I take it most have heard about the copy fail vulnerability if you have
local shell?
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/as-the-most-severe-linux-threat-in…
I wonder if you patch the hypervisor when using PV guests if you have to
update the guests too?
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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
Age Verification taking over free software. Check this article regarding
Debian.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Undecided-Age-Laws
There is also a bill going through for age verification for social media
that EFF has taken a position against.
https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification
Brian
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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
Ah, the good old days, when you could be some food for five dollars.
http://linuxmafia.com/coffeenet/
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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
Some interesting slides, especially considering the recent
back_door/copy_fail, etc.
"Xen Containers: Better way to run Docker Containers"
https://events.static.linuxfound.org/sites/events/files/slides/Xen_Containe…
Brian
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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
I was thinking that this is probably possible and I searched the
interweb to find this article.
Convert your filesystem to Btrfs
https://fedoramagazine.org/convert-your-filesystem-to-btrfs/
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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
I just updated a laptop today to F44.
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/
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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
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
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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
Anybody know what happened to Lugod? The site is down. I wonder if the
domain expired?
Brian
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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
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
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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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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
