I don’t have a source but I think it is safe to say given the large corporations and government institutions that rely on XZ utils. I’m sure Microsoft, Amazon, redhat ect are in talks with the federal government about this
The drm-free marketing that gog does has been successful, but it is just marketing. While It’s true that games sold on gog are drm-free, every game sold on gog that I’ve looked into is also drm-free on steam. The only real benefit is that the gog installers are more convenient for backups than using a steam back up tool.
You think Nintendo is just going to stop? They can get an easy couple of million now by going after anyone with an emulator. I’m sure they could even go after discontinued console emulators too now they have a shitty service to play their old games.
They were not actively enabling piracy at all. Piracy discussion was banned on all their platforms as well as any information on how to get software title keys illegally. They did everything right and were still bullied out of 2.4 million
FOSS emulator developers need to learn that since the DMCA was passed, the state is hostile to them. It isn’t fair and it doesn’t matter that the Sony v Bleep lawsuit set precedence that emulators are legal because the DMCA is so vague that a judge can rule can rule it is impossible to legally emulate copy protected games. Developers need to start exclusively contributing and maintaining their projects through a pseudonym with no ties to their real identity or move to countries where shit like this doesn’t happen.
Today the KDE Community is announcing a new najor release of Plasma 6.0, and Gear 24.02. KDE Plasma is a modern, feature-rich desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems. Known for its sleek design, customizable interface, and extensive set of applications, it is also open source, devoid of ads, and makes protecting...
Aqua Nautilus researchers have identified a security issue that arises from the interaction between Ubuntu’s command-not-found package and the snap package repository. While command-not-found serves as a convenient tool for suggesting installations for uninstalled commands, it can be inadvertently manipulated by attackers...
Only appimages follow that model and the problem being solved is real and has nothing to do with any of that. The problem being solved is the huge amount of wasted work that distributions do by having to package and support every single project in existence for their various targets. Giving developers a single target like the freedesktop.org runtimes (in the case of flatpaks) and having them package and support applications is a much simpler and more efficient model.
A noob shouldn’t have to think about any of this. They would install from gnome software or discover and not know the difference between flatpaks or rpms or debs.
Hello, very simple question. I am doing my first build and about to order my parts, but I was wondering if the 7800XT is worth the leap and possible long-term gains over the 6700XT? I wanted to know personal experience from normal people, rather than a bunch of tech youtubers. Also if you use Linux, that would be quite helpful.
In a better society, doctors that deliberately spread false medical information would be dragged out into the streets and executed. (hexbear.net)
twitter.com/KenDBerryMD/…/1773696063725006958
backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise (www.openwall.com)
GOG basically acknowledges piracy in a meme (slrpnk.net)
Linux Mobile Distro postmarketOS Adopts systemd to Better Support GNOME, KDE Plasma (9to5linux.com)
Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software (www.tomshardware.com)
Switch emulator creator settles Nintendo lawsuit for $2.4m (www.videogameschronicle.com)
web.archive.org/web/20240304185214/…/releases
Yuzu developers agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages to Nintendo to settle their lawsuit (storage.courtlistener.com)
Everyone in the emulation scene can breathe a sigh of relief.
KDE Plasma 6.0, and KDE Gear 24.02 released (kde.org)
Today the KDE Community is announcing a new najor release of Plasma 6.0, and Gear 24.02. KDE Plasma is a modern, feature-rich desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems. Known for its sleek design, customizable interface, and extensive set of applications, it is also open source, devoid of ads, and makes protecting...
Why use immutable Linux ? And which one ?
What are the pros and cons for desktops ? EDIT : Thanks all. I’ll try Silverblue, bazzite and more.
Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox (arstechnica.com)
Snap Trap: The Hidden Dangers Within Ubuntu's Package Suggestion System (www.aquasec.com)
Aqua Nautilus researchers have identified a security issue that arises from the interaction between Ubuntu’s command-not-found package and the snap package repository. While command-not-found serves as a convenient tool for suggesting installations for uninstalled commands, it can be inadvertently manipulated by attackers...
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
SilverBullet: a self-hosted personal knowledge management system for people with a hacker mindset (silverbullet.md)
6700XT vs 7800XT (First Build)
Hello, very simple question. I am doing my first build and about to order my parts, but I was wondering if the 7800XT is worth the leap and possible long-term gains over the 6700XT? I wanted to know personal experience from normal people, rather than a bunch of tech youtubers. Also if you use Linux, that would be quite helpful.