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AMD's Longtime Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Advocate Retires (www.phoronix.com)

The XZ Utils backdoor is a symptom of a larger problem (ariadne.space)

Found in this huge list : security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-3094

XZ Backdoor: Times, damned times, and scams (web.archive.org)

Thunderbird with Hotkeys and general cleanup? (www.youtube.com)

That video is basically just a “this concept is kinda cool but the product sucks”...

SteamOS as your daily driver?

Is this a totally crazy idea? Talk me down before I hurt myself.

fwupd and xz metadata (blogs.gnome.org)

Why can’t I macchange my 2014 macbook with ubuntu 23.10 on it?

I followed all steps: I disabled network manager’s automatic search for networks with sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service, I executed sudo ip link set wlp4s0 down as well, sudo macchanger -r wlp4s0 returned [ERROR] Could not change MAC: interface up or insufficient permissions...

ZFS for Dummies (ikrima.dev)

Mozilla released a Firefox Nightly test build with vertical tabs - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)

Switch to Container Tabs – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 157 (blog.nightly.mozilla.org)

reflections on distrusting xz - joeyh blog (joeyh.name)

Podcast -- A chat about the xz backdoor with the guy who found it - Risky Business (risky.biz)

Aesthetics matter (nibblestew.blogspot.com)

Tilde in /usr/local/share/applications~?

I’m creating shortcuts for Syncthing, when I noticed this: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/7385aa13-aa7a-4ff8-b0c6-483f91e0eba6.pngIs there supposed to be a “~” after the folder name?

Fedora proposal to change default desktop to KDE (fedoraproject.org)

have you successfully installed a custom rom / foss on a redmi 10c?

the device is so bloated

Thunderbird goes from DEB to snap in Ubuntu 24.04 (www.linuxadictos.com)

Qt 6.7 released (www.qt.io)

Qt 6.7 is out with lots of large and small improvements for all of us who like to have fun when building modern applications and user experiences. Several additions are released as technology previews, and we are looking forward to your feedback so that we can get everything ready for the next LTS release!

XZ backdoor in a nutshell (lemmy.zip)

Linux GUI termserv

Due to hardware reqs we’re tossing the idea at work to replace the Microsoft termserv with Linux. Due to the userbase being all windows fans we’d need a full on GUI and i’ve been prodded towards Mint. Good idea or bad?...

Best article about XZ backdoor?

Hey, I’ve been hearing a LOT about the xz backdoor. Crazy story, but rather than reading 10 different articles about it from 3 days ago when the story was quite new, does anybody know a high quality write-up that has all the juicy details and facts? I really like in-depth guides that cover every aspect of the story....

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