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- Linux Action News 177
We share some exclusive details about the Linux-powered gear that just landed on Mars, and the open-source frameworks that make it possible.
Plus a major new feature coming to a Linux distro near you.
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- How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars — This the first time we’ll be flying Linux on Mars. We’re actually running on a Linux operating system. The software framework that we’re using is one that we developed at JPL for cubesats and instruments, and we open-sourced it a few years ago.
- The Perseverance Mars rover just took Linux to another planet
- Ingenuity (Mars helicopter) on Wikipedia
- Mars Helicopter on YouTube
- Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars
- SparkFun Electronics
- Linaro Projects
- Linaro on Wikipedia
- Ivan Čukić on Twitter — Another @kdecommunity #KDE Mars landing a success!
- Linux 5.12 Git Seeing New Code Land Following Winter Storm — While the first week of a new merge window is often one of the busiest times for Linus Torvalds in overseeing the Linux kernel, until last night there was no actual Linux 5.12 code being pushed into the Linux Git repository. Linus was offline most of the week due to winter storms preventing him from pushing to the Git repository and interacting much with the mailing list.
- There Are Big Changes On The Horizon With Linux 5.12
- Btrfs With Linux 5.12 Gets More Performance Improvements, Working Zoned Mode
- XFS File-System With Linux 5.12 Has “A Lot Going On This Time”
- IDMAPPED Mounts Aim For Linux 5.12 - Many New Use-Cases From Containers To Systemd-Homed - Phoronix — This patch series introduces idmapped mounts which has been in the making for some time. Simply put, different mounts can expose the same file or directory with different ownership.
- NVIDIA continues tweaking their work for hardware accelerated Xwayland support — Performance should be fine in full-screen games, as long as the compositor supports the required zwp_linux_dmabuf_v1 interface.
- Experimental Wayland Support For Wine Now Sees More Functionality Working — With the new "request for comment" patches, there is now working support for copy/paste, drag-and-drop, and the ability to change the display mode.
- Apple M1 teaser — So OpenBSD boots multi-user on the new Apple M1 hardware. This still has some hacks in it that need to be fixed, so don't expect support for this in the tree right now. But a big thank you to those that contributed to the pool for getting us some hardware.
21 min - Linux Action News 176
Microsoft and Ubuntu's relationship is under a new spotlight this week.
Plus our rundown of the feature-packed 5.11 release, a Fuchsia surprise, exciting hardware news, and more.
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- Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep
— "The creepiest thing," he said, "[was] the direct contact on my private LinkedIn account" – which he noted did not share "the same corporate email.- ＣｙｂｅｒＡｎｔａｎｉ on Twitter
- KDE Plasma 5.21 is Packed with New Features
— KDE Plasma 5.21 is going to be released on February 16 and when it arrives it’ll bring a barrel load of changes and enhancements with it.- This week in KDE
— Plasma 5.21 approaches!- Linux 5.11 Is Heavy On New Features, Improvements For 2021
— There are a ton of Intel and AMD changes, Syscall User Dispatch for helping some newer Windows games run under Wine, continued IO_uring advancements, many Btrfs file-system improvements, Lenovo contributed ThinkPad palm sensor detection support, and much more.- Linux 5.11 - Linux Kernel Newbies
- Syscall User Dispatch Appears Destined For Linux 5.11 To Help Windows Games On Linux
- AMD Ryzen, EPYC 5~6% Faster Out-Of-The-Box With Linux 5.11
- Intel Xe Graphics Are Looking Great On Linux 5.11 With Nice Performance Uplift
- OpenLiteSpeed WordPress Server | Linode Marketplace
- System76 Begins Detailing Their Open-Source “Launch Configurable Keyboard”
— Like the Thelio computers, System76 is going to be manufacturing their own keyboards at their facility in Denver, Colorado.- Keyboards Go Open Source With System76’s ‘Launch Configurable Keyboard’
- system76/launch on GitHub
— System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard- System76 on Twitter
— “The Launch keyboard PCB! #system76 #launch #keyboard #linux #comingsoon #sneakpeek"- AMD Is Currently Hiring More Linux Engineers
— Several of these new job descriptions do begin with, "step up into a new organization built to engage more strategically and deeply with the technical teams of our commercial customers."- AMD “Green Sardine” Firmware Published For Linux Users
- Google Fuchsia OS could run Android & Linux apps ‘natively’
— This week, a proposal has been put forward for an alternative solution for Fuchsia to run programs meant for Linux and Android. Instead of running Linux itself, Fuchsia would gain a system called “Starnix,” which would act as a translator between instructions for the Linux kernel and instructions for Fuchsia’s Zircon kernel.- [rfc] Running unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia
- Fuchsia - Starnix Proposal
- Hacker News Comments
— Running unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia- Homework: Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel
- Homework: Visual guide to SSH tunnels
- Homework: FOSDEM 2021 Videos
27 min - Linux Action News 176
Microsoft and Ubuntu's relationship is under a new spotlight this week.
Plus our rundown of the feature-packed 5.11 release, a Fuchsia surprise, exciting hardware news, and more.
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- Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep — "The creepiest thing," he said, "[was] the direct contact on my private LinkedIn account" – which he noted did not share "the same corporate email.
- ＣｙｂｅｒＡｎｔａｎｉ on Twitter
- KDE Plasma 5.21 is Packed with New Features — KDE Plasma 5.21 is going to be released on February 16 and when it arrives it’ll bring a barrel load of changes and enhancements with it.
- This week in KDE — Plasma 5.21 approaches!
- Linux 5.11 Is Heavy On New Features, Improvements For 2021 — There are a ton of Intel and AMD changes, Syscall User Dispatch for helping some newer Windows games run under Wine, continued IO_uring advancements, many Btrfs file-system improvements, Lenovo contributed ThinkPad palm sensor detection support, and much more.
- Linux 5.11 - Linux Kernel Newbies
- Syscall User Dispatch Appears Destined For Linux 5.11 To Help Windows Games On Linux
- AMD Ryzen, EPYC 5~6% Faster Out-Of-The-Box With Linux 5.11
- Intel Xe Graphics Are Looking Great On Linux 5.11 With Nice Performance Uplift
- OpenLiteSpeed WordPress Server | Linode Marketplace
- System76 Begins Detailing Their Open-Source “Launch Configurable Keyboard” — Like the Thelio computers, System76 is going to be manufacturing their own keyboards at their facility in Denver, Colorado.
- Keyboards Go Open Source With System76’s ‘Launch Configurable Keyboard’
- system76/launch on GitHub — System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard
- System76 on Twitter — “The Launch keyboard PCB! #system76 #launch #keyboard #linux #comingsoon #sneakpeek"
- AMD Is Currently Hiring More Linux Engineers — Several of these new job descriptions do begin with, "step up into a new organization built to engage more strategically and deeply with the technical teams of our commercial customers."
- AMD “Green Sardine” Firmware Published For Linux Users
- Google Fuchsia OS could run Android & Linux apps ‘natively’ — This week, a proposal has been put forward for an alternative solution for Fuchsia to run programs meant for Linux and Android. Instead of running Linux itself, Fuchsia would gain a system called “Starnix,” which would act as a translator between instructions for the Linux kernel and instructions for Fuchsia’s Zircon kernel.
- [rfc] Running unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia
- Fuchsia - Starnix Proposal
- Hacker News Comments — Running unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia
- Homework: Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel
- Homework: Visual guide to SSH tunnels
- Homework: FOSDEM 2021 Videos
27 min - Linux Action News 175
The story behind a Microsoft repo shipping in Raspberry Pi OS, Canonical updates a special version of Ubuntu, and a couple of milestones the Linux world hit this week.
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- Raspberry Pi Users Mortified As Microsoft Repository That Phones Home Is Added To Pi OS
— The latest update installs a Microsoft apt repository on any machine running Raspberry Pi OS, and does it without admin consent.- Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi’s Linux OS
- Microsoft repo installed on all Raspberry Pi’s
- Eben Upton on Twitter
— I can’t understand why you think this was a controversial thing to do. We do things of this sort all the time without putting out a blog post about how to opt out.- Ubuntu Core 20 Released For IoT/Embedded Linux Use-Cases
— Ubuntu Core 20 is offered for x86_64 and ARM hardware and is backed by Canonical with ten years of support.- Containerize all the things with Ubuntu Core 20
- Ubuntu Core
- How to Deploy Guacamole with Marketplace Apps
- Donating Docker Distribution to the CNCF
— To make the project clearly an industry wide collaboration, hosting it in the CNCF was the obvious place, as it is the home of many successful collaborative projects, such as Kubernetes and Containerd.- Distribution
— The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content.- AlmaLinux, the CentOS Linux replacement, beta is out
— AlmaLinux, the open-source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS, has been released in beta with most Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages.- Google funds project to secure Apache web server with new Rust component
— The module will be based on Rustls; a Rust open-source library developed as an alternative to the C-based OpenSSL project.- LKML: Hector Martin: [PATCH 00/18] Apple M1 SoC platform bring-up
— This series brings up initial support for the Apple M1 SoC, used in the 2020 Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models.- Hector Martin's Development Streams
23 min - Linux Action News 175
The story behind a Microsoft repo shipping in Raspberry Pi OS, Canonical updates a special version of Ubuntu, and a couple of milestones the Linux world hit this week.
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- Raspberry Pi Users Mortified As Microsoft Repository That Phones Home Is Added To Pi OS — The latest update installs a Microsoft apt repository on any machine running Raspberry Pi OS, and does it without admin consent.
- Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi’s Linux OS
- Microsoft repo installed on all Raspberry Pi’s
- Eben Upton on Twitter — I can’t understand why you think this was a controversial thing to do. We do things of this sort all the time without putting out a blog post about how to opt out.
- Ubuntu Core 20 Released For IoT/Embedded Linux Use-Cases — Ubuntu Core 20 is offered for x86_64 and ARM hardware and is backed by Canonical with ten years of support.
- Containerize all the things with Ubuntu Core 20
- Ubuntu Core
- How to Deploy Guacamole with Marketplace Apps
- Donating Docker Distribution to the CNCF — To make the project clearly an industry wide collaboration, hosting it in the CNCF was the obvious place, as it is the home of many successful collaborative projects, such as Kubernetes and Containerd.
- Distribution — The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content.
- AlmaLinux, the CentOS Linux replacement, beta is out — AlmaLinux, the open-source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS, has been released in beta with most Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages.
- Google funds project to secure Apache web server with new Rust component — The module will be based on Rustls; a Rust open-source library developed as an alternative to the C-based OpenSSL project.
- LKML: Hector Martin: [PATCH 00/18] Apple M1 SoC platform bring-up — This series brings up initial support for the Apple M1 SoC, used in the 2020 Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models.
- Hector Martin's Development Streams
23 min - Linux Action News 174
Google removes Matrix chat-client Element from the Play store, sudo has a major flaw with a long-tail, and Rocky Linux gets a boost.
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- Element suspended on Google Play Store
— At 2021-01-29 at 21:35 UTC Google suspended Element from the Play Store without warning or notification- Element sees fivefold increase in signups after Whatsapp privacy debacle
— After Whatsapp’s announcement, rival app Telegram reported a 500% increase in users and Signal saw an 18-fold increase in download numbers, putting it on track to cross 1m new users each day.- Element team waiting hours
— Update: we’re still waiting for a response from Google to our explanatory mail sent ~8 hours ago. Thanks all for your patience while we get this sorted...- New Linux SUDO flaw lets local users gain root privileges
— The issue is a heap-based buffer overflow exploitable by any local user (normal users and system users, listed in the sudoers file or not), with attackers not being required to know the user's password to successfully exploit the flaw. The vulnerability was introduced in the Sudo program almost 9 years ago, in July 2011.- 10-year-old Sudo bug lets Linux users gain root-level access
- Buffer overflow in command line unescaping
- Sudo vulnerability allows attackers to gain root privileges on Linux systems (CVE-2021-3156) - Help Net Security
— "This vulnerability is perhaps the most significant sudo vulnerability in recent memory (both in terms of scope and impact) and has been hiding in plain sight for nearly 10 years."- New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Patched in All Supported Ubuntu Releases
- Mitre - CVE-2020-28374
- Red Hat Customer Portal: CVE-2020-28374
- Debian: CVE-2020-28374
- Ubuntu: CVE-2020-28374
- The killing of CentOS Linux: ‘The CentOS board doesn’t get to decide what Red Hat engineering teams do’
— Brian Exelbierd, responsible for Red Hat liaison with the CentOS project and a board member of that project, has told The Register that CentOS Linux is ending because Red Hat simply refused to invest in it.- Rocky Linux gets a new sponsor—Gregory Kurtzer’s startup, Ctrl IQ
— Rocky Linux is to be a beneficiary of Ctrl IQ's revenue, not its source—the company describes itself in its announcement as the suppliers of a "full technology stack integrating key capabilities of enterprise, hyper-scale, cloud and high-performance computing."- Linux maintainer says long-term support for 5.10 will stay at two years unless biz world steps up and actually uses it
— Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has responded to complaints that the current promise of two years for 5.10 is not enough, explaining that support is not automatic but requires commercial help.- Rust Game Server One-Click App Linode
— A free-for-all battle in a harsh open-world environment.21 min - Linux Action News 174
Google removes Matrix chat-client Element from the Play store, sudo has a major flaw with a long-tail, and Rocky Linux gets a boost.
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- Element suspended on Google Play Store — At 2021-01-29 at 21:35 UTC Google suspended Element from the Play Store without warning or notification
- Element sees fivefold increase in signups after Whatsapp privacy debacle — After Whatsapp’s announcement, rival app Telegram reported a 500% increase in users and Signal saw an 18-fold increase in download numbers, putting it on track to cross 1m new users each day.
- Element team waiting hours — Update: we’re still waiting for a response from Google to our explanatory mail sent ~8 hours ago. Thanks all for your patience while we get this sorted...
- New Linux SUDO flaw lets local users gain root privileges — The issue is a heap-based buffer overflow exploitable by any local user (normal users and system users, listed in the sudoers file or not), with attackers not being required to know the user's password to successfully exploit the flaw. The vulnerability was introduced in the Sudo program almost 9 years ago, in July 2011.
- 10-year-old Sudo bug lets Linux users gain root-level access
- Buffer overflow in command line unescaping
- Sudo vulnerability allows attackers to gain root privileges on Linux systems (CVE-2021-3156) - Help Net Security — "This vulnerability is perhaps the most significant sudo vulnerability in recent memory (both in terms of scope and impact) and has been hiding in plain sight for nearly 10 years."
- New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Patched in All Supported Ubuntu Releases
- Mitre - CVE-2020-28374
- Red Hat Customer Portal: CVE-2020-28374
- Debian: CVE-2020-28374
- Ubuntu: CVE-2020-28374
- The killing of CentOS Linux: ‘The CentOS board doesn’t get to decide what Red Hat engineering teams do’ — Brian Exelbierd, responsible for Red Hat liaison with the CentOS project and a board member of that project, has told The Register that CentOS Linux is ending because Red Hat simply refused to invest in it.
- Rocky Linux gets a new sponsor—Gregory Kurtzer’s startup, Ctrl IQ — Rocky Linux is to be a beneficiary of Ctrl IQ's revenue, not its source—the company describes itself in its announcement as the suppliers of a "full technology stack integrating key capabilities of enterprise, hyper-scale, cloud and high-performance computing."
- Linux maintainer says long-term support for 5.10 will stay at two years unless biz world steps up and actually uses it — Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has responded to complaints that the current promise of two years for 5.10 is not enough, explaining that support is not automatic but requires commercial help.
- Rust Game Server One-Click App Linode — A free-for-all battle in a harsh open-world environment.
21 min - Linux Action News 173
Why we don't think Red Hat's expanded developer program is enough, our reaction to Ubuntu sticking with an older Gnome release, and a tiny delightful surprise.
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- New Year, new Red Hat Enterprise Linux programs: Easier ways to access RHEL
— When we announced our intent to transition to CentOS Stream, we did so with a plan to create new programs to address use cases traditionally served by CentOS Linux.- Staying on GTK3 and GNOME 3.38 this cycle - Desktop - Ubuntu Community Hub
— The topic of what to do about the new GNOME started being discussed and after some consideration, we decided to stick to GTK3 and GNOME 3.38 this cycle.- Welp, Ubuntu 21.04 Won’t Ship with GNOME 40 or GTK4 - OMG! Ubuntu!
- Stepping up for a truly open source Elasticsearch | AWS Open Source Blog
— In order to ensure open source versions of Elasticsearch and Kibana remain available and well supported, including in our own offerings, we are announcing today that AWS will step up to create and maintain a ALv2-licensed fork of open source Elasticsearch and Kibana.- AWS, as predicted, is forking Elasticsearch | ZDNet
- The Next Gen Database Servers Powering Let’s Encrypt - Let’s Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates
— By going with AMD EPYC, we were able to get 64 physical CPU cores while keeping clock speeds high: 2.9GHz base with 3.4GHz boost. More importantly, EPYC provides 128 PCIe v4.0 lanes, which allows us to put 24 NVMe drives in a single machine.- Ubuntu Can Run on Apple Silicon, Devs Say It’s ‘Completely Usable’ - OMG! Ubuntu!
— Developers at ARM virtualisation company Corellium have managed to get Ubuntu 20.04 up and running on the new Apple Silicon Mac Mini.- How We Ported Linux to the M1
- [RFC PATCH 0/7] Linux on Apple Silicon [LWN.net]
- Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 microcontroller with custom chip | TechCrunch
— It has a dual-core Arm processor (running at 133MHz), 264KB of RAM, 26 GPIO pins including three analog inputs, a micro-USB port, and a temperature sensor.- Raspberry Pi Foundation Release Their Own Silicon, the Raspberry Pi Pico - 9to5Linux
- Security Bulletin 1 - Home Assistant
— It has come to our attention that certain custom integrations have security issues and could potentially leak sensitive information. Home Assistant is not responsible for custom integrations and you use custom integrations at your own risk.34 min - Linux Action News 173
Why we don't think Red Hat's expanded developer program is enough, our reaction to Ubuntu sticking with an older Gnome release, and a tiny delightful surprise.
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- New Year, new Red Hat Enterprise Linux programs: Easier ways to access RHEL — When we announced our intent to transition to CentOS Stream, we did so with a plan to create new programs to address use cases traditionally served by CentOS Linux.
- Staying on GTK3 and GNOME 3.38 this cycle - Desktop - Ubuntu Community Hub — The topic of what to do about the new GNOME started being discussed and after some consideration, we decided to stick to GTK3 and GNOME 3.38 this cycle.
- Welp, Ubuntu 21.04 Won’t Ship with GNOME 40 or GTK4 - OMG! Ubuntu!
- Stepping up for a truly open source Elasticsearch | AWS Open Source Blog — In order to ensure open source versions of Elasticsearch and Kibana remain available and well supported, including in our own offerings, we are announcing today that AWS will step up to create and maintain a ALv2-licensed fork of open source Elasticsearch and Kibana.
- AWS, as predicted, is forking Elasticsearch | ZDNet
- The Next Gen Database Servers Powering Let’s Encrypt - Let’s Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates — By going with AMD EPYC, we were able to get 64 physical CPU cores while keeping clock speeds high: 2.9GHz base with 3.4GHz boost. More importantly, EPYC provides 128 PCIe v4.0 lanes, which allows us to put 24 NVMe drives in a single machine.
- Ubuntu Can Run on Apple Silicon, Devs Say It’s ‘Completely Usable’ - OMG! Ubuntu! — Developers at ARM virtualisation company Corellium have managed to get Ubuntu 20.04 up and running on the new Apple Silicon Mac Mini.
- How We Ported Linux to the M1
- [RFC PATCH 0/7] Linux on Apple Silicon [LWN.net]
- Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 microcontroller with custom chip | TechCrunch — It has a dual-core Arm processor (running at 133MHz), 264KB of RAM, 26 GPIO pins including three analog inputs, a micro-USB port, and a temperature sensor.
- Raspberry Pi Foundation Release Their Own Silicon, the Raspberry Pi Pico - 9to5Linux
- Security Bulletin 1 - Home Assistant — It has come to our attention that certain custom integrations have security issues and could potentially leak sensitive information. Home Assistant is not responsible for custom integrations and you use custom integrations at your own risk.
34 min - Linux Action News 172
Impressive updates for some beloved open source projects, and AlmaLinux—a leading CentOS alternative—is born.
Plus Google's surprise for Chromium users, and we go hands-on with Podman's docker-compose support.
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- KDE Plasma 5.21 Brings Low-latency Compositing, New Kickoff Menu, and Wallpaper
— A major addition is a complete redesign of the main KDE Plasma Application Launcher.- This week in KDE: new KWin compositing, new Kickoff, new recording level visualization!
— This week KWin’s compositing code was almost totally rewritten! It should broadly reduce latency throughout all compositing operations, and also adds a user-facing control in the System Settings Compositing page so people can choose for themselves whether they prefer lower latency or smoother animations.- Check out our interview with Nate Graham in LUP 385
- Plasma Gitlab MR: Add fingerprint manager
- Fedora Proposed Change: Wayland By Default For Plasma
- Xfce 4.16 Released
— Today, after 1 year and 4 months of work, we are happy to announce the release of the Xfce desktop 4.16, a new stable version that supersedes Xfce 4.14.- XFCE Nation on Twitter
— Reminder to @ChrisLAS and @wespayne that Xfce 4.16 has been out since December 22nd but hasn’t been mentioned on @LinuxActionNews or @LinuxUnplugged.- Xfce 4.16 Changelog
- Intel Preparing New Driver Option To Disable GPU Security Mitigations
- Wine 6.0 released
— This release is dedicated to the memory of Ken Thomases, who passed away just before Christmas at the age of 51. Ken was an incredibly brilliant developer, and the mastermind behind the macOS support in Wine. We all miss his skills, his patience, and his dark sense of humor.- Grab a Glass, Wine 6.0 Has Been Released
- The Wine team is proud to announce that the stable release Wine 6.0
— The core DLLs, including NTDLL, KERNEL32, GDI32, USER32, etc. are built in PE format. This should help a number of copy protection schemes that check that the DLL files on disk match the in-memory contents.- CloudLinux readies CentOS Linux replacement: AlmaLinux
— AlmaLinux will be a free, open-source, community-driven, 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 8 (and future releases). For CentOS users, the company promises Lenix will provide an uninterrupted way to convert existing CentOS servers with absolutely zero downtime or need to reinstall anything- AlmaLinux is born!!
- AlmaLinux - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System
- Using Podman and Docker Compose
— Up to now, support for Docker Compose, the command-line utility that orchestrates multiple Docker containers for local development, was missing. With Podman 3.0 now in development upstream, we have begun to support Compose.- Chromium Blog: Limiting Private API availability in Chromium
— During a recent audit, we discovered that some third-party Chromium-based browsers were able to integrate Google features, such as Chrome sync and Click to Call, that are only intended for Google’s use. We are limiting access to our private Chrome APIs starting on March 15, 2021.- PSA: Vanilla Chromium ending some of Google’s API access such as syncing and spelling check starting on March 15, 2021
- MacOS update enables third party OSes on M1
— It's happening... macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta 2 is out with full custom kernel support.- iBoot - Wikipedia
— iBoot is the stage 2 bootloader for all Apple products. It replaces the old bootloader, BootX.31 min
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