pcyx<p>Future of OSU Open Source Lab in Jeopardy</p><p>"Over the past several years, we have been operating at a deficit due to a decline in corporate donations" ... "recent changes in university funding makes our current funding model no longer sustainable." </p><p>"Unless we secure $250,000 in committed funds, the OSL will shut down later this year."</p><p><a href="https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>OSL provides hosting for over 500 Free and Open Source Projects from all over the world.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/oss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oss</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/osuosl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osuosl</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/drupal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drupal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gentoolinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gentoolinux</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/phpbb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phpbb</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/busybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>busybox</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inkscape</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@burnoutqueen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>burnoutqueen</span></a></span> the problem is that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enforcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enforcing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> doesn't get you a single line of code improvements.</p><ul><li>Ask <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> and his successor(s) that are now maintaining <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>. </li></ul><p>In an ideal world it would, but we all know that's not the case.</p><ul><li>Consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a>-licensed alternatives a competiton, which is more likely to get contributions back (again, Rob Landley can most likely attest to that) from corporations and see it as a motivation for copyleft-licensed projects to <em>step up their game</em>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.notjustbikes.com/@notjustbikes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>notjustbikes</span></a></span> <em>precisely!</em></p><p>Only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandards</span></a> can yield <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultiVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultiProvider</span></a> systems necessary to prevent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolies</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/oligopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligopolies</span></a> and enshure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a>, thus being able to comply with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntlSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntlSec</span></a> demands.</p><p>Guess why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NORAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NORAD</span></a> runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>? </p><ul><li>Because they demand <em>every single line of code</em> to be <em>audited MANUALLY!</em></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@cas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cas</span></a></span> TBH, this actually makes sense in some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a> when someone wants to finally replace some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MOS6502" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MOS6502</span></a>-based system and chug a low-end SBC in...</p><p>And given it targets <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>, I'd not be surprised if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NORAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NORAD</span></a> is already looking at the code to see if they can use it...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://diaspodon.fr/@AugierLe42e" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AugierLe42e</span></a></span> I assume that port is fixed to a specific USB Hub / Controller / Port and the button is similarly linked to some GPIO / I²C / PS/2 port...</p><ul><li>What you can do is check <code>lsusb</code> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> devices and see if the specific port in question has a USB mass storage device or SATA bridge chip attached to it when said button is pressed.</li></ul><p>If <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QNAP</span></a> used <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> they should've provided those drivers / scripts as part of their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> obligations to buyers/owners of said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a> boxes.</p><ul><li>Just don't expect any of that code to be useable, as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> can attest from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> license enforcement…</li></ul><p>Either way if you can reliably identify the port & detect the button presses that <em>should</em> be sufficient to build like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> script to basically detect the drive, mount it and <code>cp -r /dev/$DRIVE/ /home/copied_drives/$LABEL/</code> </p><ul><li>It may need some fiddling and will most likely only work reliably on unencrypted drives with ext2-ext4, btrfs, ntfs, fat32, exfat filesystems...</li></ul><p>Pretty shure you'll have to tweak a bit unless you want to use <code>/dev/by-uuid/$UUID</code> and the UUIDs of the partitions as name...</p>
Matthias Kirschner<p>❤️ With all the installations on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a>/#Linux (servers, vms, desktop, ... ), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> systems, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> and WLS) I feel comfortable to claim there or way more than 1 billion installations of Vi*; often without people knowing about it.❤️</p><p>❤️ Thank you Bram Moolenaar, Christian Brabandt, the whole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vim</span></a> community, and all the people from projects like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeoVIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoVIM</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nvi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nvi</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Busybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Busybox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vi</span></a>, who develop and maintain their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> flavour. ❤️</p><p><a href="https://k7r.eu/thank-you-for-the-editor-of-the-beast/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">k7r.eu/thank-you-for-the-edito</span><span class="invisible">r-of-the-beast/</span></a> ❤️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ilovefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ilovefs</span></a> ❤️</p>
𝕽𝕺𝖄 𝕸𝕬𝕿𝕳𝖀𝕽<p>Can you tell I'm a reluctant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> user? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bblean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bblean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/busybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>busybox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rainmeter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rainmeter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Theme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skin</span></a></p>
futo_tech<p>Announcing our November Microgrant Recipients - Busybox, CryptPad, libvips, and ImHex!</p><p><a href="https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/169654c7-cf94-484e-b83e-bf9eed1e3827" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.futo.org/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/169654c7-cf94-484e-b83e-bf9eed1e3827</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Apparently <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Toshiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toshiba</span></a> rushed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDDVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDDVD</span></a> so hard to the market they <em>literally</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&t=916&v=2G9n0vJiKXw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">released</a> a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pentium4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentium4</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> box with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Drive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drive</span></a> as their first <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Player" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Player</span></a>... </p><ul><li>Any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/veteran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veteran</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KernelDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KernelDevs</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a> wanna pull a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> and <em>beat the HD-DVD specs out of them</em> in court?</li></ul><p>Please, go ahead!</p><ul><li>And yes, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpTLR0VWqO4&t=240s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">prolonged</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FormatWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FormatWar</span></a> at the expense ob <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bluray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluray</span></a> solely to get their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Download" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Download</span></a> business off the ground.</li></ul><p>So in the format war of blu-ray vs HD-DVD vs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDVMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDVMD</span></a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Z4iL8hy1A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">yes you read right</a> there <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsCzfENI_pU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">existed a 3rd format</a>, HD-VMD, that just tried to do absurd layer numbers to still use red lasers and be in theory cheaper to make discs and drives for!), the real winner are <em>shitty Streaming Services</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netflix</span></a> and the like.</p><ul><li>Tho I still think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitTorrent</span></a> owns them all as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/delistings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delistings</span></a> and absurdly high <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> fees and lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physical</span></a> releases at reasonable prices resurged <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> , but that's just me <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReadingTheRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingTheRoom</span></a></em> and saying the obvious thing noone wants to admit.</li></ul><p>I just don't pirate so I can talk about it!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.catgirlsfor.science/@EpicPawt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EpicPawt</span></a></span> I can recommend to take a look at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TinyCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinyCore</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BunsenLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BunsenLabs</span></a> if you like some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/smol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a>... </p><p>TinyCore is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> is a nifty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> derivate which runs even on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GMA500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GMA500</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Poulsbo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poulsbo</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntelAtom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntelAtom</span></a> Z-series system like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VaioP11Z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaioP11Z</span></a> just fine <em>despite</em> using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/llvmpipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llvmpipe</span></a> for rendering...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://expressional.social/@notsoloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>notsoloud</span></a></span> same with all other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros.</p><ul><li>Guess why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NORAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NORAD</span></a> used <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> and why I started my own minimalist, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNUfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUfree</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> ...</li></ul><p>Now granted, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NvChad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NvChad</span></a> is basically what happens when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neovim</span></a> fans want to make a better alternative to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Personally, I only put it ob a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wishlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wishlist</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/pkgs/blob/main/docs/WISHLIST.tsv#L11" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">of sorts</a> because I want to make a 80x25-optimized <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TUI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> easier to accomplish.</li></ul><p>For most people, using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> as in <a href="https://fishshell.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fish shell</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tmux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tmux</span></a> and some extras could yield the same...</p>
Amin Girasol<p>Saturday <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> pursuits: Logged into a shell on my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/murenaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murenaos</span></a> phone, which is running <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/busybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>busybox</span></a> under <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Termux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Termux</span></a>, from my unmodified <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> 520STFM. The ST has a Simple WiFi Modem 2 plugged into the serial port, and I'm using <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NeatnNiftyTAZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeatnNiftyTAZ</span></a> as my comms program. This puts the biggest grin on my face!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/8bit-bruno/WiFiModem2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/8bit-bruno/WiFiMode</span><span class="invisible">m2</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>OFC nothing prevents one from using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> 's basic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> basis to generate a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/smol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smol</span></a> and efficient <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> or general-purpose Server distro.</p><ul><li>Similar to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TinyCoreLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinyCoreLinux</span></a>, which is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206f7nX4IGo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">really nifty</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> - based <a href="http://tinycorelinux.net/concepts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">distro</a> which can manage a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">in 23MB image size</a>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> that's why I started <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> : I looked at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppynux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppynux</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@w84death" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w84death</span></a></span> and while it works with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> it doesn't do much beyond <code>cat</code> and <code>vi</code> and doesn't even have like drivers to store anything.</p><p>OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> isn't much better as of now but I do share the motivation that made <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> start <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a>:</p><p>A simple, clean, lean and adaptible, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/smol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro that can be the solid foundation for anything.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/MkJkyMuBm3g&t=1408" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/MkJkyMuBm3g&t=1408</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Whilst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mkroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mkroot</span></a> is nice, I think there is some room for improvement and building an actual <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Also he has made excellent documentation including a live demonstration on how to basically DIY a minimalist linux from scratch with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a> & toybox: <a href="https://youtu.be/Sk9TatW9ino" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Sk9TatW9ino</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></li></ul><p>I feel that <em>"Just chug in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> with the <code>lite</code> Version of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPiOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPiOS</span></a></em> seems quite overkill (it's a 350MiB (!!!) image) for most projects and espechally when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>-related stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptofon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptofon</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PocketCrypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PocketCrypto</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LambdaCrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LambdaCrypt</span></a>.</p><ul><li>I think that besides <em>"Don't DIY encryption! There are excellent implementations ready to grab and go!"</em> the <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a>-Principle</em> is key, cuz I'm a shit coder and I want to avoid having to fiddle around and instead make it easy to fix stuff just by updating versions from upstream.</li></ul>
OS/1337<p>Tangents aside, people are free to create forks and even branches that include <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> or use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>: </p><p>That is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> and in fact for anything outside the 1440kB target we'd accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> since it works and solves a lot of issues... <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGog</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p>Granted OS/1337 isn't a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demo</span></a> first but rather tries to take the concept of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tomsrtbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tomsrtbt</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@w84death" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w84death</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> and tries to make it something that is useable and can be extended to arbitrary complexity if one desires to...</p><p>It's about making a tiny <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproduceable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a>...</p><p>It won't replace <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> or any other big distro, likely it won't even replace <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mkroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mkroot</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> but it should be a clean and level foundation for small <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedSystems</span></a> projects and products...</p><p>Something that is easy to build and customize and port to other platforms...</p><p>And we're open for contributions:<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob</span><span class="invisible">/main/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv</span></a></p>
OS/1337<p>Interestingly, all the people that say "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copilot</span></a> is violating my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a>!" and fanboy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>'s hamfisted approach to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> enforcement are really quiet when it comes to enforcing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grsecurity</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> but maybe it's because only those that bought the final product are entitled to the source and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> isn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyrightInfringement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopyrightInfringement</span></a> because otherwise we'd all be lifelong <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DebtPeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebtPeons</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schoolbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schoolbook</span></a>- & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Textbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Textbook</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> or rather their Copyright-holding <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-co</span><span class="invisible">pilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/</span></a></p>
OS/1337<p>Someone asked "Why don't you use BusyBox?</p><p>Let me answer this simply...</p><p>1. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Licensing</span></a> page kinda makes them look <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a>...<br><a href="https://busybox.net/license.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">busybox.net/license.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> went into great detail on why the whole "enforcement" backfired very hard:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkJkyMuBm3g&t=301s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=MkJkyMuBm3</span><span class="invisible">g&t=301s</span></a></p><p>2. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> on the other hand is very much a drop-in replacement and it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/0BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>0BSD</span></a> licensed, so much less headaches...<br><a href="http://landley.net/toybox/license.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">landley.net/toybox/license.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a></p><p>So it was chosen for OS/1337:<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/LICENSE.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob</span><span class="invisible">/main/LICENSE.md</span></a></p><p>3. We use unmodified source code as of today and thus can just link to the original sources and attribute them properly:<br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/LICENSES.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob</span><span class="invisible">/main/docu/LICENSES.md</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> but AFAICS this is sufficient for compliance.</p><p>I</p>
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