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DM 32.1: Linux 6.0 Kernel now available in Arch iso All the goodness of Linux 6.0 prepackaged for Arch. Not much to say here. If you download it from the Arch website now, it is what you will get by default now. If you were already running Arch, you will already be on 6.0 by default. This is so that anyone who downloads it will have the benefits of the 6.0 kernel. All you need to do to make sure that you are up to date is to periodically run sudo pacman –Syu. It really is that simple in Arch and other distros based on it which run the Arch repositories. https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-release-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-0-is-now-available-for-download #distromonday #Linux #Arch #btwirunarch #lol #kernelupdate #TechFreedom Be reminded, God has your back. He will strengthen you if you lean on Him. He is your protector, if you will trust Him. He is Good. He is faithful. Choose to trust Him today. Straight up. Test Him. Prove Him. #distromonday #Truth #trustGod #Isaiah #restinHim #memesplanation #Tech Freedom DM 32.2: Linux Lite 6.2 Released As I covered a few weeks ago in an announcement, the lightweight Linux distro, based on Ubuntu 22.04LTS and XFCE 4.16 has been officially released. Here’s what is new: Upgrade utility 5.15 LTS Shotcut vs OpenShot video editor No more MS Teams Fixes to Lite Patch and Lite Sources Task Manager And More... https://9to5linux.com/linux-lite-6-2-officially-released-based-on-ubuntu-22-04-1-lts #distromonday #Linuxlite #Linux #updates #TechFreedom Freedom Consultation Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that. This is a FREE 90 minute call with me, where I will demo some varieties of Linux for you, some replacement apps, talk about degoogled phones, and give you links to how to start the process of taking control of your digital life online as well. https://techfreedom.pro/products/freedom-consultation #distromonday #TechFreedom #consultation #free DM 32.3: Arch Vs Manjaro – What’s the Difference? Arch is one of the Big Three Linux Distributions, the other two being Red Hat and Debian. These are the Big Three in the Linux world. That means that these are some of the most consequential of the built-from-scratch distributions out there. Arch is about 20 years old, and is built on the KISS method (Keep It Simple, Stupid). It is a bare-bones option that allows you to build your Linux the way you want, but you have to know what you are doing. The reason for that is that sometimes if you look at an Arch build funny, it can break. Manjaro is based on Arch, but think of it as Arch with training wheels. It is meant to be Arch simplicity, plus user-friendliness. GUI-based tweaking tools, and a pre-done desktop, with any of the main desktop environments out there, from KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and a handful of window managers as well. Manjaro is far easier to install, offering a GUI installer based on the Calamares Installer, where Arch is entirely command-line based installer. Manjaro is just like almost any other mainline distribution, with Arch, you have to understand it all and walk through each step. However, in doing that, you will have full control of your system and understand your system far more than you would using say, Manjaro. Being based on Arch, which is a rolling release model, Manjaro is as well. Manjaro adds extra layers of testing to add greater stability to the Arch base. Arch is bleeding edge in terms of new packages, and does have an unstable branch to do preliminary testing with brand new packages when they are submitted by their respective developers. All of Manjaro’s extra testing should make it more stable than its Arch base, but it doesn’t actually do that. The AUR, which I mentioned last Tuesday, is the thing that sets Arch apart from the rest of the Linux world, including Manjaro, by default, at any rate. It provides just about any package available, maintained by users worldwide, but these are not guaranteed by the Arch team, and can cause greater instability in your system. This article states that Arch is roughly as stable as Manjaro, however, it isn’t. Unless you are a major tinkerer and have the patience to learn how to install and configure Arch by hand, I do not recommend it it for new users in the least. Manjaro, however, as it is far easier to install and use, I encourage people to check out all of the time. That is not to say that it doesn’t have its own set of issues and problems, though. However, that is not within the scope of this piece. https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-vs-manjaro/ #distromonday #Linux #Arch #Manjaro #huh #TechFreedom Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website. https://rumble.com/v157uqb-tech-freedom-intro-what-is-this.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #intro #TechFreedom #telegram #truthsocial #publicsq #gab

WE 11.1: AI Has Enough Data? Big Data no longer necessary to help AI solve problems, according to Carlos Guestrin, of Stanford. The way he sees it, AI is smart enough now to work successfully with much smaller datasets, using things like DALL-E and GPT-3 to guesstimate things rather well, rather than needing to crunch data sets of billions of data points to solve relatively simple problems. These are examples of what are considered “foundation models”, built from massive data sets, but can now be tweaked into specialized tools to perform the same kinds of tasks that huge,custom AIs used to be needed for. These things were designed to be generative, such as DALL-E, if you recall, being used to create digital art. Bias continues to be an issue, and the biases of the programmers will always have an effect on the outcomes from these AIs, no matter how powerful they may become. Reliabiltiy is another huge issue, as these AIs often break catastrophically if the data entered is not “just so”. The speakers at the fireside talk that this article was basd on kept comparing today’s AI with the way that Google became such a solid search engine, through getting pounded with queries and eventually learning what sorts of results actually got clicks (before they started their social engineering efforts). Let me bottom-line this article from my perspective: these researchers are saying that they can now rely on existing AI tools, which were based on massive data sets, as a foundation for new tools which will be able to function with far less new data. This is not surprising, but a bit terrifying. I am happy to hear that these tools still have such intense limitations, in terms of bias and reliability. I wonder how long until these researchers and entrepreneurs sort out all of these problems, and we have an AI that could effectively run a large city. *shudder shudder* https://www.geekwire.com/2022/why-big-data-is-not-a-priority-anymore-and-other-key-ai-trends-to-watch/ #weekendedition #AI #limits #progress #yikes #TechFreedom WE 11.2: FCC Looking at Banning TikTok in Near Future Wow. I mean, I should not be surprised, as this is blatant CCP spy-ware which has also damaged our country in terms of morality and common sense. I’m sorry if you are an avid user, and even more sorry if you got sucked into being a creator on TikTok., as I know that they really don’t pay you enough to keep the traffic and data flowing through their site, app, and their CCP-based servers.In September, ByteDance was pressured by bipartisan US lawmakers to commit to shutting down data flowing into China, but they would not commit to that course of action. Ok, if you are addicted to TikTok, I understand. Shortform content is very appealing to our greatly diminished attention spans. The filters and fancy doodads are fun to look at, and the free music is an epic plus. It is easy to use, and highly addicting. As a creator, it is easy to get started and use copyrighted material without permission, because the CCP has no concept of intellectual property, so why should Byte Dance care if you use popular music in your video, as long as it keeps eyeballs glued to screens on their site and apps? However, because they have no concept of intellectual property, they can also get away with not paying you well at all. You work hard, and they reap the benefits... How is that fair? If an app is run by a company based in China, right now, you can almost guarantee that the CCP will be using it to spy on you. They have a vested interest in making sure that Americans are fat, lazy, confused, and demoralized,a s that makes it easier for them to wipe us off of the planet as a credible super power. Do you want to be a part of that? Get as far from TikTok and other apps like it as you can. Go cold turkey. Take your creative chops somewhere where they will actually make you some money. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/tech/fcc-commissioner-tiktok-ban #weekendedition #CCP #tiktok #spyware #juststopit #banityesterday #TechFreedom WE 11.3: Algorithms: Do They Already Run your Life Offline? How automated is your life? How about your municipal or state government? According to a report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which spent 14 months digging into the city of Washington DC, found that across 20 city-level agencies, they employed at least 29 obscure algorithms to aid in decision making, and to improve the appearance of impartiality in city systems. However, as with other AIs, and as I talked about in tonight’s first story, these algorithms are anything but infallible, and there was one employed by the unemployment insurance system in Michigan to ferret out fraud, but it had a 93% error rate, and triggered 40,000 false fraud allegations. That is a big problem. A different study found that over half of federal agencies are using some form of AI to aid in decision making. No wonder it is an even bigger mess now than it was before. For example, FraudCaster, by a company called Pondera Systems, owned by Thomson Reuters, is used to catch fraudulent food assistance applications, and of the 1.1 million flagged applications in California, more than half of them were to be found genuine. Wow. That is not a good ratio here, guys. Maybe, as we discussed earlier, we need to go back to the drawing board for these systems. Let’s think about this... If the machines are failing so miserably, and even leading to death in some justice-related situations, should we be trying to use them at all right now? Are they ready? For trivial things like creating digital art or generating stories or poems, sure. For life and death decisions? No. We need to extricate our governments from these machines in any kind of major decision making. Let’s move in that direction, y’all. Justice needs a human face and heart to be real justice, not some cold algorithm that is wrong more often than not. Even if they were perfect (which I do not believe will ever happen, as humans create these systems, and humans will always be flawed, broken, and biased). https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-quietly-run-the-city-of-dc-and-maybe-your-hometown/ #weekendedition #AI #algorithms #government #fail #TechFreedom WE 11.4: TikTok Data Could be Handled Anywhere in the World I know, I teed off on TikTok earlier tonight, but take a look at this... They claim that they have “robust security controls” to prevent mishandling or misuse of user data, but as to what that actually means, no one really knows. They claim to be GDPR-compliant, but with as opaque as Byte Dance has been, who knows if they really are. After all, they are based in CCP-controlled China, not somewhere that actually at least gives lipservice to respecting privacy and intellectual property rights. The CCP treats their own people like cattle or pawns on a chessboard. Why should they respect anyone else any more than they do their own citizens? I will say it again, if you are a TikTok user or creator, get your kicks and your creative juices flowing in a different direction that will respect you, your rights, and your work more through better splits and revenue sharing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/tech/tiktok-european-data-china-staff #weekendedition #TikTok #privacy #CCP #nobueno #TechFreedom WE 11.5: Microsoft Extends Support Offer to Ukraine Surprise, surprise, surprise. Microsoft, which is the heart of cabal control through software, is pledging to protect the cabal’s interests in Ukraine through offering free-to-Ukraine services for security of “critical infrastructure”. That is laughable, Microsoft helping a government to secure itself from cyber threats. They have committed resources worth an additional $100 million through the end of 2023, when they have already provided $400 million in the last 9 months of conflict. Wow. What is MSFT trying to keep hidden in Ukraine? Ok, so I am very cynical of anyone supporting the Ukrainian regime. Ukraine has been the heart of money laundering and other unethical practices for a number of years, probably longer than I realize, as Ukraine is also the same area where the Khazarians originated from, but I’m not going to get into that LONG story here. Let me be clear, I empathize with the PEOPLE of Ukraine, however, their blatantly corrupt, NAZI regime needs to be ended. The whole place needs to be cleaned out, just as our government does, on every level. I don’t want to black pill anyone, but the November midterm elections, even if we succeed in creating a “red tsunami” will not solve the problems we face as a nation on its own. Red vs Blue is a false dichotomy. These are two wings on the same, corrupt bird. By all means, vote your conscience, come Tuesday. Vote in person. Do your best to prevent fraud at the ballot box. I have my doubts that even with that, and the greater awareness that has been exploding over the American people in the last year and a half of focus on what happened 2 years ago (and for at least 20-30 years prior to that, whether through old school means, like ballot harvesting, or through weighted algorithms in the ES&S or Konnech or other machines that have been used to assure the Selection of [their] chosen candidates). https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsoft-extends-ongoing-tech-support-for-ukraine-to-protect-digital-services-and-data-during-war/ #weekendedition #Ukraine #MSFT #voting #corruption #NAZI #TechFreedom Devotions Channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-1710083

Steam Deck UI Comes to PC Memesplanation Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 16 Gen 7 Freed Computer VKD3D-Proton 2.7 Released FFW 16.1: Valve has released the Steam Deck UI in Beta If you go for the Steam Client Beta on your computer, you can access the same UI, with some bugs, as you have on the Steam Deck. Pretty cool stuff. This will replace the Big Picture Mode, eventually so that your experience will be as smooth as possible moving from Deck to PC and back again. It is still in beta, so expect some flaws, but if you are a tinkerer, you can enable it by following the directions in the article. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/steam-deck-ui-comes-to-desktop-in-beta-to-replace-big-picture-mode/ #FFW #fossfun #Linux #SteamDeck #bigpicture #gamingonlinux #TechFreedom Rest in His goodness today. Place your faith, your trust in Him. He knows you. He knows your pain, your situations, your strengths, your hidden things. Rest in Him. He does not change in terms of goodness, faithfulness, or how much He loves you. He has chosen to love you, that guarantees that He will be good and faithful to you, even when you are not so much in return. #FFW #Bible #encouragement #Nahum #faithfulness #goodness #God #memesplanation #TechFreedom FFW 16.2: Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 16 Gen 7 Coming Soon The long and the short: 2 models: a higher powered gaming version with up to 64GB of DDR5-4800MT ram, a 95-watt RTX3070Ti in it, a 240Hz screen, up to an i7-12700H processor, an 80 Wh battery and a promised 12 hours of battery life. Weighing in at a hefty starting price of $2070 US for a base config, with 16GB DDR5 RAM, a 3060Ti, and only 500 GB SSD. And The workstation edition, which has a 90Hz display, an optional RTX 3050Ti, up to 64 GB of DDR4 3200MT ram and the same battery, keyboard, and processor in it. This one is a bit cheaper, starting at just about $1500 US. These sound like pretty epic machines, though I wish they were AMD powered, vs Intel. https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-pro-16-gen7-linux-laptop-launches-with-240hz-display-ddr5-ram #FFW #Tuxedocomputers #Germany #Linuxlaptops #dedicatedhardware #TechFreedom Freed Computer https://techfreedom.pro/product/tech-freedom-freed-computer/ #freedcomputer #linux #nospying #safe #TechFreedom FFW 16.3: VKD3D-Proton 2.7 Released Gamers out there will appreciate this greatly. What is it? Why, the translation layer that converts Direct3D API calls to Vulkan API calls so that your Linux computer can game as well as if not sometimes better than a Windows machine. There are some games that have anti-cheat and similar issues which prevent them from being played in Linux, but other than titles like those, this is more or less true. Fixed the following games: Hitman 3 Redout 2 F1 2021 Guardians of the Galaxy Halo Infinite And others https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/direct3d-12-to-vulkan-translator-vkd3d-proton-version-27-out-now/ #FFW #Linux #Proton #Vulkan #d3d #gamingonlinux #TechFreedom What to use instead of Big Tech online: https://rumble.com/v1020p7-viable-google-alternatives.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #techtips #TechFreedom #justsayno #nomorespying #advice Live Weekend Edition Fridays @ 10PM on T.me/tech_freedom_chat Live Devotions Sunday Morning between 10-11AM same place.

What is LURE? Memesplanation Linux Directory Structure 101 Free Your Internet No More Linux Support for 486 Machines 5.19 Kernel is EOL Now TTT 31.1: What’s LURE, Anyway? LURE stands for Linux User REpository, which is an expansion, of sorts, of the AUR, or Arch User Repository. The AUR allows Arch users to install just about anything from any other distro in their Arch-based distro. It builds packages from source, then uses pacman to install them. LURE will hopefully fill in those gaps for the rest of Linux, when it is ready. It uses a series of scripts like PKGBUILD to build native packages from source, it is written in GO, so has no subsequent dependencies after install. It will work with your distro’s package manager to install native packages, after they are built for you. It is in early alpha testing phases, so it is buggy and lacking features, but if you know GO and are inspired by this, you can contribute. https://news.itsfoss.com/lure-aur/ #TTT #Linux #Linuxtips #LURE #coolstuff #TechFreedom As I covered in some of my recent devotions, all we have to do is wait. God has all of this present garbage in hand. If we are patient and restrain our power, keep our strength in check, rather than seeking vengeance for the wrongs and injustices we have suffered through, we will inherit the earth. We will also have peace and joy in the midst of it, because our locus is centered in the future, where we know that God will have finished dealing with our enemies for us. #TTT #memesplanation #Bible #psalm37 #encouragement #patience #meekness #TechFreedom TTT 31.2: Linux Directory Structure 101 / is the primary system partition, under which everything else falls, from /root, to /home, to /dev, and all the rest. /root is the system home directory (what sudo accesses) /home is where all of your personal files live, along with personal configs, like theming and other things that pertain to your user experience /etc are system config files, for all services, apps, and scripts on the system, from package managers, to any number of other things. /boot hosts the bootloader, whether grub, or something else, compressed kernel images live here /opt is where all of your non-native apps live (skype, zoom, Discord, etc, that you installed from outside of your distro’s official repos /dev is where you see abstracted interfaces for plugged in devices, whether storage or human interface devices (mice, keyboards, etc) /var is for system-generated variable files (logs, caches, and the like) /bin is where user binaries live, including basic commands like mv, cat, mkdir, cd, and the like that all users can access /sbin is where system binaries are, things that need a sudo or doas in front of them in order to run /usr hosts system-wide libraries, user binaries, docs, programs, and system utilities /proc is where active process info lives /mnt is where you mount storage devices *flash drives, external storage, and optical storage drives /sys is the virtual file system to provide an interface to the kernel itself /media is removable devices /run temp filesystem that onlyexists while a system is running, similar to /sys /tmp temp files (lock files and the like live here) /lost+found recovery space for broken files that broke due to an unexpected shut-down, for instance /lib hosts system libraries linked to the binaries in /bin /srv is where service data lives, whether server-specific or service-related files That was allot of tech mumbo-jumbo at once, but hopefully that was at least somewhat helpful for you to understand what lives where in Linux, not that you’re likely to need to go spelunking through the filesystem very often, but this was something of a mystery for me until about a year ago, honestly. https://www.tecmint.com/linux-directory-structure-and-important-files-paths-explained/ #TTT #Linux #Linuxtips #underthehood #TechFreedom Free Your Internet https://techfreedom.pro/product/free-your-internet/ One-stop shop for getting you and your business transitioned off of Big Tech online platforms and tools, so that you have control of your data once again. I will also help you to find better alternatives. #TechFreedom #internetfreedom #nogoogle #nometa #noyahoo #nomicrosoft TTT 31-3: Torvalds Believes it is Time To Abandon i486 Architecture in the Linux Kernel Surprised it was still present at all? I kind of was. The last 486 chips to be made rolled off of the the line in 2007, and apparently it has been causing bugs and the like ever since, because while the rest of modern PC hardware has moved on from later x86-32 to x64, Linux has maintained support for that 16-bit ancient hardware that was first released 33 years ago. Until now. No more, according to Torvalds. https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-i486/ #TTT #Linux #kernelnews #rip486 #nevermore #TechFreedom #nothalloween TTT 31.4: 5.19 Kernel Officially EOL Not much to say here. If you were running a 5.19 variant, it was a short support cycle, which is normal, about 3 months from initial release to end-of-life. It brought us some good things, and manifested a quickly smashed bug that *could* destroy some laptop screens. Many distros ship the 5.19 by deafault now, so be sure to upgrade to 6.0 or downgrade to the 5.15 LTS to make sure that your system is as safe as it can be. This is not Windows or MacOS that will force an upgrade on you, but heed the developers, here, people. https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-5-19-reached-end-of-life-users-urged-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-0 #TTT #bonus #kernel #Linux #nomore519 #TechFreedom 10 Things My Wife Thinks You Should Know about Tech Freedom. https://rumble.com/v19elx6-10-things-about-tech-freedom.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #TechFreedom #wifeysauce #getfree #explainer

Rhino Linux Memesplanation ZorinOS 16.2 Freedom Consultation SparkyLinux 22.10 DM 31.1: Rhino Linux, an Odd Combo... Ubuntu based, but rolling, and stable, all at the same time? Let’s take a look at this oddball. It came from Rolling Rhino Remix, a passion project that people took a shining to. Stable Ubuntu, based on a tweaked XFCE DE, and Pacstall (an AUR-like repository for Ubuntu), but with rolling updates. How does that work? Special scripts that pull the latest packages from testing (my guess), rather than waiting for point releases in April and October every year. There is some other special sauce under the hood, and Rhino Linux is not live yet, and will not be until sometime early next year. If you want a taste of it, check out its preecessor, Rolling Rhino Remix. https://news.itsfoss.com/rhino-linux/ #distromonday #ubuntu #rollingdistro #Linux #oddity #TechFreedom Scripture. Encouragement. Choose to depend on Him today, let Him carry and strengthen you in your day. Learn to lean on Him afresh today, you will find that even if the events of the day are not any more positive in nature, you will still be in a better place at the end of the day than you would’ve if you have been doing it all on your own. #distromonday #isaiah #Bible #encouragement #inspiration #leanongod #memesplanation #TechFreedom DM 31-2: ZorinOS 16.2 Released, What’s New? Quite a bit, but also not much... They stuck with Ubuntu LTS (22.04) as the base, but made it easier to use windows apps with their Windows App Support item in the System Tools section in the App Menu. They’ve updated to LibreOffice 7.4 as well as improving their Zorin Connect app to make it easier to link your phone and computer (sounds a bit like a tweaked version of KDE Connect to me, but I haven’t tried it, so I can’t say for sure. This and so much more... Take a look if you are just looking to come over from Windows. https://9to5linux.com/zorin-os-16-2-arrives-as-a-friendly-and-accessible-alternative-to-windows-11 #distromonday #Linux #ZorinOS #updates #newrelease #TechFreedom Freedom Consultation Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that. This is a FREE 90 minute call with me, where I will demo some varieties of Linux for you, some replacement apps, talk about degoogled phones, and give you links to how to start the process of taking control of your digital life online as well. https://techfreedom.pro/products/freedom-consultation #distromonday #TechFreedom #consultation #free DM 31-3: SparkyLinux 2022.10 Updated SparkyLinux is a rolling distro anyway, which is an oddity in the Debian world, but they released a refresh of their ISOs which includes the latest 6.0.3 kernel, a new Sparky7 Theme support for GTK 2/3/4, as well as Sparky5-LXQT-Theme, all to support light and dark theming, also replaces LightDM with SDDM on the Xfce and MATE desktops. https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-sparkylinux-2022-10-rolling-isos-updated-with-linux-kernel-6-0-by-default #distromonday #Linux #debian #sparkylinux #update #TechFreedom Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website. https://rumble.com/v157uqb-tech-freedom-intro-what-is-this.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #intro #TechFreedom #telegram #truthsocial #publicsq #gab

Google Takes a Tumble Meta is Flailing Amazon Investors Flee Microsoft Earnings Down by 14% Year-on-Year Apple to Switch to USB-C In Keeping with EU Mandates WE 10.1: Google Takes a Tumble after Poor Q3 Earnings Call Bad Numbers, All around, here. Everything is down, down, down. Don’t get me wrong, their revenue still increased, just not at the rate expected, at a paltry $69.1 Billion, with is only a 6% increase, year-on-year. Ad revenue only went up by 2.5%, vs last year’s unicorn-type growth of 43% from the previous year. Let’s talk a little context here, though... What was happening in 2020, during Q3? Oh yes, we were effectively shut down as a nation, due to the PLANdemic. Only $13.9 billion of the $69.1 billion revenue number was net income... That means that between investments, payroll, and various losses, they paid out $55.2 billion during Q3. Just like you, Big Tech is feeling the Ukraine-Biden crunch. You’ll see this come as a common refrain across most of tonight’s stories. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/tech/google-earnings #weekendedition #Google #BigTech #badday #badquarter #bidenflation #ukrainianidiocy #TechFreedom WE 10.2: Meta Flailing... Stock Down 25% Over Night How the mighty have fallen... It is now worth barely more than 1/4 of what it was at its zenith of $380/ share last summer, at ~$98/ share. That is an eye-watering plunge. Something tells me that unless Meta gets a huge infusion of dark cash, it won’t be much longer for this world. Good riddance, LifeLog. Good riddance. What caused this seemingly sudden turn of opinion? Let’s look back, all the way to 2016... The last time shares were this low in Facaebook. Well before Zuck’s weird obsession with VR started. All of this culminated in an overnight trip around the toilet bowl for the current valuation to lose about 25%. Sure, they are still making money, but they posted another YoY decline in Q3. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/27/meta-stock-yikes/ #weekendedition #meta #facebook #sugarboyaintsosweet #dumbzuck #TechFreedom WE 10.3: Even Amazon is Feeling the Pinch Amazon shares plunge 15% after a less-then-stellar amount of growth YoY. They still had $127.1 billion in sales from July-September, still had growth, but saw international business go down, due to economic pressures of inflation and the Ukrainian conflict... Or taht is their excuse anyway. Investors are a fickle bunch, ain’t they? I mused about that last week as well... Makes me wonder how sustainable the current system is at all. I don’t want to give anyone a black pill that they haven’t already been playing with anyway, but if even Big Tech is not growing apace, then what does that mean for us little people under their boots that we placed on our throats? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63421170 #weekendedition #amazon #salesdown #stockdown #economy #struggles #TechFreedom WE 10.4: Microsoft Hurting, Net Income Down 14% YoY They beat the analysts’ projections, but it was still a bad Q3. Revenues were up 11% YoY, mostly carried by Azure cloud Services, with a 35% increase in sales YoY. However Wondows OEM revenue was down 15% YoY, seemingly fueled by a sharp decrease in PC shipments, to the tune of 19.5% YoY. Xbox is also losing revenue, but only 3%. MSFT stock dipped by 2% in after hours trading after that earnings call. Their stock prices have fallen roughly 25% since the beginning of the year. I wonder how much impact the Linux community is having on the Windows license sales numbers... Unfortunately, not likely that much. Let’s change that. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/tech/microsoft-earnings #weekendedition #MSFT #microsoft #earnings #revenue #decreases #morestablethanmost #TechFreedom WE 10.5: Apple to Ditch Lightning Connector? Looks like they will bend the knee to the EU, though they are not happy about it... Whining about how they “think the the approach would have been better... To not have a government be that prescriptive”. They sound like a spoiled child, used to getting their way, and now throwing a little fit over the inconvenience that the EU is inflicting on them, the environment, and their customers. Give me a break. Bend over, Apple, it is time to take your medicine, and stop being so proprietary. Oh wait, Tim Cook probably does that frequently and enjoys it... That shifts the insult a bit *shudder* *shudder*. I dare you, call me homophobic. Call me intolerant. Call me a bigot. I am a Christian conservative who believes that everything in the Bible is there for a reason. Sin is sin. Sin is doing something that hurts you or another person, and homosexuality, no matter how monogamously it is practiced, degrades both partners far more than heterosexuality does. There are always a constellation of issues there, but I digress. I am pleased to see that even the mighty bastion of proprietary hardware and software on earth can be brought to heel if a large enough government says “boo”. Should government be big enough? Was this a good call by the EU? Time will tell. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/tech/apple-usb-c-charging #weekendedition #Apple #EU #chargergate #USBC #nomorelightning #TechFreedom

FFW 15-1 – NVIDIA Backs Down? Man, things just are not going NVIDIA’s way these days… sure they have a killer card in the 4090, but their attempted fast one in naming what should have been the 4070 the 4080 12 GB blew up in their faces, so they “unlaunched” it, officially. Also there are rumors that the 4090 Ti will suffer a similar fate after it has reportedly been literally melting down during testing… not only tripping breakers by itself, but melting PSUs, and sometimes itself, according to Moore’s Law Is Dead on YouTube. All this after EVGA, one of the oldest AIB partners closed that chapter in the last couple of months. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/nvidia-qunlaunchingq-the-rtx-4080-12gb-apparently-4090-ti-cancelled-due-to-melting/ #FFW #NVIDIA #badnews #unlaunched #what #TechFreedom Not scripture, but true, nonetheless. St Augustine may have had his issues, but he knew the Lord well. He knew from experience, running like the prodigal son as his mom prayed inceasantly for him back at home… then he hit rock bottom and had to tuen to the Lord, as no one else could help him. After that, the Carthaginian man started to use his rhetorical and analytical skills for the Lord, and committed his life to seeking the Lord. He found his home in the Lord. Have you? Are you still running? Still seeking for what might make your soul feel at peace and for where you belong? Ask Jesus to show you where you belong. Ask Him to show you His love. #FFW #memsplanation #staugustine #peace #belonging #love #TechFreedom FFW 15-2 – Proton 7.0-5 RC 1 out Lots of fixes for popular games. If you play any of the ones listed in this article, you may want to update. Check the article for which games were improved on. Here are a handful: Rift Final Fantasy 4 remake audio issues solved CoD Black Ops 2 Zombie and Multiplayer issues solved GTA V texture loading problem solved Red Dead Redemption 2 crash fixed https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/proton-70-5-is-coming-soon-improving-steam-deck-linux-gaming/ #FFW #Fossfun #Proton #Steam #releaseclient #TechFreedom Freed Computer https://techfreedom.pro/product/tech-freedom-freed-computer/ #freedcomputer #linux #nospying #safe #TechFreedom FFW 15-3 – Uh oh, 0 A.D. Released on Steam? Not officially. Someone grabbed the source code, which is freely available, and submitted it to Steam, and is charging ~$8 for it. The actual developers quickly reacted, tweeting out that their fans should not be concerned, but that no one should buy this version of the game, which is proudly FOSS, in every sense of the acronym. What is 0 A.D.? A cross-platform FOSS Real-Time Strategy game, set eponymously around the time of Jesus. You can choose to play as any number of ancient peoples, each with their own unique strengths and weaknesses. I have played a bit, and enjoy it, but need a better machine to enjoy it more and take advantage of the eye candy they put into the game a bit more. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/someone-released-the-foss-rts-0-ad-on-steam-without-speaking-to-the-developers/ #FFW #Fossfun #0AD #Steam #nope #Linux #Linuxgaming #TechFreedom What to use instead of Big Tech online: https://rumble.com/v1020p7-viable-google-alternatives.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #techtips #TechFreedom #justsayno #nomorespying #advice

TTT 30-1 – USB Storage Access in VirtualBox? Here’s How… Step 1: Install VirtualBox Step 2: Download the Extension Pack for All Supported Platforms Step 3: Install it then in Vbox, click File>Tools>Extension Pack Manager > Install button on the toolbar and pick the file you just downloaded in step 2 Step 4: After it installs (you’ll need to input your password to install it) Restart the whole computer, not just Vbox Step 5: Plug in a flash drive to the physical computer Step 6: Start Vbox, Right Click the VM that you wish to access that resource from, click Settings in that menu Step 7: In the Left Pane, Click on USB, then pick the controller version and click the small + icon to add a filter At this point, you should see a list of USB devices that are plugged in. pick the name of the device you pluged in earlier and click OK. Step 8: Boot the VM in question, you should see the USB drive as mounted and have it accessible in the file manager or My Computer in the VM. Good stuff, y’all. Enjoy having USB access in your VM’s. https://www.debugpoint.com/enable-usb-virtualbox/ #TTT #VirtualBox #how-to #USBstorage #virtualmachines #TechFreedom Most of the time I need to be reminded to look up from my problems. I have a tendency… I don’t know if anyone else out there does too… but I have a tendnecy to get myopic on my problems in a bid to solve them. This only magnifies the problems in my life. I need to look up. I have done better lately with this, but still need this reminder. Let me know if you’re in that camp as well. #TTT #Memesplanation #encouragement #faith #psalm121 #lookup #TechFreedom TTT 30-2 – How to use WebSSH to control your PC Remotely This is, of course not VNC or a GUI based remote, but it is a simpler way to SSH into one of your machines or servers remotely. If you want a blow-by-blow, click the link and scroll through the article. Here is a summary Step 1: Install Python and PIP on your machine Step 2: Install WebSSH by running the following command: pip install webssh Step 3: Run WebSSH by typing wssh in your terminal (if working with another user on a local machine) or wssh --fbidhttp=False for a remote machine 1. Allow webssh through your firewall 2. Access your remote machine or server insecurely through http Step 4: Find the SSL Certificate for your domain and add it to webssh Step 5: Run it Behind Nginx Reverse Proxy Step 6: Create a WebSSH Systemd File so that you can have it run automatically at boot time That was allot, thanks for sticking around through all of that. https://www.linuxshelltips.com/webssh-connect-linux-terminal-browser/ #TTT #SSH #webssh #browser #remoteaccess #howto #TechFreedom Free Your Internet https://techfreedom.pro/product/free-your-internet/ One-stop shop for getting you and your business transitioned off of Big Tech online platforms and tools, so that you have control of your data once again. I will also help you to find better alternatives. #TechFreedom #internetfreedom #nogoogle #nometa #noyahoo #nomicrosoft TTT 30-3 – How to Repeat Your Last Terminal Command in Linux 1. BangBang or !! 1. This will immediately re-run the very last typed command once you hit enter… say you need to add a sudo to the command, all you have to do is type sudo !! after the next prompt 2. To sort for a more specific command, type ! And the first letters of the command in question, then hit enter, and the last command that started with those letters will be re-run 1. for example if you ran a uname command to find out which kernel you’re running, and you wanted to re-run that command you would type !un which will re-execute that command 3. If you want to interactively search through your command line history, simply open the terminal, press ctrl+R and search for a piece of your desired command, hit the right arrow key to auto complete the command or simply hit enter to execute that command. 4. Use the !-# formulation 1. !-1 will run the most recently typed command, and on back, so if you recall how long ago you ran a given command, you can easily run it again this way 5. CTRL+P and CTRL+O 1. CTRL+P will switch to the most recently-run command, and CTRL+O will run it 6. fc command 1. type fc -s and your most recently typed command will be re-run just like that https://ostechnix.com/5-ways-repeat-last-command-linux/ #TTT #terminal #terminalhax #hax #Linux #Linuxhax #TechFreedom 10 Things My Wife Thinks You Should Know about Tech Freedom. https://rumble.com/v19elx6-10-things-about-tech-freedom.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #TechFreedom #wifeysauce #getfree #explainer

DM 30-1: What’s New In Ubuntu? You all know by now that I am not a fan of Canonical. However, I need to touch this, at least for the sake of the fact that I know many people use Ubuntu based distros, if not official spins. So what can you expect if you upgrade from 22.04? Ubuntu Unity – first release as officially sanctioned Ubuntu flavor. Unity was what I cut my teeth on in the Linux world, about 9 years ago. The funny thing with this is that it more or less completes the circle, as Unity started its life as a Canonical-developed desktop environment. If you like the Purple and orange color scheme and you are using Ubuntu anyway, give it a look. Kubuntu – the KDE flavor of Ubuntu.. a bit of a let-down here, as they opted to go with Plasma 5.25.5, rather than 5.26, so if you choose to go with this flavor, you will miss out on those rather sizeable improvements. UB Studio – also KDE based, but with lots of bells & whistles for creatives baked right in. The cool thing with this release is that now, you can more easily select which aspects of creative software you want, right in the installer, rather than forcing you to install all of it, whether you want to or not, and they slimmed down the iso, so that is a bonus. Xubuntu – the XFCE flavor gets the newest version of XFCE and some more theming options, as well as tweks to core apps. Light, but takes work to make it nice, UI wise. Don’t be fooled by the About XFCE panel, here, it is 4.17, a development snapshot of 4.18, which will be released soon. Lubuntu – the LXQT flavor, comes with the latest version of LXQT, without confusion. Uibuntu MATE – Latest MATE desktop, apps, etc… If you love MATE you will probably enjoy this. Switched to Pipewire for audio, just as the Budgie flavor did. Ubuntu Budgie – All the latest Ubnuitu goodness with the latest Budgie desktop over the top of it. MATE and Budgie are similar, in that they are both forks of GNOME, just as XFCE and Cinnamon are. They are working from earlier iterations, mostly prior to GNOME 3.2. Each one has their strengths and weaknesses Finally, we come to the Kylin flavor – this is, if I recall, developed in China, with a decidedly Win10 flavor. This will look very familiar to newcomers by default, however, I would urge care in that it comes form China. Yes, it is FOSS, but still, be careful. https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-22-10-official-flavors-released-heres-whats-new #distromonday #Ubuntu #flavors #Unity #KDE #XFCE #LXQT #MATE #Budgie #Kylin #Linux #Canonical #TechFreedom Breathe that in. Peace. It is yours, whether you feel you deserve it or as though you could never attain it, it is yours, from the hand of Jesus. I know that things look very different from how any sane person would want them to right now, but you can have peace, or “cozy” even when you are in the thick of it, wondering what or how to do next. Peace in knowing the One who controls it all, the One who runs the show, and KNOWING that He is GOOD. #distromonday #memesplanation #Bible #encouragement #peace #rest #storms #cozy #TechFreedom DM 30-2 – Debian & Ubuntu Kernel Updated, Fixes 17 Security Holes What’s going on, here? Alright, here’s what got fixed: CVE-2022-3176 and 2602, flaws in the io_uring subsystem which could lead to local privilege escalation (in other words, things that shouldn’t have had the rights to alter your system did, under these flaws, a big deal on servers and in enterprise infrastructure) CVE-2022-40307 which could lead to either privilege escalation or to denial of service, either in the form of a crash or memory corruption CVE-2022-20421 which could lead to privilege escalation CVE-2022-39188 which could lead to either privilege escalation or to a denial of service CVE-2022-39842, a video driver issue which could lead to a memory heap-out-of-bounds write through an integer overflow error CVE-2022-41674, 42719, 42720, 42741, and 42722, which could lead to security holes in the WiFi driver stack, and each could lead to either a denial of service or an arbitrary code execution on the affected machines. CVE-2022-3303 issue in the audio subsystem which could cause a denial of service CVE-2022-3061 issue in the i-740 driver which could also cause a denial of service CVE-2022-2663 flaw in connection tracking system which, when connected to a firewall, could allow a user on another computer on the same network to open TCP ports and revealk the public IP address, of to block their connection altogether CVE-2021-4037 issue in the XFS filesystem which could allow local users to be exposed to bad actors through privilege escalation by making a plain file executable CVE-202-0171 a cache incoherence issue in the KVM subsystem that could lead to a denail of service CVE-2022-1184 a flaw in the EXT4 driver that could lead to a use-after-free (an error in memory allocation) that could allow an attacker to hack in and cause a denial of service or a p[rivilege escalation. That was allot of techspeak, but we kinda knew that would be the case, here… long story short: they made the Debain and Ubuntu LTS kernels that much better and safer for users. https://9to5linux.com/debian-and-ubuntu-users-get-kernel-security-updates-to-fix-recent-wi-fi-stack-flaws #distromonday #Debian #Ubuntu #kernel #Linux #betterallthetime #TechFreedom Freedom Consultation Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that. This is a FREE 90 minute call with me, where I will demo some varieties of Linux for you, some replacement apps, talk about degoogled phones, and give you links to how to start the process of taking control of your digital life online as well. https://techfreedom.pro/products/freedom-consultation #distromonday #TechFreedom #consultation #free DM 30-3 – Linus Torvalds Announces First Release Candidate for the 6.1 Kernel Wow… I guess development never sleeps. They just released the 6.0 kernel less than a month ago, and here we are with the first release candidate for 6.1, which will be the fisrt Linux kernel to have parts written in the Rust programming language, which is supposed to be more secure and simpler to write in than the C’s are. Cool stuff, on a purely nerdy level here. How will this affect most of you? It likely won’t for a while at least, but I thought it was worth mention. https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-1-release-candidate #distromonday #Linux #kernel #linuxnews #TechFreedom Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website. https://rumble.com/v157uqb-tech-freedom-intro-what-is-this.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #intro #TechFreedom #telegram #truthsocial #publicsq #gab

Ebola’s Back, Let the Election Scare Commence! India Fines Google Elon to Fire 75% of Twitter Staff Snap Growth Slow? Texas Sues Google? WE 9-1: Ebola “Strikes” in Uganda Again… Just in Time for a US Midterm Scare The first reported case was on September 15, in Uganda, after a 24-year-old man was admitted to Mubende Regional Referral Hospital with fever and convulsions. It was found to be the Sudan strain, which has no vaccine. I am not downplaying the potential deadliness of Ebola. However, we seem to have a major illness outbreak about every 2 years, almost like clockwork… this article does not touch that reality, but does observe that Ebola has flared up repeatedly in Africa over the last 40 years. With the current outbreak, there have been as many deaths as recoveries, which is interesting, but not necessarily surprising, as it does generally have a 50% mortality/ survivability rate. For now, it is simply another african outbreak, and the Ugandan government seems to have a handle on it via contact tracing and quarrantines. https://www.wired.com/story/uganda-ebola-outbreak-vaccine/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_309a8033-e2fd-40e0-a89d-bc7da4f491dd_popular4-1 #weekendedition #Ebola #electionflu #scaretactics #realtalk #thinkaboutit #TechFreedom WE 9-2: India Stands Up to Google, Fines Them $162 million for Anti-competitive Practices Oh no, our corporate overlords are getting fined again! Another fine? Whatever will we do? Will they survive all of this legal scrutiny? How could they ever do anything wrong? Anti-trust? Anti-competitive? No Way… Indian competiton regulator slaps Google with fine for Android-related infractions. The fact that Google requires OEMs to not only preinstall the entire Google App Suite, but to place it prominently on all Android devices. They also found, after a 3.5 year investigation, that A) Google has squashed competition in the Search space, even to the point of denying market access to competitors B) Leveraged its position in the app store market to protect its search interests (and mine more data that way) C) Used its position to defacto push Chrome browser as the best option D) Used its position to stifle other video platforms via its stranglehold on the Android OS and app store ecosystem E) By forcing the preinstallation of its suite of mobile apps, specifically forcing maufacturers to sign license agreements about the Play Store, Google has hindered the growth of Android forks and other alternative mobile OSes by reducing the ability and incentive for handset manufacturers to branch out, even if they wanted to. According to the Indian watchdog, all of these things add up to this fine that they are leveraging now. Google is suing due to leaks that happened about a year ago, claiming that the watchdog “broke confidence”. Governments around the world are finally waking up to the dangers of Google. Halellujah! Amen. Let’s bring them down, boys. Remember the $4.3 billion fine in the EU? They lost their appeal, so will have to cough it up. Their hegemony needs to be shattered. We need our privacy and our rights to choose back. I could go into a diatribe on this, but you all know where I stand and what I have to offer, so I won’t. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/20/india-fines-google-162-million-for-anti-competitive-practices-on-android/ #weekendedition #India #Google #antitrust #anticompetitive #fines #abouttime #TechFreedom WE 9-3: Elon to Cut 75% of Twitter Workforce? This article is very sympathetic to the platform as it is. They cite concerns over the stress levels of current staff, as well as moderation, safety, and security concerns which would not be served by such drastic cuts. The writer suggests that Musk was just talking to bankers or investors who might be helping him to acquire the company, and would only be interested in making sure that it is as profitable as possible, therefore deep staffing cuts would seems appealing to them. It looks like the drama might finally be at an end, though, as the deal looks set to close by next Friday. I look forward to talking about other things, frankly. This story dragged on for too long, IMO. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/20/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-wapo/ #weekendedition #musk #twitter #done #almostclosed #wewillsee #whitehat #bigquestions #TechFreedom WE 9-4: Snapchat Growth Slowing? No More Advertisers? During its Q3 earnings call, Snap Inc reported itsslwoest quarterly sales growth ever. Advvertisers are not spending as much on ads with the current economy, and once stockholders caught wind of this, shares tumbled 20% in late trading. This is not to say that they didn’t grow. They still grew by an eyewatering $1.13 Billion in Q3. Wow. Just wow. Snap is tightening their belt,soto speak, by cutting up to 20% of their workforce, people who aren’t contributing to either revenue, user, or AR growth. I used Snapchat a little bit a few years ago, but never really got into it. The 1 minute timelimit was too tough for me to live with (can’t imagine why, can you?)... We are so jaded as the public and as investors that when growth numbers aren’t where we want them to be, even if only by a small percentage, we run for the hills. Wow. I knew this, but it is stunning when a company misses their projections by one hundredth of a billion in expected growth, that so many would just give up on them. I also have to wonder how much of that was simply institutional whales and various funds (mutual and hedge) vs individual investors on a mom & pop retail level. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-10-20/snap-reports-slowest-quarterly-sales-growth-ever-as-advertisers-retreat #weekendedition #snap #snapchat #growth #cuts #market #stonks #TechFreedom WE 9-5: Texas Sues Google Again? Another Alphabet lawsuit? However could our benevolent digital overlords do anything to infringe on our digital rights? I have never heard of such a thing… Google is always innocent. Oh wait, that is STRONG sarcasm… if a government is taking issue with their practices, it is because they have been utterly eggregious in flouting the laws and regulations around those practices. Either that, or they are trying to pander to their constituents, who are starting to wake up to the abuses… either way, it is a net positive. That is what my emotions say… I do still question the size of the government in general, as I talk about most weeks. What is going on here? Well, Texas is alleging that Google gathered biometric data on Texas citizens illicitly, through facial recognition, voiceprints, and other biometirc identifiers, without explicit consent from the users. Included in the number they are asking for is up to $25,000 per violation. There are potentially millions of people who would be party to this suit and could collect on it, should the courts agree with Paxton’s team. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/texas-sues-google-for-allgedly-collecting-and-using-biometric-data-without-explicit-consent/ #weekendedition #Google #Alphabet #privacy #Texas #agpaxton #biggov #BigTech #TechFreedom

New Proprietary Driver From NVIDIA Memsplanation SteamDeck Updates CyberTD Game For Linux Freed Computer FFW 14-1: NVIDIA 520.56.06 Driver Out Now for Linux To counterpoint the development work that MESA is doing with the NVK Driver I talked about last week, NVIDIA has realeased their latest offering, here’s what’s new: OTA Updates for Proton and WINE NVIDIA NGX builds. Not Automatically enabled, so you have to tweak the environment variable Updates in Vulkan Driver to allow loading certain key bits without depending on the nvidia kernel module Bug Fix for Vulkan to deal with corruption in geometry and tessellation control shaders Nvidia-installer updates New CUDA Debugger implementation for everything since Pascal https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-520-56-06-graphics-driver-brings-support-for-ota-updates-in-proton-and-wine #FFW #NVIDIA #newdriver #Linux #gamingonlinux #TechFreedom Find a way to have some joy on this Wednesday. Another week is halfway over, God is Good, whether we see it right now or not. Remember His faithfulness, and how He has brought you through thus far. You are still breathing, your heart is still beating. You can think. You can move. You are able to adjust to life. None of this would be the case if it weren’t for His hand on your life. Choose to focus on that constellation of truths, and you will start to experience joy, even in the midst of the dark times that this country is stumbling through right now. #FFW #Bible #joy #strength #encouragement #memesplanation #TechFreedom FFW 14-2: More Steam Deck Updates What’s new, if you’re on the beta or preview channels with your Deck? If you have new chats from friends, game invites, or voice chat invitations, the Quick Access menu will automatically open to the notifications tab so that you can more easily respond to them. You can now accept game invites in the footer of the notification Fixed a bug where a long user name or chat title could break the layout of the chat screen Longer videos possible for the boot animation Controller-specific glyphs now on the Lock Screen Fixed a couple of on-screen keyboard issues: if you put the device to sleep with it up, you;d have to manually dismiss it on waking the device, and made it so that toggling the OSK while already typing something with the OSK no longer breaks things. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/steam-deck-beta-update-tweaks-notifications-boot-video-length-upped-to-30-seconds/ #FFW #Steam #steamdeck #updates #qualityoflife #refining #TechFreedom Freed Computer https://techfreedom.pro/product/tech-freedom-freed-computer/ #freedcomputer #linux #nospying #safe #TechFreedom #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness FFW 14-3: CyberTD Tower Defense with a Tron Twist You are tasked with defending the core of cyberspace from the onslaught of mutant viruses, with the help of 140 different upgrades for your towers, along with a split-personality drone who may help you. Boss fights will be a real challenge and will present unique situations. Sounds like fun if you like those kinds of games. It will be available on Steam starting next year. https://linuxgamenews.com/ #FFW #games #Linux #towerdefense #TechFreedom What to use instead of Big Tech online: https://rumble.com/v1020p7-viable-google-alternatives.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #techtips #TechFreedom #justsayno #nomorespying #advice My Brother's Telegram Channel (He'll help you part out and build a small form factor Linux computer that'll smoke most pre-built computers): https://t.me/christian_pc_consulting

JS API Vulnerability Found Memesplanation More KDE Goodies With KDE Gear 22.08.2 Free Your Internet VirtualBox 7.0 Released TTT 29-1: Uh oh, More trouble in Java-land? This vulnerability has to do with search timings for npm, the package manager for JavaScript. Here’s what happens: An attacker could probe a system for files that do not exist multiple times in rapid succession, even if a 404 error is returned to the attacker. It causes 100s of ms lag to occur in the search timing, slowing all other requests down and comparing the results of those operations. This lag allows the attack to be automated. Bottom line, as I understand it, this probably won’t or doesn’t affect you much, unless you are a developer who works with JaveScript. https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/vulnerable-api-exposes-private-npm-packages/ #TTT #vulnerabilities #JavaScript #npm #timing #TechFreedom Piggybacking on yesterday’s idea, Allow the Lord to fight for you today. Let Him be your Good, Good Father. He wants to step in and fight for you, if you’ll put your weapons down and rest in Him. He will avenge you. Quit getting in His way. Be blessed in the knowledge that He will fight for you, today. If He tells you to do something, do it. If not, step back and watch Him rectify the situation for you. #Bible #exodus #God #rest #encouragement #memesplanation #TechFreedom TTT 29-2: KDE Gear 22.08.2 Out NFixes and Tweaks Here’s what’s new: Samba 4.16, so that you can connect more easily with Windows Network Shares from Dolphin Ark – restored compatibility with 7-zip KDE Connect – Fix crash when no audio devices are detected Falkon – User Agent Manager FireFox Version Kdenlive – remember keyframe status, seek to item’s last fram on paste in timeline, allow effects overlay to scale when you zoom on your display Many, many more, would be here all day reading them all off, but take a look at the changelog, lnked in the article, if you want to know more. https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-22-08-2-adds-7-zip-and-samba-4-16-or-later-compatibility-many-bug-fixes #TTT #KDE #KDEGear #updates #goodstuff #lotsoffixes #TechFreedom Free Your Internet https://techfreedom.pro/product/free-your-internet/ One-stop shop for getting you and your business transitioned off of Big Tech online platforms and tools, so that you have control of your data once again. I will also help you to find better alternatives. #TechFreedom #internetfreedom #nogoogle #nometa #noyahoo #nomicrosoft #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness TTT 29-3: Oracle Releases VirtualBox 7.0 What is new in this version? Fully encrypted Virtual Machines via CLI DXVK Support for Linux/BSD/ MacOS hosts Secure Boot Support in EFI IOMMU Support for Both Intel and AMD Virtual TPM 1 & 2 Support Better Theme Support for GUI App in Linux “Top” type system manager utility to keep tabs on running VMs Can now disable screen savers on Host Machine form VirtualBox Better Audio Recording, with OGG Vorbis as the default format for webm containers Lots, lots more… https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-0-released-with-dxvk-and-secure-boot-support-full-encryption-and-more #TTT #Linux #VirtualBox #updates #version7 #goodstuff #TechFreedom 10 Things My Wife Thinks You Should Know about Tech Freedom. https://rumble.com/v19elx6-10-things-about-tech-freedom.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #TechFreedom #wifeysauce #getfree #explainer

Redcore Linux, based on Gentoo, releases version 22.01 Memesplanation KaOS 22.10 Released Freedom Consultation New Protocol for ProtonVPN Released DM 29-1: What is Redcore Linux, Anyway? Redcore is based on that Linux branch that is probably least user friendly: Gentoo. Suffice it to say, you probably shouldn’t try it unless you are a masochistor an expert, but here is what is new: KDE 5.25.5 KDE Gear 22.08.1 KDE Frameworks 5.98.0 Browser Updates for all major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, and Edge) LibreOffice 7.3.6 5.15 LTS Kernel And Much More, of Course https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-based-redcore-linux-2201-released-with-plasma-5-25/ #distromonday #gentoo #Linux #updates #redcorelinux #TechFreedom Truth. Straight from the Bible. What does it mean? No matter what is going on in your life or in the world around you, God has your back. He will help you through whatever it is, and has probably made the situation better for you already, even if you can’t see it right now. Tap into that strength. Step into that refuge by choosing to trust Him. Give Him the problems you’re seeing. Trust that He has it in hand already, and let Him handle it, His way. Do whrat He says to do, rather than what your flesh may be screaming to do. #Bible #Scripture #refuge #God #strength #encouragement #memesplanation #TechFreedom DM 29-2: KaOS 2022.10 Released The team behind this indie distro, inspired by Arch, has been hard at work. Here’s what you can expect: Rolling Release Latest KDE Stuff, as it is kind of the Arch realm’s answer to KDE Plasma Calamares Updates to Make Installs Even More Painless Using ZFS, XFS, or Ext4 Dracut vs mkinitcpio for boot automation 5.19.13 kernel LibreOffice instead of Calligra https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2022-10/ #distromonday #Linux #KaOS #updates #TechFreedom Freedom Consultation Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that. This is a FREE 90 minute call with me, where I will demo some varieties of Linux for you, some replacement apps, talk about degoogled phones, and give you links to how to start the process of taking control of your digital life online as well. https://techfreedom.pro/products/freedom-consultation #distromonday #TechFreedom #consultation #free DM 29-3: Proton VPN has a new Protocol to Beat Censorship Stealth VPN via obfuscation. How does it do this? A novel form of TLS tunneling to make your VPN connection look and behave like a normal internet connection, so that you get past your country’s attempts to block you from seeing certain information. Even though it is doing all of this extra stuff to protect you, it does not take a speed hit due to Proton’s VPN accelerator technology. Honestly, this article is a thinly veiled marketing fluff piece. The Feature is only available for Android, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Windows users should get it soon, but no mention of Linux. Come on, Proton. On the other hand, you can use it on the free tier if you wish. Nice touch. https://news.itsfoss.com/protonvpn-stealth/ #distromonday #security #protonvpn #cool #limited #TechFreedom Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website. https://rumble.com/v157uqb-tech-freedom-intro-what-is-this.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #intro #TechFreedom #telegram #truthsocial #publicsq #gab

China Hobbled? Elon Investigated? TX and FL Social Media Laws Ok? 5G Affects Radar Based Altimeters? Robotaxis: Would You Trust One? WE 8-1: Biden Chip Ban Working Already? Analysts say yes… believe that latest rules will hobble China’s largely nascent domestic chip industry, which has been dependent on US tech to get it moving in the right direction. Not only are our chips themselves needing a license to export, but anything designed or made using US-built or developed tools also needs a license to sell to China at all. I would have to do some more digging to confirm one way or the other, whether my guess last week when I covered this story the first time was really just my bias against Biden coming through. Is this about trying to force the CCP to snap on us? Is that even a wise move? I don’t know, you guys. Was the expert that CNBC dug up legit? Has it even been long enough for anyone to pass judgment on it? Time will tell. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/us-chip-export-restrictions-could-hobble-chinas-semiconductor-goals.html #weelendedition #Bidenbans #nochipsforchina #isitworking #whoknows #TechFreedom WE 8-2: Are the feds Looking at Elon? Is Twitter just throwing shade and smoke, as Musk’s lawyer claims? He believes that it has to do with the Zatko situation that seems to support Elon’s original reasoning for trying to back out of the deal. Twitter is also claiming that Zatko destroyed a bunch of evidence as well, but he was not told to do that. More drama. I am so tired of this story, can we just finish it already? The judge did pause the proceedings when Musk’s side offered to pick up the deal as it was originally set, at a ridiculous $54.20/share. Twitter was always over-valued, in my opinion, particularly since it was only profitable at all for two years, from Q1 2018-Q1 2020, to my knowledge. That is a very brief window. Given that reality, Musk’s offer was a bit ridiculous from the get go. I know that net profits do not tell the whole story for a company or business, but come on, man. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/tech/elon-musk-investigation-twitter #weekendedition #musk #twitter #legalnonsense #drama #eyeroll #ohbrother #TechFreedom WE 8-3: Will the Texas Law constraining Social Media from Banning and Shadow-banning People Stand? Precedent says that it is likely to be overturned by the SCOTUS. The Texas Circuit Court upheld theirs, but the same level of court in Florida, where a similar bill was also signed into law, was struck down. Which court was correct? Is it in the government’s purview to interfere, here? Is it constitutional? On principle, I have to go with what will give us a smaller government, because the scariest phrase known to man, to paraphrase Reagan, is, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” The government, and its overreach and excessive growth and overall size has been a theme through all of my Weekend Edition shows so far, hasn’t it? On that principle, I have to agree with the 11th Circuit on this, as much as I want Big Tech to hurt for the pain and suffering they have caused creators and users who do not toe the line for the last couple of years, at least. If I allow my feelings, and if we allow our feelings to govern our minds, then how are we any better than the regressive Left? Answer, as unfortunate as it seems to be, is that we would not be any better. We would be the same. We need to be the adults in the room, the mature people who can think, not just do what feels good RIGHT NOW, but consider carefully what the long term fruit of snap decisions might be, before we pass something. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/tech/texas-social-media-pause #weekendedition #socialmedia #Texas #Florida #longterm #longgame #TechFreedom WE 8-4: Is 5G Dangerous to Civil Aviation? There have been studies funded by both those supporting the rollout (the FCC) and those who are concerned about the safety (the FAA). The FCC is pushing for the rollout and downplays any link between the new tech and the problems with altimeters, however, the FCC study concluded that the C band 5G radio transmissions were too close to where these altimeters function, in terms of frequency. They found that it being less than 1 GHz between the top of the C band spectrum and the entirety of the radar altimeters’ function could cause dangerous interference with the systems in most civilian aircraft. Between January and May, there were 93 reports of faulty or failing radar altimeters, where, according to the article there would typically be a handful. All this stated, you know me well enough by now, that I am not into causing fear in my viewers, but this topic stood out to me, as I don’t necessarily trust 5G as a whole anyway, but I want to try to be fair. The FAA has created a reporting system for pilots and crews to state their experiences with 5G flying. Over 550 reports have been filed to date, and they have had a chance to process about half of those, of that half, about 80 incidents were impossible to rule out 5G interference as a factor in. That seems like pretty strong evidence, to me. The FAA made a deal with Verizon & AT&T to reimplement more mitigations for this issue, including not activating towers within a 1 mile radius of any airport, and after that, the incident reports have been reduced in volume. This speaks to a strong correlation, in my mind at any rate. https://spectrum.ieee.org/faa-5g #weekededition #FAA #FCC #flying #5G #TechFreedom WE 8-5: Robotaxis? Would You Ride in One? This article is an interview with the CEO of Motional, which is working with a group of partner-companies to roll out fleets of robotaxies. As dangerous as driving is for a normal, unimpaired human being, and with where I understand the self-driving/ autonomy tech to be right now, it is hard to wrap my head around a world where I would simply and gladly ride in a driverless vehicle. They are looking at a phased rollout, where first they would use their partnership with Hyundai to ship assisted vehicles to companies like Lyft and Uber, and for a time, until certain metrics were met and exceeded, there would still be a driver at the wheel for these vehicles. So as much as they are looking at a long game here, they are also looking at rolling out fleets first, first with partners like Lyft and Uber, then with car rental companies, until both the tech has matured, and we, like frogs in a slowly heated pot, are used to the feeling of not being in control of our vehicles, and will be more open to purchasing a car that is not designed to be driven by a person at all. Does that sound like a good future to you? This feels a bit dystopian to me, even as a tech guy. I used to dream of autopilot and taking concepts from SciFi and moving it into the here and now, but then the stark reality of surrendering something as basic as driving to a computer hit me, and how easily that could be tweaked by some joker in a government office building, or even worse, an actuary. *shudder shudder* Is that what you want? Maybe I just have control issues, but I don’t know… that just seems stupid in a particularly monumental way. You tell me. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/13/inside-motionals-strategy-to-bring-robotaxis-to-market/ #weekendedition #selfdriving #lyft #uber #hyundai #motional #driverless #taxi #yikes #TechFreedom Wrap up: Ok, so from a very hopeful view on the high tech export rules for China, to more Musk-Twitter drama, to whether government should be big enough to tell companies what they should or should not censor online, to 5G and aviation, to whether driverless vehicles are a good idea at all… this week has been packed to the gills with some major stories. What do I think about the Biden chip ban? Time will tell whether this move will be a net help or a net hurt for us. In the short term, we may realize some benefits to this, in that China will have to work harder to catch up, but they have some relatively strong silicon there already, otherwise why is the Linux Kernel including support for their LoongArch RISC-V processors? Might it also be edging us ever closer to open conflict with Beijing? Again, time will tell. Twitter is claiming that Musk is being investigated by the SEC for some incorrect filings when he first fielded this insane offer to buy the platform, this after the judge granted a postponement of the trial because Musk decided to change his mind about renewing his initial offer at $54.20/ share. That never sat right with me from the get-go though, that valuation never made sense to me. What do you guys think? I’m not convinced that Musk is the saviour that some try to paint him as… not even convinced that he is really that much of a genius, just shrewd enough to figure out how to play with the government’s money to line his own pockets. Sorry if that offends you, but what proof do you have that he is either a goof guy or that he is really as smart as we are led to believe? Oooohhhh, I want to see social media giants levelled. The way that they have mostly destroyed so many voices for truth in the last few years…. However, on principle, and taking a few steps back to look at the bigger picture here, I think, I am unconvinced that these efforts in FL & TX are the right way to go about fixing the problem of censorship, particularly since big Tech was in cahoots with at least the Federal gov’t in relation to Convid and J6, at the very least, if not about information related to Q things as well. Why don’t we “silent majority” types simply stop using these platforms altogether anyway? Why keep feeding the beast with more attention and money? Let’s ditch all of those accounts. Likely the people you were interacting with on Fakebook and Twatter aren’t genuine friends anyway, so would it really be a loss to stop talking with them from time to time? I would wager that the answer is likely a No… for those of you who are surviving with your business on Meta, due to ads and analytics, that seems like more of a significant loss, but is it really? How is your reach in comparison with before? Are you getting as much attention on your posts and ads and stories? Is 5G dangerous? It would appear that to commercial and private aviation, at least, it can be. The C band transmissions appear to interfere with autopilot capabilities and even something as basic as an altimeter, which until the rollout for 5G started a couple of years ago, were reliable. The FCC and Big Mobile were wrangling for a fast rollout, but the FAA, has pressed for lengthened mitigations around airports to increase safety, at least for another 6 months or so. What the point of that short timeframe is, I’m not sure. However, it, along with a study they commissioned, and first hand accounts and reports from pilots and crews about their instruments and autopilot systems being thrown way off when they are around 5G signals. Another strike against 5G? You decide. Finally, about driverless taxis… nah, I’ll pass. Even when the tech is fully mature, I don’t see myself being comfortable in a vehicle that I cannot directly control in a physical way. Am I the only weird tech person who doesn’t like that idea? Who else controls that computer? Will we be able to drive as usual as well, or just be relegated to being passengers, taken for a ride by a computer? That doesn’t sit well with me. How about you? Oh my, what a week… China, Musk, Twitter, Social Media Censorship, and self-driving vehicles… so much to say, but that is a wrap for the week. Enjoy watching a bit of Dune 2000 again shortly, and by the way, on Sunday, we will be continuing our walk through Psalm 37. In other news, if you like the content, please feel free to subscribe and toss me a rumble. Also, feel free to leave me a comment or any questions you may have, and I will do my best to answer them all. Thanks for watching the Weekend Edition from Tech Freedom. The music is We Are All One, by Scott Music, and the game was Dune 2000, by Westwood Studios. Be Blessed until next time, and don’t forget, “Let’s go Brandon”.

Steam Deck Beta Updates Memesplanation NVK Driver Released Freed Computer New Linux-Native Titles on Steam FFW 13-1: New Updates for Steam Deck Make it Even Better What are they? A client update and an OS update. What do they do? Make external display usage better by: Allowing for independent refresh rates between internal and external displays Moving refresh rate controls to the Settings menu from the quick access menu Made it so that you can move that refresh rate back to the quick access menu if you are a developer Home screen performance improved SteamInput configs fixed to alleviate crashes Reduced doulbe-activations on touchpads and sticks Fixed crash in RDR 2 Improved hot-plug detection for external displays These are Beta Updates, so be careful unless you are a power user. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/10/steam-deck-beta-updates-fix-red-dead-redemption-2-and-external-screen-changes/ #FFW #Steamdeck #Steam #updates #gaming #TechFreedom The end is the Best. We win. God wins. The world is made new and whole again. You may not win the fight you’re in, but the war is already won. Jesus won it for you. Walk in that Truth. Grow into victory, learn from the little defeats, and reclaim that ground so that the Enemy can’t keep coming at you successfully in the same ways, moving forward. Seal that victory, prove it. Grow into it. #fossfun #encouragement #bible #godwins #amen #memesplanation #TechFreedom FFW 13-2: NVK is Here, Sort Of! New Open Source Vulkan Driver for Nvidia on Linux It is a work in progress, but work is happening quickly, and hopefully this will lead to far more sooner, rather than later. Right now, it only works for the 20 and 30-series cards, and is not 100% ready for those, but I am excited for the prospect of better Nvidia drivers being actively developed by the team at MESA, but also others who will hopefully put some time into the project soon. https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/introducing-nvk.html #FFW #Vulkan #MESA #Nvidia #FOSS #Linux #TechFreedom Freed Computer https://techfreedom.pro/product/tech-freedom-freed-computer/ #freedcomputer #linux #nospying #safe #TechFreedom #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness FFW 13-3: New Linux-Native Games for Steam There were a total of 33 games released with native Linux clients between 9/28 and 10/5. This is out of a total of 313 titles. More than 10% of all new Steam games were released for Linux. We’ll chat about a few of them below: This article covers 5 that piqued its’ author’s interest: Some are 2D platformers, some are 3D and Rogue-like in nature. None of which really appeal to me at this point, but mayby they will tickle your fancy. Midnight Manor A spooky platformer, by an indie solo developer. Astrogon A precision platformer with multiplayer, where you dash, jump, and aim your way to the teleport portal at the end of each level. MYCORRHIZA A horror based visual novel, so if you are into horror manga, this may scratch an itch for you. Words Can Kill A roguelike deck building game, where you collect letters and put together words to form the best possible gear. Tactics are more important than vocabulary, here. Despot’s Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator An RPG/ Strategy, roguelike dungeon crawler where you equip your team and guide them through meatgrinder PVE and PVP levels. Excavation of Hob’s Barrow Set in an isolated corner of Victorian England, you are tasked with uncovering the secrets of Hob’s Barrow. It is a 2D horror-adventure game. https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2022-10-05-edition/ #FFW #Steam #Linux #Linuxgaming #newgames #TechFreedom What to use instead of Big Tech online: https://rumble.com/v1020p7-viable-google-alternatives.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #techtips #TechFreedom #justsayno #nomorespying #advice

Debian <3 Proprietary Firmware? Memesplanation Linux 6.0 Released Free Your Internet Dangerous Linux Kernel? TTT 28-1: Debian <3 Proprietary Firmware? Well, not really, but in a departure from 25 years of being staunchly Libre, even being considered the leading proponent of GNU/Linux, the Debian Community has decided to amend their social contract and adopt proprietary WiFi firmware as a part of Debian 12 “Bookworm” which should be out sometime next year. Maybe this pragmatic move will encourage more Ubuntu users who are tired of Canonical’s walled garden, but still love the rest of what Debian has to offer, to move over as it will be easier to install now. Who knows? Time will tell. https://www.makeuseof.com/debian-votes-to-include-non-free-firmware/ #TTT #technews #Linuxnews #GNU/Linux #Debian #TechFreedom Take a breath today. That’s right, you. No matter what noise is happening in your life, you need to know this. If you get still, and become present, you will sense Him at work. He is still the same God who inspired David to write this 3000 years ago. You can still count on Him, even when the shrieking around you is loudest and most shrill. Rest in that. Now. #TTT #technews #Linux #FOSS #TechFreedom TTT 28-2: Linux Kernel 6 Has Now Been Released Here’s what’s new/ different from 5.19: support for Aarch64 (ARM64) huge memory pages without splitting NVME in-band authentication PCI buses in OpenRISC and LoongArch More goodies for RISCV Lots of other stuff that likely won’t affect most of us any time soon, but is cool that it is now in the Linux kernel… https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-0-officially-released-this-is-whats-new #TTT #Linuxnews #Linux #kernel #TechFreedom Free Your Internet https://techfreedom.pro/product/free-your-internet/ One-stop shop for getting you and your business transitioned off of Big Tech online platforms and tools, so that you have control of your data once again. I will also help you to find better alternatives. #TechFreedom #internetfreedom #nogoogle #nometa #noyahoo #nomicrosoft #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness TTT 28-3: Beware the 5.19.12 Kernel If You Have an Intel Laptop There is a bug in this kernel that can destroy your display panel, as it causes power sequencing delays that can damage, if not kill your LED panel, and it can cause white flashes to appear on screen. If you have this kernel (basically if you are running an Arch or Fedora distro, make sure that you update the kernel ASAP to 5.19.13, or if you don’t need the bleeding edge driver support for something, consider reverting to the LTS kernel, which is based on the 5.15 series now. If the updated kernel is not available to you yet, revert to the 5.15 LTS kernel. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/linux-kernel-update-kills-laptop-displays #TTT #Linux #Linuxnews #alert #kerneltrouble #TechFreedom 10 Things My Wife Thinks You Should Know about Tech Freedom. https://rumble.com/v19elx6-10-things-about-tech-freedom.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #TechFreedom #wifeysauce #getfree #explainer

Linux Lite 6.2 To Release 11/1 Memesplanation Mint 21.1 To Arrive on Christmas Freedom Consultation New Cosmic DE Based on Iced Tuxedo OS Now Available for Everyone DM 28-1: New Version of Linux Lite Out as of Nov 1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15 LTS Kernel Lightweight XFCE Some changed apps Updated apps & icons https://9to5linux.com/linux-lite-6-2-is-slated-for-release-on-november-1st-based-on-ubuntu-22-04-lts #distromonday #Linux #LinuxLite #Linuxnews #TechFreedom Yes. Yes. Yes. When I am weak, that is when He gets to show out all the more, and get that much more glory for bringing me through. It is ok to be weak before God. It is even ok to be weak in front of our brothers and sisters… as long as they are safe, that is. If they’ll take advantage of your vulerability, don’t show them your weakness. That isn’t the point here, though. The point is that Jesus is more than strong enough to get you through, no matter what the storm is that you’re facing. #distromonday #encouragement #bible #quickie #memesplanation #Jesus #TechFreedom DM 28-2: Merry Chrismas, Mint Lovers! 21.1 Is Slated to Release on Christmas! Not a ton changing under the hood, but here’s what will be new: Driver Manager – can now run in user mode, rather than immediately requiring sudo to launch, better debconf support (Nvidia users, rejoice!), also has better UI, offline support, and a new screen when a liveusb is detected (think of the Broadcom WiFi drivers that have been the bane of many a Debian/Ubuntu derivative distro user) Among other things, like losing the Computer, Trash, and Network Icons from the desktop. https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-1-vera-to-arrive-on-christmas-with-improved-driver-manager-new-iso-verifier #distromonday #Mint #mintyfresh #merrychristmas #Linux #Linuxnews #TechFreedom Freedom Consultation Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that. This is a FREE 90 minute call with me, where I will demo some varieties of Linux for you, some replacement apps, talk about degoogled phones, and give you links to how to start the process of taking control of your digital life online as well. https://techfreedom.pro/products/freedom-consultation #distromonday #TechFreedom #consultation #free DM 28-3: System76’s All New Cosmic DE is No Longer GTK based… We have no idea when it will be out, and it is just in something akin to very early alpha now, as they are essentially building from scratch. Iced is written in the Rust language, and according to the developers, is far more lightweight and therefore far faster to render the desktop in. Currently, they are working on something akin to libadwaita (GNOME’s widget library) as a basis for the further development work in Iced on the new Cosmic DE (Desktop Environment). The dev team will not commit to deadlines or specific roadmaps (publically), but it looks promising that we might have it by mid-2023, according to the author of this article. This could send shockwaves through the FOSS community, and there could be forks of Cosmic coming, as System76 is something of a power player, at least here in the States. https://linuxiac.com/system76-cosmic-desktop-ditched-gtk-in-favor-of-iced/ #distromonday #system76 #popos #rust #cosmic #iced #FOSS #TechFreedom DM 28 Bonus: Tuxedo OS Now Available to the Rest of Us Tuxedo is a German company who specializes in building Linux-first computers, everything from small form factor, to laptop, to traditional desktop, to rack servers and workstations. They are taking a page from System76’s book and have released their distro for the rest of us to download and run, if we want to. It is Ubuntu-based, which kinda turns me off immediately. It runs KDE as its main DE, which makes me warm up to it just a little, but it is an older KDE version, so you miss out on the newer improvements from more recent versions, but that goes back to the fact that it is Ubuntu-based. It also includes all of Tuxedo’s goodies that they made for their own hardware, which is cool if it works for your system. Notable differences to vanilla Ubuntu include: PipeWire instead of PulseAudio os-prober to detect other Oses on the system No Snaps by default No Cannonical URL in Network Manager Connectivity check May be worth checking out… https://news.itsfoss.com/tuxedo-os/ #distromonday #bonus #Tuxedo #TuxedoOS #Linux #Linuxnews #TechFreedom Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website. https://rumble.com/v157uqb-tech-freedom-intro-what-is-this.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #intro #TechFreedom #telegram #truthsocial #publicsq #gab

Apple to be forced to join the 2020s? Will He, Won’t He? More US Restrictions on Selling Silicon to China? YouTube to Push Narrative-Friendly Health Voices to Combat Wrongspeak AI Bill of Rights? WE 7-1: Will the EU Actually Force Apple to Abandon Lightning? Well, there are a couple of steps for them to make before a 2-year grace period begins on the legislation they just passed, but it looks like the EU will likely be requiring Apple to switch all its connectors starting at the end of 2024, in the interest of convenience and reducing e-waste. Is it good that government can do this sort of thing? On certain levels, yes. On others, such as freedom, no. Should companies be large enough to push governments around? I don’t think so. There needs to be a balance between big business and government, but what that should look like, I don’t know. What do you guys think? https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/4/23387425/european-parliament-iphone-usb-type-c-radio-equipment-directive-lightning-rip #weekendedition #apple #eu #byebyelightning #TechFreedom WE 7-2: Will He, Won’t He? I am tired of talking about Elon Musk and Twitter. The deal is still fraught with difficulties, largely thanks to Elon’s mouth and acerbic fingertips, but he is willing, all of the sudden, to move forward, as long as Twitter drops its lawsuit against him. Why all of the sudden? Is there something that would be made public in discovery that would embarrass him or Twitter even more? Not sure that that would be enough to deter him in the long run for this deal, but who knows? This is a puzzling move on his part, and we won’t know why for quite some time, likely. What do you guys think? Is the whole thing good, or bad? https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/4/23387592/elon-musk-twitter-deal-lawsuit-faq #weekendedition #musk #twitter #TechFreedom WE 7-3: No Silicon For You! US based integrated circuit manufacturers now have to apply for a license from the Commerce Department in order to sell chips and manufacturing equipment to Chinese businesses, as well as tightening bans on others. The reasoning behind these new rules is that the US is trying to hinder China’s ability to compete on the cyber stage, particularly in regard to their sabre rattling over Taiwan. This new set of rules via fiat (in the form of an executive order) dovetails nicely with the CHIPS & Scinece Act, passed a couple of months ago. Intel has broken ground on a new Fab plant in Ohio, untilizing the largesse afforded by the CHIPS Act. This is promising for onshoring these important jobs and manufacturing facilities, which speaks directly to a dream I have, but I won’t talk about that now. https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/7/23392860/biden-semiconductor-chips-intel-micron-china-ohio-science #weekendedition #CHIPSAct #Biden #executiveorders #lockoutchina #TechFreedom WE 7-4: YouTube to Push Pro-Narrative Health Videos *eyeroll* ughhhhh…. YouTube is at it again, and the gatekeepers at The Verge are breathlessly cheerleading for this tampering with information availabiltity. #smh… the problem is that when anyone pulls moves like this, they try to determine what the truth is FOR the public, rather than allowing the public, who are largely adults, mind you, use their own brains and discern truth for themselves. They commit the fallacy of reliance on authority, but the problem with the established authority is that it has been shown to be corrupt and not really interested in the best outcomes for the public, but rather for the bottom lines of the Big Pharma bosses that own them. So, to combat perceived fake news shared through personal health stories by individuals, they are generating “approved” health stories and pushing them through the algorithm. Any of you see problems with this? https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/7/23392802/youtube-personal-stories-health-misinformation #weekendedition #youtube #fakenews #health #gatekeeping #TechFreedom WE 7-5: New WH Guidelines on AI These are voluntary suggestions that the White House has released now, to hopefully curb the misuse of AI for surveillance and other privacy invasions. This is framed as a blueprint for future legislation around a Bill of Rights for AI use, here are the principles laid out: • That people should be protected from systems deemed “unsafe or ineffective;” • That people shouldn’t be discriminated against via algorithms and that AI-driven systems should be made and used “in an equitable way;” • That people should be kept safe “from abusive data practices” by safeguards built in to AI systems and have control over how data about them is used; • That people should be aware when an automated system is in use and be aware of how it could affect them; • That people should be able to opt out of such systems “where appropriate” and get help from a person instead of a computer. Ok, that is a chunk of word salad to parse, isn’t it? Well, let me point out some flaws here… Problem 1: What constitutes an unsafe or ineffective system? Who decides that? Problem 2: What is the defintion of “equity”? Who makes that decision? Problem 3: Who decides what is abusive? Who designs the safeguards? The last two look genuinely beneficial to me… even as a tech guy, I get irritated when I deal with robo-callers and automated phone systems, as they almost never understand me perfectly, and it winds up taking longer to get where I need to go in the system when I am stuck with one of them, vs just an old school push-button system, or being on hold until I can deal with a person. Well, then again, who decides when it is “appropriate” to have an opt-out from an AI / automated system? I can’t imagine a world where these things wind up in a form that is genuinely good for We the People, as so many in congress are controlled by lobbies who have direct ties to the big businesses which would roll out these sorts of solutions. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/tech/ai-bill-of-rights #weeekendedition #Biden #guidelines #AI #TechFreedom How would I sum this week up? Government tries to reign in Big Tech… Big Tech tries to set the record straight on health… Elon renews his offer to Twitter… EU looks to be forcing Apple to ditch the Lightning connector for their phones and tablets in favor of USB-C What could go wrong? Well, it looks like the admin, or Biden’s handlers, at least, are somewhat awake to the need to cut China off from our tech IP, but is it too little, too late? Probably. The thing that has me scratching my head on the China-Taiwan thing is why China hasn’t just pulled the trigger and invaded that tiny island nation yet. Sure, big old Uncle Sam is waiting to smack them away, but with as gutted as our military is, both in terms of numbers and readiness, how effective can we be in protecting our interests in Taipei? This makes it all feel a bit like a theater production, so the act pertaining to Russia and Ukraine has to wind down before the Chinese drama can really begin, so that the world has bandwidth to attend to and care about it. At this point, it seems like everyone is tapped out with the Ukraine propaganda that has been happening for the last 8 months now. Elon, dude, just make up your mind. Whatever you are doing with Twitter, just do it already and quit hogging the limelight already. YouTube and health advice…. Doesn’t everyone know better than to turn there already? Sure people still post health content (and lots of it), but this appeal to authority feels a bit late in coming, particularly since anyone remotely awake is not in a place where they would trust these “authorities” anyway. So much vagary in these guidelines… the language of the 5 principles is about as opaque and intentionally neutered that it could easily be twisted into something opposite of what it states, as it has to be sent through congress and its lobbyists. I don’t trust it any further than I can throw it. What a week, huh?

System76 Oryx Pro Updated Memesplanation Valve Is Excited Freed Computer Star Labs StarFighter Coming Soon W/ a Host of Options What to Use Instead of Big Tech FFW 12-1: System 76 Oryx Pro Refreshed New hardware for this boss of a development and content creation workhorse, in the form of a new 4K OLED panel for the 15.6” model. The internals are the same as the previous refresh: a 12700H, RTX 3070 TI and 3080 TI GPU options at the top end. They also moved from DDR4 to DDR5 ram, up to 64 GB. Other than that, it is the same as before. These machines start at $2200, but as you configure it more specifically, that price can climb to nearly $5000 for the tippy top options. My Lord. https://9to5linux.com/system76s-oryx-pro-linux-laptop-gets-a-4k-oled-display-and-ddr5-ram #FFW #FOSSfun #system76 #oryxpro #oled #4k #TechFreedom I would add that each of us needs to remember who has carried us through all of the tough times in the past. Who has always brought us through? God. It may have seemed like you were alone in it all, but you never were. As much as you have walked through, whether you have acknowledged His presence with you along the way or not, He has been with you. So when you doubt that you can make it through, reflect on what He has brought you through until now, meditate on His faithfulness and the fact that you would not be alive now, if He weren’t faithful. #FFW #fossfun #reflect #pause #thankful #faithfulness #memesplanation #TechFreedom FFW 27-2: Valve is Excited Update on the official Steam Deck Dock: more supply problems, though it is being built by a different manufacturer than the Deck itself, but looking forward to annoincing something soon. They are also excited about seeing SteamOS on more devices, and are working hard to get the installer ready to go so that other gaming handhelds can dualboot it with Windows. Pretty sweet for those Deck afficionados out there. I am impressed by what I have seen, but have never been that into handhelds, so different strokes for different folks, I guess. I am solidly behind the Deck, though for its ability to raise awareness and usage of Linux overall. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/valve-give-update-on-official-steam-deck-dock-valve-excited-for-steamos-on-more-devices/ #FFW #FOSSfun #steam #steamdeck #news #Linux #TechFreedom Freed Computer https://techfreedom.pro/product/tech-freedom-freed-computer/ #freedcomputer #linux #nospying #safe #TechFreedom #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness FFW 27-3: Star Labs Starfighter This sounds like an epic machine, and will come with a 16” 4K, 10-bit, matte, IPS display that also can rotate 180 degrees, and can come with Intel 12th generation processors or up to an AMD 6800H processor, up to 64 GB of DDR5, and up to 8 TB of SSD storage. The only weakness I see, in terms of hardware, is a lack of DGPU options, at least as noted in this article. The price starts at $900 and ranges up to around $3000, so is potentially far more affordable than the Oryx Pro we talked about earlier. https://9to5linux.com/star-labs-shares-more-details-on-its-upcoming-starfighter-4k-linux-laptop #FFW #FOSSfun #starlabs #starfighter #comingsoon #1weekandcounting #preorder #intrigued #dedicatedlinux #TechFreedom What to use instead of Big Tech online: https://rumble.com/v1020p7-viable-google-alternatives.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #techtips #TechFreedom #justsayno #nomorespying #advice

DNS Settings to Avoid Email Spoofing Attacks Memesplanation Chaos, a GO-Based Malware Hits Everyone to Create Botnets Free Your Internet 15 More CLI Tips for Linux 10 Things to Know About Tech Freedom TTT 27-1: How to Keep Your Domain From Being Spoofed Here’s how to tweak and unused domain so that it cannot be used to spoof or phish anyone. 1. set up a null MX (mail exchange) record 1) enter your DNS settings panel on your hosting company 2) Find your MX records 3) Set them this way 1. <yourdomain.com.> 1 IN MX 0 1. This will trigger a DNS error if anyone tries to spoof from that domain, and fail to send mail 2. Set up SPF records 1) This does 2 things 1. Protect you from spoofing 2. Keep your emails from landing in spam folders 2) Do it this way to cause a permanent failure in SPF 1. <yourdomain.com> "v=spf1 -all" 3. Set a DKIM Record 1) *._domainkey.<yourdoamin.com>. 1 IN TXT "v=DKIM1; p=" 4. Set up DMARC Policy 1) _dmarc.<yourdomain.com>. 1 IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; adkim=s; aspf=s;" This will A) A Null MX will force all emails to fail to be sent from the domain B) Failing that, an SPF Record set to Null will suggest to any mail servers that receive any mail from that domain to drop it without delivering it. C) Failing that, the DKIM will prevent spoofing as well D) Failing that, a DMARC Policy set this way will reinforce the SPF and DKIM settings you already changed. https://www.cyberciti.biz/security/dns-settings-to-avoid-email-spoofing-and-phishing-for-unused-domain/ #TTT #techtips #spoofing #phishing #DNS #becareful #TechFreedom Often in life, one season prepares us for the next. God uses our choices, however good or bad, and their consequences, to prepare us for the next season. In the moment, it is hard to have this kind of perspective, as we usually can’t see the forest for the trees. Remember moments like this when you go through weird shit, and choose to be grateful that God cares enough to walk you through it so that you will be ready for the next thing. #techtips #TTT #grateful #reflective #encouragement #God #memesplanation #TechFreedom TTT 27-2: Chaos Malware Hits Both Windows and Linux A new, Go-based botnet creating malware has emerged, and seems capable of hitting both Windows and Linux machines, as well as routers, and enterprise servers. This nasty piece of work appears to have its origin in China, and appears to either leverage its bots to perform DdoS atatcks and mine crypto. It utilizes known security exploits and because it is written in GO, it seems impervious to tracking, and can morph itself a bit to move across networks. One of the surpising things with this bugger is that it seems to target relatively small things, like small & home office routers, and FreeBSD computers, rather than taking on purely larger targets, like enterprise servers. One of the chaos botnet’s targets early last month was a GitLab server in Europe. https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/researchers-warn-of-new-go-based.html #TTT #security #privacy #malware #news #ohboy #TechFreedom Tech Freedom, [10/4/22 9:02 AM] Free Your Internet https://techfreedom.pro/product/free-your-internet/ One-stop shop for getting you and your business transitioned off of Big Tech online platforms and tools, so that you have control of your data once again. I will also help you to find better alternatives. #TechFreedom #internetfreedom #nogoogle #nometa #noyahoo #nomicrosoft TTT 27-3: 15 More CLI Tricks for Linux bangbang (!!) will repeat the last command you typed, so say you don’t feel like hitting the up arrow, then ctrl+a to go to the beginning of the line to add a sudo, you would type sudo !! Going back, cd .. sends you up a level in your current directory, but did you know that cd – will take you to the last directory? If you just type cd, it will send you all the way back to your Home directory Copy and Paste in terminal requires the addition of the shift key to the standard ctrl+c and ctrl+v shortcuts, so ctrl+shift+c = copy and ctrl+shift+v = paste These gems and so many more await in this article… https://betterprogramming.pub/15-essential-linux-command-line-tips-and-tricks-95e2bfa2890f #TTT #Linuxtips #techtips #terminaltips #terminal #bash #TechFreedom

Fedora to Drop Support for Proprietary Video Codecs in F37 Memesplanation Spiral Linux Update Freedom Consultation Xero Linux, Pretty In Purple? Intro to Tech Freedom DM 27-1: Fedora Dropping Proprietary Video Codecs Wait, what? No more H.264, H.265, and VC-1 support for muh videos? Why? Concern over lawfare that could result from using these codecs without paying for them, which leaves anyone without a proprietary NVIDIA driver to support these codecs in the cold. Older systems may also have more problems. I get why they chose to avoid rather than confront the entertainment industry over using their codecs in linux without paying royalties for it. It still sucks. Sorry, Fedora users. The thing is that where Fedora and Red Hat go, often FOSS seems to follow. Watch for this shift in other distros moving forward. https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-drops-vaapi-codec/ #distromonday #Fedora #Linux #FOSS #vaapi #codecs #h264 #h265 #vc1 #hmmm #TechFreedom Just do it. If we allow there to be a “try” in our thoughts, then it introduces the possibility of failure, which will create space for that undesired end. If we only “do” and think in terms of “do” vs “try”, we will keep “doing” and learning until we become excellent at whatever it is. So quit “trying”, just “do” whatever it is. Thanks, Yoda. #distromonday #yoda #starwars #justdoit #mindset #language #encouragement #memesplanation #TechFreedom DM 27-2: Spiral Linux Update Debian based distro gets more usable with latest update to 11.5 Stable branch and some bug fixes for the desktop environments: Cinnamon finally got Catfish search utility Budgie got a missing appindicator applet for the system tray GNOME fixed an install issue with calamares causing some systems to hang after install MATE: Menu workarounds for some apps that couldn’t be launched due to lacking sudo privileges Also disabled some bmp-based fonts to assist with rendering updated to the 5.18 kernel, Firefox ESR 102.3, and added SecureBoot, though with some caveats. https://linuxiac.com/spirallinux-updated-built-upon-the-stable-debian-11-5-branch/ #distromonday #SpiralLinux #updates #debian #stable #Linux #TechFreedom Freedom Consultation Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that. This is a FREE 90 minute call with me, where I will demo some varieties of Linux for you, some replacement apps, talk about degoogled phones, and give you links to how to start the process of taking control of your digital life online as well. https://techfreedom.pro/products/freedom-consultation #distromonday #TechFreedom #consultation #free DM 27-3: XeroLinux… Arch, Pretty in Purple KDE Base on an Arch foundation, and the desktop layout apparently follows Hick’s Law, which relates to the number of stimuli and a person’s reaction time. So the layout seems to follow suit with MacOS, with a global menu on the top bar and a dock at the bottom of the screen. Personally, those things bother me, so I prefer a more traditional PC feel. Three things in their list of goodies stand out to me, though: Synaptic on Arch Flatseal flatpak GUI XeroLinux Config tool (I believe that more distros should have tools like this, as Garuda does) It looks interesting. If I had time, I would test it out… https://www.zdnet.com/article/xerolinux-makes-a-strong-case-for-the-most-beautiful-linux-desktop-on-the-market/ #distromonday #XeroLinux #Arch #hickslaw #pretty #macclone #Linux #TechFreedom Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website. https://rumble.com/v157uqb-tech-freedom-intro-what-is-this.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #intro #TechFreedom #telegram #truthsocial #publicsq #gab Devotions Channel Link: https://rumble.com/c/c-1710083

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Halo EAC Being Worked on for Steam Deck Memesplanation GE-Proton 7-35 Released Freed Computer New NVIDIA Driver Out How to Survive Online Without Big Tech FFW 11-1: Easy Anti-Cheat Being Worked on for Steam Deck Great news for gamers who want to continue fighting The Covenant in Halo: The Master Chief Collection on their Steam Deck or Linux Computer: the crew at 343 is on it, they have “ticked the box”, but there is more to it than that. It will be playable soon from the sound of it. Enjoy (soon). https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/343-working-on-halo-the-master-chief-collection-anti-cheat-for-steam-deck-linux/ #FFW #fossfun #Linux #linuxgaming #steamdeck #halo #easyanticheat #TechFreedom Miserable or strong? How much energy are you gonna waste (worrying, beating yourself up, etc), vs making yourself better so that you avoid the situation in the future? One is productive, the other simply wastes time and leaves you hollow. Snap out of it. Wasting time beating yourself up benefits no one. Cry your river, build a bridge, and get over it. It is not the end. You still have life to live and likely have people depending on you to live it well. #memesplanation #toughlove #strong #miserable #productive #wasteful #encouragement #TechFreedom FFW 11-2: GE-Proton 7-35 Out Now What’s new? GTA4 fixes wine updated DXVK updated vkd3d updated Persona 4 Golden Fixed If you play any of these titles, they should work even better now. Enjoy. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/ge-proton-7-35-out-now-with-more-fixes-for-linux-steam-deck/ #FFW #fossfun #Linux #linuxgaming #proton #gloriouseggroll #TechFreedom Freed Computer https://techfreedom.pro/product/tech-freedom-freed-computer/ #freedcomputer #linux #nospying #safe #TechFreedom #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness FFW 11-3: New NVIDIA Driver Released To match up with the latest AMD/Intel drivers in Mesa 22.2, NVIDIA has deigned to give us a new driver. What’s new? For the 20-series and later: Fixed possible excessive power draw on idle xll or Wayland desktop at hires or hirefresh Fixed crash in Xorg when an NvFBC capture session was start when vram was full https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/nvidia-linux-driver-51576-is-out-as-is-mesa-222-for-amd-intel/ #FFW #fossfun #NVIDIA #drivers #gfx #Linux #TechFreedom What to use instead of Big Tech online: https://rumble.com/v1020p7-viable-google-alternatives.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #techtips #TechFreedom #justsayno #nomorespying #advice Ben's Telegram Channel: https://t.me/christian_pc_consulting Tech Freedom Devotions on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1710083

Musk & Twitter Hackers Ransom LAUSD Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn Apps Next Silicon Valley Will Be in US Heartland Linux Tool to Defend Against Supply Chain Attacks #weekendedtition #TechFreedom #technews #currentevents #musk #twitter #lausdhacked #ungodlysurveillance #supplychain WE 5-1: What’s the latest in the saga? Musk tried to delay the trial again, but the judge smacked his attempt down, believing that Twiter would be irreparably harmed by any further delay. His latest delay tactic had to do with the whistleblower who came out recently. He had been the head of security for Twitter before he was let go in April. He claimed that Zatko’s (the whistleblower) revelations about the number of bots, spam, and the kind of security in place on Twitter seem to support Musk’s claims that Twitter lied to him in April. Of course, Twitter batted that aside, saying that all of these allegations are a “false narrative” wait, they cried “Fake news”? That is a laugh, being that they gatekeep for the American Uniparty as proudly as they do. Musk also subpoenaed Dorsey, among many other tech “luminaries”. All this while he quietly sold off another $6.9 Billion worth of his Tesla stock to support his takeover bid, just in case this lawsuit doesn’t free him of his commitment to purchase Twitter. This sounds like he knows that the judge is likely to side with Twitter and makes me wonder how much of this is really just theater. Time will tell. https://www.theverge.com/23026874/elon-musk-twitter-buyout-news-updates #weekendedition #tech #government #technews #bigtech #musk #twitter #TechFreedom WE 5-2: LA Unified School District Gets Hacked… Student Data at Risk You may have heard about this last month, as the attack actually occurred just as students were returning for the 2022-23 school year. Group called Vice Society is the likely culprit, and may have accessed some student names and other limited data, but it is not believed that they were able to get their hands on any other personally identifiable data. The district was able to recover the data from backups and it caused very limited disruption. However, the new wrinkle in the story is that there has now been a demand made of the district, though the district is not releasing those details now. CISA calls the group an “intrusion, exfiltration, and extortion hacking group”. This is the first time that a successful attack was carried out against LAUSD, but where there is one, there is bound to be more. If you can manage to get your kids out of school and homeschool them, it would be greatly beneficial to the privacy and mental/emotional stability of your children. https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/22/23366602/hacking-gang-la-school-district-ransom-vice-society #weekendedition #news #technews #privacy #security #LAUSD #hack #TechFreedom WE 5-3: Founder of AOL Believes that Silicon Valley Will Be Replaced by Midwestern Startups He has been working on an initiative with his VC fund, Revolution, to promote and fund new tech startups in Middle America, called Rise of the Rest, eponymous with his new book. Why does he believe that the hegemony of the coasts in Aerica will be broken? He has been criscrossing America for years, only stopped by the plandemic. He’s been putting his money where is mouth is on this as well, so maybe he is right. The writer of this Wired article is a bit skeptical that the status quo could shift that radically in the next 10 years, but seems open minded about it. There are deep concerns about funding, attracting talent, retaining talent, attracting customers and partners, not to mention media attention. Something tells me that the new media that has come up over the last 5 years or so, and holds far more sway than an establisment rag like Wired would want to admit to. I like the concept of investing in Middle America, even though I’m sitting out here in LA. I like the idea of Big Tech being split up, as the false unity that it has promoted over the last decade or two is completely unhelpful, as it only falls in line with the Uniparty’s interests in maintaining their own power over the rest of us. Let’s vote with our dollars to support companies who are legit in their constitutional stances, first in terms of 1A, then 2A stuff, and on down the Bill of Rights. https://www.wired.com/story/the-next-silicon-valley-will-be-in-the-us-heartlands/ #weekendedition #technews #bigtech #middleamerica #midwest #innovation #decentralization #TechFreedom WE 5-4: Ungodly Surveillance from Covenant Eyes and Accountable2You… I have used both of these apps over the years, I knew what I was getting into because I knew what it would take to break my porn issue (I haven’t used them in years, and I’m not saying that my issue is solved), but I didn’t have my activities sent to a pastor, but rather my uncle (whom I was close with at the time) my wife, and a mentor. That is how these apps are supposed to work. You visit some site that is questionable, then it logs that visit and sends it in a periodic email to your partners. Placing a pastor in that position, particularly if they are not close with you, is a recipe for shaming people, which will only dig a person’s hole deeper. Wired found that both of these apps actually violate Google’s policies on the PlayStore. This class of apps exploit the Accessibility API to do things as invasive as taking a screenshot per second for records’ sake, as well as reading the titles or installed apps, not just snooping on search activity or keystrokes. As someone who values privacy, if these things are not spelled out clearly somewhere where it is easy for a person to access and read before they sign up for the service, and each one has a monthly subscription for the honor of mining all of your usage data. Wired actually got Accountable2You suspended from the PlayStore due to their findings. I don’t think that when I was using these apps in the past, they were quite so invasive. It seems to me that they didn’t used to take screenshots or anything like that 6 or 7 years ago. Come on, you guys. Get your act together and stop with being legit spyware. https://www.wired.com/story/covenant-eyes-anti-porn-accountability-monitoring-apps/ #weekendedition #news #porn #accountability #shame #church #spyware #TechFreedom WE 5-5: Protect Yourself from Software Supply Chain Attacks with Wolfi from Chainguard This distro will examine every piece of software in your system to show you what may be weak or vulnerable so that you can correct the issue before you get your system hit with some attack, exploiting bad code somewhere in your stack. Even the feds have taken notice in this area, with the pResident issuing an executive order covering that over a year ago. The truth is that if you are a developer working on a project, you need to redo your foundation with secure code and a secure environment, so that as you add things in, you can see, using a tool like Wolfi, what is good and what isn’t. All so you make sure that your projects are as solid as possible, so that attacks like SolarWinds and NotPetya don’t hit you or your organization with any kind of effectiveness. Make sure that you know what code you are utilizing, rather than just grabbing bits and pieces from everywhere without making sure that they are clean. The illustration used is one of packing up things for longterm storage, if you don’t know what’s in the box, you could be in for a nasty surprise when you open it in the future. Most environments these days are containerized, more or less systems-in-a-box, and we trust these boxes to not be full of malicious code. This is a problem which Wolfi seeks to solve for you. It will inspect each container, down to source code, and give you a readout of what is in there. I’d love to see what an auditor would have to say about this, whether it would be as helpful in real life as this marketing piece seems to make it appear. https://www.wired.com/story/chainguard-wolfi-linux-distribution/ #weekendedition #security #auditing #wolfi #chainguard #TechFreedom Music: Pray by Anno Domini Beats

FOSS Dealing with FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) Memesplanation Pipewire News Free Your Internet Bad News for Python Users 10 Things About Tech Freedom TTT 26-1: FOSS FUD? Why? One Word: Security. As painful as it is, the last year has not been kind to FOSS, we had the Log4j breach in the Apache stack, which left many users vulnerable to hacks. Log4j is not that big of a deal for typical users though, as patching has fixed holes that were found, and as things were found, they were quickly handled, as is the typical situation in the FOSS community. This, along with news of more malware and vulnerabilities being exploited has soured many in the industry towards FOSS as a whole. Basically, a larger, brighter spotlight has been focused on FOSS in the last year or so, and I think that the community as a whole has risen to the challenges associated with it rather well. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/09/20/open-source-security-concerns/ #TTT #techtips #Linux #FOSSnews #security #TechFreedom Discern what matters. Not everything that can be measured actually matters. Many things that can’t be measured matter more than those that can. Keep at it. Don’t give up. Have heart, and take courage that while things may look small now, on the surface, if you are doing things right, the root system is growing like gangbusters where no one but you can see it. Keep on, learn, take your licks, but keep on keeping on. #measurables #empiricalevidence #einstein #kcco #growth #encouragement #memesplanation #TechFreedom TTT 26-2: Pipewire is Getting New Bluetooth Support What is Pipewire, you ask? Why, it is a combo audio and video handler, to replace Pulseaudio, JACK, and v4l2, respectively, with a lighter, nimbler, and more versatile option that can offer better performance. What’s new? A primary developer added a commit to handle the new bt Low Energy standard in the stack. This is great news for many of us who use bluetooth headsets, and hopefully we will eventually get to have A2DP audio sinking and recording capabilities at the same time, because even pulseaudio can’t pull that off, or at least not well. This feature, if any of those devs watch my show, would make Linux an even better fit for most everyday people, particularly if we are still pulling for Linux Mobile in any form. https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-gets-initial-support-for-next-generation-bluetooth-le-low-energy-audio #TTT #pipewire #audio #video #news #Linux #FOSSnews #bluetooth #TechFreedom Free Your Internet https://techfreedom.pro/product/free-your-internet/ One-stop shop for getting you and your business transitioned off of Big Tech online platforms and tools, so that you have control of your data once again. I will also help you to find better alternatives. #TechFreedom #internetfreedom #nogoogle #nometa #noyahoo #nomicrosoft #parallelEconomy #parallelSociety #shopongab #growwithgab #smallbusiness #gabsmallbusiness TTT 26-3: Python Problems… Uh oh… This is a very old problem that is coming back to bite devs in the backside. It was discovered 15 years ago, and could lead to an attack with the scope of SolarWinds from a couple of years ago. Come on FOSS community, lets get this thing fixed before something catestrophic happens. The vulnerability is somewhere in the tarfile library, which could make software supply chain attacks more easily carried out. All an attacker would have to do is add ../ to a TAR archive file, and insodoing, gain execution rights in the writing process. Be careful, you who regularly write or use Python programs. Go back through your code to check for this bugger. Yikes. https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/unpatched-python-library-affects-300k-projects/ #TTT #python #vulnerability #oldnews #checkyourcode #TechFreedom 10 Things My Wife Thinks You Should Know about Tech Freedom. https://rumble.com/v19elx6-10-things-about-tech-freedom.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y #TechFreedom #wifeysauce #getfree #explainer