The Threat Beneath: Hidden In-Chip Operating Systems
Modern CPUs from Intel and AMD ship with undocumented, embedded operating systems (Intel ME, AMD PSP) that run below your OS—at ring -3—with full system access and zero user control.
What’s at risk?
Persistent backdoors, remote code execution, firmware implants
Nation-state exploitation (NSA, China’s APTs, Shadow Brokers leaks)
Hidden microcontrollers that can operate even when powered “off”
On your main Linux distro, what are you currently using?
#linux #distro #displayserver #desktop
Xorg. Only devices I have using Wayland are mobile ARM devices. Distro wise Devuan and Artix are at the top of my list due to how they are handling XLibre.
Today, we're celebrating a major milestone: 15 years of #ONLYOFFICE!
A huge thank you to our incredible users, partners, contributors, and team members who have been part of this amazing journey.
Here’s a quick look at what made this year special:
1️⃣ A Fresh Look
2️⃣ AI-Powered Tools
3️⃣ New Features
4️⃣ Global Expansion
5️⃣ Recognition
6️⃣ Real Stories
7️⃣ ONLYOFFICE Academy
8️⃣ Community Growth
To celebrate this, we’re offering special deals. Learn more in our blog: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2025/07/15-years-of-onlyoffice?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fosstodon
We're making tabs in #LibreOffice dialog boxes vertical, to improve navigation. This is just one of the many changes our QA and Development communities worked on in June: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/07/07/qa-dev-report-june-2025/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware
Help a friend (or yourself) live a more freedom-respecting life: u.fsf.org/3f1 #FreeSoftware #FreedomLadder #FSF
We've got 500 collectibles to give away:
→ 250 at AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver
→ 250 at #SIGGRAPH2025
Your best chance to snag one is #AlmaLinuxDayVancouver, where we'll hand 'em out to the 1st 250 people in the door.
Otherwise? Battle Royale at SIGGRAPH. ⚔️
May the odds be ever in your favor.
Bastille 1.0 will let you move jails like a pro!
see: bastille migrate help
Transfers jails between hosts with less manual ZFS wrangling.
ELevate your distro without the drama! 🚀
Go from CentOS 6 or 7 to 8, or even 9—in-place, without breaking your apps or your brain.
Built for the community, by the community. 🐧 https://almalinux.org/elevate/
We've updated the NX AppHub CLI with the following improvements: Distribute load on all available mirrors to avoid excessive concurrency requests, greatly decreasing total time. Tune threaded workers, add jitter to stagger requests, and add download retry logic to avoid premature failure.
New Android beta is available:
https://cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/OrganicMaps-25070546-google-beta.apk
Please test it and let us know about any issues you discover 🙌
Some important changes:
- New OSM map data and Wikipedia articles as of July 1
- Select and edit imported or recorded tracks
- Improved search for Arabic language
- Possible fix for duplicated OSM edits
- No longer ignoring secondary roads at roundabouts
- Save elevation/altitude when saving routes
More details in the AppTester beta program on our website.
Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thank you to Fabian Kilger for assigning your copyright to the FSF! More at: https://u.fsf.org/463 #GDB #CopyrightAssignments
What are your thoughts on the new pkg-base feature in upcoming versions of #FreeBSD?
Have you used pkgbasify to migrate?
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify
We know not everyone is in a position to donate $140 USD or more, which is why you can now apply to receive a sponsored #FSF membership: https://my.fsf.org/node/79 #JoinFSF
There are countless ways you can support the #FreeSoftware movement, and volunteering with the #FSF is just one of them: https://www.fsf.org/volunteer
I have been gaming since 1992 and building PCs since 2003. I enjoy Linux, supporting FOSS projects and am a tinfoil hat connoisseur.
Many FOSS projects rely on donations. If you have money to spare but don't know which to donate to take a look at the above links on Ko-fi, Github, and Open Collective. Anything on there that I have sponsered or contributed to is something I have found to be worthy.