Just like me a few years ago many people think of “Ubuntu” when they hear Linux, and it isn’t just because of how popular Ubuntu is but, because people don’t know the difference or that there are alternatives.
You may know that the majority of computers sold to consumers today include the Microsoft Windows operating system. What you may not know is that running the software that comes bundled with your computer is a bad idea.
Three tails of tech tribulations, and how Brent saved his openSUSE Tumbleweed box from the brink.
Josh and Kurt talk about containers. There are a lot of opinions around what type of containers is best. Back when it all started there were only huge distro sized containers. Now we have a world with many different container types and sizes. Is one better?
So the last two weeks were _fairly_ normal, although I will gripe and moan a bit about how many late pull requests I got. The second week started out very calm, but that was sadly only because a _lot_ of people left their final pull request pretty late. Not very pleasant at all.
But what does make me pretty pleased is that pretty much all of the pull requests were signed tags. I still don't technically _require_ signatures for pulls from kernel.org, but I've been (not very subtly) encouraging people to use them, and we're getting there. It's just good hygiene.
And to cap off the good news, this is the first merge window when Andrew participated all through git, and the first time in basically Linux history when I didn't have a single patch-bomb to apply (I still do individual random patches, and expect to always do them, but no more "big series of raw patches").
So on the whole it's all very good.
Anyway, apart from those three "process" issues, things look perfectly normal. Judging by the merge window, this release is going to be on the bigger side, but certainly not breaking any records, and nothing looks particularly odd or crazy. The diffstat is skewed by yet another drop of generated AMD GPU register descriptor headers, but I guess even that is "normal" by now. Certainly not a new thing. And if you ignore that drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include/ subdirectory, the stats look like they tend to do: roughly 60% drivers, with the rest being architecture updates, tooling, documentation and some relatively minor core kernel updates (filesystems, mm, networking etc. Oh, and the core module handling got split up into more manageable pieces rather than one big file).
One thing of note is how the long-time ARM generic kernel work (aka "multiplatform") is pretty much done after 10+ years. Congrats to everybody involved. The StrongARM platforms remain with their separate kernels, and are expected to stay so, but compared to where things were a decade ago, this is a pretty big step.
So hey, let's start calming things down and testing this all.
Linus
 Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 5.18 and the opening of the merge window for Linux kernel 5.19, which is now officially closed, and the first Release Candidate build is now out to give us a very early taste of what’s about to be included in the final release.
According to Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel 5.19 looks to be a big release with another great set of improvements for AMD GPU users..
Linus has released 5.19-rc1 and closed the merge window for this cycle. "Judging by the merge window, this release is going to be on the bigger side, but certainly not breaking any records, and nothing looks particularly odd or crazy."
Linus Torvalds has announced the first release candidate for version 5.19 of the Linux kernel, and declared it represents a milestone in multiplatform development for the project.
After first commenting that the development process for this version has been made difficult by many late pull requests, then applauding the fact that most were properly signed, Torvalds opined that Linux 5.19 "is going to be on the bigger side, but certainly not breaking any records, and nothing looks particularly odd or crazy."
Around 60 percent of the release is drivers, and there's another big load of code that gets AMD GPUs playing nicely with the kernel.
Torvalds also noted "the core module handling got split up into more manageable pieces rather than one big file."
The ePubs (electronic publications) is the extension of the ebooks or the electronic books, which are the digital books read on the electronic gadgets such as mobiles, tablets, as well as on the laptops, and computers. The habit of book reading has been popular since ancient times, and it is transferred from generation to generation; the only difference is the way of reading. In old times people read from books, but now they prefer to read from digital books as they are easy to download and store on the computer without occupying any physical space, so the people can easily manage their own huge collection of the books on the hard disk of the computer.
The ePubs is the format of the digital books which helps the readers to set the size of the text of the ebooks according to the display size, to bookmark, highlight, and take notes on the pages, and provide a library to manage the collection of the readers, and resizable fonts. The ePubs can be installed on the Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, and in this write-up, we are going to explore the methods by which we can read the ePubs on the Ubuntu 22.04.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Kaffeine on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Kaffeine is a very famous and useful media player for Linux users. Kaffeine is well known for having a user-friendly interface and is jam-packed with features that allow it to perform all the basic multimedia tasks that a media player can. What makes it different from the others is its excellent support of digital TV (DVB).
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 Kaffeine media player on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.
Yesterday, the signing key of my OBS repositories has expired (I didn’t know they do). I have the validity extended now.
Remote desktop is one of the most important technologies nowadays, and especially because of the pandemic. That is why today you will learn how to install TeamViewer on openSUSE, which is one of the most popular Linux distributions for Workstation.
“This article shows top interview questions for jobs related to Linux and networking. Use this guide to be prepared to obtain a job related to Linux administration and networking. There are many great articles on the Internet with questions for Linux and networking-related job candidates, but most contain questions for new or workstation users.
The following questionnaire is focused on sysadmin tasks emulating real scenarios. Questions would be asked in a face-to-face conversational interview or written exam. The employer wants to learn candidate reactions before specific problems.
Short update this week given last Monday was Memorial Day in the US. I had a lovely time relaxing in the yard and running errands with my wife Tenzing. We’ve been building such a beautiful home together that it’s nice to just sit back and enjoy it from time to time.
ChimeraOS is an Arch-based system for 64-bit machines that specializes in running games. It's primarily intended to be easy to set up (it automates the installation and takes over our entire hard drive). ChimeraOS then boots into a console-style interface. The project's FAQ page says it works as a portal to Steam, Epic Games Store, Flathub, and GOG.
According to the Chimera website the distribution offers virtually no install options, no desktop environment, and no traditional package manager. The distribution strives to work with common console game controllers out of the box.
Chimera is available as a 704MB ISO for 64-bit (x86_64) computers exclusively. The project's website recommends 4GB of RAM and at least 20GB of disk space. Additional space will be required for games. While Chimera is intended to be used like a living room console, the operating system requires a keyboard for the install process.
Booting from the Chimera media brings up a text installer which immediately asks which disk it should take over. We are warned that the disk will be entirely erased to make room for the new operating system. The installer then downloads a system image from somewhere. We're not told how big the system image is or where it is hosted, but it's downloaded and copied to the local disk.
In situations where the computer uses a wireless network, the system installer offers to run a network configuration tool which will assist us in connecting us to local networks before attempting the download.
Once the installer finished copying its image to the disk it offers to restart the computer. At this point I ran into a bit of a wall with this distribution.
ChimeraOS booted to a blank screen. At first it looked like there was some disk activity, but after a few minutes this died down and nothing happened. I could use the Ctrl+Alt+F keys to switch between virtual terminals. These showed me a login prompt, but I didn't know the default credentials, or even if there would be a default account set up at this point in the initial experience. The remaining virtual terminal was the blank screen which held no text, windows, or even mouse pointer.
Ever wanted to run Linux in an exceptionally small footprint? Then [Reimu NotMoe] from [SudoMaker] has something for you! She’s found an unbelievably small Linux-able chip in BGA, and designed a self-contained tiny SoM (System on Module) breakout with power management and castellated pads. This breakout contains everything you need to have Linux in a 16x16x2mm footprint. For the reference, a 16mm square is the size of the CPU on a Raspberry Pi.
This board isn’t just tiny, it’s also well-thought-out, helping you put the BGA-packaged Ingenic X1501 anywhere with minimal effort. With castellated pads, it’s easy to hand-solder this SoM for development and reflow for production. An onboard switching regulator works from 6V down to as low as 3V, making this a viable battery-powered Linux option. It can even give you up to 3.3V/1A for all your external devices.
While Khadas VIM4 board has just been launched, the earlier Khadas VIM3 SBC has the advantage of featuring a 5 TOPS NPU that’s being leveraged by Lilium Robotics for their humanoid robots, notably the Lily Delta V7 robot cat girl doll using the Amlogic A311D board to control motors and provide AI features such as face and object detection and tracking.
The Delta V7 is offered as an Android kit running Linux (Android refers to humanoid robot here) with a full motorized body kit, a head with a dual camera and sound system, accessories like a dress, wig, cat ears and tail, and other features that are more geared towards the adult crowd…
 The days have gone back when you needed to install multiple applications for firewall, advertisement blockers, and tunnel connections using DNS-over-HTTPS clients. Now one single application is capable of doing all kinds of stuff in a very intuitive way. RethinkDNS can do all this stuff without installing multiple applications for different use cases. It is basically inspired by OpenSnitch (firewall and networking) and pi-hole for DNS over HTTPS client with blocklist.
Variable size arrays (VLAs) are not forbidden in C++; the iso error is correct. Runtime-sized or variable-sized arrays are the other names for variable-length arrays. The size of these arrays is set at runtime. Among the kinds that can be updated are variable-length arrays and pointers to variable-length arrays. Variably modified types should be defined at either the block or function prototype level. Variable-length arrays are a feature that allows us to allocate a variable-size auto array on the stack. In a typedef statement, it can be utilized. From the C++ standard onwards, C enables variable-size arrays. The program below, for example, compiles and runs perfectly in C.
The pandas describe() function allows you to get the statistical summary of the data within your Pandas DataFrame. The function returns statistical information on the data, including statistical mean, standard deviation, min and max values, etc.
Pandas provide us with the day attribute that allows extracting the day from a given timestamp object.
Lists are similar to dynamically allocated arrays, declared in other languages. Lists do not always have to be homogeneous, making Python’s most powerful feature. Integers, Strings, and Objects can all be found in a single list. Lists are changeable, which means they can be changed after they are created.
In Python, lists are ordered and counted. Every member inside the list has its separate position in the list, allowing duplication of the list’s elements while maintaining the credibility of each member. Lists help store and iterate through an iteration of data.
"The Mirror of Simple Souls" is a heretical piece of work, and that Marguerite Porette was burned at the stake for heresy and for the circulation of the Mirror is no surprise. Holy-Church-the-little-with-all-his-rude-scripture realizes not that the naughting of the soul's will and subsequent desires are the ways of coming into union with God. To not recketh hell nor paradise nor the virtues of the Church puts one in a more immediate position to God. For the Church, a soul that does not reckon these things and does not engage with God through Reason is one less divine relationship that the Church can mediate.
If companies like CNA and Facebook get hacked, what chance do you have to prevent a cyber attack? The answer may be as simple as “123456.”
Incredibly, “123456” is the most common password used in most places worldwide. Others that rank high are “password” and “qwerty” (look down at your keyboard, and you'll see why that is popular). But simplistic options are not the only troubling trend in common passwords.
As a person who loves spending time outdoors, it was a challenge for me to let go of the notion that the world can be split into places that are “natural” and “wild” vs. “man-made” or “tamed”. This outlook is deeply ingrained into our conceptualization of outdoor spaces, and reified by our interactions with the world€¹. Ultimately, it’s based on myth that was circulated to justify genocide.
The festival brought together women and LGBTQI+ people, journalists, activists and defenders of gender rights, labor rights, mother earth, and freedom of expression, survivors of sociopolitical and gender conflict, and circles of women and digital artists with a gender perspective, along with a broad community of people interested and involved in mental health, inclusion, and respect for human rights. The sessions bring forward the lived experiences of people targeted with online gender-based violence, and explore empathetic and constructive approaches to healing and resilience.
This report analyses whether entry of UK enterprises into patenting in a technology area is affected by patent thickets in the technology area. The aim is to contribute to our understanding of the role of patent thickets as a barrier to entry into new technologies for UK enterprises, in particular small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The report consists of several parts: 1) a review of the literature on patent thickets, including the limited empirical evidence regarding effects of patent thickets on R&D investments and competition; 2) discussion of the factors contributing to thicket formation and growth; 3) an empirical evaluation of the extent to which patent thickets appear to be barriers to entry in some technology areas.