⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

Some more great news: I’m pleased to announce that #HP has also agreed to be a premier sponsor for the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (#LVFS) as part of our new sustainability effort.

With the industry support from HP (and our existing sponsors of Lenovo, Dell, Framework, OSFF and of course Linux Foundation and Red Hat) we can turbo-charge the growth of the LVFS even more than I'd imagined. Thanks!

Weekly Bestsellers, 18 May 2026 https://locusmag.com/2026/05/weekly-bestsellers-18-may-2026/

NHAM Hot Pick of the Week! 🔥👌

If you only listen to one track by a Fedi artist this week, may we recommend Skinicism by Doctor Body (@alisynthesis)?!

🐞 Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’

“So just to make it really clear: If you found a bug using AI tools, the chances are somebody else found it too. If you actually want to add value, read the documentation, create a patch too, and add some real value on *top* of what the AI did. Don't be the drive-by ‘send a random report with no real understanding’ kind of person. OK?”

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/linus-torvalds-says-ai-powered-bug-hunters-have-made-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/5241633

#ai #linux

The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.

From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.

It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-ico-isnt-doing-its-job-why-the-data-watchdog-needs-to-be-reset/

#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol

Classic 7 is Windows 10 LTSC cosplaying as Windows 7

https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/17/classic-7-is-windows-10-ltsc-cosplaying-as-windows-7/5241291

Uncanny rebuild resurrects the 2009 desktop, complete with support, updates, and licensing questions

<- by me on #TheRegister

ESP32-S3 boards feature WAGO connectors for LED strips, buttons, other swappable modules

Rev Adrian Kennard (RevK) has designed several open-source hardware ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth IoT boards with WAGO connectors for interfacing LED strips, buttons, and other GPIO modules. Initially developed for the gloves and the helmet of an Iron Man suit, the ESP32-S3 boards can be used for any relevant project that needs more flexibility than soldered modules and more reliabil…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/17/esp32-s3-boards-features-wago-connectors-for-led-strips-buttons-other-swappable-modules/

There will be some people who don't get this, so try an (imperfect) analogy:

Imagine you can automate the easy parts of parenting, the bedtime story, the moments when kids want to cuddle, the days when they eat well. And the parent is left ONLY focusing on the hard stuff, the tantrums, the life lessons, the medical worries. That is not parenting. That is burn out.

OpenProject 17.4 has been out since last week.

This release brings the OpenProject Jira Migrator (Beta) with support for basic custom fields, along with continued improvements for agile project management, workflow configuration, and overall usability.

It also introduces the new “My Meetings” widget, giving users quicker access to their upcoming meetings directly from the Home and Project Overview pages.

Take a look at the video and jump right in.

https://youtu.be/h7nM47rzL8Q

@WeirdWriter (caveat, my eyes are fine, my mum is blind with a small amount of vision, my wife is partially sighted and uses giant fonts and a huge screen) as a prolific user of windows and linux for the last 24 years, windows has changed a lot and linux hasnt.

returning to it after a break from daily windows for about 8 months, windows 11 seems like a horrific, unfriendly nightmare. it feels like its poised ready to scam me or fatally collapse at any moment

@SwiftOnSecurity I need this as a sticker. For my Linux laptop.

Peter G. Neumann, renowned computer scientist, ARPANET/Internet pioneer and expert on technology risks, working at SRI International since 1971, has died at age 93. Peace. He has been my friend and colleague for over half a century. He will be greatly missed.