Did you know? VLC video player under Linux/Mac/Windows/BSD/Unix displays Santa Hat during Christmas time during 18th December to 1st January. Here is how to remove the Santa Hat from VLC if you no longer need it (or you get upset over it) https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/delete-remove-santa-hat-in-vlc-player-in-windows-linux-macos/
Xfce 4.20 lands with many upgrades.
"It's not easy being an anti-DRM activist, especially heading into 2024. Not content with locking down software and streaming media, the massive corporations peddling this unjust technology have even extended their reach into the world's libraries. OverDrive is the worst of these offenders..." Read the full article about IDAD 2023: https://u.fsf.org/421 #LearnLibre #EndDRM #Libraries #ebooks #DayAgainstDRM
XSAs released on 2024-12-17
https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2024/12/18/xsas-released-on-2024-12-17/
Yes. She should be charged with perjury, fraud, filing a false police report, etc. Should face as much time as the falsely accused would have.
Lots of development and QA activity happening in #LibreOffice! Check out this summary for November: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2024/12/18/qa-dev-report-november-2024/ #foss #OpenSource
In the latest episode of the NGI0 podcast we talk to Adrian Georgescu. He was part of the Voice over IP revolution & in this episode you’ll learn much about that history and the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). With his company AG projects, Adrian created Blink, a pure SIP client and Sylk Suite which combines SIP with WebRTC.
He also talks about what it’s like to run a #FOSS company & having to compete with Big Tech offering services for free.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/the-voip-revolution-blink
New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Kletka - 2024-12-18 Edition: https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2024-12-18-edition/ #linux #linuxgaming #update #release #gaming #steam #native #newgames #kletka
Over 25,000 #SonicWall #VPN Firewalls exposed to critical flaws
#LastPass 2022 hack fallout continues with millions of dollars more reportedly stolen
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/lastpass-hacked-users-see-millions-of-dollars-of-funds-stolen
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to help staff an AlmaLinux booth? In this post, Pavel talks a little bit about how it felt to join us at Nerdearla this year! https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-12-18-volunteering-at-nerdearla/ #opensource #linux
December edition of the FOSSphones news roundup is here! as usual, it will also be available on our Gemini capsule later this evening.
https://fossphones.com/12-18-24.html
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