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passthejoe

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Journalist, itinerant programmer, picker, grinner. #Debian and #Fedora #Silverblue on the desktop, #AlmaLinux, #Fedora, #OpenBSD and #FreeBSD on the server. Husband, father, amateur gardener, cat herder, large appliance tinkerer.

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passthejoe, to linux
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Ubuntu 24.04 Beta Delayed Due To XZ Nightmare - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-Beta-Delayed

passthejoe, to linux
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Do you want to do it?

xz-utils backdoor: how to get started | Kali Linux Blog https://www.kali.org/blog/xz-backdoor-getting-started/

passthejoe, to linux
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How one volunteer stopped a backdoor from exposing Linux systems worldwide - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119342/xz-utils-linux-backdoor-attempt

passthejoe, to random
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I gave GNOME Snapshot a try recently. I was not impressed

Ubuntu 24.04 Swaps Cheese for GNOME Snapshot - OMG! Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/ubuntu-24-04-swaps-cheese-snapshot-webcam-app

passthejoe, to linux
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The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/

passthejoe, to random
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Internet speeds 1.2 million times faster than the US average are possible using the current fibre optic cable network. How does 301,000,000 Mbps sound? | PC Gamer https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/internet-speeds-12-million-times-faster-than-the-us-average-are-possible-using-the-current-fibre-optic-cable-network-how-does-301000000-mbps-sound/

passthejoe, to random
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From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services https://www.engadget.com/from-its-start-gmail-conditioned-us-to-trade-privacy-for-free-services-120009741.html

vwbusguy, to random
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I got the news that my mom unexpectedly passed today, so I won't be posting as much in the coming days...

passthejoe,
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@vwbusguy My condolences

passthejoe, to linux
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Ubuntu 24.04 Makes Tiny Tweak to Hugely Improve Gaming - OMG! Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/ubuntu-24-04-makes-a-small-tweak-that-dramatically-improves-gaming

passthejoe, to random
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This is a crazy, crazy story (with a gift link)

NYTimes: Why Did This Guy Put a Song About Me on Spotify? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/magazine/spotify-matt-farley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.K8bV.7TzCNOoARuAH&ugrp=c

passthejoe, to random
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How OpenBSD is dealing with the xz problem (as seen on the OpenBSD.ports mailing list). This package is not in the base system (it is on my laptop, though):

'Re: archivers/xz: update to 5.6.1' - MARC https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=171174950828153&w=2

passthejoe,
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@morgant @mattdm TBH, I'm surprised this wasn't discussed on OpenBSD.misc.

I don't usually go to the OpenBSD.ports mailing list, but I had a feeling there might be something about it.

I'm no insider, but the base system in OpenBSD is highly scrutinized, and ports/packages not as much. It would be impossible to do so. (I really don't know how the project has so many packages, but it's very helpful.)

passthejoe, to random
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The non-tech media wades into the xz disaster:

Thwarted supply-chain hack sets off alarm bells across DC - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/31/thwarted-supply-chain-hack-alarm-bells-00149877

passthejoe, to random
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All about the xz-utils backdoor | Kali Linux Blog https://www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/

passthejoe, to random
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Neovim: Embrace a Personalized Development Environment https://spin.atomicobject.com/personalize-development-neovim/

passthejoe, to random
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Linux maintainers assess blast radius of xz-utils backdoor https://www.thestack.technology/xz-utils-github-repository-disabled-as-linux-maintainers-assess-blast-radius-of-backdoor-earlier-commits/

passthejoe, to random
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My Vim-Verse: The Backbone of My Workflow | ssp.sh https://www.ssp.sh/blog/my-vimverse/

passthejoe, to random
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I cannot figure out the point of this:

The Case Against Rocky Linux | HackerNoon https://hackernoon.com/the-case-against-rocky-linux

evan, (edited ) to random
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Is Socratic irony a good way to engage in conversation?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Socratic_irony

passthejoe,
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@evan It helps if you're Socrates, or on his level. Otherwise it can be annoying.

passthejoe, to firefox
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The OpenBSD developer(s) responsible for Firefox keep the package up to day in -stable.

passthejoe, to RaspberryPi
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I moved my Shinobi blog to the home server (Raspberry Pi 4B)

https://stevenrosenberg.net/feed.xml

passthejoe,
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@mangelucci Developer Bradley Taunt recently moved everything.

Here is the repo:

https://git.btxx.org/shinobi

And here is Bradley's blog, which has most of the instructions for how to set it up:

https://shinobi.btxx.org/feed.xml

Particularly this entry:

https://shinobi.btxx.org/posts/create-your-own-shinobi-website.txt

passthejoe,
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@mangelucci The way it works is that the entries are served as .txt files, and it's meant to be consumed in an RSS feed reader, though you can see it in a normal web browser.

I'm not quite sure how the styling works -- there's an rss.xsl file that I think takes care of it.

Bradley coded a way to wrap the lines at 72 characters, but that doesn't look right on phone browsers. So I went back to not using the line-wrapping version.

It does look great in the RSS reader in Thunderbird.

passthejoe, to random
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20 years of Gmail -Victoria Song/The Verge https://www.theverge.com/24113616/gmail-email-20-years-old-internet

passthejoe, to guitar
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The Gibson ES-335 has been played by greats including Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Larry Carlton – here’s why guitarists can’t get enough of the iconic semi-hollow | Guitar World https://www.guitarworld.com/features/gibson-es-335-why-guitarists-cant-get-enough-of-the-iconic-semi-hollow

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