short story: phase it out So it finally happened, Oracle wants to cash in on it’s $7.4 Billion investment it made in 2009. The non-Open-Source non-GPL non-Free-Software-coffee has officially gone sour. One can just pray, that this will be a […]
harddisk encryption is important from critical data to get physically stolen (can’t do much about data that get’s stolen while DEcrypted) (except: to not have any physical network connection while the data is in DEcrypted state?) hostnamectl; # tested on […]
Yes! What RSS does NOT stand for “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh” , “Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Gandhi, on January 30, 1948, was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., a violent right-wing organization that promotes Hindu supremacy.” (src: HolyCow!) […]
“If Earth loses ability to fix CO2” (warming oceans, permafrost melting = releasing methane) then we are f… “Earth is probably going to become even hotter than Venus” (+500C) Venus today: “Venus is a warning for us because it shows […]
can not recommend! the connection works (benchmark results below) the major problem is: unable to disable DHCP! which means: whenever there is a disconnect from the uplink (DHCP lost) the DHCP of the TL-WPA4220KIT will “kick in” and assign completely […]
360 picture of Mars 🙂 congratulations to CNSA for this accomplishment and hope for a good international cooperation in the exploration of space. Queston: why should the first man or woman on Mars be a “American” or a “Chinese” or […]
EDIMAX EW-7612UAn V2 THE ONLY (?) GNU Linux WIFI WLAN Adapter that works OUT OF THE BOX on all GNU Linux systems (ODROID RASPBERRY AND Desktop GNU Linux) How to created multiple Wifi AccessPoints connecting (WDS Wifi Bridge) to one […]
“In 2019, spending in the cybersecurity industry reached around $40.8 billion, with forecasts suggesting that the market will eclipse 54 billion U.S. dollars by 2021 as the best-case scenario, taking into account the coronavirus (COVID-19) impact. As many organizations around […]
Apple wants to become the new Google: BigBadBoldBigDataMothership why more developers should chose GPL to publish programs: as a once proud Apple user… (yes GNU Linux Debian 10 actually runs pretty well on the Intel-Macbook-Pros) yes they are beautiful spies… […]
UPDATE: 2022 may have to appoligize to HighPoint and ALTERNATE, as other RAID systems such as the AMD RAIDXpert2 based systems (same concept) are also STALLING during ATTO Disk Benchmark in Direct I/O mode. So the ATTO Benchmark MIGHT be […]
it sounds crazy but… as machines as cars and tractors become more complicated and computerized not only are their parts DELIBERATELY designed to break after a certain time (planned obsolescence) (in order to sell more spare parts, make more profit) […]
SecurityLab, [12.01.21 15:23] The developer of the Salaat First (Prayer Times) app, which reminds Muslims when to pray, recorded and sold detailed information about their location to a data broker without the users ‘ knowledge, who in turn sold the […]
get the App for Android/Samsung https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms direct download link https://signal.org/android/apk/ 2022-05 version: https://updates.signal.org/android/Signal-Android-website-prod-universal-release-5.38.5.apk how to verify (very (over?) complicated: get the sha256 sum from bottom of page https://signal.org/android/apk/ remove all the : 29:F3:4E:5F:27:F2:11:B4:24:BC:5B:F9:D6:71:62:C0:EA:FB:A2:DA:35:AF:35:C1:64:16:FC:44:62:76:BA:26 29F34E5F27F211B424BC5BF9D67162C0EAFBA2DA35AF35C16416FC446276BA26 download commandlinetools-linux-8092744_latest.zip from https://developer.android.com/studio#downloads ./bin/sdkmanager –sdk_root=/tmp/android_sdk […]
long story… good alternative? https://minidvblinux.de/ having had various frustrating experiences with the topic: TV + PC (even tried a cheap DreamBox 520 HD from eBay… which are probably good devices, but this one turned out to be faulty/unstable) now… in […]
as retro as it gets… seems to be a clone of MoonPatrol. hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: lenovo Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-16-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 apt update apt install moon-buggy apt show moon-buggy Package: moon-buggy […]
IBM’s first 2nm transistor could lead to CPUs with +45% better performance, or -75% lower energy use compared to 7nm chips in and round about 2024 / 2025 (according to IBM interview Bloomberg) IBM achieved this with International Business Machines […]
perfect start perfect skydiver-flight perfect landing small fire no “unscheduled rapid disassembly” aka “BocaChicaBoomBoom” 15h later… still standing!!! congratulationzzzz! so it is official: the Starship has landed…. intact in one piece. CONGRATULATIONZZZZ!🥳🥳🥳 Next stop: Low Earth Orbit 🙂 in order […]
Who is Writing (GNU) Linux? Every (GNU) Linux kernel is being developed by nearly 1,000 developers working for more than 100 different corporations. This is the foundation for the largest distributed software development project in the world. (src) “None” has […]
the story goes like this. multiple files were zipped under Windows 7 (Pro German/DE) and unzipped under GNU Linux Debian 10. The problem is: that the special chars of the filenames are all reported as “invalid encoding” (within the MATE […]
Apple: from RISC CPU (PowerPC) to CISC CPU (x86 Intel) back to RISC CPU (ARM) what is the difference? short version: CISC CPUs (usually need more energy) have more instruction sets, for example: model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU […]
direct link to Video: https://dwaves.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ingenuitiy-first-flying-vehicle-on-Mars-2021-04-21.mp4 (for some buggy reason Diaspora or the WP Diaspora plugin is unable to include the video or properly link to it) full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KolyCqICI it is the first time, mankind has flown a vehicle on […]
update: Starlink reduced price to 80EUR! 😀 PLUS: THE HARDWARE IS FOR FREE! (the very good hardware alone is worth ~2000USD!) Thanks Elon! 😀 Support SpaceX: mankind’s only hope to ever reach Mars! order Starlink now! Update: Amazon […]
NVIDIA = games + servers? yes NVIDIA servers! NVIDIA wants to become the “NetFlix of gaming” streaming screen output of games (actually running on their servers via GeForce NOW) on Tablets and SmartPhones but not only that… since BitCoin & […]
always say something positive first: FritzBoxes are great (DSL/LTE/…) internet routers (up to now) all FritzBoxes work with 12V DC (which is great for usage with small solar power stations (that are usually 12V based)) high quality & reliable secure […]
I once asked Rupert Murdoch why he was so opposed to the European Union. ‘That’s easy,’ he replied. ‘When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.’ https://www.indy100.com/people/this-terrifying-rupert-murdoch-quote-is-possibly-the-best-reason-to-stay-in-the-eu-yet-7291931 src […]
this was a very nasty problem that has cost me some time the hardware was perfectly fine… but somehow an employee managed to kill the /boot partition (improper shutdown? what the user then ends up with is the grub2 prompt: […]
details on the latest SanDisk Ultra 3.2Gen1 32GBytes stick Why this stick and not 1:1 dd copy a Debian (or other) Live iso on the stick? (Debian even provides Live.iso with a bunch of different desktops to chose from #NOICE!) […]
why are those data leaks problematic? because scammers and spammers will use this data to even better scam (social engineer) the affected users that is why it is essential to give those platforms (if the user needs them) as little […]
this is another episode of “GNU Linux saves old hardware from the dumpster” the good: IT JUST WORKS 🙂 the onboard GPU can actually display the full resolution of a 19″ display (1920×1080) of the Gnome2 MATE Desktop the bad: […]
can it run GNU Linux Debian 10 (64Bit)? yes it can! what used to be aWindows XP box is now running very latest FREE version Debian, thus allowing to run latest Firefox and latest Thunderbird 🙂 (to stay up to […]