Category: free software

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) different sizes… different standards… every year? why? it is hard to find […]

update: 2020-05 for whatever reason the following SSHDroid app does not work anymore. please checkout the even easier to use (default port: 2222) and setup: SimpleSSHD (Easy to use SSH server) – https://f-droid.org/app/org.galexander.sshd # start the ssh server app # […]

scroll down for ENGLISH: ) OMG! Da die IT von Baltimore sich einen Ransome-Virus eingefangen hat, können die Bürger ihre Steuern und ihre Blitzer-Tickets nicht zahlen! Wunderbar! 🙂 Mit welchem Aufwand man rechnen muss, wenn man sich von der Digitalisierung […]

google’s security lab “project zero“ has made itself a name. (you can subscribe to their rss feed with thunderbird.) Posted by Ben Hawkes, Project Zero (team lead) (2019-05-15) Project Zero’s team mission is to “make zero-day hard”, i.e. to make […]

the affordable 100% Open Source phone: update: 2021-01 “the best (most privacy & security & usability) Smart Phone solution” is yet to be found (PinePhone (yet untested) comes close) and it would be like: runs standard unmodified GNU Linux kernel […]

list of RSS feeds that might be interesting 😀 RSS-Feeds are files.xml, which are auto-generated by CMS like WordPress. It can be subscribed to with an RSS-Client Software. Thunderbird (the Mail program) for example (tested on version 60.6.4 and above) […]

CentOS8: ccze author not willing to maintain ccze. no ccze and not even lnav available. how to monitor all logs… https://dwaves.de/2017/06/15/linux-monitor-all-logs-in-real-time-d-follow-all-show-changes-to-log-files-under-varlog/ as i was wondering what combination of less -R with or without ccze would allow me to view log […]

what is epel?: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux “EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement the Fedora-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) […]

long story short: “The Year 2038 problem is where the Unix time can no longer be stored in a signed 32-bit integer and thus after 19 January 2038 will begin wrapping around as a negative number for representing the number […]

Thanks! thanks to all the contributors of open source soft- and hardware and people that share their knowledge online for free 🙂 i hope/think that better technology could possibly also change humans to the better… freely sharing information surely does […]

Why the EU hates facebook? https://edri.org/coe-eprivacy-regulation-victim-of-lobby-onslaught/ The politicians there are afraid that facebook can be used against them – and “Steve Bannon’s bold plan to start a populist revolution in Europe” is already working to overthrow governments. i think that the […]

“You have rights. The right to privacy, freedom of thought, freedom of speech and the right to read. In this context, Libreboot gives you these rights. Your freedom matters. Right to repair matters. Many people use proprietary (non-libre) boot firmware, […]

…and it is even FAST! hardware support: 250 mainboards supported in 2012! Chromebook (IvyBridge / Thinkpad X60 / Thinkpad T 60 It comes with OpenBoot = also good and a direct rival to Intel’s EFI adoption. (checkout: https://www.coreboot.org/, coreboot interview: […]

  one was running CyanogenMod “Beanstalk” on Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) for the last 2-3 years and it worked pretty well, but after a while (and a lot of Apps) it becomes unreliable/unstable. (but that is with all systems that […]

warning: this only works if you have a gui/gnome installed. thanks goes to this superb tutorial with screenshots: http://xmodulo.com/debug-program-nemiver-debugger.html For Debian based distributions, it should be pretty straightforward: apt-get install nemiver; # Debian and Ubuntu pacman -S nemiver; # For […]

what to do to improve online privacy? use a privacy respecting DNS server by https://www.opennic.org/ for example: 195.10.195.195 (not google’s (8.8.8.8)) use Freifunk use a VPN such as: mullvad VPN https://mullvad.net/en/help/pricing-discounts/ https://mullvad.net/en/check/ Mozilla launched it’s own VPN service https://vpn.mozilla.org/ use tor […]

sad update: Peter Eckersley of Let’s Encrypt is Dead   may his soul find rest in the open source nirvana from earthly troubles… may the pain of his family and friends be overcome may let’s encrypt live on! Why: Do MAJOR […]

Update: 2020-05 Munich commits to “Public Money? Public Code!” The new coalition agreement in Munich commits to the principle of “Public Money? Public Code!”. The FSFE welcomes this decision by the new government and will closely monitor the progress of […]

Wifi Modes of an Access point: DLink has painted a nice overview over the possible different modes of an Accesspoint: cybersec: from great wifi modes that allow bridging two wifi networks, it would be GREAT if vendors test their products […]

“You will constantly have to fight for even the most basic of rights – and build your own infrastructure – or your government will spy on you and lobbyists try to take away your freedoms.” Watch this video and this: […]

… one also likes beauty and simplicity… this tutorial has not exactly grown into beauty – rather the beauty has grown into a beast and just as with software beyond a certain point – it needs to be split into […]

here he is Mr Poettering in 2014 explaining systemd and why it ought to be soooo complex. with all decision making, it should be rational and fact and reason based and then stick to it (aka systemA boots faster than […]

“The Unix Philosophy in One Lesson” “All the philosophy really boils down to one iron law, the hallowed ‘KISS principle’ of master engineers everywhere:” “Keep It Simple, Stupid” or “Keep It Super Simple” (less offensive) The Unix philosophy emphasizes building […]

Update: 2019.01: Redhat CPU fixes overview: Is CPU microcode available to address CVE-2017-5715 via the microcode_ctl package? https://access.redhat.com/articles/3436091 Update: https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Prozessoren-undokumentierter-Debugging-Zugriff-erforscht-4256525.html update: from FSF: Dana Morgenstein: If there is an event at your university or in your community addressing the Intel chip […]

Unfortunately Debian – and i guess the rest of the Linux world as well – users have a pretty hard time finding WIFI and LAN cards but also grafix cards that can run with 100% free software. (FSF! STALLMAN! HELP! […]

download: “GNU Emacs Reference Card” aka EMACS_CHEAT_SHEED_Hotkeys_Shortcuts_refcard.pdf Alt+key = emacs’s M-key (META or ALT or EDIT key) Ctrl+key = emacs’s C-key C-<chr> means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr> Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key […]

While biodiversity is GOOD and efficiency is NOT all we need. Nature looks for a balance of efficiency (30%) and resilience (70%). Standardization is enshuring that your work is compatible with future versions – therefore important for programmers, administrators and […]

massive amounts of recordings now available for those who did not get a sponsored flight on an hydrogen powered spaceship… 😀 (me). https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/tag/libreplanet-2017-video/ libreplanet‘s media with tag libreplanet-2017-video The GNU philosophy: Ethics beyond ethics Algorithmic bias: Where it comes from […]

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Update: FOSS Alternatives Video Conferencing: https://itsfoss.com/jami/ Google Project Zero security examination of WebRTC: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/12/adventures-in-video-conferencing-part-1.html WebRTC is the “new web browser based video conferencing kid on the block” and it is pretty cool: in theory possible to run one’s own server […]