Lug-nuts April 2026

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6 participants
5 discussions

free software maintainer complaints
by Brian E. Lavender 02 Oct '26

02 Oct '26

LibXml2 seems to be one of those un glorious packages to maintain. I saw the following posted by a project maintainer. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/913 His observations on disclosing security vulnerabilities seem to be interesting. Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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Fedora 44 is out
by Brian E. Lavender 28 Apr '26

28 Apr '26

I just updated a laptop today to F44. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/ -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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April social meetup
by Brian E. Lavender 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

We will meet at the Raley's on Freeport again. See you there. https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/april-2026.html When: Tue April 21, 2026 06:30 PM to 09:00 PM Raley's Store 415 4690 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento CA, 95822 Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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lugod
by Brian E. Lavender 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

Anybody know what happened to Lugod? The site is down. I wonder if the domain expired? Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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March meeting at Raley's March 17th
by Brian E. Lavender 06 Apr '26

06 Apr '26

See everyone there! It's on St. Patrick's day. No alcohol is allowed on the mezzanine, except for when they serve it. It should be quiet! https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/march-2026.html I have details on installing custom modules on Fedora using secure boot. I also have auto snapshots configured for btrfs. Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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