Zorin OS rifiuta l’idea di introdurre verifiche obbligatorie dell’età e avverte sui rischi per privacy e diritti digitali nelle nuove leggi statunitensi. #Linux #ZorinOS #Privacy #DigitalRights #OpenSource #AgeVerification

https://www.linuxeasy.org/zorin-os-prende-posizione-contro-le-leggi-sulla-verifica-delleta-e-difende-la-privacy-degli-utenti/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I have a lot of sympathy for people that are trying to build and support a Linux or BSD distribution and trying to stay clear of projects that accept LLM code.

There is so much that makes up a distro it's inevitable that some downstream package is likely to end up being affected by LLMs.

Big game of whack-a-mole at the moment.

Patience and no rushing to judgements is required I guess. At least, as far as projects that do not have an explicit yes/no policy with respect to LLMs anyway.

#Linux #RunBSD

mount(8)

https://triapul.cz/japanese_jesus/

#japanese_jesus #unix_surrealism #comic #art #linux #foss

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Galilee, Japan. JJ: "I know all this nwe technology is frightening. I do! And it is true that some of it exists only to exploit you! But all of it can be made to serve you! Despite what the big tech priests lead you to believe, you do not need them or their services. They will do everything to stop you from realizing this truth. Japanese Peter: "Who is this kid?" Japanese John: "That's JJ, man. He's the son of the machine in the sky. He's gonna teach us how to run free software." JJ: "A war for your soul has already begun. Follow me and I will show you how to fight back."

What is open source? What is the free software movement?

We make take these ideas for granted, but Fedora Community Architect Justin Wheeler took time to explain what this is all about to our @outreachy applicants. :)

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGS2qTFriU4

#OpenSource #Linux #Fedora #Outreachy

Looking at,
A. Using a Linux Live thumb drive to get Contacts data and any other wanted files off a 2017 ASUS F541 laptop which is said to have stopped working due to Windows updates/upgrades from 10 to 11 then (?)12,
and then,
B. install a Linux (prob Mint as I have that at home) that suits the 2017 specs, and install a simple email program and a web browser that is not opaque to the +90 year old user.

Suggestions sought now for:
How to get Contacts data off the Windiws machine?
#Linux

In the last few years, the #linux hobbyists introduced a galaxy of modernized terminal emulators with features like "tabs" and "uses a modern toolkit that matches the rest of your desktop".

Apparently 90% of them can't actually emit the bell noise. They either use defunct tools like libcanberra, or they're waiting for a Wayland extension to delegate the task to a compositor. Is this not a day-2 feature for a terminal?

Meanwhile, freaking Xterm spruced up with libXaw3d in Xwayland just works.

#Apple2 talking to my #Linux box over #SSH via the #FujiNet adapter, and the CaTer terminal program, which can connect to any supported network endpoint.

(more info at https://fujinet.online/)

#retrocomputing

"For developers and curious musicians alike, JSFX provides a simple and immediate entry point into creating real-time audio effects on Fedora Linux."

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/jsfx-on-fedora-linux-an-ultra-fast-audio-prototyping-engine/

#JSFX #Fedora #Music #Linux #OpenSource

Introduction to the #PineTimePro

https://pine64.org/2026/03/28/pinetime_march_2026/

#FOSS #privacy #Linux #IoT #SmartWatch #PineTime #Pin64

Inside the #Systemd #AgeVerification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism

https://itsfoss.com/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy/

#privacy #FOSS #doxxing #IdentityVerification #Linux

#AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says #Linux kernel czar

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/greg_kroahhartman_ai_kernel/

#cybersecurity #FOSS

beyween alternatives -- really thought the linux civil war would be caused by mozilla becoming advertising company (and spying on their users) and not the storing of a 6-8 digit value that may or may not be an identifier

#ageverification #linux #mozilla #firefox

So I dunno if people talk much round here about #DigitalMixers but I just sold a Big Tool and I'm using the proceeds to get other tools that I need more at this moment, including I just paid yesterday for a #Behringer XR-18 digital mixer, which comes at an incredibly low price, and has a lot of happy users on the interwebs.

I'll be waiting possibly till July or later for it to arrive, but that's fine. Been waiting this long to get my gear wrangled, at least now I can start planning the signal routing with my old analog mixer.

Good friend/cohort of mine owns an X32rack and is quite happy with it as well. Indeed, both our units have the Ultranet feature, so anytime we are working together he will be able to use all my channels in his main mix as needed.

What clinched it for me, though, was the software support.

My current big mixer is a 16 channel Allen&Heath, which has dual sweepable mids EQs on the strips that swing way out of their weight class. And so, there was an A&H mixer that was in consideration as well, with similar features, but twice the price tag, and I was not at all unwilling to pay that price tag, because I assume there would be that much better quality.

But, where A&H is only supporting Android and Apple, Behringer not only has #Linux desktop apps for the XR-18, they have 32- and 64-bit #RaspberryPi apps. I think there was even source code available for some or all of that.

I mean, easy friggin choice. Nice going, Behringer.

I've been using a digital camera for many years and as a result have a lot of photographs.

How many is a lot?

$ ls -1R Pictures/ | wc -l
53190

Yeah, lots.

Despite having spent lots of time trying to create meaningful directory names it's still not easy to always find a photo I'm looking for.

What would actually be a USEFUL tool for AI would be something that I could run locally which could examine each of my photos and build some kind of free-text database of their contents which I can then grep.

But as far as I can tell nothing along those lines exists. Why have AI tools spent so much time trying to create faked photos and not producing something actually valuable?

#linux #AI #LLM

✊️ MX Linux Takes Clear Stance Against Age Verification Requirements

“While we wait on court challenges and to see if and how these laws apply to non-commercial open source operating systems and applications, let me assure users that no one on the team at MX wants to implement something like age verification.“

https://linuxiac.com/mx-linux-takes-clear-stance-against-age-verification-requirements/

#mxlinux #ageverification #privacy #linux

Time to reflash the lora testbed's raspberry pi.

I wanna cram the SDR in there and migrate the SDR off of the x86 its on now over to the pi.

https://dma.space/mesh

@dma

#lora #hackerspace #linux #embedded #sdr #meshcore #MeshTNC

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Lora mesh radio test bed

📰 SystemD Contributor Harassed Over Optional Age Verification Field, Suggests Installer-Level Disabling

It's FOSS interviewed a software engineer whose long-running open source contributions include Python code for the Arch Linux installer and maintaining packages for NixOS. But "a recent change he m...

📰 Source: Slashdot
🔗 Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/28/2215230/systemd-contributor-harassed-over-optional-age-verification-field-suggests-installer-level-disabling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#Python #Linux #OpenSource #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

I recently switched from a big ass Zalman aircooler to a 240mm closed-loop, and from FVWM to LabWC.

It's like I don't even know who I am anymore. What next? A fishtank case with Pride Exploded Mode RGB lighting and no optical drives?

#pcmr #linux

#Mullvad Browser Alpha moves to #Firefox Rapid Release and adds #Linux #ARM support

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/3/26/mullvad-browser-alpha-moves-to-firefox-rapid-release-and-adds-linux-arm-support

#FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity

Fedora's project leader has an interesting take on implementing age verification.

https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/

#linux #fedora #ageverification

More Nix and non-systemd goodness that I've just learned about.

Finix: fast init Nix

https://github.com/finix-community/finix

An (experimental) Nixos system using finit.

The maintainer reached out to me on discourse and cued me in on this project after I posted about my Liberated Systemd overwrite posted above. I didn't know anyone was working on this, but I'm pleasently surprised!

It's usable right now and (according to them) would benefit from some more experienced users to test things out.

I've not tried it yet (I expect some stuff to not work, but I've seen some setups from folks that appear to have full DEs and WMs). However, I'm glad there's a real PID 1 replacement that is working in NixOS.

It's all built on top of nixpkgs, so it looks like (and the maintainer confirmed) you can just fold this into your existing config and the fix whatever systemd services that weren't ported.

I'll probably play with this soon. Very cool!

#Nix #NixOS #Finix #Linux #Systemd #Finit

The discussion about age verification in systemd / Linux was locked. But the description of the merge request can be changed ...

The following part was removed: "helps support age verification requirements from recent legislation".

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/176
#ageVerification #systemd #Linux #FOSS #openness #transparency #freedom #Microsoft #privacy

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Screenshot of a merge request about adding a birth date field to systemd. The following part was removed from the description: "and helps support age verification requirements from recent legislation" .

"One penguin that isn't suitable for kids? Linux will now carry out age verification checks"

"Recent systemd updates store user birth dates for age verification, causing debate across Linux distros over legal compliance and privacy concerns."

https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-penguin-that-isnt-suitable-for-kids-linux-will-now-carry-out-age-verification-checks

#Linux #Privacy

#Tails 7.6

https://tails.net/news/version_7.6/

#privacy #anonymity #Tor #Linux #FOSS

Grateful to Akashdeep for representing Fedora at FOSSASIA this year! Sounds like there were some really productive conversations. :)

➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7443204924504616960/

#Fedora #fossasia2026 #Linux #OpenSource

Goede video, "Linux verslaat Windows"
https://youtu.be/e0Ssoo5J_UE?si=Fyl96tF8xpUytZwg
#linux #windows

Zorin OS have no plans to introduce mandatory age or ID verification.

https://forum.zorin.com/t/statement-about-age-verification-laws/61052

#zorinos #ageverification #linux #debian

Garuda Linux won't be complying with age verification because they don't have to.

https://itsfoss.com/news/garuda-linux-age-verification/

#linux #ageverification

🐧 Tails 7.6 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Automatic Tor Bridges

Tails 7.6 has been released today as the sixth update in the Tails 7.x series of this portable Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux and designed to protect you against surveillance and cens...

📰 Source: Tux Machines
🔗 Link: https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/26/Tails_7_6_Privacy_Focused_Linux_Distro_Released_with_Automatic_.shtml

#Linux #OpenSource #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta is now available to download and test, ahead of next month's stable release.

GNOME 50, Linux 7.0 (RC), 2 new default apps, a controversial change to folder icons and plenty more.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-beta-is-now-available-to-download?v1

#Ubuntu #Linux #OpenSource

Mullvad Browser Alpha 16.0a1 shifts to Firefox Rapid Release, replacing ESR to deliver faster upstream features and continuous updates 🚀
The update adds Linux ARM support but may increase bugs affecting privacy and security, reflecting trade-offs between faster releases and stable, user-controlled anonymity ⚖️

🔗 https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/3/26/mullvad-browser-alpha-moves-to-firefox-rapid-release-and-adds-linux-arm-support

#TechNews #Mullvad #Firefox #TorProject #Linux #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #Anonymity #Browser #Encryption #DataProtection #Software #Tech