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Submission + - Slackware 15.0 has been officially released (slackware.com)

Submitted by rastos1
rastos1 writes: A new release of the oldest actively developed Linux distribution is here.

We adopted PAM (finally) as projects we needed dropped support for pure shadow passwords. We switched from ConsoleKit2 to elogind, making it much easier to support software that targets that Other Init System and bringing us up-to-date with the XDG standards. We added support for PipeWire as an alternate to PulseAudio, and for Wayland sessions in addition to X11. Dropped Qt4 and moved entirely to Qt5. Brought in Rust and Python 3. Added many, many new libraries to the system to help support all the various additions. We've upgraded to two of the finest desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.16, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and the KDE Plasma 5 graphical workspaces environment, version 5.23.5 (the Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition). This also supports running under Wayland or X11.

For the first time ever we have included a "make_world.sh" script that allows automatically rebuilding the entire operating system from source.

Comment Re: NAT killed IPv6 (Score 1) 233

What makes you think that it would treat packets arriving on the WAN interface any differently?

I'll gladly learn about the topic more. In my opinion the home router is a default gateway for the LAN so it is reasonable for it to accept on the LAN interface(s) any packets with source IP from LAN network. For any packets with LAN IP source and non-LAN-IP destination it should forward them to the WAN interface (while NAT-ing the source address). However there is no reason no accept any packet on WAN side that does not have destination address matching WAN IP. Just like there is no reason to accept and process packets with non-LAN IP source coming to LAN ports. Or accept and process packets with source or destination IP from private IP space coming to WAN interface.
That's just common sense to me. So are you saying that D-Link, TP-link, Zyxel, ADB, ZTE, ... routers sometimes (often?) do no do this kind of filtering?

Comment Re: NAT killed IPv6 (Score 1) 233

Excuse me, but how does it work in practice? I have currently optic fiber connection going to ISP-provided router - Sagemcom F@st 5670 (Crap. I know.). The ISP will not accept replacing that with a different device (GPON ONT). The device does have a web interface for some basic management, but I can't really inspect the network traffic there. The previous ISP it was the same just different device - Huawei EchoLife HG8245H. The previous ISP was on ADSL with of-the-shelf SOHO router such as D-link Dir-615. In all cases I assume that the device gets on the WAN interface a public (or CGNAT IP) address assigned by ISP and will accept only packets with destination IP address matching that WAN interface IP address. Are you saying that it is not the case and there are routers (provided by ISPs), that will accept packets coming to WAN interface and not having packet destination IP address matching the WAN interface IP address? I find that hard to believe unless we talk about some small community ISP run by amateurs.
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US Could Ask Foreign Tourists For Five-Year Social Media History Before Entry (bbc.com) 270

Posted by msmash from the up-next dept.
Tourists from dozens of countries including the UK could be asked to provide a five-year social media history as a condition of entry to the United States, under a new proposal unveiled by American officials. From a report: The new condition would affect people from dozens of countries who are eligible to visit the US for 90 days without a visa, as long as they have filled out an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form. Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has moved to toughen US borders more generally - citing national security as a reason.

Analysts say the new plan could pose an obstacle to potential visitors, or harm their digital rights. Asked whether the proposal could lead to a steep drop-off in tourism to the US, Trump said he was not concerned. "No. We're doing so well," the president said on Wednesday. "We just want people to come over here, and safe. We want safety. We want security. We want to make sure we're not letting the wrong people come enter our country."

Comment trusting the counter-proof (Score 3, Interesting) 174

a) over here the video from the woman would be not admitted because it does not come from a certified device (e.g. the timestamps on the video would not be trusted). That is, of course, also true for the video used by the police. Unless it comes from certified cameras operated by the police, it should not be admissible.

b) in world of AI you can anytime generate video of you being 100 miles away from the crime scene. How is that supposed to be a relevant proof?

Comment Is there any intermediate fix?And other questions. (Score 2) 96

I got hit by this ;-/ And crucial information is missing.
  • Can the faulty KB5066835 be un-installed?
  • Does that fix the problem?
  • What part of KB5066835 description talks about touching boot process?

I dual boot with the OS selection being done at UEFI level - I have to press a key at boot time to get UEFI boot selection dialog. I don't get the selection dialog if I do normal reboot in Windows, only if I do Shift+Reboot - which was, at some point, announced as a way to "avoid fast boot". Nowadays it seems to be described as a way to enter Windows Recovery Environment. How/why does fast boot skip UEFI boot selection dialog? Would disabling fast boot in windows solve the issue for me? I.e. would I get UEFI boot selection dialog but skip entering the Windows Recovery Environment screen?

Submission + - US Embassy: open your social media profiles (usembassy.gov)

Submitted by rastos1
rastos1 writes: U.S. Embassies in countries around the world, have following on their website:
Notice: Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to ‘public’ to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States under U.S. law.

Comment Re:What if you don't have one? (Score 1) 173

What if you don't have any social media? I deleted all mine in 2021.

You do know that /. comments are a form of social media, right?

Do comments on bugzilla count too? Or linuxquestions.org?

Besides, I to not remember my passwords for internet sites. They are random generated and managed by a (non-cloud) password manager on a computer that does not travel with me. I could not comply even if I wanted to.

Comment Summary (Score 2) 111

by rastos1 (#65407223) Attached to: What Do People Want?
What Do People Want? A summary that does not use 174 words to say that they conducted a survey and does use a few words to describe the outcome.

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