Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

Important vacation activities in Seattle:

#FuckGoogle

Progress on securing our distribution against supply chain attacks: The Debian testing/trixie release on amd64 is now reproducible for over 95%, and counting. You can use the new debian-repro-status package to query the reproducibility status of your installed Debian packages. See https://reproduce.debian.net/ #debian #reproducible-builds

This goes without saying: If you have some money to spare, I would genuinely appreciate it. I am not getting paid a single dollar from the work I'm doing (I wish I did).

At the time of writing this post, the merge request for making the month view accessible is sitting at around 500 lines diff, but that diff will only get bigger and bigger. A good portion of that time is also spent with my eyes closed with a screen reader. It takes a lot of time and energy to understand how everything connects in GNOME Calendar and researching about accessibility in a calendar app.

- https://ko-fi.com/theevilskeleton
- https://github.com/sponsors/TheEvilSkeleton

Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds - You can finally update your Commodore 64x with an up-to-dat... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds #operatingsystems #software #linux

On the way to the #KDE Plasma (Mobile) Sprint in Graz, and putting the final touches on the @openrailwaymap support in Itinerary's live view.

to me, it seems like it would have been news that Google stopped 30 million #ads for "misinformation" in 2023 but zero in 2024 https://blog.zgp.org/google-ads-shitshow-report-2024/ (I guess misinformation has friends in high places now, and there was enough other Google news last week)

2 girls in Hong Kong

Part of my "Hong Kong" collection:
https://pixelfed.social/c/818542138553721349
(Web browser only, does not work in-app)


#hongkong #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #girls #monochrome #stairs

So, that's why!

#TrumpRegime #DOGE #USPolitics

UK Government and Tony Blair Back AI-Powered Surveillance Push Including Digital ID and Facial Recognition

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-ai-surveillance-digital-id-facial-recognition-report

Paper shredder

https://files.hrdl.eu/pn_2025-03-20_sway_hints.mp4
Reposting this video here from community member Hrdl.

This video demos the improved display controller driver which means goodbye artifacting and welcome to automatic redrawing on a per pixel basis. As seen in the video, the display runs at a higher (and stable) 84Hz refresh rate than the stock 80Hz thanks to some tuning.

You can find the work Hrdl has been doing here: https://git.sr.ht/~hrdl/linux

Shiny new thing

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) launched the European Union Vulnerability Database (EUVD) website https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/

#ENISA #EUVD #CVE #Security #Europe #EuropeanAlternatives

#Tails 6.14.2

https://tails.net/news/version_6.14.2/index.en.html

#FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #Linux #Tor

Google is so sneaky. This prompt inside Gmail gives you three options. The two most visible options (number 1 is 'Try it now' and number 2 is 'Continue') basically mean 'Enable Gemini AI to write emails.' The third option cancels it which is hidden well. Google, you could do better than this. This is a perfect example of a dark pattern. For those who want AI to write basic emails can enable it but there is not need to do this kind of "shady" stuff.

#ai #privacy

Here @jorge nails the disconnection between traditional Linux desktop distros aimed toward sysadmin (like me), versus what non-sysadmin actually want.

"Many of the things that user run into is that they are using a Linux distro based on this old model of mangling individual packages. And as users have told us, and as we know, remember, it's not like we are interrupting a hockey stick growth party around here for the Linux desktop. Users do not want this."

https://youtu.be/fWy3NNjTs6I?t=926

#bluefin