not the first Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader – no pdf mail attachments are ALSO not safe (UNFORTUNATELY) (Minimal GNU Linux OS and (of course) Doom runs in PDF document)
10.02.2025

cybersecurity wise mankind is doomed if mad CEOs (on drugs?) think it’s a good idea to allow the most bizare embedding of software into word.doc, excel.xls, just-want-to-print-that-file-properly.pdf and other formats “Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.9 […]

31.01.2025

why have one package management system if the user can have 3x 4x 5x? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(software) https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt.git to keep it simple imho it would be better to use only one “one to rule em all” (maybe python pip as exception) https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/a364ii/proscons_of_snap_vs_apt/ […]

GNU Linux emacs stallman + linus favorite IDE revisited
19.01.2025

as a long-time vim user (R.I.P Bam) there are very interesting youtube video tutorials about emacs how to setup? https://github.com/hubisan/emacs-wsl?tab=readme-ov-file#install-ubuntu of course instead of apt install emacs, every true hardcore user compiles programs from src 😉 hostnamectl; # tested on […]

GNU Linux kvm virsh created snapshots do not show up in virt-manager
19.01.2025

if virsh (terminal) created snapshots do not show up in virt-manager, try the refresh button at the bottom good luck all involved related links: https://dwaves.de/2021/08/12/gnu-linux-how-to-kvm-qemu-start-clone-multiple-disks-snapshot-restore-revert-delete-shutdown-all-vms-start-all-vms-with-keyword-in-name-snapshot-all-vms-add-remove-disks/ https://dwaves.de/2020/12/05/gnu-linux-debian-10-11-how-to-install-kvm-virtualization-qemu-basic-virsh-commands-kvm-cheat-sheed-howto-workaround-virt-manager-emulator-may-not-have-search-permissions-for-the-path/

how to run flash swf via GNU Linux Debian 13 via ruffle
11.01.2025

“A Flash Player emulator written in Rust ” this is PRETTY cool yes html + javascript basically decimated the use of the FlashPlayer but flash had some strong points: java like language flexible % layouts were easy to make still […]

run LLM AI locally without internet access
04.01.2025

ChatGPT is not open source 2023: “Why is ChatGPT not open source anymore?” GROK only v1 was Apache-2.0 (Grok-1) now its License: Proprietary BUT…. when Grok3 is released, Grok2 will become open source. grok 2 also had to google for […]

GNU Linux how to setup PC (with 2x NIC) as NAT router (LAN, WAN)
31.12.2024

WARNING! WORDPRESS DISPLAYS ONE-LINER-COMMANDS IN MULTIPLE LINES MAKE SURE TO ALWAYS COPY THE WHOLE LINE! based on https://anchored.host/articles/how-to-turn-a-debian-machine-into-a-router hardware requirements: have at least 2x network interfaces LAN (internal network shielded from WAN) WAN (this is the network that connects to […]

GNU Linux bash stopwatch script
26.12.2024

sometimes it is usefull to meassure how long what took in the shell vim /scripts/stopwatch.sh #!/bin/bash # function to get current time in seconds and milliseconds get_time() { date +%s%N | cut -b1-13 } # initial time start_time=$(get_time) echo “press […]

how to install GNU Linux Debian 13 (Trixie) how to set fixed ip (netplan) how to disable ipv6
26.12.2024

how to install GNU Linux Debian 13 (Trixie) re-tested (2025-02-08) and graphical installer now works 🙂 (thanks all involved) https://chuangtzu.ftp.acc.umu.se/images/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso (sha512sum: 64632b0d93d0aa3b164ecdaa4a0a4882dd58cb018b20a635a49215d56cc00969a9f9d2fc2b01b2188531882e85599cfc1523da68e392fe9a672e218e1e19e787) but this is a weekly build, so the build next week will have a different sha512sum and might […]

how to setup install armbian on Rockpi-E RK3588 + looking for alternative SoC hardware? + RISC-V status quo latest board just dropped + who is Radxa + compact AI hardware NVIDIA Jetson Orion Nano?
24.12.2024

https://hackerboards.com RISC-V status quo latest board just dropped fastest ever released RISC-V board? after Apple demonstrated unparalleled computing-per-watt CPUs (M1,M2,M3) is the RISC revolution here? “Dozens of chip makers may have to reassess their relationship with Arm” “some major players […]

feasability of colonizing Mars in 10 (not so easy) steps
18.12.2024

most recently another “scientific” “nay sayer” video has been uploaded of those who THINK they patented truth itself (know everything, which is arrogance and blashphemy because only god and nobody are perfect) saying colonizing Mars is “too expensive” “not feasable” […]