Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

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

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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

House passes bill to expand background checks for gun sales https://abc11.com/politics/house-passes-bill-to-expand-background-checks-for-gun-sales/10408968/ #politicsweaponsgunsafetyhouseofrepresentativesu.s.&worldguns