Linux can take you anywhere.
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How To Install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop (Jammy Jellyfish)
”After downloading Ubuntu ISO, you need to create a bootable USB medium with the ISO file. ~ If you wish to install and test Ubuntu Linux on any hypervisor, just skip the media creation step and boot up the iso image.”Shared success in building a safer open source community
”Today we joined the Open Source Security Foundation, Linux Foundation and industry leaders for a meeting to continue progressing the open source software security initiatives discussed during January's White House Summit on Open Source Security. During this meeting, Google announced the creation of its new "Open Source Maintenance Crew" — a dedicated staff of Google engineers who will work closely with upstream maintainers on improving the security of critical open source projects.”Top 10 GNOME Extensions in 2022 [With a Bonus List]
”The following list of extensions requires initial setup for GNOME extensions which you need to enable as per your Linux distribution. Refer to this guide for the initial setup.”How to Install Bugzilla on Ubuntu 20.04
”Bugzilla is an open-source web-based bug tracking system written in Perl. This testing tool is developed and maintained by the Mozilla project, and the team of developers is still developing and expanding its features. The main purpose of this defect-tracking software is to track the bugs, issues, and other change requests.”Manage your Gmail filters from the Linux command line
”In my day job as an SRE part of my remit is to automate as many repeating tasks as possible. But how many of us do that in our daily, not-work, lives? This year, I am focused on automating away the toil so that we can focus on the things that are important.”DigitalOcean Breaks the $5 Price Point
”Linode, Vultr, and others have all moved in lock step with that pricing model, so it'll be interesting to see if the rest of the industry follows suit. Also interesting is the fact that pricing has been falling over time. ~ First, global inflation is picking up, and with supply chain issues in IT, costs to operate a network of datacenters may be rising.”Top 10 Best Linux Distributions in 2022 For Everyone
”We compiled a list of the 10 best Linux distributions for everyone in 2022 based on their stability, attractiveness and time required to configure after installation.”Install Third Party Software Using Fedy In Fedora
”The Fedora users rely on third-party repositories like RPM Fusion to install propriety drivers, software and codecs that Fedora doesn't want to ship due to legal and licensing reasons. ~ Fedy is a simple graphical application that allows you to install several third-party applications, development tools, drivers, themes, and utilities in Fedora.”Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
To start, we will need to enable the Vitual Machine Platform module and Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. Open up your Start menu and locate the Turn Windows features on or off menu. Next, find the Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux options.How to mount a Samba shared directory at boot
A Samba share is pretty easy to configure and can easily be accessed on clients, since the vast majority of Linux file explorers has built-in support samba.
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Here's what's coming in iOS 15.5
”If you're currently running an iPhone 6s/6s Plus or a first-generation iPhone SE then you need to prepare for these to no longer get security updates.”Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access
”CISA encourages organizations to review Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access and apply the recommended mitigations.”How Ransomware Changed the Threat Landscape
”The attack had an unprecedented scale, and spread around the world like wildfire, with more than 200,000 Windows computers across 150 countries affected outbreaking only a few days. The damage of the attack accounted to billions of dollars in losses.”Actively Exploited Zero-Day Bug Patched by Microsoft
”Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday roundup also included critical fixes for a number of flaws found in infrastructure present in many enterprise and cloud environments.”US Sentence Ukrainian to 4 Years for Brute-forcing and Selling Login Credentials
”The 28-year-old Ukrainian national Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev was arrested in Poland and extradited to the USA in 2020. ~ The 28-year-old Ivanov-Tolpintsev controlled a botnet to brute-force thousands of server logins, and after decrypting the credentials, he sold them on Dark Web. During the trial, the accused admitted obtaining a minimum of two thousand access credentials every week and listed them for sale between 2017 and 2019.”
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Coinbase Will Keep Customer Balances in Event of Bankruptcy
”The disclosure highlights the custodial risks of holding crypto assets on the exchange. Essentially, Coinbase is informing customers that they shouldn't expect to get all or even some of their money back if the concern goes belly up.”Do Kwon summoned to parliamentary hearing following UST and LUNA crash
”Rep. Yoon Chang-Hyeon noted that Korean exchanges each reacted differently to the crash and he wanted to invite both Do Kwon and the exchanges involved to learn more details. The dramatic fall of Terra along with the algorithmic stablecoin UST has been a major talking point among the crypto industry. And now the South Korean Conservative Party has requested a parliamentary hearing on the matter. "Korea's conservative party requested to have a hearing about the Terra incident. The politician noted Korean exchanges each reacted differently to the crash.”Spotify reportedly tests NFT galleries on musician profiles
”Should the trial succeed, the embedding of NFTs would serve to improve artist and fan experiences. ~ Musicians are actively exploring the NFT market especially at a time when international touring continues to be disrupted by COVID-19. In 2021, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda became the first major-label artist to release a single as an NFT, and the Kings of Leon were the first band to release a whole album in the form of nonfungible tokens.”Luna Foundation Guard Spent $3B In Unsuccessful Bid To Defend UST Peg
”Over the last week and a half, the Terra ecosystem collapsed after the TerraUSD stablecoin lost parity with the U.S. dollar. ~ Patrick McKenzie from Stripe called it "shocking" that "the market stabilization fund let insiders cash out to Bitcoin near par." ~ Terra was backed by big name investors like Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., Pantera Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jump Crypto and Three Arrows Capital.”Portugal To Tax Crypto in the Future
”The lack of capital gains taxes on crypto made Portugal a desirable hub for the industry, causing an influx of blockchain workers and companies into Lisbon. ~ Medina hinted at an "adequate" rate, and one would hope that Portugal does not fumble the success and popularity it has enjoyed in the crypto industry. ~ He pointed out that slow Portuguese bureaucracy would mean that any tax will not come fast. ~ The Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs Mendonça Mendes pointed out that not only capital gains taxes are on the table.”