Notices by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@joindiaspora.com), page 9

#Linux #Kernel 4.8.5 Lands with Numerous CIFS, ARM64, and PowerPC Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-kernel-4-8-5-lands-with-numerous-cifs-arm64-and-powerpc-improvements-509769.shtml

The #Steam 2016 #Halloween sale has some nice #Linux #games for cheap http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-steam-2016-halloween-sale-has-some-nice-linux-games-for-cheap.8423

Government secrecy https://joindiaspora.com/camo/f432edbc1d259b27fa4343388e8f1eb1859382d2/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f5179664f6332722e6a7067

Richard Stallman: Snowden & Assange besieged by empire but not defeated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJtMlEwd6Q my talks with him: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Richard_Stallman_interviews_in_Techrights/TechBytes

Endemic #Censorship Raises Urgency for #Blockchain Based Social Networks https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/endemic-censorship-raises-urgency-blockchain-based-social-networks/ #freesw #freespeech

#GParted Live 0.27.0-1 Disk Partitioning Live CD Out Now, Based on GParted 0.27.0 http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/gparted-live-0-27-0-1-disk-partitioning-live-cd-out-now-based-on-gparted-0-27-0-509544.shtml #gnu #linux

#Netrunner Core 16.09 "Avalon" Is Based on Debian GNU/Linux 8, KDE Plasma 5.7.5 http://news.softpedia.com/news/netrunner-core-16-09-avalon-is-based-on-debian-gnu-linux-8-kde-plasma-5-7-5-509540.shtml #debian

A lots of the corporate media is financially connected to #clinton usually by commonality among funders

‘Drug Dependence Hasn’t Been Stopped by 45 Years of the War on Drugs’ http://fair.org/home/drug-dependence-hasnt-been-stopped-by-45-years-of-the-war-on-drugs/ #warOnDrugs a futile war

#DragonFlyBSD goes with #LibreSSL Push, #OpenSSL dropped http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2016-October/313114.html #bsd #unix #security

Who killed Cyanogen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/19/cyanogen_and_monopolies/ #microsoft as usual. They committed suicide with that deal.

What's worse: the public education system is being privatised - FOR PROFIT - by oligarchs like #billgates (see TFA) https://twitter.com/DrJillStein/status/788069844679794690

"the Netherlands will have to use open technology standards for communications after next year"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/14/dutch_open_standards_mandatory/ #nl #freesw

Give us all your fingerprints or else... http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/10/16/doj-demands-mass-fingerprint-seizure-to-open-iphones/#6da0bfd78d9d rather than drop the silly paywall they've just made it even worse

Now that the British government disconnects the Ecuadorian embassy one wonders if 1984-like vision can involve doing same to supporters

New #WikiLeaks emails show influence of #Univision chairman in #Clinton campaign http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article107565637.html

Make your Linux desktop look like it’s from 1998 with the KDE Restoration Project http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/10/14/kde-restoration-project-wants-make-linux-desktop-look-like-1998/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/happy-20th-birthday-kde #kde

#torture survivors often have trouble interacting with people, trusting people, and not even sleep is an escape (nightmares).

Every #encryption >anything< which is either proprietary or is contained inside proprietary (e.g. OS/program/baseband) cannot be trusted

The Whole VR Porn Industry Is Talking About These Patent Lawsuits http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-whole-vr-porn-industry-is-talking-about-these-patent-lawsuits #patents