PAYLOAD;; issue 7

Thanks for joining me.

Hello again, everyone. I appreciate your time.

First, I owe an apology for forgetting the blurbs in a rush last week. Sorry about that.

Next, in a prior issue, I mentioned how lucrative the field of Linux actually turns out to be; I also wanted to point out where the exploding growth of Linux will be in the coming years. There’s never been a better time than now to get started.

In recent months I have been diving relatively deeply into the world of Linux multimedia content creation. As you may have thought, the Linux OS excels in this arena as well. Content creators looking to save money would also do well to take a look.

Now, onto the links.

linux@payload:>

• Ubuntu 21.04 is here | Ubuntu

  A new non-LTS version is out; Long Term Support is preferred for installs that will be running for years.

• Linux Kernel 5.12 Released. What's New and Installation Guide

  The Kernel is the OS core that interacts with your hardware parts.

• Geary Email Client 40.0 Released With A Visual Refresh, Adaptive User Interface - Linux Uprising Blog

• How to Install Odoo 11 on CentOS 7 with Nginx as a Reverse Proxy

  “Odoo (formerly OpenERP) is a simple and intuitive suite of open-source enterprise management applications such as Website Builder, eCommerce, CRM, Accounting, Manufacturing, Project and Warehouse Management, Human Resources, Marketing, and many more.”

• Fedora 34 Features and Highlights [Top List] - debugpoint

  Fedora is a RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) flavor OS consisting of much newer package versions.

• Top 10 GNOME 40 Extensions to Modernize Your Desktop

  GNOME is a desktop environment, one of many you can select in Linux.

• Blanket: Ambient Noise App For Linux That Helps You Stay Focused And Improves Your Productivity (Version 0.4.0 Released) - Linux Uprising Blog

• How To Deploy a Static HTML Website with Ansible on Ubuntu 20.04 (Nginx) | DigitalOcean

  Build a simple non-dynamic web page with popular tools

• How to use Ansible to configure a reverse proxy  | Enable Sysadmin

• Zorin OS 16 Beta Released. This is What's New and Download Details

  Windows-like Linux OS, made to look like Windows.

• LXQt 0.17 Released with Decent Improvements. This is What's New.

  “Lightweight” Linux desktop environment.

• FTP is 50 years old

• Play Call of Duty with a Raspberry Pi-powered Nerf gun - Raspberry Pi

• Free VPS Providers - Low End Box

  Free Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are a good way to get going without buying any hardware or services. 

security@payload:>

• Outcry over US Postal Service reportedly tracking social media posts | US Postal Service | The Guardian

• Linux team in public bust-up over fake “patches” to introduce bugs – Naked Security

• Apple AirDrop has “significant privacy leak”, say German researchers – Naked Security

• Firefox 88 patches bugs and kills off a sneaky JavaScript tracking trick – Naked Security

• Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 19, 2021 | CISA

Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" Review - Why did they even bother?