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freebsd-src
The FreeBSD src tree publish-only repository. Experimenting with 'simple' pull requests....
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xz
Discontinued XZ Utils [GET https://api.github.com/repos/tukaani-project/xz: 403 - Repository access blocked]
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- You Don't Love Systemd Timers Enough
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Chuwi Minibook X: the netbook we deserve
Hey I also have the pocket 4, the screen rotation issue should be fixed soon (slash already fixed): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/41036
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Why Gentoo?
> Honestly, I hate Pam. It's one of the few pieces of software on Linux that desperately needs a replacement that isn't just a clone of the original.
There were some discussions in systemd[1] that would in future possibly provide a replacement for it if you are interested. Discussions have stalled and I am unsure why, but the thoughts do exist.
[1]: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/39855
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Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd
> Systemd-appd gives applications an identifier and stores their permissions
Soon systemd will sniff more data - such as the age:
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954#issuecomment-4...
And the usual copium aka this is very harmless, nothing evil is done, nothing
- Microsoft BitLocker – YellowKey zero-day exploit
- A Caddy Cert Expired Because Systemd-Resolved Was Selectively Broken
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GNU IFUNC is the real culprit behind CVE-2024-3094
Debian did not link OpenSSH with a 1.5 million-line library, because one doesn't exist. The library is libsystemd, which is comparatively tiny, and it is tiny so that sane things like Type=notify services get supported in more places with less pushback.
Yes, it could be smaller, broken up to remove compression support [0], what have you. But you should criticize the things that are actually problems, not some made-up bullshit about the whole of systemd being linked into everything that talks to it.
0: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/32028
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Podman Lost to Docker. I Stopped Fighting It.
The technical case for Podman is real: rootless by default (not opt-in like Docker's 20.10 mode), no dockerd running as root, no $9–15/user/month for Docker Desktop, and Quadlet (5.0, 2025) for native systemd integration. These are genuine architectural wins.
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Stop Rebuilding Images for Every Config Change: Practical `systemd-confext` for Portable `/etc` Overlays
systemd upstream discussion for confext design context: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/24864
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The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Printing
Not long ago, California rushed forward to force age sniffing, aka age verification. See systemd riding along the wave: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
3D printing is also on a current hype run; I think a lot of this has to do with how cheap it is to print some things. So naturally some companies with overpriced shit, get nervous. So suddenly, California AGAIN, wants to censor and restrict people here.
Now - I think this will fail, 3D printing already won (IMO). It is similar to the right to repair movement. Though at an earlier stage. I am getting tired of all those lobbyists being active in California. And this is a problem that happens a LOT in the USA. This kind of lobbyism needs to go.
It is time to look at which folks act as lobbyists here, at the least at the surface level. All their communication with other organisations or companies, must be made open, so that people can look whether they are lobbyists or not. (This will not cover all lobbyists, but it will cover about 95% of them, because most lobbyists are stupid - see how EU OLAF caught some stupid EU lobbyists here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_corruption_scandal_at_th... - so the EU is similar to the USA here, all built by lobbyists. See also how Meta bribed people for age-sniffing and similar spying tools or Jeff Grey from honor your oath point at the problem of non-stop monitoring of everyone in cars at all times)
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