Paul 🐧 @Paul_Aguayo@qoto.org

I've been relying on the command line more and more recently to do some quick changes on my system, convert videos, and do some server admin, and I realized I had never really made a quick tutorial on the basics of the #Linux command line, so here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDvpyvPSE

X11 fork, Denmark moves to Linux, Android gets more locked down
In this episode, there's an X.org fork surrounded by some pretty weird controversies, we have Denmark beginning the switch to Linux and Open Source, and Google making changes to Android source code's release that will definitely make custom ROMs a lot harder to build

And here is the audio podcast: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/x11-fork-denmark-moves-to-linux-android-gets-more-locked-down

As always, you can follow it from Mastodon @tlenewspodcast, or subscribe to it from your favorite podcast client

Anker Recalls More Than 1.1 Million Power Banks https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/06/13/2025259/anker-recalls-more-than-11-million-power-banks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

Archaeologists Reveal Early Humans Used Fire in a Surprising Way As Early as 1 Million Years Ago https://scitechdaily.com/archaeologists-reveal-early-humans-used-fire-in-a-surprising-way-as-early-as-1-million-years-ago/ #science

Guest molecules ride perfect waves in dna droplets—A breakthrough for synthetic biology

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown type of molecular motion inside DNA-based droplets: instead of spreading randomly, guest molecules advance in an organized wave. This surprising discovery opens the door to understanding how cells might organize internal processes without membranes. Using customizable DNA condensates as https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250613013808.htm

Gasly has a close call with the wall 😰

Catch up with all the action from second practice 👇

#F1 #CanadianGP

#Canonical is finally taking Bazaar out the back and putting a bullet in its head, or "Phasing out" as they put it on #Ubuntu Discourse. :)
Sad times. I used to prefer bzr to git, but haven't used it for years now. :(
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phasing-out-bazaar-code-hosting/62189?u=popey

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️🗓️ 11 years ago today, @popey bootstrapped an ISO image 📀 of what would become Ubuntu MATE 🧉

https://imgur.com/kpMlOa5

Just in case you hadn’t realised the level of remote control folk can gain over a vehicle has already passed the sci-fi conspiracy film level… https://autos.yahoo.com/hackers-discovered-way-remote-control-134700919.html?guccounter=2

This should be on TV every day, possibly multiple times per day…. #AI

A lo mejor es porque soy más viejo que el mear, pero una cosa que me llama la atención de los jóvenes es su adanismo, esa idea de que todo se les ha ocurrido a ellos y los demás estábamos aquí de adorno. Sinceramente, yo no recuerdo haber sido así nunca, pero también es cierto que crecí con muchas referencias del pasado, tanto culturales como históricas, que ellos no parecen conocer.

Eso me recuerda a algo que me ocurrió hace unos diez años: tenía un compañero de trabajo más joven y un buen día le puse una canción de Nirvana. El chaval flipó, y yo flipé al descubrir que jamás había oído hablar de ellos. A la semana siguiente se había comprado dos camisetas.

Employee’s Change Caused xAI’s Chatbot to Veer Into South African Politics - Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technology/xai-elon-musk-south-africa.html #refugeesanddisplacedpersons #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #grahampaul(1964-) #altmansamuelh #southafrica #muskelon #x.aiinc

FAA Seeks to Limit Newark Airport Flights After Airline Talks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/faa-seeks-to-limit-newark-airport-flights-after-airline-talks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Messing around with #hardware left me with a ghost software #RAID after disconnecting a multi-drive enclosure from my #Linux system. Here is the fix! #openSUSE

https://cubiclenate.com/2025/05/16/how-to-remove-a-ghost-software-raid-array-after-disconnecting-a-drive-enclosure-in-linux/

🎉🎉 Two Hundred! 🎉🎉

#ThisWeekInGNOME #200 is here — and I'm thrilled to unveil TWIG 2.0!

Check out the latest news and experience the new revamped TWIG:

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/05/twig-200/

#GNOME #TWIG

Scopus indexed a journal with a fake editorial board and a sham archive https://retractionwatch.com/2025/05/16/scopus-indexed-journal-science-of-law-fake-editorial-board-sham-archive/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

Microsoft winnows: Layoffs hit software engineers hard - Python, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go Microsoft's recent round of layoffs... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/microsofts_axe_software_developers/

This Eye-Catching Rattlesnake Found in Arizona Has Unusual 'Leopard Spots,' Likely From a Genetic Mutation https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-eye-catching-rattlesnake-found-in-arizona-has-unusual-leopard-spots-likely-from-a-genetic-mutation-180986641/ #science