nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

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It is immensely satisfying installing Linux on a Microsoft device!

As for WHY I have a Surface Book 2 running Ubuntu 18.04...
I'll explain in a future video + article!

Vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager lets attackers change any user password https://arstechnica.com/?p=2037733 #news #vulnerabilities #passwords #Security #Biz&IT #Cisco

George Smart is on a mission to save mid-century modern houses. He believes the structures are artworks that deserve respect, but people miss their importance & how to preserve them. Smart relies on books & web archives from the Internet Archive in his research. Learn more about Smart's work in our latest post 🔗 https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/15/saving-modernist-houses-with-the-help-of-the-internet-archive/

Panthor open-source driver achieves OpenGL ES 3.1 conformance with Arm Mali-G610 GPU (RK3588 SoC)

Collabora has just announced that the Panthor open-source GPU kernel driver for third-generation Arm Valhall GPUs (Arm Mali-G310, Mali-G510, Mali-G610, and Mali-G710) has now achieved OpenGL ES 3.1 conformance with the Arm Mali-G610 GPU found in the Rockchip RK3…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/18/panthor-open-source-driver-achieves-opengl-es-3-1-conformance-with-arm-mali-g610-gpu-rk3588-soc/

A long-delayed hands-on with Essential’s skinny Android phone - Didn’t think we’d see this phone again. | Image: Essential... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/17/24200617/essential-phone-project-gem-ph-2-prototype-hands-on-video

What exactly did Microsoft promise CISPE in its settlement? https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/17/what_did_microsoft_promise_cispe/ #news

SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V chip design. are you like it. Banana Pi BPI-F3 with K1 chip.
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-F3/BananaPi_BPI-F3
#riscv #sbc #bananapi #embedded #gateway #Automation

Blender 4.2 LTS Brings New Render Engine, GPU Compositor + More

Feeling creative? If you are, be sure to check out the new Blender 4.2 LTS release. Blender 4.2 LTS ships with a slew of new features, performance improvements, and general fixes and tune-ups. It’s also backed by two years of ongoing support, allowing users to adopt this series and only receive bug fixes, not ‘breaking changes’. An overhauled EEVEE render engine ships in Blender 4.2 LTS. Rewritten from scratch to improve the performance, stability, and visual quality of viewport rendering, and provide new shadow and global illumination systems, better motion blur and DoF, etc. And a GPU-accelerated compositor is included
#News #AppUpdates #Blender

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/blender-4-2-release-new-features

We'll be podcasting in about 45 minutes! https://youtube.com/live/vK9qkqb7bFc?feature=share

Tonight’s #wheatfree beer is the Italian Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Instead of wheat, Peroni uses corn. If you like a typical American Lager, this is pretty safe.

Oh look, it’s also the @thelinuxcast and @justaguylinux

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If you think AI labs wouldn't stoop to using scraped YouTube subtitles for training, think again https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/17/youtube_video_subtitles_ai/ #news

Just found out that 8 months after leaving #Monero i'm still the 5th most active contributor of all time, excluding maintainers, for number of commits :P

Exciting news! Our first #purismgamejam just went into the voting round. Check out the amazing 'symbiotic' themed games created by our community. These free software games showcase the power of open-source gaming. Play them now at https://itch.io/jam/free-software-purism-game-jam #OpenSource #Gaming #Purism

Librem 5: True freedom in your pocket. Privacy-first smartphone, no tracking, no data collection. Made in USA, runs PureOS. Starting at $699. Your data, your control. #Librem5 #PrivacyMatters
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Your smartphone is a spy in your pocket. Choose freedom with Purism's Liberty Phone - made in USA, no data harvesting. #Purism #PureOS #PrivacyMatters
https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-giving-away-more-than-you-ever-bargained-for/

Redox to implement POSIX signals in user space https://lwn.net/Articles/982186/ #tech #linux

Question: Am I the only one who is increasingly annoyed by excessive code dependencies? Python, Cargo, Perl, ...? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2199009423 #opensource

Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language (2021) https://tabloid.vercel.app/

Hot off the press... the gist seems to be that an LLM can give the illusion of progress while you're using it, but when you stop using it you can see that its impact is negative - pretty-much like excessive hints/scaffolding.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4895486