Notices by Seize the means of computation (brandon@fosstodon.org)

I went over some of the results of the controversy behind Librem One over here: https://linuxliaison.org/librem-one-the-dust-has-settled/

Seems that things are right again and that they did right by those who care about the cause :) Let me know what you think in the end.

On Librem One's Announcement: https://linuxliaison.org/on-librem-ones-announcement/

Visual Studio Code, as most know it, is an example of non-free open-source software.

The downloads are released under the following license and not the one the source code is released under: https://code.visualstudio.com/license

The source code is modified before being compiled and then released on the VSCode website. That's why it's licensed MIT and not GPLv3, otherwise this would not be legally viable.

See here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005

Try VSCodium instead: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

Does anyone know how to replace the Google search with DDG on Android?

The Ten Commandments of Tech Support

1. Try turning it off and on again
2. Reinstall it
3. Click everywhere
4. Try that weird random setting you have no idea what it does
5. Try doing the same shit, but in a different order
6. Call the guy who fixed the problem last time
7. Copy the config from another computer
8. Recreate the user profile
9. Try it with another person's account
10. Try it with another person's computer

In order for Windows Update to install Windows updates, you must install a Windows update for Windows Update because the Windows updates that are coming cannot be applied by the current version of Windows Update

If anybody is interested in making a self-hosted version of Readium (Open Source browser-based epub reader) that would be lovely :3

https://readium.org/development/readium-js-overview/

Here's the quick and dirty backup server tutorial part 1! We're just setting everything up, there's no communication just yet!

https://linuxliaison.org/quick-and-dirty-backup-server-how-to-part-1/

Morning all! I wrote up a description of the system at the hospital I work at for replacing aging computers. There's a lot going down there so this is a lengthy post. Hopefully it's not too fluffy! Let me know what you think :)

https://linuxliaison.org/replacing-computers-in-a-hospital/

https://fosstodon.org/media/ZmJbmJ4KLd2feySCt0U

Wordpress is debuting a new editor called Gutenberg and it feels very Medium. I don't know if I like it yet.

I would like to translate one of my articles into Spanish. Would anyone be able to help me with doing that? I know little to none but I can vaguely understand sentences when read.

Cisco can now sniff out malware inside encrypted traffic - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/11/cisco_sniff_malware_inside_encrypted_traffic/

Yeah but you have to send traffic from their kit flow to a cloud-based analytics service. That's not gonna form YET another surface of attack. Naaah

#security #netsec #infosec #malware