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Jim and Allan explain the benefits of a lithium iron phosphate “UPS”, whether it’s possible to delete every single copy of a file, and using Bluetooth in a Windows 11 VM.
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It’s a Christmas special! Our favourite festive foods and ones we dislike, when we buy presents, and our unusual traditions. With popey, Mark and Martin from Linux Matters, and Gary from Linux After Dark.
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It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2024 predictions, and make some new ones for 2025.
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We look back at what we wanted to happen in the Linux and FOSS world in 2024, and talk about what we want to happen in 2025.
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What it would take to reliably store data for a hundred years including Institutional funding and organization, decade-proof redundancy, multiple hot and cold copies,hedging your bets against multiple media, and more. Plus backing up ZFS without normal snapshots.
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It’s our 2024 review of Linux and open source news including the end of Linux on Mars, the xz backdoor, great stuff from GNOME and KDE, the WordPress fiasco, why the idea of decentralised social media started to catch on, Raspberry Pi’s IPO, and the inevitable Mozilla doom and gloom.
2024 Linux News in review
NASA Performs First Aircraft Accident Investigation on Another World
How one volunteer stopped a backdoor from exposing Linux systems worldwide
Introducing Canonical’s Open Documentation Academy
GNOME Added Many New Features This Year Amid Foundation Woes
KDE MegaRelease 6 – KDE Community
Asking for donations in Plasma
I think the donation notification works
Automattic vs WP Engine: WordPress wars heat up
Mullenweg’s WordPress Pause Triggers Unexpected Complications
What drama should I create in 2025?
Meta connects Threads to the Fediverse
Starting today, people using Threads in 100+ countries can turn on sharing to the fediverse
Extending our Mastodon social media trial – BBC R&D
Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media
Raspberry Pi is going public to expand its range of tiny computers
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W on sale now at $7
Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor on sale now
Raspberry Pi value surges past one billion on US buying
Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo
Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers
Mozilla Welcomes Anonym: Privacy Preserving Digital Advertising
Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
Proposed contractual remedies in United States v. Google threaten vital role of independent browsers
Our remedies proposal in DOJ’s search distribution case
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We explore the line between developer and sysadmin and come to the conclusion that despite the clear difference between the roles, there is a lot of crossover when it comes to skills and character traits.
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
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Red Hat donates a bunch of container tools to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and we are broadly positive about it. Plus some of our highlights from the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 conferences.
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Red Hat to Contribute Comprehensive Container Tools Collection to Cloud Native Computing Foundation
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 day one: keynotes, sessions, announcements, and more
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 Day 2: keynotes, announcements and more
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 Day 3: Keynotes, announcements and more
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Windows ssh is sending more telemetry than you might think, Let’s Encrypt will offer 6 days certificates, a PSA about domains that don’t send emails, and performance issues in a Synology NAS.
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Winter 2024 Roundup: Storage and Network Diagnostics
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ssh on Windows sends telemetry
Let’s Encrypt to offer 6 day certs
Important reminder, if you own a domain name and don’t use it for sending email
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