𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, January 18, 2022 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 19 Jan 02:43:11 GMT 2022 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/2022/01/18/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmarLrYBMcbMFgab1qAkPGRjRr57niwUpd5PEPbMp8225S QmYYUiUwcwdiuMNs9EXu5Ci3ELNhZcY4b7JsFUZqp7drnc QmTWhb5PucmgsMLVAJufczuFnxY37RcgjXGMTczMdhndPd QmVgY18p35Thp6aWh7cRUuoocqLYGYFW2QnLEJhuqn69Kw QmcN2LseMFZtt5HtSJMT5h9HDZa4ZNy6B7uWe7gK8fPeF9 QmfH2by4K6HCiZyvyGQ1L5syH6ZSfcHH12ph6TDo82aovk QmbfkzNgEcSLWg1uktyXVKRqXdn8cURLS2BGZZ8j7BRu53 QmYyjvuyCsmKepqGvikeVazrauZqV2sNgUg5p2UhdxvGXe QmeizGYhw45pUpaYcuwBfE8NWgRhpFbkNtg8fZ7tGbAMXw QmfKHqGowjRxdQqskGCLaTJvfCGFi19QHkyd8kwa9PMJ21 QmP9Us6BzAW1DtJJVXeJt8AyhFyfNcNAfWtLTvSMzp6Ltp QmRocUr84sVRrmmhApYkrairZ9gM3urZnz5pkw4h6pxA9b QmQ1r9n2zgVqwtQ4bsQLNP2kbfnhn22xRMWVDD5qUuwkKF QmU5vYfwSWKbwcf52ai4QQxmeVvq2qk4Rno1afMvVcdEUm QmSRxd1L1Tjg5YFR28UqaVozsZZh3xMVhvDKvnfHxuctNe QmUYb6AJaHEaYvQGdw1Z8bffPkohvdveAhmoUhNFHe4PB6 QmRXpMsysY15jnTdXabNj8RQWyYQoA287zCaWvJJjNWzB2 QmaSCmshgLNtetvtehrJTkVzA4UKVtdrEf2DcHz8b5gBoV QmZWJhSMSsSbuTS3JfxxEo3tfs2QfTCENeVipKSaQVU5b2 Qmehhm7o1VbxWg8uyeTcYkk6Hr1Cp4Ho21X2wCnesY9asd Qmf3TSbMJS9koYs7ieZ1w3WBpaDp6x7rx5xnhC6B134fFL ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Someone Is Very Desperate to Knock My Account Off Twitter | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 17, 2022 | Techrights ⦿ Good News, Bad News (and Back to Normal) | Techrights ⦿ What IBM Does Not Want You to Watch | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/ibm-censorship/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/irc-log-170122/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/relying-on-microsd-as-an-os/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/the-real-ibm-history/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/deepin-20-4/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/gnome-42-alpha/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 57 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/ibm-censorship/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/18/ibm-censorship/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.18.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Someone_Is_Very_Desperate_to_Knock_My_Account_Off_Twitter⠀✐ Posted in Deception, IBM at 3:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Weeks ago: FSFE_Misuses_FSFE_Budget_to_Issue_Frivolous_Takedown_Requests Against_Critics | Criticising_Microsoft_and_the_OSI_is_“COVID-19 Misinformation” | Time_for_a_Twitter_Boycott? Summary: Many reports against me — some successful — are putting my free speech (and factual statements) at risk Received hours ago: Hello, Twitter is required by German law to provide notice to users who are reported by people from Germany via the Network Enforcement Act reporting flow. We have received a complaint regarding your account, @schestowitz, for the following content: Tweet ID: 1465090995901632514 Tweet Text: Racist #ibm (or #redhat this past March and late 2019): we need to remove RMS, he’s transphobic. Just ignore our past and how our second-largest client, Nazi Germany, gassed trans people. That’s…. “old news” (forget about it, you MUST!) Tweet ID: 1468707132937756684 Tweet Text: Come on, people. Give #IBM a break. It’s not like it’s some Nazi company. Oh… [url] We have investigated the reported content and have found that it is not subject to removal under the Twitter Rules (https:// support.twitter.com/articles/18311) or German law. Sincerely, Twitter In context: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Twitter_censorship_and_IBM⦈_ For the record, all that I said in those tweets was factual and moreover backed by evidence in the URLs. Maybe Twitter’s staff doesn’t wish to be seen as helping to cover up IBM's_past_with_Hitler. Someone even threatened_to_sue_me over_a_"tweet". 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948cc5f102085cd52f4d356b486c2586 Major Incident and Recovery Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/hardware-crash.webm Summary: When many services are reliant on the integrity of a single, very tiny MicroSD card you’re only moments away from 2 days of intensive labour (recovery, investigation, migration, and further coding); we’ve learned our lessons and took advantage of this incident to upgrade the operating system, double the storage space, even improve the code slightly (for compatibility with newer systems) THE good news is that Gemini is expanding faster than we predicted earlier this month. Lupa is now just 11 capsules short of 2,000 and yesterday we received some E-mails asking about Gemini downtime (we also got some inquiries over IRC, which means the Gemini capsule really matters to people). “These things are inherently fragile; telling people to reduce the number of write operations is almost unreasonable because what good is a system you cannot use (or program) as you wish?”So why was it down? The short story is, it was a hardware failure. Not the fault of GNU/Linux or anything like that (in fact, credit to GNU/Linux for letting us fetch another complete backup of the entire system despite the whole file system being in read-only mode). There was no panic, just frustration, and based on what we heard about MicroSD-based (for boot) systems such an error was inevitable and almost predictable. The latest backup (before the “emergency” one was initiated) had been marked only a few days old (contents at most a couple of days behind). All the services are now back online, the operating system was replaced by Debian 11, and the machine has twice as much storage space as before, which ought to permit us to do things we didn’t even dare when space was tight. To reduce future downtime I also bought a spare disk (card actually) and will work on improving/reducing D-R time, as it’s likely that a similar incident will happen later this year or next year. These things are inherently fragile; telling people to reduce the number of write operations is almost unreasonable because what good is a system you cannot use (or program) as you wish? “We’re hoping that tonight and tomorrow we can make up for the lost time…”Debian 11 is quite nice, but of course imperfect (perception is an impossibility). It’s the first time I use Debian 11 (my wife, my sister and myself all use Debian 10 on our laptops) and maybe I’ll get to write some positive things about it some time later this year (once I gain more experience/s with it). We’re hoping that tonight and tomorrow we can make up for the lost time; I hardly slept yesterday (stayed awake for about 20 hours straight, then just 4 hours of sleep) and we have a bunch of things lined up that I never managed to publish as restoring services (like IPFS and Gemini) was more pressing a task, more urgent a need. The hardest part (to me personally) was having to go to Town for replacement components, knowing that few shops still exist (even fewer because of the pandemic) and the bigger shops are full of unmasked people who don’t respect people’s perimeter (it’s not helping that our_government_likes_to_pretend COVID-19_is_just_some_past_event). █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 411 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/the-real-ibm-history/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/01/18/the-real-ibm-history/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.18.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ What_IBM_Does_Not_Want_You_to_Watch⠀✐ Posted in IBM, Videos at 4:04 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Minutes ago: Someone_Is_Very_Desperate_to_Knock_My_Account_Off_Twitter Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/ibm-germany.webm Summary: Let’s ‘Streisand it’… ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 443 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.18.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_18/1/2022:_Deepin_20.4_and_Qubes_OS_4.1.0_RC4⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 2:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LVFS_Activity_Going_Wild_Ahead_Of_New_Security_Disclosure Requiring_Firmware_Update_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) that integrates with Fwupd for delivering firmware updates primarily to Linux users is surging with around three times the normal traffic volume. Unfortunately, this boost in traffic appears to be due to vendor(s) releasing new system firmware updates ahead of disclosing a presumptive security issue. # ⚓ Folio_Improvements_For_Linux_5.17,_Large_Folio_Patches Posted_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Back in November memory folios were merged into Linux 5.16 as a fundamental change to the memory management code. Now for Linux 5.17 there are improvements for folios merged and then out likely for Linux 5.18 is introducing the notion of large folios. Linux’s memory folios is designed to let file- systems and the page cache manage memory in chunks larger than the default page size. With Linux 5.16 the core memory management and page cache changes landed for supporting folios. Most benchmarks of folios put the performance benefit in the 0~10% region. # ⚓ Some_Older_AMD_Systems_Can_Boot_Faster_On_Linux_5.17+_– Phoronix⠀⇛ A change merged overnight with the libata subsystem updates for Linux 5.17 means that some older AMD hardware will be able to boot quicker by avoiding an otherwise mandated sleep period. Merged this morning were the ATA subsystem updates for Linux 5.17. Usually the ATA changes don’t amount to many noteworthy changes but “Add support for AMD A85 FCH (Hudson D4) AHCI adapters” got my attention… Yeah, the chipset from the early AMD “Fusion” APU days. # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ AMD_Radeon_Open-Source_OpenGL_Driver_Expands_Its Sparse_Texture_Capabilities_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ At the end of last year AMD introduced OpenGL sparse texture support into its RadeonSI Gallium3D driver. This functionality for Vega GPUs and newer flipped on ARB_sparse_texture support while now with the very latest Mesa 22.0-devel code ARB_sparse_texture2 is now flipped on too. ARB_sparse_texture2 updates OpenGL’s sparse texture support with further additions by NVIDIA. ARB_sparse_texture2 adds new built-in GLSL texture lookup functions, changes the behavior around reads from uncommitted texture memory, specifies standard virtual page sizes for internal formats used by sparse textures, and support for creating sparse multi-sample and multi-sample array textures. # ⚓ NVIDIA_CUDA_11.6_Brings_Convenient_“-arch=native”, Defaults_To_New_“GSP”_Driver_Mode_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ NVIDIA has released CUDA 11.6 as the latest version of their widely used but proprietary GPU compute stack. With CUDA 11.6 there are some good improvements and new features in store. CUDA 11.6 has numerous changes for advancing the NVIDIA compute stack including the convenient “-arch=native” compiler option (similar to “-march=native” with classic system code compilers), beginning to make use of the GPU System Processor driver code path by default on capable hardware, various performance optimizations, and other updates. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ This_Indicator_Shows_Laptop’s_Battery_Health_in_Ubuntu 20.04,_21.10_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ Want to check your laptop battery status in Ubuntu or other Linux? There’s a small indicator applet that can do the job in GNOME desktop. “Battery Status” is the free and open-source indicator applet developed by Lorenzo Carbonell, a software developer behind touchpad-indicator and my weather indicator. It displays an icon on GNOME top bar in system tray area, along with the battery remaining time. By clicking on the applet, it shows battery percentage based on both current and original maximum capacities. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Record_your_terminal_with_script_and_scriptreplay⠀⇛ A fascinating thing about humans is that we each have a particular learning style. Some people prefer to read about how something’s done. Some people prefer to follow instructions from the start, while others prefer to get an overview before engaging. Other people like to listen to instructions from an instructor or a podcast. And yet another group wants instructions in the form of a video. The trouble with video is that it can be difficult to produce and compress, and it is a lot of work to change once it’s done. And besides that, viewers can’t copy and paste Linux commands out of a video into their terminal. [...] The script and scriptreplay commands allow you to record a terminal session and then play it back later. There’s no video involved. Instead, plain text files called typescripts are used, so the files are small and users can copy commands during playback. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Neos_CMS_on_AlmaLinux_8_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Neos CMS on AlmaLinux 8. For those of you who didn’t know, Neos CMS is a free and open-source Content Management System (CMS). Neos offers a rich set of features such as inline editing, supports multiple websites on a single installation, built- in SEO tools, human-readable URLs, plugin manager, device preview, and supports multiple templates. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of the Neos Open Source Content Application Framework on an AlmaLinux 8. You can follow the same instructions for Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, and Rocky Linux distributions. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_use_PHP_Composer_on_AlmaLinux_8⠀⇛ Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that allows you to download and install all the required PHP packages needed for your project. It is a command-line tool that installs all libraries and dependencies for your project from the packagist.org repository. It is used in modern PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, Drupal, and Magento 2. In this post, we will show you how to install and use Composer on Alma Linux 8. # ⚓ LINUX_Basics:_How_to_Move_Files_in_Linux_Using_mv_Command⠀⇛ One of the most basic operations you’ll need to conduct on a Linux system is moving files and folders. You can move or transfer files using the given GUI in any system, but you might be curious if the terminal has a command that allows you to swiftly move files to different directories. The mv command is what you’re looking for, and it’s simple to use because of its short and straightforward syntax. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to move files with the mv command. # ⚓ Getting_Started_with_GNU_PSPP_with_Practical_Examples⠀⇛ This tutorial is a basic guide for GNU PSPP. Divided into three exercises, we hope this will be sufficient for beginners to understand the basics. Now let’s start PSPP! # ⚓ How_to_install_FirewallD_GUI_on_Rocky_Linux_8_|_Almalinux_8 –_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ Here in this article, we learned the simple steps and commands to install a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage FirewallD on either Alamlinux or Rocky Linux 8. However, the steps are the same for CentOS, Redhat, Oracle Linux, and other RPM-based distros. FirewallD is a command-line tool to provide a system firewall feature to protect Linux unwanted access by disabling and enabling ports and services access to outside or local networks. However, if you are using a Graphical interface user then the command line may seem a little bit difficult to use. Therefore, to make things easy we can use GUI tools available to manage FirewallD such as one from firewall-config or Plasma firewall # ⚓ How_to_migrate_from_CentOS_8_to_Rocky_Linux.⠀⇛ Rocky Linux is a Linux distribution that is intended to be a downstream, complete binary- compatible release using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system source code. The project’s aim is to provide a community-supported, production-grade enterprise operating system. # ⚓ How_to_migrate_from_CentOS_8_to_CentOS_Stream_Server:⠀⇛ Before 2021, CentOS was regarded as an enterprise- stable, production-ready operating system that had been cloned from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It had a few tweaks to set it apart from RHEL, but essentially, it was RHEL without the cost of a subscription. That was the “old” CentOS. The “new” CentOS, aptly called CentOS Stream, will take a similar approach to Fedora, which acts as an upstream source for RHEL. This means that new features will be introduced into CentOS Stream, where the bugs are worked out, and ultimately the new updates trickle down to RHEL. # ⚓ How_to_install_build-essential_on_openSUSE_– PragmaticLinux⠀⇛ Coming from Debian or Ubuntu and interested in building C or C++ software programs on openSUSE? You’ll probably frantically search for a way to install package build-essential on openSUSE. Only to realize that this package does not exist on openSUSE. No worries though, because openSUSE offers an alternative and equivalent approach to installing package build-essential. This tutorial shows you how. # ⚓ How_to_Install_MySQL_Workbench_in_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ There are two approaches to achieving your MySQL database administration goals. One is through a command-line client and the other one is via a graphical user interface. Both of these two approaches are evident with MySQL. Most users rely on phpMyAdmin to administer and manage their MySQL databases. However, the GUI spectrum of phpMyAdmin does not match the graphical tools MySQL Workbench has to offer. The MySQL Workbench database management tool is unmatched in its execution of database visual designs. Also, MySQL workbench has a dynamic user platform from database administrators, database architects, to database developers. # ⚓ How_to_create_an_IAM_Role_in_AWS_using_Terraform⠀⇛ In this article we will see how to create an IAM Role. Before proceeding, I assume that you are familiar with the basics of Terraform and AWS IAM Roles. If you want to learn more about IAM Roles then click here. In this article we will create a role and assign it administrator’s permissions. # ⚓ How_to_Create_Sudo_User_on_Ubuntu_/_Debian_Linux⠀⇛ Hello Techies, as we know that root is the admin user in Linux who has all rights on all commands and files. It is not recommended to use root user to perform administrative tasks but assign administrative privileges to a local user via sudo. An ordinary user who has admin rights is known as ‘sudo user’. In this post, we will learn how to create a new sudo user on Ubuntu and Debian Linux. Let’s assume we want to create user with name ‘sysops’ name. # ⚓ Install_Rclone_In_Linux_And_Unix_–_OSTechNix⠀⇛ In this post, we will learn how to create a new sudo user on Ubuntu and Debian Linux. A sudo user is an ordinary user which can perform administrative tasks. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_updated,_more_tweaking_for Steam_Deck_+_Vulkan_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Valve continues to tweak more of their games ahead of the Steam Deck release in February and their focus now appears to be on CS:GO with a fresh update out. A few more Steam Input improvements came for controllers, with their newer “FlickStick” mode enabled in the game options instead of the Steam Input Configurator and there’s also refinements to the behaviour. For those not aware, FlickStick created by Jibb Smart is in essence a quick way to turn to face any direction in a game, allowing you to be more accurate and speedy with gamepad sticks. Valve added support for it to Steam Input directly in 2021, now it has better native support in CS:GO. # ⚓ Penguin_Heist_game_hits_25,000_sales_with_5%_on_Linux_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time developers That Fish / That Other Fish have announced their Early Access game seems to be doing reasonably well. Released back in July 2021, it’s recently hit over 25,000 sales. “The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is the one and only 4 player CO-OP physics-based heist game featuring a bunch of kleptomanic penguins. You’ll experience a blend of physics-based platforming with stealth, strategy, and action. You have full freedom to achieve the missions in your own way.” # ⚓ Mad_Experiments_2:_Escape_Room_releases_on_March_8_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ March 8 will bring more puzzle / escape room antics with Mad Experiments 2: Escape Room from PlayTogether Studio. “Trapped in Professor Cheshire’s mysterious mansion, players will have to explore and cooperate to get out of the rooms in the allotted time. Each room has its own secrets, puzzles… and story bits on Hildegarde and Professor Cheshire Learn more about Hildegarde’s journey at the Cheshire Institute. From the library to the secret room to the dormitory, meet new characters, secrets, challenges, and strange events. Will Hildegarde find a way to escape? And will you?” # ⚓ We’ll_always_have_Paris_is_a_narrative_adventure_about loving_someone_with_dementia_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Cowleyfornia Studios, developer of Sarawak have recently announced their next story-based adventure game with We’ll always have Paris. This will be an emotional one about loving someone with dementia. Much like the previous game, it will support Linux as the engine was developed on Linux. “This is the story of Simon Smith, a retired chef who lives with Claire, his wife of fifty years. Claire is slowly losing her memory, and Simon must balance his love for her with his desire to maintain normality and autonomy over the confusion that is infiltrating both their lives.” # ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_Changes_Games_By_Scanning_Barcodes_|_Tom’s Hardware⠀⇛ Creating a custom interface is one of the most exciting aspects of creating a retro gaming system with the Raspberry Pi. Tons of themes and original UIs have emerged over the years, but Neil, from YouTube channel RMC – The Cave, has taken things to the next level by creating a retro game shop replica as part of his retro games museum that functions as a front end for his emulation platform. Instead of selecting a game from a menu on the screen, users choose a game from the physical store shelves and scan it using a barcode scanner. Once a game is selected, it will automatically load for the user to play. The glue that makes all of this work, is a Raspberry Pi 3B and a little Linux magic. # ⚓ Ys_IX:_Monstrum_Nox_gets_improvements_ready_for_the_Steam Deck_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Ys IX: Monstrum Nox from developers Nihon Falcom, PH3 GmbH, Engine Software and publisher NIS America, Inc. has released an update to get the game ready for the Steam Deck. There’s no native port here though, it continues to rely on the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer. Released on Steam back in July 2021, the latest update version 1.1.2 brings with it local co-op and some improvements to the aspect ratio support. # ⚓ Valve_continues_tweaking_their_new_Store_Hubs_for_tags_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ With Valve’s latest store updates experiment that’s ongoing, they gave a new look to Store Hubs for all the various tags and they just release an update with plenty of tweaks. Steam Labs Experiment 13 that was announced back in December gave the same refresh that other parts of Steam had seen, to upgrade the browsing experience with more information and to better make use of all the data they have. More personalization, items from your wishlist and more. # ⚓ Humble_Bundle_Drops_Linux_and_macOS,_Gives_Customers_Mere Weeks_to_Save_Their_Games⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mac_and_Linux_Support_for_Humble_Choice_Subscription Service_Ending_Soon_|_Windows-Only_Launcher⠀⇛ # ⚓ Humble_Bundle_Will_Be_Moving_To_A_Subscription_Service⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients_–_2022-01-18 Edition_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Between 2022-01-11 and 2022-01-18 there were 22 new games released on Steam with Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 235 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.4 % of total released titles. # ⚓ Acid-Damaged_Game_Boy_Restored_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ The original Game Boy was the greatest selling handheld video game system of all time, only to be surpassed by one of its successors. It still retains the #2 position by a wide margin, but even so, they’re getting along in years now and finding one in perfect working condition might be harder than you think. What’s more likely is you find one that’s missing components, has a malfunctioning screen, or has had its electronics corroded by the battery acid from a decades-old set of AAs. That latter situation is where [Taylor] found himself and decided on performing a full restoration on this classic. To get started, he removed all of the components from the damaged area so he could see the paths of the traces. After doing some cleaning of the damage and removing the solder mask, he used 30 gauge wire to bridge the damaged parts of the PCB before repopulating all of the parts back to their rightful locations. A few needed to be replaced, but in the end the Game Boy was restored to its former 90s glory. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_Plasma_Desktop_Guide_[A_Beginner's_Manual]⠀⇛ We give you a getting started guide with KDE Plasma desktop in this comprehensive article. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME_42_Alpha_is_Out_–_And_Includes_a_Lot_of_GTK4 Apps⠀⇛ Now, this isn’t a fully detailed, commit-by- commit or blow-by-blow rundown of everything that’s been updated, upgraded, or even just tickled lightly under its hin. Nor is this a fancy showcase of the best new features in GNOME 42 — it’s way too early for that. What this post is, is a quick overview of the most visible user-facing changes. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Deepin_20.4_Becomes_Even_More_Beautiful_with_the_New UI_Improvements⠀⇛ There are a bunch of changes and visual improvements that make Deepin 20.4 a wonderful Linux distribution. Here’s what’s new! Deepin is a Chinese-made Linux distribution that caters to the average desktop user. It is a popular choice among users who want a beautiful Linux while being stable. The distro is so polished and has so many in- house developed apps that one forgets this is a Debian-based Linux distribution. The Deepin Desktop Environment, or DDE for short, is one of the best-looking Linux desktop environments out there. In fact, Deepin is now a fashion in computing ready to compete with Windows 11 and macOS. DDE is just gorgeous and without exaggeration, we can say that it is a work of art. Now with version 20.4 out it is time to have a fresh look and see how it matured. # ⚓ Deepin_20.4_Released_with_Updated_Kernels,_Installer Improvements,_and_More⠀⇛ Deepin 20.4 is here almost two months after Deepin 20.3 and brings updated kernels and various other improvements, as well as bug and security fixes. The distribution now ships with both Linux 5.10.83 LTS and Linux 5.15.6 LTS kernels, but the former is used by default for new installations, though you can easily select the latter from the advanced options of the boot menu. # ⚓ Deepin_20.4_Released [Ed: Ripoff artist]⠀⇛ Deepin 20.4 is now available for download. Deepin 20.4 is here with tons of new improvements and features like updated kernels. Deepin 20.4 is the fourth maintenance update to the latest Deepin 20 series. # ⚓ 深度操作系统20.4发布_–_深度科技社区⠀⇛ 深度操作系统（deepin）是一个致力于为全球用户提供美观易用、安全稳定服务的Linux发行版，同时也一直是排名最高的来自中国团队研发的Linux发行版。（了解deepin国际排名） 深度操作系统20.4同步上游内核版本，升级LTS内核至5.10.83，Stable内核至5.15.6，进一步提升兼容性。修复系统安全漏洞，增强安全性。从功能层面社区积极响应了用户反馈问题，开发并集成了大量实用功能，以便为用户带来更好体验。 # ⚓ Qubes_OS_4.1.0-rc4_has_been_released!_|_Qubes_OS⠀⇛ The fourth release candidate for Qubes 4.1.0 is here! There are no major changes to report. We’ve just focused on fixing bugs that were discovered and reported in the third release candidate. If you’re currently using any Qubes 4.1.0 release candidate, a regular update is sufficient to upgrade to the latest one. Otherwise, read on for more about how to get started with testing Qubes 4.1.0-rc4. # ⚓ Parted_Magic_2022_01_18_News⠀⇛ This version of Parted Magic updates to Linux 5.16.1 and fixes a few minor problems with the Secure Erase and NVME Secure Erase programs. Manufacturers are starting to get a bit carried away with the length of names given to drives. The names are now limited to 15 characters, so the Secure Erase GUI should now fit well on everybody’s screen. If there is still any doubt to what drive is what, do a mouse over and the entire name will be shown in the tool tip. # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Announcing_the_D-Installer_Project_|_YaST⠀⇛ As you may know, YaST is not only a control center for (open)SUSE Linux distributions, but it is also the installer. And, in that regard, we think it is a competent installer. However, time goes by, and YaST shows its age in a few aspects. During summer 2021, the team discussed how YaST should look in the near future. # ⚓ Call_for_Papers_Opens_for_openSUSE_Conference_2022_– openSUSE_News⠀⇛ The call for papers for openSUSE Conference 2022 is open! The call for papers is open until April 14. This leaves a less than 90 days to submit a proposal. The dates of the conference are scheduled for June 2 – 4. The organizing team is preparing for a hybrid conference involving both virtual talks and live talks from the Z-Bau in Nuremberg, Germany. Registration for the conference has also begun. # ⚓ SUSE_releases_NeuVector,_the_industry’s_first_open source_container_security_platform_|_SUSE_Communities⠀⇛ Since the close of the NeuVector acquisition three months ago, SUSE worked through the technical and legal considerations involved in open sourcing our eponymous cloud-native container security platform. NeuVector is an industry-leading security and compliance solution adopted by leading companies around the world. Open sourcing the NeuVector codebase not only makes NeuVector the technology of choice for the open source community, it also provides an even greater level of assurance to customers in highly regulated industries including government and federal customers, which is critical for proving a product they can trust and rely on. # ⚓ Open_source_powers_Indonesia’s_ongoing_fight_against COVID-19⠀⇛ The eventual solution, which comprised a 7- region national scale cloud, is primarily being used for disaster detection and prevention and has all workloads orchestrated via Kubernetes, using SUSE Rancher. The solution was deployed seamlessly, on- time, and under budget as a result of open source components working together. Most importantly, the end result is the solid infrastructure backbone enabling the Indonesian Government to tackle the crisis effectively. # § Slackware Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Absolute64-20220117_released⠀⇛ Based on Slackware64-current. After the 3rd release candidate by Slackware, Absoute has ditched spacefm/udevil — switching to qtfm/udisks2 (still no gvfs). Spacefm seems to have been abandoned and I was beginning to have issues with devil. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ Red_Hat_Insights_Resource_Optimization_is_released⠀⇛ Last summer we released the public beta of the Resource Optimization service. During public beta, we received a lot of feedback from customers, which we used to enhance Resource Optimization in several areas. We are now announcing that this service is generally available for our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) customers. # ⚓ Automating_DNS_based_GSLB_with_Infoblox_DTC_and_Red Hat_Ansible_Automation_Platform⠀⇛ Companies are pushing data closer and closer to the edge to meet the demands of users who are increasingly sensitive to delays in application responsiveness. These changes to the way data is delivered and consumed presents challenges to IT organizations. In this post we’ll talk about how an organization can provide optimum uptime while also delivering data as quickly as possible. An Application Delivery Controller (ADC) is one solution, but it often relies on expensive software and hardware to direct network traffic to available resources across datacenters. In addition to the traditional DNS infrastructure, an ADC solution often employs Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) to dynamically reply to a Domain Name System (DNS) query with the IP address of the closest, or healthiest, server. Beyond the monetary cost of maintaining two separate DNS solutions, an ADC introduces another layer of complexity to a network. # ⚓ Perform_unit_tests_using_GoogleTest_and_CTest [Ed: Several times in recent days Stephan Avenwedde promotes Microsoft vendor lock-in for developers]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Artificial_Intelligence_(AI):_7_trends_to_watch_for in_2022⠀⇛ Of the many technologies with the potential to deliver significant value in the near future, Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems firmly planted atop the list for CIOs. Indeed, nearly all (95 percent) of the CIOs, CTOs, and technology leaders surveyed by IEEE agreed that AI will drive the majority of innovation across almost every industry sector in the next one to five years. “In 2022, expect AI engagements to become larger, more strategically significant, and more mission-critical – with a focus on long- term scalability.” # ⚓ Future_of_work:_A_case_for_the_3-day_weekend⠀⇛ Since around 2010, the “future of work” has been a leading topic for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and employees. A key question has been how emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, and smart machines will affect humans in the workforce. Then COVID-19 struck. Seemingly overnight, orderly debates about the future of work morphed into chaotic discussions about the “present of work:” Specifically, could employees work securely using mature technologies like video conferencing, mobile telephony, and cloud computing services? Forced to shut down their physical offices, corporations resorted to work models predicated on what futurist Carmen Alfonso Rica called a “massive, forced adoption of remote working.” # ⚓ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Mindshare_Committee_Quarterly Report_–_Q4_2021⠀⇛ The Mindshare Committee is establishing a Quarterly Report, with this post being our first edition. It covers activities from the Mindshare Committee and related teams for the months of October, November, and December of 2021. As we kick off these reports, we welcome feedback on how we can improve in the related Mindshare ticket. # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_Mint’s_Brand_New_Edge_ISO_is_Available_to Download!⠀⇛ Linux Mint 20.3 release brings in several improvements. However, it is powered by Linux Kernel 5.4 LTS. So, users with newer hardware may find it troublesome to boot or run into other incompatibility issues with an older Linux Kernel. Fortunately, Linux Mint 20.3 now has an Edge ISO featuring Linux Kernel 5.13.0-25. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ The_PinePhone_Pro_could_be_the_first_Linux-based_smartphone worth_a_look⠀⇛ Pine64 is now accepting preorders for the PinePhone Pro, billed as the “fastest mainline Linux smartphone on the market”. Successor to the original PinePhone from 2019, the PinePhone Pro is designed to fill a gap in the market for a Linux-based smartphone with sufficient raw power to compete with iOS and Android alternatives. The device is also set apart by its swappable backplate, under which is found a removable battery, SD card slot and privacy switches that let the user cut access to the cameras, microphone, Wi- Fi and more. # ⚓ Jetson_powered_system_offers_a_choice_between_PoE_and_MIPI SerDes_cam_links⠀⇛ Nexcom’s IP67 protected “ATC 3530” in-vehicle and V2X computer runs Nexcom Aided Linux (NAL) on an up to 21-TOPS Jetson Xavier NX and offers a choice of 4x GbE with PoE or 4x MIPI-CSI-2 SerDes camera connections with V-By-One support. Nexcom announced a compact, rugged, AI-enabled edge AI system designed primarily for in-vehicle and vehicle-related applications including vehicle-to- everything (V2X). The ATC 3530 also supports M-to- M, X2X, ANPR (automatic number-plate recognition), car recognition, AIoT gateways and nodes, industrial systems, and “cloud-edge AI over mesh wireless” applications. The ATC 3530, which updates an earlier, Jetson TX2 based ATC 3200 system for ADAS, supplies an in-house, Ubuntu 18.04 based Nexcom Aided Linux (NAL) stack with Nvidia Jetpack 4.5 integrations that runs on Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier NX module. # ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_RP2040_is_now_available_in_quantities_for_70 cents_and_up⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller has been available for one dollar in single quantities for about half a year, with at the time, 500- and 3400- pieces reel pricing to be determined. But Raspberry Pi Trading has now started to sell the chip in bulk with reels of 3,400 and 500 pieces directly to businesses for a unit price of respectively 70 and 80 cents via the new Raspberry Pi Direct website. Distributors have been selling reels for a while, but closer to 85 cents to 95 cents per unit. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ AutoStrap_is_a_self-tightening_strap_that’s_like something_out_of_Back_to_the_Future_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ For wearable devices, attaching them to an arm or leg can be an annoying process since the straps used often have complicated tightening/locking mechanisms. This is what inspired one Instructables user who goes by The Puma to create the AutoStrap, a self- tightening strap system for wearable electronics similar to Marty McFly’s power- lacing shoes in Back to the Future. # ⚓ Arduino_Week_2022:_Call_for_speakers_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ This year, Arduino Day is becoming Arduino Week. Taking place on 21-26 March, 2022, we’ll have more talks, events and presentations than ever before. Naturally you can expect the usual excitement from the annual Arduino festival. From makers to education and industry, we’ll be bringing you the biggest and the best Arduino has to offer. But there’s also a strong focus on community for the first week-long event. And that means we want to hear from you. # ⚓ Plot_designs_onto_cups_with_CylinDraw_|_Arduino Blog⠀⇛ Most plotters are planar, meaning they move in a single plane — though they often have the ability to move the tool up and down in the third axis. But if you convert one axis of the drawing plane into rotation, you get cylindrical plotting. That is how the rotary axis on a CNC machine works. If the tool moves in a third axis, you can even do conical plots. That’s exactly how CylinDraw makes it possible to plot directly onto cups and glasses. CylinDraw is an open source “cup-specific” plotter and engraver. It is a 2.5 axis machine with a rotary axis, similar to the famous EggBot egg plotter. Except instead of drawing onto the elliptical (in cross section) surface of an egg, CylinDraw plots onto the straight or sloped surface of cups, bottles, and similar objects. By equipping a Dremel or other rotary tool, you can also engrave onto a surface instead of drawing. If you do draw, the software also lets you swap pens to get a full color palette. # ⚓ I2C_To_The_Max_With_ATtiny_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ The Arudino is a powerful platform for interfacing with the real world, but it isn’t without limits. One of those hard limits, even for the Arduino MEGA, is a finite number of pins that the microcontroller can use to interface with the real world. If you’re looking to extend the platform’s reach in one of your own projects, though, there are a couple of options available. This project from [Bill] shows us one of those options by using the ATtiny85 to offload some of an Arduino’s tasks using I2C. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Motorola_Moto_Tab_G70:_Cheap_Android_tablet_launches with_a_2K_display_and_a_large_battery_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Working_on_Digital_Wellbeing_Widget_That Displays_Screen_Time_for_Android_Users:_Report_| Technology_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Motorola_Moto_Tab_G70:_Cheap_Android_tablet_launches with_a_2K_display_and_a_large_battery_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Top_11_Android_Secret_Security_Codes_You_Need_to Know⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_6_Best_Selfie_Apps_for_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ No,_iPhones_Aren’t_More_Expensive_Than_Android Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2022_will_be_a_‘decisive’_year_for_Android_TV_on smart_TVs_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Padloc,_The_Open-source_Password_manager_for_teams_and enterprise_that_works_everywhere⠀⇛ Padloc is a dead-simple password manager app for users who want to get the job done without any distractions and clutter. Padloc is a free, open-source solution but also offers a web service that helps the user to sync and store their passwords and keys in an encrypted web vault for a fee. Users also can download and install the app on their machine and sync up to 50 passwords, credit cards info, and login credentials, with up to 2 connected devices. However, the project itself is an open-source project that is licensed under GPL-3.0 License, which means you can install its component and run your server. # ⚓ The_Apache_Software_Foundation_Announces_Open_Source_data orchestration_platform_Apache®_Hop™_as_a_Top-Level_Project⠀⇛ The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all- volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® Hop™ as a Top-Level Project (TLP). Apache Hop —the Hop Orchestration Platform— is a flexible, metadata-infused data orchestration, engineering, and integration platform. The project originated more than two decades ago as the Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) platform Kettle (Pentaho Data Integration), was refactored over several years, and entered the Apache Incubator in September 2020. “We are pleased to successfully adopt ‘the Apache Way’ and graduate from the Apache Incubator,” said Bart Maertens, Vice President of Apache Hop. “Apache Hop enables people of all skill levels to build powerful and scalable data solutions without the need to write code. As an Apache Top-Level Project, Hop is developed and used by people across the globe. Hop’s full project life cycle support helps these data teams to successfully build, test and run their projects in ways that would otherwise be hard or impossible to do.” # ⚓ QtPass_is_a_free,_open-source_multiplatform_Password manager⠀⇛ QtPass is an open-source, free password manager GUI for the standard Unix password manager “pass” application. The “pass” password manager is a command-line open- source feature-rich application that follows Unix’s philosophy. # ⚓ Entrepreneurship_for_Engineers:_Side_Business_or_Full Time?⠀⇛ Around this time of year people often wonder about their career trajectories and think about goals for the new year. If you’re the creator and/or maintainer of an open source project, you might also be wondering if now is the time to make your part-time open source project a full-time job or continue working on it in your spare time. Hearing from other entrepreneurs can be useful in making this kind of decision, but when asked how to determine if something is ripe to go from side hustle to business, the entrepreneurs I spoke with often responded with a version of, “I wish I knew.” That’s because whether or not an open source project might be monetizable is one question, whereas whether or not a particular person is going to be able to pull off that shift — and whether that is the best career move at the time, for that person — is another entirely. # ⚓ Another_use_for_the_syslog-ng_elasticsearch-http destination:_Zinc⠀⇛ There is a new drop-in replacement for Elasticsearch, at least if you don’t mind the limitations and the alpha status. However, it definitely lives up to the promise that it provides an Elasticsearch-compatible API for data ingestion. I tested it with the elasticsearch-http() destination of syslog-ng, and it worked perfectly after I modified the URL in the configuration example I found. So, what is Zinc? It is a search engine written in Go that provides an Elasticsearch-compatible API for data ingestion. You cannot use Kibana with it, only its own web interface. If you are not into graphs and dashboards, and want to search text messages, then it is perfect. The application itself is a single binary and it does not have any external dependencies. It is lightweight and easy to configure, as practically there are no configuration options at all. Note: Zinc is still in alpha state. There are no guarantees that later versions will be compatible at any level. Error messages can sometimes be cryptic and you might run into unexpected behavior. # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreOffice_7.3_RC2_is_available_for_testing⠀⇛ The LibreOffice Quality Assurance ( QA ) Team is happy to announce LibreOffice 7.3 RC2 is available for testing! LibreOffice 7.3 will be released as final at the beginning of February, 2022 ( Check the Release Plan for more information ) being LibreOffice 7.3 RC2 the forth and last pre- release since the development of version 7.3 started in mid June, 2021. Since the previous release, LibreOffice 7.3 RC1, 117 commits have been submitted to the code repository and 65 issues got fixed. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice. # ⚓ OpenOffice_users:_Getting_messages_about_documents being_made_in_a_newer_version?_–_The_Document Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ Many OpenOffice users are seeing warnings when trying to access files in the OpenDocument Format (eg .odt, .ods). # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Notes_on_packaging_Krita_with_G’MIC⠀⇛ Krita 3 and later are compatible with G’MIC, an open-source digital image processing framework. This support is provided by G’MIC- Qt, a Qt-based frontend for G’MIC. Since its inception, G’MIC-Qt was shipped as a standalone, externally built executable that is an optional, runtime dependency of Krita. Krita 5 changes the way G’MIC-Qt is consumed. In order to support CentOS and macOS, G’MIC- Qt has been converted into a dynamically loadable library that is a dependent of Krita. This file reviews these changes, and how to package Krita accordingly. # ⚓ Qt_WebAssembly_clipboard⠀⇛ Clipboard use on desktop platforms is ubiquitous. Most people use it without thinking. Copy, Paste, and Cut keyboard strokes are in-grained into muscle memory. On the web, it can present security issues as someone could read or write to your clipboard without you knowing. Up until now, Qt for WebAssembly’s clipboard was text-only and only within the app itself. Qt 6.3 will have better clipboard support between host and app but also adds copy/ pasting of images. # ⚓ Attempting_to_compile_Shotcut_video_editor⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Numbers:_Performance_benefits_of_the_new_Qt_Quick Compiler⠀⇛ In my previous post, the history and general architecture of the new Qt Quick Compiler technology was explained. As promised there, the performance numbers are presented in this post. # ⚓ Monetizing_cross-platform_use_cases_faster_and_easier with_Qt_Digital_Advertising Platform⠀⇛ Many of you have been raising the question: when will Qt provide a full framework to monetize my Qt-based cross-platform application, implementing an advertising campaign directly on my user interface? Now all the community and Qt users in general can start in no time implementing and managing advertising campaigns targeting cross-platform use cases. We are excited to announce that Qt Digital Advertising 1.0 has been released! # ⚓ Ads_may_be_coming_to_KDE,_the_popular_Linux_desktop [Ed: Misleading clickbait. KDE and #Qt are not the same thing]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Qt_Launches_Digital_Advertising_Platform_To_Integrate Ads_Into_App_UIs⠀⇛ The Qt Company this morning announced Qt Digital Advertising 1.0 as its new ad platform that allows for developers to easily integrate advertising campaigns into Qt- based, cross-platform applications. The Qt Company devised Qt Digital Advertising as a way for the community and Qt users to integrate and manage advertising campaigns within Qt-powered programs. This is a new plug-in for the Qt toolkit for managing and monetizing campaigns for any Qt-based application. # ⚓ Parsing_PNGs_Differently_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ There are millions of tiny bugs all around us, in everything from our desktop applications to the appliances in the kitchen. Hidden, arbitrary conditions that cause unintended outputs and behaviors. There are many ways to find these bugs, but one way we don’t hear about very often is finding a bug in your own code, only to realize someone else made the same mistake. For example, [David Buchanan] found a bug in his multi- threaded PNG decoder and realized that the Apple PNG decoder had the same bug. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an image format just like JPEG, WEBP, or TIFF designed to replace GIFs. After a header, the rest of the file is entirely chunks. Each chunk is prepended by a four-letter identifier, with a few chunks being critical chunks. The essential sections are IHDR (the header), IDAT (actual image data), PLTE (the palette information), and IEND (the last chunk in the file). Compression is via the DEFLATE method used in zlib, which is inherently serial. If you’re interested, there’s a convenient poster about the format from a great resource we covered a while back. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Video:_BK_and_the_early_days_of_UNIX⠀⇛ “The early days of Unix at Bell Labs” – Brian Kernighan (LCA 2022 Online) Enjoy! o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ How_curiosity_helped_me_solve_a_hardware_problem_| Opensource.com⠀⇛ I typically have a dozen computers up and running on my home network—yes, 12. And I am responsible for several more in other locations. With so many computers, there are always failures of various types, and I ultimately diagnose many of them as hardware problems. But it can be difficult to diagnose which hardware component is causing the issue. Just this week, I had a perplexing problem that I misdiagnosed the cause of on my primary workstation—twice. This article takes you through the process I followed. I show you where and why I went down the wrong path and how easy it can be to do so. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (slurm-llnl), openSUSE (apache2, ghostscript, and watchman), Red Hat (kernel and telnet), SUSE (apache2, ghostscript, and kernel), and Ubuntu (clamav). # ⚓ Ubuntu_introduces_the_Ubuntu_Security_Guide_to ease_DISA-STIG_compliance⠀⇛ Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the world’s most popular operating system across private and public clouds, now offers the Ubuntu Security Guide tooling for compliance with the DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The new automated tooling builds on Canonical’s track record of designing Ubuntu for high security and regulated workloads, powering U.S. government agencies, prime contractors, and service providers. The Ubuntu Security Guide enables agencies and organisations to comply with the most stringent security requirements by automation and at scale. “With the Ubuntu Security Guide, we extend the Ubuntu experience to ease compliance with DISA security requirements. It is now very easy for DevOps teams and administrators to follow these requirements,” says Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Product Manager for security. # ⚓ CIS_benchmark_compliance:_Introducing_the Ubuntu_Security_Guide⠀⇛ The CIS benchmark has hundreds of configuration recommendations, so hardening and auditing a Linux system manually can be very tedious. Every administrator of systems that need to comply with that benchmark would wish that this process is easily usable and automatable. Why is that? Manual configuration of such a large number of rules leads to mistakes – mistakes that cause not only functional problems, but may also cause security breaches. In fact, one of the top reasons for security breaches the last few years is due to misconfigurations, according to Verizon data breach investigations. Let us introduce the Ubuntu Security Guide (USG). The Ubuntu Security Guide is a new tool available on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS that makes automation easy and greatly improves the usability of hardening and auditing with CIS, while allowing for environment-specific customizations. In the rest of this blog, we go through the major use cases such as CIS compliance, audit, and customization. # ⚓ Ubuntu_Security_Guide_to_simplify_DISA-STIG compliance [Ed: Compliance with standards set by people who mandate and impose back doors universally]⠀⇛ The new tool will help enterprises comply with the Defense Information System Agency’s (DISA’s) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG). A US Department of Defense security configuration standard, DISA-STIG contains guidelines for hardening systems’ security posture. The standard also doubles as a checklist for securing protocols, services, and servers to reduce attack surfaces. Currently available for Ubuntu 20.04 or later versions, the new Ubuntu Security Guide is an easy-to-use compliance and auditing tool. # ⚓ Buttercup:_a_simple_user-friendly_Password manager_for_all_platforms⠀⇛ Buttercup is a lightweight password manager for desktop and mobile. It comes with a strong 256bit AES encrypted vault that keeps your passwords and credentials secure and safe. Buttercup is a completely free, open- source solution which means you can download and use it without worrying about lock-in or fees. The project is consistent with several open-source child projects that include desktop, mobile, and Buttercup Core repositories. Buttercup organizes all of your passwords, and key entries in collections or groups, which are organized under different accounts. The mobile app uses React Native, while the desktop app uses React and Electron. # ⚓ UK_Government_to_Launch_PR_Campaign_Undermining End-to-End_Encryption⠀⇛ Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti- encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of the children!” rhetoric we’re seeing in this current wave of the crypto wars. The technical eavesdropping mechanisms have shifted to client-side scanning, which won’t actually help — but since that’s not really the point, it’s not argued on its merits. # ⚓ Revealed:_UK_Gov’t_Plans_Publicity_Blitz_to Undermine_Chat_Privacy_–_Rolling_Stone⠀⇛ The UK government is set to launch a multi-pronged publicity attack on end- to-end encryption, Rolling Stone has learned. One key objective: mobilizing public opinion against Facebook’s decision to encrypt its Messenger app. The Home Office has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency — a spin-off of Saatchi and Saatchi, which made the “Labour Isn’t Working” election posters, among the most famous in UK political history — to plan the campaign, using public funds. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/ Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Why_Linux_Saw_A_Massive_Rise_In_Malware Attacks_Last_Year [Ed: Microsoft-connected Crowdstrike spreading_lots_of_anti-Linux FUD_at_the_moment_to_sell_its_proprietary products_and_to_help_Microsoft]⠀⇛ Crowdstrike actually expects… # ⚓ Linux_malware_rises [Ed: Once again, Microsoft-connected firm smears "Linux" all over the media]⠀⇛ The number of malware infections targeting Linux devices rose by 35 per cent in 2021, and it looks lie the writers want to recruit IoT devices for DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. According to a Crowdstrike report in 2021 XorDDoS, Mirai, and Mozi were the most prevalent families, accounting for 22 per cent of Linux-targeting malware attacks observed in 2021. Mozi saw an explosive growth in its activity, with ten times more samples circulating in the wild the year that passed compared to the previous one. XorDDoS use increased by123 per cent. # ⚓ Linux_Malware_Sees_35%_Growth_During_2021 [Ed: Slashdot is giving a megaphone to Microsofters against Linux]⠀⇛ The number of malware infections targeting Linux devices rose by 35% in 2021, most commonly to recruit IoT devices for DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The_dangers_of_DigiYatra_&_facial recognition_enabled_paperless_air_travel #SaveOurPrivacy⠀⇛ The Ministry of Civil Aviation’s DigiYatra scheme is scheduled to take flight this year. The scheme aims to make air travel paperless by using facial recognition to authenticate the identities of passengers. It presents privacy risks of profiling and data exploitation without any remedies or regulatory framework. # ⚓ Ashling_Murphy,_Jill_Meagher,_can_apps counter_harassment_of_women?⠀⇛ On 10 January, the British Government endorsed an app for women’s safety. The app allows women to broadcast their movements to somebody else. Similar apps already exist in Saudi Arabia, keeping husbands and fathers in control of womens’ lives.. Inside, the UK app could be the same binary code, sugar coated to look like a tool of empowerment. Two days later and a woman in Ireland, Ashling Murphy, was murdered in broad daylight. The Irish press was quick to compare this with the murder of Sarah Everard in London but the story that came to my mind was the 2012 murder of Jill Meagher. Jill emigrated from Ireland to Melbourne, much like my own mother. Jill was abducted in a main road and shopping district where I used to go almost every day. [...] One of my female interns in the Outreachy program wrote about a sponsor, Google, stalking her. In response, all she received were threats and insults. Google set about discrediting my intern and I just as Facebook has tried to discredit Frances Haugen. The Google employees claim they are the victims of harassment and abuse: how can they equate themselves with the trauma experienced by women like Ashling, Jill and Brittany? # ⚓ Dubmphones_are_smartphones,_again⠀⇛ Almost four years ago, I explained why and how “Dumbphone is the new Smartphone. Especially for traveling”. In that post, remembering how years ago what we called “smartphones” took a wrong turn, I summarized why and how you don’t want to cross a border with your main smartphone. # ⚓ Facebook_critics_say_its_metaverse_could quickly_become_a_virtual_hellscape_|_WIRED Middle_East⠀⇛ Only 6 percent of Arabic hate content is flagged as such when a user posts on Instagram, Politico reported in October. The Facebook algorithms used to identify terrorist content in Arabic wrongly take down posts 77 percent of the time, WIRED reported the same month. And Facebook employs just 766 Arabic- speaking moderators to check posts by 220 million Arabic- speaking users, French daily Le Monde revealed. Each piece of information, pulled from a dossier of internal documents provided by whistleblower Frances Haugen, seemed to be a damning new piece of evidence of how Facebook struggles to police content, not just in the Middle East but globally. So when Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was rechristening the company Meta, in tribute to growing ambitions to build tech for the metaverse, the online forum Reddit exploded with warnings. “Facebook has ruined our reality, now it’s coming for the metaverse too,” said one thread. “It’s another opportunity for Big Tech to colonize our lives in the name of profit,” said another. “We don’t have to stop it, we just don’t have to use it,” said one popular post on the thread, which received 4,500 upvotes. # ⚓ The_U.S.-Russia_cyber_relationship_just got_even_more_complicated⠀⇛ Two Middle East women′s rights activists are the latest identified Pegasus victims, and the United Kingdom government is planning an ad blitz against end- to-end encryption. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Cross-country_Exposure:_Analysis_of_the_MY2022_Olympics_app –_The_Citizen_Lab⠀⇛ The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing have generated significant controversy. As early as February 2021, over 180 human rights groups had called for governments to boycott the Olympics, arguing that holding the Games in Beijing will legitimize a regime currently engaging in genocide against Uyghur people in China. Some governments including Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States have pledged to diplomatically boycott the Games, meaning that these countries will allow athletes to compete at the Games but will not send government delegates to attend the event. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organization responsible for organizing the Games, has been criticized for failing to uphold human rights. In December 2021, the United States House of Representatives voted unanimously to condemn the IOC and stated that the IOC had violated their own human rights commitments by cooperating with the Chinese government. Following professional tennis player Peng Shuai’s 2021 sexual assault accusation against Chinese Communist Party leader Zhang Gaoli and her subsequent disappearance, Human Rights Watch stated that “the IOC has vaulted itself from silence about Beijing’s abysmal human rights record to active collaboration with Chinese authorities in undermining freedom of speech and disregarding alleged sexual assault.” According to IOC documents, Zhang Gaoli headed the steering committee charged with securing and organizing the 2022 Games. # ⚓ Concern_activist’s_phone_infected_with_spyware_during Dublin_conference⠀⇛ Ebtisam al-Saegh’s phone hacked by Pegasus software, human rights groups say o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # § Open Invention Network Legitimising More Software Patents (Instead of Fighting Them)⠀➾ # ⚓ Open_Invention_Network_expands_Linux_patent protection [Ed: IBM- and Microsoft-funded front - - fronting for OIN and Linux Foundation agenda - - continues to promote software patents agenda]⠀⇛ Today, everyone — yes, even Microsoft — use Linux and open-source. It’s been years since Linux was under attack by SCO for imaginary copyright violations, and then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claimed that Linux violated over 200 of Microsoft’s patents. So over 15-years ago, the Open Invention Network (OIN) patent consortium was formed to defend Linux against intellectual property (IP) attacks. Even so, Linux and open- source software are still under attack from patent trolls and other attackers. That’s where the Open Invention Network (OIN) steps up by expanding its patent non-aggression coverage by updating its Linux System definition. # ⚓ Open_Invention_Network_Expands_its_Patent_Non- Aggression⠀⇛ Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, announced today that it has increased its patent non-aggression coverage through an update to its definition of the Linux System. To keep pace with innovation Open Invention Network regularly revises and expands its Linux System coverage. This is the ninth expansion of the software packages and libraries protected under the Open Invention Network cross license. # ⚓ Open_Invention_Network_expands_coverage⠀⇛ The Open Invention Network has announced an expansion of its “Linux System Definition”, which is the set of software covered by its patent- protection umbrella. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Google_v._Oracle:_The_End_of_an_Era_–_Software Freedom_Law_Center⠀⇛ The Supreme Court’s April 3rd decision of the long-running dispute between Oracle and Google brings to a last victorious conclusion the free software movement’s legal campaign, which began more than thirty years ago. Though the Justices have only now resolved the issue of API copyright, it was among the first of the legal problems with which FSF and I dealt. The heart of the free software movement’s long-term strategy was to harness the power of independent reinvention. Writing from scratch new programs that implemented both sides of all major software APIs was the technical pillar of our master plan. Licensing those programs on terms that protected the resulting commons—giving every user rights to study, copy, modify and share, with copyleft restriction on downstream licensing—was the legal pillar. The master plan of GNU was the independent reimplementation of both sides of all Unix APIs, thus allowing anything that could be done by general purpose computers to be done by software in which users had rights and free invention could flourish. When FSF and I started working together, in 1993, the Foundation—which was made possible by Richard Stallman’s 1990 MacArthur prize—was new, and the 1991 GPLv2 license brilliantly constructed for Stallman by Jerry Cohen was even newer. Gaining broad legal acceptance for GPLv2 and assessing the risk from the patenting of purely software inventions were immediate legal problems in need of my attention. But the threat posed by broad API copyright was the most urgent. The urgency arose because the issue was already headed for the US Supreme Court. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2492 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.18.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_18/1/2022:_GNOME_42_Alpha_and_KStars_3.5.7⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocast⠀➾ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_160⠀⇛ A theme of funding open source development runs throughout the news including npm sabotage, Mozilla accepting crypto donations, and Signal’s CEO standing down. Plus Wordle’s open web problem, the usual great stuff in KDE Korner, and more. # ⚓ Destination_Linux_261:_KDE_Roadmap_Interview_with_Nate Graham⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we’re joined by Nate Graham from KDE to talk about Plasma and all things KDE. Then we’re going to discuss an exciting announcement from Pine64. All of this and so much more this week on Destination Linux. So whether you’re brand new to Linux and open source or a guru of sudo. This is the podcast for you. o § DRM⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Beat_of_a_Different_DRM_–_Purism⠀⇛ Canon made big news this past week when it started telling customers how to defeat the Digital Rights Management (DRM) in its toner cartridges because of supply chain issues with the chips they normally use to enforce it. That Canon explained how to bypass the DRM when it suited them, and that it didn’t negatively affect the operation of the printers or the customer, made it clear that DRM and the chips that enforce it offer little if any benefit to customers. Instead, DRM is only in place so the vendor can exert remote control over their product after the customer buys it. Computer vendors are marching to the beat of this DRM, and their ultimate goal is to exert the same sort of control printer and smartphone vendors enjoy into laptops and desktops. # ⚓ You_Don’t_Own_Your_Movies,_Music,_Books,_Games_(DRM_Is Evil!)_–_Invidious⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_Mint_20.3_Cinnamon_(Edge)_Edition_now_available_for download⠀⇛ When using a Linux-based operating system, you should always use the most recent kernel, right? Actually, no. While new kernels do add fixes and support for new hardware, they can also be less stable and cause bugs. Unfortunately, if you have extremely new hardware, sometimes you must use a newer kernel in order to boot, as older kernels do not yet support some of your devices. For instance, Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” was released recently and it comes with Linux kernel 5.4. If that older kernel does not support your computer, it may not boot. Thankfully, all is not lost. Today, the Linux Mint developers release an “Edge” version of the operating system. No, it doesn’t come with Microsoft’s Edge browser. The “Edge” moniker simply means it comes with a more modern kernel for those with very new hardware. You see, Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon (Edge) Edition comes with the much-newer kernel 5.13. # ⚓ Platform_Firmware_Runtime_Update_&_Telemetry_Feature Submitted_For_Linux_5.17⠀⇛ Last September I was the first to call attention to Intel working on a new feature to allow updating some system firmware components without needing to reboot such as for mission critical servers that try to avoid downtime at all costs. That Intel “Seamless Update” feature also known as Platform Firmware Runtime Update and Telemetry (PFRUT) has now been sent in for mainlining with Linux 5.17. Intel sent out the revised patches in December for implementing Platform Firmware Runtime Update and Telemetry for Linux systems as outlined by the ACPI specification. This provides a new “pfr_update” kernel driver behind the new “ACPI_PFRUT” kernel configuration build option. There is also a basic user-space tool for demonstrating how firmware updates are submitted to the kernel driver for run- time updating and also accessing the telemetry support. # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Intel’s_Former_Vulkan_Driver_Lead_Dev_Lands_Great Role_For_Improving_Linux_Graphics⠀⇛ Jason Ekstrand who was the lead developer of Intel’s open-source “ANV” Vulkan Linux driver left Intel in December and has now revealed details about his new role. Ekstrand’s prolific work on the Intel ANV driver over the past number of years has made him one of the top five contributors to Mesa by commit count even with only being involved in the open-source Linux graphics scene since 2013. When he announced he was leaving Intel came as a bit of a surprise, but at least it turns out his new role will be still benefiting the upstream open-source Linux 3D graphics ecosystem. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ What_is_POSIX?_Why_Does_it_Matter_to_Linux/UNIX_Users?⠀⇛ You’ll hear the acronym, or read about it: POSIX, on different online boards and articles. Programmers and system developers seem to worry about it the most. It can sound mysterious and, while there are many good sources on the subject, some discussion boards (brevity is part of their nature), don’t go into detail as to what it is and this can lead to confusion. What, then, is POSIX, really? POSIX isn’t actually a thing. It describes a thing – much like a label. Imagine a box labeled: POSIX, and inside the box is a standard. A standard consists of sets of rules and instructions that POSIX is concerned with. POSIX is shorthand for Portable Operating System Interface. It is an IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs (along with command line shells and utility interfaces) and the UNIX operating system. # ⚓ [Old] Reasons_to_avoid_Javascript_CDNs⠀⇛ Many javascript projects have install instructions recommending that people use a CDN like jsdelivr or unpkg to include the code on their website. This has the advantage that it’s quicker to get started with, and it’s often claimed to load faster. However, it also has downsides when it comes to privacy, security, and systemic risk, and it may actually be slower in some common cases. Here are some reasons not to use a javascript CDN, and some alternatives to consider instead. The big javascript CDNs are used by huge numbers of people — cdnjs brags that it’s on 12.5% of websites on the internet, and serves more that 200 billion requests per month, jsdelivr serves nearly 100 billion requests per month, and unpkg serves ~2.4 billion unique IP addresses per month. This means that one of these CDNs going down, or an attacker hacking one of them would have a huge impact all over society — we already see this category of problem with large swaths of the internet going down every time cloudflare or AWS has an outage. There’s a fundamental tradeoff here between efficiency and resiliency, and when 12.5% of the internet can have an outage because of one provider going down, I think we’ve swung way too far away from resiliency, as a society. # ⚓ How_to_install_Mattermost_desktop_client_on_Debian_11_/ Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ So, in this post, you will learn how to install Mattermost desktop client on Debian 11 / Ubuntu 20.04. Hello, friends. We recently explained to you how to install Mattermost on Debian 11. But the truth is that although it can be used through a web browser, it is also possible to use a desktop client. # ⚓ BUILD_YOUR_NETWORK_FIREWALL_WITH_CLEAROS⠀⇛ Welcome again! today will learn to build a Firewall with ClearOS. in the very last article I listed up the top five firewalls. The one potentially useful firewall, I was not able to cover in the article. So today we will cover a complete step-by-step installation guide for the same. The firewall comes in a form of a dedicated OS and can be downloaded from this link. The free-to-use license of ClearOS comes under community license. Yet the UTM is free having no official support. But, still have a good support community and documentation. Let’s go step by step. First, we will have a look into the features of the firewall followed by an installation guide. Finally, we will give the final verdict in form of a conclusion. # ⚓ Zsh_shell_installation_and_configuration_on_Linux⠀⇛ The Z-shell (zsh) is a modern and very powerful shell: it incorporates and extends many feature of other shells, like Bash. Although it can be used as a powerful scripting language, it is mainly aimed at interactive use, since one of its more prominent feature is the advanced tab completion system. In this tutorial we see how to install zsh in the most commonly used Linux distributions, see what are its startup and shutdown files and how to perform the basic configurations. # ⚓ How_to_install_and_manage_fonts_on_Linux⠀⇛ Fonts are a really important part of the user experience. On the most commonly used Linux-based distributions, there are many packaged fonts which can be installed using the native package manager. Sometimes, however, we may want to install some fonts manually. In this tutorial we see how to perform such operation, and, more generally, how fonts are managed on Linux. # ⚓ How_to_use_LUKS_with_a_detached_header⠀⇛ Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is the de-facto standard block device encryption format used on Linux-based systems. We already discussed some of the features provided by it in a previous tutorial about using a file as a LUKS device key. When using LUKS, encryption metadata is stored on the header which is created at the beginning of the encrypted device (a copy of the header is created at end of the device for redundancy, when using LUKS2).If desired, it is possible to specify that the header should be detached from the device: in this tutorial we see how. # ⚓ How_to_scrape_web_pages_from_the_command_line_using_htmlq⠀⇛ Web scraping is the process of analyzing the structure of HTML pages, and programmatically extract data from them. In the past we saw how to scrape the web using the Python programming language and the “Beautilful Soup” library; in this tutorial, instead, we see how to perform the same operation using a command line tool written in Rust: htmlq. # ⚓ Install_Node.js_17_&_NPM_on_Debian_11_Bullseye_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8 engine to build fast and scalable network applications and back-end APIs. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking IO module that makes it very lightweight and practical. It is a fantastic choice for data-intensive real-time applications across distributed devices. NPM is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language maintained by NPM, Inc. NPM is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js and is arguably the most available repository for Node.JS packages. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Node.JS 17 from the node source repository on Debian 11 Bullseye. # ⚓ Install_UNRAR_on_Debian_11_Bullseye_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ UNRAR is widely known and used amongst Windows users. RAR files are much smaller archives and compress better than ZIP for most files by compressing files “together,” saving more space. UNRAR does not come pre-installed natively on Debian, but it is available to install from its repository. The following tutorial will show you how to install UNRAR on Debian 11 Bullseye and the basic commands to use it on either your Debian desktop or server. # ⚓ How_to_Add_Host_in_Zabbix_Server_to_Monitor⠀⇛ Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software tool for diverse IT components, including networks, servers, virtual machines and cloud services. Zabbix server is rich in template tools which contain lots of predefined templates which we can easily be used with your hosts. # ⚓ How_to_install_Flightgear_on_Elementary_OS_6.0_– Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at how to install Flightgear on Elementary OS 6.0. # ⚓ How_to_install_and_configure_Squid_Proxy_on_Rocky_Linux/ Alma_Linux_8⠀⇛ In this guide we will learn how to install and configure Squid Proxy server on a Rocky Linux 8 server. This guide also works on other RHEL 8 based distros like Alma Linux and Oracle Linux. Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems. # ⚓ How_to_install_Flashforge_FlashPrint_5.2.1_on_a Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install Flashforge FlashPrint 5.2.1 on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below. This tutorial will only work on Chromebooks with an Intel or AMD CPU (with Linux Apps Support) and not those with an ARM64 architecture CPU. # ⚓ Install_PHP_8.1_on_Linux_Mint_20_–_LinuxCapable⠀⇛ PHP 8.1 is a significant update of the PHP language that was “officially” released on November 25, 2021. As we advance from the existing PHP 8.0 release, this is a standard upgrade. The new PHP 8.1 brings enums, fibers, never return type, final class constants, intersection types, read-only properties amongst the long list of new features and changes. Linux Mint is known to be a desktop distribution and not as a full-fledged web server. However, developers may require to install PHP on their Mint system for development purposes. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to import the Ondřej Surý PPA and install PHP 8.1 on your Linux Mint 20. # ⚓ How_to_install_and_use_Firewalld_on_Rocky_Linux_8_–_Linux Shout⠀⇛ Firewalls are one of the most essential parts of security when we are going online. Here we learn the steps and command to install, configure, and how to use FirewallD on Rocky Linux 8 using CLI or GUI. Many of us who are not already Linux would already be familiar with the firewall feature on Windows, where it is very easy to turn On or Off ports or services using GUI. However, what about Linux such as CentOS, Rocky Linux, RedHat, AlmaLinux, and more… If you are using full Linux Desktop then a firewall would already be there but in most of the cases without a graphical interface. Nevertheless, Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu, and other Linux systems provide the appropriate firewall GUI software directly from their respective repository to manage things with the help of mouse clicks. But what if you just want a basic OS installation with no graphical interface? Because minimal versions of Linux would not even have the CLI version of Firewall by default. Well, this is a very small problem, if you have an active internet connection and due to an in-built package manager under Linux, we can install a firewall with just a single command. # ⚓ Overview_of_the_Wireshark_User_Interface_(GUI)⠀⇛ Wireshark is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and it is developed by a community of enthusiastic developers. Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) is used for capturing and investigating the traffic going on a network. It is a very popular network protocol analyzer among network professionals, security analysts, and research scholars around the world. The good thing is that it is open source and freely available under the GNU General Public License version 2. It is available for major OSes like Windows, macOS, Linux, and UNIX. Wireshark has many features like profound inspection of network traffic, real-time capture, offline analysis, R/W support for different capture file types etc. It also organizes SharkFest, an annual educational conference, around the world for imparting knowledge of their product. These conferences are focused on the best practices of using Wireshark. # ⚓ How_to_install_DragonFly_BSD_6.2.1_plus_MATE_desktop_and some_applications._–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show how to Install DragonFly BSD 6.2.1 plus MATE and some applications. # ⚓ Using_the_Linux_look_command_to_select_lines_from_files_| Network_World⠀⇛ The look command on Linux can be handy for selecting particular lines from text files with sorted contents. Let’s look into how it can be used and where you might run into some problems. # ⚓ How_to_Change_Domain_Name_on_WordPress⠀⇛ This tutorial explains how to change the domain name on WordPress. By reading this article you will learn how to edit your WordPress site URL both from the WordPress dashboard and from your server through phpMyAdmin. In case you do not have access to your dashboard through your new URL, you can achieve it from your server. This method includes the use of a plugin to update all the URLs in your site content. All steps explained in this article include screenshots making it easy to follow them. # ⚓ Expanding_Your_Nextcloud_Instance_Using_Linode’s_NVMe- Backed_Block_Storage⠀⇛ Nextcloud is a very popular self-hosted alternative to Dropbox, Google Drive, and other cloud hosting providers. It’s not only the go-to choice for individuals, either. Nextcloud has a number of enterprise-level deployments. Given the above, we decided to install Nextcloud on a Linode Dedicated CPU and see just what it would take to configure it to use Linode’s new NVMe- backed block storage. This article was the result. # ⚓ Analyze_Network_Traffic_Using_Brim_Security_– kifarunix.com⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how you can analyze network traffic using Brim security tool. Brim is an open source desktop application that can be used to analyze structured network traffic data like; o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Old_Firewall_Reborn_As_Retro_PC_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ In two follow-up videos (here and here), he builds an enclosure (instructions on Thingiverse) and tries out several other operating systems. He was able to get the Tiny Core Linux distribution running with the NetSurf browser, but failed to get Windows 2000 or XP to work. Returning to Windows 98, he tweaks drivers and settings and eventually has a respectable retro-gaming computer for his efforts. The next time you’re cleaning out your junk bins, have a peek inside those pizza-box gadgets first — you may find a similar gem. # ⚓ Building_a_Retro_Linux_Gaming_Computer_–_Part_9:_Ancient Archaeology_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ After the demise of Loki Software, one of their former employees found himself forced to work behind a cash register for a living. Desperate to get back to porting games, he found the email address of an artist working for the Croatian developer Croteam, creators of the game Serious Sam. Croteam agreed to let him attempt to create a port of the game to Linux, the first of many games to come to the platform thanks to the work of Ryan “icculus” Gordon. The port of Serious Sam though would in the end never leave the beta stage. Croteam later released the source code to the game in 2016, with Ryan himself returning to craft his own source port, but his original effort languished for years with a number of unfortunate bugs. One of these left the game unbeatable as it prevented the player from inflicting any damage to the final boss. Unbeatable that is with the standard version of the game. Our friends at Global Star Software released Serious Sam: Limited Edition in 2002, a bizarre budget retail variant of Serious Sam: The First Encounter that only features seven out of the fifteen levels. It also happens to be the only version of the game that I possess on CD-ROM. I initially dismissed the idea of playing Serious Sam as I thought it would be too much for the hardware, but the jewel case insists that the Rage 128 Pro is compatible. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KStars_v3.5.7_Released⠀⇛ KStars v3.5.7 is released on January 18th for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. This release includes a number of new features and bug fixes. This feature is finally implemented in 3.5.7. Many assumed it existed before and were disappointed when they couldn’t drag the mosaic panels around for finer adjustments. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ ‘Burn_My_Windows’_GNOME_Extension_Adds_3_New_Effects &_Random_Mode_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ A couple of new Star Trek-esque effects have been added to the ‘Burn my Windows’ GNOME Shell extension. If you’ve not yet heard about this bling- tactic add-on, it animates closing windows (and optionally dialogs) in some spectacularly over the top ways — just like Compiz of old. Burn My Windows 8 is available from the GNOME Extensions website and it adds there new effects. # ⚓ GNOME_42_Desktop_Environment_Is_Now_Available_for Public_Testing⠀⇛ GNOME 42 alpha is now ready for public testing to give the Linux and Open Source community an early taste of what they can expect from the next major release of one of the most popular desktop environments for Linux-powered operating systems, used on desktop and mobile. The biggest changes in the GNOME 42 release around the GTK 4 and libadwaita components. Some of the default apps distributed as part of the GNOME stack have been ported to GTK 4 for a more modern look and extra functionality. Here’s a first look at some of them. # ⚓ GNOME_42.alpha_released⠀⇛ Hi, GNOME 42.alpha is now available. This is the first unstable release leading to 42 stable series. While usually we don't highlight changes in the announcement, this is a big transitional cycle and here is what you can expect for GNOME 42. * Libadwaita is released and GNOME 42 will be hard depending on it. * A couple of apps and modules are migrating to GTK 4 and libadwaita, and this will continue in the next cycles as well. * Modules have ported to libsoup3. * The gnome-desktop module can be built against GTK 4 now and the internals were split in 3 libraries. * libgweather has been ported to GTK 4. In addition, for the 42 Flatpak runtime the following modules were removed. You can still bundle them in your applications, but they won't be part of the runtime. * cogl * clutter * librest If you want to compile GNOME 42.alpha, you can use the official BuildStream project snapshot. Thanks to BuildStream's build sandbox, it should build reliably for you regardless of the dependencies on your host system: https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/ 42.alpha/gnome-42.alpha.tar.xz The list of updated modules and changes is available here: https://download.gnome.org/core/42/42.alpha/ NEWS The source packages are available here: https://download.gnome.org/core/42/42.alpha/ sources/ WARNING! -------- This release is a snapshot of development code. Although it is buildable and usable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development status. For more information about 42 release, the full schedule, the official module lists and the proposed module lists, please see our 42 wiki page: https://wiki.gnome.org/FortyTwo Jordan Petridis, GNOME Release Team # ⚓ GNOME_42_Alpha_Released_With_A_Lot_Of_GTK4_Porting, Other_Improvements⠀⇛ The alpha release of GNOME 42 is now available for testing. GNOME 42 is working up to its release in March while out today is the “42.alpha” milestone. GNOME 42 components have been seeing a lot of work porting from GTK3 to GTK4, beginning to make use of libadwaita, support for the dark mode / dark preference option, and a variety of other improvements. Some of the specific changes worth noting with GNOME 42 Alpha include: - The Baobab disk usage analyzer has been ported to GTK4 and libadwaita. o § Distributions⠀➾ # ⚓ Didiwiki_personal_wiki_retired⠀⇛ DidiWiki has been in the “Personal” menu category for …forever. EasyOS, Quirky, and the pups before, all had it. However, I just discovered that it is broken, cannot create new wiki pages. # § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ openSUSE_Begins_Annual_Survey_–_openSUSE_News⠀⇛ The start of an openSUSE survey has begun, and users, open-source contributors and community members are encouraged to take the annual survey. Last year the community started its end of year survey and discussed the results during a community meeting. # ⚓ 3DT_Holdings_prepares_to_revolutionize_heart-valve surgery_with_SUSE_Rancher_and_UberCloud_|_SUSE Communities⠀⇛ “Our work with UberCloud and SUSE is playing an important role in developing an innovative solution for heart-valve disorder, one of the health care industry’s most pressing challenges.” Yaghoub Dabiri, Scientist, 3DT Holdings. # § IBM/Red Hat/Fedora⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_96_on_Power⠀⇛ Firefox 96 is out and after some usage of it I think I agree it’s definitely lessened the load on the main thread, which is one of the lead features in this release (and our heavily multicore POWER9 systems can pick up the slack for everything else). There are also multiple improvements to HTML and CSS. Some of you with Emacs muscle memory will want to read the Developer section of the Release Notes, though (I have the Command key mapped instead so I can still use Mac muscle memory: set ui.key.accelKey to 91). Fortunately it all builds out of the box using the PGO-LTO patch and .mozconfigs from Firefox 95. # ⚓ How_to_renew_your_Red_Hat_Developer_Subscription_for Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_|_Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Learn how to renew your no-cost Red Hat Developer Subscription to continue accessing support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other Red Hat products. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ »_GNU_Linux_&_sustainability:_waste_avoided_& resources_saved_–_another_printer_saved_from_trash_– Brother_MFC-8420_works_perfectly_fine_with_GNU_Linux Debian_10_|_dwaves.de⠀⇛ actually wanted give this printer to (still) windows user, then realizing… there is no f*** chance to install drivers within windows 10 for this elderly but just printing damn fine reliable black and white laser printer from brother, so… # § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Canonical_Kubernetes_for_Financial_Services_| Ubuntu⠀⇛ Adopting a container-first approach represents an unrivalled opportunity for financial institutions to increase system efficiency and resource utilisation, improve security, introduce automation, and accelerate innovation. Containers offer a logical packaging tool in which applications can be decoupled from the underlying infrastructure on which they run. This allows container-based applications to be installed easily and consistently, regardless of whether the target environment is a private or public cloud. With containerisation, development teams move fast, deploy software efficiently, and operate at an unprecedented scale. Despite the advantages, containers can be hard to manage and to track individually, and across multiple cloud platforms. Container orchestration solves this issue by automating the management and tracking of containers. Kubernetes has established itself as the leading open source platform for managing containerised workloads and services. # ⚓ Ubuntu_Fridge_|_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_718⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 718 for the week of January 9 – 15, 2022. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ The_PinePhone_Pro_brings_upgraded_hardware_to_the_Linux phone⠀⇛ Pine64 is launching a major hardware upgrade in its quest to build a Linux smartphone. After the launch of the original PinePhone in 2019, the organization is now taking preorders for the PinePhone Pro, a new smartphone it’s calling “the fastest mainline Linux smartphone on the market.” The phone was announced in October, and you can now secure a unit. The MSRP is $599, but it’s up for preorder now at an introductory price of $399. Since Pine64 wants to make an open source Linux smartphone, its choice of hardware components is limited. Most big chip companies like Qualcomm or Samsung don’t want to share open drivers or schematics, and you saw that with the original PinePhone, which was based on a 40 nm Cortex A53 SoC made by Allwinner. The PinePhone Pro is upgrading things with a Rockchip RK3399 SoC. The chip sports two Cortex A72 CPUs and four Cortex A53 CPUs, and Pine64 says it worked with Rockchip to get the chip “binned and voltage locked for optimal performance with sustainable power and thermal limits.” Pine64 doesn’t cite a process node, but other companies list the RK3399 at 28 nm. If that’s true and you’re looking for something roughly comparable in Qualcomm’s lineup, the Snapdragon 618/650 (a mid-range chip from 2016) would seem to fit the bill. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ New_Part_News:_Raspberry_Pi_Cuts_Out_the_Middleman⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi has just announced that they’ll be selling their RP2040 microcontroller chips by the reel, directly to you, at a decent discount. About a year ago, Raspberry Pi released its first piece of custom silicon, the RP2040 microcontroller. They’ve have been selling these chips in bulk to selected customers directly, but have decided to open up the same deals to the general public. If you’re looking for 500 chips or more, you can cut out the middleman and save some serious dough. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Samsung_Exynos_2200_SoC_features_Xclipse_920_GPU_with AMD_RDNA_2_architecture_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ Free_instead_of_$2.99:_This_Android_fitness_app_helps you_lose_weight_|_NextPit⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Self_Share_Makes_File_Transferring_Easy_for Chromebook_or_Android_Users_|_Tech_Times⠀⇛ # ⚓ These_OnePlus_Phones_Will_Never_Receive_Another Android_Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Weird_Google_Keep_bug_only_affects_Samsung_devices running_Android_12_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Galaxy_S10_5G_joins_the_Android_12_club_in_US_and South_Korea_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung_Galaxy_S10_5G_gets_Android_12_in_South_Korea and_the_US_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ 24_advanced_tips_for_Android_12_|_Computerworld⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_may_add_a_new_screen_time_widget_for_Android phones:_Report_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Open_source,_closed_wallets,_big_profits_–_nobody_wins_the OSS_rock,_paper,_scissors_game⠀⇛ There’s much talk of the Open Source Sustainability Problem. From individual developers to Google’s White House lobbying, the issue seems simple but intractable. Is the willingness of volunteer coders a solid enough basis for the long-term health of essential infrastructure? This is, of course, balderdash. It’s not an open source problem, it’s a software problem. All software needs resources to adapt as the working environment changes, resources the changed environment may not provide. Look how many out-of- support versions of Windows still limp on like superannuated footy players in the Sunday leagues. # § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ ONLYOFFICE_Docs_v7.0_Adds_Online_Forms,_Password Protection,_and_More_Improvements_–_It’s_FOSS_News⠀⇛ ONLYOFFICE is a popular open-source office suite available for Desktop platforms (including Linux) and web applications as well. If you have a Nextcloud or ownCloud instance, you may already have ONLYOFFICE installed to manage your documents. Now, for its first major release in 2022, ONLYOFFICE v7.0 has been announced with a range of improvements and much-needed feature editions. # ⚓ ONLYOFFICE_v7.0_released:_fillable_online_forms, password_protection_in_spreadsheets,_collaboration_and usability_improvements_and_more⠀⇛ The developers of ONLYOFFICE Docs have released version 7.0 of their open-source online office suite. The new version of the online editors comes with brand-new online forms, new editing features, improved collaboration and usability. Here is a brief overview of what’s new around the suite. The killer feature of ONLYOFFICE Docs v7.0 is the ability to create and edit fillable forms online. Based on the Microsoft Office content controls, ONLYOFFICE forms offer the same flexibility as Adobe forms but come with more advanced field properties allowing users to create model documents of various types, e.g. sales contracts, DNA agreements, questionnaires, etc. Users can create fillable forms from scratch, use an existing DOCX document or download a template from the official ONLYOFFICE library. You can share your form with others and collaboratively edit it together in real time. Once your form is ready, let other people fill out the required fields. # ⚓ Community_Member_Monday:_Baltasar_García_Perez- Schofield_–_The_Document_Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ Today we have a quick chat with Baltasar García Perez-Schofield, who recently became a Member of The Document Foundation, the non- profit entity behind LibreOffice… [...] I think that the open standards for document formats are vital for any computer user, and therefore defend the TDF’s existence. In that sense, becoming a member was an honor for me, and I also perceived it as a recognition for the work I did. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Status_update,_17/01/2022⠀⇛ I am keeping busy at work integrating BuildStream with a rather large, tricky set of components, Makefiles and a custom dependency management system. I am appreciating how much flexibility BuildStream provides. As an example, some internal tools expect builds to happen at a certain path. BuildStream makes it easy to customize the build path by adding this stanza to the .bst file… # ⚓ Entering_the_Job_Market?_Here_Are_the_Most_In-Demand Programming_Languages_for_2022_–_Anto_./_Online⠀⇛ As we enter 2022, you might be looking for a new job. The Great Resignation proves beneficial to job hunters or switchers, as employers are willing to provide higher pay and more benefits to stem labor shortages. Now is an excellent time for anyone wanting to launch, boost, and even future-proof their career. If you’re looking to snag a job that is and will stay in demand, the World Economic Forum recently listed their top 10 jobs of the future. # ⚓ GCC_12_Moves_On_To_Stage_4_Development_With_Many_New Compiler_Features_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ GCC 12 as this year’s annual GNU Compiler Collection feature release has moved on to “stage four” development with likely releasing GCC 12.1 in April. This transition was known and marks the end of the stage 3 general bug fixing period now with just focusing exclusively on regression/ documentation fixes. This is the final stage focused on getting the next GCC feature release ready for debut. # ⚓ HTMLQ:_Like_JQ_But_To_Parse_&_Query_HTML_– Invidious⠀⇛ Parsing and querying HTML through pure Unix tools can be a massive pain and you’re much better off using specialized tools, one of those specialized tools in HTMLQ, which is much like JQ. Between recording and upload, the dev added the ability to remove nodes so ignore that point. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ The__repr___in_Python⠀⇛ The __repr__() method of Python yields a textual or string depiction of an entity or an object. This process is termed whenever the entity’s repr() method is invoked. You can say that the “repr” method and “__repr__” can be used interchangeably for the same purpose. The text reverted must be a proper Python phrase that would be castoff to reassemble the entity if feasible. A “__str__” function of python does the same, but there is a slight difference between both the functions. The __str__ method is designed to produce a human-readable version, useful for tracking or displaying object information. The __repr__ method, on the other hand, is designed to provide an “official” textual image of the object that may be used to recreate it. We’ll focus on both key Python entity methods in our article today. Let’s have a fresh start. # ⚓ The_Python_Sort_List_of_Tuples⠀⇛ In Python, we utilize tuples to store multiple elements in a variable. Tuple lists may be sorted similarly to any other list. However, tuples contain numerous elements, so we are free to rearrange the tuples based on item 1 or item i. In this guide, we will look at how to sort various lists of tuples using multiple examples. We will go over the various scenarios and the many strategies employed to accomplish this. We will mainly focus on some built-in methods and sorting procedures to achieve tuple sorting. The well- organized nature and invariant properties of tuples are dissimilar from those in regular lists. # ⚓ How_to_Remove_an_Element_From_a_Set_in_Python⠀⇛ This article describes how to remove items from a set in Python. We utilize certain built-in features, several approaches to better understand this topic. Let’s take a look at a set of Python. Disordered records will have unindexed values. We cannot access the values of the set via the index number, such as we have done in a different list. The values of a set are unchallengeable. That is, we cannot change the value once it is created. The data in the set may remain of some type, such as integers, floating-point values, or integers. # ⚓ How_to_Use_Xrange_in_Python⠀⇛ In Python, xrange is a commonly used function that gives a series of numbers from a given range. In Python 2, there is a function that returns an xrange object. When we need to iterate through a loop, we use the xrange function. As a result, the object created by xrange is mostly utilized for indexing and iteration. Keep in mind that the xrange method is only supported in Python 2 at this time. Because Python 2 is no longer supported, we recommend using Python 3 and the range() method instead of xrange(). The range() and xrange() methods can be used for loops to iterate a specified number of times, let’s say 10 times or 5 times. Although Python 3 does not provide an xrange function, the range function works identically to the xrange function in Python 2. If you want to develop programs that can be executed on both Python 2 and Python 3, you should utilize the range method. The range() returns a range object (a type of iterable), while xrange() returns a generator object that can only be used to loop through integers. The only specific range is presented on demand, leading to the term “lazy evaluation”. Both are used in various ways and have different qualities. The return type, memory, operation usage, and performance are all factors to consider. Let’s discuss each factor with a corresponding example for better understanding. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Eagle’s_Path:_DocKnot_7.00_(2022-01-17)⠀⇛ The recent 6.01 release of my static web site generator was kind of a buggy mess, which uncovered a bunch of holes in my test suite and immediately turned up problems when I tried to use it to rebuild my actual web site. Most of the problems were Unicode-related; this release hopefully sorts out Unicode properly and handles it consistently. Other bugs fixed include processing of old-style pointers in a spin input tree, several rather obvious bugs in the new docknot release command, and a few long-standing issues with docknot dist that should make its results more consistent and reliable. # § C⠀➾ # ⚓ C:_execve_function_usage⠀⇛ Execve() function is used for the execution of the program that is referred to by pathname. The exec family is used mainly in the C programming language and has many functions. These functions execute a system command in a separate process from the main program and print the output. In this article, we will discuss some of the main functions of the exec family and mainly execve functions with some elementary examples. Now let’s look at the exec family in the image attached. This picture shows the syntax of all possible functions of the exec family. # ⚓ C:_inet_pton_function_example⠀⇛ # ⚓ C:_Connect_Function_System_Call⠀⇛ We cannot emphasize enough socket programming and all its use-cases. However, since it is a pervasive topic, each of its components or the functions used while doing socket programming holds a crucial value and needs to be studied separately. The connect function or system call is also an essential function used while doing socket programming in the C programming language. In this article, we will see how we can use this function in the C programming language. # ⚓ C:_CHDIR_Function_Usage⠀⇛ We have already talked about the “CHDIR” function of the C programming language briefly while discussing the “getcwd” function. However, this article will specifically revolve around the “CHDIR” function mainly used to alter the current working directory of a system. We will especially try to explore how the behavior of this function changes once it is used within a C script. To do that, we will first introduce you to the purpose of this function, followed by its syntax. Then, we will discuss the impact of this function on the current working directory of the shell in Linux. Finally, we will conclude our discussion by talking about some of the errors that can be returned from executing the “CHDIR” function of the C programming language. # ⚓ C:_Basename_Function_Usage⠀⇛ While dealing with the files in Linux, you need to manipulate their paths. There are certain functions of the C programming language that can operate on the file paths; however, as far as the scope of this article is concerned, we will talk in detail about the usage of the Basename function of the C programming language. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ “Martin”:_Algeria,_2008⠀⇛ On a 2008 visiting professorship in this unattractive but popular seaside city, having rented my own apartment, I had to deal with utility issues myself. My lodging was on Rue d’Hasan ……(a name I’ve since forgotten). But it was one of Algeria’s tens of thousands of streets, buildings and squares named for martyrs of its painful and costly, never-forgotten and never-recovered-from 1954-1962 war of independence. I’d placed my daybook on the desk between us as I offered my ID  to the woman. Until that remark—the whispered single word, “mahteen”– she hadn’t spoken to me. o ⚓ Woodstock_in_1969⠀⇛ Lang was also much involved with the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Festival held at Winston Farm in Saugerties in 1994. The 1994 Festival drew about 350,000 people. The Woodstock Film Festival honored Lang with its “Spirit of Woodstock award” in 2011. In all the years running into Lang at public events in Woodstock, at the Post Office, or the supermarket, I never saw him frown. He always had an upbeat and positive expression on him. All Hail to Michael Lang. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Machine_Learning_Detects_Distracted_Politicians_| Hackaday⠀⇛ [Dries Depoorter] has a knack for highly technical projects with a solid artistic bent to them, and this piece is no exception. The Flemish Scrollers is a software system that watches live streamed sessions of the Flemish government, and uses Python and machine learning to identify and highlight politicians who pull out phones and start scrolling. The results? Pushed out live on Twitter and Instagram, naturally. The project started back in July 2021, and has been dutifully running ever since, so by now we expect that holding one’s phone where the camera can see it is probably considered a rookie mistake. # ⚓ AI_Camera_Knows_Its_S**t_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ [Caleb] shares a problem with most dog owners. Dogs leave their… byproducts…all over your yard. Some people pick it up right away and some just leave it. But what if your dog has run of the yard? How do you know where these piles are hiding? A security camera and AI image detection is the answer, but probably not the way that you think. You might think as we did that you could train the system to recognize the–um–piles. But instead, [Caleb] elected to have the AI do animal pose estimation to detect the dog’s posture while producing the target. This is probably easier than recognizing a nondescript pile and then it doesn’t matter if it is, say, covered with snow. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ A_Library_the_Internet_Can’t_Get_Enough_Of⠀⇛ Dr. Macksey’s book collection clocked in at 51,000 titles, according to his son, Alan, excluding magazines and other ephemera. A decade ago, the most valuable pieces — including first editions of “Moby Dick,” T.S. Eliot’s “Prufrock and Other Observations,” and works by Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley — were moved to a “special collections” room on the Hopkins campus. After Dr. Macksey’s death, a S.W.A.T. team-like group of librarians and conservationists spent three weeks combing through his book-filled, 7,400-square-foot house to select 35,000 volumes to add to the university’s libraries. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Why_Did_Democratic_AG_Kill_Flint_Water_RICO_Case?⠀⇛ Prosecutors investigating Flint’s contaminated water crisis were pursuing a racketeering case against public officials whose austerity-driven policies caused the health catastrophe, but after newly elected Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel took over in 2019, those charges were dropped. “This adds a new tragedy for the people of Flint who deserve to know the root causes of their suffering and to hold any financial wrongdoing accountable.” # ⚓ Lawmakers_Seek_to_Weaken_Ban_on_Surprise_Medical_Bills⠀⇛ It’s been less than three weeks since a federal ban on most surprise medical bills went into effect, but Democratic and Republican members of Congress are already teaming up with the for-profit healthcare industry to weaken a key provision in the law, The Intercept reported Monday. The No Surprises Act is expected to protect millions of people in the U.S. from costly bills that private equity-owned providers foist upon patients who inadvertently receive out-of-network care during medical emergencies. # ⚓ Where’s_the_Data?_The_Missing_Link_in_the_U.S._Response_to Covid-19⠀⇛ Thus, when this week’s guest–a leading researcher in molecular medicine had sharp words for the Biden administration’s failure to collect critical data on Covid cases, I paid attention. Appearing in a January 13 presentation, Eric Topol, editor-in-chief of Medscape and holder of an endowed chair at Scripps Research, said, # ⚓ Hospitals_Struggle_With_Sheer_Volume_of_COVID_Cases_Amid Staff_Shortages⠀⇛ # ⚓ Brazilian_Senate_Investigation_into_the_Handling_of_COVID is_Bad_News_for_Bolsonaro’s_Reelection_Bid⠀⇛ Bolsonaro might face charges for Violation of preventive health measures, Crime of epidemic with result of death, Charlatanism, Prevarication, Irregular use of public funds, incitement to crime, Falsification of private documents, Crime of responsibility, and crimes against humanity. The rapporteur, Senator Renan Calheiros, had originally included in the final report of the CPI the crime of genocide against Bolsonaro, for his treatment of indigenous populations and based on statements and actions of the president and his allies violating indigenous rights and ensuring support for loggers and land grabbers in indigenous lands. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ IDrive_360_Adds_Endpoint_Cloud_Backup_Support_for Linux_Machines⠀⇛ IDrive 360, a secure, enterprise-scale endpoint cloud backup solution from IDrive, has added backup support for Linux machines, enabling IT admins to schedule and automate backups for all of their organizational Linux data into a single account through a unified web console. # § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Canceling_QR-codes_Russian_lawmakers withdraw_controversial_vaccine_pass_bill from_consideration⠀⇛ The Russian State Duma Council unanimously agreed to withdraw from consideration a controversial bill that would require QR-code vaccine passes for accessing many public spaces, parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced on Monday, January 17.   o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ From_the_airport_to_the_courtroom_Ukraine’s_former president_Poroshenko_returns_to_the_country,_faces_arrest_on treason_charges⠀⇛ On the morning of Monday, January 17, Ukraine’s former president, lawmaker Petro Poroshenko, arrived in Kyiv after spending nearly a month abroad. An estimated 3,000–4,000 people met him at Kyiv’s Zhuliany Airport; some of his supporters carried Ukrainian flags and posters with pro- Poroshenko slogans. At passport control, Poroshenko was met by officials from Ukraine’s State Investigation Bureau. His passport was taken away for around 15 minutes, but then returned to him. The state investigators attempted to serve Poroshenko with a subpoena but he refused to take the document. Poroshenko then proceeded to hold an impromptu rally, addressing his supporters gathered outside the airport and urging them to support him in court.  # ⚓ Why_Xinjiang_Has_Been_a_Touchy_Subject_in_China_for Centuries⠀⇛ Xinjiang’s largely flat terrain made it a primary part of the historical Silk Road route. The region’s geography and proximity to numerous Eurasian cultures and civilizations have also made it a contested land for centuries, with competing narratives over its history and cultural traits. The name Xinjiang, for example, translates to “New Frontier” or “New Dominion” in Chinese, while Uyghur nationalists refer to the region as East Turkestan. Chinese scholars posit that Uyghurs are descended from nomadic Uyghurs from modern-day Mongolia and settled in Xinjiang in the ninth century (joining other groups, including the Han Chinese). Uyghur historians, on the other hand, tend to stress their Central Asian Turkic origins, with East Turkestan their historical homeland. Regardless of the historical debate over the lineage of Uyghurs, a distinct Muslim and Turkic identity had emerged among portions of Xinjiang’s population in the 18th century when China’s Qing Dynasty reconquered the region. According to historical records, the Chinese campaign split the Uyghur population from the other Turkic groups of Central Asia, which later came under the control of the Russian Empire. Hostility toward Chinese rule in Xinjiang among Muslims from a variety of different cultural backgrounds culminated in the Dungan Revolt from 1862 to 1877, with rebels receiving support from both the Ottoman and British empires. Despite the successful Chinese suppression and pacification of Xinjiang afterward, nationalist sentiment grew within the Muslim-Turkic population, and the term Uyghur began to be used to describe much of the local Muslim-Turkic population around the Tarim Basin by the early 20th century. # ⚓ Hollywood’s_Pentagon_Propaganda_and_News_Abuse_with_Robin Andersen;_and_a_New_Book_on_Decolonizing_Podcasters_with Nicholas_Baham_III_and_Nolan_Higdon_–_The_Project_Censored Show⠀⇛ # ⚓ Are_Western_Wealthy_Countries_Determined_to_Starve_the People_of_Afghanistan?⠀⇛ The figure of $10 billion is significant. A few days after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021, the U.S. government announced the seizure of $9.5 billion in Afghan assets that were being held in the U.S. banking system. Under pressure from the United States government, the International Monetary Fund also denied Afghanistan access to $455 million of its share of special drawing rights, the international reserve asset that the IMF provides to its member countries to supplement their original reserves. These two figures—which constitute Afghanistan’s monetary reserves—amount to around $10 billion, the exact number Griffiths said that the country would need if the United Nations does not immediately get an emergency disbursement for providing humanitarian relief to Afghanistan. A recent analysis by development economist Dr. William Byrd for the United States Institute of Peace, titled, “How to Mitigate Afghanistan’s Economic and Humanitarian Crises,” noted that the economic and humanitarian crises being faced by the country are a direct result of the cutoff of $8 billion in annual aid to Afghanistan and the freezing of $9.5 billion of the country’s “foreign exchange reserves” by the United States. The analysis further noted that the sanctions relief—given by the U.S. Treasury Department and the United Nations Security Council on December 22, 2021—to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan should also be extended to “private business and commercial transactions.” Byrd also mentioned the need to find ways to pay salaries of health workers, teachers and other essential service providers to prevent an economic collapse in Afghanistan and suggested using “a combination of Afghan revenues and aid funding” for this purpose. # ⚓ Corporate_Seditionists_are_no_Better_than_the_Seditionists who_Attacked_the_Capitol⠀⇛ That’s why I took some comfort just after the attack on the Capitol when many big corporations solemnly pledged they’d no longer finance the campaigns of the 147 lawmakers who voted to overturn election results. # ⚓ France:_Man_shouts_“Allah_Akbar”_in_the_street_and_injures three_police_officers⠀⇛ The police quickly spotted the driver. He first stopped and then got out of his vehicle. Enraged, he attacked the police officers with the car keys and punched them in the face. Finally he was overpowered and arrested. The 36-year-old offender, who was already known to the police, was taken into police custody. He was brought in for an investigation into his behaviour. # ⚓ The_long_jihadist-extremist_quest_to_free_Aafia_Siddiqui_– analysis⠀⇛ The precise details of how and why a man who attacked a synagogue in Texas and then demanded to have Siddiqui freed are not yet clear. However, the use of her name has conjured up past instances of attempts to swap her for people held by extremist groups. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Fossil_Fuel,_Fuels_Doom⠀⇛ Check out all installments in the OppArt series. # ⚓ Protests_at_the_Pump⠀⇛ In October 1990, furious at the new liberal government for raising gas prices by 65 percent, taxi drivers in Hungary set up barricades and established roadblocks that brought transportation to a halt around the country. The price hike was partly in response to cutbacks in petroleum deliveries from the Soviet Union and supply problems related to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait the previous August. For four days, Hungarian cities were paralyzed. Eventually, the government had to back down. # ⚓ Youngkin’s_Cabinet_Has_More_Fossil_Fuel_Ties_Beyond Trump’s_EPA_Chief⠀⇛ # ⚓ Earth’s_Biosphere_Absorbs_the_Heat_Equivalent_of_32 Hiroshima_Nuclear_Explosions_Every_Second⠀⇛ In May 2020, I calculated that the entire biosphere (atmosphere, oceans, land surface) was being heated by 32 Hiroshima-equivalent heat bombs per second. While it is the atmosphere that initially captures the IR (infrared = heat radiation emitted upward from Earth’s surface) that produces global warming, soon enough about 20-30% of that captured heat is absorbed by the surface waters of the ocean — in a continuous process. One could then say that 6.4-9.6 [6-10, so ~7] of the continuous heat bomb output goes into the oceans and 22.4- 25.6 [22-26, so ~25] into the atmosphere — and eventually into the oceans. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Members_of_Congress_Shouldn’t_Be_Getting_Rich_From_Trading Stocks⠀⇛ In the chaotic early days of the pandemic, members of Congress sat in closed-door briefings on the emerging threat of the virus, before the public knew of its severity. In a unique position to act decisively, the impulse of many in attendance wasn’t to prepare or somehow mobilize the resources necessary to slow the spread of a deadly disease. Some Democratic lawmakers raised an alarm, of course. But their pleas for more funding were bogged down by Congress’s usual dysfunction. For other lawmakers, including top Republican and Democratic leaders, the impulse was to profit from the private information. So they did what any decent American would: They rushed to buy and sell stocks just weeks before the market crashed. # ⚓ College_Football_Coaches_Making_$25,000_a_Day?_Let’s Sideline_This_Lunacy!⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Inflation_Hawks_on_the_Path_to_an_Inflation_War⠀⇛ First, as fans of reality like to point out, the jump in inflation over the last year is largely a worldwide phenomenon, not something that can be attributed to bad policies in the United States. Our year-over-year (December 2020 to December 2021) inflation figure was 7.0 percent, which is definitely high. But the figure for the U.K. was 4.6 percent, for Canada 4.7 percent, for Germany 5.2 percent, and for Spain 5.5 percent. (These are all inflation numbers from November 2020 to November 2021, since December data are not yet available.) The jumps in inflation in these countries cannot be blamed on the American Recovery Act (ARA) that Biden pushed through Congress back in February or Federal Reserve Board policy. Obviously, the US inflation rate is higher than in these other countries, but the point is that we would have seen a substantial jump in inflation even if Biden has not moved aggressively to restart the economy. # ⚓ Colleges_Accused_of_Conspiring_to_Make_Low-Income_Students Pay_More⠀⇛ Is this the latest ‘admissions scandal’? Although it may be tempting to brand this case as the latest college admissions “scandal,” this lawsuit harks back to an investigation of 57 private, four-year universities conducted over 30 years ago by the Department of Justice on charges of “price fixing.” In this case, price fixing means limiting how the colleges compete for students by agreeing with one another to offer similar financial aid awards to admitted students. # ⚓ With_Billions_in_Fines,_U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce’s_Ranks Are_‘Packed_With_Rogues’⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Opinion_|_An_All-Out_War_on_Democracy_Is_Now_Underway_in the_US⠀⇛ The following is adapted from the new edition of Norman Solomon’s book “Made Love, Got War,” just published as a free e-book. # ⚓ 5_Lessons_From_Hunter_S._Thompson⠀⇛ Fifty years ago, Rolling Stone asked Hunter S. Thompson to cover the 1972 presidential campaign. In some ways, the assignment made perfect sense. Already a seasoned journalist, Thompson was basking in the success of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which the magazine had run the previous month. When Random House published the book version to enthusiastic reviews in 1972, Thompson consolidated his position as the magazine’s most popular writer. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Another_‘Big_Lie’_Corporatists_Like_to_Tell: Bipartisanship_Will_Lead_to_Progress⠀⇛ After the initial flush of optimism from the passage of the landmark infrastructure bill, the Biden Presidency is starting the year on a political down note. Both the “Build Back Better” and voting reform acts have stalled seemingly indefinitely. Just as troubling his approval rating and the public’s overall optimism about the nation’s direction have plummeted to near historic lows. # ⚓ #FreeNavalny_Supporters_rally_in_cities_around_the_world one_year_after_Alexey_Navalny_was_arrested_upon_returning_to Russia⠀⇛ On January 17, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport immediately upon returning to Russia from Germany, where he had spent months recovering from a near-fatal poisoning. Navalny would go on to spend the next year behind bars, first in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina remand prison and then in a prison colony in the Vladimir region, where he is still in custody today. The Kremlin critic was incarcerated under a reinstated sentence after Russia’s Penitentiary Service accused him of parole violations. Navalny was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, but given the number of ongoing criminal cases against him, the opposition leader says he’s not counting the days until his release. To mark the anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s arrest, his supporters rallied in dozens of cities around the world to call for his freedom. Here’s what the rallies looked like from Moscow to Miami. # ⚓ Yes,_Mr._Debs,_the_Republican-Democratic_Party_is_alive_and well⠀⇛ There’s just one problem with this line of thinking. It’s dead wrong. Just look at what the Democrats—who control both the executive and legislative branch of the federal government—have actually accomplished: They overwhelmingly voted for a bloated, wasteful $770 billion defense bill at a time when the USA is ostensibly in a rare moment of peace time. # ⚓ Progressives_Rail_Against_Sinema_For_Choosing_Filibuster Over_Voting_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ Is_Donald_Trump_the_Antichrist?⠀⇛ I passed on drawing a conclusion, but then the lines lit up with a steady stream of people over the next few hours offering their “proofs” that Trump was, in fact, the Evil One come to ravage the Earth. That first caller clearly hit a nerve. It’s a fascinating question, however, whether put literally or metaphorically. # ⚓ Eight_New_Year’s_Resolutions_for_NPR_to_Consider_Now⠀⇛ Resolution One: Apart from excellent features around the country and the world, NPR should give voice to what civic groups are doing to improve our country locally and nationally. NPR is heavy on entertainment and entertainers and needs to fill some of that airtime with news of the bedrock civic community in America. The imbalance is serious from the national to the local. Resolution Two: NPR features many reports and interviews on Race, but needs far more focus on Class. Class exploitation by the rich and powerful corporate supremacists feeds into racial discrimination. The euphemism used is “inequality,” but corporate-bred crime, fraud, and abuse affects all people indiscriminately, which often disproportionately harms minorities. A result of the gross imbalance of time devoted to race and not to class is that indiscriminate injustice is mostly ignored. o § Misinformation/Disinformation⠀➾ # ⚓ Substack:_The_new_wretched_hive_of_scum_and_quackery⠀⇛ Over the nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been writing a lot about social media, particularly Facebook (excuse me, “Meta”), Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram (and now Tik Tok), as amplifiers of antivaccine misinformation. Part of the reason is that the pandemic finally—finally!—appears to have awakened public health authorities and government officials to how dangerous antivaccine misinformation and disinformation can be, after years and years of attempts by bloggers, as well as a relatively small number of academics, journalists, and health care professionals, to combat it without much support. As I said last week, everything old is new again, and, belated cries of, “Who could ever have seen this coming?” aside (the answer is: everyone who’s been paying attention), it’s important to assess the situation now, however we might have gotten here. This brings me to Substack. Remember how I used to refer to a certain antivaccine blog as a “wretched hive of scum and quackery” in homage to a line from Star Wars? Although there’s a lot of good writing on Substack, a byproduct of its freewheeling design and—shall we say?—lax attitude towards content guidelines, Substack has now become the new wretched hive of scum and quackery, something that is not entirely counterbalanced by the quality writing that’s there. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ UN_Chief_Urges_Global_Solidarity_on_Covid,_Climate,_and Debt_Relief⠀⇛ During a virtual event to open the notorious annual gathering of the World Economic Forum, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday decried not only humanity’s poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic but also unequal economic recovery and inadequate climate action. “Stand with us as we shape a global financial system that works for all countries, not just the wealthy few.” # ⚓ Interview_With_Shrishail_Rana_–_Tweaking_Technologies⠀⇛ Shrishail Rana: Back in the days businesses were localized and used to serve a more stable population. However, with time the way individuals live their lives and use computers has advanced. No more system cleaners alone can do the needful. For complete system optimization and security, advanced tools with different options are the need of the hour. Having this idea in mind, Tweaking Technologies was, and the products it offers are designed. Each software offered by the company focuses on increasing productivity and offers system security and storage optimization. Our users know us for the quality and reliable apps we create and deliver. # ⚓ Corporate_Media_Largely_Ignore_Labor_Issues._Let’s_Make Them_Visible.⠀⇛ # ⚓ All_Hail_the_Revolutionary_King:_Dr._Martin_Luther_King’s Challenge_to_the_Democrats,_as_Biden_Finally_Speaks_out_on Voting_Rights⠀⇛ On January 11, 2022 President Joe Biden made an impassioned speech in support of the Voting Rights Act and against the right-wing fascist take-over. It was a critical speech in the fight between the center-right Democrats and the arch rights fascist Republicans and deserves our support.  But, once again we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and fight to protect his revolutionary legacy from Democratic Party white washers, including their cover-up of their treachery against him when he was alive. The goal is to protect Dr. King’s historical legacy and explain Dr. King’s independence from the Democratic Party, his lifelong fight with the Democratic Party, and to call on “social justice groups” who have become adjuncts the Democratic Party to have the decency to look history squarely in the face. You don’t have to agree with Dr. King’s independence from the Democratic Party, his strong Black Liberation politics, his profound internationalism, anti-imperialist, and pro- communism, but please do not take the name of the Revolutionary Dr. King in vain or use him to advance the neo-liberal, anti-Black Democratic agenda. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Martin_Luther_King’s_Radicalism_Would_Not_Be Celebrated_Today⠀⇛ As we mourn Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate his life, we must remember that he was violently assassinated. His ideas were seen as radical and dangerous. He critiqued liberals and moderates and did not have the approval of most Americans. So what if we instead celebrate King as a leader who gave his life to a movement focused on Black people, on poor people, on labor activism and anti- war sentiments. What if we celebrate King as he was: a radical? # ⚓ ‘No_Celebration_Without_Legislation’:_King_Family_Leads Voting_Rights_March⠀⇛ With the Democratic Party on the verge of failure in Congress, the family of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday joined with other civil rights advocates and faith leaders in Washington, D.C. to demand lawmakers pass national voting rights legislation. The MLK Day action comes amid a wave of voter suppression efforts advanced by Republican- controlled state legislatures and ongoing obstruction from right-wing Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to change the rules of the filibuster—the Senate’s 60- vote threshold rule that critics have dubbed a “Jim Crow relic” used to block key democracy reforms. # ⚓ Martin_Luther_King_Jr._and_the_Unfinished_Work_of Abolishing_Poverty⠀⇛ The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. warned in an essay written shortly before his assassination on April 4, 1968, that turbulence and mounting anxiety in a profoundly unequal and deeply divided country could lead to a circumstance where “we’ll end up with a kind of rightwing take-over in the cities and a Fascist development, which will be terribly injurious to the whole nation.” # ⚓ Opinion_|_What_are_the_25_Best_Films_About_the_Civil_Rights Movement?⠀⇛ Congress passed the Martin Luther King Day holiday to make sure that we remember the man and the movement. Both have been depicted in documentary films, but this list focuses on fictional movies about the civil rights movement and the Black experience, including some that describe people and events prior to the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v Board of Education ruling and the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, which are often viewed as the key events that catalyzed the modern movement. Quite a few of these films, especially those made by independent producers outside the Hollywood system, are little-known, progressive, and deserve more recognition. # ⚓ MLK_Day_Special:_Dr._Martin_Luther_King_Jr._in_His_Own Words⠀⇛ Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated. # ⚓ MLK’s_Poor_People’s_Campaign_Isn’t_Over._We’re_Planning_a Mass_Protest_for_June.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Progressives_Counter_Cherry-Picked_Quotes_With_MLK’s_True Legacy⠀⇛ As the FBI, right-wing political figures, and others came under fire Monday for engaging in the annual trend of dishonoring Martin Luther King Jr. by sanitizing his beliefs, progressives in Congress worked to honor his legacy of fighting for a more just society. “Let us not just celebrate the man, but remember the values and vision that motivated him.” # ⚓ Opinion_|_As_We_Honor_Dr._King,_We_Must_Remember_What_He Truly_Stood_For⠀⇛ The following is excerpted from an email Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent to supporters on Martin Luther King Day, January 17, 2022. # ⚓ Opinion_|_As_Dr._King_Understood,_The_Right_to_Vote_Is_Both a_Moral_and_a_Practical_Imperative⠀⇛ Voting rights and electoral fairness are currently the most contested issues in our extremely polarized political system. And the best way to advance these essential values is to make clear the inextricable link between the moral and the practical. # ⚓ You_Are_Not_One_But_Many⠀⇛ Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. Your deep voice still hangs in the air, Melting the cowardly silence. You are the one standing solidly there Looking straight in the face of violence. # ⚓ Sinema’s_MLK_Day_Tweet_Sparks_Online_Fury⠀⇛ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema set off a flurry of furious condemnation Monday with a tweet to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day just days after she helped sink Democratic Party hopes to pass voting rights legislation. The tweet by the corporate Democrat from Arizona, stating that “today we remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” came as progressive lawmakers urged against remembrances of Dr. King that gloss over or ignore his radical legacy and vision. # ⚓ The_Time_Is_Now_for_the_“Radical_Revolution_of_Values”_That MLK_Called_For⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Old] Mohamed_Noor_To_Be_Resentenced_In_Justine_Ruszczyk Damond’s_Shooting_Death⠀⇛ A former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after she called 911 to report hearing a possible rape happening behind her home will be sentenced on a lesser charge Thursday after his murder conviction was overturned in a case that drew global attention and was fraught with the issue of race. # ⚓ Billionaires_‘Had_a_Terrific_Pandemic’_While_Inequality Killed_Millions:_Oxfam⠀⇛ Oxfam International’s latest report on global inequality finds that while the 10 richest individuals in the world more than doubled their collective wealth since Covid-19 hit in 2020, the related result of this billionaire surge has been a deadlier and more prolonged pandemic for the rest of the world in which the incomes of 99 percent of humanity fell, over 160 million people were forced into poverty, and billions of the poorest were denied access to life-saving vaccines.  “The predictability of it is sickening. The consequences of it kill.” # ⚓ Wealth_of_richest_98_same_as_bottom_552_million,_says_Oxfam report⠀⇛ India’s richest families saw their wealth reach a record high in 2021, even as 84 per cent of Indian households saw an income decline amid the pandemic, according to a report from non-profit Oxfam India titled ‘Inequality Kills’. It said the richest 98 Indians own the same wealth as the bottom 552 million people. # ⚓ Wealth_of_world’s_10_richest_men_doubled_in_pandemic,_Oxfam says⠀⇛ Oxfam’s report, which was also based on data from the World Bank, said a lack of access to healthcare, hunger, gender-based violence and climate breakdown contributed to one death every four seconds. It said 160 million more people were living on less than $5.50 (£4.02) a day than would have been without the impact of the Covid pandemic. The World Bank uses $5.50 a day as a measure of poverty in upper-middle-income countries. # ⚓ World’s_10_richest_men_doubled_their_wealth_during pandemic,_Oxfam_reports⠀⇛ The pandemic has plunged 160 million people into poverty, the charity added, with non-white ethnic minorities and women bearing the brunt of the impact as inequality soared. The report follows a December 2021 study by the group which found that the share of global wealth of the world’s richest people soared at a record pace during the pandemic. # ⚓ Ten_richest_men_double_their_fortunes_in_pandemic_while incomes_of_99_percent_of_humanity_fall⠀⇛ In a new briefing “Inequality Kills,” published today ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda, Oxfam says that inequality is contributing to the death of at least 21,000 people each day, or one person every four seconds. This is a conservative finding based on deaths globally from lack of access to healthcare, gender-based violence, hunger, and climate breakdown. # ⚓ Palestinians_remove_Muslim_from_al-Aqsa_after_confusing_him for_a_Jew⠀⇛ Later on Friday afternoon, the guards at the site announced that they had been mistaken and that the man was actually a Muslim from abroad. The guards stated that they became suspicious due to the man’s failure to answer their questions. The guards referred to recent reports that a group of Jewish Israelis were disguising themselves as Muslims in order to freely enter the Temple Mount. # ⚓ Indonesian_woman_flogged_100_times_for_adultery_while_her male_partner_receives_just_15_lashes⠀⇛ The man was sentenced to 30 lashes. But he appealed to the province’s Sharia court, which reduced his punishment to 15 lashes. # ⚓ Christian_woman_accuses_husband_of_detaining_her_in_Islam theological_centre⠀⇛ The incident came to light when the woman complained to the Pothanikad police station against the husband Aslam, 33, of Kothamangalam, and his family members charging them with dowry harassment, wrongful confinement, and insulting modesty of a woman. The police registered a case on December 7, 2021, based on her complaint. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Cable_repair_ship_to_set_sail_from_PNG_to_restore communications_to_Tonga⠀⇛ The cable, which would normally carry almost all communications traffic to and from Tonga, has been out of action since shortly after the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano on Saturday. # ⚓ Could_take_‘two_weeks’_to_restore_Tonga_internet_cable⠀⇛ “It could take up to two weeks to get it repaired. The nearest cable-laying vessel is in Port Moresby,” he added, referring to the Papua New Guinea capital, more than 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from Tonga. Southern Cross is assisting Tonga Cable Limited which owns the 872 kilometre cable linking Tonga with Fiji and from there to the rest of the world. # ⚓ Significant_tsunami_damage_feared_in_Tonga,_communications still_cut⠀⇛ Internet and phone lines went down at about 6.40 p.m. local time on Saturday, leaving the 105,000 residents on the islands virtually uncontactable. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Copyright_Law_as_the_tool_of_choice_for_censorship and_reputation_management⠀⇛ The purpose of copyright law is to induce and reward authors for their original work by extending property rights to the copyright holder and qualifying its reproduction. The two-fold rights this gives them includes primarily an economic right to derive financial reward for reproduction of their work, along with an ancillary moral right to prevent distorted reproductions of their work. Of late, however, there has been a shift in the use of copyright laws by copyright holders. Instead of fulfilment of economic objectives with the interest to protect original work, copyright holders weaponize copyright law as a tool to fulfil of non-economic objectives to vindicate non- copyright interests.This is often done to censor legitimate content, capitalizing on the fact that the copyright holders intellectual property was a part of the content itself, even though it may be insignificant to the final essence of the subject matter, or it may even qualify for fair use due to the purpose for which it was used. This article will discuss the motivation for individuals and business entities to shoehorn non-copyright claims within copyright law as opposed to any other speech regulation laws, share some examples of such copyright abuse for reputation management, and conclude by highlighting takedown transparency as a potentially useful next step in finding a way to rectify such complexities. # ⚓ It’s_Copyright_Week_2022:_Ten_Years_Later,_How_Has SOPA/PIPA_Shaped_Online_Copyright_Enforcement?⠀⇛ Ten years ago, a diverse coalition of internet users, non-profit groups, and internet companies defeated the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), bills that would have forced internet companies to blacklist and block websites accused of hosting copyright-infringing content. These were bills that would have made censorship very easy, all in the name of copyright enforcement. This collective action showed the world that the word of the few major companies who control film, music, and television can’t control internet policy for their own good. We celebrate Copyright Week every year on the anniversary of the internet blackout that finally got the message across: Team Internet will always stand up for itself. While SOPA and PIPA were ultimately defeated, their spirits live on. They live on in legislation like the CASE Act and the EU Copyright Directive. They live on in the use of copyright filters on major platforms, which exist because the largest entertainment companies insist on them. They live on every time you can’t fix a device you paid for and rightfully own. They live on in the licensing agreements that prevent us from owning digital goods. # ⚓ Welcome_to_the_Public_Domain,_Winnie-the-Pooh⠀⇛ This year, the public domain opened up to include works from 1926 and a whopping 400,000 sound recordings. Of course, the real fun is that the third Hercule Poirot novel by Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, and the original books of Winnie- the-Pooh and Bambi are now free for anyone to use. In particular, the popular images of Winnie- the-Pooh and Bambi have been dominated by one rightsholder’s vision for a long time: Disney. And while Disney’s versions of those stories remain under copyright, their exclusive hold on two cornerstones of childhood has come to an end. This is a good thing—it lets those stories be reinterpreted and repurposed by people with different takes. We can all decide whether the Disney versions are the actual best ones or were simply the only ones. Public domain works can be used for such lofty goals. Or they can simply be used for fun, allowing anyone to participate in a worldwide sport of joy. With so many more uses suddenly available to so many more people, we get a flood of works and get to choose which ones we love most. And, of course, we can try our hand at joining in. # ⚓ Assessing_cultural_heritage_institutions’_needs related_to_CC’s_public_domain_tools⠀⇛ As part of our Open Culture / GLAM program’s celebration of Public Domain Day, we are reaching out to practitioners and experts working in galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs) to help create a clearer picture of the use of CCs’ public domain tools, CC0 and the Public Domain Mark (PDM). To do so, we are collecting information on understandings, issues, needs, wishes and expectations via a short survey in English, French and Spanish.  # ⚓ Browser_Extension_Adds_Sci-Hub_Download_Links_to Publishers’_Websites⠀⇛ As scientists and academics of all kinds turn to Sci-Hub to freely access scientific papers, a new browser tool aims to make access even more straightforward. Currently available from the Mozilla addon store but also compatible with Chrome, ‘Sci-Hub Injector’ embeds Sci-Hub download links into popular publishers’ websites. # ⚓ VPN_Provider_Agrees_to_Block_Torrent_Traffic_and_The Pirate_Bay_on_U.S._Servers⠀⇛ VPN Unlimited has settled a copyright lawsuit filed by several movie companies. The VPN provider stood accused of failing to take action against subscribers who were pirating films. As part of the settlement, the company agreed to block BitTorrent traffic and prominent pirate sites including ‘Pirate Bay,’ ‘YTS’, and ‘RARBG’ on U.S. servers. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5189 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 48 seconds to (re)generate ⟲