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[?]Japan Pop News » 🌐
@news@wakoka.com

wacoca.com/news/2790939/ 「Google Chrome」にまたゼロデイ脆弱性、連日のセキュリティ修正 – 窓の杜 &Technology &テクノロジー

「Google Chrome」にまたゼロデイ脆弱性、連日のセキュリティ修正 - 窓の杜

Alt...「Google Chrome」にまたゼロデイ脆弱性、連日のセキュリティ修正 - 窓の杜

    [?]knoppix » 🌐
    @knoppix95@mastodon.social

    Google brings Chrome to Linux ARM64 devices 🧩.

    Feels ironic. Most people switch to Linux for privacy and freedom — not to install a data‑harvesting browser from the company they’re escaping 🔒.

    🔗 itsfoss.com/news/chrome-linux-

      [?]knoppix » 🌐
      @knoppix95@mastodon.social

      Linux and BSD distributions are taking varied approaches to new U.S. age verification laws requiring OS‑level age attestation during setup 🧩.

      Ubuntu and Fedora are planning privacy‑respecting local APIs, while MidnightBSD and Adenix reject compliance, citing risks to open‑source freedom and user privacy 🔒.

      🔗 itsfoss.com/news/distros-respo

        [?]jbz » 🌐
        @jbz@indieweb.social

        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

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        [?]🌈 vanta rainbow black 🌈 » 🌐
        @vantablack@cyberpunk.lol

        agelesslinux.org

        BASEDDDDDDDD

        "Software for humans of indeterminate age. We don't know how old you are. We don't want to know. We are legally required to ask. We won't."

        "Ageless Linux is a registered operating system under the definitions established by the California Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043, Chapter 675, Statutes of 2025). We are in full, knowing, and intentional noncompliance with the age verification requirements of Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.501(a)."

          🗳

          [?]Boiling Steam » 🌐
          @boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud

          Linux gamers, on your main gaming machine, what type of distro are you using?

          Arch-based distro:71
          Debian-based distro:60
          Fedora-based distro:41
          Something else:28

            [?]Stop OS Surveillance Mandate » 🌐
            @stopossmandate@mastodon.social

            Repost this if you want to respect privacy and have from all oppressive age verification laws like those that target operating systems and app stores.

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              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
              @prahou@merveilles.town

              40 days in the Japanese desert: the third Oni

              triapul.cz/japanese_jesus

              after 40 days japanese jesus came across a vintage comput

jj: "4:3?!"

he felt the rickety fan and knew it was good

jj: "dad! you shouldn't have!"

oni: "jj!"

the third oni

oni: "give up your father's core2duo and take my m5 macbook! it will make you the fastest prophet!"

jj: "nah"

oni: "what? that's insane! what's so special about that brick?!"

jj: "you would not understand."

              Alt...after 40 days japanese jesus came across a vintage comput jj: "4:3?!" he felt the rickety fan and knew it was good jj: "dad! you shouldn't have!" oni: "jj!" the third oni oni: "give up your father's core2duo and take my m5 macbook! it will make you the fastest prophet!" jj: "nah" oni: "what? that's insane! what's so special about that brick?!" jj: "you would not understand."

                [?]quadrivial, tall and graying » 🌐
                @quadrivial@beige.party

                @nixCraft ok, thanks to you I installed this and then also remembered to reinstall fortune and cowsay :)

                  [?]nixCraft 🐧 » 🌐
                  @nixCraft@mastodon.social

                  Run the following to see your PATH settings in easy to read format on screen:
                  ```
                  tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH"
                  tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH" | lolcat
                  ```
                  This is a little more portable
                  ```
                  echo "$PATH" | tr ":" "\n"
                  echo "$PATH" | tr ":" "\n" | lolcat
                  ```

                  a screenshot showing output of the `tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH" | lolcat` command to see your system's PATH environment variable in a readable and colorful format using lolcat command.  This command will print your system's search paths using the `$PATH`, lists them one per line, and makes them look pretty just for fun. You can skip the `lolcat` bit if you don't want colors.

                  Alt...a screenshot showing output of the `tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH" | lolcat` command to see your system's PATH environment variable in a readable and colorful format using lolcat command. This command will print your system's search paths using the `$PATH`, lists them one per line, and makes them look pretty just for fun. You can skip the `lolcat` bit if you don't want colors.

                    [?]Anthropy » 🌐
                    @anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

                    I still can't even that my now nearly 80 year old mom has been on Fedora on a thinkpad e520 (2011) for a decade and it all just works.

                    I checked her laptop just now and it's fully up to date on fedora 43, so she's done like 20 version upgrades autonomously too. The battery has degraded a little but the whole thing still works fine and she's very happy with it.

                    This is how things should be, this is peak computing tbh.

                      [?]knoppix » 🌐
                      @knoppix95@mastodon.social

                      Motorola just announced a long‑term partnership with GrapheneOS, including a future phone that ships with the privacy OS preinstalled. 🧩

                      They’ll also bring selected GrapheneOS security features to other Motorola devices over time, boosting hardening and privacy for more users. 🛡️

                      🔗 9to5google.com/2026/03/01/moto

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                        [?]Tinker ☀️ » 🌐
                        @tinker@infosec.exchange

                        RE: social.coop/@cwebber/116217717

                        Systemd (popular component to many {most?} Linux distributions) getting enshittified by AI.

                        Read @cwebber 's thread quoted below for more.

                        Also, thanks a lot (thanks a bot?) daandemeyer.

                        Github commits showing multiple instances of adding functionality for Claude AI reviewing of code into systemd. Commits written by daandemeyer

                        Alt...Github commits showing multiple instances of adding functionality for Claude AI reviewing of code into systemd. Commits written by daandemeyer

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                          [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                          @prahou@merveilles.town

                          IMGRAM MINI

                          nein.triapul.cz/technology/ksh

                          Minuscule static gallery, compatible with @rostiger 's webring ( codeberg.org/rostiger/subversi )

                          imgram.mini

nein.triapul.cz/technology/ksh/imgram_mini

                          Alt...imgram.mini nein.triapul.cz/technology/ksh/imgram_mini

                            [?]heise online » 🌐
                            @heiseonline@social.heise.de

                            Google will Android durch Optimierungen am Kernel schneller machen

                            Google will Android durch Optimierungen am Kernel schneller und effizienter machen. Nutzer sollen damit reaktionsschnellere Geräte mit mehr Laufzeit erhalten.

                            heise.de/news/Google-will-Andr

                              [?]PH4NTXM :verified: » 🌐
                              @PH4NTXMOFFICIAL@infosec.exchange

                              Post-quantum cryptography is now operational inside the PH4NTXM live OS.

                              Our latest builds successfully negotiated hybrid post-quantum key exchange across multiple protocols. The system now prioritizes ML-KEM and hybrid lattice-based exchanges for TLS connections and hybrid post-quantum key exchange for SSH, while maintaining secure classical fallbacks for compatibility.

                              This means PH4NTXM boots as a stateless live environment with post-quantum-capable cryptography already integrated into the network stack. No external configuration required.

                                [?]Morten Mosgaard » 🌐
                                @mosgaard@uddannelse.social

                                Sending files on the local wifi from Linux computer to Linux computer. Any suggestions?

                                  [?]Enrico "meldrian" Michaelis » 🌐
                                  @meldrian@social.tchncs.de

                                  Es gibt ein scheinbar auf basierendes (schaut euch alleine die Menüs an) Projekt, welches an einem arbeitet, dass konzeptionell den alten Titeln ähneln soll.

                                  Ziel im ist es Gegenspieler kaputt zu rammen ohne selbst zu viel Schaden zu nehmen. Wer zuletzt noch übrig ist, hat gewonnen.

                                  Aktuell und relativ frisch ist Version 0.8.0-Alpha. und werden unterstützt. Es gibt

                                  wastedgames.codeberg.page/

                                  Viel Spaß beim Testen!

                                  Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Hauptmenü.

                                  Alt...Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Hauptmenü.

                                  Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Ein schneller Drift um die Kurve.

                                  Alt...Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Ein schneller Drift um die Kurve.

                                  Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Das Fahrzeug-Auswahl-Menü (die Garage).

                                  Alt...Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Das Fahrzeug-Auswahl-Menü (die Garage).

                                    [?]Blue Ghost » 🌐
                                    @blueghost@mastodon.online

                                    Tails can be run in a virtual machine.

                                    A virtual machine allows Tails and the host operating system to be run in parallel without the need to restart the computer when alternating between operating systems.

                                    A virtual machine opens in a window.

                                    Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.

                                    Instructions: tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/
                                    Virtual machine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_

                                    Website: tails.net
                                    Mastodon: @tails

                                    Tails logo.

                                    Alt...Tails logo.

                                      [?]Amgine » 🌐
                                      @Amgine@mamot.fr

                                      @linuxfoundation

                                      This is the fifth in the "Meta-sponsored series" of articles from the Linux Foundation.

                                      I was not aware the Linux Foundation produced advertising copy for big tech, let alone the machine-learning "industry".

                                        [?]Mike Fraser » 🌐
                                        @mike@thecanadian.social

                                        If you're just doing a standard desktop workflow then I don't really know how you beat Linux desktop. Fast, snappy, no bloat, no surveillance, no license, and no walled garden.

                                        Just straight Debian with Cinnamon and you're set. The only techy thing you need to master is your package manager. My goto apps:

                                        Vivaldi
                                        Open Office
                                        Audacity
                                        VLC
                                        Flameshot
                                        Signal
                                        Remmina

                                          [?]knoppix » 🌐
                                          @knoppix95@mastodon.social

                                          Google will require government ID from all Android developers by Sept 2026, even for non-Play Store apps like F-Droid. 🧩

                                          Brave, EFF, and Tor say this "developer registry" risks privacy for volunteers and kills Android's openness. 🛡️

                                          @brave
                                          @eff
                                          @torproject

                                          🔗 brave.com/blog/why-brave-oppos

                                            [?]omg! ubuntu » 🌐
                                            @omgubuntu@floss.social

                                            Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.

                                            omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu

                                              [?]knoppix » 🌐
                                              @knoppix95@mastodon.social

                                              Age verification laws are spreading fast: half of U.S. states now have age checks, with California's AB 1043 pushing OS-level "age signals." 🧩

                                              UK, Australia, Brazil, EU, and Linux distros face the same creep toward "ID to use your computer" mandates. 🛡️

                                              🔗 itsfoss.com/news/age-verificat

                                                Guy boosted

                                                [?]Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian: » 🌐
                                                @atoponce@fosstodon.org

                                                Looks like is up for sale. Again.

                                                - 2003: Acquired by Novell
                                                - 2010: Attachmate Group takeover
                                                - 2014: Micro Focus merger
                                                - 2018: Sold to EQT AB

                                                (Ignoring all the asset sales and transfers)

                                                reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-

                                                  [?]The Linux Foundation » 🌐
                                                  @linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev

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                                                  📅 March 11| 08:00 AM PT | 11:00 AM ET | 15:00 GMT | 16:00 CET -- register for FREE now: linuxfoundation.org/webinars/a

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