal with Pfizer. She is accused of lack of transparency. # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ Your_Computer_Clock_is_Wrong_–_no_it_is_not_– Elon’s_Twitter_let_Onion_Tor_service_certificate_expire_–_how to_fix_it_(client_side)⠀⇛ have to give a HUGHE praise to the Tor Project! just checked and they DO AN EXCELLENT job at keeping the user private the developers who constantly work to make the system better the thousands of volunteering admins… # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ TikTok_Whistleblower_Tells_Congress_Data Protections_Don’t_Stop_Chinese_Access⠀⇛ A former TikTok employee turned whistleblower has reportedly met with multiple U.S. senators expressing concerns TikTok’s plan to secure U.S. user data won’t go far enough to stop possible Chinese espionage. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ What_TikTok_Withholds_Is_As_Concerning As_What_It_Posts,_Says_NSA_Director⠀⇛ US Army General Paul Nakasone, commander of the US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, warns that what TikTok doesn’t show you is just as concerning as what it does. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_Hires_Biden-Connected Consulting_Firm_as_Federal_Ban_Looms⠀⇛ TikTok hires Biden-connected consulting firm SKDK as federal ban looms. TikTok has hired top Biden- connected consulting firm SKDK while it continues facing scrutiny in Washington, Politico reports. The public affairs and political consulting firm is providing communications support to the company as it faces continued fire from the government. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Should_Facial_Recognition_Technology_be_Banned?_| Future_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Meta_Wants_to_Grab_Wandering_Twitter_Users_With_a New_Decentralized_App⠀⇛ While Twitter deals with daily chaos and mounting debt, its biggest competitors are thinking they can do tweet storms even better than the ol’ blue bird. On Friday, Meta confirmed that it was working on a new stand-alone app for sharing Twitter-like messages. # ⚓ [Repeat] Silicon Angle ☛ Meta_explores_decentralized_social network_to_rival_Twitter⠀⇛ With the sudden popularity of Mastodon, the decentralized text-based social network, it wouldn’t be long before other social media giants would jump on board, and now Meta Platforms Inc. is already exploring its own version. ⚓ CIA_and_Mossad-linked_Surveillance_System_Quietly_Being_Installed_Throughout the_US⠀⇛ Under the guise of stopping mass shootings, a surveillance system backed by top Mossad, CIA and FBI officials is being installed in schools, houses of worship, and other civilian locations throughout the country, much of it thanks to the recent donation of an “anonymous philanthropist.” § Confidentiality⠀➾ * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Cerebral_Informing_3.1_Million_Individuals_of Inadvertent_Data_Exposure⠀⇛ Cerebral is informing 3.1 million individuals that their PHI was inadvertently exposed via third-party tracking technologies. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Acronis_Clarifies_Hack_Impact_Following_Data_Leak⠀⇛ Acronis said a single customer’s account was compromised after a hacker leaked gigabytes of information on a cybercrime forum. * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ PDPC_penalizes_Eatigo_over_data_protection_failures leading_to_2020_breach⠀⇛ On October 31, 2020, Eatigo reported a data breach of customer data and that the data had been put up for sale on a popular forum. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ Security Week ☛ White_House_Budget_Plan_Seeks_to_Boost_Cybersecurity Spending⠀⇛ President Biden’s new $6.9 trillion budget proposal for 2024 shows that the administration wants to increase cybersecurity spending. * ⚓ Defence Web ☛ ISS:_UK_seems_ready_to_return_its_‘last_African_colony’⠀⇛ Could the protracted dispute over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean finally be drawing to a close? Britain steadfastly insisted for decades that it was the rightful owner of what it called the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). * ⚓ France24 ☛ Wagner_announces_opening_of_recruitment_centres_in_42 Russian_cities⠀⇛ The head of Russian mercenary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the opening of recruitment centres in dozens of cities on Friday. Prigozhin is currently entangled in a power struggle with the defence ministry, having several times claimed battlefield victories ahead of the Russian military, lambasted Russia’s top brass and accused the military of not sharing ammunition with his forces. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_defense_spending_hits_2.25%_of_GDP⠀⇛ The passing of Latvia’s 2023 budget on Thursday, March 9, ensures that Latvia will spend an amount equivalent to 2.25% of GDP on defense in 2023, with that figure set to rise to 2.4% in 2024 and 2.5% in 2025 as part of a longer budgetary framework included with the legislation. * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Military_helicopter_turned_courier_to_deliver_heart_for transplant⠀⇛ This week, at the request of cardiac surgeons of the Paul Stradiņš Clinical University  Hospital (PSKUS), the Air Force of Latvia’s National Armed Forces (NBS) stepped in and turned speedy courier to transport a donor heart by helicopter from a remote Latvian hospital to the operating theater, where a patient was waiting for a new heart, according to a press release from the NBS. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ 10-year-old_student_arrested_for_having_gun_at Maine_school⠀⇛ Police say they arrested a 10-year-old student in Maine on Friday after the student arrived on school grounds with a firearm. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office says no one was injured. The office said it responded to Monroe Elementary School in Monroe just before 9 a.m. after fielding a report that the student had a firearm. The sheriff’s office says police worked with school staff to detain the student and seize the firearm. The student was then arrested and taken to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office. The office says there is no ongoing threat to the public. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Who_Did_Blow_Up_the_Nord_Stream_Pipeline?⠀⇛ In September 2022, the Nord Stream gas pipelines exploded in one of the most spectacular political and environmental acts of terrorism in history. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Israel’s_Liberal_Supporters_Are_Taking_Their_Denial_to_a_New Level⠀⇛ This week, when the New York Times featured an opinion piece by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, it harmonized with a crescendo of other recent pleas from prominent American supporters of Israel. * ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Victory_Is_Defeat:_Palestinian_Children’s_Art_Exposes Israel’s_Cultural_Genocide⠀⇛ The following text tells the whole story of what pro- Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza.” T * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Scientists_Call_for_a_Global_Treaty_to_Address_Space_Junk⠀⇛ What goes up must come down, and that includes all of the satellites, rocket stages, and junk that humans have launched into space. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Violent_Extremist_Organizations_Threaten_West Africa’s_Development⠀⇛ Violent extremist organizations, such as militant Islamist groups, have been a major threat to West Africa’s development. In Burkina Faso, these organizations have spread instability through violent events and have become increasingly active in the Sahel region (Brottem, 2022). * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Frog_of_War⠀⇛ Sylvia Shawcross There are seven types of frogs in the Ukraine. So whenever you look at the map of the Ukraine to see how the war ”They” (we can’t call them the elite anymore because it upsets people so we’ll just call them Them with a capital T or They with a capital T…. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran,_Saudi_Arabia_agree_to_re-establish_relations_after years_of_tensions⠀⇛ Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions between the two countries, including a devastating attack on the heart of the kingdom’s oil production attributed to Tehran. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Eight_dead_in_shooting_at_Jehovah’s_Witness_hall_in_German city_of_Hamburg⠀⇛ A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses centre in the German city of Hamburg has left eight people dead, including the suspected gunman, police said Friday, as the motive for the attack remained unclear. § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ * ⚓ American Oversight ☛ Public_Records_Victory:_CDC_Agrees_to_Settlement in_American_Oversight_Lawsuit_Challenging_Agency’s_FOIA_Practices⠀⇛ * ⚓ American Oversight ☛ News_Roundup:_Exposing_Lies⠀⇛ § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ We_Got_Climate_Change_Wrong_–_All_of_Us⠀⇛ It has been said that “Where there is smoke, there’s fire”. This is also true when it comes to climate change. The increased frequency and severity of floods, droughts, and storms, are just the smoke, while the Carbon Ratio is the real fire. * ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ 2_dead,_nearly_10,000_under_evacuation_orders_as California_floods_intensify⠀⇛ CNN– At least two people have died as the result of the ongoing storm inundating California, and nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders, officials said. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Atmospheric_river_floods_California_towns, brings_rain,_snow⠀⇛ More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday in California after a new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds, swelling rivers and creeks and flooding several major highways. In Santa Cruz County, a creek bloated by rain destroyed a portion of Main Street and isolated several neighborhoods in Soquel, a town of 10,000 people. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Quake_swarms_at_neighboring_Alaska_volcanoes raise_concerns⠀⇛ Not one but two volcanoes on the same island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain were showing signs of unrest on Friday, rocked by seismic activity. Elevated earthquake activity at both Tanaga and Takawangha volcanoes on uninhabited Tanaga Island hundreds of miles from Anchorage could indicate a possible eruption. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ India’s_demand_for_fuel_hit_a_quarter-century_high_in February⠀⇛ The demand for fuel in India rose to its highest level in at least 24 years in February, partly due to Russian oil imported at a hefty discount. o ⚓ Quartz ☛ India’s_newly-found_lithium_reserves_carry_an environmental_cost⠀⇛ The discovery of vast lithium deposits in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, hailed as a win for the country’s clean energy transition, comes at a price for communities in the Himalayan region, say villagers and environmental scientists. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Judge_Says_SBF’s_Proposed_Bail_Conditions_Are_Too Cushy⠀⇛ A federal judge doesn’t think proposed changes to Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions will be enough to address the disgraced FTX founder’s messy online behavior while awaiting trial, according to a Friday Reuters report. o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Biden_to_sign_off_on_$8_billion_oil_drilling_project_in Alaska:_reports⠀⇛ President Biden is planning to approve an $8 billion oil drilling project on federal land on Alaska’s North Slope next week, according to multiple reports. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_First-Ever_Complete_Map_of_an_Insect_Brain_Is Truly_Mesmerizing⠀⇛ “Everything has been working up to this.” o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ World’s_Largest_Organism_Is_Slowly_Being_Eaten, Scientist_Says⠀⇛ Nothing lasts forever. * § Overpopulation⠀➾ o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Fertility_rate_in_Latvia_close_to_EU_average [Ed: "Fertility" is the wrong term when people intentionally do not reproduce]⠀⇛ In 2021, 4.09 million babies were born in the EU. This was a slight increase compared with 2020, when 4.07 million babies were born. Overall, there has been a downward trend in the number of children born in the EU, which began in 2008 (4.68 million children), according to Eurostat figures published March 9. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_is_the_second-largest_US_bank_failure_in history⠀⇛ The closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) today marked the second-largest US bank failure in history. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Financial_regulators_close_Silicon_Valley_Bank⠀⇛ The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation today closed Silicon Valley Bank, a storied financial institution that counted many venture-backed startups as clients. The move follows a series of developments that cast doubt on the company’s financial stability. ⚓ France24 ☛ US_regulators_seize_Silicon_Valley_Bank_in_largest_bank_failure since_financial_crisis⠀⇛ California banking regulators on Friday closed SVB Financial Group, the largest bank failure since the financial crisis, moving quickly to protect depositors as a crisis at the startup-focused lender rippled through global markets and hit banking stocks. ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_insists_pension_reform_is_necessary_as_protests,_strikes press_on⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years, in a letter to workers’ unions released Friday. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_is_the_first_FDIC-insured_bank_to_fail_in_2023⠀⇛ Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was shut_down_on_March_10 by California’s state banking regulator and put under the control Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which promised_to_give_insured_depositors_access to their money by the morning of March 13 and will attempt to return funds to uninsured depositors as the agency sells… ⚓ Quartz ☛ After_the_US_added_300,000_jobs_in_February,_the_Fed_will_likely raise_rates_faster⠀⇛ The US economy added 311,000 non-farm jobs between January and February, beating economists’ expectations for an addition of 225,000 jobs in the month, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ⚓ Quartz ☛ GM_seeks_to_cut_jobs_by_offering_thousands_of_workers_the_chance_to get_paid_to_quit⠀⇛ General Motors is doing layoffs a little differently: It’s letting people choose to leave. ⚓ Security Week ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_Seized_by_FDIC_as_Depositors_Pull_Cash⠀⇛ The FDIC seized the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, which could impact cybersecurity firms that use the bank’s services. ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Meta_Will_Stop_Offering_Reels_Bonuses_to_Creators_on Facebook_and_Instagram⠀⇛ Meta is discontinuing its program to pay bonuses to creators for making Reels on Facebook and Instagram. Instagram and Facebook parent Meta is pausing its program to incentivize creators to make Reels and reach specific benchmarks. Initially introduced in 2021, the program paid bonuses to content creators to generate more short video content. ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Meta_Isn’t_Paying_Influencers_for_Reels_Any_More⠀⇛ Facebook and Instagram influencers are losing access to a big moneymaking program that was previously paying out thousands of dollars per vid. It was an effort to get more Instagram users interested in watching the social network’s short-form video format Reels. ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_collapses_after_failing_to_raise capital⠀⇛ Silicon Valley Bank collapsed Friday morning after a stunning 48 hours in which its capital crisis set off fears of a meltdown across the banking industry. Its failure marks the largest shutdown of a US bank since 2008, when Washington Mutual fell during the financial crisis. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ UNICEF_warns_of_deepening_inequalities_in_Europe_and Central_Asia⠀⇛ The COVID-19 pandemic, climate disasters and ongoing conflict have deepened inequalities among children in Europe and Central Asia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Thursday, calling for more robust support for boys and girls at risk of poverty and social exclusion. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ More_than_1.2_million_march_in_France._Protesters_aim_to ‘bring_France_to_standstill’⠀⇛ More than 1.2 million protesters marched in France on Tuesday as rail workers and refinery staff began rolling strikes and trade unions stepped up their campaign to try to stop Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age to 64. ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ DocuSign’s_stock_falls_as_executive_changes_cast_shadow_on strong_earnings_and_revenue_beat⠀⇛ Shares of DocuSign Inc. fell more than 7% in extended trading today as an executive leadership shakeup overshadowed an impressive fourth- quarter earnings and revenue beat. ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ New_York_sues_KuCoin,_claims_it’s_falsely_representing_itself as_a_cryptocurrency_exchange⠀⇛ New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, claiming that the company failed to register as a security and commodities broker-dealer and is falsely representing itself as an exchange. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Saudi_Arabia_and_Iran_agreed_to_restore_trade_and_diplomatic ties_in_a_deal_brokered_by_China⠀⇛ Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to normalize diplomatic and trade relations on Friday (March 10) after years of tension that threatened to destabilize the Gulf region. * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Iceland’s_President_Offers_Socks_to_the_Disabled_Ex-Twitter Employee_Mocked_by_Elon_Musk⠀⇛ Haraldur Thorleifsson has had a long week. On Monday, the Icelander tweeted at Elon Musk asking if he still had a job at Twitter, since he had been locked out of his work laptop and hadn’t been able to get in touch with Twitter human resources. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Elon_Musk_calls_for_release_of_QAnon_Shaman_from_prison over Capitol_riot_actions⠀⇛ “Free Jacob Chansley,” Elon Musk wrote in an explosive tweet on Friday. * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ President_Niinistö_of_Finland_visits_Stanford,_calls_for trans-atlantic_security_cooperation⠀⇛ As part of a five-day trip to the United States, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and his delegation visited Stanford and discussed matters of national security and strategic cooperation with Stanford scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute and Hoover Institution. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Dark_Side_of_Social_Media⠀⇛ Social media has taken over each and every individual this way or the other. One cannot deny the fact that the pros of the social media overshadow the dark cons of social media. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_hails_‘new_start’_in_France-UK_relations_at_Sunak meeting⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron hailed a “new start” in Franco-British ties at a bilateral summit in Paris with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, aiming at restoring close ties after years of tensions between the two countries. * ⚓ France24 ☛ The_challenge_of_enshrining_abortion_rights_in_the_French constitution⠀⇛ During a speech given on International Woman’s Day, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision to put forward a bill enshrining abortion rights in the country’s constitution. Despite being lauded by women’s rights groups, changing the constitution may be more difficult than it appears. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Turkish_opposition_unites_against_‘weaker_than_ever’_Erdogan ahead_of_elections⠀⇛ Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, the leader of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), has emerged as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections scheduled for May 14. Kilicdaroglu hopes to deprive Erdogan of a third term as he grapples with the country’s economic crisis and the fallout from last February’s devastating earthquakes. * ⚓ France24 ☛ China’s_parliament_appoints_Li_Qiang_as_premier_as_Xi cements_influence⠀⇛ Li Qiang, one of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s most trusted allies, was confirmed as premier on Saturday, as Xi cements his influence on the country’s top leadership. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ House_Republicans_Just_Passed_a_Tech_Censorship_Bill_That’s Pure_Nonsense⠀⇛ House Republicans this week rammed through an ill-constructed, self-aggrandizing “anti-censorship” bill supposedly aimed at preventing federal agents from pressuring tech companies to stifle conservatives. The bill, inspired in part by Republican outrage over Twitter’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story… * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Reason_Why_Europe’s_“Right_To_Be_Forgotten” Hasn’t_Made_it_To_The_United_States⠀⇛ In the digital age, an individual’s data can be searchable and accessible at the speed of one click. The more someone interacts with the Internet, the bigger their digital footprint becomes. This footprint is collected, analysed and passed around by countless third parties without the owner’s explicit consent. * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ ‘This_chills_speech’:_Faculty_Senate_raises_concerns about_Protected_Identity_Harm_Reporting⠀⇛ At their Thursday meeting, members of the Faculty Senate criticized the harm reporting process as being restrictive of free speech and academic freedom on campus. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_casts_Georgia_protests_as_coup_attempt,_accuses_West of_fomenting_unrest⠀⇛ Moscow on Friday accused foreign countries of fomenting days of mass protests in Georgia, likening them to an attempted coup designed to sow tension on Russia’s borders. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Women_on_a_mission:_MENA_female_entrepreneurs_are making_waves_in_the_region⠀⇛ Women entrepreneurs have emerged as a force to be reckoned with in many Arab economies, breaking stereotypes and paving the way for future generations. * ⚓ France24 ☛ BBC_presenter_Lineker_pulled_from_air_over_’1930s_Germany’ post_on_UK_migrant_policy⠀⇛ Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain’s migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation’s highest paid presenter. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Troy Hunt ☛ To_Infinity_and_Beyond,_with_Cloudflare_Cache_Reserve⠀⇛ What if I told you… that you could run a website from behind Cloudflare and only have 385 daily requests miss their cache and go through to the origin service? …biggy, unless… that was out of a total of more than 166M requests in the same period… * ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Open_Network_for_Digital_Commerce_(ONDC): An_Explainer⠀⇛ ‘Open Network for Digital Commerce’ (ONDC) is a government backed, network-centric, technology infrastructure. In this explainer we expand on what ONDC is, how it works, what the stated promises and potential challenges are, especially regarding ONDC’s capability to address market issues. § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ HP_Printers_Are_Doing_the_DRM_Thing_Again⠀⇛ HP is receiving backlash after users reported that their non- brand_ink_cartridges stopped working following recent firmware updates. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ 4_day_work_week⠀⇛ I’m very supportive of reducing work hours and days. I’ve recently got to unofficially try it out myself, because I asked for Fridays off for a couple weeks so I have some longer weekends to work on a university assignment. That would permit me more time to work on it, or at least have one day for rest and fun, one day for chores and errands, and one day to put in a lot of work. I’m surprised by the fact that I don’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. It made me feel a little lost, and a little like those bad Sundays where you feel bad and depressed about your life, and like you should be doing something great but aren’t. And everything you think of doing sucks, isn’t available, or something you don’t wanna do right now. Or like in school days where the summer break started to feel boring and you caught yourself looking a bit forward to school again. I wonder if this is me being an indoctrinated worker being so used to 5 days, or if it’s my work circumstances or private circumstances? o ⚓ Star_Gazing_2023-03-10_Evening_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛ Last night about 9:00pm AKST I observed that atmospheric pressure had jumped up and the skies had cleared up. The NWS forecast had predicted 50% cloud cover so this was unexpected. I’m getting pretty good now at gathering up my telescope supplies and getting my telescope assembled, so I was out at the boat launch and had everything set up in about 30 or 40 minutes. The temperature at the boat launch was 5 °F, which was a big improvement over the -20 °F evenings I’ve been working with. The boat launch was getting a bit crowded since it was a warm Friday night and there was a campfire party going on, but I found a darker area to park in. The skies seemed very bright, which I think was due to light from the gibbous moon a little under the horizon. But I was able to find a darker patch of sky to the south east. o ⚓ Waiting_for_weather⠀⇛ I’m making instant coffee and slowly waking up. It’s Saturday and I’m up just after 7. There was supposed to be a storm sweeping in starting late last night, but that hasn’t happened yet. The environmental services are still calling for a big dump of snow, but I woke up this morning, looked out, and nothing. The same melted and refrozen drifts, the same semi-bare streets. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ High_Tech_Devil’s_Dictionary⠀⇛ Proof of Work Cryptocurrency (n). A technique for transmuting electricity into money while burning the planet and generating bullshit as a byproduct. See also: Ponzi Scheme Protocol (PSP), Money Laundering Protocol (MLP). o ⚓ Will_MNT_eat_Pine64′s_lunch?⠀⇛ I was originally interested to see what the capabilities of this device were, especially as a target for postmarketOS, which I found particularly compelling from a technical standpoint. Since that time, my PinePhone has come to serve a unique role in my computing life; the battery is far too limited to allow the device to be a useful daily-driver cell phone, but having a very small linux system with the full capabilities of graphical Emacs, desktop Firefox, and a physical keyboard with support for commonly used meta keys has proven invaluable in a number of situations. o ⚓ Invidious:_Make_Youtube_cool_again⠀⇛ I have a complicated relationship with Youtube like, I imagine, a lot of people. While I really dislike everything that Google is doing with the platform and their idiotic algorithm, there are tons of exceptionnaly good content on the platform. You can find everything regarding computer science, 3d printing, physics talks, video games, history and so much more. It’s full of dedicated people talking about their passion. I used to only use the “Subscriptions” page of Youtube. The default home page has always been irrelevant, and the Popular tab is just plain cancer. o ⚓ Thinking_about_threading.⠀⇛ Several years ago I wanted to have a way to share short thoughts, and found items (links, images, and the like) on my website. Most of the website is made up of markdown files that render into HTML and while this isn’t difficult to update on a real computer it is cumbersome on what passes for the state of the art in mobile operating systems these days so I wanted something that I could post to using a web browser. I ended up building the resulting microblog system out of several Microsoft Azure services, namely Functions, Storage Tables, and Storage Blobs. Later, when I built this Gemini capsule I wanted to bring that content across so I wrote a Python program that fetches the data from the API and renders it out to gemtext and an Atom feed. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Collect_traffic_data_for_your_Capsule⠀⇛ As everyone else around here, I love a good tracking of visitors. Kidding… screw that. However, I feel it’s pretty good to know if your capsule gets any traffic at all and which part of it people find it more interesting. Some may not care, some may. This is why I’ve modified shavit to support sending traffic data into InfluxDB. # ⚓ verified_sites⠀⇛ Mastodon has a feature which enables you to verify that a website in your profile belongs to you [1], and I’ve now added the same capability for website and blog links in Epicyon [2]. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1892 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.11.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_11/03/2023:_Curl_is_25⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:02 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Education o Openness/Sharing/Collaboration # Open_Access/Content o Programming/Development # Java # Rust o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # 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 Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Are_Package_Dependencies_on_Linux? Explained⠀⇛ The term “dependencies” is often used when downloading packages on Linux. But what does it mean? You may have heard about package dependencies in Linux and wondered what they are. Dependencies might seem confusing, but there are tools in Linux to make sure every program you install has all the components it needs. Let’s understand Linux dependencies and their impact on package management on Linux. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Mixxx_Free_DJ_Software_2.3.4_Released! Ubuntu_PPA⠀⇛ Free DJ mixing software Mixxx announced the 2.3.4 release a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 via PPA. The new release added controller mapping for the Traktor Kontrol S2 Mk1, and initial mapping for Numark Party Mix. I # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 7_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Photo_Metadata Editors_(Updated_2023)⠀⇛ A metadata editor is computer software which allows users to view and edit metadata tags interactively and save them in the graphics file. So, metadata is information that is part of the image file and contains information about the image itself and the creation of the image. It can set textual information such as title, description, exposure time, ISO value, focal length, and copyright. Some modern digital cameras and camera phones are GPS enabled and they can save the location co-ordinates (latitude and longitude) with the photographs. Metadata editors can also set geolocation information by browsing a map or setting coordinates directly, which is particularly useful for cameras without GPS. There are many reasons why users might wish to modify metadata of photographs. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Read_Online_News_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_install_SSL_Let’s_Encrypt_using_Lego?⠀⇛ SSL / TLS (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security) are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network: web, email, instant messengers. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Spotify_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ Spotify is a popular music streaming service that has taken the world by storm since its launch in 2006. With over 320 million active users across 178 countries, it has become one of the most widely used music platforms globally. # ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ Getting_started_with_iperf3_–_Network Troubleshooting⠀⇛ iperf3 is a tool to measure the throughput between hosts in a network and can test TCP, UDP, and SCPT, whereby TCP is the default. iperf3 must be installed and active on two hosts in which one host acts as a server and the other one as a client. By default, you measure the upload from the client to the server, but you can test the download from the client with the -R flag. # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Is_your_jail_not_getting_an_IPv6_address soon_enough?_Blame_DAD.⠀⇛ Looking in the jail, it had IPv6 addresses. What gives? # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Cleaning_up_metadata,_and_building_with Dublin_Core⠀⇛ But what schema to keep? After mulling whether to just use HTML metadata and call it a day, I decided to stick with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. As an archivist and aspirational librarian, their metadata cause has always spoken the most to me, and I still think they offer the most flexible and broadly useful schemas for all sorts of data, not least a personal blog. It also fits in well with existing HTML metadata tags, so there isn’t much more markup to write. # ⚓ Austin Gil ☛ File_Uploads_for_the_Web_(1):_Uploading_Files with_HTML⠀⇛ To actually send the file to a server, we need to make an HTTP request, which means we need a
. We’ll put the file input inside along with a