Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

Flight 5

https://bird.makeup/@spacex/1845210284270682178

China successfully compromised for months the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.

This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?st=b0mqxi9zkweti11&reflink=article_copyURL_share

The #Librem5 can run #egui :)

(It's an immediate mode #gui toolkit for #Rust .)

Here's a demo of an #opengl triangle.

This will be needed for a proof-of-concept #camera application using #libobscura (thank you @PrototypeFund for the funding!)

#linux #v4l2

i have an intense obsession with a number of old computer games that could have been super awesome but weren't (for example: amazing graphics/environments/sound/world but botched or tiresome mechanics, unfinished/rushed release (stuff in screenshots is not in the game, items are useless...), bad writing etc).

Tails joining the Tor project seems like a sensible move that’s good for both projects. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/

We are voting for priority issues for mobile gnu/linux from 15 issues that are proposed in the last month.

https://codema.in/p/hcApNrxT/arrange-the-following-issues-based-on-priority

If you'd like to participate, join this self hosted loomio instance (AGPLv3) and join https://codema.in/debphoshfund/ this poll is one of the ongoing activities of this project, there will be more polls and setting bounties for identified high priority items.

#mobian #debian #freesoftware #mobile #librem5 #flx1 #pinephone

Hello!

Yes, we are aware that Youtube changed something again.

Please be patient while we work on a fix! And please, don't open extra GitHub issues!

-SamantazFox

Hi everyone!

I'm glad to announce that the bug preventing the videos from loading has been mostly fixed (we're working on a more permanent fix).

We also have tagged releases now, read the full changelog here:

https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases/tag/v2.20240427

-SamantazFox

libcamera v0.3.2 'Vienna' has been released.

This release brings 150 commits throughout.

See the release notes here:

https://lists.libcamera.org/pipermail/libcamera-devel/2024-September/045145.html

Dear fellow Europeans, I am respectfully asking you to consider signing this European Citizen Initiative to institute a billionaire tax. It was invented by leading French economist Thomas Piketty; I read the whole thing, and it is technically excellent. Hit me if you have questions, but please sign it, it is important.

https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/

It needs 1 million signatures (currently 300K) and seven countries over their threshold (currently three: Denmark, France, Germany).

#economics #tax

Inspired by Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning, I finally decided to move my > 3,000 Google Maps saved places to Organic Maps. To facilitate doing this for others' benefit, I made a quick webpage to convert your Google Maps GeoJSON data to a KMZ that renders well in Organic Maps.

https://rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-places-to-organic-maps/

Introducing Mirror Hall: Turn any Linux device into a wireless second monitor

- P2P screen sharing optimized for low latency
- Sender: Currently only for Mutter-based DEs
- Receiver: Works with all DEs

This is the first *beta* release, so please report all issues you encounter and give us feedback. This is especially for #ARM users, as we need your help testing the gstreamer pipeline on a few phones.

Full post here: https://notes.nokun.eu/post/2024-09-22-mirrorhall/

#linux #opensource #foss #gnome #apps #gstreamer

The broad NO FAKES Act, which would create an expansive and confusing new intellectual property right with few real safeguard against abuse. Tell the Senate to throw out the NO FAKES Act and start over. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-throw-out-the-no-fakes-act-and-start-over

@jerry @ben @david_megginson @tinker

#MozillaSocial had 247 "active users" 😂

The announcement to shutdown ironically increased their active user count to 307! 😋

#Mozilla #Mastodon #Fediverse #Tech #Humor

GNOME 47 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/990788/ #LWN

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
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Cannon, whose oversight of the Donald Trump classified documents case has garnered widespread criticism, has repeatedly violated a rule requiring that federal judges disclose their attendance at private seminars.

#News #DonaldTrump #Law #Courts #Government #Politics #Accountability

https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures