𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, November 01, 2022 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 2 Nov 02:44:07 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/2022/11/01/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmeujuDVZ2c9H9rLtDft62WqQQuPXjH3uNgNd1mb6hN4Z4 QmWNRczB6EwJrhHTYT8mrC5NnQ2JiW5AnotNG26HncgbeS QmWUqtTJ5A915BjiikNX4tcP5UqeaYwu2pTVfqCwtSdmX1 QmanWSwdWKoBnEEpdQYF8hRpxJXaJXHrA8matdZ7p2g7Ui QmNmKK6D23Ute87ocKh4uQTutC8tKr57v4KaYevBmU77dB QmV2MXBi3SZKoVRsy5rrvEwJJ2S9T5pKs5B6Ravu4xXApS QmSZzkk2vvg7T5pLZayi713tGeNgvw8o1pX2K38PrthWaz QmXiY6pc7Wic9TMGYJRv1DHHFXZi8qAmMS1GDp97S7KkZL QmQpbKVNQYKS8GikXcbjhn6Pd8QBKST3j18Pt4SWqQ77uE QmesBe7gFXumwSLqLnvSqdg4VAYdzac9DHiRXiAcvcSCZK QmaZv73scaiaGKET5VdShbnpu1zenP4KSVUwadYczfDVij QmQ29vXrWLRDAzS3ysBUAaio1dJbbxePxsMDnMojXN65BA QmY7HSwPRRe62SqGxBAAXyMxx7KYNp4bpVP5fbabA4nPWW Qmam1d2RF5tBzhN6dRgHGAQ4qtLayQtpQHjio6cRSPKrcq QmWQuEaedqKfnCvC3TTkjk1W11rJx9Jry8Tg1zmmSe22LV QmbZfgGTWEFktrixtKA1f8HwPDiqFSbSCmugQfJB3KsFx3 QmRXANaYRMaXicTWRnU2AhDUs9NP4sZ4K7v1ahH8UizZi1 QmayDAaedtPtRdyjHkq8VJaNw4yXhz4LThsrNtYK12WLdE QmZm5eHFmNNzzux9VVzo7ex1GyGjZD4HzFoxJWEaZe8Mby QmUms9EuWBHXEEkvgXfiNBHhTnkSeHCSbJ5Nez2q3VB3uY QmPYtqSLb1u1ZcxEizXSrp4b5VQ7gARTj185s8YHFAeMRk ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Red Hat (IBM) Hyped Up a Fair Pair of Flaws That Isn’t Critical, Isn’t Actively Exploited, and Even Red Hat’s Distro Isn’t Patching Yet | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 31, 2022 | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/ibm-sensationalism/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/irc-log-311022/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/godot-foundation/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/nitrux-2-5/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/obs-studio-28-1/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 52 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/ibm-sensationalism/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/01/ibm-sensationalism/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.01.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Red_Hat_(IBM)_Hyped_Up_a_Fair_Pair_of_Flaws_That_Isn’t_Critical,_Isn’t Actively_Exploited,_and_Even_Red_Hat’s_Distro_Isn’t_Patching_Yet⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, FUD, GNU/Linux, IBM, Marketing, Microsoft, Red_Hat, Rumour, Security, Servers, Standard at 3:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 8de27c8022d55f728a4d1c5eb55026e0 Irresponsible Misinformation About OpenSSL Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/openssl-drama.webm Summary: Fuelling Microsoft-affiliated and sometimes Microsoft-funded “news” (noise) sites, Red Hat — and to a lesser extent Fedora — exaggerated the severity of bugs a week before their details’ release (long and purposeless suspense); it’s a case of a boy who cries “wolf!” to get “likes” in Twitter and media_coverage_that_relies_on_nothing_but_lousy_(inaccurate)_"tweets",_where fact-checking_is_impeded_by_NDAs/embargo A few days ago we_took_note_of_the_overhyped (mostly by Red Hat) impending patch for OpenSSL. Red Hat ended up slipping/changing the release date of Fedora, adding some more to the perceived danger, contributing to the scare, resulting in a week’s worth of media misinformation_like_calling_it_"zero_day" (even in headlines!). This irresponsible hype turns out to be have been outright disinformation (or at best misinformation) about the severity and it’s worth noting that Red Hat is in no hurry to patch its most important products and there are no actively-exploited aspects; in other words, it is not “0-day” and there is no immediate rush to patch (in some cases there is no patch, either). “We perceive this to be a bit of a media blunder, taking informal “tweets” at face value and trying to compete over who produces the most scary headline/ s for about a week already.”The 8 URLs from the video are listed below in a logical order. To quote [4] below “Q: The 3.0.7 release was announced as fixing a CRITICAL vulnerability, but CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602 are both HIGH. What happened to the CRITICAL vulnerability?” We perceive this to be a bit of a media blunder, taking informal “tweets” at face value and trying to compete over who produces the most scary headline/ s for about a week already. █ ⚓ Links from the video above⠀⇛ 1. OpenSSL_3.0_Series_Release_Notes 2. Vulnerabilities_list 3. OpenSSL_Security_Advisory_[01_November_2022] 4. CVE-2022-3786_and_CVE-2022-3602:_X.509_Email_Address_Buffer_Overflows 5. Comments:_OpenSSL_Outlines_Two_High_Severity_Vulnerabilities 6. OpenSSL_3.0.7_released 7. OpenSSL_Releases_Patch_for_2_New_High-Severity_Vulnerabilities 8. 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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do the same for virtual machines? You can. Using Multipass from Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, you can easily spin up virtual machines under Linux, Mac, or Windows. Granted, most of the virtual machines in question are variations of Ubuntu, but there are some additional images available, and you can create your own. Once you have it installed, starting up a new Ubuntu instance is trivial. If you have a set configuration, you can even set up predefined setups using a YAML file. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Linux_Putting_An_End_To_This_30_Year_Old_CPU!!_– Invidious⠀⇛ Linux has this legacy of supporting pretty much everything you can imagine but that’s starting to get in the way of writing certain pieces of modern code so Linus Torvalds is considering dropping support for the Intel 486 platform after all these years. # ⚓ Video ☛ [Misleading_headline]_BIG_TECH_makes_LINUX._Is_that a_problem?_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ 10_Linux_Terminal_Tips_and_Tricks_to_Enhance_Your Workflow_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Are you a Linux user and/or administrator? These 10 terminal tricks will show you some new and exciting ways you can enhance your workflow, shorten longer tasks, and even have a little fun along the way. Thanks to Linode for sponsoring this video. # ⚓ Video ☛ LeftWM_is_like_XMonad_but_without_the_Haskell/ Hassle_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In the past couple of weeks, I’ve revisited LeftWM. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ 6_free_alternatives_to_Microsoft_Word_| TechRepublic [Ed: Terrible list. Most of these are proprietary and Apache OpenOffice is listed before LibreOffice.]⠀⇛ If you’re tired of paying for Microsoft Office features you don’t use, here are free alternatives to Word you can download and start using today. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Force_Linux_Users_to_Change_Password at_Next_Login⠀⇛ Linux users must change their passwords from time to time to keep their accounts secure. And as a system administrator, it’s your responsibility to nudge them if they forget to change the password and continue using it for a long time. On Linux, user passwords are set to expire after 99,999 days by default. However, you can override the default settings and set the passwords to expire immediately. Here’s how to force Linux users to change their passwords at the next login. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Install_Flatpak_Apps_in_Ubuntu_and Other_Linux⠀⇛ A beginner’s guide on how to install Flatpak in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Secure_an_SSH_Server_in_Ubuntu_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ SSH (Secure Socket Shell) is a command line interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote Linux server. It provides a secure and encrypted communication over a network and allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two servers. It is widely used by system admins to control and manage their web servers remotely. This tutorial shows you how to secure your SSH server. # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Monitor_Linux_Server_Health_with_Command Line_Tools_–_VITUX⠀⇛ If you work on Linux servers, you need to check the disk, CPU, and memory usage on your system. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ Enforcing_Compliance_of_Container Environment_Variables⠀⇛ # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ How_To_Fix_“package_Dependencies_Cannot_Be Resolved”_Error_In_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_|_Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ If you are having issues like “package dependencies cannot be resolved” while installing some packages in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS then this Ubuntu 22.04 LTS tutorial post is for you. We have the solution for the “package dependencies cannot be resolved” error In Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Set_Up_a_Cloudflare_Tunnel_to_Expose_Local Servers_to_the_Internet⠀⇛ If you are running a local server at your home on an old laptop or PC—such as a Plex Media server, a file server, a web server, or any other server—you can expose it to the internet by using the port forwarding option in your router. However, it’s neither secure nor recommended to access a server that way in a production environment. We will show you how to expose your local servers securely with an HTTPS connection to the internet using the free Cloudflare Tunnel service—without disclosing your public IP. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_Engine_–_Godot’s_Graduation:_Godot moves_to_a_new_Foundation⠀⇛ When Godot was first open-sourced in 2014, it was a very small project mostly developed by Ariel and Juan. Even after open-sourcing, contributions to Godot were almost exclusively made by volunteers. Over time, and to our surprise, many users expressed a wish to contribute financially to the project to speed up development. Creating a foundation at the time would have been too costly and difficult, so we turned to Ton Roosendaal for advice. Ton introduced us to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), which is a charity located in New York. The SFC was a fantastic fit for Godot. They work as a non-profit home for several high profile FOSS projects (such as Git, Samba, Wine, etc) and they have tested and proven rules to ensure that donations are only used for the benefit of projects, as well as rules to avoid conflicts of interest. They allow open-source projects to grow and prosper and focus on their project while the SFC handles non-profit governance, accounting, and legal issues (including successfully walking back on Non Disclosure Agreements to ensure that all our work can happen in the open); essentially aggregating the work required for the operation of a not-for-profit organization. # ⚓ Announcing_Godot’s_Graduation_from_SFC!_–_Software_Freedom Conservancy⠀⇛ The Godot Game Engine joined Software Freedom Conservancy in 2015, and we’re incredibly proud of their growth and improvement since then, empowering people everywhere to make their own games. The team that they have in place funded by the project for this work and the level of resources that the project has grown to need, now means that it is time for them to start their own independent organization. Working with them has given us so much hope for the future of software freedom in the game design and creative space, in which they play such a vital role. We can’t wait to see their new organization thrive. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Kart_Racing_Game_SuperTuxKart_1.4_is_out! How_to_Install_in_Ubuntu_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ The free open-source kart racing game, SuperTuxKart, released the new stable 1.4 version. Here’s the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu Linux. SuperTuxKart 1.4 fixed a dependency bug for MacOS user, meaning it’s now running again for macOS ranging from 10.9 to 10.14 (Mavericks to Mojave). The release also introduced experimental support for Vulkan renderer, for low CPU usage and better multi-platform support. User may try it out by either typing “/vulkan” in networking lobby and restart the game, or starting the game with –render-driver=vulkan argument. A new character Godette, the mascot of the Godot Engine, is introduced in the release. And, the Konqi now has a newer and maturer look. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Learnings_from_Building_an_AppImage⠀⇛ For some time I am offering an AppImage of Kraft to make installations for users as easy as possible. Unfortunately real linux packages are big effort for the variety of distributions, and having one way to rule them all seems very appealing. My first AppImage versions were pretty faulty when looking into details. So I spent some time to improve it recently, with the great help of the friendly people from AppImage community. Here is my little report about what I have learned. If there is something I can do better, please let me know (unless it is use $OTHERTOOL). # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Fosstodon!⠀⇛ I may retire the Twitter handle I got in 2010, but as a label it’ll live on in my Mastodon handle. Insofar as I think about my “social media” profile at all, I’ve come to realise that the things I actually control are the most valuable. # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Work-work_(in_glass)_|_ [bobulate]⠀⇛ Huh, I realised I had written “farewell” to Blue Systems and Calamares back in may – Calamares is still trundling along at a much reduced pace – but have not yet written about where I went to work. So, let’s fill in a little of that. I work at Vimec, which makes glass inspection machines. I went to work there because I know nothing about glass inspection, but I do know about C++, Qt, and CMake. So I’ll learn about glass while doing my usual software things. One of the things I notice is how “Open- Source”-ish work is. Vimec is a small company, and I can best describe a work day as “like a KDE sprint, but only from 9 to 5”. I sit down at a Linux workstation, log into KDE Plasma (backed by Active Directory, that’s the corporate angle there), poke at GitLab to see what went down overnight, git pull to see what’s up, and then fire up the editor of my choice to get stuff done. [...] I suppose I should have learned this, from prior job changes, but I notice that at the end of a day of KDE-like programming, I don’t have much energy left over for more actually- KDE programming. I sit down to do a little light Python or Haskell more than C++ these days, for kicks. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Making_Rust_attractive_for_writing_GTK_applications⠀⇛ Rust, the programming language, has been gaining traction across many software disciplines – support for it has landed in the upstream Linux kernel, developers have been using it for games, websites, low-level OS components, and desktop applications. The gtk-rs team has been doing an impressive amount of work during the last few years to make the experience of using GObject-based libraries in Rust enjoyable by providing high-quality, memory-safe bindings around those libraries, generated with gir from the introspection data. # ⚓ Trying_out_Zola⠀⇛ For nearly two years I have been inactive on my blog despite spending time making a fancy website, but I can no longer afford the extra code to maintain and infrastructure work to keep it running. So I decided to move the posts I had on the old website to a statically generated one while waiting for the CI to pass during the gtk-rs hackfest. One of the annoyances I had with static websites generators is that they were too slow. Add to that Jekyll is written in Ruby and it was too difficult to get any rubygem installed on my machine. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Updates_for_October,_2022_⋅_elementary_Blog⠀⇛ This month featured a slew of minor updates and translation updates on OS 6.1 as a side effect of preparing stable builds of OS 7, but the focus for the team is solidly on putting the finishing touches on the new major release. If you’ve been following along on the OS 7 Project Board, you’ll have noticed that all of the blocking window manager issues have now been resolved! Major shoutouts to Corentin Noël and David Hewitt here for finishing those off. I also want to give a special thanks to Bobby Rong, the maintainer of Pantheon on NixOS, for noticing a couple of regressions that slipped through the cracks and quickly reporting them upstream. At this point the outstanding tasks for releasing OS 7 largely have to do with builds, infrastructure, etc. We’re really in the home stretch now! But that doesn’t mean we can’t try to sneak in some last minute polish. I’ve been revisiting the App Icon Redesign Project and have several outstanding branches here that will hopefully make it into 7.0. Micah Ilbery and I have been working on modernizing the look of app icons on elementary OS, including increasing the border radius of tile icons, improving contrast and use of color, and adding a bit more dimensionality to icons that make use of overlaid glyphs. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Nitrux ☛ Release_Announcement:_Nitrux_2.5.0_–_Nitrux_— #YourNextOS⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 2.5.0. This new version combines the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support. o § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_Updates_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Today we look at Linux Lite to see what is up in the next release. This is the 6.2 RC1 which supports the Linux Kernel 5.15 by default but supports up to 6.0. We look at the system memory, default applications, and more. # ⚓ Video ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_Run_Through_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, we are looking at Linux Lite 6.2. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛ Today we are looking at Linux Lite 6.2. It comes with Linux Kernel 5.15, based on Ubuntu 22.04, XFCE 4.16, and uses about 900MB of ram when idling. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Red_Hat_Satellite_6.11.4_has_been released⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce that Red Hat Satellite 6.11.4 is generally available as of September 29, 2022. Red Hat Satellite is part of the Red Hat Smart Management subscription that makes it easier for enterprises to manage patching, provisioning, and subscription management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure. The erratum for this release includes… # ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Only_The_Agile_And_Adaptable_Survive [Ed: IBM puff piece from Red Hat/IBM sponsored publisher; disclosure conspicuously lacking, as usual]⠀⇛ Red Hat is not just the top Linux software vendor and the driving force behind IBM’s hybrid cloud ambitions. It is by far the most agile part of Big Blue. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Sharing_Red_Hat_Insights_with_your Technical_Account_Manager_for_better_collaboration⠀⇛ I have been working as a Technical Account Manager (TAM) with Red Hat for around a year now. I love interacting with my customers, working with them on shared goals and providing proactive tips on how to get the most out of the Red Hat products they are using. One of the Red Hat tools that I love to share with customers is Red Hat Insights. Red Hat Insights itself is a great tool, and is included in many Red Hat subscriptions (including Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift). It can really help you understand risks within your environment and any areas you should be focusing on. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Linux_Mint_is_getting_a_‘show_the_desktop’_button just_like_Windows_–_Neowin⠀⇛ The Linux Mint team has just shared what it has been working on through October. There are quite a few improvements it has been making, but one notable one is the corner bar, which is very similar to the ‘show the desktop’ button on Windows that lives in the bottom right of the taskbar. Other changes include fewer password prompts, Flatpak support in Update Manager, and some visual refinements. The new corner bar coming to Mint is less noticeable than the show the desktop button on Windows, however, it can be configured to be more powerful than the Windows implementation. Using customizable settings, you can choose the click action, the middle click action, and enable or disable peek at the desktop on hover. As the corner bar is in the lower right, you don’t even have to think about where to move the cursor. Password requests have also been worked on, so they’re less intrusive. They’re no longer needed when using Synaptic and Update Manager, nor when removing a Flatpak. These programs will instead ask pkexec to remember your password, so you don’t need to enter it more than once. This should make things a little more convenient. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_is_out_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Linux Lite 6.2 is the latest version of this increasingly inaccurately named distro. In effect, it’s a niftily customized remix of Xubuntu 22.04.1. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_Released,_Based_on_Ubuntu 22.04.1_LTS_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ A new version of the Linux Lite, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution aimed at lower-spec’d computers, is available to download. Linux Lite 6.2 is based on the Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS point release and Linux kernel 5.15, plus a tweaked version of the Xfce 4.16 desktop environment and its associated assembly of apps. Modern machines can run Linux Lite but the distro is tailored towards those on older and/or resource-limited hardware. “This release is mostly comprised of UI adjustments, up to date software and bug fixes,” Linux Lite creator Jerry Bezencon says in a release announcement posted on the Linux Lite forums. Updated versions of bundled software, including the latest update in the LibreOffice 7.3 series and the most recent release of Google Chrome, come as standard. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ What_to_Expect_at_the_Ubuntu_Summit_2022 [Ed: No more community and Canonical has quit pretending]⠀⇛ As the Ubuntu Summit draws near, we have an update to share with you all. We have a new timetable that can help you plan your days. There are some pretty neat people coming too! If you can’t participate in-person this year, we completely understand. That is why we have remote participation in mind as well. So read on to check out the updates in more detail! # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Public_cloud_for_telco_–_Part_3:_Microsoft_Azure [Ed: Microsoft Azure is laying off its staff, but Canonical is still propping up those who attack Linux]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Elektrobit_Partners_with_Canonical_to_Pave_the_Way_to_a_New Era_of_Software-defined_Vehicles⠀⇛ As the industry transitions towards software- defined vehicles, the new partnership will make it easier than ever before for car makers, suppliers, and developers to create the next generation of vehicle applications, while meeting stringent automotive standards. # ⚓ Install_Firefox_106_on_Ubuntu_/_Linux_Mint_–_Tips_On_Unix⠀⇛ This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install firefox 106 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04, and Linux Mint 21. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ System-on-module_combines_NXP_i.MX_8M_Mini Arm_CPU_and_Xilinx_Artix-7_FPGA⠀⇛ Based on the block diagram above, the FPGA and CPU are interfaced via PCIe x1, I2C, and interrupts. MYiR provides two Yocto-built Linux images based on Linux 5.10.72 and U-boot 2021.04 and all drivers for peripherals, one with Qt, and the other without. There’s no mention of specific software or sample code for the Artix-7 FPGA, so you’d probably be expected to use Xilinx tools like the ISE Design Suite. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Purism ☛ Year-End_Savings_Start_Now_with_$200_off_on_Librem 14_Laptop_–_Purism⠀⇛ PCMag has highlighted our Librem 14 as one of the top gifts in the tech space. The article 8 Techie Gifts for the Security Expert in Your Life highlights: “All Linux computers aren’t created alike, though. Purism’s Librem 14 stands out from the pack in several ways. First, it runs PureOS, a security- focused Linux distro created by Purism that powers laptops and cell phones. The fact that it’s open- source means experts can comb through it and flag any flaws. It’s also (according to Purism) “designed chip-by-chip, line-by-line, to respect your rights to privacy, security, and freedom.” # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Huge_LED_globe_becomes_Halloween_helmet_|_Arduino Blog⠀⇛ Some Halloween costumes are creepy, others are racy, and a few, like this one, are just plain cool. LEDs have been common since the 1960s, but they can still stand out when done well. As it turns out, one way to achieve that is by arranging 378 of them around a big globe and wearing that globe on your head like Redditor HGRDOG14 did for Halloween this year. We’re hesitant to call this a “Halloween mask” because of its sheer size, but “enormous glowing Halloween helmet” doesn’t have the same ring to it. HGRDOG14’s creation started as a 24” beach ball. They then covered that in papier mâché to create a rigid shell and removed the original beach ball. After that, they covered the papier mâché sphere in strips of WS2812B individually addressable RGB LEDs. Those strips have 30cm spacing between LEDs and HGRDOG14 staggered each longitudinal strip in order to arrange the LEDs in the pattern you see. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Making_a_puppet_ride_an_RC_tricycle_|_Arduino Blog⠀⇛ Inspired by a remote-controlled Radio Flyer tricycle in which Kermit pedaled around at Maker Faire New York 2018, Donald Bell wanted to create his own version that could bring similar magic to people who interact with it. It began with the same Radio Flyer tricycle as in the original video, except this one was modified a bit differently. An overarching goal that Bell wanted to achieve was keeping the tricycle as stock as possible, which meant placing all of the electronics underneath the rear axle. Movement is provided by a single DC motor just below one of the wheels that connects via a timing belt for added safety. Meanwhile, the trike is able to steer thanks to a 24V high-torque servo motor that rotates to push a rod back and forth, thus turning the front fork to either side. Controlling all of these parts is an Arduino Uno that receives information from an RC receiver module. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux On Mobile ☛ LINMOB.net_–_Weekly_GNU-like_Mobile_Linux Update_(43/2022):_An_impressive_Gadget⠀⇛ Also: Progress reports by Mobian, Manjaro and Nemo Mobile, a nice video on SqueakPhone and a lot of the usual! * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Work_on_Taskcluster_Github [Ed: Mozilla is promoting Microsoft proprietary software]⠀⇛ o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Community_support_needed:_We_want_to_use_our_users_personal data_–_LibreOffice_Design_Team [Ed: LibreOffice to become spyware under the guise of "telemetry"? Like Firefox?]⠀⇛ While our proprietary competitors constantly (mis)use user data to improve the UX of their products, we are maneuvering in thick fog. And whenever we try to reach out to our users to decide about design directions, we mainly get feedback from white, male nerds [1]. You hopefully see the problems this implies. The only solution is: We need to be able to evaluate usage information from everyone else too. While preserving the privacy of our users of course. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 6_Best_Python_IDE(s)_and_Code_Editor(s) –_Top_List_of_2022⠀⇛ We list the six best Python code editor(s) for Ubuntu and other Linux distros and Windows in 2022. Python is everywhere today, and it is arguably the C programming language of the modern era. You can find Python everywhere, from websites, apps, data science projects, and AI to IoT devices. So being a popular programming language of this decade, it is essential to know the development environment of Python, where developers create applications, especially if you are starting afresh. Many Python development environments are available with features and utilities catering to your need. Some of them are useful for beginners learning Python by setting up the environment and other users for heavy Python development and complex setups. Here, in this post, I will touch upon the best of them that would help you pick one for your own need and use case. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Chinese_Hackers_Using_New_Stealthy_Infection Chain_to_Deploy_LODEINFO_Malware [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ The latest set of attacks, observed between March and June 2022, involve the use of a bogus Microsoft Word file and a self-extracting archive (SFX) file in RAR format propagated via spear-phishing emails, leading to the execution of a backdoor called LODEINFO. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Researchers_Disclose_Details_of_Critical ‘CosMiss’_RCE_Flaw_Affecting_Azure_Cosmos_DB⠀⇛ Microsoft on Tuesday said it addressed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB that enabled full read and write access. The tech giant said the problem was introduced on August 12, 2022, and rectified worldwide on October 6, 2022, two days after responsible disclosure from Orca Security, which dubbed the flaw CosMiss. # ⚓ Developer_tries_to_get_Linux_running_at_boot_on_Microsoft Dev_Kit_2023,_but_largely_fails [Ed: Microsoft and its devoted propaganda sites trying to make "Linux" sound or look bad]⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ OpenSSL_dodges_a_security_bullet_|_ZDNET [Ed: No, SJVN, it dodges a FUD campaign]⠀⇛ At first, it looked like the OpenSSL 3.x security bug was going to be truly awful. While it was feared to be a critical error that could lead to remote code execution (RCE), upon a closer examination it turned out to be not so horrid after all. # ⚓ CISA ☛ OpenSSL_Releases_Security_Update_|_CISA⠀⇛ OpenSSL has released a security advisory to address two vulnerabilities, CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022- 3786, affecting OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.6. Both CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786 can cause a denial of service. According to OpenSSL, a cyber threat actor leveraging CVE-2022-3786, “can craft a malicious email address to overflow four attacker- controlled bytes on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service) or potentially remote code execution,” allowing them to take control of an affected system. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_OpenSSL_patches_released,_UK_sec expert’s_judgment_justified⠀⇛ The OpenSSL Project has released fixes for two vulnerabilities in the open-source cryptographic library, with the severity of both rated “high”. The accompanying documentation has justified the advice of British security expert Kevin Beaumont not to get carried away by hype over the expected announcement, as iTWirereported. The project said it had released advisories about “CVE-2022-3786 (“X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow”) and CVE-2022-3602 (“X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow”)”. # ⚓ LWN ☛ OpenSSL_3.0.7_released_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ The much-anticipated OpenSSL 3.0.7 release, which fixes some high-risk security problems, is available. The release notes list two vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602) that have not yet been documented on the OpenSSL vulnerabilities page. LWN commenter mat2 has provided the relevant information, though. It is worth updating quickly, but many sites do not appear to be at immediate risk. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ OpenSSL_3.0.7_Fixes_Two_High-CVEs_with_Buffer Overflow⠀⇛ The highly anticipated OpenSSL 3.0.7 is now released, fixing two high-severity CVEs. All the major Linux distributions across desktops and, most importantly, server admins have been waiting for this fix since it was reported last week by the OpenSSL team. Due to the criticality of this package, some distro releases got delayed (such as Fedora 37), and probably some patching activities across the industry. Both the high severity fixes are due to buffer overrun, which impacts the entire OpenSSL 3.0.0 series (i.e. from 3.0.0 to 3.0.6). Alarming, it may sound, but these two vulnerabilities have been out in the wild for almost a year since the 3.0.0 release in 2021. The first CVE-2022-3786 triggers when a malicious email address with arbitrary payload with character “.” (decimal 46). The second vulnerability, CVE- 2022-3602, also deals with another payload with the same email address in name constraints, checking for X.509 certificates. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ OpenSSL_Releases_Patch_for_2_New_High- Severity_Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ The OpenSSL project has rolled out fixes to contain two high-severity flaws in its widely used cryptography library that could result in a denial- of-service (DoS) and remote code execution. The issues, tracked as CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022- 3786, have been described as buffer overrun vulnerabilities that can be triggered during X.509 certificate verification by supplying a specially- crafted email address. “In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server,” OpenSSL said in an advisory for CVE-2022-3786. “In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.” # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (python3.7), Gentoo (android-tools, expat, firefox, libjxl, libxml2, pjproject, sqlite, thunderbird, and zlib), Oracle (compat-expat1), Slackware (php8 and vim), SUSE (kernel, libtasn1, podman, and pyenv), and Ubuntu (libtasn1-6). # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Upgrades_to_TLP_2.0_|_CISA⠀⇛ Today, CISA officially upgraded to Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) 2.0, which facilitates greater information sharing and collaboration. CISA made this upgrade in accordance with the recommendation from the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams to upgrade to TLP 2.0 by January 2023. # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA_Releases_One_Industrial_Control_Systems Advisory_|_CISA⠀⇛ CISA released one Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory on November 1, 2022. This advisory provides timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. # ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ Deepfakes:_What_they_are_and_how_to spot_them_–_Help_Net_Security⠀⇛ The term “deepfake” is used for photo, video or audio content that has been manipulated to make it seem that the subject is doing or saying something they never did or said. This content is created by using AI and machine learning techniques. Some deepfakes are obvious and we can detect them with the naked eye by looking for inconsistencies. With increased sophistication of deepfake technology, though, deepfake detection technologies had to be and have been developed in recent years. # ⚓ XSAs_released_on_2022-11-01_|_Qubes_OS⠀⇛ The Xen Project has released one or more Xen Security Advisories (XSAs). The security of Qubes OS is affected. Therefore, user action is required. # ⚓ QSB-085:_Xenstore:_Guests_can_crash_xenstored_(XSA-414)⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Ex-CIA_head_Pompeo_served_with_lawsuit over_alleged_Assange_spying⠀⇛ Former US secretary of state and ex-head of the CIA Mike Pompeo has been formally served with a lawsuit which claims he provided oversight for a criminal conspiracy to violate Fourth Amendment rights of American lawyers and journalists inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Pompeo is one of the defendants in the case, which also names the CIA, security firm UC Global and UC Global director David R. Morales Guillen. They are accused of spying on WikiLeaks publisher and founder Julian Assange and his visitors while he took refuge in the embassy. A statement from the Assange Defence Committee said the suit was served on the former CIA head as he was posing for photographs at the John Ashbrook Memorial Dinner in Ohio on 29 October. The plaintiffs, who include renowned civil rights activist and human rights attorney Margaret Ratner Kunstler, attorney Deborah Hrbek and journalists Charles Glass and John Goetz, visited Assange while he was in the embassy. [...] Plaintiff Margaret Ratner Kunstler blasted the threat such surveillance poses to constitutional liberties. “If a foreign journalist can be prosecuted for publishing factual documents, then no journalist is safe,” she said. “And apparently Mike Pompeo believes that attorneys representing journalists should not be safe either. These actions are outrageous.” The suit claimed these actions were authorised and approved by Pompeo. Assange is currently being held in Belmarsh prison in the UK, pending an appeal against his extradition to the US which was approved by British Home Minister Priti Patel on 17 June. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Welcomes_Competition Win_as_Federal_Judge_Blocks_Publishing_Merger_–_Public Knowledge⠀⇛ Yesterday, a federal judge blocked the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. The proposed merger would have created a publishing giant responsible for half of the top-selling books from the first- and fourth-largest publishing houses, further consolidating an already concentrated marketplace. The Department of Justice sued to block the merger last year in a complaint highlighting the potential harms to authors, other publishers, and readers. Public Knowledge celebrates this long overdue reinvigoration of antitrust law and enforcement in the all-important publishing industry, and looks forward to equally bold actions to free e-books and combat Big Tech dominance. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Me_Boot_Sequence⠀⇛ Traditionally speaking, October has been a time of shutting down, tuning out, and imploding. It has been this way for as long as I can remember and my symptoms have only worsened as time progresses. Recently Octobers have been almost unbearable. Towards the end of September every year I start to feel my psyche shift. I get what I have inaccurately been calling “stressed,” the symptoms of which include the following: I become more irritable, my muscles tense up and refuse to relax (especially in my neck and shoulders), my menstrual cycle goes awry, I don’t get any restful sleep, I develop an annoying twitch in my left eye, I hallucinate, my memory stops functioning, I am easily overwhelmed, I have bouts of confusion, and I have serious difficulties thinking and speaking properly. Halloween marks the grand finale. Then, November comes over me like a cool mist on a still early morning and I start to breathe normally again. Well, whatever normal means. # ⚓ Settling_in_to_the_new_house⠀⇛ It’s pretty early in the morning for me as I write this, having grown accustomed to afternoon shift over the past five years. I’ve been up since about 7:30 local time sipping coffee, slicing vegetables and listening to a nice Jazz session featuring Danny Gatton and a young Joshua Redman. I’ve just finished filling the crocpot with Roma tomatoes, sweet yellow onion, green bell pepper and three varieties of beans. Browning some ground beef to add and in about 8 hours we’ll be eating bowls of chili on a fall day. # ⚓ Extreme_fortunes,_Brevard,_NC_edition⠀⇛ Last week, Bunny and I ate at the Twin Dragons Grand Buffet (and if there was a website, I’d have linked to it). After dinner I checked my fortune cookie and lo: [Fortune cookie fortune that says “Vous savez bien apprécier des belles choses.”] Maybe if we were eating in a Vietnamese restaurant, this would make sense. [1]… # ⚓ Autumn_in_Small_Town_on_West_Coast⠀⇛ The sky is cloudy grey that’s makes one wonder if today the day that the rain will finally come to this very dry land suffering from this summer’s harsh punishment. it’s have finally begun to feel more like Autumn, but the trees were delay charging their colors and slowly begin to shed some of their colors off. and all I can do is stay in my shelter and keep warm preparing for the weather to slowly get colder by each passing day. of course, there are dangers that occur in the colder months. mists that blind your field of view but touching your skin with chilly breezes hitting against your face and small water particles landing on your hands that are invisible. but you’re greeted by frost cover plants and tricky grey passageways waiting for you to fall. along with multiple color vehicles passing through the rocky black paths. living in a small town in west coast is full of unexpected surprise but at the same time can be a bit dangerous at night. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_UFHLOPE_Wordo:_ADMIN⠀⇛ o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Oxymoronist:_Ministry_of_Truth⠀⇛ The attempted launch of the Disinformation Governance Board, aka Ministry of Truth, met with a backlash, but the attempts to gain tighter control over public discourse are obviously ongoing. Although this predominantly concerns social media, the efforts are not limited to the largest ones. An Intercept article reports on some leaked DHS documents, commenting: “How disinformation is defined by the government has not been clearly articulated, and the inherently subjective nature of what constitutes disinformation provides a broad opening for DHS officials to make politically motivated determinations about what constitutes dangerous speech.” They provide some additional insight into the Hunter Biden laptop story, but fail to mention the embarrassing split up with Glenn Greenwald, who had wanted to report on it on the Intercept. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Give_Me_Your_Best_OpenTTD_NewGRFs⠀⇛ I’ve finished my NewGRF that adds tea to OpenTTD. It’s not publicly available yet, because I want to test it more and see if there’s anything that should be tweaked. Now I want to know which mods you all like! Specific vehicles, town names, scenarios, height maps, industries, etc. Anything that makes it fun to start earlier than 1900, or playing later than 2050? Anything that makes gameplay more interesting in general? # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Twitter_and_autonomy⠀⇛ There’s space for disagreement and nuance (what do we mean by “the most” and “affected”? what happens when similarly- affected people disagree?); no two cultures that abided by this rule would look alike. But it’s completely incompatible with capitalist relations of production, even under the stewardship of liberal democracy. Since there seems to be a bit of an exodus from Twitter at the moment, many people have been confronted by the fact that a social media company’s owner (like Elon Musk) or majority shareholder (like Mark Zuckerberg) can unilaterally make decisions that affect millions of people. Since I don’t think the world should work that way, I decided that I would no longer voluntarily enter relationships that do. I may have no choice about needing a job or being a citizen of a state, but I can sure as hell quit Facebook and Twitter. So I quit them (along with a growing list of second-stringers), and have been getting my social media fix on the Fediverse. Here, I do have a say in what sort of behavior is moderated and blocked¹, and if I decide I don’t like my instance’s policies, the system is designed to make it easy for me to find a different instance or even start my own. But it’s not just social media, and for me this journey didn’t start there. Most political organizations, including the majority of leftist ones, use leadership and decision-making structures that don’t follow this principle². Democracy, as we’re taught to understand it, can lead to situations where a slim majority dictates the actions of a slim minority, even when those actions have a minimal effect on the majority. Delegated decision-making (electing “leaders”) also creates such situations, especially when leadership terms are long. I spent most of the past five years in such an organization, fighting bitter fights about the org’s projects and goals, and I eventually realized that the whole enterprise doesn’t align with my values. # ⚓ Re:_Mayan_and_Gemini_Priests⠀⇛ The barrier to entry is literally installing one of the many Gemini browsers. It’s not rocket science. Click a few times and voila, Gemini. If you are that stupid, stick to Windows with a pre-installed Microsoft Web browser, I guess. But how did you get on Mastodon anyway? That requires like, registering and passwords and stuff… If you can’t figure out where or how to post, gees, we will miss your brilliant ideas, I guess. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1658 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.01.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_01/11/2022:_Nitrux_2.5_and_Linux_Mint’s_Plans⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Arch_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Copyrights * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Best_Remote_Desktop_Clients_for_Ubuntu_and Other_Linux_[2022]⠀⇛ Remote desktop clients allow you to connect to any other desktop/server and perform tasks remotely. It’s one of the important aspects of IT support and other commercial use cases. In Linux, there are many remote desktop clients available. Some of them are free, while others are paid versions. All of these clients support popular remote desktop protocols (RDP) such as VNC, RDP and others. This article looks at some of the best free remote desktop clients for Ubuntu and other distros. The list includes free and open-source apps and some free-to-use but proprietary apps. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_26:_using_combinators_in_:has()⠀⇛ It’s time to get me up to speed with modern CSS. There’s so much new in CSS that I know too little about. To change that I’ve started #100DaysOfMoreOrLessModernCSS. Why more or less modern CSS? Because some topics will be about cutting-edge features, while other stuff has been around for quite a while already, but I just have little to no experience with it. # ⚓ 50_Useful_Vim_Commands⠀⇛ Here are 50 useful Vim commands that work in normal mode. Many of these can be combined and modified to produce dozens more. Use these as inspiration for your own repeatable workflows. In no particular order: [...] # ⚓ DJ Adams ☛ More_Untappd_data_explorations_with_jq_–_my_top ranking_beer_types_(part_2)⠀⇛ So now it’s time to pick out the data I need for the analysis, and that is, for each checkin, the beer’s category, and my rating. I’ll start by just mapping the array of checkin objects to an array of smaller objects just containing these two things: [...] # ⚓ uni Toronto ☛ Silencing_KDE_application_notification_sounds under_fvwm⠀⇛ Although I don’t use KDE as a desktop, I use a few KDE applications from time to time, mostly kdiff3. Among other things, kdiff3′s what Mercurial prefers to use when resolving conflicts in a ‘hg pull -u’, which comes up from time to time as I have a custom copy of the Firefox development tree. For a while now, kdiff3 and the occasional other KDE applications I use have been making noises at me to notify me of various things. I’m very strongly against programs making noises at me and normally turn this stuff off, but this time around I couldn’t find an obvious way to do it in places like kdiff3′s own application settings. Normal people might reach for their desktop’s general settings, but for my sins I don’t use a desktop environment; I use a custom setup built around fvwm as my window manager. # ⚓ Installing_Linux_Images_on_Toradex_Verdin_Boards⠀⇛ In the post Setting Up Yocto Projects with kas, we built the Linux image for the Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus. It’s time to flash the image on the board using the Toradex Easy Installer (TEZI). It’s a three-step procedure: wire up the board in a special way, install and run TEZI on the board, and flash our custom-built Linux image from a USB drive on the board. # ⚓ Video ☛ Vim:_How_To_Comment_Multiple_Lines_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Vim has a visual block mode which lets you do multiline comments easily. In this video I show you how to comment out a function block using the visual block mode relatively quickly with minimal typing. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Wiki.js_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_MEAN_Stack_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ The MEAN stack is a free and open-source JavaScript-based framework used for developing web applications. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ How_to_Remove_Snap_Packages_from_Ubuntu_and Other_Linux⠀⇛ Installed Snap package earlier and now you want to uninstall it? # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_work_with_lists_and_dictionaries in_Ansible_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Learn how to analyze and use data in lists and dictionaries, a crucial skill for anything you want to do with Ansible. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Command_to_view_DNS_records_for_a_Domain_in Ubuntu_Linux⠀⇛ The Domain Name System (DNS) is a central directory service that is responsible for name resolution on the Internet. If problems arise, it can sometimes be useful to take a look behind the scenes and, for example, to determine an IP address for a hostname. A useful tool for this purpose is nslookup, which we will introduce to you in more detail in this post. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Heroic_Games_Launcher_2.5_Beta_adds Download_Manager,_external_game_/_launcher_installs⠀⇛ The Heroic Games Launcher is growing with the 2.5.0 Beta version out now, putting it in competition with the likes of Lutris and Bottles a little more with the new features. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_free_copy_of_Jazz_Jackrabbit_2_in_the GOG_Halloween_Sale⠀⇛ GOG are back with another game giveaway for you, this time it’s the classic Jazz Jackrabbit 2 along with plenty in their ongoing Halloween Sale. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Classic_Unreal_Tournament_lives_on_with_a new_OldUnreal_upgrade,_64bit_now_on_Linux⠀⇛ Unreal Tournament 99 is one of the all-time great first-person shooters, and it is being kept alive by the OldUnreal team and contributors with a fresh release out now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Decky_Loader_for_Steam_Deck_(plugin_loader) gets_fixed_up_for_newer_SteamOS⠀⇛ It seems each time Valve do a big update to the Steam Deck with SteamOS, it ends up breaking the Decky Loader plugin system but a fresh update is out now fixing it again. From what one of the developers said it now works well across the Stable, Beta and Preview update channels. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Better_Linux_support_for_OneXPlayer_coming, likely_for_SteamOS_like_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ We already know that OneXPlayer have it in their plans to put SteamOS on their devices, and perhaps this Linux kernel work is a step towards it. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ SuperTuxKart_1.4_Kart_Racing_Game_Released_with New_Textures_and_Karts,_Vulkan_Renderer⠀⇛ It’s been more than a year since SuperTuxKart 1.3 was released and SuperTuxKart 1.4 is here to improve the Soccer fields by adjusting the starting positions and item placements on all the official fields for a fair play game. In addition, field lines have been added for a better strategic game plan. SuperTuxKart 1.4 also introduces a new Lap Trial mode, a new Godette kart, left-side ghost replay difficulties, items and stars animation, as well as new textures in Shifting Sands. Moreover, it updates the Battle Island and Cave X tracks, as well as the Konqi character, and makes sky particles always fall vertically. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Kate_Editor_is_Getting_Four_New_Awesome Features⠀⇛ Kate Editor is a constantly evolving and powerful open-source text editor that acts as a viable alternative to Microsoft’s proprietary Visual Studio Code application. It is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The code editor received a significant upgrade in 2021 potentially making it KDE’s answer to Microsoft’s offering. # ⚓ KDE_Yocto_Updates_–_cordlandwehr⠀⇛ Time is running and already a couple of weeks passed since I have been at this year’s Akademy in Barcelona. It was great to (finally again!!!) meet people in person and talk about free software projects, while eating tapas our having nice beer. One of the topics on my agenda was the next iteration of our Yocto layers. At the moment we have two layers provided by KDE for downstream usage, “meta-kf5” and “meta-kde“. The first provides a simple integration of KDE Frameworks into Yocto projects and the second one is a set of KDE Plasma (Desktop, Mobile & Bigscreen) and KDE Gears applications, which is mostly focused on providing nice show cases of KDE software. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Nitrux_2.5_Is_Here_as_One_of_the_First_Distros Powered_by_Linux_6.0_and_KDE_Plasma_5.26⠀⇛ The monthly Nitrux ISO releases continue, and Nitrux 2.5 is here as the first release of the systemd-free distribution to ship with the latest and greatest Linux 6.0 kernel series by default. The very latest Linux kernel 6.0.6 kernel is included by default in the distribution in a XanMod flavor. This is also the first ISO release of Nitrux to ship with the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 5.26 desktop environment series. More specifically, the very latest KDE Plasma 5.26.2 point release is included by default, which is accompanied by the latest KDE Gear 22.08.2 and KDE Frameworks 5.99 software suites for the best possible KDE Plasma desktop experience you can get. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_Brings_Improvements_to_Its_6.x Series⠀⇛ The lightweight Ubuntu-based Linux distribution Linux Lite has released version 6.2, including UI enhancements and an updated package base. Linux Lite is a free and open-source Ubuntu-based Linux distro that includes the Xfce desktop environment. As the name implies, it is a lightweight Linux distro ideal for people with older hardware. o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ First_Arch_Linux_ISO_Release_Powered_by_Linux Kernel_6.0_Is_Now_Available_for_Download⠀⇛ That’s right, Arch Linux’s November 2022 ISO release is out now (versioned 2022.11.01) and it’s special because it’s the first Arch Linux ISO release to ship with the latest and greatest Linux kernel 6.0 by default. Linux kernel 6.0 was released on October 2nd, 2022, and it introduced new features like support for the AArch64 (ARM64) hardware architecture to swap transparent huge pages without splitting them, support for NVMe in-band authentication, as well as support for PCI buses in the OpenRISC and LoongArch architectures. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Linux_Mint_Now_Supports_Flatpak_Update_via Updater_+_More_Updates⠀⇛ The Mint team announced interesting enhancements in the monthly update, such as Flatpak support in the update manager and more. The Mint updater utility now supports Flatpak. That means you can now use the update manager itself to update your Flatpak packages from Flathub or other remotes. You don’t need to use the flatpak update command to do that separately. # ⚓ Linux Mint ☛ Monthly_News_–_October_2022_–_The_Linux_Mint Blog⠀⇛ This allows Flatpak applications and runtimes to be updated like any other supported types of software. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Review_of_myCobot_280_Pi_robotic_arm_with Python_and_visual_programming_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ myCobot 280 Pi is a versatile robotic arm with a 6 degree of freedom design. It was developed by Elephant Robotics using the Raspberry Pi 4 board as the main controller. The robot is compact and delivers stable operation making it ideal for confined spaces. It can also be programmed in a variety of languages, is easy to use, and offers a lot of features. It is suitable for those who are interested in learning how to program a robotic arm controller and for engineering projects. It can also be programmed in a variety of languages, is easy to use, and offers a lot of features. It is suitable for those who are interested in learning how to program a robotic arm controller and for engineering projects. # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ RetroPie_and_Raspberry_PI:_Building_your_Retro Gaming_Console⠀⇛ Install and setup Retropie on Raspberry PI to get your personal retro gaming station. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_Easy-To-Make_Pi-Powered_Pocket_Password_Pal⠀⇛ Sometimes, we see a project where it’s clear – its creator seriously wants to make a project idea accessible to newcomers; and today’s project is one of these cases. The BYOPM – Bring Your Own Password Manager, a project by [novamostra] – is a Pi Zero- powered device to carry your passwords around in. This project takes the now well-explored USB gadget feature of the Pi Zero, integrates it into a Bitwarden-backed password management toolkit to make a local-network-connected password storage, and makes a tutorial simple enough that anybody can follow it to build their own. # ⚓ An_Apple_II_Tale_Told_Complete_by_the_Late_Tony_Diaz⠀⇛ What follows is a tale involving several amazing and unlikely finds coupled with a good bit of luck that, in the end, explains how that source code came to be lost, necessitating Central Point to entirely rewrite a core product. The story takes place in the early ’90s, when Tony was working at Alltech, a tech clearinghouse of sorts that sold old / hard to find items, much of it for the Apple II. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ MiniPC_taps_11th_gen_Jasper_Lake_processor and_supports_dual_GbE_ports⠀⇛ The BMAX B3 Plus is a MiniPC equipped with the Celeron 4-Core N5095. This product is enabled with dual band Wi-Fi 5, triple [email protected] displays, dual GbE LAN ports and ships with Windows 11 Pro. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ 5_best_Android_phone_deals_during_Halloween sale_2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Business Insider ☛ 6_Signs_an_Android_Phone_Has_a_Virus, and_5_Ways_to_Remove_It⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ 10_things_to_know_about_if_you_want_to hire_Android_programmer⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Say_goodbye_to_Google_Assistant’s_light mode_on_Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nokia Mob ☛ Nokia_G50_getting_new_Android_12_Build_update_| Nokiamob⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_restore_an_Android_phone_from_a Google_backup_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ This_could_have_been_the_first_Android phone_instead_of_the_HTC_Dream⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Shock_Android_alert!_Check_your_phone_now_to avoid_vicious_new_threat_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Play_Store_opens_voting_for_best Android_app,_game_of_2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Financial Express ☛ Nokia_G60_5G_with_Snapdragon_695_chip, three_years_of_Android_OS_update_promise_launched_in_India: Specs,_price_|_The_Financial_Express⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Website_Fidelity:_Browser_Perspective⠀⇛ Website owners aren’t necessarily incentivized to start stripping stuff out of their websites in order to support lower fidelities (including a fidelity of zero JavaScript). What you need is like an agent: somebody who works on your behalf as a user and can do for you what site owners won’t — a user agent if you will 🥁. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Tor ☛ New_Alpha_Release:_Tor_Browser_12.0a4_(Android, Windows,_macOS,_Linux)⠀⇛ Tor Browser 12.0a4 updates Firefox on Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux to 102.4.0esr. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Phil Eaton ☛ A_minimal_RocksDB_example_with_Zig⠀⇛ This post is going to be a mix of RocksDB explanations and Zig explanations. By the end we’ll have a simple CLI over a durable store that is able to set keys, get keys, and list all key-value pairs (optionally filtered on a key prefix). o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Do_something_awesome!_Join_the_Month of_LibreOffice,_November_2022_–_The_Document_Foundation Blog⠀⇛ Love LibreOffice? ❤ You’re not alone – tens of millions of people use the software every day. And hundreds of people around the world collaborate to improve the suite, update its documentation and help to spread the word. Join them! In the coming four weeks, we’d love it if you get involved, join our community, and have fun. You can build up valuable skills for a future career – and you don’t need to be a programmer. There are many ways to help make LibreOffice awesome, as we’ll see in a moment. # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_and_Google_Summer_of_Code 2022:_The_results⠀⇛ This year, LibreOffice was once again a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a global program focused on bringing more student developers into free and open source software development. Two projects were finished successfully. Students and mentors enjoyed the time, and here we present some of the achievements, which should make their way into LibreOffice 7.5 in early February 2023! o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Bozhidar Batsov ☛ OCaml_Tips:_Implementing_a_range Function⠀⇛ There are many ways we can implement something similar in OCaml, with the simplest one probably being to use List.init internally: [...] # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Niels Provos ☛ Type-On_Typewriter_Animation_in Nuke⠀⇛ You can download my Python script and use it yourself. Enjoy! # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Nushell:_Introduction_to_a_new_kind_of shell⠀⇛ In a nutshell, nushell is non-POSIX shell, so most of your regular shells knowledge (zsh, bash, ksh, etc…) can’t be applied on it, and using it feels like doing functional programming. It’s a good tool for creating robust data manipulation pipelines, you can think of it like a mix of a shell which would include awk’s power, behave like a SQL database, and which knows how to import/export XML/JSON/ YAML/TOML natively. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Did_the_Football_World_Reject_Geno_Smith?⠀⇛ On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we spoke to sportswriter Chuck Modiano about shock NFL MVP candidate Geno Smith, quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. Chuck predicted this for Smith when others did not. We talk about what he saw. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Odyssey⠀⇛ In the most trivial sense, books about being undocumented are about immigration. Dan-el Padilla Peralta’s Undocumented, Julissa Arce’s My (Undocumented) American Dream, Jose Antonio Vargas’s Dear America, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s The Undocumented Americans, and Qian Julie Wang’s Beautiful Country are all about how US immigration policies can sever family ties and categorically exclude populations deemed “undesirable.” These narratives are also about much more: They are about family, childhood, trauma, gender, loss, and joy. They are about the ways in which migrants are far more than the sum of what the United States puts hem through. They are agents in their own right, who define and shape their histories. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Dropping_Marbles_With_Millisecond_Accuracy⠀⇛ [Martin] of the band [Wintergatan] is on his third quest to build the ultimate musical marble machine, and that means dropping marbles with maximum reliability and precision timing. Working through several iterations, and returning to first principles, he engineered a marble gate that can drop marbles with a timing standard deviation of 0 ms. o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Squatters_take_over_Amsterdam_home_of_sanctioned_Yandex founder_Arkady_Volozh_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A group of squatters have taken up residence in a house in Amsterdam that belongs to Yandex founder Arkady Volozh, they told the publishing network IndyMedia. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ We_Can’t_Go_On,_We_Must_Go_On⠀⇛ Beckett’s story was unspeakably strange to me when I first read it in 1979. It seems very familiar to me now. Nothing seems to happen. Or perhaps everything that’s happening has already happened before. He’s stuck in a history that keeps repeating itself like a needle stuck in a lethal groove. If history won’t move, he must. This is our challenge, too, isn’t it? But not only must we move, we need to move others along with us. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ American_Values_or_Christian_Beliefs⠀⇛ It is remarkable that United States citizens wrote this, for America, their nation, is a Constitutionally secular government, and through its 250-years it has not only “long endured,” it has thrived, to become in many ways the most successful nation in history. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Art_of_Protest:_Selling_Out_van_Gogh_and_8 Billion_Others⠀⇛ In life, van Gogh was an impoverished painter, suffering for his unappreciated work. In death, he is anything we want him to be. Perhaps the soup-throwing protesters wanted to draw attention to the exploitation of art or how materialism devours the spirit, including a broken artist’s dreams. That is, along with the obvious plea emblazoned on their t-shirts for an end to oil. Is any work of art safe from such acts? Is any artist safe from exploitation? o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Teacher_Exodus_Proves_We_Are Willfully_Destroying_US_Public_Education⠀⇛ Remember when federal, state and local governments actually seemed poised to do something about the great teacher exodus plaguing our schools? o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Strain_Wave_Gearbox⠀⇛ 3D-printed gearboxes are always an interesting design challenge, especially if you want to make them compact. [ZeroBacklash] created a little strain wave gearbox (harmonic drive) for when you want to trade speed for torque on NEMA 17 stepper motors. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Infinitely_Scrolling_E-Ink_Landscape_Never Repeats⠀⇛ Traditional Chinese landscape scrolls can be a few dozen feet long and require the viewer to move along its length to view all the intricate detail in each section. [Dheera Venkatraman] replicated this effect with an E-Ink picture frame that displays an infinitely scrolling, Shan Shui-style landscape that never repeats. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Best_Threaded_Holes_For_Resin_Parts⠀⇛ Threaded inserts are great for melting into FDM prints with a soldering iron. The process isn’t so simple for resin prints, since they don’t generally soften with heat. Off course, you can also print the threads directly, screw a bolt into an un- threaded hole, or tap a hole. Following his usual rigorous testing process, [Stefan] from CNC Kitchen investigated various ways of adding threaded holes to resin prints. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Lighting_Up_Glue_Stick_Bicycle_Tyres_With_RGB⠀⇛ Being visible to motorists is a constant concern for cyclists, but we doubt [The Q] will have this problem with his RGB LED illuminated tires made from glue sticks. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Air_pollution_a_matter_of_life and_death⠀⇛ Around Europe, air pollution is still the number one environmental cause of premature death, with hundreds of thousands of people dying early every year due to dirty air. In Estonia, the most recent figures show 500 people dying before their time every year. Millions more suffer from the effects of polluted air, with asthma, cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer, all of which are now linked to pollution beyond dispute. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Accused_‘Raccoon’_Malware_Developer Fled_Ukraine_After_Russian_Invasion_–_Krebs_on_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ FTC_Orders_Homework_Help_App_Chegg_to “Shore_Up_Security” [Ed: Fake security for stuff that ought to be banned (far more harms then benefits)]⠀⇛ Chegg has offered various educational tools for high school and college students over the years. This includes a homework help app and a scholarship search service. While this sounds great initially, if it’s not protecting students’ personal information, then the help really isn’t … helpful. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Critical_RCE_Vulnerability_Reported_in ConnectWise_Server_Backup_Solution⠀⇛ IT service management software platform ConnectWise has released Software patches for a critical security vulnerability in Recover and R1Soft Server Backup Manager (SBM). The issue, characterized as a “neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component,” could be abused to result in the execution of remote code or disclosure of sensitive information. ConnectWise’s advisory notes that the flaw affects Recover v2.9.7 and earlier, as well as R1Soft SBM v6.16.3 and earlier, are impacted by the critical flaw. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Facebook’s_Culture_Book_(2012)⠀⇛ When Facebook hit one billion users in 2012, it started leaving little red books on everyone’s desk. These books contained stylized graphics of the company’s culture and what it aspired to. It’s an interesting snapshot of Mark’s thinking at the time and interesting to reflect on today, especially since the company is at an important crossroads. The full text is below: [...] o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ At_least_100_people_were_killed_in_the_car_bomb attacks_in_Somalia’s_capital⠀⇛ The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which often targets the capital and controls large parts of the country, claimed responsibility, saying it targeted the education ministry. It claimed the ministry was an “enemy base” that receives support from non-Muslim countries and “is committed to removing Somali children from the Islamic faith.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Military_Madness’:_US_to_Deploy_Nuclear- Capable_B-52s_to_Australia,_Provoking_China⠀⇛ “It’s a great expansion of Australian commitment to the United States’ war plan with China.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Biden_Nuclear_Posture_Review Better_Than_Trump’s_But_Not_the_Vision_We_Need⠀⇛ Last week, the Biden administration released its long-awaited Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) as part of a suite of documents, along with the National Defense Strategy and the Missile Defense Review, outlining the administration’s approach to national security and nuclear strategy. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We’ll_tough_it_out,_but_their_disgrace_will_cost the_Russians_dearly.’_Following_new_Russian_missile_strikes, Ukraine_is_coping_with_blackouts,_Kyiv_water_supply_is disrupted,_and_diesel_locomotives_service_the_railway_cut_off from_electricity._—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian army has resumed massive missile strikes against Ukraine. On the morning of October 31, air-strike alerts were posted across all Ukrainian regions. Reports of explosions — in Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Chernivtsi, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions — followed shortly afterwards. In Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi areas, missiles struck civilian objects. According to preliminary numbers, two people have been injured in the strikes in the Kyiv region. Here’s what else we know about the worst series of air strikes on Ukraine since October 10. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_a_Royal_Visit_Helped_Weaken_the_Crown’s Grip_on_the_Caribbean⠀⇛ On Tuesday, March 15, six months before the death of Queen Elizabeth II would reignite a conversation about the British crown’s colonial legacy, the chairman of Indian Creek, an Indigenous Maya village in southern Belize, received a call. A police officer told Sebastian Shol, the chairman, that the village would have to cut down the trees bordering a soccer field in the next few days, because a helicopter would be landing there. Despite being pressed by Shol, the officer refused to give any other information.1 # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Rep._Ro_Khanna_Renews_Call_for_Halting_Arms_to Saudi_Arabia_Over_Yemen_War⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Rep._Ro_Khanna:_U.S._Should_Halt_Arms_to Saudis_over_Yemen_War_&_Oil_Production_Cuts⠀⇛ Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna says Saudi Arabia should face consequences for its decision to cut oil output by 2 million barrels a day as part of the OPEC+ cartel, raising gas prices in the United States just before the midterm elections where cost-of-living issues are expected to be a major factor. He also discusses the Saudi-led war in Yemen, describing it as “one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world” that must be brought to an end. Khanna recently co-authored legislation calling on the United States to stop arms transfers to Saudi Arabia. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Rep._Ro_Khanna_Condemns_Attack_on_Paul Pelosi,_Says_GOP_Is_Stoking_Political_Violence⠀⇛ Police in California have arrested a 42-year-old man for breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulting her 82-year-old husband with a hammer. Paul Pelosi suffered a skull fracture and other injuries, but is expected to make a full recovery. We speak to Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna of California as President Biden links the attack on the Pelosis to election conspiracy theories spread by Republicans. Khanna says “he is sickened by what happened” and that simply condemning violence is not enough. “What we need to be responding to is the threat of political violence that is being stoked by conspiracy theories and propaganda and hate speech,” he says. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Suspect_in_Pelosi_Case_Charged_With Attempted_Kidnapping,_Assault⠀⇛ DePape is accused of breaking into the house and striking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, leaving him with a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “The_Letter_Is_Common_Sense”:_Rep._Ro Khanna_Defends_Progressives’_Push_for_Diplomacy_with_Russia⠀⇛ Why did members of the House Progressive Caucus retract a letter to President Biden that called for diplomatic engagement with Russia to end the war in Ukraine? We speak with Congressmember Ro Khanna of California, one of the signatories, who says he continues to stand by the letter despite the decision to withdraw it. “This letter simply affirms that while we stand with Ukraine, we also have those diplomatic channels,” says Khanna, who adds that President Biden and senior military figures have expressed similar sentiments about the need for diplomacy. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_When_My_Congressman_Told_Me Weapons_Companies_Are_‘Good’⠀⇛ For a year, my neighborhood group Divest Mike has been trying to get in contact with our representative Mike Quigley to talk to him about campaign contributions coming from weapons companies like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and General Dynamics. We see it as our responsibility to take on the military industrial complex locally, where we have some power to make noise about it. These companies receive over 50% of our annual defense budget and any member of Congress taking money from them, then voting to give them billions of dollars should be held under a microscope by their constituents who care about peace. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Will_China_Replace_the_US_…or_Will_the_Two Powers_Stalemate?⠀⇛ This brings up the question: Is the world headed for what is called in international relations jargon as a “hegemonic transition”? # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Does_the_U.S._Chip_Ban_on_China_Amount_to_a Declaration_of_War_in_the_Computer_Age?⠀⇛ The specific sanctions imposed by the United States include… # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Defense_Ministry_says_draft_is_over_—_but mobilization_cannot_end_without_president’s_decree_—_Meduza⠀⇛ All conscription activities in connection with mobilization are finished, and no more draft notices will be issued and sent out, says the Russian Defense Ministry. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_says_mobilization_is_over_—_and_that_he ‘will_talk_to_lawyers’_about_whether_a_decree_is_necessary_— Meduza⠀⇛ Speaking at a press conference in Sochi on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s mobilization drive has ended. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Tinkoff_Bank_founder_Oleg_Tinkov_relinquishes Russian_citizenship,_urges_others_to_follow_suit_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Oleg Tinkov, the founder of Russia’s Tinkoff Bank, has relinquished his Russian citizenship, explaining his decision in an Instagram post: # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Russia_Hating:_A_Study_of_the_News—and Views—We_Find_Fit_to_Print⠀⇛ Ukraine is a country we are just getting to know. What is more important is to hate Russia: an emotion in which Americans have been well trained. Media workers and the experts they interview, one notices, can’t help stumbling occasionally: “the Soviet Union—I mean, Russia.” A history of contempt takes us back to an entity at once exotic and primitive, suspended in time and space. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia’s_fall_conscription_drive_begins_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin has signed a decree marking the start of Russia’s fall conscription drive. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_State_Duma_deputies_to_submit_bill_that would_criminalize_draft_evasion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian State Duma deputies plan to submit a bill to parliament that would make draft evasion a criminal offense. Under the legislation, draft dodgers could face fines from 200,000 rubles ($3,250) to 500,000 rubles ($8,126) or the equivalent of 1–3 years of their income, forced labor, or up to five years in prison. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_Defense_Intelligence_reports_destruction of_two_Ka-52_attack_helicopters_on_Pskov_airfield_—_370_miles from_Ukraine’s_border_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Two Ka-52 attack helicopters were destroyed on a Russian airfield in Pskov region’s Ostrov district, as reported by the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence. Ostrov is a Russian town close to the Latvian border. It’s more than 600 kilometers (or 370 miles) removed from Russia’s border with Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_General_Staff_promises_not_to_send mandatory-service_conscripts_to_Ukraine_or_annexed territories_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Men conscripted this fall under Russia’s one-year mandatory service requirement will not be sent to the annexed Ukrainian regions, or to Ukraine itself, said Yevgeny Burdinsky, head of the organizational and mobilization department of the Russian General Staff. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_The_Ukrainian_Flag_Fascist?⠀⇛ Trump talked a game of making America white and male again but also of reindustrialization and deglobalization which may be linked to race and gender in a conservative way (they may not be) but also of course are related to class, in a progressive way. What Trump tried to achieve in nationalist terms, Biden has achieved, namely an increased cold war towards China and a hot war towards Russia. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ American_Life_and_Literature_in_the_Shadow_of War⠀⇛ Beverly Gologorsky considers how despite being the U.S. being in “forever wars,” American literature doesn’t reflect this. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They_need_cannon_fodder’_Concerned_about population_decline_but_unwilling_to_address_root_causes, Russian_politicians_have_set_their_sights_on_citizens’ reproductive_rights_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In recent months, as Moscow has continued waging war in Ukraine, Russian politicians, officials, and pro-government activists have started promoting initiatives aimed at limiting the reproductive rights of citizens back at home. In August, for example, State Duma deputies proposed banning online sales of abortion pills. In September, Tatarstan’s Children’s Rights Commissioner said that an ad encouraging people to adopt homeless pets was veiled propaganda for the “childfree” movement — because it will convince people to get dogs instead of having kids. The independent Russian outlet 7×7 spoke to feminist and journalist Zalina Marshenkulova about the Russian authorities’ new obsession — and why they’re unlikely to be discouraged by public opinion. In English, Meduza summarizes the interview. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Long,_Indecisive_War_in_Ukraine_is Reshaping_the_Political_World_Map⠀⇛ Ukraine appears more like First World War # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_shelling_attacks_target_critical infrastructure_in_Kyiv_and_beyond_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On the morning of October 31, Ukrainian authorities declared an air raid alert throughout the entire country. Ukrainian news outlets have reported explosions in the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kirovohrad regions, among others. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Missile_downed_by_Ukraine_reportedly_lands_in Moldovan_village_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Wreckage from a missile struck down by Ukrainian air defense forces landed in the village of Naslavcea in northeastern Moldova, the Moldovan Interior Ministry reported on Monday. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Unmanned_and_lethal:_Meduza’s_field_guide_to_the drones_being_used_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ It was exactly one year ago that American intelligence first noticed Russia transferring military equipment from the country’s interior to its Western border. At the time, many believed the troop buildup was the Kremlin’s response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ first use of a Bayraktar drone in the Donbas combat zone: on October 27, 2021, one of the Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) had launched a high-precision strike on artillery positions in the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (and likely missed its target). The Kremlin called the attack a violation of the Minsk agreements — and just a week later, began the concentration of forces that culminated in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As many experts anticipated, the conflict has become a full-fledged drone war — but few predicted which drones and which tactics would prove to be the most effective. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belgorod_locals_find_discarded_zinc_caskets_in dumpster_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Belgorod police are looking for the funeral workers who discarded a number of zinc caskets, used by the Russian military for transporting the remains of dead servicemen, into an ordinary dumpster. Belgorod Mayor Anton Ivanov acknowledged this on his Telegram channel, writing: # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Russia_Says_US_Lowering_‘Nuclear_Threshold’_By Upgrading_Nukes_in_Europe⠀⇛ The US is replacing its B-61 nuclear bombs at air bases in Europe with an upgraded version. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_‘Big_Lie’:_Election_Denialism_is_an_Art Practiced_by_Both_Sides⠀⇛ Despite heavy media attention on Republicans’ efforts to question the 2020 presidential election, Dems employed similar rhetoric in 2016. # ⚓ Iran’s_Secret_Manual_for_Controlling_Protesters’_Mobile Phones⠀⇛ AS FURIOUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT protests swept Iran, the authorities retaliated with both brute force and digital repression. Iranian mobile and internet users reported rolling network blackouts, mobile app restrictions, and other disruptions. Many expressed fears that the government can track their activities through their indispensable and ubiquitous smartphones. [...] While disconnecting broad swaths of the population from the web remains a favored blunt instrument of Iranian state censorship, the government has far more precise, sophisticated tools available as well. Part of Iran’s data clampdown may be explained through the use of a system called “SIAM,” a web program for remotely manipulating cellular connections made available to the Iranian Communications Regulatory Authority. The existence of SIAM and details of how the system works, reported here for the first time, are laid out in a series of internal documents from an Iranian cellular carrier that were obtained by The Intercept. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ Rishi_Sunak_must_show_global_leadership_at COP27,_say_Greens⠀⇛ “Despite being pushed into attending, if he does ultimately go to the COP27 climate talks, we should welcome this news. With the UK holding the COP26 presidency, attending to hand the baton on to Egypt is absolutely essential to demonstrate the UK’s commitment to building on last year’s climate talks.  # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Guinea’s_Plight_Lays_Bare_the_Greed_of Foreign_Mining_Companies_in_the_Sahel⠀⇛ Boké, in northwestern Guinea, is the epicenter of the country’s bauxite mining. Guinea has the world’s largest reserves of bauxite (estimated to be 7.4 billion metric tons) and is the second- largest producer (after Australia) of bauxite, an essential mineral for aluminum. All the mining in Guinea is controlled by multinational firms, such as Alcoa (U.S.), China Hongqiao, and Rio Tinto Alcan (Anglo-Australian), which operate in association with Guinean state entities. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ “Political_Game_Changer:”_Biden_Calls_for Tax_on_Big_Oil’s_Excess_Profits⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Spent_13_Times_More_on_Fossil Fuels_Than_Renewables_in_Africa_Since_Paris_Deal⠀⇛ “It’s been frustrating and tiresome to see so many opportunities lost to transition away from fossil fuels.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Windfall_Profits_Tax_‘Is_Sorely Needed’_But_More_Oil_Is_Not,_Groups_Warn_Biden⠀⇛ “America needs a windfall profits tax; we don’t need Big Oil to ramp up production.” # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Europe’s_Energy_Squeeze_Pushes_Large Hadron_Collider_To_Halt_Operations⠀⇛ Energy prices have been in the news more often than not lately, as has war. The two typically go together, as conflicts tend to impact on the supply and trade of fossil fuels. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Push_by_100_firms_to_get_1m_EVs_on Australian_roads_by_2027⠀⇛ More than 100 companies and organisations in Australia have joined in a push to try and get at least a million electric vehicles on the country’s roads by 2027. The companies include Woolworths, Uber, Microsoft, IKEA, Bank Australia and Linfox, a statement from the group said. The companies and organisations represent sectors like transport, retail, agriculture, health, technology, insurance, environment and research and are offering support for the Federal Government’s National EV Strategy. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Modeling_the_Extinction_of_Species_with_SVM-Kernel⠀⇛ The metric we are going to be interested in is the living planet index which measures the change in the number of 31,831 populations across 5,230 species relative to the year 1970. The explanatory variables we will take, are annual carbon emissions per capita(co2), annual gross domestic product per capita (gdp), and regions(region). # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ The_Fight_Against_Deadly_Soot⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Revolutionary_Marxism_vs._Chomsky: Reflections_on_a_Recent_Interview⠀⇛ The title of the interview is “The Class War Never Ends, the Master Never Relents’: An Interview with Noam Chomsky.” I find this a bit odd. That’s because Barsamian and Chomsky talk about what Chomsky calls the “proto-fascist” (more on that term below) attack on “what’s left of democracy” – an assault notable in Chomsky’s words for its “white supremacy, racism, misogyny, Christianity, anti-abortion rights” (Chomsky’s words).  Clearly, then, we are dealing also with race war, gender war, religious war, and culture war, and an overall war on democracy. These attacks are taking place in a class rule society and fuel divisions that serve the capitalist ruling class, of course, but they do not simply reduce to “class war.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Crimea_set_to_nationalize_property_that_belongs_to people_and_organizations_‘tied_to_Kyiv’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Sergey Aksyonov, head of government in the Russian- annexed Crimea, has ordered a nationalization of private property belonging to either people or organizations “tied to the Kyiv regime.”  # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Fed’s_Ruinous_Course⠀⇛ The financial shamans at the Federal Reserve, America’s central bank, are hiking interest rates at a record rate, intent on slowing growth, throwing millions of workers out of work, and suppressing wage increases. If the Fed holds its course, it will drive the economy into a recession or worse, add to poverty and inequality in the United States, trigger a debt crisis amid growing hunger across the world—and quite likely help elect Donald Trump or whatever gelded MAGA stand-in Republicans end up nominating in 2024. Yet, faithful to the gospel of central bank independence, neither the president, nor Democratic congressional leaders, nor, with few exceptions, progressive legislators have questioned the Fed’s ruinous course. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ More_Churches_Are_Making_Illegal_Endorsements_as IRS_Fails_to_Enforce_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_A_Wealth_Tax_Won’t_End_Inequality But_It_Could_Help_Fund_a_Much_Better_Society⠀⇛ Every time I hear that we as a nation cannot afford something—whether that might be assuring non-toxic water in Jackson and Flint or universal pre-K or an industrial policy with teeth—I have wondered how many dollars a national wealth tax might yield. So I looked the numbers up. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Could_Be_a_Political_Game_Changer’:_Biden to_Float_Windfall_Profits_Tax_on_Oil_Giants⠀⇛ Biden is set to float the popular tax proposal during a White House speech at 4:30 pm ET, days after oil companies in the U.S. and Europe reported massive—and, in the case of ExxonMobil, record- shattering—profits for the third quarter of this year. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ New_York_could_become_first_state_with_a_‘Right_to_Repair’ law_for_electronic_devices⠀⇛ The bill has not been sent to the governor for her signature or veto but Fahy said her and her office have been in contact with the governor’s staff on the issue. However, Fahy said there has been opposition to this first in the nation bill becoming law making it a “David versus Goliath battle.” # ⚓ senate_Bill_S4104A:_2021-2022_Legislative_Session:_Enacts the_digital_fair_repair_act⠀⇛ This bill requires original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to make diagnostic and repair information for digital electronic parts and equipment available to independent repair providers and consumers if such parts and repair information are also available to OEM authorized repair providers. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Getting_acquainted_with_Mastodon_—_Instances⠀⇛ This decentralised approach now also works with short messages. Via Mastodon. I can choose my server, or my instance as it is now called. But my messages can be read by all Mastodon users, no matter which instance they use. I find that convincing. Which instance is the right one for me? Who offers me a Mastodon account now? My research this weekend revealed 55 potential providers. I collected these manually, I did not find a central overview of providers. (EDIT: As is sometimes the case, after writing this I found the link to the Fediverse Observer. There is even an API there. I’ll take a closer look at that another time). # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Can_the_Midterm_Elections_Help_Solve_the Climate_Crisis?⠀⇛ Over the past 10 years, Gavin Healy, a senior at the University of California–Berkeley, has seen his hometown in the Lake Tahoe area of Northern California—once a lush, green place—turn brown. A nearby lake is completely drained from a decades- long drought, and uneven water restrictions have created a patchwork landscape. Most summers, fires have brought with them destruction and dangerous air quality. Just last year, a wildfire forced Healy and his family to evacuate their home. Recalling one fire season in 2018, he said, “I remember the sky being completely black, and you can’t breathe, and I’d be walking home for three or four miles, just casually going, and I’d be like, ‘OK, like this is like the most ridiculous thing ever.’” # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Elon_Musk_completes_Twitter_takeover, Nextcloud_to_ship_their_own_social_network_app⠀⇛ Just a bit of big industry news to cover today, as an update to the previous article talking about Elon Musk and Twitter — as the sale has completed. Plus a reminder on Mastodon and Nextcloud doing some fun social stuff too. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Bolsonaro_Yet_to_Concede_as_Progressives Worldwide_Celebrate_Lula’s_Win⠀⇛ “Six years ago, the coup against Dilma Rousseff ushered in a dark period in Latin America’s largest country,” DiEM25, a pan-European pro-democracy movement, said in a statement Monday, referring to the 2016 ouster of Lula’s presidential successor and ally. “A darkness that deepened with the political imprisonment of Lula, and culminated with the election of Jair Bolsonaro and the disastrous—and criminal—acts perpetrated by him during his presidency.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Lungs_of_the_Earth_Will_Breathe_Easier Tonight’:_Amazon_Defenders_Cheer_Lula_Victory⠀⇛ Da Silva, who is commonly called Lula, spoke directly in his victory speech about protecting the 1.5 million square miles that the Amazon spans in Brazil, saying, “Brazil and the planet need a living Amazon.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Bolsonaro_Has_Yet_to_Concede_After_Lula_Wins_by More_Than_2_Million_Votes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Lula’s_Victory_in_Brazil_Proves Transformative_Change_Is_Won_When_We_Are_United⠀⇛ “Those in power can kill one, two, or a hundred roses, but they’ll never be able to stop the arrival of spring.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘A_Brazil_of_Hope’_as_Leftist_Lula_Defeats Far-Right_Bolsonaro_in_Presidential_Runoff⠀⇛ Brett Wilkins reports on reactions to Lula’s win against Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential runoff elections. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Lula_Defeats_Bolsonaro_in_Brazil_in_What Many_See_as_a_Victory_for_Democracy_&_the_Earth⠀⇛ Leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil’s runoff election, ousting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro after just one term. Lula won with 50.9% of the vote, though Bolsonaro has yet to concede. Other world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, were quick to congratulate Lula on his victory in an effort to forestall efforts by Bolsonaro and his allies to deny the results. Brazilian socialist organizer Sabrina Fernandes says Lula is trying to return “democratic normality” after four years of Bolsonaro’s environmental destruction, COVID denial and undermining of the country’s institutions. Lula’s victory is also a win for Indigenous peoples, whose sovereignty was disregarded under Bolsonaro amid rampant deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, says freelance journalist Michael Fox. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Lula’s_Win_a_Victory_for_Amazon Rainforest_and_Global_Climate⠀⇛ Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected on Sunday to his second (non-consecutive) term as president, in a victory for the planet earth as well as for Brazil. He first served 2003-2010. Since 2019, Brazil’s president has been the far right demagogue Jair Bolsonaro, who just lost to the leftist da Silva, affectionately known by his nickname “Lula.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Elon_Musk’s_Big_Twitter_Adventure_Will_End_in Disaster⠀⇛ On Thursday, Elon Musk completed his protracted and bumpy purchase of Twitter, a contentious business deal he himself had been working to terminate just a few months ago. Hours later, in the dark of Friday morning, an assailant broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house in San Francisco with the apparent intent of harming or killing her. The break-in ended with a hammer attack on Pelosi’s husband. The two events are linked together by chronological proximity. Reporting quickly made clear that the alleged attacker, David DePape, had imbibed a toxic stew of social media hate speech.1 # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ After_Twitter_Takeover,_Elon_Musk_Tweets_Far Right_Conspiracy_on_Pelosi_Attack⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Pelosi_Attack_Marks_an_Age_of_Political Violence⠀⇛ Last week’s attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at the couple’s San Francisco home represents another in a long series of stress tests for American democracy. And as at past such inflection points—the January 6 insurrection, the mobilization of a vast corps of election-denying and conspiracy-mongering candidates in the GOP, the pillaging of social media platforms by feckless billionaires—the system is showing every sign of impending breakdown. An assassination attempt targeting the person third in line for the presidency—Paul Pelosi’s hammer-wielding assailant, David LePape, reportedly shouted, “Where is Nancy?”: the same refrain raised by January 6 rioters vandalizing the speaker’s office—largely registered within key segments of the American right as a regrettable and over-ardent case of propaganda-by-deed , if not indeed another conspiracy targeted at their movement. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Elon_Musk_Takes_Over_Twitter,_Can_We_Stop Wasting_Time_on_Campaign_Finance_Reform?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Let’s_Talk_About_Twitter_Verification!⠀⇛ You may recall that, back in April, Elon Musk announced that one of his plans was to “authenticate all real humans” on Twitter. This was his plan to somehow magically get rid of spam. As we noted at the time, doing so would create some pretty serious questions regarding freedom of speech on the platform when it comes to protecting anonymous voices. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Elections_Officials_Facing_Unprecedented Challenges⠀⇛ The elections director, 47-year-old Michella Huff, who’d lived in the county since high school and knew many voters by name, considered it ludicrous that anyone could think the election had been rigged in Surry County. Donald Trump had received upward of 70% of the roughly 36,000 votes cast. Huff, a registered Republican for most of her adult life, had personally certified the vote. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_NYT_Loses_Its_Editorial_Mind⠀⇛ The DoJ ban on the seizure of records or notes from reporters is particularly noteworthy. Nevertheless, one of the Times’ editorials charged that Biden “rarely has set policy goals,” and as a result Biden’s appointees have “no idea how the president would want them to make key decisions.”  The new DoJ rules institutionalized a policy that President Biden put in place last year, which certainly qualifies as an example of Cabinet officials knowing what the president wanted as well as an example of Biden knowing what he wanted to do from the outset.  Yet, Yuval Lewin from the American Enterprise Institute, a contributing Opinion writer at the Times,  referred to Biden’s “presidential feebleness.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ AIPAC_Super_PAC_Throws_in_Against Progressive_Democrat_Summer_Lee⠀⇛ According to new federal filings, the United Democracy Project (UDP) has dropped nearly $80,000 on mailers opposing Lee, who overcame millions in UDP spending to win the district’s May primary over corporate lawyer Steve Irwin. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ AIPAC_Super_PAC_Ramps_Up_Spending_Against Progressive_Democrat_Summer_Lee⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fetterman_Calls_on_Dr._Oz_to_Fire_‘Multiple Insurrectionists’_on_Staff⠀⇛ Rolling Stone reported on Sunday that at least two people working on Oz’s campaign attended the rally former President Donald Trump held in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 before thousands of his supporters waged an attack on the U.S. Capitol and tried to stop lawmakers from certifying the 2020 election results. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Right-Wing_Hostility_to_Elections_Harkens_Back to_Jim_Crow_“Apartheid,”_AOC_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ AOC:_McCarthy’s_Relative_Silence_on_Paul_Pelosi Attack_Shows_“Who_He_Is”⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ GOP_Insiders_Predict_DOJ_Will_Indict_Trump_After Midterms⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Trump_Asks_Supreme_Court_to_Halt_Release_of IRS_Records_to_House_Dems⠀⇛ Trump’s request comes after a federal appeals court paved the way last week for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to turn over his tax records to the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Unspoken_Label_for_America’s_Growing Political_Movement_is_“Reactionary”⠀⇛ The easiest way to note the relative absence of using “reactionary” would be to watch liberal or conservative-oriented media. Think about how often you hear the word “reactionary” from news analysts and commentators on CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News describe politicians, policies, or organizations. It would fall into the range of seldom to almost never. # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ A_Real_Plebiscite_Election,_or_Fight_the SNP⠀⇛ A “plebiscite election” on Scottish Independence can only mean an election fought on that issue with the understanding that, if the election is won, Independence will be declared. It cannot mean anything else. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Oh,_Great_Democracy!⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Scary_Times_for_Democracy⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Death_of_an_Oracle⠀⇛ We have very few oracles. The loss of the poet Gerald Stern means we have one less. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Democrats_Murder_Another_Third_Party⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Independent_State_Legislature:_the_New Pitch-Black⠀⇛ Moore involves whether the Election Clause (Article I, section 4 of the Federal Constitution) validates the Independent State Legislature (ISL) theory.  Not surprisingly, ISL has been and is being promoted by Donald Trump as part of the Big Lie and his effort to subvert Joe Biden’s win of the 2020 presidential election (by both the popular and electoral college votes). # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Socialist_and_Centrist_Visions_for_Housing_Are at_Center_of_LA_City_Council_Race⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ DeSmog_Launches_Project_to_‘DeBunk’_Climate Misinformation⠀⇛ This misinformation is being pumped out when, as UN climate science body the IPCC has said, we have “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Right-wing_“zombie”_papers_attack_Illinois Democrats_ahead_of_elections⠀⇛ Pri Bengani, a senior researcher at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, counted more than 1,200 conservative local news outlets connected around the country in Timpone’s network. She considers them AstroTurf sites “laundering advocacy,” driven by the interests of their funders, not an interest in news or in making money from the conventional news business. And she says the Illinois papers served as a model for what’s mushroomed nationally. She first issued a study on the proliferation of the sites in 2019. In a new report, released today by the Tow Center in the Columbia Journalism Review, Bengani concluded the sites are providing services even beyond the publications. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Latecomer’s_Guide_to_TikTok⠀⇛ TikTok is not just for viral dance videos — it’s also wildly complicated. Its algorithm, which makes it easy to consume videos, has been blamed for amplifying misinformation and other harmful content. The Biden administration is currently negotiating with ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, over concerns about national security and the safety of Americans’ personal data on foreign servers. And there are ongoing concerns about the mental health harms the app may pose to teenagers and young people. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ DHS_Has_Pulled_Back_on_Tracking Disinformation_to_Help_Election_Workers⠀⇛ But the reality of the administration’s efforts has been less robust than its rhetoric. Instead, a ProPublica review found, the Biden administration has backed away from a comprehensive effort to address disinformation after accusations from Republicans and right-wing influencers that the administration was trying to stifle dissent. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Washington_Bikini_Baristas_Lose_1st_Amendment Challenge_To_City_Ban,_But_Win_On_Equal_Protection_Cause Claims⠀⇛ One interpretation of the First Amendment has been found by the federal courts (both levels) to be far more interesting than meritorious. But the plaintiffs have at least made the court (and the city of Everett, Washington) admit that an ordinance expanded solely for the purpose of preventing baristas from wearing bikinis while serving, treats female workers differently than male workers, making it unconstitutional. (h/ t Justin England) # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I_get_shamed_for_absolutely_nothing’:_In Tajikistan,_social_media,_patriarchy,_and_labor_migration_are fueling_a_doxxing_problem_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ ABC ☛ Sedition_trial_begins_for_closed_Hong_Kong_news_site editors⠀⇛ Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested last December during a crackdown on dissent following widespread anti-government protests in 2019. Stand News was one of the city’s last openly critical voices after the closure of the pro- democracy Apple Daily newspaper, whose jailed founder Jimmy Lai faces collusion charges under a sweeping national security law enacted in 2020. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Another_Letter_from_London⠀⇛ Not so long ago, my journalist friend dated a well known figure working in Hollywood. As a parakeet dramatically chased off a magpie above our heads, we discussed this person and he remembered me encouraging him to write about the experience of being out there at the time and how he now wished he had. He has some wonderful stories still to tell — and I implored him once again to do so — of busy sets and sideline parties interspersed with driving through burning landscapes. One particular story relates to an extremely well known actress upset during a particularly important outdoor shoot that everyone was suddenly diverting their attention from to study instead a giant and wonderful sea mammal breaking through the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Affronted the star was. She had been upstaged by a bloody whale. As I said goodbye to my friend, I noticed a long line of black 4x4s choking up the road, with only one person in each. The sun in the sky remained unseasonably warm, almost Californian, as it continued to reach planet earth, and all should really have been well in the world, but it so infuriatingly wasn’t. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Colorado_Suspends_Custody_Evaluator_After ProPublica_Investigation⠀⇛ Jaime Watman, of the State Court Administrator’s Office, confirmed the audit of all custody evaluators and said that Mark Kilmer, who has served for decades as an evaluator in Colorado family courts, has been suspended while his “continued suitability” is reviewed. Kilmer was arrested and charged with assault in 2006 after his then-wife said he pushed her to the bathroom floor, according to police reports. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_to_Talk_About_Public_Safety⠀⇛ As we approach the midterm elections, “defund the police” has become a zombie political slogan that just won’t die—thanks to Republican midterm candidates determined to keep it alive as an attack on Democrats, and Democrats who feel compelled to refute it on its own terms. Even President Biden, when he took the stage this summer to inoculate his party against soft-on-crime attacks, fell into the same trap, saying, “It’s based on a simple notion: When it comes to public safety in this nation, the answer is not ‘defund the police.’ It’s ‘fund the police.’” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Meredith_Tax,_1942–2022⠀⇛ In her long life, relentless feminist organizer and writer Meredith Tax, who died on September 25 of breast cancer, battled for women and the working class wherever she went. She claimed to have honed her fighting skills during her childhood in Milwaukee, fighting with her mother. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Right-Wing_Justices_Appear_Ready_to Eviscerate_Affirmative_Action_in_College_Admissions⠀⇛ Referring to Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina—cases he contends were “manufactured to abolish affirmative action in higher education”—Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern argued that “all six conservative justices are poised to declare that colleges’ consideration of race violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which applies equal protection standards to private institutions.” # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Contextualizing_the_Events_of_the_Past Month_in_Iran_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Iran:_A_Nation_With_No_Illusion⠀⇛ The basic illusion that helped the Islamic Republic maintain its ideological edifice for decades has been rooted in its base coming from the downtrodden (Mostazafan) who call supposedly for an Islamization of the country and eradication of the Western culture. Understanding their social role and political allure for the regime helps elucidate why and how the 1979 Revolution that toppled a monarchic despotism turned into an Islamic one, a mere replacement of a crown with a turban. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Under_Rishi_Sunak,_Britons_Are_Set_To_Face More_Austerity,_Fewer_Rights⠀⇛ The former chancellor from the ruling Conservative Party is the UK’s third prime minister this year. Sunak’s policy history and present cabinet appointments have raised fears of even more austerity and a drastic curtailing of basic rights. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Finally:_Countries_Start_To_Rebel_Against Corporate_Sovereignty,_But_Ten_Years_Too_Late⠀⇛ Back in 2013, Techdirt wrote about “the monster lurking inside free trade agreements”. Formally, the monster is known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), but here on Techdirt we call it “corporate sovereignty“, because that is what it is: a system of secret courts that effectively places companies above a government, by allowing them to sue a nation if the latter takes actions or brings in laws that might adversely affect their profits. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Iowa_Appeals_Court_Affirms_State_Cops_Can’t_Use Their_Ignorance_Of_The_Law_To_Justify_Traffic_Stops⠀⇛ In December 2014, the US Supreme Court extended its blessing of pretextual stops to cover imaginary moving violations. Ignorance of the law is the best excuse, cops were told in the Court’s Heien decision. All cops needed to do was make a “reasonable” error when interpreting the laws they enforce and that mistake could be converted into reasonable suspicion supporting the stop. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Siberian_schoolchildren_in_grades_6–10_stay_after school_to_sew_army_clothing_—_Meduza⠀⇛ After school, students in grades 6–10 in the northern-Siberian town of Labytnangi sew balaclavas and warm cardigans for the Russian troops. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Anti-war_activist_and_Greta-Thunberg-ally_Arshak Makichyan_stripped_of_Russian_citizenship_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Russian court has stripped environmental activist and war critic Arshak Makichyan, as well as two of his brothers and his father, of their Russian citizenship, Makichyan has told Meduza. According to him, none of the men have citizenship in any other country. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Becca_Andrews’s_New_Book_Captures_the_Final Days_of_Legal_Abortion⠀⇛ Reporter Becca Andrews’s book about the erosion of abortion rights was supposed to come out in January 2023, the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But in May, Andrews got a call from her editor: A draft of a Supreme Court opinion had been leaked showing that Roe was about to be overturned, and Andrews needed to get the book done ASAP. The result is a book that reads like the final days of legal abortion captured in amber. In the pages of No Choice, a patient awaits her abortion at a clinic in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; clinic defenders talk back to anti-abortion protesters outside the last clinic in Mississippi; a Tennessee abortion provider considers whether he will one day have to move to continue his life’s work. In all those states, legal abortion is now gone. “I saw the last of something,” Andrews told me. “I don’t really know how to wrap my head around that yet.” But No Choice looks ahead, too, at how the abortion rights movement must change in order to win access for all—and how activists on the ground are already doing this necessary work. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ready_Or_Not,_Here_Comes_Net_Neutrality_War 2.0⠀⇛ I’ve got some bad news for those of you who were frustrated or bored by decades of net neutrality bickering: it’s about to kick off all over again. And this time it’s even more global. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Report_Again_Finds_Broadband_ISPs_Charge Minority,_Poor_Neighborhoods_More⠀⇛ The regional monopolization of U.S. broadband (and the widespread corruption that protects it) comes with all manner of nasty side effects. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Webinars:_AI_Inputs,_Outputs_and the_Public_Commons⠀⇛ Here at CC, we’ve been thinking about what AI means for the commons we support, both in our strategy for better sharing and for our collaboration for a better internet. Are all these new works generated by AI part of the open, public commons? Should they be? If someone does hold copyright for an AI work, who is it? The technologists who created the AI tool? The person who uses AI to generate a work? The countless creators whose works trained the AI? The machine itself? Or should works generated by AI live in the public domain, as they do in many interpretations of established law? # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ TikTok_Blocks_Z-Library_Hashtag Pending_Piracy_Investigation⠀⇛ Publishers and authors are not happy with Z- Library, an online repository offering millions of pirated books for free download. The site’s userbase is growing rapidly, in part helped by TikTok users’ viral videos. Following a recent complaint from the Authors Guild, TikTok has banned the hashtag #zlibrary pending further review. But will that help? # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Court_Orders_Kim_Dotcom_to_Pay_Costs After_‘Seized_Device’_Challenge_Failed⠀⇛ During the 2012 operation to shut down Megaupload, 135 electronic devices were seized, mostly from founder Kim Dotcom. After the FBI cloned some of the devices and took them back to the U.S., a legal battle over the validity of the original search warrants and the devices ensued. 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It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3970 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.01.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_01/11/2022:_OBS_Studio_28.1,_SuperTuxKart_1.4,_and_Orc_0.4.33⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora,_CentOS,_and_Red_Hat o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Security o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Steam_Decks_Biggest_Problem_*Reaction*_– Invidious⠀⇛ HE’S BACK!!!! Let’s see what this idiot has to say this time about what the #steamdeck problems are. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_gains_ability_to_repair_exFAT drives_•_The_Register [Ed: Describing Linux in Microsoft terms]⠀⇛ In case you thought the FAT filesystem died out with Windows ME – and good riddance – we have bad news for you. Several versions of it are alive, well, and essential to modern PCs, cameras, phones, fondleslabs, and more. The good news is, you’ll soon be able to fix the FS with Linux. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ OBS_Studio_28.1_Released_with_Updated_NVENC Presets,_Virtual_Camera_Improvements⠀⇛ OBS Studio 28.1 is here two months after OBS Studio 28.0 and introduces updated NVENC presets by splitting them into three different settings, namely Preset, Tuning, and Multipass mode. The Multipass mode comes with three settings itself, namely Disabled, Quarter Resolution, and Full Resolution, and it’s used to determine if a second pass is used in encoding. On the other hand, the Tuning mode is used to determine if latency or quality will be prioritized during encoding, and it also comes with three settings, namely High Quality, Low Latency, and Ultra Low Latency. In addition, NVENC presets are now marked as P1 to P7 from the lowest to highest quality. # ⚓ Orc_0.4.33_release⠀⇛ The GStreamer team is pleased to announce another release of liborc, the Optimized Inner Loop Runtime Compiler. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Get_started_with_Parseable,_an_open_source log_storage_and_observability_platform_|_Opensource.com⠀⇛ Log data is one of the fastest-growing segments across data storage. It’s also one of the most complicated spaces. There are several products and solutions with overlapping use cases and confusing marketing. This article looks at Parseable, a log storage and observability platform. Parseable is geared towards a better user experience, with an easy-to-deploy and use interface and a simple, cloud-native architecture. I’ll also show how to set up Parseable with FluentBit to store logs. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Next_Share:_Social_Sharing_Buttons_For_React Apps⠀⇛ Next Share is a free library for React apps that allows developers to add social media sharing buttons for all popular networks with no effort. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Rnote:_Create_Beautiful_Handwritten_notes_and Sketches⠀⇛ Rnote is an open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. It is an ideal solution for students, teachers and those who own a drawing tablet, it provides features like PDF and picture import and export, an infinite canvas and an adaptive UI for big and small screens. [...] Rnote is a Free Libre Open-source Software (FLOSS), it is released under the GPL-3.0 License. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Transfer_files_and_folders_from_Windows_to Linux_with_WinSCP [Ed: Covering_Windows_instead_of_Linux again]⠀⇛ # ⚓ NextGenTips ☛ How_to_Dockerize_a_Django_Application_– NextGenTips⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to dockerize a Django application so that it will be in a position to run on any platform. Docker is a set of platform-as-a-service products that uses OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. Docker containers allow an application to carry all its dependencies and to take the container anywhere you want it to run reliably be it a laptop, local data center, or on the cloud. What makes Docker very useful in today’s production ecosystem is very efficient and takes away repetitiveness and mundane configuration tasks. So build, share and run it anywhere. # ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ How_to_Remove_a_Package_on_Manjaro_–_Linux Nightly⠀⇛ There are times when we’re not happy with the programs we download and install and want to completely remove them from the system. In this tutorial, we will learn how to remove a package from Manjaro using pacman and GUI method. # ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ Get_Public_and_Private_IP_in_Kali_Linux_– Linux_Nightly⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will learn how to get the information of our private and public IP addresses on Kali Linux via command line terminal and GUI. If you’re wondering what the difference is between a private and a public IP address, the answer is very simple. A private IP address is one that is connected to a local network and interacts with other devices on the same network. Whereas a public IP is an address that can be only identified on the Internet. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_VirtualBox_7.0_in AlmaLinux⠀⇛ In this guide, we will explore how to install VirtualBox 7.0 in AlmaLinux 9 and AlmaLinux 8 distributions to create guest virtual machines using an ISO image file. Currently owned and maintained by Oracle, Oracle VM VirtualBox is one of the world’s most popular open- source virtualization platforms that enables users to create virtual machines from the underlying computer hardware. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_PostgreSQL_and_pgAdmin_in_RHEL_9⠀⇛ In this article, you will learn how to install the PostgreSQL 15 database server and pgAdmin 4 in RHEL 9 Linux distribution. PostgreSQL is a powerful, widely-used, open-source, multi-platform, and advanced object-relational database system known for its proven architecture, reliability, data integrity, robust feature set, and extensibility. pgAdmin is an advanced, open-source, full-featured, and web-based administration and management tool for the PostgreSQL database server. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_navigate_through_panes_in_Tmux_|_FOSS Linux⠀⇛ The quick and adaptable command terminal is one of the most defining aspects that distinguishes Linux distributions from other operating systems. The command terminal enables users to carry out complicated commands with only a few lines. That being said, there may be occasions when a single terminal screen is insufficient for your work. However, there are programs available for free to assist you in overcoming this obstacle. The ability to move between terminal windows is one of Tmux’s most noticeable features. Switching between Tmux windows and panes will help you handle your commands and shell scripts more effectively. This article will teach you how to browse via various panes in Tmux. Besides, we shall briefly cover this application’s installation and initialization. Therefore, continue reading this article guide to learn more about this subject matter. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_TradingView_on_Ubuntu_20.04_| 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ TradingView is a social media network , analysis platform and mobile app for traders and investors . The company was founded in 2011 and today has offices in New York, London and Russia. In 2018, TradingView completed a $37 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, and in 2019 they acquired TradeIT . To date, the company ranks in the top 130 websites globally according to Alexa , and has over 10 million active monthly users. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Photivo_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Photivo on Ubuntu systems. Photivo is a free and open source (GPL3) photo processor. It handles your RAW files as well as your bitmap files (TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG and many more) in a non-destructive 16 bit processing pipe with gimp workflow integration and batch mode. So, Photivo tries to provide the best algorithms available; even if this implies some redundancy. So, to my knowledge, it offers the most flexible and powerful denoise, sharpen and local contrast (fake HDR) algorithms in the open source world. (If not, let’s port them Although, to get the desired results, there may be a quite steep learning curve . # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_change_colors_in_Tmux_|_FOSS_Linux⠀⇛ The open-source terminal multiplexer Tmux is designed for Unix-like operating systems. It enables the use of several terminal sessions in a single window simultaneously. It is handy for executing many command-line programs concurrently. The GNU screen can be replaced with the terminal multiplexer Tmux. A Tmux session may be created, and many windows can be opened inside of it. Each window occupies the entire screen and has two rectangular panes. Users can start a process, change to another, disconnect, and return to an ongoing process. Tmux makes it simple to move between several apps on one terminal and to detach and reattach them to another terminal. Because Tmux sessions are persistent, they will still run even if you are disconnected. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Jupyter_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ Project Jupyter is a project with goals to develop open-source software, open standards, and services for interactive computing across multiple programming languages. It was spun off from IPython in 2014 by Fernando Pérez and Brian Granger. Project Jupyter’s name is a reference to the three core programming languages supported by Jupyter, which are Julia, Python and R. Its name and logo are an homage to Galileo’s discovery of the moons of Jupiter, as documented in notebooks attributed to Galileo. Project Jupyter has developed and supported the interactive computing products Jupyter Notebook, JupyterHub, and JupyterLab. Jupyter is financially sponsored by NumFOCUS. # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ Using_Top,_Du,_and_Netstat_as_Tools_to Monitor_Server_Resources_–_RoseHosting⠀⇛ The du is a shortcut of disk usage, the top is used for showing the running processes, and netstat is for printing network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, etc. We will explain these commands with real examples, and we will use Ubuntu 20.04 as OS in this tutorial, but you can choose any Linux distro per your choice. Let’s get started! # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Audacious_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this article, we will show you how to install Audacious on Ubuntu systems. Audacious is a free and open-source audio player software with a focus on low resource use, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats. It is designed primarily for use on POSIX-compatible Unix-like operating systems, with limited support for Microsoft Windows. Audacious is the default audio player in Ubuntu Studio, and was the default music player in Lubuntu until October 2018, when it was replaced with VLC. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Ristretto_on_Ubuntu_20.04_|_22.04 LTS⠀⇛ In this guide, we will show you how to install Ristretto on Ubuntu systems. The Ristretto Image Viewer is an application that can be used to view, and scroll through images. It can be used to run a slideshow of images, open images with other applications like an image-editor or configure an image as the desktop wallpaper. The image types supported by Ristretto are those supported by the gdk-pixbuf library. This library itself supports a number of basic image types (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.), but then relies on optional libraries to extend the range of supported image types. This means that you will have to install these libraries yourself to extend the range of image types supported by Ristretto. Examples: libwmf, libopenraw, libavif, libheif, libjxl, librsvg, webp-pixbuf-loader. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ SuperTuxKart_1.4_release⠀⇛ The SuperTuxKart team is happy to announce the release of version 1.4. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Ole_Aamot:_GNOME_Disaster_Recovery⠀⇛ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ GNOME_OS_43⠀⇛ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Deprecations_in_GTK_are_The_Minus_and_Wrong Approach_in_GNOME_–_Ole_Aamot⠀⇛ We don’t build GTK and GNOME software to deprecate functions. Stay away from GTK 4. gnome-weather is the only package that requires GTK 4. You can’t forecast the changes in weather on a laptop computer. It is definitely not 43 Celsius in Oslo today. The last good GTK+ release is 3.24.34. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ OSMC’s_October_update_is_here_–_OSMC⠀⇛ Last month, we released our September update with Debian Bullseye as well as a number of improvements in the process. It was a significant update, and despite the extensive testing, issues were reported and we’ve worked hard to get them solved and roll them up promptly. We planned to release this update on Sunday, but we experienced some infrastructure issues that prevented this. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_Released⠀⇛ Linux Lite is a popular lightweight Windows-like distro that gives users a familiar operating system. The latest release, Linux Lite 6.2, is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and has brought forward a variety of changes to the UI along with various bug fixes. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_Officially_Released_| Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ Linux Lite 6.2 is now available for download. Based on Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS, Linux Lite 6.2 is powered by a lightweight Xfce 4.16 desktop environment. o § Fedora, CentOS, and Red Hat⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Edge_computing:_5_must-have_career skills_|_The_Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ One unscientific way to track an IT trend’s growth: Keep tabs on hiring and recruiting. When a term seems to become a job market unto itself – DevOps is a fantastic recent example – it’s probably got staying power. Plug the term “edge computing” into sites like LinkedIn, Glassdoor, or Indeed and you’ll get a mix of different IT roles and titles, most of which don’t actually include the term “edge” in the title. That makes sense since edge computing is more of a distributed computing architecture than it is a job title. But like with some other big terms before it – DevOps (again) and cloud come to mind – it seems destined to eventually make its way into more job titles, a la “edge architect” or “edge IoT developer.” # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ CPE_Quarterly_Update_Q3_2022_–_Fedora Community_Blog⠀⇛ This is a summary of the work done on initiatives by the CPE Team. Each quarter CPE Team together with CentOS and Fedora community representatives chooses initiatives that will be worked on in this quarter. The CPE Team is then split into multiple smaller sub-teams that will work on chosen initiatives + day to day work that needs to be done. This update is made from infographics and detailed updates. If you want to just see what’s new, check the infographics. If you want more details, continue reading. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_Kamelets_simplify_Camel_integrations_on Kubernetes_|_Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Learn about the advantages and types of Kamelets configuration files which simplify connections to external systems. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Upgrade_Fedora:_A_Step-by-Step_Guide_For Beginners_–_TecAdmin⠀⇛ If you’re a new user of Fedora, you might not be aware that it comes in different versions. The latest version of Fedora is referred to as the ‘primary’ version and is called the ‘Current’ version. This means that there are previous versions released by the developers that users can upgrade to from a lower version. In this article, we look at how to upgrade your Fedora version. Read on for more information… [...] Nowadays, there is nothing better than using Linux because it has many benefits that are not available to users using other operating systems. One of the best things about using Linux is that you can easily upgrade the version of this operating system between different releases. Many users often wonder how they can upgrade the version of their Linux operating system because this process can be done easily. This article explains how you can upgrade the version of your Fedora Linux operating system. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Paul_Wise:_FLOSS_Activities_October_2022⠀⇛ This month I didn’t have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Connected_Car_News:_Elektrobit,_MEMTECH,_ViscIC,_KYOCERA, Nauto,_Onsemi_&_Goodix⠀⇛ Elektrobit announced a partnership to bring the benefits of Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system to automotive software. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Interactive_Halloween_costume_lets_passersby_play Wordle_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ You’re probably already familiar with the game Wordle — it was a hit in 2021 and then took the world by storm when The New York Times purchased it in 2022. The gameplay is simple to understand, but still challenging. Players have to identify a word through trial and error by making guesses to identify matching letters and letter positions. Ches’ Halloween costume called “Hallo Wordl” lets passersby play a physical version of the game. Hallo Wordl’s gameplay is similar to standard Wordle, except that the words are all spooky. Those can include words like “ghost” or “foggy.” There doesn’t seem to be any dictionary checking, so players can enter a string of characters that isn’t a real world. But that isn’t a big deal when this mostly acts as an icebreaker for Halloween parties. Players can enter their guesses using a small 12- button keypad through T9-style typing (though there is no predictive text). That might stop gen-z from playing Hallo Wordl, but it provides a much more compact and affordable interface than a full keyboard. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ What_is_OpenSearch?_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛ OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics suite. Developers build solutions for search, data observability, data ingestion and more using OpenSearch. Another popular use case is log analytics. You take the logs from applications, servers and network elements, feed them into OpenSearch, and use the rich search and visualisation functionality to identify issues. For example, a malfunctioning web server might throw a 500 error 0.5% of the time, which can be hard to spot unless you have a real-time graph of all the HTTP status codes the server has thrown in the past twenty-four hours. You can use OpenSearch Dashboards to build these kinds of visualisations from data in OpenSearch. OpenSearch is offered under the Apache Software Licence, version 2.0, which means it’s free, open source software and maintained by the community. OpenSearch and Dashboards were originally derived from Elasticsearch 7.10.2 and Kibana 7.10.2. Open source projects frequently come with very active communities. OpenSearch has had over 1.4 million downloads and thousands of stars across the 70+ GitHub repositories. There are 19 open-source associated community projects and OpenSearch has nearly 6 thousand stars on GitHub. The OpenSearch project is also listed in the top 5 search engines in DB engine rankings. o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Open_source’s_totally_non-secret_weapon: Staying_relevant_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Last week, one fundamental problem for IT cropped up in three very different stories. One story was Google’s parent Alphabet doing an internal audit of all its products on the back of falling profits. One was a highly critical look at Meta’s efforts to put business into VR. And one was Linus Torvalds getting cranky that the i486 architecture was still in Linux’s first-class lounge when it should be packed off to the Old Codes’ Home. [...] It’s amazing how making money the motivator can break that down. One cost of being rich is that you can ignore the outside world, or see it as something to be bought. That shields against relevance to users. Meta wants everyone to work in the metaverse, and is denying the awkward fact that strapping shoeboxes to our heads is completely irrelevant to our day jobs. But guess how long a career at Meta will be for anyone who says so. Relevance is poison to big wrong projects, and the corporate immune system recognizes it as such. Another cost of plump revenues is that they become the only relevant things in your world. Google’s incoherent product strategy is the opportunity cost of management mindset soaking away into the sands of advertising revenue and the resulting wars with regulators and governments. Meta has the same besetting sin, it just minimizes proper strategic planning by declaring it a “vision” instead. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Yellow_CMS:_A_Tiny_PHP_CMS_for_Fast_Websites⠀⇛ Yellow CMS or Datenstrom Yellow is a PHP based CMS solution for anyone who want to create a simple small website. It is easy to be installed either on a local machine or a web server. You can add features, languages, and themes. Datenstrom Yellow works as content management system and static site generator. Installing is unzipping one file, and you are ready to go. The most important things for small websites are included. [...] GPL-2.0 Only. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppRedis_0.2.2_on CRAN:_Maintenance_and_Enhancement⠀⇛ A new minor release 0.2.2 of our RcppRedis package arrived on CRAN this evening. RcppRedis is one of several packages connecting R to the fabulous Redis in-memory datastructure store (and much more). RcppRedis does not pretend to be feature complete, but it may do some things faster than the other interfaces, and also offers an optional coupling with MessagePack binary (de)serialization via RcppMsgPack. The package has carried production loads for several years now. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Using_If_Else_Statements_in_Awk⠀⇛ AWK is a powerful scripting language that comes baked into the bash shell. It is extremely versatile and can be used to write all kinds of data extraction scripts. Conditional statements are an integral part of any programming or scripting language and AWK is no different. In this tutorial, I’ll show examples of using if-else statements in AWK. Here’s the sample data on which I base my examples. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ Attackers_searching_for_more_bugs, using_documents_less_and_exfiltrating_more_data_|_SC_Media⠀⇛ Deep Instinct on Monday released its report on cybercrime during the first half of 2022 and found at least three important trends: Threat actors are using documents less and using LNK, HTML and archived email attachments; the industry experiences continued vulnerabilities in Windows and Linux despite earnest attempts to fix them; and attackers are doing more data exfiltration attacks that target third parties. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Optus_says_will_not_pay_users’_licence costs,_only_admin_expenses⠀⇛ Telco Singtel Optus has indicated that it will pay only the administrative costs incurred by VicRoads in issuing new licences — and not the costs of the licences themselves — to the hundreds of thousands affected by the disastrous data leak suffered by the company. A spokesperson from the telco said in response to a query asking whether it would pick up the tab for the licences: “Optus will cover the incremental costs to VicRoads associated with replacing Victorian driver’s licences where customers had a valid license compromised as a result of the cyber attack.” When the company was asked for a more direct statement, the response was: “Sorry, but unfortunately this line is all we can provide at this time. We will be in contact should our situation change.” VicRoads issued a statement on Saturday, saying it would issue new driving licences to 342,000 people in the state who were affected by the massive data breach. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ SNACC_or_NACC?_What_will_be_made public_by_the_new_anti-corruption_commission?_–_Michael West⠀⇛ Christian Porter’s blind trust, Barnaby Joyce’s $32,000 a day expenses as Drought Envoy, Angus Taylor’s Cayman Islands intrigue, Bridget McKenzie’s Sports Rorts, Scott Morrison’s suite of secret ministries, the Leppington Triangle Affair, tens of billions blown to smithereens in Defence spending. What will we get to see from a Federal ICAC, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)? Quite possibly none of that. Michael West talks with leading rortologist and former bureaucrat Jommy Tee. The government *is* the government. If it chose to investigate say Barnaby’s expenses or who got the $80m for the water rights from the company Angus Taylor kicked off in the Cayman Islands, it could demand information from the bureaucracy right now. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4861 ➮ Generation completed at 02:44, i.e. 25 seconds to (re)generate ⟲