Whenever I see
dd if=this of=that
I usually prefer to
ddrescue this that
(usually --force is required to write to a partition)
Not only it displays many more information than dd's default and it doesn't require blocksize tinkering, but #ddrescue is also capable of resuming and recovering from errors.
Currently reading "Performance Analysis and Tuning on Modern CPUs" by Denis Bakhvalov and liking it very much.
It explains many of the arcane details of current desktop CPUs and it also has many tips about #perf #linux tool usage, plus many mentions to other useful tools as #rr.
It's a free download from https://book.easyperf.net/perf_book
Familiar with Swift, UIKit, and know your way around XCode? Want to help advance the state of #XMPP on #iOS? 📱 We're looking for developers to help bring our iOS app over the finish line! 🏁
This will be a paid short-term project producing FLOSS. DM or email matthew@snikket.org if you're interested.
Not an iOS dev? That's okay, boosts appreciated too! 🙂
#notetoself for patching windows files on linux using windows patches, use --binary.
We just released a huge update to the #Snikket server! Web admin, #RaspberryPi / #ARM support, and more... 😀
Today is #changeyourpasswordday, a gentle reminder that if you (have to) use this policy, it's trash. Users will tend to make serial passwords like password1, password2 etc. which is overall less secure than an actually strong password used over a (very) long time.
Our instant messaging client visualization is now available in English under license.
Better than WhatsApp: Try these Free Software Apps and Services — Free Software Foundation India
https://fsf.org.in/article/better-than-whatsapp/
#WhatsApp #Telegram #Signal #matrix #xmpp #p2p #element #quicksy #FreeSoftware
Thanks to Riya for making the info graphics.
Tails natively ships with a #XMPP client. Currently Pidgin.
For security reason Tails is going to replace it.
New XMPP client that Tails is likely to natively install will be either @dino or @gajim
Some research about them and Tails requirements you can read here:
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/replace_Pidgin/#candidate-alternatives
(keep in mind that it's a living paper)
The maintainers of the mailcow e-mail server suite have optimized and tweaked it a little for Delta Chat, great stuff :) https://mailcow.email/2021/01/14/back-to-the-future-with-delta-chat/
Dear @kaidan developers and users, rejoice !
Kaidan 0.6.0 has been accepted into Debian testing so Kaidan will be part of the next stable Debian 11/bullseye.
Cheers !
Nice recipe for slimming down #gitannex repositories when storing similar, big files, with the help of #borg
https://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/using_borg_for_efficient_storage_of_old_annexed_files/
My current #privacy & security focused #email provider Mailbox.org now offers 6€ voucher for new accounts (until 10 January '21):
https://mailbox.org/en/post/give-a-mailbox-org-account-for-christmas-2020
Might not seem like much, but it covers 6 months of the basic tier plan ;)
Allow the use of external GnuPG in #Thunderbird 78: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards#Allow_the_use_of_external_GnuPG
Need to paste something from the clipboard into a window where it is difficult to do so? (for example, some virtual machines)
#xdotool to the rescue!
xdotool search <something_in_the_window_title> windowactivate type <"whatever you want to paste">
Dino 0.2 is out!
Dino is a privacy-friendly messaging application. The 0.2 release adds message correction, improves the file upload functionality and provides more information on encryption.
Release blog post: https://dino.im/blog/2020/11/dino-0.2-release/