… one also likes beauty and simplicity… this tutorial has not exactly grown into beauty – rather the beauty has grown into a beast and just as with software beyond a certain point – it needs to be split into […]
intro: it seems very relevant to have the late as possible kernel up and running: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-cache-invalidation-bug-in-linux.html first: backup your system! on boot time under “Advanced” you can chose to boot the old kernel – never the less – backup your […]
Thanks for powerfull Open Source software such as blender! (back in the ATARI days spend all money on a mathematical co-processor for the Falcon 030, so was able to run the super expensive (750,- BUCKS !!! in 1995) “Neon 3D […]
Open Source is about enabling users “Amazon, Microsoft, Google” and the White House, want to help make Open Source more secure… https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-150-millionen-us-dollar-sollen-open-source-absichern-2205-165382.html https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-linux-foundation-will-security-praxis-vereinheitlichen-2008-150036.html src of src: “White House OSS Mobilization Plan” 2022: https://openssf.org/blog/2022/05/11/testimony-to-the-us-house-committee-on-science-and-technology/ 2020: “The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! also: NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up […]
not employed by Oracle in any kind, the only advantage VirtualBox (still) has over all the other virtualization systems: was designed to be cross OS from the start and does that pretty well. Holy Crap! Google (crazy guys) ported KVM […]
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Browser, or simply Firefox, is a free and open–source (src: Wikipedia) web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. even when mozilla is (financially) having a tough time, security should be everyone’s top […]
while not officially supported no drivers here: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/bamboo-support works out of the box on CentOS7/Rhel7, Kernel 4.15.9 THIS WORKS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 🙂 THANKS ALL INVOLVED! # what os do i have? hostnamectl Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS […]
update: 2023-08 software support wise that 32bit ARMv7 xu4 SoC has aged EXTREMELY WELL 😀 thanks all involved! (check prices on ebay) here is the “official” ArmBian (Debian 12 “bookworm” for ARM) image for the odroid xu4 “inofficial” Debian 12 […]
update: 2021-08: hurd ain’t dead http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git/ how to get it running? src: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/stable/hurd-i386/README.txt downloads: kvm qemu vm image: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/11.0/hurd-i386/ iso: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/stable/hurd-i386/ Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 “Bullseye” – Unofficial hurd-i386 20210812 Welcome to the exciting world of Debian GNU/Hurd This directory […]
latest kernel related security problems can be found here… -> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/linux newsletter subsribe: https://tracker.debian.org/accounts/login/ also https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git http://www.securityfocus.com/ http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?c=11&op=display_threads&ListID=1&limit=30&offset=0&date=2017-06-20&mode=threaded https://cve.mitre.org/index.html https://twitter.com/CVEnew/ https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
it is interesting to see what kernel+filesystem the distributions rely on. Kernels: While CentOS is still on 3.10, Debian is believing in 3.16, and SUSE is “latest” with it’s 4.4 Version kernel. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/linux-kernel-4-0-new-features https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Linux-Kernel-macht-Versionssprung-auf-4-0-2557302.html you can upgrade with Debian to […]
updates are a bless (fixes to problems, keep system secure from hackerz) but also a curse (it might break things) on systems that follow the UNIX K.I.S.S principle, they should “just work”, to the extreme of (kernel) live patching (currently […]
versus is the wrong word. They are both great great GNU Linux distributions with a different focus and imho the perfect combination. Debian (apt based) “the universal operating system” (because has great hardware compatibility amd64 (64Bit intel) arm64 armel armhf […]
imho: CentOS is a rock solid server operating system. Why is CentOS perfect for servers? a server (usually) is build for a specific purpose and should have as little software installed as possible (more software = more reliability, speed and […]
https://youtu.be/LC0aSk6HEsw first of all: i (still) love VirtualBox. The ability to migrate VMs between Windows and Linux servers is really cool, and it is still free to use. NO other Virtualization software can do that! 🙂 and that is exactly […]
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! BACKUP BEFORE UPDATING ANYTHING! it is also recommended, to do extensive testing of updates on a 1:1 test-system before updating production! while security is important so is speed/availability/uptime/downtime. upgrades especially of kernel and virtualbox need to be […]
Update: as of 2019-01 and CentOS 7.6 the below setup may fail by now, for those reasons… BUT you CAN compile the latest kernel and all modules yourself (DON’T BE SHOCKED! YOU CAN DO IT! IT’S NOT ROCKET SIENCE!… just […]
update: 2018.04 PaleMoon archive Server HACKED! “A malicious party gained access to the at the time Windows-based archive server” (src) oh gosh! ? GO USE CENTOS DEBIAN AND LATEST KERNEL NOW! “malware dropper tracked by ESET as Win32/ClipBanker.DY” (steals bitcoins) […]
update: 2019-01 if you are having trouble getting VirtualBox Additions to run on your guest vm, you might want to checkout this article and compile your own kernel. how to compile latest kernel under debian: https://dwaves.de/2017/06/28/debian-compiling-the-latest-kernel-compile-customize-kernel-download-install-linux-kernel-headers/ it is a little […]
since 2022: ARM in the datacenter for example Gigabyte R272-P33 in the ARM Ampere Altra Max Version: 2HE All-NVMe Server happyware.com) while Ampere Altra ARM CPUswere geekbenched a bit NO ONE GEEKBENCHED THIS SERVER YET! 😀 BE THE FIRST! 😀 […]
this blog does not get tired of testing Android ROMS that enhance privacy 🙂 (actually it would be nice, if software support for those devices is at least 10 years X-D because it is a constant tiresome race) Yes it […]
vendors & users can do: keep firmware and apps as up to date as possible this requires that vendors also publish patches for critical security problems for old devices (!!! AVM Fritz does it, Samsung & Apple can too!) install […]
want to see what’s going on in the Open Source part of Android OS? alternative “free” hardware: let’s face it, maybe a dream setup would be: either: de-googled phone WITH MICRO AUDIO JACK (or it can not be used to […]
want to see what’s going on in the Open Source part of Android OS? e-OS is available for many many (but not all) devices here is a detailed review of the ROM in terms of privacy. IT IS AN EXCELLENT […]
scientists predict human leven AI by 2047 so DON’T HOLD THE BREATH What is GPT4All-J?: An Apache-2 Licensed Assistant-Style Chatbot What is Mistral Orca? https://huggingface.co/ “The AI community building the future.” “The platform where the machine learning community collaborates on […]
so every android user is in a hurry to update update update to Google’s latest firmware because of it’s security issues really would like to see a smart phone that can run almost unchanged GNU Linux kernel 😀 (yes would […]
the user knows, here the user get’s only the tested howtos that truly work and save a massive amount of time, trying out all the non-working howtos X-D what is mongodb (written in C++, JavaScript, Python) In 2013, 10gen changed […]
in software development, testing needs to go as automated as possible and as fast as possible 😀 hostnamectl; Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-13-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 # tested with gcc –version gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0 PROGNAME=”string_pointer_const.c”;time gcc […]
how to fix sim card not working: PLEASE WITH SIM CARD INSERTED BOOT STOCK ROM AT LEAST ONCE! while still in stock rom insert sim card and TEST & CONFIRM that CALLING and INTERNET (LTE) are working (test if stock […]