@debian Happy birthday dear #Debian. I may one day return to you.🎂

#Linux #GnuLinux #Ubuntu

You appreciate Debian, our beloved and rock-solid operating system? There are many ways to get involved in the project. https://www.debian.org/intro/help #Debian #Debian33years #DebianDay #DebianDay2026

RE: https://sunny.garden/@bragefuglseth/116920572163082606

Quoting this again because it extends to the recent happenings as well. The recent proposal from the LF should be condemned and fought against, but you shouldn't be surprised by it, and in general, you really shouldn't be giving them as much credit for the Linux desktop as some people seem to do.

The #Linux Foundation is way less relevant for the Linux desktop space than you might think. The "Linux" in its name is a little misleading, because while it does indeed support the development of the Linux kernel, it also oversees a bunch of other projects. It's not at all comparable to e.g. the #GNOME Foundation, #KDE e.v. or the #Debian project.

It's not run by the same kind of people, and does not have the same kind of goals. It does not concern itself with the ideology of the free software movement, or the "community" in the sense that you and I perceive that word.

It exists as a collaboration ground for corporations, and primarily serves the interests of those.

The Debian project started in 1993 and celebrates its birthday on August 16th of each year: Debian Day. This year we'll have at least 19 gatherings in 3 continents; c u there! #Debian #Debian33years #DebianDay #DebianDay2026

I recently discovered a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) from Info-ZIP (zip). Advisory: https://sintonen.fi/advisories/infozip-test-option-command-injection.txt

The fix is now available in #Debian as DSA 6439-1: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00350.html

Other platforms shipping zip command should also pick up the patch: https://sources.debian.org/data/main/z/zip/3.0-16/debian/patches/fix-command-injection.patch

NOTE: macOS included zip command is not affected.

#advisory #vulnerabilityresearch #cybersecurity #infosec

@nixCraft people scoffed when #Debian made that kind of an announcement. How do folks think about Oracle?

#Dillo 3.3.0 has been accepted in #Debian unstable (Sid). It will be available in testing (Forky) in a few days. 🥳

Thanks a lot to Nikolas Nyby who has stepped in as the new Debian package maintainer and got the new version packaged and accepted.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dillo

I have a USB keyboard attached to my laptop, for ergonomics reasons. I've been finding that when I switch apps, or pause typing for a few seconds, the first keypress I make after that is lost. I'm guessing there's some sort of process that puts the USB connection to sleep and wakes when there's activity, that effectively drops that first keypress.

Is there a setting I can change so that no keypresses are lost?

I've done a few web searches, and I found a few references to fixes on Windows, but that doesn't help much, as I'm using Debian Linux.

#linux #debian #xfce #thinkpad #usb

At least he wrote some stuff for Nagios:

"monitor syslog events and generate alerts through Nagios when necessary"

https://github.com/dpocock/syslog-nagios-bridge

#Debian #Nagios

Found a statement on the debian-news mailing list from 2021 warning people about him so seems like he is worryingly 100% serious.

"He is neither a Debian Developer, nor a member of the Debian community. He was formerly a Debian Developer, but was expelled from the project some years ago for engaging in behaviour which was destructive to Debian's reputation and to the community itself."

https://lists.debian.org/debian-news/2021/msg00004.html

#Debian

After a look around his website I still couldn't tell if this was serious or a joke. I see he's running in the Clacton byelection and offering Count Binface an ambassadorial role if he steps aside

danielpocock.com/en/pocock-on-sea-nomination-clacton-by-election-13-august-2026/

#Debian #VoteBinface

Found this crazy email in my spam that was sent to the debian-uk mailing list and couldn't tell if it was some sort of satire (originally assumed it was sent to debian-curiosa)

#Debian

Alt...

Have you heard the news about the 8GB Swiss Archive, cults & Debianism? As the UK discusses early release of prisoners, let us contemplate how Jeremy Bicha maintained and added to his membership and access rights in various groups throughout his trial, his prison term and his parole period. What is the point of having access rights or a Debian keyring if criminals can cruise through the system like that? My great-grandfather was an ANZAC. He came to defend the UK and France in World War 1. The Fellowship elected me to represent them before the FSFE, the fake FSF in Berlin, on ANZAC Day, 25 April 2017. Ever since the Fellowship endorsed me, the snobby set has pursued a quest for violence against my family and I. As your representative, I simply did my job and proved the FSFE is nothing more than a Nigerian fraud. Why don't the snobby set sue me for defamation? They are afraid the judge might agree the FSFE doesn't have the right to use the name of the FSF. Even if the judge doesn't agree with me, people in the snobby set are terrified that a judge might take the time to go through all the deaths, the Debian pregnancy cluster and all the examples of exploitation one by one. They are terrified that other victims might make public statements, just as Sonny Piers recently exposed the blackmail he experienced as a GNOME board member. Blackmail, in the manner described by Sonny Piers, is a crime in the UK. When two or more culprits are involved, as described by Sonny Piers, the crime of conspiracy is also proven. Two blackmailers working together, as in "enforcing" the "code of conduct" nonsense, is not conspiracy theory. It is conspiracy fact and it is a crime. In the UK, the crime of conspiracy can even be prosecuted even if the conspiracy is not followed through. In other words, simply creating a mickey mouse "code of conduct" with the intent to denounce your rivals is a violation of the UK law on conspiracy. I tried to document all those things meticulously and in chronological order in my official report on this real abuse scandal in Debian. Could my recent report about Jeremy Bicha be the real reason Steve McIntyre has no summer BBQ this year? Can you find any mistake in my reports? My Jeremy Bicha report finishes with a comparison to the Catholic abuse scandal. Ben Carroll, who was pictured at the end of the report, just became Premier of Victoria. I've published a special video about the state inquiry into Cults and Organized Fringe Groups (COFG). Please watch it and think about what I could add to the discussion in Westminster. Debian, Ubuntu and GNOME all enabled Bicha's progression while insulting other Debian co-authors and our families. Steve McIntyre presided over Debian at a key time in the history of "Debian UK Society" and the period where Richard Rothwell, Frans Pop and Adrian von Bidder were exploited before their deaths. Adrian von Bidder died on the same day that Carla and I got married, I published a detailed history of that too. The recent discussions about Freexian are a flashback to the scandal of Debian UK Society. Imagine having the memory of the Debian suicide cluster on your wedding anniversary every year. Adrian von Bidder may have been an avoidable death. In the UK, an avoidable death can be prosecuted as gross negligence manslaughter, the most serious crime after murder. One of the unique features of UK criminal law is that gross negligence manslaughter prosecutions can be pursued for deaths anywhere in the world, as long as the managers or decision makers had a base in the UK. On 9 September 2023, I wrote to the Cambridgeshire coroner asserting that Debianism was a risk for health and safety. Abraham Raji died three days later. Why don't the snobby set want you to know that I anticipated the death of another colleague? If a death has been anticipated in writing, in a formal report to the coroner, it could be another manslaughter case. The Clacton by-election is at a turning point today. People have realized there will never be unanimous community support for any novelty candidate. Many leaders in the local community are looking over the work of serious candidates and trying to decide whether they can unite behind any one of us. I have not met one local resident in Clacton who is enthusiastic about having a novelty candidate represent them. In fact, the perception the BBC is imposing a novelty candidate on Clacton is hardening support for the incumbent candidate. Why is the community banned from discussing a credible and professional free software candidate on Debian mailing lists? Why do the snobby set treat us like children? The rogue Debianists who put a fake judgment on their web site are inciting violence against me. They don't want to be seen to assault me personally but they will keep spreading rumours about my family until they incite somebody else to do so. The proof they are comfortable with violence is there in Jeremy Bicha and it is there in the chequebook - look at that, if $120,000 isn't kill money, what is it? That is despite the fact my great-grandfather came over here and was injured protecting the empire of that era. Please watch and share the videos that you are banned from talking about.

Informative blog by @Purism explaining the technical relation between #PureOS and #Debian, and building blocks like #phosh, #phoc, #Mesa, and #libqmi.

https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-development-report-june-2026/

The blog reports the development for PureOS in June 2026.

"With the development pipeline in full swing, we’re updating some of the cornerstone components of PureOS for #Dawn. Phosh and phoc are both updated to 0.55.0, the latest Phosh release in June..."

#Librem5 #Purism #MobileLinux #Linux #opensource #phone #FOSS

New #Debian13 “ #Trixie ” Kernel Security Update Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities

https://9to5linux.com/new-debian-13-trixie-kernel-security-update-fixes-68-vulnerabilities

#cybersecurity #Linux #FOSS #Debian

When #FreeBSD is so reliable you forget you're not on #Debian*.

rld@Intrepid:handbook$ doas apt install imv
doas (rld@Intrepid) password: 
doas: apt: command not found
rld@Intrepid:handbook$ doas pkg install imv

* UNTIL you try to do a major version upgrade and wifi breaks. 🤣

So #Debian is proposing a policy similar to #Codeberg with regard to LLMs (Large Language Models). Interesting.

https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

if you have access to debian-vote, please for the love of all gods vote Proposal A to ban the use of LLMs in #Debian packaging tools
https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

Thank you to all the people who made DebConf26 possible! The DebConf organisation team, the Debian Video Team, our speakers, volunteers, and attendees, and of course our sponsors. Would you like to join for organising the next DebConf? If so visit https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/27 and contact the DebConf team. #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

At 5:30 PM DebConf Time (8:30 PM UTC) we have our DebConf26 Closing Ceremony in the Aula Magna - FADU. Follow the streaming at https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ and check out some final statistics. Goodbye to Santa Fe and look forward to DebConf27! Thank you to anyone for attending DebConf26 or following it remotely. #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

After the lunch, at 2:00 PM DebConf Time (5:00 PM UTC) in the Aula Magna - FADU, you will have the opportunity to participate to the usual session "Meet the Technical Committee" and you can watch them on-line. Alternatively, you can listen to the Images team BoF followed by the Go team BoF in the Aula 0.3 - FICH https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=39 #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Today Saturday 25, July, is the last day of DebConf26, starting at 10:00 AM DebConf time (1:00 PM UTC)! Have a look at the schedule for the day. https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=39 We remind you that you can watch most of the talks streamed online by clicking on venue links on the DebConf26 homepage. You can also watch the recorded talks published later. #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

The fifth day of DebConf26 has ended, we start again tomorrow, Saturday 25, July at 10:00 AM DebConf time (1:00 PM UTC). The schedule for the day will be https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=39 Thank you to all our contributors, viewers, and to our Debconf Video team! See you tomorrow! #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Did you miss some sessions in DebConf26 that interested you over the past few days? Around forty DebConf26 videos are already published! Thanks Debian Video team! http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2026/DebConf26/ #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Good morning from Santa Fe! See the DebConf26 schedule for today https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=38 Streaming of talks begin at 10:00 AM DebConf time (1:00 PM UTC) #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Our coverage ends for this evening, thank you for joining us at the 27th Debian Developers Conference. Talks start again tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM DebConf time (1:00 PM UTC). The schedule for the day will be available at https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=38 #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Today Thursday 23, July, is the fourth day of DebConf26, starting at 10:00 AM DebConf time (1:00 PM UTC) - have a look at the today's schedule. A mobile friendly schedule is available to mark your favourite events to join us at the venue or online. https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/ #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

We hope you enjoyed Day 2 of DebConf26, which has now come to an end for our remote attendees! DebConf26 attendees in Santa Fe will be gathering later today for the traditional Cheese and Wine Party. Tomorrow, the conference will take a break from talks as attendees head out to enjoy the DebConf Day Trip before returning for more sessions the following day. Have a wonderful day, and we'll see you back soon for more from DebConf26! #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Welcome back to the 2nd day of DebConf26, the 27th Debian Developers Conference, held this year in Santa Fe, Argentina. Live streaming for most talks is available via your web browser. Our full schedule and links to viewing is updated each day: https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=35 #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Day 1 of DebConf26 has come to a close! Thank you to everyone who joined the talks, BoFs and discussions that made today such a great start to the conference. Enjoy the rest of your day. Join us tomorrow for another exciting lineup of sessions from Santa Fe! #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

Next up at #DebConf26: starting at 4:30 PM DebConf time (7:30 PM UTC), Aula Magna - FADU will feature the short talk "How a 27 years old communication protocol is still relevant today: Jabber/XMPP!", followed by the BoF "Jabber/XMPP in Debian". At the same time, Aula Magna - FBCB will host the Spanish-language talk "Licencia para ignorar: Por qué ya nadie lee el archivo LICENSE". https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=34 #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina

DebConf26 starts with Welcome to DebConf26: The DebConf organisation team welcomes you to the 27th edition of the yearly Debian community conference, at 10.00 AM DebConf Time (1 PM UTC) in Aula Magna - FADU followed at 10.30 AM DebConf Time by DebConf 101 and Continuous Keysigning Party kickoff at 11.30 AM. https://debconf26.debconf.org/schedule/?block=34 #debian #debconf26 #debconf #santafe #debianargentina