Author: Jack Slater
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Slackware Linux 15.0 Released
Slackware 15.0 is out today, this is the first new version of one of the oldest Linux operating system distributions since Slackware 14.2 was released in July of 2016. The first version of Slackware was released 28 years ago in 1993. Patrick J. Volkerding announced Slackware 15.0 with this message: Well folks, in spite of the…
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Raspberry Pi OS Gets 64-bit Support
The Raspberry Pi lineup of single-board computers has had a few improvements lately with a new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 that ended up being similar in performance to the Raspberry Pi 3. Finally, the Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian), is getting official 64-bit support despite the hardware being capable of 64-bit instructions since…
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Remembering the ‘Aqua Teen’ bomb scare that shut down Boston
The original version of this website had the Mooninites borrowed prominently in the logo, so I have to link to Ilana Gordon writing for Input about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare that took over Boston 15 years ago: The devices that temporarily paralyzed Boston were black panels measuring around 14 inches tall by 11 inches…
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“The entire crypto fantasy…” according to Jon von Tetzchner
The Co-Founder and CEO of the company behind the Vivaldi browser, Jon von Tetzchner, in a post on the Vivaldi blog: The entire crypto fantasy is designed to lure you into a system that is extremely inefficient, consumes vast amounts of energy, uses large amounts of hardware that could better be spent doing something else…
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