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For years I’ve argued that desktop #Linux really needed some professional marketing to raise awareness. Never could have imagined that in 2024, Microsoft Recall and Apple Intelligence would be the high-profile ad campaigns Linux needed 🤣

Microsoft sends Copilot Pro's GPT Builder to the digital dumpster https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/11/microsoft_retires_gpt_builder/ #news

Apple IDs are becoming Apple Accounts https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24176140/apple-ids-accounts-wwdc-2024 #news

Discord’s Rythm music bot returns with a mission to overhaul shared listening https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24175920/discord-rythm-music-bot-returns-shared-listening #news

AlmaLinux now supports Raspberry Pi 5! Images with the GNOME desktop environment can be downloaded from the project's website.
https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-launches-raspberry-pi-5-support/

#almalinux #raspberrypi

TellYouThePass ransomware exploits recent PHP RCE flaw to breach servers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tellyouthepass-ransomware-exploits-recent-php-rce-flaw-to-breach-servers/ #news #Security

Cyber attack flattens Japanese vid-sharing site Niconico and others https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/11/niconico_ebiten_kadokawa_cyberattack_outages/ #news

Intel pauses work on $25B Israel fab https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/10/intel_israeli_fab/

Linux System Monitor App ‘Mission Center’ is Now Even More Useful

A new version of Mission Center, the super-slick system monitor for Linux, has been released. I’ve written about this utility a number of times before, so if you read this blog regularly you—aside from being awesome—may be familiar with it. And if you’re not? Well, you’re in for a treat. As Linux system monitors go (and there are more than a few) Mission Center is easily one of the best for fans of graphical user-interfaces who want to check their system’s CPU and RAM usage. Mission Center monitors CPU (overall or pre-thread), memory and swap usage, disk usage and transfer
#News #AppUpdates #SystemTools

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/06/mission-center-system-monitor-new-features

Hybrid MP4 is the name of a new output format introduced in OBS 30.2 that aims to provide reliable and compatible output without the drawbacks of traditional or fragmented MP4.

Hybrid MP4 remains recoverable even if writing the file is aborted, e.g. due to system crashes or power outages, while still maintaining wide compatibility.

https://obsproject.com/kb/hybrid-mp4

#obs #mp4

DNS over HTTPS Providers

Mullvad does a great and free service with their multiple filters. https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

Try the ones that you want. They're not going to break your computer or phone, and you can always disable it.

For more options, please see: https://github.com/curl/curl/wiki/DNS-over-HTTPS#publicly-available-servers

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Make your own USB storage device using embedded Linux

https://popovicu.com/posts/make-your-own-usb-storage-embedded-linux/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://popovicu.com/posts/make-your-own-usb-storage-embedded-linux/

#linux #unix

isolate: Sandbox for securely executing untrusted programs

https://github.com/ioi/isolate

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/ioi/isolate

#cprogramming #programming #security

Did you know that Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon?

Amazon purchased Twitch Interactive in 2014 for $970 million as it looked for a way to take part in video gaming's growth as an online spectator sport.

#twitch #amazon

Watch EFF’s https://nitter.oksocial.net/doctorow , https://nitter.oksocial.net/evacide , https://nitter.oksocial.net/htsuka , and others in the digital rights community explain how your data gets scooped up by data brokers—and common practices to protect your privacy online —in Secrets in Your Data on NOVΛ. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/eff-covers-secrets-your-data-novl

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1799866802341839185#m

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My favorite 1980's Canadian TV show: Bits and Bytes https://omarshehata.substack.com/p/my-favorite-1980s-canadian-tv-show