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Apr 27, 2024

Kernel Panic Messages Are Completely Broken

A lot of people seem to think kernel panic messages just work if the kernel panics but in most situations you aren't going to anything at all but there is work going in to place to fix these.

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==========Resources==========
6.10 Patch Set: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/[email protected]/T/#u
Linux Patch Set: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg487683.html
Config VT Linux: https://www.phoronix.com/news/MTQ2ODI
2021 Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/njlr5n/life_without_config_vty_in_2021_on_the_desktop/
2022 Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/sycbn0/showstoppers_in_desktop_linux_without_vts_in_2022/
2023 Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10eccv9/config_vtn_in_2023/
Scrollback Removal: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAHk-=whe4ZdTdCebneWqC4gSQZwsVJ5-Emg0BucOGCwPhOAJpw@mail.gmail.com/
2016 DRM Panic: https://www.phoronix.com/news/DRM-Panic-Handling
2011 DRM Panic: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OTI0MA
Oops Viewer: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kernel-Oops-Viewer-2019

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Apr 27, 2024

56 9:40

Apr 26, 2024

Intel ARC Battlemage Hasn't Been Cancelled... Yet

2 years ago we saw the launch of Intel ARC Alchemist and it was interesting at the time but not something I was going to buy but since we haven't really heard much, at least until some driver updates came into the kernel.

==========Resources==========
Twitch AV1: https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2024/01/08/introducing-the-enhanced-broadcasting-beta/
Tech Radar Post: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/intels-progress-with-battlemage-is-rumored-to-be-sluggish-and-2nd-gen-arc-gpus-may-not-arrive-until-2025
PC Gamer Article: https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-battlemage-what-to-expect/
Linux Kernel Mailing List: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2024-April/348477.html

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Apr 26, 2024

44 11:05

Apr 25, 2024

Github's Hilariously Simple Malware Exploit

What if there was a way to inject files into an otherwise completely safe project, well it turns out there was an exploit in the way that Github was handling adding files to it's CDN

==========Resources==========
Bleeping Computer Post: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-comments-abused-to-push-malware-via-microsoft-repo-urls/
McAfee Post: https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/redline-stealer-a-novel-approach/
OpenAnalysis Report: https://research.openanalysis.net/github/lua/2024/03/03/lua-malware.html

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Apr 25, 2024

47 14:29

Apr 23, 2024

Long Ago GNOME Was A GNU Project!?!?

You may have heard that GNOME is an acronym and at one point that as certainly true but that can't be said any longer however when it was the GNU Object Model Environment it was also part of the GNU ecosystem.

==========Resources==========
GNOME Announcement: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/1997-August/msg00123.html
GNOME About: https://web.archive.org/web/20130627062300/https://www.gnome.org/about/
GNU Listing: https://web.archive.org/web/20210415030634/http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
Stallman GNOME: https://web.archive.org/web/20070620150238/http://hardwarelogic.com/news/143/ARTICLE/1410/2007-05-28.html
Email Thread: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2009-December/msg00021.html
McGovern Twitter: https://twitter.com/nmcgovern/status/1382360647464316931
Blog Post: https://blog.halon.org.uk/2019/09/gnome-foundation-relationship-gnu-fsf/
GNOME Post: https://twitter.com/gnome/status/1382361929981825024

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Apr 23, 2024

58 19:54

Apr 22, 2024

Every Linux Distro Must Learn From XZ

The recent incident with XZ has garnered a lot of attention and with that hopefully is going to act as a chance to learn how to better handle future events like to further mitigate the damages

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OpenSUSE Post: https://news.opensuse.org/2024/04/12/learn-from-the-xz-backdoor/

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Apr 22, 2024

66 11:24

Apr 22, 2024

Every Modern CPU Is Still Fundamentally Broken

For the past 6 years we've been dealing with the Spectre vulnerability and it's following mitigation implementations and people complain and performance being lost but really that performance never should have existed in the first place.

==========Resources==========
Bleepingcomputer Aticle: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-spectre-v2-attack-impacts-linux-systems-on-intel-cpus/
AMD Security Bulletin: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7018.html
Intel CVE: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/branch-history-injection.html
New CVE: https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155143
Intel Table: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/topic-technology/software-security-guidance/processors-affected-consolidated-product-cpu-model.html
Phoronix 1: https://www.phoronix.com/review/spectre-meltdown-2
Phoronix 2: https://www.phoronix.com/review/3-years-specmelt
Phoronix 3: https://www.phoronix.com/review/retbleed-benchmark
Phoronix 4: https://www.phoronix.com/review/spectre-bhi-retpoline/2
Phoronix 5: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-rc4-x86-urgent

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Apr 22, 2024

70 19:25

Apr 20, 2024

SQLite Has The Greatest Code of Conduct

Back when SQLite first introduced there new Code of Conduct or now the Code Of Ethics it had a lot of drama surrounding it and recently it's been making the rounds again so I thought why not talk about whether I follow the The Rule.

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SQLite Code Of Ethics: https://sqlite.org/codeofethics.html

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Apr 20, 2024

106 14:49

Apr 18, 2024

Linux Users Can Never Stop Winning

Every time I notice what's happening in Windows land I'm so very happy to be a Linux user, it seems like every update things are only getting worse and worse over there.

==========Resources==========
Verge Article: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations
Windows Update: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations
Pcworld Article 1: https://www.pcworld.com/article/1668041/ads-in-the-windows-11-start-menu-are-definitely-coming.html
Pcworld Article 2: https://www.pcworld.com/article/1373805/the-windows-11-start-menu-is-microsofts-latest-advertising-space.html
Twitter Post 1: https://twitter.com/thebookisclosed/status/1589350496711495680
Twitter Post 2: https://twitter.com/flobo09/status/1502645866204704773
Pcworld Article 3: https://www.pcworld.com/article/623335/microsoft-says-we-werent-supposed-to-see-windows-file-explorer-ads.html
Pcworld Article 4: https://www.pcworld.com/article/627401/new-windows-11-update-restores-one-click-browser-choice-mostly.html
Pcworld Article 5: https://www.pcworld.com/article/419870/7-ways-windows-10-pushes-ads-at-you-and-how-to-stop-them.html

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Apr 18, 2024

61 19:34

Apr 18, 2024

This ZSH Plugin Manager Is Really SUS

I don't know if there is actually anything malicious about this project but after digging into the zsh plugin manager zi it does look a little bit sus and maube it's best to avoid it.

==========Resources==========
Dylan Nugent Thread: https://recurse.social/@dylnuge/112224580867240812
Zdharma Vanishes: https://www.reddit.com/r/zsh/comments/qinb6j/httpsgithubcomzdharma_has_suddenly_disappeared_i/
Zinit Continuum: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit
Z-shell Website: https://wiki.zshell.dev/

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Apr 18, 2024

73 13:04

Apr 16, 2024

Reproducible Builds: Final Step In FOSS Validation

Every so often I hear the term reproducible build but I had never actually looked into what I meant so here we go then

==========Resources==========
Morten Blog: https://linderud.dev/blog/nixos-is-not-reproducible/
Reproducible Definition: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/definition/
Reproducible Projects: https://reproducible-builds.org/who/projects/
Fedora Revivial: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/report-from-the-reproducible-builds-hackfest-during-flock-2023/87469

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Apr 16, 2024

98 13:28

Apr 15, 2024

Linux Is A Castle Built On A Mountain Of Sand

Whilst there's a lot of well maintained software out there in the FOSS world it's important to remember that a lot of it doesn't see much maintenance as such it's not too strange to see bugs pop up that really make no sense whatsoever

==========Resources==========
Github Article: https://github.blog/2023-10-09-coordinated-disclosure-1-click-rce-on-gnome-cve-2023-43641/
Libcue: https://github.com/lipnitsk/libcue
Tracker Miners: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners

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Apr 15, 2024

89 15:15

Apr 14, 2024

5 Reasons KDE Plasma Is Actually Awesome

Some people seem to think that I hate KDE Plasma after my prior videos but that couldn't be further from the truth, I think it's a great environment but it has some rough edges so instead let's talk about whats good in it.

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Apr 14, 2024

101 12:33

Apr 13, 2024

Every Linux Distro Should Set This One Value!!

Linux gaming has only been getting better and better but even so there's still issues that need to be resolved and this one change to vm max map count is going to massively improve some games.

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The Command: sysctl -a | grep max_map_count

Arch Mailing List: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/7I4PNTZNRKUYFATOKXU3P6LKL33H5PMW/
Fedora Change: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/IncreaseVmMaxMapCount
NixOS Change: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/238459
Ubuntu 24.04 Change: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/ubuntu-2404-increases-vm-max-map-count-for-smoother-linux-gaming/
Linux Kernel Mailing List: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/566168554.272637693.1710968734203.JavaMail.root@zimbra54-e10.priv.proxad.net/
Phoronix Article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-vm.max_map_count

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Apr 13, 2024

111 15:28

Apr 12, 2024

Regarding The Hyprland & Vaxry Situation

Recently there a situation between Vaxry the developer of Hyprland and Lyude Paul a member of the Freedesktop Board and Code of Conduct enforcement team and the best way to describe this is an absolute hellscape of arguments.

==========Resources==========
Initial Post: https://fosstodon.org/@TheEvilSkeleton/109587658504727925
Tech Over Tea Appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskemNa_Kn4
Drew First Blog: https://drewdevault.com/2023/09/17/Hyprland-toxicity.html
OpenSUSE Package: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1111755#revision_details_2
Vaxry First Post: https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2023-hyprlandsCommunity
Vaxry Second Post: https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2023-hyprlandCommunityChanges
Hyprland Code Of Conduct: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
Vaxry Third Post: https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2024-fdo-and-redhat
Vaxry Fourth Post: https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2024-fdo-and-redhat2
Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1bzna16/hyprland_creator_vaxry_is_now_banned_from/
Drew Second Post: https://drewdevault.com/2024/04/09/2024-04-09-FDO-conduct-enforcement.html
Nicco Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjTdroiDCtc

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Apr 12, 2024

92 14:27

Apr 11, 2024

Nvidia's Biggest Wayland Flaw Is Almost FIXED!!

I've been hearing about explicit sycn for years, and it looks like the problem is at most a few months away being resolved and finally you'll be able to effectively use an NVIDIA GPU on Wayland

==========Resources==========
LWN Article: https://lwn.net/Articles/814587/
Collabora Article: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2022/06/09/bridging-the-synchronization-gap-on-linux/
New Protocol: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/90
Phoronix Articel: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Wayland-Explicit-Sync-Goal
Xaver Hugl Blog: https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2024/04/05/explicit-sync.html
Old Protocol: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/commit/19ec5dcc4b1d57ce5dd8e400b5e9b4ec5791ff06

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Apr 11, 2024

91 13:50

Apr 09, 2024

KDE Plasma "Tiling" Is Neat But Isn't Tiling

If there's one thing I'm an expert in it's tiling, and I'm here to say that what KDE Plasma does is not tiling, however that doesn't mean it's bad and it can be made much better even without implementing tiling.

Yes I'm gatekeeping the definition of tiling

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Apr 09, 2024

82 9:51

Apr 08, 2024

Ubuntu Tries To Compete With Red Hat Linux!!

Ubuntu Linux whilst being massive in the desktop space also exists in the corporate space but i many ways was dropping the ball compared to Red Hat and SUSE

==========Resources==========
Ubuntu Pro Beta: https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-pro-beta-release
Ubuntu Pro GA: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-pro-enters-ga
Red Hat Support Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
Ubuntu Legacy Support: https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-expands-long-term-support-to-12-years-starting-with-ubuntu-14-04-lts

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Apr 08, 2024

108 12:29

Apr 08, 2024

The Grifters Of The Linux XZ Backdoor

Any time anything happens in the world grifters crawl out to explain how this would have never happened if you followed there best practices but they always tend to miss the mark and the XZ backdoor is no different.

==========Resources==========
Mastodon Post: https://chaos.social/@rugk/112186994466015883
OpenSSF: https://openssf.org/blog/2024/03/30/xz-backdoor-cve-2024-3094/

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Apr 08, 2024

86 11:31

Apr 05, 2024

Flathub's Unverified Badge Feels Pointless

For a while now Flathub has provided a verification system for applications but recently they added an unverified badge to unverified apps but if I'm being honest I feel like it doesn't provide any use.

==========Resources==========
Verfication Addition: https://github.com/flathub-infra/website/commit/5aae6b759b15ae26c155a0c8c18f13ca0da29ee3
Verified Website: https://news.itsfoss.com/verified-flatpak-apps/
Flathub Verfied: https://flathub.org/apps/collection/verified/1
Verified Docs: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-users/verification/
Flathub Post: https://floss.social/@flathub/112175755723668238

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Apr 05, 2024

92 17:06

Apr 04, 2024

Will Fedora Linux Go Full KDE Plasma!?!

When you think of Fedora workstation you think of GNOME, but does that have to be the case or is there a world where KDE Plasma is the flagship desktop instead, well maybe that world is this one.

==========Resources==========
Joshua Strobl Post: https://joshuastrobl.social/@me/112197620423915344
Fedora Proposal: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation
Fedora Discussion: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-plasma-workstation-system-wide/111343
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Apr 03, 2024

The Open Source Software Supply Chain Isn't REAL!!

Everytime something bad happens in the open source world there is talks of securing the Open Source software supply chain, the issue here is all the people building this software are mostly unpaid volunteers who have 0 interest in following your corporate rules.

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Apr 03, 2024

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Apr 02, 2024

A Neat Linux Kernel Feature You Will Never Use

It's easy to forget that the main use for Linux is in the business world as such a bunch of changes get made that don't really matter for the desktop user but in some cases they may actually be useful

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Mailing List: https://patchew.org/linux/[email protected]/
USB Authorization: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-USB-Authorized-Mode

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Apr 02, 2024

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Apr 01, 2024

The REAL Truth About Wayland

Wayland is set to be an important graphical protocol going into the future of Linux but does that really make sense and is there perhaps more going on than we initially thought.

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Mar 31, 2024

The XZ Linux Backdoor Is Incredibly BAD!!

Of all the times for a massive vulnerability to come out did it have to be over the Easter Weekend, I just wanted to take a break and here we are talking about state sponsored attacks on the XZ compression library.

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Red Hat Report: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users
Debian Repotrt: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html
Arch Linux Report: https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
OSS Mailing List: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
CVE 2024 3094: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094

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Mar 31, 2024

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Mar 29, 2024

KDE Global Themes Are Changing For The Better!!

After the recent KDE Global theme situation things need to change with how KDE handles global themes thand thankfully that seems to be happening with a couple of pretty reasonable additions

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New Message: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/knewstuff/-/merge_requests/304
Nate MR: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/knewstuff/-/merge_requests/305
Screenlocker: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreenlocker/-/merge_requests/209

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