Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Distrowatch News: Development Release: FreeBSD 13.0-RC3 Glen Barber has announced that the third release candidate for FreeBSD 13.0 is now ready for testing. This should be the final development build before the official release of FreeBSD 13.0 on 30 March: "The third RC build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary.... http://distrowatch.com/11188

Distrowatch News: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 908 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Solus 4.2News: Haiku polishes applications, Ubuntu to get Flutter applications, Rust coreutils running on Debian, Void warns about performance hits on newer kernels with default settingsQuestions and answers: Packet filters and legacy technologyReleased last weekTorrent corner: KDE neon, Live Raizo, SystemRescue, Venom.... http://distrowatch.com/11183

Satellite Imagery Shows Northern California Kelp Forests Have Collapsed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-imagery-shows-northern-california-kelp-forests-have-collapsed-180977214/

(submitted by PretzelFisch)

Someone managed to run Box86 on the Pinephone (Box86 translates x86 calls to ARM in a Linux environment): https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/m4bwux/pinephone_running_wine_x86_without_qemu/ #linux #box86 #arm #pinephone

I'd prefer Daylight savings... But just stop moving the time / clock ⌚would be my second choice...

Time change poll: Americans don't like changing the clocks, but can't agree on a solution - CNNPolitics

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/politics/daylight-saving-time-analysis/index.html

Some perspective: Size comparison between Jupiter and Saturn moons with Earth https://twitter.com/universal_sci/status/1371276689012056064/photo/1
#newsbot

Software News: The MicroPython project has released version https://freshfoss.com/projects/micropython/

Getting a Jitsi server running on a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB is (kinda) straightforward.

Still have to weed out the gremlins ...and they are plenty.

@ChrisWere lbry has quickly become a hive of people kicked off YouTube or the very worst of extremist YouTube. They're anti censorship, in all forms, so it makes sense

The sorts of people really becomes a turn off, honestly you're better off without it

Astronomers find a supermassive black hole moving strangely in deep space - CNET - Why it's on the run is unclear, but its unusual velocity may be caused by a recent merger or an un... - https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomers-find-a-supermassive-black-hole-moving-strangely-in-deep-space/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Don’t be fooled by words. Whilst initially called “immunity” passports” proposals for what are now called #vaccination passports/certificates raise the same concerns #exclusion #surveillance #tracking

Find out what needs to be considered 👉...

Password managers are our recommended way of securing your hundreds (thousands?) of online accounts. If you use LastPass, who were exposed for having 7 trackers within their Android app, make sure you tweak these privacy settings (doesn't apply to iOS).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2021/02/27/how-to-stop-lastpass-tracking-you-in-3-easy-steps/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1371095523613143040

3 ways the global semiconductor shortage is hitting the US hard - President Joe Biden’s executive order calling for a review of supply chains for critical products pu... - https://thenextweb.com/tech/2021/03/14/global-semiconductor-shortage-hitting-the-us-syndication/ #tech

Software News: The Electron project has released version 14.0.0-nightly.20210312 https://freshfoss.com/projects/electron/

Microsoft will adjust its release cycle for Edge to match the four-week release cadence of Chrome, starting with Edge 94, which is set for release in September (Jay Peters/The Verge) - Jay Peters / The Verge:Microsoft will adjust its release cycle for Edge to match the four-week r... - http://www.techmeme.com/210312/p22#a210312p22

You've sent your password to the wrong window (ie: WeeChat), and it is now public, viewed by 1,500 people?
You can try this new script: https://blog.weechat.org/post/2021/02/26/Script-anti_password.py

Follow your favorite blogs and news sites with NewsFlash. Designed to complement an existing web-based RSS reader account, this app combines features of both web-based services and desktop programs.

Find it on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.gitlab.newsflash
#GNOMECircle

Google and Microsoft's public squabble over who's the worst is giving us life right now, not gonna lie - Weapons-grade hypocrisy on one side and hand-wringing about the press and advertising on the other... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/03/13/google_microsoft_journalism/

How to Convert Your Old Laptop Screen into an External Monitor
https://www.slashdigit.com/convert-old-laptop-screen-external-monitor/

(submitted by louwrentius)

You may get your $1,400 stimulus check as early as this weekend https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/you-may-get-your-1400-stimulus-check-as-early-as-this-weekend/ #nationalnews #video #news