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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yep, the problems that require more than the steam flatpak can deliver would of course still be there. But you wouldn’t suddenly be on a depreciated distro without a path forward. Thats what I meant by not totally screwed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Even if this were to happen, you could easily rebase to Aurora (KDE version of Bluefin) or Fedora Kinoite. You wouldn’t be totally screwed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Highlights

  • sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand at least 800 charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity
  • rules on disassembly and repair, including obligations for producers to make critical spare parts available within 5-10 working days, and for 7 years after the end of sales of the product model on the EU market
  • availability of operating system upgrades for longer periods (at least 5 years from the date of the end of placement on the market of the last unit of a product model)
  • non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software or firmware needed for the replacement

It applies from 20 June 2025.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly that sounds more like a hardware issue than software

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Oh come on, just accept that the wording of the headline is wrong and misleading.

If a Country is named in the headline like this, it is always implied to be the state/government. No other interpretation makes sense, the society is surely not using ai to censor.

Even if we consider that not to be the case, just for the sake of the argument, you still can not say "a few people at this project" = "Germany (Society)". I heavily caution you to not go down the generalization route of "a select group" = "german society". You ought to think about what that assertion would mean in the context of hamas and palastinians.

Also TU is a public university, so it's still an emanation of the state, state-funded and state-controlled.

While universities get funding from the state, they are mostly free to research what they choose. On the projects website is also no sign of direct funding by the state. You are free to criticize the research, but what you are implying is that the state should censor the direction of research because you don‘t like it, which is quite ironic.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (26 children)

This is a clickbait headline. The headline implies that the German State is using AI to censor. It is not! While there might be a lot to criticize the German State/Goverment for, this is not it.

It is a different actor developing a model, not the state. One can rightly criticize that, but that is definitely protected under scientific freedom.

[…] the Decoding Antisemitism project at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University Berlin […]. With the help of a large language computing model, the project aims to create “an [AI] algorithm that will automatically recognize antisemitic statements in web comments . . . so that antisemitic posts can be removed more efficiently and accurately” by online platforms.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

There is a shortcut for Fullscreen, i thunk its F11

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Most people don’t know that it wasn’t just VW. Sadly I don‘t think you will find any moral acting car manufacturer out there.

Automakers who have been caught using a defeat device within a diesel vehicle, in a similar manner to Volkswagen include: Jeep and Ram under FCA[391] (now a part of Stellantis), Opel[392] (when under GM), and Mercedes-Benz.[393]

While not all using defeat devices, diesel vehicles built by a wide range of carmakers, including Volvo, Renault, Mercedes, Jeep, Hyundai, Citroen, BMW, Mazda, Fiat, Ford and Peugeot[48][49] had independent tests carried out by ADAC that proved that, under normal driving conditions, many diesel vehicles exceeded legal European emission limits for nitrogen oxide (NOx), some by more than 10 times, and one by 14 times.[49]

Beyond exclusively diesel or passenger vehicles, automakers such as: Hino[414] (subsidiary of Toyota), Hyundai and Kia,[415] Nissan,[416] Mazda, Yamaha Motors, Suzuki,[417] Subaru,[418] and others have been proven to be falsifying fuel economy or emissions on non-diesel powered and/or commercial vehicles.

Soure (Wikipedia)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

The preceding open letter to Organic Maps shareholders gives some context for the decision to fork.

The Organic Maps project has been built and promoted under the premise of being an open community project, so it's troubling to discover that the majority of shareholders consider it to be their sole property. More concerns include lack of transparency and accountability in project governance and violation of stated Free and Open Source Software values. (see Addendum for the details)[…]

Interesting and troubling read, didn’t know that about Organic Maps.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Why would that need listening? I imagine if one is pregnant you are searching for lots of information online: symptoms, physicians, due date etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Agreed, Cryptomator is what you are looking for

 

I am looking for some recommendations on how to secure the data of my physical servers (against physical theft), that I am about to set up. I am new to selfhosting but have a few years of experience running Linux on a desktop.

My usecase is a simple debian(?) server at home with Paperless ngx and Tailscale for when I am away from home. 

The question is how to encrypt the data while still being able to keep the server updated.

Coming from Desktop my first thought was to simply enable FDE on install. But that would mean supplying the password everytime the server needs to reboot for an update. Could someone provide some insights on how often updates to debian require a reboot? 

My second thought was to use an encrypted data partition. That way the server could reboot and I could use wireguard to ssh in and open the partition even when I am away from home for a longer time.

I am open to other ideas!

 

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8827678

Support for FIDO2 (WebAuthn) two-step login on macOS is added with release v2025.2.1. This means you will be able to use a security key (e.g. Yubikey) as a second factor to protect your login.

It is now supported on:

  • Desktop: Windows, MacOs
  • Browser extensions: all FIDO2 supported Browsers
  • Mobile apps: Android and iOS 13.3+
 

Support for FIDO2 (WebAuthn) two-step login on macOS is added with release v2025.2.1. This means you will be able to use a security key (e.g. Yubikey) as a second factor to protect your login.

It is now supported on:

  • Desktop: Windows, MacOs
  • Browser extensions: all FIDO2 supported Browsers
  • Mobile apps: Android and iOS 13.3+
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/3179293

Install instructions for OpenSuse Tumbleweed/ MicroOs using Full Disk Encryption secured by a TPM2 chip and measured boot or a FIDO2 key.

Nice to see OpenSuse pushing forward on securing the Linux Desktop with FDE and measured boot. Hope to see other distros following.

 

Install instructions for OpenSuse Tumbleweed/ MicroOs using Full Disk Encryption secured by a TPM2 chip and measured boot or a FIDO2 key.

Nice to see OpenSuse pushing forward on securing the Linux Desktop with FDE and measured boot. Hope to see other distros following.

 

I use 2 different computers in 2 different locations both running Universal Blue.

I was wondering if there is any way to create a backup system where i could backup Computer1 over the internet to Computer2 and continue work like nothing happened with all the user data and installed applications being there. The goal is to only need to transfer the user data/applications and no system data (that should be the same for both because of Ublue, right?), to keep the backup size small.

To be clear, i need help figuring out the backup part, not the transfering over the internet part.

If I were to backup the directories on Computer1, which store user data, with for example borgbackup, could I restore them on Computer2 and have a working system? Or would there be conflicts because of more low level stuff missing like applications and configs? Which directories would I need and which could be excluded?

Is there a better option? Any advice is appreciated!

I also came across btrfs snapshot capabilities and thought they could possibly used for this. But as far as I understand it, that would mean transferring the whole system and not only the data and applications. Am i missing something?

 

OpenSuse leading the development in regards to boot security, an area in which Linux Distros are lagging behind other operating systems.

Full Disk Encryption is designed to protect data in cases of device loss, theft or unauthorized booting into an alternative operating system. Depending on the hardware configuration of a system, Aeon’s encryption will be set up in one of two modes: Default or Fallback.

Default Mode:

This mode utilizes the Trusted Platform Module(TPM) 2.0 chipset […], Aeon Desktop measures several aspects of the system’s integrity. These including:

  • UEFI Firmware
  • Secure Boot state (enabled or disabled)
  • Partition Table
  • Boot loader and drivers
  • Kernel and initrd (including kernel command line parameters)

These measurements are stored in the system’s TPM. During startup, the current state is compared with the stored measurements. If these match, the system boots normally.

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