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Feren OS: An Almost Flawless Linux Computing Platform
Feren OS might well be the Linux computing game-changer that lures you away from your current operating system.
Feren OS is based on Linux Mint 19 and the Cinnamon desktop environment that Linux Mint devs developed.
So pretty much it’s Debian > Ubuntu > Linux Mint > Feren OS?
The news says that, but their website claims otherwise.
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Fedora 30 officially due out on Tuesday (we are already using it in some non-critical places) and RHEL 8 is expected to be announced the following week.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Fedora 30 officially due out on Tuesday (we are already using it in some non-critical places) and RHEL 8 is expected to be announced the following week.
How long does it normally take for centos 8 to be released after RHEL?
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Docker Hub Hacked – 190k accounts, GitHub tokens revoked, builds disabled
"On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, we discovered unauthorized access to a single Hub database storing a subset of non-financial user data. Upon discovery, we acted quickly to intervene and secure the site."
During a brief period of unauthorized access to a Docker Hub database, sensitive data from approximately 190,000 accounts may have been exposed (less than 5% of Hub users). Data includes usernames and hashed passwords for a small percentage of these users, as well as Github and Bitbucket tokens for Docker autobuilds.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Fedora 30 officially due out on Tuesday (we are already using it in some non-critical places) and RHEL 8 is expected to be announced the following week.
How long does it normally take for centos 8 to be released after RHEL?
Well when CentOS 7 was released, RH didn't' own it. So I would say this time is anyone's guess.
RHEL 7 was June 10, 2014
CentOS 7 was July 7, 2014 -
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Fedora 30 officially due out on Tuesday (we are already using it in some non-critical places) and RHEL 8 is expected to be announced the following week.
How long does it normally take for centos 8 to be released after RHEL?
Well when CentOS 7 was released, RH didn't' own it. So I would say this time is anyone's guess.
RHEL 7 was June 10, 2014
CentOS 7 was July 7, 2014Wtf is it really that old already?
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Fedora 30 officially due out on Tuesday (we are already using it in some non-critical places) and RHEL 8 is expected to be announced the following week.
How long does it normally take for centos 8 to be released after RHEL?
Well when CentOS 7 was released, RH didn't' own it. So I would say this time is anyone's guess.
RHEL 7 was June 10, 2014
CentOS 7 was July 7, 2014Wtf is it really that old already?
Yes, it is. That's what an LTS distribution is, all of them. Old as sh**.
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Awk utility in Fedora
Fedora provides awk as part of its default installation, including all its editions, including the immutable ones like Silverblue.
But you may be asking, what is awk and why would you need it? -
The sim swap the US isn’t using
Foreign phone carriers share data to stop SIM swap fraud; US carriers drag their feet.
Around a year ago, André Tenreiro was called into a meeting between the chief technology officer of the phone carrier he worked for—one of the largest in Mozambique—and an executive of the country's largest bank. -
Fear the Man in the Middle? This company wants to sell quantum key distribution
The future of VPNs may be fighting quanta with quanta.
When reviewing the WireGuard VPN last fall, one of the things that came up was WireGuard's support for an optional, additional PSK (Pre Shared Key) layer of security. -
HOW MICROSOFT LEARNED FROM THE PAST TO REDESIGN ITS FUTURE
A new open design challenge for a 44-year-old company
One room at Microsoft’s headquarters represents everything that’s changed about its design philosophy. Inside, there are four rows of tables. -
Beats’ Powerbeats Pro earbuds will ship on May 10th for $250
Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd
There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro, which are the first true wireless earbuds coming from Apple’s Beats brand. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Beats’ Powerbeats Pro earbuds will ship on May 10th for $250
Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd
There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro, which are the first true wireless earbuds coming from Apple’s Beats brand.AKA: $10 generic headphones with "haha we can sucker Millenials" branding to ship for 25000% markup.
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Beats: Allowing Millenials to Self Identify and Mock Themselves
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Apple defends removing parental control apps
Apple has defended its decision to remove a number of parental control apps from the App Store, citing security concerns.
Several app-makers complained to the New York Times that Apple had taken their products off sale when it launched its own similar tools.
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An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands
This month, a judge in California cleared thousands of criminal records with one stroke of his pen.
The programmers behind it say: we’re just getting started solving America’s urgent problems. -
Googlers are calling Congress to end forced arbitration
Pushing for legislation to end the practice
Google employees are organizing a phone drive to press lawmakers to legally end forced arbitration.+
