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Welcome to the DebugPoint.com weekly roundup series of weeks ending March 21, 2021. Here’s a quick recap of the happenings from the open-source world on the applications, distributions, and various updates.

Richard Stallman says he’s coming back to the FSF and he will hopefully lead the FSF again [...] Here is the video where RMS makes the announcement

Today, I thought it would be neat to relive my Manjaro days for a while and see what’s new. So, in light of that, I’m going to go through how to flash Manjaro onto your USB and then install it onto your PC. These instructions were written for Manjaro Linux 20 but will likely work for newer versions too. Happy Linuxing!

Software patents and other ludicrous patents are being used as tools of extortion and blackmail not just for financial gain but also coercive power, including (apparently) efforts to silence critics and exposers

Raspberry Pi fans rejoice, there’s a new Linux distro in town featuring the Budgie desktop environment, Ubuntu Budgie, which now has an ARM64 (AArch64) port for the Raspberry Pi 4 computer.

The GNOME Project announced today the general availability of the Release Candidate (RC) milestone of the forthcoming GNOME 40 desktop environment series.

Those wanting to install the latest Oracle Java 16 (released recently) on Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux distributions based on these, like Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, etc., can now do so using the Linux Uprising PPA. Oracle JDK 16 will receive a minimum of two quarterly updates, before being followed by Oracle JDK 17 in September 2021.

Alternatively: Python's pickle pilloried with prudent premonition of poisoning. Evan Sultanik, principal computer security researcher with Trail of Bits, has unpacked the Python world’s pickle data format and found it distasteful.…

The ps command in Linux is our best asset for listing running processes on a system. But do you know how to use it effectively? ps comes with a small learning curve, thanks to its varying syntax and plethora of (overlapping) options. In this guide, we'll go over the most useful ps commands that Linux users should know.

CentOS Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 users received an important Linux kernel security update that addresses 11 vulnerabilities and numerous more than a dozen bugs.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation released today a new version of their Raspberry Pi Imager flashing utility that comes with an advanced options panel to let you change additional OS features.

Elite Computer’s compact “LIVA M300-W” embedded computer runs Android or Lubuntu on a Rockchip RK3399K with up to 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC plus DP, HDMI, GbE, WiFi/BT, M.2 B-key with micro-SIM, and 4x USB ports. Elite Computer Group has announced a fanless, 128 x 128 x 26mm embedded computer with a -10 to 60°C […]

World's most used mobile phone OS gets some new toys Google has rolled out the second Android 12 developer preview, with the pre-release version of the mobile OS largely focusing on security and UI tweaks.…

Sometimes we need to manually add a program's installation location to the $PATH. This tutorial explains how to add a directory to PATH in Linux.

Zymbit has launched an “HSM4” security module for embedded Linux systems that is available in a $125 HAT kit that supports Pi and Jetson boards. An upcoming “HSM6” module adds cryptocurrency support. Zymbit has announced a follow-on to its Zymkey4 and other Zymkey security modules dating back to the original, Kickstarter launched ZymKey we covered […]

The Calamares universal installer framework has been updated today to version 3.2.39, a release that introduces a new features for Linux systems using the Btrfs file system.

Up until a late 2020 announcement from Red Hat, CentOS Linux had a longstanding reputation as a dependable and enterprise-class Linux distribution. And now, the main purpose of CentOS is shifting. Along with that comes a name change to CentOS Stream. In this article, we'll talk about this change of direction for CentOS, and what it means for the huge community of users and businesses that have relied on the distro for years. We'll also see what's next, as many users are left scrambling for a replacement so they can avoid switching to CentOS Stream.

For 2021, Pi Day has come and gone, leaving fond memories and plenty of Raspberry Pi projects to try out. The days after any holiday can be hard when returning to work after high spirits and plenty of fun, and Pi Day is no exception. As we look into the face of the Ides of March, we can long for the joys of the previous, well, day. But fear no more, dear Pi Day celebrant! For today, we begin the long countdown to the next Pi Day!

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