Notices by Christine Hall (brideoflinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu), page 6

Definitely NOT for the faint-hearted: These Linux Distros Will Level Up Your Privacy and Security https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-will-level-up-your-online-privacy-and-security/

"Delta airlines has announced a new surveillance pricing plan: they're going to feed an AI the nonconsensually harvested personal data that data-brokers and credit bureaux hold on you to predict the maximum you're willing to pay, and then price their tickets accordingly:" Delta’s AI-based price-gouging (30 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/#medallion-clubbed

Enhances tablet and multi-monitor support, updates brightness handling, and fixes notification quirks: KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Desktop Environment Released https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-desktop-environment-released/

Organic flow batteries offer data centers a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion technology, eliminating mining impacts while enabling renewable energy storage: Beyond Lithium: How Organic Flow Batteries Could Transform Data Center Energy Storage https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/beyond-lithium-how-organic-flow-batteries-could-transform-data-center-energy-storage

Wheeler points to stuff that others are ignoring that are pertinent to this case: "May Every Day Be Another Wonderful Secret," Donald Trump Once Wished - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/20/may-every-day-be-another-wonderful-secret-donald-trump-once-wished/

"Less than eight hours after proclaiming that the Jeffrey Epstein scandal was just some 'new SCAM' perpetrated by Democrats, about four days after he first attempted to float the claim that the Epstein “Files [were] written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration,” DOJ fired Jim Comey’s daughter, Maurene Pam Bondi Fired the Avenger of Sex Trafficking Victims on Donald Trump's Personal Authority - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/pam-bondi-fired-the-avenger-of-sex-trafficking-victims-on-donald-trumps-personal-authority/

Technique transforms the Internet DNS into an unconventional file storage system: Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/hackers-exploit-a-blind-spot-by-hiding-malware-inside-dns-records/

I wouldn't open an investment there for the time being: Goldman Sachs is testing viral AI agent Devin as a ‘new employee’ | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/goldman-sachs-is-testing-viral-ai-agent-devin-as-a-new-employee/

Rich dudes in all countries are completely nuts: India's richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/indias-richest-man-wants-to-turn-every-tv-into-a-pc/

Copyleft-Next Building the NextGen Copyleft License - FOSS Force https://fossforce.com/2025/07/copyleft-next-building-the-nextgen-copyleft-license/

Just published on FOSS Force: Copyleft-Next Building the NextGen Copyleft License https://fossforce.com/2025/07/copyleft-next-building-the-nextgen-copyleft-license/

"Multipass was open-source but with some macOS and Windows bits being proprietary:" Canonical Releases Multipass 1.16 As Now Fully Open-Source Project - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/Multipass-1.16-Released

"Wondering how to prepare your child for a future where technical literacy matters more than ever? While giving them a computer is definitely a start, I believe the choice of operating system will play a more important role. That’s why my kids’ first PC will run Linux:" Why My Kids' First PC Will Run Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/why-my-kids-first-pc-will-run-linux/

"Apple macOS is a UNIX™. It's the best-selling commercial Unix of all time. I wonder if how many old-school Unix folks consider all Mac users in the 21st century to be their brothers-in-arms? Not many, I'd guess:" liam_on_linux | The Decade of Linux on the Desktop. You're in it. https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/96112.html

The (KDE) world according to Nate - This Week in Plasma: chugging alonghttps://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/05/this-week-in-plasma-chugging-along/

Just published on FOSS Force: FSF Summer Fundraiser: Lots of Merch Until July 28 https://fossforce.com/2025/07/fsf-summer-fundraiser-lots-of-merch-until-july-28/

When Slate came out of stealth mode in April, the startup heavily promoted that its all-electric pickup would start at “under $20,000” with the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. That language was still on Slate’s website as recently as yesterday [Wednesday] according to the Web Archive: Slate Auto drops 'under $20,000' pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/slate-auto-drops-under-20000-pricing-after-trump-administration-ends-federal-ev-tax-credit/

If I'm not mistaken, Ben Cotton used to write for OpenSource .com back in the days when Red Hat was still free and open and a valuable part of the open source community: Using AI moderation tools - Duck Alignment Academy https://duckalignment.academy/ai-moderation-tools/

"Are you running Linux servers? Do you rely on sudo for managing user privileges? If so, you need to read this urgent security alert! Two critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, potentially allowing attackers to gain root access to your systems. These bugs are serious, impacting a wide range of sudo versions:" Sudo Vulnerabilities Expose Linux Systems to Privilege Escalation - OSTechNix https://ostechnix.com/sudo-vulnerabilities-expose-linux-systems-to-privilege-escalation/

"At this point, Spectre has been mitigated in the kernel, and a clear warning from the Compute Runtime build serves as a notification for those running modified kernels without those patches:" Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/ubuntu-disables-intel-gpu-security-mitigations-promises-20-performance-boost/