𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, September 20, 2021 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 21 Sep 02:40:01 BST 2021 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/20/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmZgjV9VWmqRr2AHmnw53nRRPSBz1FStdKpPNWXKJpwnxG QmPXDc7XRSN2iYifnk9Qy37k49nZ1PVFnUcWSu4ZYabWm9 QmSqRsSaXYEhkCyiyX1JjT7EvRcR9y8SJru8vSVjuiWdEx QmWeVT3WPnEgrznV9jLtoyGa5UDHpbqvCDpFqwuPKnej6m QmbaP7TZ7mUw8pw3WX69cx9hqp8d55jJqWB83KGsmqW96k 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Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 19, 2021 | Techrights ⦿ Formally Challenging the EPO and Microsoft for Apparent Efforts to Suppress Reporting With Evidence of Crimes, Including Violations of EPO Data Protection Guidelines | Techrights ⦿ Richard Stallman’s Talk in Ukraine Two Days Ago (in Person) | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Looting Europe and Taking Away From the Office | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/epo-b4-summit/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/epo-vs-free-press/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/irc-log-190921/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/reporting-epo-and-microsoft/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/richard-stallmans-talk-in-ukraine-two-days-ago-in-person/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/robbing-epo-staff/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): 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Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 34375ac0e1a14e8e260e346f3b8a0b91 http://techrights.org/videos/epo-slapp-pattern.webm Summary: Bribed and blackmailed media isn’t covering EPOnia‘s corruption anymore; somebody should, but that’s not_as_easy_as_it_may_seem_on_the_surface (not even for a distant outsider) THE direction the Web has taken, combined with social_control_media (at the expense of actual news sites and RSS_feeds), is disconcerting. It’s good for censors. They get more control over what people can and cannot see, owing largely to centralisation and information conglomerates (media consolidation online). How many people heard anything about Wikileaks publications since the arrest_of_Julian_Assange? “They’re acting like gangsters and they do not tolerate criticism from anybody.”As noted and shown in the video above, the_latest_publication_from Wikileaks (“The Intolerance Network”) has receive virtually no media coverage although it contained 17,000 documents. As we recently_noted, both Google (YouTube) and Twitter certainly suppress particular voices/viewpoints and we only see this getting worse over time, as money_buys_messaging. The video focuses on our EPO_publications; both Benoît_Battistelli and António Campinos are blocking this Web site. France is notorious for its policy of overzealous net censorship and these two Frenchmae are consistent with the stance of Battistelli’s handler, Sarkozy, who is now sentenced to prison along with Battistelli's_bodyboard. They’ve used intimidation tactics against mere blogs, not only us. They’re acting like gangsters and they do not tolerate criticism from anybody. Those who dare_dissent_a_little quickly self-censor. As the lighting conditions serve to indicate, this was recorded around midday, but due to the length this monologue about SLAPP takes a long time to process. It’s all automated, but it takes a lot of processing power. 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The criminal behaviour is long overdue for review and the Administrative Council too should be investigated (for repeatedly abetting this behaviour, for personal gain). IN yesterday's_post we mentioned how EPO management nowadays uses “cloudwashing” tactics to pretend that outsourcing EPO data to Microsoft (American firm, spying firm) is somehow acceptable, even lawful. EPO managers know they’re lying, maybe they even receive kick-backs to lie about it. Maybe. It happens_a_lot_with_Microsoft and judging by attempts to suppress our publication it seems highly probable that the stakes are very high. They resort even to greenwashing! What next? Clouds, windmills, and rainbows? “They resort even to greenwashing!”Either way, we’re keeping under the wraps (for now) potential legal action. For those who want the hard material, or pertinent underlying evidence (including moving of the goalposts by the Administrative Council after our publication), the following documents are included: 1. Old_EPO_Data_Protection_Guidelines [PDF] introduced (unilaterally) by Benoît Battistelli in 2014 (for comparison). 2. Proposal_document [PDF] for new Data Protection Guidelines CA/26/21 (and a companion document (CA/26/21 Corr. 1) with some_minor_corrections [PDF]). 3. The decision_of_the_Administrative_Council_CA/D_5/21_adopting_the_proposal of_CA/26/21. [PDF] “They moreover attempt to retroactively justify or ‘legalise’ their illegal acts.”The cover-up or ‘mop-up’ by the Administrative Council is noteworthy. They’ve long been complicit, so they want to brush all this stuff under a rug or a carpet somewhere. They moreover attempt to retroactively justify or ‘legalise’ their illegal acts. The documents relating to the new Data Protection Guidelines can be accessed via the_official_Web_site_of_the_Administrative_Council. If you set the year of publication to “2021″, they will appear in the list. Seeing the repeated efforts to stop our publication, we’re moreover exploring legal action against those whose crimes have been subjected to gags/censorship. It goes well beyond Techrights and we need to end this Mafia-like culture. Once and for all… “This sort of culture, wherein gangsters disguise themselves as professionals and managers (lacking relevant skills but wearing the right ‘costumes’, equipped with buzzwords and prepared statements), must end.”Suffice to say, the EPO has many other privacy-related scandals, as well as other types of scandals, but it is hiding behind the veil of diplomatic immunity. Thousands of EPO workers are eager to put an end to these severe abuses, which European media deliberately overlooks because of SLAPP. They already sent several law firms after me to intimidate and threaten me. Over the next few days we will transparently deposit evidence and lodge a formal complaint with relevant public officials. This sort of culture, wherein gangsters disguise themselves as professionals and managers (lacking relevant skills but wearing the right ‘costumes’, equipped with buzzwords and prepared statements), must end. 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⣿⣷⡶⡐⡄⠴⣾⣿⣟⣤⣼⣗⣿⡿⢶⣦⣄⡀⠠⠦⠶⠀⡐⢀⣲⠦⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣴⣶⣷⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣷⠶⠾⠗⠚⠓⠻⢷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣶⣾⣿⣜⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⠃⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 490 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/richard-stallmans-talk-in-ukraine-two-days-ago-in-person/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/20/richard-stallmans-talk-in-ukraine-two-days-ago-in-person/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.20.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Richard_Stallman’s_Talk_in_Ukraine_Two_Days_Ago_(in_Person)⠀✐ Posted in Audio/Video, Free/Libre_Software, GPL at 4:07 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Richard Stallman explains his stance on Invidious (released under the AGPLv3) in his new (in-person) talk: Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/ Richard_Stallman_Free_Software_and_the_GNU_General_Public_License-VpCfN5NSIcQ- excerpt.webm The part preceding the new (in-person) talk: Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/TEDxGE2014_Stallman05_LQ.webm The full talk (from Saturday), streamed over Invidious: ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 535 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/09/20/robbing-epo-staff/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/20/robbing-epo-staff/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.20.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Looting_Europe_and_Taking_Away_From_the_Office⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:38 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz We know where_the_money_goes… 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇'It_is_no_secret_that_organized_crime_in_America_takes_in over_forty_billion_dollars_a_year._This_is_quite_a_profitable_sum,_especially when_one_considers_that_the_Mafia_spends_very_little_for_office_supplies.'__- Woody_Allen_famous_quote_on_organised_crime⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇I_was_so_caught_up_in_the_idea_Europe_was_a_democracy_that_I thought_EU_officials_would_care_about_SLAPP_against_people_who_report_EPO crimes⦈_ Summary: The staff of the EPO is being robbed by corrupt officials [1, 2], who arrogantly assume that they can get away with anything (because they have facilitators all over Europe) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⣉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢡⣶⣵⣔⠺⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣙⢦⡹⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢃⡠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣛⣛⣛⢛⢛⣛⠟⡛⣛⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⢀⡤⡌⣇⣷⢻⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠐⢂⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡁⠰⢿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣶⢸⠀⡇⢸⢨⣲⠀⣿⡿⣸⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⢾⣠⢇⡏⡟⡼⠀⠀⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢫⠌⡬⢩⢍⣭⡍⡭⢭⠍⢭⠅⣤⣌⣅⢤⠄⢣⢄⣤⡄⡭⡉⣭⢩⡍⡍⢭⢩⢭⢭⢻⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⡐⠦⠶⣫⠞⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⣈⠁⠀⠈⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣛⡿⣿⣿⣿⠸⠗⠯⠸⠴⠿⠇⠯⠸⢸⡸⠀⠿⠿⠺⠸⢸⠸⠜⠿⠇⠧⠾⠺⠸⠇⠇⠯⠸⠽⠼⢸⣿⣿ ⣿⣀⣀⣉⣉⣉⣁⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣾⣿⣷⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣵⠆⣖⢥⣦⣆⡆⣖⠉⡆⣆⡌⡱⡄⣆⣶⣖⢰⣢⢰⣴⠎⣶⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣃⣹⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣽⣿⡿⣿⢾⣿⣿⣿⣧⡛⢃⣃⡛⢛⠘⣃⣓⣀⢃⡛⢃⢃⠃⢛⡘⣛⡘⢘⠘⡓⢃⡋⢃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠋⣰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠼⡮⢣⣿⡀⡆⡖⣴⣶⢰⠀⢖⠀⡆⣦⡆⢰⡆⣆⡆⡆⡦⡆⢰⢰⣶⢰⢴⢰⠀⡴⣸⣿⣟⣿⣿ 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470.74_Graphics_Driver⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:42 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_Essentials_–_Public_Key_Authentication_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Public Key Authentication with OpenSSH is preferred, as it’s a much stronger method of authenticating to your servers when compared to using password authentication. In fact, password authentication in OpenSSH should always be disabled. But before you can password authentication, you’ll need to set up public key authentication, and that’s exactly what we’ll do in today’s video. # ⚓ Creating_Partitions_In_Linux_Using_fdisk_(and_other_tools) –_Invidious⠀⇛ When it comes to command line installations of Linux (and other operating systems), the scariest part for most people is partitioning and formatting your drives. But it’s not that complicated, and tools like fdisk make it really simple. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Kernel_prepatch_5.15-rc2⠀⇛ The 5.15-rc2 kernel prepatch is out for testing. # ⚓ Linus_Torvalds_reveals_the_‘true’_anniversary_of_Linux code⠀⇛ Linux kernel creator Linux Torvalds has announced Linux 5.15-rc2, the second release candidate for the next version of the Linux kernel. Torvalds’s weekly Sunday wrap-up marked the progress in the Linux kernel but he has also taken the time to point out the thirtieth anniversary of Linux v0.01, which he uploaded from Helsinki on the evening of September 17, 1991. # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ NVIDIA_470.74_for_Linux_is_out_fixing_up_memory_usage for_Direct3D_12_with_VKD3D-Proton⠀⇛ NVIDIA today released the NVIDIA 470.74 driver for Linux from their “Production Branch” which includes some important bug fixes so you might want to upgrade now if you’ve been holding off. One issue that has been coming up for users of Steam Play Proton is that Direct3D 12 games have been seeing high system memory usage, which has caused many Windows games to become unplayable. Thankfully this driver fixes that! Thanks to that fix most people should be able to upgrade to 470.74. # ⚓ NVIDIA_470.74_Graphics_Driver_Brings_Support_for Linux_Kernel_5.14,_Firefox_Improvements⠀⇛ Good news for NVIDIA users who want to upgrade their distributions to Linux 5.14 as NVIDIA 470.74 is here with a fix for bug that caused the nvidia-drm.ko kernel module to crash when loading with DRM-KMS enabled (modeset=1) on the Linux 5.14 kernel series. In addition, it improves support for the Mozilla Firefox web browser to prevent visual corruption by adding an application profile to disable FXAA (also available for FreeBSD and Solaris systems), it fixes a Vulkan performance regression that affected the rFactor2 computer racing simulator game, and addresses a bug that could cause GPU apps to exit when resuming from suspend. # ⚓ NVIDIA_470.74_Linux_Driver_Released_With_Several Fixes_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ NVIDIA has released their latest 470 series Linux driver point release. The NVIDIA 470 series Linux proprietary driver continues to mature with today’s 470.74 driver release to kick off a new week. The NVIDIA 470.74 Linux driver has a fix around high system memory usage for some games with VKD3D-Proton for running Direct3D 12 atop Vulkan. There is also a notable fix to ensure FXAA is disabled for Mozilla Firefox to prevent visual corruption. There is also a Vulkan performance regression fix for rFactor2. # ⚓ Mike_Blumenkrantz:_Underwater⠀⇛ I got a request recently to fix up the WebGL Aquarium demo. I’ve had this bookmarked for a while since it’s one of the only test cases for GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture I’m aware of, at least when running Chrome in EGL mode. Naturally, I decided to do both at once since this would be yet another extension that no native desktop driver in Mesa currently supports. # ⚓ xf86-input-libinput_1.2.0⠀⇛ This release introduces support for touchpad gestures that will be available as part of X server 21.1. Additionally high-resolution scrolling data is now acquired from libinput if available and sent downstream to X server. The default scroll distance has been bumped to 120 in the process, but this should not affect correctly written clients. # ⚓ xf86-input-libinput_1.2_Brings_Touchpad_Gestures, High_Resolution_Scrolling_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ For those continuing to make use of the X.Org Server, xf86-input-libinput 1.2 is now available for integrating the latest functionality of libinput input handling library. Libinput 1.19 released last week with support for hold gesture types and high resolution wheel scrolling. The xf86-input-libinput 1.2 release for this X.Org DDX now supports touchpad gestures and high resolution scrolling data as well when pairing this driver with libinput 1.19. In the case of the hold gestures, it requires to be used in conjunction with the forthcoming X.Org Server 21.1 release. # ⚓ NVIDIA_Prepares_The_Linux_Kernel_For_Future_Laptops With_EC-Driven_Backlights_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ NVIDIA is contributing a new open-source driver to the upstream Linux kernel for dealing with upcoming laptops where the backlight controls are handled by the device’s embedded controller (EC). With Linux 5.16 later this year NVIDIA is ready with the “wmaa-backlight-wmi” driver for EC-based backlight controls for upcoming laptop/notebook computers. # ⚓ AMD_Continues_CRIU_Work_To_Checkpoint/Restore_ROCm Compute_Workloads_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Earlier this year AMD went public with prototyping CRIU support for Radeon GPUs around ROCm to be able to checkpoint/freeze running compute workloads and to then restore them at a later point. This CRIU focus is driven by their big accelerator needs and forthcoming supercomputers for migrating workloads particularly within containers. AMD continues working on CRIU support for GPUs and last week provided an update on the project. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Micro_Text_Editor:_Lightweight_and_Intuitive_Terminal-Based Editor⠀⇛ Micro command-line text editor is designed to replace Nano as the text editor for the masses. It is modern and easy to use cross-platform text editor. A newcomer to the wonderful world of Linux will eventually need to place or alter some text in a file. In addition to, numerous programs and system settings in Linux are tucked away in text files. You can open these with your default text editor such as Gedit, Kate, Mousepad or Pluma, but the terminal is often faster, especially when you need administrator permissions. And so we come to Vi or Vim, but they are not the easiest for new Linux users. Fortunately, most Linux distributions include a text editor called Nano as a standard utility. For most uses, Nano is easy to use and it doesn’t require a significant learning curve. But you don’t have to settle on Nano. There is a middle ground. Something that is a little better than Nano, but certainly not so difficult to learn as Vim, and this is the Micro text editor. # ⚓ Pensela:_An_Open-Source_Tool_Tailored_for_Screen Annotations⠀⇛ You may have come across several screenshot tools available for Linux. However, a dedicated screen annotation tool along with the ability to take screenshots? And, with cross-platform support? Well, that sounds even better! While you get many tools to beautify your screenshots and the screenshot tools like Flameshot, Pensela lets you focus on annotations first. It focuses on offering several annotation options while giving you the ability to take full-size screenshots. Here, I shall highlight some of its features along with my experience using it. # ⚓ Giada_0.18.2_Hardcore_Loop_Machine_Brings_New_Stereo_In/Out Audio_Meters,_Revamped_Action_Editor⠀⇛ For those not in the known, Giada is a universal music production software that can be used as a loop machine, sample player, song editor, live recorder, FX processor, or MIDI controller. The new release, Giada 0.18.2, is here to introduce new features like stereo in/out audio meters and a revamped Action Editor for better usability and support for displaying the play head. For connoisseurs, it also implements queue for MIDI events, simplifies the Event Dispatcher’s event type function, moves the JACK transport operations to the new JackTransport class, adds support for always picking sample rates from the first audio device when using JACK, and adds AtomicSwapper as a git submodule. # ⚓ gThumb_3.12.0_Released!_How_to_Install_via_PPA_in_Ubuntu 20.04⠀⇛ gThumb image viewer and organizer announced version 3.12.0 as the new stable release series! gThumb 3.12.0 is the new stable series since the last 3.10.x, while the 3.11.x is the development release. # ⚓ If_you_have_migrated_to_Linux,_here_are_several_Top Essential_Linux_Apps_recommendations_–_LinuxStoney⠀⇛ Either because you got tired of your operating system or you ran out of support when using old systems, if you decided that it was a good idea to move to Linux and you do not have much experience with the subject, you may be somewhat lost when it comes to installing the applications that already you used or looking for a replacement for them . The most important thing to keep in mind is that in some exceptional cases such as Microsoft Office and Adobe’s suite of creative apps, most of the very popular software has versions for Linux or at least one alternative that covers exactly the same needs, If not, your new favorite word must be “adaptation.”, so in this article we discover Top Essential Linux Apps o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Use_Vagrant_to_test_your_scripts_on_different_operating systems_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ I’ve been happy using Vagrant for quite a while now. I work with several DevOps tools, and installing them all on one system can get complicated. Vagrant lets you do cool things without breaking your system because you don’t have to experiment on your production system at all. If you’re familiar with VirtualBox or GNOME Boxes, then learning Vagrant is easy. Vagrant is a simple and clean interface for working with virtual machines. A single config file, called Vagrantfile, allows you to customize your virtual machines (called Vagrant boxes). A simple command-line interface lets you start, stop, suspend, or destroy your boxes. # ⚓ Customize_GStreamer_build_with_only_the_features_needed_for your_application⠀⇛ Thanks to a partnership between Collabora and Huawei is now possible to build Gstreamer with just the features required for a specific application, reducing the binary size for space-constrained embedded systems. Gstreamer is a very popular open-source multimedia framework used in a wide variety of projects and products, and with an impressive number of features spread over 30 libraries and more than 1600 elements in 230 plugins. This is not a problem on desktop PC and most smartphones, but the size of the binary may be too large for some systems, and until recently it was no easy way to customize GStreamer build for a specific application. But Collabora changed the code to allow gst-build to generate a minimal GStreamer build. # ⚓ Install_netstat_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Like all packages belonging to the net-tools collection, the command netstat isn’t included in new Linux distributions such as Debian 11. This tutorial explains how to add the netstat command on Debian 11, its predecessors, and based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. # ⚓ How_to_Add/Remove_User_Account_in_Manjaro⠀⇛ Managing user accounts in any Linux distribution is one of the main tasks of the system administrators. The separate user accounts facilitate administrators to keep boundaries between the users and their processes on the system. The article illustrates how to create user accounts via GUI and CLI in Manjaro Linux. We also describe predefined user account settings and files to configure the user environment. Lastly, we describe CLI tools usermod and userdel to modify account settings and delete the account. # ⚓ How_to_install_Xvfb_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ X virtual framebuffer abbreviated as Xvfb is designed for Unix/ Linux Operating System. It allows you to execute graphical apps without having to use a monitor by connecting some input device. Virtual memory is used to perform graphical operations and it allows the program to run headlessly. # ⚓ How_to_Export_VMware_Workstation_Pro_16_Virtual_Machines_in OVA_Format⠀⇛ VMware Workstation Pro 16 can export virtual machines in OVF and OVA format. OVF stands for Open Virtualization Format, and OVA stands for Open Virtualization Appliances. If you export a VMware Workstation Pro 16 virtual machine in OVF format, it will generate multiple files. On the other hand, if you export a VMware Workstation Pro 16 virtual machine in OVA format, it will generate only a single file. In that sense, OVA is easier to import on other hypervisors as you will have to deal with a single file. In this article, I will show you how to export a VMware Workstation Pro 16 virtual machine in OVA format and import it on VMware Workstation Pro 16 again. So, let’s get started. # ⚓ How_to_use_MouseTweaks_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Under Ubuntu, the development of Mousetweaks was started as GSoc7 project in 2001. Mousetweaks is accessibility software and now is part of GNOME since version 2.22 is released. It adds various functionalities to your mouse settings, such as permitting a user to open the context menu by clicking and holding the left button of your mouse. So, Ubuntu users who want to manipulate one button can use this software. MouseTweaks has four click types: left-click, right-click, double-click, and drag-click. It also provides you the facility to temporarily lock the pointer on a particular area on the screen. Now, you will learn about how to install and use MouseTweaks on your Ubuntu system. So let’s start! # ⚓ Ubuntu_Generate_SSH_key_step_by_step⠀⇛ SSH is known, as Secure Shell, is the most popular network protocol that helps establish a secure connection between a server and client. Using the SSH, users can safely run commands on remote servers, forward ports, create tunnels, and perform other actions. The SSH supports different kinds of authentication techniques. One of the most common mechanisms is password authentication, and the other one is public-key-based authentication. In both, the public key-based authentication is more secure and convenient than the password authentication method and based on digital signatures. This article will provide you a step-by-step SSH key generation guide for the Ubuntu system. We will discuss how to generate an SSH key and set up SSH key-based authentication on Ubuntu 20.04 system. Let us dive into the details! # ⚓ How_to_install_and_configure_VNC_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ VNC is an acronym for Virtual Network Computing; freely available, open-source and alternative for the Microsoft RDP protocol (RDP). This technology is introduced for graphically sharing your desktop system by enabling you to operate another computer remotely using your mouse and keyboard. In other words, we can say that VNC is a set of protocols utilized for sharing desktop systems. It allows users who are not comfortable with the command-line to manage their settings, applications, and files remotely. Now, you will learn about how to install and setup VNC on your Ubuntu system. So let’s start! # ⚓ How_to_Take_Snapshots_of_Virtual_Machines_in_VMware Workstation_Pro_16⠀⇛ Imagine a situation where you’re trying to perform a system upgrade, or you want to try some new software on your virtual machine, and you’re not sure how things will turn out. In these situations, you can take a snapshot of the virtual machine before performing the task, do the task, and see how it goes. If you don’t like the result, you can always restore the virtual machine from the snapshot to take the virtual machine back in time before performing the task like magic. # ⚓ Introduction_to_Debian_Package_Management⠀⇛ Ubuntu and all other Debian Linux distributions offer a comprehensive set of package management systems that provides access to an organized database of over 6000 packages. The package management facilitates the task of package installation, configuration, upgrade, and removal. It also resolves the process of dependency-related issues by including the dependency resolution features. # ⚓ Left_Join_PostgreSQL⠀⇛ PostgreSQL Join is a feature that allows you to combine columns from one table with one or more tables based on the common columns between the related tables. # ⚓ What_is_Coalesce_in_PostgreSQL?⠀⇛ Coalesce is a very useful function in PostgreSQL in Windows 10. We all know that we can insert both types of values in the PostgreSQL table, i.e., null or non-null. However, at times, we do not want to see those null values while processing our data. In this case, the coalesce function can be used whose purpose is to display the first non-null value that it encounters. This discussion will mainly revolve around exploring the usage of the coalesce function in PostgreSQL in Windows 10. # ⚓ How_Do_I_Concatenate_in_PostgreSQL?⠀⇛ Concat means to make one or add up something. The Concat function or method has been extensively used in the database for decades to concatenate two or more words, strings, sentences, and many more. Concatenate function does nothing when applied on the NULL arguments. Within this article, we will demonstrate the operation of the Concat function within the PostgreSQL database. Let’s start by opening up the PostgreSQL GUI application named pdAdmin 4 from the start bar of the Windows 10 desktop. While it has been opened, let’s have some examples for concatenation of strings, characters, and numbers. # ⚓ How_to_Remove_a_Non-Empty_Directory_in_Linux⠀⇛ In Linux, whenever you want to delete a file, you’d use the rm command. When it comes to deleting a directory, however, things get a bit complex. To delete a directory, there’s a dedicated tool rmdir that can remove empty directories. What if the target directory contains a bunch of unnecessary files? # ⚓ Linux_Wc_-C_Option_to_Count_Bytes⠀⇛ The Linux command wc followed by the -c flag (wc - c) can be used to count file bytes. This tutorial explains how to count file bytes using both wc and du commands. After reading this tutorial, you will know how to easily count bytes, lines, and words in Linux. # ⚓ Linux_Bluetooth_Not_Working_Troubleshooting⠀⇛ Issues with Bluetooth connectivity in Linux go way back in time. Many users have experienced issues sharing their documents. Others have had issues connecting their PCs to their handhelds or headphones to enjoy their desired playlists or bingeing on videos. This issue still pertains to the recently released Ubuntu LTS versions. The Linux forums are full of user complaints regarding this matter. So, in this article, we provide the solution to this issue and resolve it once and for all. # ⚓ How_to_Use_Linux_Network_Namespace⠀⇛ Linux network namespaces are a Linux kernel feature allowing us to isolate network environments through virtualization. For example, using network namespaces, you can create separate network interfaces and routing tables that are isolated from the rest of the system and operate independently. To understand namespaces easily, it is worth saying Linux namespaces are the basis of container technologies like Docker or Kubernetes. For now, Linux includes 6 types of namespaces: pid, net, uts, mnt, ipc, and user. This tutorial focuses on Linux network namespaces. If you command lsns, it will display all existing namespaces in your system, as shown in the image below. # ⚓ How_to_use_the_bc_command_in_Linux_for_Arithmetic Calculations?⠀⇛ The bc command stands for Basic Calculator in Linux. We use the bc command as a command-line calculator. The bc command offers the capabilities of a simple scientific calculator or any financial calculator. This language allows the execution of statements interactively. Also, we can use the numbers having arbitrary precision with the bc command language. Arithmetic calculations are fundamental operations in programming languages. We can use the bc command language as a scripting language and an interactive shell for mathematics. The bc command line can perform Mathematical, Boolean, and Logical operations, and many more. The syntax of the bc command line is somehow similar to the C language. # ⚓ How_to_install_Kali_Linux_2021.3_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show how to install Kali Linux 2021.3 # ⚓ How_To_Identify_Operating_System_Using_TTL_Value_And_Ping_– OSTechNix⠀⇛ Did you know that we can identify which operating system is running on a remote system by simply pinging it? Yes! In this brief guide, we will see how to determine operating system with TTL value and Ping command. This method should work on any operating system that has Ping command line utlity. There are plenty of commands, applications, and utilities exists to find out the OS of a remote system. However, finding operating system type with TTL is super easy! You can quickly detect whether a system is running with Linux, or Windows or any other OS by looking at the TTL value from the output of the ping command. You don’t need any extra applications to detect a remote system’s OS. # ⚓ Install_and_Use_G++_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ While working as an application developer, it is common practice that some projects require different compiler versions for handling source code. With the rapid increase of software technology, you often find yourself where you need to use a specific compiler for a project. Today, different compiler versions are using for compiling the C programs. Here, we will talk about the G++ GNU compiler; a Linux system compiler specifically used to compile C++ programs. The file extensions of these programs are .c and .cpp that are compiled using the G++ compiler. This article aims to provide a detailed guide on installing and using the G++ compiler on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system. You can achieve this goal by installing some development tools named build- essential packages on your system. # ⚓ Getting_started_with_JBoss_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) is an enterprise-grade, open source platform to deploy highly transactional and scalable web applications. It includes everything you need to build, run, deploy, and manage enterprise-level Java applications in different environments—including on-premises, virtual environments, and private, public, and hybrid clouds. This article explains some of what I have learned during my time with JBoss EAP, its operating modes, installing it, and managing the JBoss service. I will also show how to build and deploy a sample web application archive (WAR) file so that you can learn alongside me. # ⚓ How_to_scale_GRUB_menu_on_4K_displays⠀⇛ Several weeks ago, I installed Kubuntu 20.04 on my IdeaPad Y50-70, a somewhat old but rather capable 15.6-inch laptop with a 4K screen resolution. Predictably, the device wasn’t usable in its native screen mode, and I had to make everything bigger, scaling and all that. In the end, I managed to create an ergonomically comfortable setup, with two exceptions – the login menu, and the boot menu. The former gave me some grief, but I was able to get it sorted. With GRUB, there were more problems. One, the menu wouldn’t show, even though I had a dual-boot configuration in place. Two, the menu was tiny, with the text barely readable. So I embarked on a journey of GRUB modifications, hence this tutorial. Let me show you how you can make the GRUB menu bigger on HD/UHD displays. # ⚓ Use_this_Linux_command-line_tool_to_learn_more_about_your NVMe_drives_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ NVMe stands for Non-Volatile Memory Express, and it refers to how software and storage communicate across PCIe and other protocols, including TCP. It’s an open specification led by a non-profit organization and defines several forms of solid- state storage. My laptop has an NVMe drive, as does my desktop. And they’re fast. I love how quickly my computers boot and how quickly they’re able to read and write data. There’s no perceptible delay. It also didn’t take long for me to get curious about the technology driving this ultra-fast storage, so I did a little investigation. I learned that NVMe drives consume less power while delivering much faster access to data compared to even SSD drives over SATA. That was interesting, but I wanted to know more about my particular NVMe drives, and I wanted to know how they compared with other drives. Could I securely erase the drive? How could I check its integrity? Those questions led me to an Internet search that yielded an open source project with a collection of tools to manage NVMe drives. It’s called nvme-cli. # ⚓ Delta_Chat,_Overview_and_Installation⠀⇛ The email messenger, Delta Chat, is a Germany communication app which everyone can use and just works friends and family even without them using the same application. This article overviews it and give installation guide for Ubuntu and Android users. Let’s chat! # ⚓ How_to_install_Node.js_&_NPM_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform runtime environment for developing server-side and networking applications built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. It uses an event-driven, non- blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. NPM(Node Package Manager) is the default package manager for Node.js. It comes installed when you install Node.js. You can do almost everything with it since it provides access to thousands of packages that can be downloaded and installed in your application’s project directory through the command-line interface. In this article, we will learn what Nodejs is and how to install it on a Linux machine using a non- root user account. # ⚓ How_to_Install_pgAdmin_5_PostgreSQL_Administration_Tool_on Debian_11⠀⇛ pgAdmin is a free and open-source graphical administration tool for PostgreSQL which is easy to use. It supports PostgreSQL 9.6 and above, and it can be run on multiple operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. # ⚓ Install_Filebeat_on_CentOS_8_–_Unixcop⠀⇛ Filebeat is used to ship logs to logstash or Elastic search to filter and use them as per requirement. Whether you’re collecting from security devices, cloud, containers, hosts, or OT, Filebeat helps you keep the simple things simple by offering a lightweight way to forward and centralize logs and files. Filebeat consists of two main components: inputs and harvesters. These components work together to tail files and send event data to the output that you specify. An input is responsible for managing the harvesters and finding all sources to read from. # ⚓ How_to_Install_FreeRADIUS_and_Daloradius_on_Ubuntu_20.04_– VITUX⠀⇛ RADIUS is a AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting) protocol that helps in controlling network access. In other words, RADIUS protocol is used for connection management between the Network Access Server (NAS) and Authentication server. The connection between two ends(NAC-NAS or NAS- Authentication server) is initiated after a successful negotiation on the network layer by exchanging packets containing necessary information such as NAS identification, authentication port number etc. In simple words, it can be said that RADIUS provides authentication, authorization, and account information from an Authentication server to a device requesting access. # ⚓ Jamie_McClelland_|_Putty_Problems⠀⇛ I upgraded my first servers from buster to bullseye over the weekend and it went very smoothly, so big thank you to all the debian developers who contributed your labor to the bullseye release! This morning, however, I hit a snag when the first windows users tried to login. It seems like a putty bug. First, the user received an error related to algorithm selection. I didn’t record the exact error and simply suggested that the user upgrade. Once the user was running the latest version of putty (0.76), they received a new error: # ⚓ How_to_Install_Gitea_with_NGINX_and_Free_Let’s_Encrypt_SSL on_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install the Gitea software on your VPS along with Nginx as a webserver and Free Let’s Encrypt certificate, using Ubuntu 20.04. install gitea with nginx and free lets encrypt ssl on ubuntu 20.04 Gitea is software written in “Go” programing language and is similar to Bitbucket, GitHub, and Gitlab. The software is used for self-hosted Git service and is compatible with multiple operating systems like Linux, Windows, macOS, and ARM. The installation will take no more than 10 minutes and you will enjoy it while installing it. Let’s get started! # ⚓ How_to_Reset_the_Root_Password_in_Linux_–_Make_Tech Easier⠀⇛ In Linux, regular users and superusers are allowed to access services via password authentication. In the case a regular user can’t remember his/her password, a superuser can reset the password of a regular user right from the terminal. However, what if the superuser (or root user) loses his/her password? They will have to recover the lost password prior to booting into the login screen. This allows any malicious user with physical access to your Linux host to gain complete ownership. This article takes a look at how to recover a lost root password in Linux using two different methods. # ⚓ How_to_Upgrade_to_Fedora_35_Beta_from_Fedora_34⠀⇛ Fedora has released their first official beta release for Fedora 35 that was made available on the 14th of September 2021. The new OS brings quite a few changes, most notably the Linux Kernel 5.14, Gnome 41, PHP 8, Flatpack third-party repository support, New panel for multitasking settings, Power profiles access from the system tray menu, and much more. The tutorial below will teach you how to successfully upgrade Fedora 34 to the newly released Fedora 35 Beta. # ⚓ How_to_install_WineHQ_on_Debian_11_Bullseye_–_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ “Wine” stands for “Wine Is Not an Emulator”, it is a free and popular program to run Windows applications on Linux such as Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS operating systems. As its name suggests Wine is not an emulator, but a runtime environment that ensures compatibility with Windows. It provides Windows programs a compatibility layer to work without actually having Win OS. Even some Windows games can be played this way under Linux. You call up the “Wine” configuration via the terminal and the command “winecfg”. The user even can specify the particular Windows version such as Windows 10 including Windows 8 and 7 as well as Vista and Windows XP. # ⚓ How_To_Use_Steam_Proton_To_Play_Windows_Games_On_Linux?⠀⇛ There’s no denying the fact that Linux gaming is getting better each day. Thanks to the Proton compatibility layer, which translates DirectX commands on Windows to Vulkan-understandable instructions on Linux, over 16,000 games in the Steam library can be played on Linux. Proton is indeed a huge deal for Linux, especially with Valve using the same in its upcoming Steam Deck with Linux. But how exactly can we use Steam Proton to play Windows games on Linux? Read more to find out. # ⚓ Linux_101:_What_are_stopped_jobs_on_Linux_and_how_to_use them?_–_TechRepublic⠀⇛ Have you ever gone to exit out of a Linux terminal, only to be warned there are stopped jobs? What are these mysterious things and how do you finally stop them? Let’s figure out this puzzle. The first thing you need to understand is what stopped jobs are. Basically, they are jobs that have been temporarily placed in the background. Say, for instance, you run the top command. Instead of actually closing it with Ctrl+C, you’d rather keep it running in the background, so you can recall it later. For that, you use the Ctrl+Z keyboard combination. When you do that, you place the command in the background. o § Wine or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ DXVK_1.9.2_Improves_Pathfinder:_Wrath_of_the_Righteous, Need_For_Speed_Heat,_and_Other_Games⠀⇛ DXVK 1.9.2 is here almost two months after the DXVK 1.9.1 release and introduces more bug fixes to reduce overall CPU overhead in Direct3D 9 and address several issues, as well as to improve support for several Windows games that some of you might want to play on your favorite GNU/Linux distributions. Among these, there’s a fix for reflection rendering in Call of Cthulhu, a workaround for poor performance in the Crysis 3 and Homefront: The Revolution, improved gamma curve in GODS, a fix for incorrect rendering Fantasy Grounds, and a fix for blank screen in Paranormal Files. # ⚓ DXVK_1.9.2_Released_With_More_Games_In_Better_Shape_– Phoronix⠀⇛ DXVK 1.9.2 is out as the newest version of this key library necessary to the success of Valve’s Steam Play (Proton) by translating Direct3D 9/10/11 calls to Vulkan for a much more performant Windows gaming experience on Linux. DXVK 1.9.2 reduces the CPU overhead in its Direct3D 9 path while also contains a wide variety of fixes. There are many game-specific issues fixed in this release including for titles like Crysis 3, Homefront: The Revolution, Total War: Medieval 2, Need For Speed Heat, Payday, and other games. # ⚓ DXVK_1.9.2_Released_With_More_Games_In_Better_Shape_– Phoronix⠀⇛ DXVK, one of the major parts of Steam Play Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan has a new release out and there’s plenty of nice fixes. Performance has been a focus recently and this release improves on that for Direct 3D 9, thanks to a reduction in overall CPU overhead (something that will be useful for the Steam Deck). Improvements continued there for D3D9 thanks to fixes to various failures in Wine’s D3D9 tests, various issues fix for “d3d9.evictManagedTexturesOnUnlock” and also for “d3d11.relaxedBarriers”. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Jackbox_Party_Pack_8_arrives_on_October_14_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ It’s back again with some new games to make you laugh at your friends through. The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is set to release on October 14 along with continued Linux support. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Emmabuntüs_Debian_Edition_4_1.00_Officially_Released, Based_on_Debian_GNU/Linux_11_“Bullseye”⠀⇛ As Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” has been officially released last month, it was just a matter of time until the Emmabuntüs Collective put together the final details of their Emmabuntüs Debian Edition (DE) 4 release series, which is derived from the Debian GNU/Linux 11 operating system series, of course, supporting both the Xfce and LXQt desktop environments. Powered by the long-term supported Linux 5.10 LTS kernel series, Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 4 1.00 features the latest and greatest Xfce 4.16 desktop environment, along with the LXQt 0.16.0 desktop environment, which you can select from the first run, an OEM install mode via the Calamares graphical installer, and new tools, including VeraCrypt, GtkHash, Linux Mint’s Warpinator, and zram-tools. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ A_look_at_Red_Hat_Ceph_Storage_5⠀⇛ Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 is now generally available. This release includes support for NFSv4, additional disaster recovery capabilities for CephFS and RBD, as well as new security features and performance improvements. # ⚓ Add_finally_tasks_to_Tekton_pipelines_–_IBM Developer⠀⇛ Tekton Pipeline 0.14 introduced the finally clause in the Pipeline specification. This section is ideal for running anything just before exiting the pipeline, such as cleaning up any acquired resources, sending notifications, rolling back deployments, and more. As defined on the Tekton website, the finally section takes a list of one or more tasks that are all executed in parallel after all tasks are finished executing — regardless of a success or a failure. The following code shows the finally section of a pipeline. # ⚓ Developer_diaries:_Observability-driven_development using_Instana_–_IBM_Developer⠀⇛ In this episode of our Developer Diaries series, JJ & Chris do a bit of pair programming to show how developers can use Instana for observability-driven development. # ⚓ podman_build_(user_namespace)_and_Rename.⠀⇛ podman build (user namespace) and Rename. It seems like Debian bullseye, if I run podman, it runs in user namespace mode if you run it inside a regular user. That’s fine, but it uses fuse overlayfs driver. Now I am yet to pinpoint what is happening, but rename() is handled in a weird way, I think it’s broken. os.Rename() in golang is copying the file and not deleting the original file. # ⚓ Schedule_soon:_An_update_on_Red_Hat_Certification exam_extensions⠀⇛ In response to the pandemic, Red Hat Training and Certification has allowed people to cancel or reschedule any previously scheduled classes or exams. Individual exam eligibilities have been extended multiple times since last year, and we have extended the period for which all certifications are considered current. # ⚓ IT_jobs:_4_tricky_situations_facing_job_hunters_now_| The_Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ It is a job hunter’s dream market right now, with job openings hitting record highs month after month. The New York Times recently called this “the job market we’ve been waiting for.” That’s especially true for technology professionals, more in-demand than ever as organizations continue to double down on digital transformation and other technology-enabled business initiatives. But a red-hot job market comes with its own challenges for job seekers. Combined with the potential of personal uncertainty (“Am I unhappy in my role, or just burned out?”) and macro ambiguity (“Is remote work here to stay?), tech pros on the hunt for new roles are encountering some thorny issues. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ SparkyLinux_2021.09_Released_Based_on_Debian_12 “Bookworm”⠀⇛ The SparkyLinux 2021.09 project develops a lightweight distribution based on Debian 12. The Sparky team has published a new update to the distribution’s semi-rolling branch which presents users with software from Debian’s development “Bookworm” branch. The project’s release announcement lists the following changes: “Sparky 2021.09 of the (semi-)rolling line is out; it is based on Debian Testing ‘Bookworm’. Changes: repositories set to Debian ‘Bookworm’ and Sparky ‘Orion Belt’; all packages updated as of September 17, 2021; new backgrounds: desktop, login manager, Plymouth & boot screen, etc.; Linux kernel 5.10.46 (5.14.6 & 5.15-rc1 in Sparky unstable repos); GCC 10 still as default, but GCC 11 is also installed; no more Sparky Advanced Installed GUI, the Advanced installer works in text mode only now, the first window lets you choose the standard version of the installer or DEV version with disk encryption and LVM support; ‘sparky-upgrade’ text based tool is also preinstalled in CLI ISO; packages removed from ISO: mc, gparted; new package installed: lfm; Calamares 3.2.43.” People already running the semi-rolling branch of SparkyLinux do not need to re-install. # ⚓ Debian_Reunion_Hamburg_2021,_we_still_have_free beds⠀⇛ We still have some free slots and beds available for the “Debian Reunion Hamburg 2021″ taking place in Hamburg at the venue of the 2018 & 2019 MiniDebConfs from Monday, Sep 27 2021 until Friday Oct 1 2021, with Sunday, Sep 26 2021 as arrival day. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu_Linux_21.10_‘Impish_Indri’_official_wallpapers now_available_for_download⠀⇛ The next new version of Ubuntu will be designated as 21.10. Why? Well, the versioning scheme of that Linux-based operating system uses a two digit year followed by a period and then a two digit month (yy.mm). With October being the 10th month, Ubuntu Linux 21.10 is merely weeks away. Besides knowing the version number of the next Ubuntu release, we also know the code- name — “Impish Indri.” We shared that detail with you back in April of this year. And now, the official artwork of Ubuntu Linux 21.10 “Impish Indri” becomes available for download. You can view the new artwork in wallpaper form at the top of this page — there are a total of four. As you can see, two of them feature a cartoon indri mascot (a type of lemur), one in grey and the other using the official Ubuntu colors. The other two wallpapers are essentially the same, but without the animal in the middle. The Ubuntu developers share proper download links here. # ⚓ This_Ubuntu_Linux_version_of_‘Windows_11′_is available_to_install_now⠀⇛ Windowsfx is a Linux OS that borrows its look from various flavors of Microsoft’s operating system, including Windows 7 and Windows 10, and now it’s offering a version that looks just like Windows 11. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ 3U_rack_mount_takes_up_to_12_NVIDIA_Jetson_Nano/Xavier_NX boards_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ Myelectronics.nl has launched a 19-inch 3U rack mount taking up to twelve NVIDIA Jetson Nano or Jetson Xavier NX boards building on its experience with rack mount for Raspberry Pi introduced last year. The new model also includes front removal mounting systems so that you can replace a Jetson board without having to completely remove the rack mount, and even without having to power off the remaining boards since the boards would have to be powered from the DC jack or (not recommended) the Micro USB port on the front panel. PoE is probably not an option, albeit available on the Nano board, due to mechanical constraints. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_IoT_In_C_–_The_Linux_GPIO_Driver⠀⇛ Until recently the standard way to work with GPIO in Linux was to use the sysfs interface and you will see a lot of articles advocating its use and you will encounter many programs making use of it. Sysfs was deprecated in Linux 4.8 at the end of 2016 and is due for removal from the kernel in 2020. Of course, it takes time for Linux distributions to make use of the latest kernels. At the time of writing Pi OS, formerly Raspbian, is using Linux 4.19 released two years earlier. Nevertheless, Sysfs gpio will soon be removed and while you still need to know about it to cope with legacy software, you shouldn’t use it for new projects. You can find out how it works in Appendix I. Its replacement is the GPIO character device and, while this looks superficially like the old sysfs interface, it has many major differences. Although it has some advantages, it also is slightly more complex and can no longer be used from the command line – it is a program-only interface. This said, there are some simple utility programs that are fairly standard and allow GPIO control from the command line. These are covered in the first part of the chapter, even though they are unlikely to be the main way that you work with the new interface. There is also a wrapper library called gpiod which isn’t necessary for simple access to the GPIO lines. If you want to know more see – Raspberry Pi IOT in C With Linux Drivers, ISBN:9781871962642 # ⚓ Drunk_Wall_Clock_Uses_Convoluted_Circuits_To_Display Time_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Here at Hackaday we can never get enough of odd clocks, and we’re delighted to see [Dan O’Shea]’s creation called the Wifi-Telnet- FPGA-NTSC Drunk Wall Clock. That mouthful is an accurate description of what it does: at the heart of the device is an ESP32 that uses WiFi to connect to a Raspberry Pi. It then telnets into the system, logs in, and requests the current time using the Linux date command. So far, so ordinary. # ⚓ Zom-B-Gone!_is_an_artificial_sunrise_lamp_to_combat morning_grumpiness_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Almost no one enjoys being suddenly awakened by a loud, blaring alarm clock, as the sudden rush of panic can contribute to grogginess and stress. To alleviate this problem, Norwegian makers Applied Procrastination wanted to created a lamp that simulates a sunrise to give users a calmer, more natural waking up experience. They came up with a design utilizing an old LCD panel that has had its internals replaced by a string of LED lights to give a pleasant and diffused glow when activated, which they call the “Zom-B- Gone!” # ⚓ Self_Balancing_Robot_Needs_A_Little_Work_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ A self-balancing robot isn’t a new idea, but we liked the aesthetics of [Maker ATOM’s] build. The use of a breadboard and a printed bracket looks good, as you can see in the video, below. Like most first-time projects, though, there were some lessons learned. The power supply needs a little work and the range of balance compliance didn’t meet expectations. But those problems are soluble and, as usual, you often learn more from working through issues like these. The heart of the system is an MPU6050 which provides a gyroscope and accelerometer along with fusion capability onboard. The availability of libraries for the sensor and the PID controller makes the project pretty simple to finish. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Cross_Compile_to_PinePhone_Part_Two⠀⇛ So on part one, we managed to compile kalk with emulator, and generated ArchLinux package to install on our PinePhone. However, emulator is slow, and compiling with emulator isn’t cross compile. Today, we’ll be using real cross compiler to build kalk package. To be able to cross compile, we need cross compiler and target platform’s libraries. On ArchLinux, there is aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc. But it’s sysroot option is bugged so we won’t use the cross compiler from pacman this time. Instead, we’ll grab the toolchain from ArchLinux arm. The link is here. Since PinePhone is armv8, download the armv8 pre- built crosstool-ng toolchain. To keep everything nice and tidy, we store the toolchain in dedicated directory. I’m using ~/Develop/CrossCompile. # ⚓ Sailfish_OS_4.2.0_“Verla”_improves_the_sharing_of content⠀⇛ The newly written function for sharing content with Sailfish OS is the most obvious change in the new version 4.2.0, whose nickname Site Verla stands for a Unesco World Heritage and refers to the history of the paper industry in Finland. Easier sharing Previously, the interface for sharing content could be found in the respective apps themselves, but it has been revised for Sailfish OS 4.2.0 and now offers a system pop-up for selecting the sharing method. In this way, many authorizations in the applications could be reduced and the apps made more secure. If it was previously not possible for providers of third-party apps to use the sharing functionality via the new API, this will be possible in the future . o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # ⚓ Try_this_Linux_web_browser_dedicated_solely_to_web applications⠀⇛ When I’m on the go, I need everything to work as efficiently as possible. And although you might be thinking, “But a web browser is as efficient as it gets, right?” That depends on what task you’re doing and what site you’re working with. This is especially so in the modern age of web applications and with constantly on-the- move staff. Instead of always having a full- blown, kitchen-sink-type web browser, sometimes we need something a bit more stripped-down, a tool that is geared toward one thing and one thing only—web applications. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu_21.10_makes_Firefox_as_a_Snap⠀⇛ Actually, Ubuntu 21.10 “Impish Indri”, the release of which is scheduled for October 14th, is already in the Feature Freeze. Last week, however, an application was received for an exception that provides for the standard installation of Firefox in consultation with Mozilla in Snap format, as is already the case with Google’s Chromium browser. The measure, which has now been approved, should offer enough time to correct errors until Firefox as a snap becomes the standard for the desktop images of the next LTS version of Ubuntu in spring 2022. The snap package is to be created for the architectures amd64, armhf and arm64 . It is to be maintained by Mozilla and Canonical’s desktop team and published by Mozilla. The measure affects users who install Ubuntu 21.10 or update to this version. This does not (yet) affect the other versions of Ubuntu with desktop environments that differ from GNOME. Linux Mint users should also be spared the change, as the Mint developers had already introduced the not Chromium snap . As can be seen in the corresponding blog entry on Ubuntu, the idea for Firefox as a snap came from Mozilla, which see the following advantages… # ⚓ Did_you_hear_about_Apple’s_security vulnerability?_Here’s_how_to_find_and_remove spyware.⠀⇛ Spyware has been in the news recently with stories like the Apple security vulnerability that allowed devices to be infected without the owner knowing it, and a former editor of The New York Observer being charged with a felony for unlawfully spying on his spouse with spyware. Spyware is a sub-category of malware that’s aimed at surveilling the behavior of human target(s) using a given device where the spyware is running. This surveillance could include but is not limited to logging keystrokes, capturing what websites you are visiting, looking at your locally stored files/passwords, and capturing audio or video within proximity to the device. # ⚓ bugbug_infrastructure:_continuous_integration, multi-stage_deployments,_training_and_production services_|_Marco_Castelluccio⠀⇛ bugbug started as a project to automatically assign a type to bugs (defect vs enhancement vs task, back when we introduced the “type” we needed a way to fill it for already existing bugs), and then evolved to be a platform to build ML models on bug reports: we now have many models, some of which are being used on Bugzilla, e.g. to assign a type, to assign a component, to close bugs detected as spam, to detect “regression” bugs, and so on. Then, it evolved to be a platform to build ML models for generic software engineering purposes: we now no longer only have models that operate on bug reports, but also on test data, patches/commits (e.g. to choose which tests to run for a given patch and to evaluate the regression riskiness associated to a patch), and so on. # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreOffice_2021_Schedule_Mobile_App⠀⇛ The LibreOffice 2021 Schedule Mobile App is immediately available on Google Play and F- Droid. From the F-Droid page is also possible to download the APK, although by installing that way you will not receive update notifications. The mobile app, for Android smartphones and tablets, shows the conference schedule: by swiping right and left, the user can switch between the three rooms, while a drop down menu allows to chose one of the three days. By tapping on each of the talks, it is possible to star it to create a personal conference schedule, and to set an alarm to avoid losing the important presentations. Changes to the schedule will be immediately reflected on the mobile app, although it is always possible to force a refresh, and to show the latest changes. # § CMS⠀➾ # ⚓ Episode_16:_A_Sneak_Peek_at_WordPress_5.9⠀⇛ In addition to this episode’s small list of big things, Josepha Haden Chomphosy reviews the upcoming 5.9 WordPress release and its Full Site Editing features. # § FSFE⠀➾ # ⚓ Interviews_for_the_German_federal_election_2021⠀⇛ The 2021 federal election in Germany (26.09.2021) is just around the corner. Digital sovereignty, through the use of Free Software, is at the centre of our exchange with the political parties, which we have also conducted via our organisations’ election questions to the parties. We are pleased that, in a further step, we were able to talk personally with candidates from all parties with a chance of participating in the next government and ask them in more depth what they and their party would like to do to advance digitisation in Germany with Free software. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ C++_Vector_of_Pointers_Examples⠀⇛ An ordinary vector encountered in C++ programming, is a vector of objects of the same type. These objects can be fundamental objects or objects instantiated from a class. This article illustrates examples of vector of pointers, to same object type. To use a C++ vector, the program has to include the vector library, with a directive. All the vector code for this article is in the main() function, unless otherwise indicated. Vector of pointers to different types, is however, addressed at the end of the article. In order to appreciate vector- of-pointers, it is good to recall the knowledge for vector of objects. # ⚓ What_Is_C++_Stringstream,_and_How_to_Use_It?⠀⇛ A string object instantiated from the string class is a list data structure. The list is a series of characters, and it is appreciated as such. The C++ string object has many methods. However, it lacks certain operations, which are best offered if it is seen as a stream. # ⚓ 5_Best_Linux_Coding_Editors [Ed: Too many Microsoft suggestions (40% of these), including proprietary software with Microsoft surveillance]⠀⇛ Once you learn how to code, you can start building great applications that solve a problem or join businesses and companies looking for those with stellar coding skills. An important tool you will need is a code editor. Code editors come with various features that make it easy to code, create great applications, debug code, deploy code and so much more. Today, we are going to focus on five of the best code editors for Linux users. Keeping with the theme of Linux, the code editors below are free, open-source, or both. # ⚓ Josef_Strzibny:_Ruby_for_ebook_publishing⠀⇛ A lot of times, people ask what’s Ruby good for apart from Rails. Ruby is great for various tasks from several different domains, and today, I would like to share how anybody can use Ruby in publishing ebooks. Since I used some Ruby tasks in publishing my first-ever ebook Deployment from Scratch, it crossed my mind to write down why I think Ruby is great for publishing ebooks. # ⚓ Qt_World_Summit_2021_–_registration_now_open!⠀⇛ Join online as the community meets on November 3. Qt World Summit gathers together more than 5 000 developers, designers, managers and executives from over 90 countries around the world. # § Perl/Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakudo_Weekly_News:_2021.38_Questions,_Ideas, Feedback⠀⇛ Daniel Sockwell had a very busy week, asking all sorts of questions (1) (2), looking to improve the documentation on list assignments and soliciting feedback about that. And Daniel also published a blog post about the concept of labelling your code, in which they posit that “Comments are prose; labels are identifiers” (which resulted in quite a discussion on /r/rakulang). Thought provoking stuff! # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust_Lands_Support_For_The_Motorola_68000 Processors⠀⇛ With the m68k community continuing to be active around supporting the vintage Motorola 68000 series with modern open- source software, Rust has now merged support for these old processors. With the forthcoming LLVM/Clang 13 release adding an M68k back-end, Rust that leverages LLVM is now adding support for the Motorola 68000 series processors. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Quarkus_for_Spring_developers:_Getting_started |_Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Want to learn more about developing applications with Quarkus? Download our free ebook Quarkus for Spring Developers, which helps Java developers familiar with Spring make a quick and easy transition. The tools available in the Spring ecosystem make it easy to get started with building applications. However, the same is true for Quarkus, which has many additional features and capabilities aimed at improving the developer experience. A Spring developer can quickly get started working with a Quarkus project and immediately become more productive, as we’ll see in this article. Plug-ins and tooling are available for most major IDEs, including VSCode, IntelliJ, and Eclipse. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Early_Selfies⠀⇛ Part of “slow” is transcribing the text from the slide windows; my dad’s handwriting is not always easy to decipher. It’s a good thing this picture was labeled (as “the project”, no less) and dated, so I know it’s the earliest photo of me. o ⚓ Teaching_by_filling_in_knowledge_gaps⠀⇛ I asked on twitter what people feel was easier to learn 15 years ago. One example a lot of people mentioned was the command line. I was initially a bit surprised by this, but when I thought about it makes sense – if you were a web developer 15 years ago, it’s more likely that you’d be asked to set up a Linux server. That means installing packages, editing config files, and all kinds of things that would get you fluent at the command line. But today a lot of that is abstracted away and not as big a part of people’s jobs. For example if your site is running on Heroku, you barely have to know that there’s a server there at all. I think this applies to a lot more things than the command line – networking is more abstracted away than it used to be too! In a lot of web frameworks, you just set up some routes and functions to handle those routes, and you’re done! Abstractions are great, but they’re also leaky, and to do great work you sometimes need to learn about what lives underneath the abstraction. o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Andy_Simpkins:_COVID-19⠀⇛ Nearly 4 weeks after contracting COVID-19 I am finally able to return to work… Yes I have had both Jabs (my 2nd dose was back in June), and this knocked me for six. I spent most of the time in bed, and only started to get up and about 10 days ago. I passed this on to both my wife and daughter (my wife has also been double jabbed), fortunately they didn’t get it as bad as me and have been back at work / school for the last week. I also passed it on to a friend at the UK Debian BBQ, hosted once again by Sledge and Randombird, before I started showing symptoms. Fortunately (after a lot of PCR tests for attendees) it doesn’t look like I passed it to anyone else I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. [...] Even after vaccination, it is still possible to both catch and spread this virus. Fortunately having been vaccinated my resulting illness was (statistically) less bad than it would otherwise have been. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ Otobo_Community_Edition:_an_open_source web-based_ticketing_system_for_business [Ed: Openwashing_of_traps]⠀⇛ Otobo is a free self-hosted ticketing system with convincing functionality AND optics. It is the most web based flexible system come to enhance The efficiency and transparency of your business communication. Otobo supports different communication channels which include phone, customer portal, self-managed tickets, email, and text messages. # § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Welcome_to_LPC_2021_—_Registration Closed⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_Foundation_survey_shows companies_desperate_to_hire_open- source_talent⠀⇛ At the Open Source Summit in Seattle, The Linux Foundation, and edX, the leading massive open online course (MOOC) provider released the 2021 Open Source Jobs Report. In this survey of 200 technical hiring managers and 750 open-source pros, the organizations found more demand for top open-source workers than ever. On top of that, 92% of managers are having trouble finding enough talent and many of them are also having fits holding on to their existing senior open-source staffers. # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Kali_Linux_2021.3_released_with_new_tools⠀⇛ Kali Linux version 2021.3 has been released with new tools, though its makers explain that some features which make it good for penetration testing also make it bad for general use. The specialist Linux distribution, based on Debian, is designed for security professionals (and also handy for administrators confronted by problems such as a standalone Windows PC and a user with a lost password). It is sponsored by a US company called Offensive Security, who do information security training and penetration testing. # ⚓ 6_Best_Ways_to_Improve_Linux_Security⠀⇛ The Linux OS has historically been regarded as more secure than Windows or macOS thanks to how it handles user permissions and because it’s open- source software. One of the other big reasons for that faith in Linux’s security was the fact that it isn’t as popular among users worldwide. With Windows being the leader in terms of user adoption. While experts still agree that Linux is a secure OS, some very valid concerns have started popping up in recent years. For one, Linux has seen a boost in popularity as of late, paired with an increase in interest from cybercriminals. But more than that, despite its secure design, Linux is vulnerable to attack. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/ Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Windows_admins_running_Linux_warned_of threat [Ed: Nonsensical FUD of the typical kind. It's a Windows issue.]⠀⇛ The warning comes from researchers at Lumen, who say at least one threat actor is trying to leverage a capability in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to squirm into an IT environment. WSL runs a Linux environment within Windows, allowing the use of Linux command-line tools without the overhead of a virtual machine. Among those who take advantage of it are application developers, who use it as a convenient method for pulling in open-source software. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Google_and_Apple,_Under_Pressure_From_Russia,_Remove_Voting App⠀⇛ Apple and Google removed an app meant to coordinate protest voting in this weekend’s Russian elections from the country on Friday, a blow to the opponents of President Vladimir V. Putin and a display of Silicon Valley’s limits when it comes to resisting crackdowns on dissent around the world. The decisions came after Russian authorities, who claim the app is illegal, threatened to prosecute local employees of Apple and Google — a sharp escalation in the Kremlin’s campaign to rein in the country’s largely uncensored internet. A person familiar with Google’s decision said the authorities had named specific individuals who would face prosecution, prompting it to remove the app. The person declined to be identified for fear of angering the Russian government. Google has more than 100 employees in the country. Apple did not respond to phone calls, emails or text messages seeking comment. # ⚓ Critics_warn_of_Apple,_Google_‘chokepoint’_repression⠀⇛ The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections, critics of Apple and Google said Friday. The companies were facing international outrage after pulling a Russian opposition voting app off their online marketplaces in response to authorities’ escalating pressure, including arrest threats. Google and Apple, whose operating systems run on 99 percent of the world’s smartphones, have a stranglehold on the markets for the applications that allow users to do everything from watch movies to hail a ride. # ⚓ Apple_and_Google_are_showing_Putin_just_how_much_he_can_get away_with⠀⇛ This weekend, Russia goes to the polls. Yet voters who hope to register their resistance to the ruling party, amid its efforts to restrict who can appear on the ballot, have been deprived of a crucial tool — because Apple and Google gave in to the bullies. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ This_Is_Why_the_Taliban_Keeps_F*cking_Up_Afghanistan’s Internet⠀⇛ Now that the Taliban are back in control, a series of reported internet outages in Afghanistan is fueling fears among Afghan residents that the group is already using their newfound power to isolate protesters, quash dissent, and exert their influence across the country. In Panjshir—where resistance leader Ahmad Massoud and Afghanistan’s former vice president are working to resist the Taliban’s resurgence—the Taliban have already forced a communications and internet blackout, according to data from Access Now, a digital rights organization. “According to our data… the Taliban has cut off the internet, along with phone connections and all other forms of communication, in the province of Panjshir,” Felicia Anthonio, a campaigner for Access Now, which has been monitoring internet connectivity in Afghanistan, told The Daily Beast. “We believe this is in order to curtail resistance in this area, the only area that is still holding out against their takeover.” # ⚓ TRAI’s_final_roadmap_for_connectivity_and_broadband_access is_a_mixed_bag_#AccessToInternet⠀⇛ After multiple rounds of consultation, the TRAI released its final recommendations on the Roadmap to promote broadband connectivity and enhanced broadband speed. Some of the recommendations we had made during the consultations were reflected in the final report, albeit with certain modifications. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Pinsent_Masons_hires_former_Freshfields_counsel_as London_partner [Ed: JUVE‘s patent litigation spam; we’re meant to think that one person moving from one company to another is important news]⠀⇛ Pinsent Masons has expanded its IP practice in London through the addition of Gina Bicknell (45) to its partnership. Bicknell joins from a previous role as counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She brings 20 years of experience in life sciences in the patent and IP field, with a special focus on transactions. # ⚓ Have_your_say_on_patent_office_service_and_quality [Ed: Charlatans and frauds from IAM already prepare the next round of propaganda for EPO [1, 2]]⠀⇛ The IAM Patent Office Benchmarking Survey 2021 will provide insights on the prosecution landscape at a time when many organisations are re-thinking their patent management strategies # ⚓ MaxVal_and_RWS_Partner_to_Provide_Streamlined Delivery_of_International_Filing_and_Translation Services⠀⇛ RWS, the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management, and intellectual property services, is expanding their distribution by making their services available to customers, through Symphony, in a one-stop-shop delivery model. The combination of RWS’s services, provided through Symphony, will allow IP practitioners to more easily request translations, EP validation, and PCT/national filings, all within the one system that they use to manage their patent portfolio and IP lifecycle. # ⚓ Levelling_the_playing_field_in_ITC_patent_cases_by identifying_redesigns_to_a_set_deadline [Ed: Only patent extremists such as these (litigation giants and their overzealous mouthpiece, IAM) would promote 1) embargo and 2) design_patents]⠀⇛ Respondents are leaving it later and later to disclose potential design arounds that may allow them to circumvent findings of patent infringement at the ITC, write Michael Renaud, Adam Rizk, and Matthew Karambelas of Mintz Levin. But all is not lost for complainants # ⚓ Exclusive:_Senator_Leahy_plans_to_introduce_new_PTAB bill_soon⠀⇛ Several sources confirmed to Managing IP that they’d spoken to Patrick Leahy’s office to provide input on new legislation, which could come out this week # ⚓ Unitary_Patent_projected_to_come_into_effect_in_mid- 2022 [Ed: Yet another Team UPC litigation firm joins the for-for fake news and propaganda war, lying_about the_UPC_for_self-serving_purposes]⠀⇛ Earlier this year, the German Federal Constitutional Court rejected two applications for a preliminary injunction against the German Act of Approval to the UPCA. This cleared the way for Germany to ratify the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPCA, which provides for the institutional, organisational and financial sections of the UPCA to enter into force before the agreement becomes effective in its entirety. As the German Federal President signed the ratification bill on 7 August 2021 and it was promulgated on 12 August 2021, this ratification is expected to take place imminently. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3014 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.20.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_20/9/2021:_Linux_5.15_RC2_and_pgAdmin_4_5.7_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:17 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_Action_News_207⠀⇛ Desktop Linux graphics are about to get a significant investment, Mozilla and Canonical work together on a Firefox Snap, and some key new insights into the Linux port to Apple’s M1. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_5.15-rc2⠀⇛ So I've spent a fair amount of this week trying to sort out all the odd warnings, and I want to particularly thank Guenter Roeck for his work on tracking where the build failures due to - Werror come from. Is it done? No. But on the whole I'm feeling fairly good about this all, even if it has meant that I've been looking at some really odd and grotty code. Who knew I'd still worry about some odd EISA driver on alpha, after all these years? A slight change of pace ;) The most annoying thing is probably the "fix one odd corner case, three others rear their ugly heads". But I remain convinced that it's all for a good cause, and that we really do want to have a clean build even for the crazy odd cases. We'll get there. Anyway, I hope this release will turn more normal soon - but the rc2 week tends to be fairly quiet for me, so the fact that I then ended up looking at reports of odd warnings-turned-errors this week wasn't too bad. There's obviously other fixes in here too, only a small subset of the shortlog below is due to the warning fixes, even if that's what I've personally been most involved with. Go test, and keep the reports coming, Linus # ⚓ [GIT_pull]_locking/urgent_for_v5.15-rc2⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_5.15-rc2_Released_With_Many_Fixes,_Addressing_Issues Raised_By_“-Werror”⠀⇛ Linux 5.15-rc2 is now available as the latest weekly release candidate for this next version of the Linux kernel. Linux 5.15 in turn should be out as stable around the start of November. Being just one week past the end of the merge window, Linux 5.15-rc2 has seen many fixes land in the past week. Among the post-merge-window items catching my eye this week were bumping the GCC version requirement for the baseline compiler version supported, Linux 5.15 now being slightly less broken for the DEC Alpha “Jensen” system, and an important fix for the KSMBD in-kernel SMB3 file server. # ⚓ -Werror_pain_persists_as_Linus_Torvalds_issues_Linux 5.15rc2 [Ed: Simon Sharwood continues_to_troll_Torvalds. Compare the promotional language used to promote Microsoft vapourware like Vista Service Pack ’11′ and all those negative headlines about Linux.]⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds has revealed that winding back the decision to default to -Werror – and therefore make all warnings into errors – has made for another messy week of work on the Linux kernel. “So I’ve spent a fair amount of this week trying to sort out all the odd warnings, and I want to particularly thank Guenter Roeck for his work on tracking where the build failures due to -Werror come from,” Torvalds wrote in his weekly missive about the state of kernel development. “Is it done?” he asked rhetorically. “No. But on the whole I’m feeling fairly good about this all, even if it has meant that I’ve been looking at some really odd and grotty code. Who knew I’d still worry about some odd EISA driver on alpha, after all these years? A slight change of pace ;)” # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ RadeonSI_Gallium3D_driver_Further_Optimized_For Mesa3D_Version_21.3⠀⇛ Mesa3D, the open-source OpenGL driver for emulation of software and acceleration of hardware for recent graphics cards, as well as primarily used in Linux, has recently merged the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, further optimizing the driver to be released during the next quarter. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Install_Linux_Malware_Detect_(Maldet)_on_Fedora_34_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Linux Malware Detect (LMD), also known as Maldet, is a malware scanner for Linux released under the GNU GPLv2 license. Maldet is quite popular amongst sysadmins and website devs due to its focus on the detection of PHP backdoors, dark mailers, and many other malicious files that can be uploaded on a compromised website using threat data from network edge intrusion detection systems to extract malware that is actively being used in attacks and generates signatures for detection. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Podman_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Developed by RedHat, Podman is a free and open- source daemonless container engine designed to be a drop-in replacement for the popular Docker runtime engine. Just like Docker, it makes it easy to build, run, deploy and share applications using container images and OCI containers ( Open Container Initiative ). Podman uses user and network namespaces and In comparison to Docker, Podman is considered more isolated and secure. Most commands in Docker will work in Podman. and so if you are familiar with running Docker commands, using podman will be such a breeze. # ⚓ How_to_Install_ArangoDB_on_Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛ Every good application requires a database management system to match. As we know there are many of them and in many different categories. Today we will talk about how to install ArangoDB on Linux. In a nutshell, ArangoDB is an open-source NoSQL database system, and it is easily administered via the integrated web interface or the command-line interface. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Java_17_LTS_(JDK_17)_on_Ubuntu_20.04_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Java is a general-purpose, class-based, object- oriented multipurpose programming language that is popular due to the design of having lesser implementation dependencies, meaning that the compiled Java code can be run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation. Java is also fast, secure, and reliable, therefore. It is widely used for developing Java applications in laptops, data centers, game consoles, scientific supercomputers, cell phones, etc. JDK 17 (JDK 17) has brought forward new language enhancements, updates to the libraries, support for new Apple computers, removals and deprecations of legacy features, and work to ensure Java code written today will continue working without change in future JDK versions. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest Java 17 (JDK 17) on Ubuntu 20.04. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ Review:_Obarun_2021.07.26⠀⇛ The distribution is available in two flavours, Minimal and with JWM as the default window manager. The Minimal edition is an 837MB download while the JWM edition is 1.3GB in size. I chose to download the JWM edition for x86_64 computers. Booting from the provided ISO brings up a menu offering to start the distribution in Live, Persistent, or Run From RAM modes. This gives us some flexibility in how we wish to use the live media. I chose to take the default, plain live mode. The live session boots to a text console where we are shown login credentials for both the root user and a regular user account. Signing in as the regular user, oblive, automatically launches a graphical environment. The JWM-powered desktop places a panel along the bottom of the screen. The panel holds an application menu, task switcher, and system tray. On the desktop we find icons for opening a README file and for launching the system installer. The README file is a short text file with login credentials, links to on-line resources, and tips for launching programs from within JWM. Shortly after signing into the live desktop a network management window opens. This provides us with a utility for getting us on- line with minimal effort. The network manager window makes it straight forward to connect to wired and wireless networks. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Rise_and_Stagnation_of_IBM⠀⇛ # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Backplane_Systems_Technology_Presents_Neousys’s_IGT- 22-DEV_Industrial-grade_IoT_gateway_Development_Kit⠀⇛ IGT-22-DEV provides a ready-for-use software environment featuring Debian Buster, Docker CE, Node-RED, Python3, GCC, and IoT platform agent configured with sensors and cloud connection. With minimum provisioning on the IoT platform, a web-based dashboard becomes available and can be accessed on a desktop computer, tablet, or mobile phone, wherever you may be. IGT series supports various programming languages, such as Python and GCC. On top of that, IGT-22-DEV has Node-RED pre-installed for intuitive graphical and local logic control of the built-in DO, allowing prompt responses. Unlike the standard IGT-22, the USB port of IGT-22-DEV is specifically set to OTG mode to provide serial and LAN functions over USB, so you can choose to connect to IGT-22-DEV with a USB cable. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ ASUS_Tinker_Board_2S_is_finally_orderable_in_a_Raspberry_Pi form_factor⠀⇛ The Tinker Board 2S is finally available to purchase, with ASUS announcing it and the Tinker Board 2 last year. Currrently, SmartFly sells the single-board computer (SBC) on Amazon and AliExpress, starting at US$119.99 for the version with 2 GB of RAM. Alternatively, the company has the 4 GB of RAM model in stock for US$134.39. ASUS has equipped the Tinker Board 2S with a Rockchip RK3399 chipset that has two ARM Cortex-A72 cores, four ARM Cortex-A53 cores and an ARM Mali- T860 MP4 GPU. All RAM is LPDDR4 and is complemented by 16 GB of eMMC flash storage. Additionally, the SBC has four USB ports, a single HDMI 2.0 connection, RJ45 Gigabit LAN and an M.2-2230 slot populated by Bluetooth/Wi-Fi card. # ⚓ Arm_PSA_Level_3_certified_Sub-GHz_wireless_SoCs_support Amazon_Sidewalk,_mioty,_Wireless_M-Bus,_Z-Wave…⠀⇛ Silicon Labs has announced two new sub-GHz wireless SoCs with EFR32FG23 (FG23) and EFR32ZG23 (ZG23) devices adding to the company’s Gecko Series 2 Cortex-M33 platform. # ⚓ Top_10_IoT_Boards_for_Development_and_Prototyping_in_2021⠀⇛ This is one of the popular IoT Boards based on IoT Technology. The newest version of the low-cost Raspberry Pi computer is the all-new Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. This electronic board, which is the size of a credit card, has several enhancements. For starters, the power connector is USB-C, which may accommodate an additional 500mA of current, providing 1.2A for downstream USB devices. A pair of type-D (micro) HDMI connections have been installed instead of the type-A (full-size) HDMI connectors, allowing for dual display output within the existing board footprint. In Raspberry Pi 4, the Gigabit Ethernet magjack is now on the top right of the board, rather than the bottom right. It has a new operating system based on Debian 10 Buster, which will be released soon. The user interface has been modified, and new programs such as the Chromium 74 web browser have been included. Additionally, the Mesa “V3D” driver has replaced the legacy graphics driver stack used on previous models, allowing for the removal of nearly half of the platform’s closed-source code, as well as the ability to run 3D applications in a window under X, OpenGL-accelerated web browsing, and desktop composition. [...] The NanoPi NEO Plus2 is a FriendlyElec-developed all-winner-based ARM board that is less than half the size of the Raspberry Pi. But that doesn’t make it any less capable in terms of storage and performance. Its operating system is Ubuntu Core 16.04, a strong Linux distro. It has a 64-bit quad- core Allwinner A53 SoC with Hexa-core Mali450 GPU, 1GB DDR3 RAM, 8GB eMMC storage, Wi-Fi, 4.0 dual- mode Bluetooth, and 1 MicroSD slot, 10/100/1000M Ethernet based on RTL8211E-VB-CG. In comparison to the Raspberry Pi, the NanoPi NEO Plus2 has gigabit Ethernet, 8 gigabytes of eMMC storage, and two USB ports. It is powered by a micro-USB port and, despite its little size, offers expandable memory owing to a microSD card. It also has additional benefits, such as low cost, fast speed, and high- performance computation. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Astro_Pi_2:_New_Raspberry_Pi_hardware_with_updated camera,_sensors_to_head_to_the_ISS_this_year⠀⇛ Good news for earthbound Pi-tinkerers hoping to get their code into orbit: a follow-up to 2015′s Astro Pi is due to head to the International Space Station (ISS) this year. Time has moved on a bit since the Principia mission of Tim Peake where the first units were installed aboard the orbiting outpost. While over 54,000 participants from 26 countries have since had code run on the hardware, the kit has fallen somewhat behind what is available on Earth. To that end, some new units are due to be launched, replete with updated hardware. In this case, heading to orbit will be Raspberry Pi 4 Model B units with 8GB RAM, the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera (a 12.3MP device) and the usual complement of gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, humidity, temperature and pressure sensors for users to code against. # ⚓ Tracking_Maximum_Power_Point_For_Solar_Efficiency_| Hackaday⠀⇛ This build is incredibly extensive and goes deep into electrical theory and design choices. One design choice of note is the use of an ESP32 over an Arduino due to the higher resolution available when doing analog to digital conversion. There’s even a lengthy lecture on inductor core designs, and of course everything on this project is open source. We have also seen the ESP32 put to work with MPPT before, although in a slightly less refined but still intriguing way. o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_Experiment_is_testing_Bing_as_the default_search_engine [Ed: Mozilla is trying to just kill Firefox and be over with it already]⠀⇛ Mozilla is running an experiment on 1% of the Firefox desktop population currently, which sets the default search engine to Bing in the web browser. Firefox ships with different search engines by default, and one of these is set as the default search engine. The default search engine is used when users type into the browser’s address bar or use the search field on the browser’s new tab page. # § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL:_pgAdmin_4_v5.7_Released⠀⇛ The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce pgAdmin 4 version 5.7. This release of pgAdmin 4 includes 26 bug fixes and new features. For more details please see the release notes. pgAdmin is the leading Open Source graphical management tool for PostgreSQL. For more information, please see the website. # ⚓ PostgreSQL_Weekly_News_–_September_19,_2021⠀⇛ Pgpool-II 4.2.5, a connection pooler and statement replication system for PostgreSQL, released Database Lab 2.5, a tool for fast cloning of large PostgreSQL databases to build non- production environments, released. pgexporter 0.1.0, a Prometheus exporter for PostgreSQL, released # ⚓ SQLite_Linux_Tutorial_for_Beginners⠀⇛ This SQLite Linux tutorial is intended for beginners who wish to learn how to get started with SQLite database. SQLite is one of the world’s most widely-used Database programs. So, what is a Database, and what is SQLite? # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ 9_free_software_copycats_that_work_better_than_the real_expensive_programs⠀⇛ A great no-cost alternative is LibreOffice. This open-source office suite is especially great because its creators continually update it. You’ll get six programs, including Writer, Impress and Calc, which work just like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel, respectively. LibreOffice allows you to edit documents created in the official MS Office and save new files in Office formats, too. Someone on the receiving end of your .docx file won’t know you used a program other than Word to save it. # § FSF⠀➾ # § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ Gimp_2.10.28⠀⇛ GIMP is a digital photo manipulation tool for Windows (and many other platforms) that’s considered to be the open source (free) answer to Adobe Photoshop. Like Photoshop, GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, image construction, and has many other capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, and so much more. GIMP is amazingly expandable and extensible – it is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. # § Public Services/Government⠀➾ # ⚓ EU_open_source_study_highlights_economic_benefits_but says_Union_is_‘on_the_back_foot’_with_industrial_policy [Ed: By Microsoft Tim, with this_slant]⠀⇛ A new EU study of the economic impact of open source has mixed news. The economic benefits are huge, it said, but the EU is “on the back foot” when it comes to implementation. The study comes from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect), and was written by a team from Fraunhofer ISI and think-tank OpenForum Europe. Its focus is on the impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness, and innovation. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Break_point:_Prometheus,_JFrog,_GDB,_Boundary, Serverless_Framework,_Eclipse,_Delphi,_Kubermatic,_and DataSpell⠀⇛ The team behind monitoring system Prometheus has pushed version 2.30 into the wild, and with it some improvements to the scrape functionality. Amongst other things users can now adjust the scrape timestamp tolerance to save TSDB disk space in cases where a higher ms difference isn’t a problem. They also have access to an experimental way of configuring a scrape interval and timeout through relabeling, and new metrics behind the extra- scrape-metrics flag that expose the per- target scrape sample_limit value and scrape_timeout_seconds. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Java_17_arrives_with_long-term_support:_What’s new,_and_is_it_falling_behind_Kotlin? [Ed: By Microsoft Tim]⠀⇛ JDK (Java Development Kit) 17 was released today, the first long-term support release since JDK 11 three years ago. A new version of Java appears every six months, in March and September. According to the Oracle Java SE support lifecycle, these are supported only for six months until the next one appears, whereas LTS releases are supported for eight years. Java 8 (the last before a major revamp of the JDK in Java 9 with many breaking changes) has extended support until December 2030, while extended support for Java 11 runs up to September 2026. Suppliers of free OpenJDK editions of Java generally match and may sometimes exceed these support dates, but it is only the LTS editions that are intended for long-term use. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Revealed:_Dancing_monkey_and_raccoon_attempting_a_break-in_among wildlife_photo_finalists⠀⇛ The winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards will be announced next month – click through our gallery below to see the finalists’ photographs o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Covid-19_and_the_new_merchants_of_doubt⠀⇛ On 9 April 2021, Open Democracy reported that Oxford University professor Sunetra Gupta, a critic of public health measures to curb covid-19 and a proponent of “natural herd immunity,” had “received almost £90,000 from the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation.” The foundation was named after its founder, Georg von Opel who is the great-grandson of Adam Opel, founder of the German car manufacturer. Georg von Opel is a Conservative party donor with a net worth of $2 billion. “Gupta’s arguments against lockdowns—and in favour of ‘herd immunity,’” the report further noted, “have found favour…in the British government.” This is not the first time billionaires aligned with industry have funded proponents of “herd immunity.” Gupta, along with Harvard University’s Martin Kulldorff and Stanford University’s Jay Bhattacharya, wrote the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD), which, in essence, argues that covid-19 should be allowed to spread unchecked through the young and healthy, while keeping those at high risk safe through “focused protection,” which is never clearly defined. This declaration was sponsored by the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), a libertarian, climate- denialist, free market think tank that receives “a large bulk of its funding from its own investment activities, not least in fossil fuels, energy utilities, tobacco, technology and consumer goods.” The AIER’s American Investment Services Inc. runs a private fund that is valued at $284,492,000, with holdings in a wide range of fossil fuel companies (e.g. Chevron, ExxonMobil) and in the tobacco giant Philip Morris International. The AIER is also part of “a network of organizations funded by Charles Koch—a right-wing billionaire known for promoting climate change denial and opposing regulations on business” and who opposes public health measures to curb the spread of covid-19. # ⚓ Novo_Nordisk_Foundation,_Harvard,_MIT_launch_research center_with_focus_on_diabetes⠀⇛ The Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have launched an initiative to gain insights into disease mechanisms. To accelerate efforts to mine genetic data for insights into mechanisms — and eventually rationally design treatments — the trio of entities launched the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease based at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. # ⚓ Multi-omics_analysis_to_decipher_the_molecular_link_between chronic_exposure_to_pollution_and_human_skin_dysfunction⠀⇛ # ⚓ EU_Nations_Split_Over_Need_to_Renew_Vaccine_Export_Controls [Ed: With all these patent monopolies and further restrictions it seems clear the goal isn't and was never to eradicate this virus; they've turned it into a profiteering and social control framework, plus nationalism]⠀⇛ Several European Union governments are pushing back against a proposal by the bloc’s executive arm to extend controls on vaccine exports, according to people familiar with the matter. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ How_open_source_software_is_jumpstarting innovation_across_industries_(VB_Live) [Ed: Openwashing of Microsoft proprietary software with endless surveillance and back doors]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Open,_Map-Based_Technology_Redefines Apartment_Data⠀⇛ # ⚓ Open_Design_Alliance_—_Summit_2021_Event Details⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_petition_pushes_for_open_point_cloud formats⠀⇛ In order to overcome proprietary software boundaries, a group within the 3D-mapping community has launched a petition for unrestricted point cloud exchange. # ⚓ Linkerd’s_CNCF_Graduation_Due_to_its Simplicity⠀⇛ A few weeks ago, the Linkerd service mesh achieved graduation status as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project, joining the ranks of Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy and other CNCF cloud-native cornerstone projects. # ⚓ Building_a_solid_foundation_for_open optical_networking⠀⇛ Disaggregation and open optical networking (including 400ZR) are the hottest optical topics of 2021, but these major trends did not emerge overnight. Open optical networking really began with the introduction of the open line system (OLS) several years ago — first in hyperscalers and then, more recently, in communications service providers (CSPs). # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ How_a_glitch_in_the_Matrix_led_to_apps potentially_exposing_encrypted_chats⠀⇛ The Matrix.org Foundation, which oversees the Matrix decentralized communication protocol, said on Monday multiple Matrix clients and libraries contain a vulnerability that can potentially be abused to expose encrypted messages. The organization said a blunder in an implementation of the Matrix key sharing scheme – designed to allow a user’s newly logged-in device to obtain the keys to decrypt old messages – led to the creation of client code that fails to adequately verify device identity. As a result, an attacker could fetch a Matrix client user’s keys. Specifically, a paragraph in Matrix E2EE (end-to-end encryption) Implementation Guide, which described the desired key handling routine, was followed in the creation of Matrix’s original matrix-js-sdk code. According to the foundation, this SDK “did not sufficiently verify the identity of the device requesting the keyshare,” and this oversight made its way into other libraries and Matrix chat clients. # ⚓ How_to_use_iPerf3_to_test_network_bandwidth⠀⇛ Admins must measure the throughput of their WAN links to ensure they are working properly. One way to do that is by using iPerf, the open source benchmarking utility. The latest version, iPerf3, is a complete rewrite of the code first developed by the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research in the 2000s. Like its predecessors, iPerf3 tests the bandwidth between any two networked computers to determine if the available bandwidth is large enough to support the transmission of an application. IPerf3 is built on a client-server model and measures maximum User Datagram Protocol, TCP and Stream Control Transmission Protocol throughput between client and server stations. It can also be used to measure LAN and wireless LAN throughput. # ⚓ How_to:_Run_OpenVPN_on_Windows,_Mac,_and_Linux/ Unix_–_Wi-FiPlanet.com⠀⇛ Learn what it takes to get an OpenVPN Ethernet tunnel set up between a laptop computer and an office or home machine acting as an OpenVPN server. # ⚓ Josh_Bressers:_Episode_289_–_Who_left_this_0day on_the_floor?⠀⇛ Josh and Kurt talk about an unusual number of really bad security updates. We even recorded this before the Azure OMIGOD vulnerability was disclosed. It’s certainly been a wild week with Apple and Chrome 0days, and a Travis CI secret leak. Maybe this is the new normal. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/ Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackers_are_testing_techniques_for_using Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux_to_hack_PCs [Ed: By attacking “Linux” with WSL (E.E.E.) Microsoft_also_helps_those_who_badmouth_the brand; The so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation has been entirely complicit]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Microsoft_fixes_remaining_Windows PrintNightmare_vulnerabilities [Ed: Microsoft’s booster Lawrence Abram would be wise to remind readers that Windows is made insecure rather than secure. In proprietary software security is not the goal and sometimes only an afterthought; sometimes it’s a goal, originally, but then come three-letter agencies and demand secret back doors in future versions.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_is_backing_security_reviews_of these_key_open-source_projects [Ed: Google has put weakened encryption (or back door) in Linux, but ZDNet is now (a Microsoft booster, Tung) pushing this narrative. Google is a surveillance company; Microsoft is too. And surveillance companies do not want security; in fact, true security is a business risk to them.]⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF_protesting_Apple_CSAM_identification programs_on_Monday_evening_|_AppleInsider⠀⇛ The Electronic Frontier Foundation is sponsoring a nationwide protest of Apple’s CSAM on-device protections it announced, then delayed, for iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. The protest is being held in several major US cities, including San Francisco, Atlanta, New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago. A post from the EFF outlines the protest and simply tells Apple, “Don’t scan our phones.” The EFF has been one of the largest vocal entities against Apple’s CSAM detection system that was meant to release with iOS 15, citing that the technology is no better than mass government surveillance. # ⚓ China’s_new_proposed_law_could_strangle the_development_of_AI [Ed: Dumb 'journalism' which calls everything "hey hi" deserves ridicule and condemnation; who writes nonsense such as this?]⠀⇛ China’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), recently issued a draft proposal of regulations to manage how technology companies use algorithms when providing services to consumers. # ⚓ ExpressVPN_bought_for_$1bn_by_Brit_biz with_an_intriguing_history_in_adware_•_The Register⠀⇛ UK-headquartered Kape Technologies announced on Monday it has acquired ExpressVPN in a $936m (£675m) cash and stocks deal, a move it claims will double its customer base to at least six million. In a canned statement, Kape said combining the two companies would “create a premium consumer privacy and security player,” and that the acquisition “further positions Kape to define the next generation of privacy and security protection tools and services to return greater control over the digital sphere to consumers.” # ⚓ Australia_gave_police_power_to_compel sysadmins_into_assisting_account_takeovers –_so_they_plan_to_use_it⠀⇛ Australia’s Federal Police force on Sunday announced it intends to start using new powers designed to help combat criminal use of encryption by taking over the accounts of some social media users, then deleting or modifying content they’ve posted. The law also requires sysadmins to help those account takeovers. The force (AFP) stated its intentions in light of the late August passage of the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2021, which was first mooted in December 2020. While the Bill was subject to consultation, few suggestions were incorporated and in August the Bill sped through Australia’s Parliament after two days of superficial debate with many suggested amendments ignored. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Your_car_knows_too_much_about_you. That_could_be_a_privacy_nightmare.⠀⇛ As Jon Callas, the Electric Frontier Foundation’s director of technology projects, explained to Mashable, newer cars — and Teslas in particular — are in many ways like smartphones that just happen to have wheels. They are often WiFi-enabled, come with over a hundred CPUs, and have Bluetooth embedded throughout. In other words, they’re a far cry from the automobiles of even just 20 years ago. If your car knows where you go, and how long you stay there, it, like your cellphone, also hypothetically knows whether you’re a churchgoer, attend AA, or made a recent trip Planned Parenthood. And, depending on what features you’ve enabled, it may not keep that information to itself. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. [...] “All of these things are at least theoretically able to be logged,” cautioned Callas. “And there is a port that you can connect something to — and there’s lots of hardware and software that you can connect to your car and get all sorts of telemetry information about how the car is running — and just like there are people who hack their computers there are people who hack their cars.” In fact, there’s an entire industry built around monitoring, logging, analyzing, and monetizing this type of data. Dubbed telematics, the average consumer may know it as the technology insurance companies use to provide good-driver discounts. Progressive calls its driver-tracking program Snapshot. Allstate’s program is branded as Drivewise. And Farmers Insurance dubbed its version — which comes in the form of an app with access to drivers’ location data — Signal. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ NSF_EPSCoR_grant_will_advance_manufacturing_of_renewable and_recyclable_plastics⠀⇛ Plastics are an indispensable part of today’s society. These nimble polymers help keep foods fresh, cars safe, arteries clog-free and have countless other uses. But the benefits come at a cost. Each year millions of tons of discarded plastic pollute ecosystems, harm animals and exacerbate climate change. Now, a $4 million award from the National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR RII Track 2 program will bring together researchers from Kansas and Delaware and fund work to improve how plastics are manufactured and recycled. “We’re excited to advance technologies that will help society transition to a more sustainable plastic economy,” said lead investigator Bala Subramaniam, Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas and director of KU’s Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ In_the_wake_of_Trump’s_attack_on_democracy,_election officials_fear_for_the_future_of_American_elections [Ed: The US election process has been thoroughly compromised long before Trump; lots of examples to that effect, including the 2000 election and the way the nominations are being rigged, never mind proprietary voting machines]⠀⇛ o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ Walmart_says_crypto_payments_announcement_is_fake._Litecoin tumbles_after_spike⠀⇛ Cryptocurrency litecoin gave up a 20% gain and tumbled back to Earth following a fake press release sent out by GlobeNewswire that referenced a partnership with Walmart. Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove confirmed that the press release is not authentic. He also said the retailer has been in touch with the newswire company to investigate how the false press release got posted. # ⚓ Wikipedia_blames_pro-China_infiltration_for_bans⠀⇛ Wikipedia has suffered an “infiltration” that sought to advance the aims of China, the US non- profit organisation that owns the volunteer-edited encyclopaedia has said. The Wikimedia Foundation told BBC News the infiltration had threatened the “very foundations of Wikipedia”. The foundation banned seven editors linked to a mainland China group. Wikimedians of Mainland China accused the foundation of “baselessly slandering a small group of people”. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Beijing_orders_Alibaba,_Tencent,_more_Big_Tech_to_stop blocking_links_to_rivals⠀⇛ Beijing has yet again slapped regulations on Big Tech in China. This time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has told app makers and web sites to stop blocking links to their rivals, or face the consequences. In a Q&A session at the start of the week on manufacturing and cyber development, MIIT spokesperson Zhao Zhiguo said this practice of restricting access to external services damages the rights of users and unfairly disrupts the market. The g-man said the action was prompted by complaints logged by the Ministry, and added that companies would be allowed to self-examine and correct their policies before any punishment is decided. # ⚓ Apple,_Google_yank_opposition_voting_strategy_app_from Russian_software_stores⠀⇛ A tactical-voting app built by allies of Vladimir Putin’s jailed political opponent Alexei Navalny is now unavailable in Russian Apple and Google app stores following threats from the Kremlin. According to state-owned news agency TASS, Russian lawmaker Andrei Klimov told reporters on Thursday that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office sent statutory notices to Google and Apple ordering a takedown of the Navalny app on the grounds it was collecting personal data of Russian citizens and sought to interfere in the nation’s elections. Refusal to do so would result in penalties, or perhaps worse. “The app particularly deliberately and illegally spreads election campaign materials in the interests of some candidates vying for positions in elective agencies or against the interests of such,” Klimov said. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Activision_Blizzard_accused_of_union_busting,_intimidating staff_in_complaint_to_watchdog_•_The_Register⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Amazon_abuses_dominance_to_keep_wholesaler_prices_high, says_DC_AG_in_updated_antitrust_complaint_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Amazon has been accused of pressuring wholesalers into selling goods at inflated prices on rival marketplaces through anticompetitve agreements, thus unfairly cementing its market dominance. The allegations were made in an amended antitrust complaint that was first filed in May by Washington DC’s Attorney General Karl Racine and widened this week. In his updated lawsuit [PDF], Racine stated Amazon requires wholesalers, aka first-party sellers, to sign Minimum Margin Agreements before they supply goods to the web titan to resell on its marketplace. These agreements, it is said, set the minimum amount of profit Amazon expects to receive from reselling the items. The wholesalers must make up the difference if Amazon fails to get the agreed minimum amount of margin from people’s purchases, it is claimed. The prices of these products for shoppers can be varied by Amazon, according to the lawsuit. # ⚓ Parliamentary_Standing_Committee_Report_on_Traditional Knowledge:_Idealistic_Expectations_or_Unworkable_Ideas? [Ed: India needs to understand that these rules exist to colonise and oppress Indians rather than help them get ahead]⠀⇛ The Committee Report’s observations on TK start off with a lament on how TK and indigenous inventions by grassroot level innovators often do not meet the criteria of patentability and how the lack of a proper statute renders such inventions without protection. It notes the lack of awareness about IP rights amongst communities that hold substantial TK which has led to practitioners not gaining monetary benefits from the system. The Report’s first target is Section 3(p) of the Patents Act, 1970 which says that “an invention which in effect, is traditional knowledge or which is an aggregation or duplication of known properties of traditionally known component or components” will not be considered an invention for the purposes of the Act. The Report notes that this Section is too prohibitively worded. Thus, it suggests that this provision should be revised to ensure that TK-based research and development is incentivized. Further, it suggests that there should also be provisions, when this revision takes place, to ensure the investigation of patent claims concerning TK in order to prevent its misuse/ exploitation. Focusing on cases of misappropriation of TK, the Report notes the absence of a proper mechanism for documentation of TK and also notes the shortcoming of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) in being effective as a source of TK and its protection. The blog has seen posts noting certain shortcomings of the TKDL in the past, such as here. For this, the Report recommends strengthening the database, without delving into what exactly the shortcomings are or the measures to be taken to correct them. Another intriguing suggestion in this respect is the proposal to make the Government a joint owner in claiming IP rights alongside creators/communities to restrict misappropriation. The Report also recommends the “registration of traditional knowledge as Geographical Indication” (pg. 76 of the Report) if it is closely linked to a specific location. This, it suggests, would be “highly beneficial to consolidate traditional knowledge into IPRs”. The Report then discusses the need to study Utility Models / short-term patents as an alternative form of patents that may be a viable means to protect TK in the country. # ⚓ Around_the_IP_Blogs⠀⇛ India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IP reform drew further attention from Spicy IP, with a post covering the report’s recommendations on IPR and traditional knowledge. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal_Circuit_Reaffirms_That_Section_287_Requires Actual_Notice_of_the_Infringement⠀⇛ In a precedential decision handed down last week, Lubby Holdings LLC v. Chung, a panel of the Federal Circuit reaffirmed the long- standing interpretation the the patent marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 287(a), precludes an award of damages for infringing conduct pre-dating the defendant’s receipt of either actual notice of the infringement or, though marking, constructive notice. (There are more nuances to these rules than I will repeat here, but if you’re interested, see, e.g., here and chapter 2.9 of my casebook on Patent Remedies.) From the majority opinion (authored by Judge Dyk, joined by Judge Wallach): # ⚓ Alfred_E._Mann_Foundation_sells_insulin_infusion_pump IP_to_Medtronic [Ed: It is really bad when patents are described as something they're not (IP or "property") and moreover sold]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Most_Common_Design_Patents_1842-2021_|_Patently-O [Ed: Patent litigation firm-funded Dennis Crouch is pushing one of the most ludicrous form of patents: design_patents]⠀⇛ This is a remake of a video I made a few weeks ago. This time, I was able to go back to the 1840s and show the most-common design patent titles from each era. To make the chart, I used a 14 year rolling average. Thus, for example, the top-10 list shown for 2000 is actually the top-10 based upon the period 1987-2000. The bulk of the data also comes via OCR of images and so there are some artifacts (although I did read-through the first 1,000 design patents). One example that shows up in the data are the “island” patents — that word was somewhat randomly picked-up. Enjoy. # ⚓ Anonymous_oppositions_to_continue_at_EPO [Ed: But the problem is that the_tribunals_are_rigged]⠀⇛ Following the grant of a European patent, there is a window of nine months during which oppositions can be filed against a granted patent and the revocation of the patent can be requested. The current practice of the EPO allows an opposition to be validly filed by a “straw man” – that is, by an opponent filing the opposition not in their own interest, but in the interest of an anonymous third party. This article discusses a recent case that challenged this practice. # ⚓ Exclusive:_AT&T_chief_reveals_plans_for_new_Global_IP Alliance [Ed: Ridiculous corporate puff piece in "report" clothing. Seems to be sponsored: "For more information on the Global IP Alliance, listen to Managing IP’s corner office podcast with Frank, due to be published next week."]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Looking_to_LATAM:_how_in-house_manage_IP_in_a changing_region [Ed: Some imperialism by patents in LATAM]⠀⇛ Counsel at Novartis, Volvo and three other companies reveal which countries they prioritise and the challenges they encounter in Latin America # ⚓ Wind_power_boom_is_fanning_high-stakes_international patent_activity [Ed: Total nonsense. Instead of tackling climate issues some lawyers and firms have a gold rush over patents of monopolies, which in turn restrict access to lesser-polluting advancements. This uses EPO_greenwashing for propaganda.]⠀⇛ In April 2021, the European Patent Office and International Energy Authority (IEA) released a joint report, “Patents and the Energy Transition” surveying global trends in low- carbon and clean-energy technology. The report identified patenting trends across a variety of low-carbon energy (LCE) technologies, using an international patent family (IPF) metric to measure patenting activity, each IPF covering a single invention, de-duplicating patents filed across different countries. # ⚓ Understanding_The_Different_Types_Of_Patent_Claims⠀⇛ A patent claim can be defined as a sentence in a patent application that elucidates an invention’s features and components. In other words, a patent claim describes the functionality of an invention and its corresponding features which has to be patented. Typically, patent claims are enlisted at the end of a patent application. As per section 10(4) (c) of the Patents Act, 1970, every complete specification must end with a patent claim or patent claims which aims to define the scope of the invention for which the protection is claimed. Patent claims play a pivotal role in a patent application. For one, it prevents unauthorized parties from duplicating or commercially exploiting the features, components, and functionalities enlisted in the claims. Patent claims must be described in detail, leaving no room for ambiguities or speculations. Apart from comprehensive descriptions, diagrams, flow charts or graphical representations of the invention would immensely strengthen and support the claims that are enlisted in an application. # ⚓ Euro-PCT_Patent_Application_Route[Ed: Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP failing to mention any of the corruption at the EPO and the misuse of granting authority to issue loads of fake patents]⠀⇛ A European patent application can be obtained by entering the European regional phase from an International PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) application, commonly referred to as the “Euro-PCT route”. A European patent obtained through this route provides the applicant with the same protection and rights as a European patent obtained through a direct filing at the European Patent Office (EPO). With the Euro- PCT route, the first phase of the procedure (the International phase) is subject to the PCT, while the second phase (the regional phase) is before the EPO and is governed by the European Patent Convention (EPC). # ⚓ KFC_Is_Taking_on_Vegan_Chicken_Tenderloins [Ed: A lot of this "plant-based" marketing became little but a patent trap, with patents controlled by people who eat meat]⠀⇛ # ⚓ electroCore_Announces_New_Patent_Expanding_Claims Related_to_Delivery_of_Non-Invasive_Vagus_Nerve Stimulation_Therapy_Using_Mobile_Devices [Ed: Issuing entire press releases about nothing but a patent instead of actual products]⠀⇛ # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Parus_files_another_patent_infringement_case_on Apple ⠀⇛ Parus Holdings filed a second patent infringement complaint against Apple (AAPL) on Friday, accusing the tech giant of infringing on its patents for voice-browsing and device control technologies. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Protection_Of_Three-Dimensional_Trademarks_Pursuant To_Turkish_Law_And_European_Union_Legislation [Ed: Trademarks are boring, but lawyers try to make them seem like more than they actually are...]⠀⇛ The appearance of trademarks may be illustrated in different ways with the current, rapidly growing technology and marketing opportunities. The three- dimensional trademarks emerge as the most preferred alternative of the non-traditional marks under trademark law. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Ghosts_in_the_machine_learning_pipeline_will_be impossible_to_exorcise_•_The_Register⠀⇛ There is, of course, no law explicitly covering this. You can’t copyright, trademark or patent a real-life personality. Impersonating the living is a valid career, free of licensing requirements. And the law seems reluctant to be inventive just because there’s technology involved. Last week in the US, a judge decided that AIs cannot patent their inventions, much like monkey selfies can’t be copyrighted, so whatever an AI output is, it’s not going to be easy to legally control. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4678 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 09.20.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_20/9/2021:_Telegram_Desktop_3.1,_Arcan_as_Operating_System_Design⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_September_19th,_2021⠀⇛ This week was all about bug fixing and testing upcoming releases. LibreOffice 7.2 and Darktable 3.6 got their first bugfix release, and GIMP 2.10.28 and Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS also arrived as minor bugfix releases. On the other hand, we were able to take the upcoming Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 and KDE Plasma 5.23 releases for a test drive. On top of that, Kali Linux SparkyLinux distros got new ISO releases with some cool new features and other interesting changes, and the GNOME Subtitles app received a major update after a couple of years of silence. You can enjoy these and much more in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for September 19th, 2021. # ⚓ Linux_for_Starters:_Your_Guide_to_Linux_–_Become_Anonymous –_Part_18⠀⇛ This is a series that offers a gentle introduction to Linux for newcomers. It’s just about impossible to stay totally anonymous online. Online privacy, also known as internet privacy or digital privacy, refers to how much of your personal, financial and browsing information remains private when you’re online. Staying safe online can help protect you and your loved ones’ identity and personal information from risks like theft. You should value data privacy online in the same way as the real world. It’s important to remember that downloading apps using a company’s “free” email service (such as Gmail) or social networks like Facebook grabs information about you. Even visiting a website means you’re sharing data about yourself. And, as some people in your life know you better than others, online privacy exists on a spectrum: some online entities gather and store more information about you than other platforms. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Telegram_Desktop_3.1_Introduces_Interactive_Emoji,_Live Stream_Recording,_and_More⠀⇛ Telegram Desktop 3.1 is here with some pretty cool new features, such as the ability to record live streams and video chats in a group or channel with options to record video and audio or only audio, which will be saved in your admin’s Saved Messages panel, as well as support for read receipts in small groups with the option to view which group members have read it by selecting a message and right clicking on it. And, to make your Telegram sessions more enjoyable and fun, the Telegram Desktop 3.1 update brings 8 new themes for private chats with day and night versions, beautifully animated backgrounds, gradient message bubbles, and unique background patterns, but this can only be enabled from a mobile device if you want to enjoy it on your desktop too, and 6 new interactive emoji. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_upgrade_openSUSE_Leap_from_15.1_or_15.2_to_15.3_– Unixcop⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to upgrade from lower openSUSE like 15.0 or 15.0 to 15.3. In my case, I’m using openSUSE LEAP 15.1, before starting the upgrade, we strongly advise backing your actual Data in case you are using this release in production environments. # ⚓ How_to_install_Asterisk_18_on_CentOS_8_–_Unixcop⠀⇛ Asterisk is a free to use, opensource and powerful communication system that is why it is used IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers used in SMBs, enterprises, call centers, carriers and government institutions around the globe. Installing Asterisk Server is the first step towards implementation of an affordable, reliable and highly available PBX and VoIP systems because it is an open source platform so user may use it as per their requirement. In today’s guide we will be covering the installation and configuration of Asterisk 18 LTS on CentOS 8 because Asterisk 18 recently released for production use and is available for download. If you’re using earlier releases of Asterisk then it is the right time to plan for upgrade. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Tor_Browser_on_Fedora_34_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ or, also known as The Onion Router, is open-source, free software that enables anonymous communication when using online services such as web surfing. The Tor network directs the Internet traffic through a free worldwide volunteer overlay network with over six thousand relays and continues to grow. Many users want to find more ways to keep their information and activities anonymous or at least as private as possible, which has led to Tor Browser growing quite popular in recent years as it conceals a user’s location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. The Tor network is intended to protect the personal privacy of users and their freedom and ability from conducting communication without having their activities monitored, and data were taken without their consent and used to sum it up. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest Tor Browser on Fedora 34. # ⚓ How_to_configure_Samba_Server_with_Debian_11_–_Unixcop⠀⇛ Today we will learn How to configure Samba Server with Debian 11. Communication is the key point of having a server. But, what if resources are not able to communicate with each other? Yes, this could happen when you are having both Linux and Windows. Sharing resources b/w Linux and windows can be difficult. Samba is the solution for the challenge. The Samba server facilitates sharing resources in a hybrid environment. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Handbrake_(open-source_video_transcoder)_on Ubuntu_20.04_Linux⠀⇛ Handbrake is a free and open-source video converter. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. It supports the most modern codec. You can use it to process the most common multimedia files, DVD or Blu Ray sources that are not copyrighted. # ⚓ How_to_Compile_Redis_source_code_on_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ This is an alternate method and Redis recommends it as it makes sure you get the latest stable version. Sometimes, the version provided by the distro’s repository may be outdated. So you have to download the Redis source code and compile it. Make sure GCC compiler and libc is installed on your system. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Wine_on_Debian_11_Bullseye_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Wine is an open-source compatibility layer that allows you to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems like Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS. It is an interface that translates Windows system calls into equivalent POSIX calls used by Linux and other Unix-based operating systems. For Linux users, Wine is a savior when running Windows-based applications on UNIX systems. However, not all Windows applications will run in Wine and may have strange crashes or bugs. The Wine AppDB is a database containing a list of applications that have been tested and confirmed to work under Wine. # ⚓ Monitoring_for_process_completion_in_2021_–_Ariadne’s Space⠀⇛ A historical defect in the ifupdown suite has been the lack of proper supervision of processes run by the system in order to bring up and down interfaces. Specifically, it is possible in historical ifupdown for a process to hang forever, at which point the system will fail to finish configuring interfaces. As interface configuration is part of the boot process, this means that the boot process can potentially hang forever and fail to complete. Accordingly, we have introduced correct supervision of processes run by ifupdown-ng in the upcoming version 0.12, with a 5 minute timeout. Because ifupdown-ng is intended to be portable, we had to implement two versions of the process completion monitoring routine. The portable version is a busy loop, which sleeps for 50 milliseconds between iteration, and the non-portable version uses Linux processor descriptors, a feature introduced in Linux 5.3. For earlier versions, ifupdown-ng will downgrade to using the portable implementation. There are also a couple of other ways that one can monitor for process completion using notifications, but they were not appropriate for the ifupdown-ng design. # ⚓ How_to_Merge_Multiple_PDF_Files_into_One_PDF_in_Linux⠀⇛ PDF or Portable Document Format files have more to offer to its users apart from the obvious advantages of being easily printable and shareable over a network. # ⚓ How_to_install,_configure_and_use_Nessus_Vulnerability Scanner_on_CentOS_8⠀⇛ Nessus is one of the most popular remote vulnerability assessments trusted by more than 30,000 organizations worldwide. Nessus scans the system and raises an alert if it discovers any vulnerabilities that malicious hackers could use to gain access. Nessus does not actively prevent attacks, It will check security loopholes present in infrastructure. It provides detailed system security reports which will be very helpful for fixing any vulnerabilities and make the server more secure. Nessus is available in many different versions, In this tutorial, we will install the free version of Nessus knows as Nessus Essentials which can scan 16 IPS. Nessus is a cross-platform vulnerability scanner and supports many OS, but in this article, we will show you how to install Nessue Essentials on Centos 8. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Let’s_Encrypt_SSL_for_NGINX_on_Rocky_Linux 8⠀⇛ Security is one of the top-of-mind concerns for website owners, more especially, if you are running an eCommerce store or a site that accepts users’ confidential information such as usernames and passwords. The plain HTTP protocol is insecure as data is sent in plain text and hackers can eavesdrop on the communication sent to and from the web server. To overcome this risk, it’s recommended to secure a web server using a TLS/SSL certificate. This is a cryptographic digital certificate that encrypts your web server and ensures data exchanged with the webserver is encrypted. Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate is a digital certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt CA ( Certificate Authority) to secure a web server. It’s a free TLS/SSL certificate that is valid for only 90 days, whereupon renewal is required before expiry. It’s beneficial for startups or individuals who cannot afford a premium SSL certificate for their blogs or websites. In this guide, we will demonstrate how you can install the Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate for NGINX on Rocky Linux 8 # ⚓ Watch_Logs_in_Real_Time_in_Linux_With_Tail,_Less_& Multitail⠀⇛ You know how to view files in Linux. You use cat command or probably less command for this purpose. That’s good for files that has static content. But log files are dynamic and their content change with time. To monitor logs, you need to watch the log file as its content changes. How do you see the content of log files in real time? Tail is the most popular command for this purpose but there are some other tools as well. I’ll show them to you in this tutorial. # ⚓ [Old] How_to_Use_Unison_to_Synchronize_Files_Between Servers⠀⇛ This tutorial will show you how to set up and use the Unison File synchronization tool on Debian systems. Using Unison, you can sync files between two different disks or directories in the same system or two other systems over the network. # ⚓ [Old] Command_Line_–_unison⠀⇛ Although unison has been around for years, chances are you have never heard of unison. For one thing, rsync and ssh tend to be the default commands for file syncing. For another, unison’s documentation is maddeningly incomplete. In the absence of man or info files or usage instructions from the creators, the existing help focuses on building a command to use at the prompt – and, considering that unison has 88 options, that is not a very attractive option, even without a command history, especially if you have several sets of files with which you regularly work. So far as I can see, the only distribution that mentions how to simplify the use of unison with preference files is Arch Linux, and even it is incomplete – as is the original documentation that Arch references. Yet once preference files are created, the number of on-the- fly options is greatly reduced, and unison becomes a handy tool for file syncing, backups, and even merging files. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Jackbox_Party_Pack_8_arrives_on_October_18_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ It’s back again with some new games to make you laugh at your friends through. The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is set to release on October 18 along with continued Linux support. # ⚓ As_Steam_Deck_ships_to_devs,_Valve_plans_NEW_console!_– Invidious⠀⇛ New DOTA2 leaks show that Valve are working on TWO NEW CONSOLES. # ⚓ Laser_Chess_game_Deflection_is_out_now_providing_a_fun_new strategy_game_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Take down the enemy King with a great big laser, that’s the aim of the game in Deflection. It’s basically the original Laser Chess updated for modern platforms by Coreffect Interactive. A simple idea with you moving mirrors around that can bounce the laser, while also having different sides that are vulnerable to the enemy laser. Positioning and thinking ahead are the key to victory here and Coreffect Interactive have clearly put a lot of thought into it. It’s another case of a game that’s real easy to get into and understand, however becoming good at it is a whole different thing. It’s more than that though as there’s a few different pieces you get to use like portals to move the laser around and a disrupter to weaken pieces close to it too. # ⚓ Free_and_open_source_flight_sim_FlightGear_is_working_on_VR support_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ It’s currently at a stage where they consider it highly experimental, more of a proof-of-concept but if they get it all hooked up properly it could help aid other developers too since it’s FOSS. # ⚓ Open_source_dungeon_builder_KeeperRL_adds_a_Dwarves_faction in_the_latest_big_release_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ KeeperRL continues expanding as a mix of dungeon building, adventuring and RPG mechanics all blended together and now there’s a playable Dwarves faction. Over 7 years of development has gone into this game so far and it just keeps getting better. Alpha 33 adds in not just a whole new faction but it also overhauls some existing systems. Some of what’s new includes a special storage system with custom storage furniture for various equipment types, a new fog effect, new z-level enemies with progressing difficulty, crossbows got added, a reworked flanking/parry mechanic with visual indicators and hints, combat experience is now based on the number of unique kills, a new ‘swamp’ biome for some villains that was officially added from a mod, fast travel between z-levels in the turned-based mode and so much more. There’s even a new intro. # ⚓ Call_of_Saregnar_is_a_nod_to_90s_party-based_RPGs_and_it’s on_the_way_to_Linux_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Do you miss earlier party-based RPGs? Call of Saregnar is an in development title from Damjan Mozetič inspired by the likes of Betrayal at Krondor, TES: Daggerfall and Realms of Arkania. The developer explains that it’s a game of exploration and investigation with an emphasis on story and characters, and that it “proudly ditches the cliches of the RPG genre and expects you to think”. What makes it real interesting is that it blends together a low-poly 3D style with the characters made from shots of real-life actors. [...] On the status of Linux support, the developer made it clear on Twitter that it’s already hooked up. o § Distributions⠀➾ # ⚓ Arcan_as_Operating_System_Design⠀⇛ Time to continue to explain what Arcan actually “is” on a higher level. Previous articles have invited the comparison to Xorg ( part1, part2 ). Another possibility would have been Plan9, but Xorg was also a better fit also for the next (and last) article in this series. To start with a grand statement: Arcan is a single-user, user-facing, networked overlay operating system. With “single-user, user-facing” I mean that you are the core concern; it is about providing you with controls. There is no compromise made to “serve” a large number of concurrent users, to route and filter the most traffic, or to store and access data the fastest anywhere on earth. With “overlay operating system” I mean that it is built from user-facing components. Arcan takes whatever you have access to and expands from there. It is not hinged on the life and death of neither the Linux kernel, the BSD ones or any other for that matter. Instead it is a vagabond that will move to whatever ecosystem you can develop and run programs on, even if that means being walled inside an app store somewhere. # § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ A_low-key_good_experience_for_Thor-oughly_new penguins:_Elementary_OS_6,_aka_Odin⠀⇛ Elementary OS is one of my favourite distros to review because it always brings interesting new ideas to the Linux desktop. It’s a very opinionated distro and not for everyone, but so long as the elementary vision aligns with your own, I think it’s one of the nicest, most polished distros around. The key is aligning visions. If you like to endlessly tweak and customize your desktop experience, this is not the distro for you. Technically there is a “tweak” tool, similar to Gnome Tweaks, which allows you to do things like add a minimise button to elementary OS’s windows and make other changes. That’s helpful if there’s just one or two things that are stopping you from loving elementary OS, but it’s not going to make customising everything viable. If, on the other hand, you just want a clean, attractive desktop that you don’t have to fiddle with, offers most of the basic applications you need out of the box, and can be a set-it-and-forget it system, elementary OS Odin is an excellent choice. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ 5_DevSecOps_myths,_explained⠀⇛ New ways of doing things tend to beget new myths and misunderstandings about those emerging methods. A common example: As newer work processes and cultures get popularized, people commonly begin to tout a single correct way to implement them. In all likelihood, though, there’s more than one “right” way to do it – and that’s true for DevSecOps, as it was with DevOps before it. Demystifying DevSecOps, then, is actually a meaningful (if not wholly necessary in some organizations) step toward a successful implementation. That’s because DevSecOps, like DevOps, is as much a matter of people and culture as anything else. As Red Hat associate principal solutions architect Mike Calizo wrote over at opensource.com, “DevSecOps encourages security practitioners to adapt and change their old existing security processes and procedures. This may sound easy, but changing processes, behavior, and culture is always difficult, especially in large environments.” # ⚓ Red_Hat’s_Upstream_Contributions_Are_Making_For_A Great_Fedora_Workstation_35_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Fedora Workstation 35 will hopefully be out at the end of October (currently the beta is running behind schedule) and when it does ship it’s once again at the bleeding-edge of Linux features. Fedora Workstation 35 is shaping up to be another great release for those interested in a feature-rich desktop experience. Fedora Workstation 35 test builds have been working out great on the few systems I’ve tried so far in the lab. More Fedora Workstation 35 testing and benchmarks will be coming up in the weeks ahead. In anticipation of the upcoming Fedora 35 Beta, Red Hat’s Christian Schaller once again published a new blog post outlining some of the big changes on the Fedora Workstation side for this six- month update. # ⚓ Rajeesh_K_Nambiar:_A_new_set_of_OpenType_shaping rules_for_Malayalam_script⠀⇛ TLDR; research and development of a completely new OpenType layout rules for Malayalam traditional orthography. Writing OpenType shaping rules is hard. Writing OpenType shaping rules for advanced (complex) scripts is harder. Writing OpenType shaping rules without causing any undesired ligature formations is even harder. # ⚓ The_NeuroFedora_Blog:_Next_Open_NeuroFedora_meeting: 13_September_1300_UTC⠀⇛ # ⚓ Next_Open_NeuroFedora_meeting:_27_September_1300 UTC⠀⇛ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Nokia_Android_12_update_tracker:_Eligible_devices, release_date,_&_more⠀⇛ # ⚓ What_is_Private_Compute_Core_in_Android_12_|_Beebom⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_12_|_This_is_the_list_of_Samsung_models_that may_have_the_operating_system_|_SPORTS-PLAY⠀⇛ # ⚓ An_Android_11_feature’s_coming_to_your_Galaxy_phone… without_Android_11_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Surface_Duo_update_comes_with_September_security update;_Android_11_still_not_in_sight_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Xiaomi_Mi_11_series_now_getting_MIUI_12.5_(Android 12)_internal_beta_-⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hisense_55-inch_QLED_TV_(55U6G)_with_Dolby_Vision, Android_10_launched_in_India:_price,_specifications_– Pricebaba.com_Daily⠀⇛ # ⚓ Accsoon_M1_Interface_connects_Android_phone_for Monitoring,_Livestreaming,_and_Recording_– Newsshooter⠀⇛ # ⚓ PAX_chooses_Sektor_to_distribute_Android_payment terminals_in_A/NZ⠀⇛ # ⚓ Best_Android_Apps_Week_37_from_Google_Play_Store⠀⇛ # ⚓ Privacy_and_permissions_functionality_will_come_to previous_versions_of_Android_–_How_smart_Technology changing_lives⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notice_for_Android_users._Delete_this_program immediately⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_to_Auto-Reset_Unused_Android_App_Permissions for_Billions_of_Devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ India’s_antitrust_watchdog_says_Google_abused_Android dominance;_company_responds_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Oil_Has_Multi-line_Commands_and_String Literals⠀⇛ In June’s post Recent Progress on the Oil Language, I wrote that Oil has Python-like multi-line string literals, but enhanced like the Julia language. Here are examples from the Oil Language Tour. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Nokia_has_recommenced_participation_in_the_O-RAN_Alliance⠀⇛ The O-RAN Alliance said it became aware of concerns regarding some participants that may be subject to U.S. export regulations, and has been working with O-RAN participants to address these concerns. The O-RAN Board has approved changes to O-RAN participation documents and procedures. While it is up to each O-RAN participant to make their own evaluation of these changes, O-RAN is optimistic that the changes will address the concerns and facilitate O-RAN’s mission, the Alliance said. # ⚓ Nokia_and_O-RAN:_an_unwavering_commitment⠀⇛ Nokia has long been a believer in – and champion of – open and interoperable technologies. We believe that Open RAN technology has the potential to enrich the mobile ecosystem with new solutions and business models, and an expanded multi-vendor ecosystem. This is what customers and consumers want – and it is something we are committed to seeing through. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hitchcock’s_Sabotage:_Film_as_Terrorism⠀⇛ To read this article, log in or Subscribe. In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies. o ⚓ Tesla_and_the_Anthropocene⠀⇛ Anyway, that 25K price tag got me thinking. When I can afford a Tesla, should I get one? First, I’m taking a due diligence drive. May I show you the sights? To read this article, log in or Subscribe. In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies. o ⚓ As_a_Korean_American_Professor,_Here_Is_What_I_Think_“The_Chair” Gets_Right⠀⇛ o ⚓ Bad_Boy_Bobby:_Herald_Sun_Discovers_Concept_Of_‘Heritage_Value’ In_Precisely_The_Way_You_Might_Expect⠀⇛ It’s one of the perplexing things about right-wingers. They hate change, but they love knocking old shit over to make way for newer shit. Hence the confusion over a story that cropped up in the Herald Sun overnight railing against developers in Melbourne. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Terrorists_Use_Children_In_Burkina_Faso_Attacks⠀⇛ Insecurity and attacks on schools, students and teachers had forced the government to close 2,500 schools before schools closed nationwide in mid- March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say the roots of conflict in the Sahel have shifted from political to economic. Poverty is among the factors that have Burkinabe children both “in supply” and “in demand” by extremist groups, according to Christopher M. Faulkner, a national security affairs fellow at the U.S. Naval War College, and Center for Strategic and International Studies researcher Jared Thompson. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Q&A_With_Co-Creator_of_the_6502_Processor⠀⇛ Mensch, an IEEE senior life member, splits his time between Arizona and Colorado, but folks in the Northeast of the United States will have the opportunity to see him as a keynote speaker at the Vintage Computer Festival in Wall, N.J., on the weekend of 8 October. In advance of Mensch’s appearance, The Institute caught up with him via Zoom to talk about his career. o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Opinion_|_Biden_Pledged_to_Protect_People_and_the Environment_From_Toxic_Chemicals—Now_It’s_Time_to_Act⠀⇛ When President Biden took office, he pledged to protect people and the environment from toxic chemicals now poisoning communities across the United States. If he is serious about that promise, then his administration must align its foreign policies with its domestic commitments when it participates in the next meeting of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, an international treaty that prohibits dangerous pollutants that persist in the environment. # ⚓ ‘I_Had_a_Duty_of_Care’:_Doctor_Praised_for_Violating_Texas’ New_Abortion_Ban⠀⇛ “I provided an abortion to a woman who, though still in her first trimester, was beyond the state’s new limit. I acted because I had a duty of care to this patient, as I do for all patients, and because she has a fundamental right to receive this care.” Dr. Alan Braid, who provides abortion care in San Antonio, explained his decision to violate Texas’ new law in a Saturday opinion piece for The Washington Post, drawing praise and gratitude from reproductive rights advocates and healthcare professionals nationwide. # ⚓ ByteDance’s_New_TikTok_for_Chinese_Kids_Sets_Strict_User Limits⠀⇛ ByteDance Ltd. introduced a TikTok-style service for China’s youth that sets strict controls on daily usage after Beijing stepped up efforts to protect minors from the [Internet]’s risks. # ⚓ China’s_Version_of_TikTok_Limits_Kids’_Screen_Time_to_40 Minutes_Per_Day⠀⇛ TikTok owner Bytedance is set to bring in screen time caps for Douyin, the Chinese version of the phenomenally successful app, for users under 14 years old as Beijing continues to crack down on the influence of tech companies in the country # ⚓ California_moves_closer_to_decriminalizing_psychedelic drugs⠀⇛ The legalization movement that brought upmarket marijuana shops to Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco is now focused on psychedelic drugs. A voter initiative to decriminalize magic mushrooms was recently approved for signature-gathering, and a legislative proposal is set to be considered next year. # ⚓ America’s_car_crash_epidemic⠀⇛ Cars killed 42,060 people in 2020, up from 39,107 in 2019, according to a preliminary estimate from the National Safety Council (NSC), a nonprofit that focuses on eliminating preventable deaths. (NSC’s numbers are typically higher than those reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) because the NSC includes car deaths in private spaces like driveways and parking lots, and it counts deaths that occur up to a year after a crash.) o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Please_Stop_Closing_Forums_And_Moving_People_To Discord⠀⇛ A few days ago Eurogamer closed their forums, bringing to an end over 20 years of community discussion. The site explained the move like sites and companies always do (only a few are still using them), and it made sense the way it always does (that’s a lot of money for not much gain), but that doesn’t mean the process itself isn’t something that sucks. # § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Opinion_|_Facebook_Has_Known_for_Over_a Year_That_Instagram_Is_Bad_for_Teens, Despite_Claiming_Otherwise⠀⇛ Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram—the social media platform most used by adolescents—is harmful to teen girls’ body image and well-being but swept those findings under the rug to continue conducting business as usual, according to a September 14, 2021, Wall Street Journal report. # ⚓ Why_you_need_a_personal_laptop⠀⇛ I’ve been there. Surveys have shown that over half of workers use work-issued devices for personal tasks — whether sending personal messages, shopping online, accessing social media, or reading the news. The prospect of using your work laptop as your only laptop — not just for work, but also for Netflixing, group chat messaging, reading fanfiction, paying bills, and emailing recipes to your mom — is understandably tempting, especially for folks who work from home. Keeping work tasks and personal tasks in one place may feel like an easy way to simplify your life, and it might save space on your desk. Most of all, it may seem like a good cost- saving measure. But I’m here to be the bearer of bad news: Don’t do that. Please, I’m begging you, don’t do that. # ⚓ Facebook:_Wall_Street_Journal_series ‘contained_deliberate mischaracterizations’⠀⇛ The five-part series, which ran last week, examines how Facebook has handled a number of issues including anti-COVID-19 vaccine rhetoric, the effects of Instagram’s app on younger users and the company’s response to employees who raised concerns about human traffickers and drug cartels on the platform. The Journal’s reporting was based on internal documents such as online employee discussions, research reports and presentation drafts. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The_War_on_Terror,_Twenty_Years_and_Counting⠀⇛ As Sarsour noted, the past two decades have been devastating for people within the U.S. but especially for those living abroad, especially those in the Central Asian and Middle East region. From the drone strikes of weddings to now, leaving a political vacuum for groups like the Taliban to re-emerge and reconquer, U.S. involvement, justified by the War On Terror, has left countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, utterly “decimated”, Sarsour said. To read this article, log in or Subscribe. In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies. # ⚓ Opinion_|_US_Admits_Strike_Killing_10_in_Kabul_Was_a ‘Mistake’—But_It_Is_Not_a_New_Problem⠀⇛ The Associated Press reports that the survivors of family members killed in a U.S. hellfire missile strike on a civilian vehicle after U.S. troops and Afghan evacuees were killed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul are not satisfied with the apology issued by the U.S. military. They want compensation. # ⚓ Russia_and_Belarus_Are_Using_Migrants_as_a_Weapon_Against the_EU⠀⇛ In July, journalists from Belsat TV, the independent channel broadcasting from Poland to Belarus, revealed that Belarusian secret services were conducting an operation to transfer migrants from the Middle East via Belarus to Lithuania. Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy, director of Belsat TV, explained explained to Foreign Policy that, “The state-owned company Centrkurort belonging to the President’s Affairs Board, which cooperates with Iraqi travel agencies, is responsible for bringing migrants from Iraq to Belarus. These people get Belarusian tourist visas and after landing at the Minsk airport, they are placed in hotels in Minsk and finally transported to the borders.” In the border zone, an elite special unit called OSAM, in which Lukshenko’s sons once served, is reportedly directly involved in the physical transfer of migrants to the other side of the border. # ⚓ Turkey_Doubles_Down_on_Atatürk’s_Genocidal_Legacy⠀⇛ “It’s not possible for books being used for instruction in our schools to portray Kemal Atatürk as a paradigm of a moral leader who ‘benefited the people,’” the Greek Cypriot Education Ministry said in a statement. “Because, as it’s well known, Ataturk and the Young Turks are responsible for crimes against people like the Armenian Genocide, of the Pontian Greeks, the Assyrians.” # ⚓ Iranian_guards_sexually_assaulted_female_IAEA_inspectors_– report⠀⇛ Iranian security guards made female International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors remove clothing and then inappropriately touched them at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to The Wall Street Journal. At least four separate incidents of harassment were reported since early June, one diplomat told The Wall Street Journal, while another diplomat said that there had been five to seven. The most recent incident was reported in the past few weeks. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ South_African_whistle-blower:_I_don’t_feel_safe⠀⇛ The recent murder of South African civil servant Babita Deokaran, who blew the whistle on government corruption, has highlighted the dangers for those who speak out against the mounting problem, writes the BBC’s Pumza Fihlani. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Care_Workers_Demand_Federal_Support_as_First_Responders_in Climate_Crises⠀⇛ # ⚓ Opinion_|_Tribal_Solar_Projects_Provide_More_Than_Climate Solutions⠀⇛ In August 2021, two wildfires surrounded the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in central Montana. By August 11, more than 175,000 acres were ablaze, and all residents of Lame Deer, the largest town on the reservation, were asked to evacuate. Several communities lost power and cell service, and the local Boys and Girls Club set up door-to- door food delivery. Some of those forced to evacuate were staff at Covenant Tribal Solar Initiative, a nonprofit that supports tribal communities’ transition to solar power and development of renewable energy workforces. Wildfires like those surrounding Northern Cheyenne—which may get worse because of climate change—exemplified the urgent need for Covenant’s work. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Welcome_to_the_Pyrocene:_Fossil_Fuel_Combustion Has_Thrust_Us_Into_a_New_Fire_Age⠀⇛ Fire in the West is expected, and not so long ago, it seemed something the West experienced more than anywhere else. Nationally, big fires were treated as another freak of Western violence, like a grizzly bear attack, or another California quirk like Esalen and avocados. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Why_skippers_aren’t_scuppered⠀⇛ The troubles began in 2020, when firms that had idled production in the expectation of a slump instead faced heavy demand for cars, electronics and home-exercise equipment. Generous stimulus, in America especially, kept order books full while the pandemic skewed spending toward goods rather than services. Producers of computer chips have been unable to keep up with the rush. The shipping industry had no spare capacity and has faced a series of disruptions, from the saga of the stuck ship Ever Given, to the closing of ports amid outbreaks of covid-19 and storms like Hurricane Ida. With the system stretched thin, a mishap anywhere affects the movement of goods everywhere. Experts reckon it may take a year or more for conditions to return to something like normal. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Report_on_Revolving_Door_and_Tax_Policy_Sparks_Calls_for Federal_Probe_and_Reforms⠀⇛ As congressional Democrats are working out tax hikes targeting corporations and rich individuals for the Build Back Better package they hope to pass in the coming weeks, The New York Times on Sunday shone a spotlight on the revolving door between accounting firms and the U.S. government that benefits companies hoping to avoid taxes. “If any of the officials had arrangements for future employment with their former employers while meeting with the employers, they committed a crime under the conflict of interest law.”—Walter Shaub, POGO o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Sanders,_Top_Dems_Optimistic_Party_Will_‘Come_Together’_for Reconciliation_Package⠀⇛ In a series of Sunday television appearances, key congressional leaders seemed optimistic that the Democratic caucuses of both chambers would join forces to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a Build Back Better package to advance President Joe Biden’s agenda—even if it requires missing a rapidly approaching deadline. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in order to advance the budget resolution for the broader package last month, struck a deal with a small group of right-wing Democrats that the chamber would “consider” the bipartisan bill by September 27, which is a week from Monday. o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ Rhetoric_and_frame_analysis_of_ExxonMobil’s_climate_change communications⠀⇛ This is the first computationalassessment of how ExxonMobil has usedlanguage to subtly yet systematicallyframe public discourse about climatechange. We show that ExxonMobil usesrhetoric mimicking the tobacco industryto downplay the reality and seriousnessof climate change, to present fossil fueldominance as reasonable and inevitable,and to shift responsibility for climatechange away from itself and ontoconsumers. Our work is relevant tolawsuits, policy proposals, andgrassroots activism seeking to hold fossilfuel companies accountable fordeceptive marketing. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Navalny_App_Gone_from_Google,_Apple_Stores_on_Russia_Vote Day⠀⇛ Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s Smart Voting app disappeared from Apple and Google stores Friday as Russians began voting in a three-day parliamentary election marked by a historic crackdown on the opposition. “Removing the Navalny app from stores is a shameful act of political censorship,” top Navalny ally Ivan Zhdanov said on Twitter. The app promoted an initiative that outlines for Navalny supporters which candidate they should back to unseat Kremlin-aligned politicians. # ⚓ The_Data_Is_In_—_Trigger_Warnings_Don’t_Work⠀⇛ A recent Inside Higher Ed piece by Michael Bugeja, an Iowa State journalism professor, is emblematic of this shift. In light of the tumultuous times (a “mental-health pandemic,” ongoing sexual violence and racism, the anxiety of returning to in-person instruction), Bugeja says that trigger warnings are needed now more than ever. All faculty members should follow his lead, he argues, and include detailed trigger warnings on their syllabi accompanied by the following note: “You don’t have to attend class if the content elicits an uncomfortable emotional response.” Bugeja’s article prompted us to review the latest research on the efficacy of trigger warnings. We found no evidence that trigger warnings improve students’ mental health. What’s more, we are now convinced that they push students and faculty members alike to turn away from the study of vitally important topics that are seen as too “distressing.” o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Nabisco_Strike_Ends_After_Union_Members_Approve_New Contract⠀⇛ A strike that started last month in Portland, Oregon and spread to other Nabisco bakeries and distribution centers across the United States ended Saturday after unionized workers voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of a new collective bargaining agreement. Though some Portland employees opposed ratifying the four-year contract, calling for better terms, it ultimately garnered the necessary support from workers there and at facilities in Aurora, Colorado; Richmond, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Norcross, Georgia. # ⚓ I’m_Fighting_for_Ethnic_Studies_in_My_Community_So_My History_Won’t_Be_Erased⠀⇛ # ⚓ YIMBY_Movement_Is_Not_the_Answer_to_Housing_Crisis, Grassroots_Activists_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ French_court_acquits_imam_who_quoted_text_commanding Muslims_to_kill_Jews⠀⇛ “Even when you kill a Jew you’re not convicted but considered crazy,” Teboul told France Bleu. “So you tell thousands at a mosque to kill Jews and hide behind a centuries-old text to avoid conviction.” Muslim community leaders praised the court’s acquittal. # ⚓ Fascism_Makes_a_Comeback_—_But_Nothing_About_Its_Methods_Is Especially_New⠀⇛ # ⚓ Texas_Abortion_Ban_Architect_Takes_Aim_at_LGBTQ_Rights, Urges_Reversal_of_Roe⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Unified_Patent_Court._Do_we_finally_have_a predictable_timeline? [Ed: Team UPC is still in control of IP Kat (what’s_left_of_it), posting_fake_news]⠀⇛ After the Order of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) dated 23 June 2021 (see here the IPKat post) it is now clarified that Germany is able to participate in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPCA (the PAP-Protocol). [...] According to the current timeline of the Preparatory Committee, the UPC will be fully operational by mid-2022. # ⚓ U.S._District_Court_Adopts_Expansive_Definition_of aBLA_“Submitter”_–_Kluwer_Patent_Blog⠀⇛ Submission of an abbreviated Biologics License Application (“aBLA”), under the Biosimilar Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”), for a biosimilar version of an already-approved biologic drug constitutes an “artificial act of infringement” for which the biologic’s patent owner may file suit.[1] In the recent AbbVie Inc. v. Alvotech hf.[2] decision, the district court adopted an expansive definition of what it means to “submit” an application, and allowed infringement claims to be brought against the foreign parent company of the applicant listed in the aBLA. This decision has important implications for cases where the biosimilar manufacturer is based outside of the United States. [...] The Hatch-Waxman Act was passed in 1984, twenty-five years earlier than the BPCIA. Based on this significant gap, there is far more case law in the ANDA than the aBLA context. It is thus possible that other courts will borrow other principles from Hatch-Waxman litigation as further cases are adjudicated under the BPCIA. Critically, those developing biosimilars should be aware that non-U.S. parties may be named as defendants consistent with the Alvotech court’s expanded definition of “submitter.” Entities that created or prepared the information in the aBLA, or entities that will participate in manufacture, distribution, marketing, or importation of a biosimilar may be subject to a suit for patent infringement, even if they are not named in the aBLA. For BLA holders, this decision may allow suit to be brought in a more favorable venue. Additionally, for foreign corporations at arms-length from the U.S. entity named in the aBLA, it will be important to factor into any contracts or licensing arrangements the associated potential liabilities and costs, as well as control of the litigation and its settlement. # ⚓ Why_ex-parte_reexams_are_picking_up_at_the_USPTO⠀⇛ Counsel at Cisco, Unified Patents and elsewhere unpick data that shows how patent challengers are turning to old procedures, often after discretionary denials # ⚓ CVC_Files_Opposition_to_ToolGen_Substantive_Motion No._1 [Ed: The latest on the truly insane campaign (lobbying more so than lawyering) to get patents, i.e. monopolies, on life, nature, genetics]⠀⇛ On July 15th, Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, “CVC”) filed its Opposition to Senior Party ToolGen’s Substantive Motion No. 1 for benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/837,481, filed June 20, 2013 (“P3″ or “ToolGen P3″), or alternatively, International Application No. PCT/KR2013/009488, filed Oct. 23, 2013 (“PCT”), in Interference No. 106,127. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ DMCA_Takedown_Errors_Can_Make_it_Harder_to_Find Movies_Legally⠀⇛ Copyright holders have sent billions of takedown requests to Google. Their goal is to make it harder for people to find pirated content through the search engine. However, in some cases, takedown requests make it harder to find legal content too. # ⚓ Meet_the_CC_Summit_Presenter:_Ebenezar_Wikina⠀⇛ Based in : Port Harcourt, Nigeria ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6226 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 68 seconds to (re)generate ⟲