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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Dear Linux community,

In these unpredictable and often challenging times, I feel it’s more important than ever to pause and share heartfelt wishes. Merry Christmas to each and every one of you!

Let this holiday season be a moment of peace, where you can step back, breathe, and find some calm amidst the chaos. Take the opportunity to reconnect, reflect, and perhaps even find inspiration for the year ahead.

May your days be filled with joy, your systems stay secure, and your kernels remain stable. Here's to a festive season full of positivity and open-source spirit!

Warm wishes,

Your fellow penguin at heart.

P.S.: I had very little time, so the whole thing, was AI accelerated! Please forgive me :-)

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Now with the long awaited USB portal! Yeah πŸš€

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

New Features:

  • Introduce the Notification v2 portal. This updated version of the Notification portal supports a plethora of new fields for notifications, such as sounds, categories, purpose, and more.
  • Introduce the USB portal. This portal allows apps with relevant permissions to enumerate and acquire access to specific USB devices.
  • Introduce a new SchemeSupported method to the OpenURI portal. This new method allows apps to know ahead of time if the host system is able to deal with a particular scheme.

Enhancements:

  • Continued the move towards Python-based tests. This should simplify the test setup in the project quite significantly, and also will allow removing the cyclic dependency between libportal and XDG Desktop Portal.
  • Introduce umockdev-based tests.
  • Improve the icon validator so it can deal with memfd-based icons.
  • Clarify behavior of the Settings portal for non-standardized keys.
  • In the Global Shortcuts portal, clarify that the result the BindShortcuts
  • of may be a subset of all requested shortcuts.
  • Add a documentation page about icon validation requirements.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fix memory leaks in the Background, Email, and Global Shortcuts portals.
  • Fix a general file descriptor & memory leak.
  • Fix a regression in the Settings portal.
  • New and updated translations.
 

This new release contains two new protocols:

  • ext-data-control - allow privileged clients to control data devices, e.g. a clipboard manager.
  • ext-workspace - receive events about and control workspaces, useful for e.g. workspace indicators.
 

Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. Grml includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system administrators. Users don't have to install anything on fixed storage. Grml is especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue.

 

New features

  • πŸŽ„ Happy holidays to everyone!
  • Content server: Allow managing the data files associated with a book by clicking the three dots in the top right corner of the book's page and choosing "Manage data files"
    • Closes tickets: 2091646
  • Edit metadata dialog: Allow right clicking on the cover to view it in a popup window at larger size
    • Closes tickets: 2091216
  • Add an option to expand the Tag browser tree to show the item that was current when the library was closed
  • Add import and export stored template to Preferences / template functions
  • Various Quality-of-Life improvements to the dialog used to edit columns with fixed sets of values
  • Resolve doi.org links when pasting identifiers
    • Closes tickets: 2091152

Bug fixes

  • Viewer: Fix some HTMLZ files not opening on some systems
    • Closes tickets: 2091451
  • Amazon metadata plugin: Update for changed markup for some books on amazon search results page
    • Closes tickets: 2091542
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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

From their homepage: IPFire_ is the world's leading Open Source firewall distribution. Businesses across the world have chosen to put their trust in our versatile, feature-rich solution with its easy-to-use web management console.

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

thanks a lot, I tried to make the headline more accurate

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LibreOffice 24.8.4 released (blog.documentfoundation.org)
[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Purpose-built for Security Testing

What makes Kali Linux unique is its purpose-built nature for security testing. While other Linux distributions may have security tools, Kali Linux integrates a vast array of them out of the box. This saves time for professionals who require a quick setup for penetration testing and ethical hacking tasks.

Wide Array of Pre-installed Tools

Kali Linux boasts a comprehensive selection of pre-installed tools, including but not limited to Wireshark, Nmap, Metasploit, and Aircrack-ng. These tools cover a broad spectrum of security assessments, from network scanning to vulnerability analysis and exploitation.

https://www.jamesparker.dev/how-is-kali-linux-different-from-other-linux-distributions/###

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is about adding a new desktop environment, named Cosmic https://system76.com/cosmic/, to Fedora as an official supported spin/variant.

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago
  • NVIDIA Kepler (600 and 700 series) GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC.
  • NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 551.76 (Windows) / 550.54.14 (Linux) or newer.
  • The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions with this OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see https://obsproject.com/kb/capture-hook-certificate-update for more information.

31.0 New Features

  • Added NVIDIA Blur Filter and Background Blur [pkviet]
  • Added preview scrollbars and zoom/scale indicator [cg2121/Warchamp7]
  • Added v210 format support for AJA device capture [paulh-aja]
  • Added Amazon IVS service integration [palana]
  • Added QSV AV1 Screen Content Coding [thyintel]
  • Enabled first-party YouTube Chat features [msuman-google]

31.0 Changes

  • Updated the browser source/docks CEF (Chromium) to version 127 (6533) on all platforms [reitowo/WizardCM/PatTheMav/tytan652/pkviet/kkartaltepe/Lain-B]
  • Changed scene items to use relative coordinates [derrod]
    • Existing scene collections will be automatically converted to use relative coordinates if the scene collection has a known output resolution set.
  • Split NVIDIA Audio Effects from Noise Suppression [pkviet]
    • Existing filters will be automatically migrated.
  • Changed the Image Slideshow's Playback Mode property from radio buttons to a dropdown [derrod]
  • Disabled the (currently unsupported) built-in Automatic Scene Switcher when using Wayland on Linux [tytan652]
  • Improved error messages for macOS Virtual Camera [jcm93]
  • Changed Display and Window capture on Windows to not capture the first found display or window [Lain-B]
  • Changed display and window capture on Linux to not capture implicitly [Lain-B]
  • Added a warning to Window Capture when trying to capture WinUI 3 applications with BitBlt [qhy040404]
  • Refactored the NVENC implementation with various improvements [derrod]
    • SDK 12.2 features, such as split encoding, are now supported.
    • Additional features from old SDKs are supported:
      • B-Frames as reference
      • Target Quality VBR mode (CQVBR)
    • A custom options field has been added to allow setting more options that don't warrant their own UI elements.
  • Improved screensaver inhibit functions on Linux in Flatpak
  • Changed scripts to correctly pass settings to modified callbacks on reload [Penwy]
  • Removed legacy QSV code for old devices (Haswell or older) [RytoEX]
  • Removed legacy QSV code for Windows 7 [RytoEX]
  • Removed default desktop audio device on macOS 13+ [jcm93]
  • Removed NVIDIA Kepler GPU support for NVENC [derrod]
  • Removed FTL support [derrod]
  • Removed legacy migrations from OBS Studio 28.1 and earlier [derrod]
    • If updating from these older versions, you may wish to update to OBS Studio 30.2 first, and then update to OBS Studio 31.
  • Removed support for Ubuntu 22.04 [derrod]
  • Removed legacy YouTube chat [gxalpha]
  • Blocked TikTok Virtual Camera from loading in OBS due to known issues [notr1ch]
  • Application settings have been split into "app" configuration and "user" configuration, rather than storing everything in global.ini [PatTheMav]

31.0 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed two crashes with the QSV encoder on Linux [kkartaltepe]
  • Fixed a crash with a race condition involving multitrack video output reconnect [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed two potential crashes in Linux Window Capture [Lain-B]
  • Fixed a crash on macOS that could occur if an audio device was disconnected [jcm93]
  • Fixed a crash on Windows when capturing D3D12 games [confusionattack/Lain-B]
  • Fixed a crash on Linux when importing a scene collection created on Windows [SarenDev]
  • Fixed a crash on Windows when capturing a Vulkan application [Charlese2]
  • Fixed a deadlock in MP4 muxer [derrod/notr1ch]
  • Fixed a deadlock when shutting down muxer [exeldro]
  • Fixed a potential deadlock when stopping an encoder [derrod]
  • Fixed a potential memory error and crash in text parser [fzwoch]
  • Fixed a couple minor memory leaks [pkviet]
  • Fixed a memory leak in PipeWire plugin [dimtpap]
  • Fixed a memory leak when playing an HDR media file [tt2468]
  • Fixed an issue on FreeBSD with handling SSL certificates [emaste]
  • Fixed an issue with pressed button color in the Rachni theme [shiina424]
  • Fixed an issue with some missing icons in the System theme [shiina424]
  • Fixed an SRT listener bug where the socket was not closed properly [pkviet]
  • Fixed an issue where the current scene collection could be erased to default when trying to switch to a different scene collection that's corrupted or invalid [derrod]
  • Fixed a buffer overrun in UTF-8 text conversion [derrod]
  • Fixed an issue that could cause bitrate spikes in QSV CBR [thyintel]
    • Note: This fix only applies to Lunar Lake or newer except Alder Lake N.
  • Fixed an issue where the Auto Configuration Wizard could unintentionally enable Enhanced Broadcasting [lexano-ivs]
  • Fixed issues with the audio clipping indicators displaying incorrectly on volume meters [norihiro]
  • Fixed an issue causing hotkeys to register inconsistently on macOS [jcm93]
  • Fixed an issue causing multitrack video output to fail if color format was set to I444 [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed an issue where Custom CSS in browser sources no longer worked with certain websites (namely YouTube chat) [vvto33]
  • Restored STUN support for WHIP output [mondain]
[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

I guess, he is just busy selling...

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Unmaintained code in the kernel is really bad due to possible vulnerabilities. If you want to keep it, it must be maintained.

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is up to the implementation of the DE πŸ˜€

Also on the phone you want probably listen to music, when it is locked.

Gnome plans to add some options like, if you want to use this feature at all or lock securely only after X time after screen is locked. But I think. the implementation hasn't really started yet

For sure all DE will provide some options.

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

May s.b. will steal your laptop, when you are at lunch πŸ˜€

In general I'm with, but the standby current is really low, especially when writing the memory to disk...

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

When locking the screen. The running programs will freeze until you unlock it again.

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