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sjvn

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Top business & technology journalist & analyst with a fondness for dogs, cats, music, theater & books based in Asheville, NC.

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Winamp is not going open source. Here's what it is doing - and why https://zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/winamp-is-not-going-open-source-heres-what-it-is-doing-and-why/ by @sjvn

Yes, I know what the headlines say; Don't believe them. is not going to be

sjvn, to random
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All this and more!

sjvn, to random
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Let the snuggling begin!

video/mp4

sjvn, to linux
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Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix https://zdnet.com/article/are-all-linux-vendor-kernels-insecure-a-new-study-says-yes-but-theres-a-fix/ by @sjvn

#Linux experts have long known that enterprise Linux distros have #security problems; now we have hard evidence of those problems and an answer for them

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The top three Linux 6.9 kernel upgrades https://zdnet.com/article/the-three-top-linux-6-9-kernel-improvements/ by @sjvn

Here's my pick of 6.9's best three upgrades.

sjvn, to random
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Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places https://zdnet.com/article/where-are-floppy-disks-today-planes-trains-and-all-these-other-places/ by @sjvn

Floppy disks live!

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Tech question: What do all of you use for an email provider (or providers) besides Gmail?

sjvn,
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@dtgeek I still run my servers. I used many servers over the years, starting with Sendmail, but these days, I like Postfix and Covecot for the backend, and if you want a web client, Roundcube is a good choice.

sjvn, to linux
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Everything you wanted to know about #SELinux but were afraid to run https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/everything-wanted-know-selinux-afraid-run…… by @sjvn

Getting SELinux to work can be a PITA, but isn't #Linux #Security worth some trouble?

sjvn, to linux
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Three Reasons DevOps Should Consider Rocky 9.4 https://devops.com/three-reasons-devops-should-consider-rocky-linux-9-4/ by @sjvn

The Rocky Linux shortlist: Improved security, better cloud images, and up-to-date developer tools.

sjvn, to random
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See! It's easy to tell if the code is open source!

sjvn, to opensource
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Winamp is not going open source. Here's what it is doing - and why https://zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/winamp-is-not-going-open-source-heres-what-it-is-doing-and-why/ by @sjvn

Yes, I know what the headlines say; Don't believe them. is not going to be .

sjvn,
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@aho Ah, ues the son of XMMS. I like it.

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First, Facebook, now Calculator! What am I doing wrong!?

sjvn, to linux
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Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix https://zdnet.com/article/are-all-linux-vendor-kernels-insecure-a-new-study-says-yes-but-theres-a-fix/ by @sjvn

experts have long known that enterprise Linux kernels have problems, but now we have hard evidence of those problems and an answer for them

sjvn, to linux
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The top three Linux 6.9 kernel upgrades https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-three-top-linux-6-9-kernel-improvements/ by @sjvn

Here's my pick of 6.9's best three upgrades.

sjvn, to random
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Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places https://zdnet.com/article/where-are-floppy-disks-today-planes-trains-and-all-these-other-places/ by @sjvn

Floppy disks live!

sjvn, to random
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Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places https://zdnet.com/article/where-are-floppy-disks-today-planes-trains-and-all-these-other-places/ by @sjvn

Floppy disks live!

sjvn, to random
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Sometimes, it's nice to listen to some good, old 60s pop-rock from The Monkees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqeSJlgaNk

sjvn, to random
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Who needed gladiatorial combat when spelling bees were life and death?

sjvn, to linux
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Everything you wanted to know about but were afraid to run https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/everything-wanted-know-selinux-afraid-run by @sjvn

Yes, getting SELinux to work can be a PITA, but isn't worth some trouble?

sjvn,
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@aho I find AppArmor to do a decent job, and it's Much easier than SELinux.

sjvn,
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@aho Have you tried: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/apparmor/

sjvn,
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@nickserv SELinux is when you really, really need to lock a system down. On those occasions, you need a sledge hammer. For most of the rest of the time, I recommend AppArmor.

sjvn, to random
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Three Reasons DevOps Should Consider Rocky Linux 9.4 https://devops.com/three-reasons-devops-should-consider-rocky-linux-9-4/ by @sjvn

The Rocky short list: Improved security, better cloud images, and up-to-date developer tools.

sjvn, to random
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Update your Chrome browser ASAP. Google has confirmed a zero-day exploited in the wild https://zdnet.com/article/update-your-chrome-browser-asap-google-has-confirmed-a-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ by @sjvn

This nasty bug is also present--and needs to be patched--in Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, and all the other Chromium-base

sjvn,
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@quixote I'm glad you got it worked out.

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