Weekly Shaarli

All links of one week in a single page.

Week 02 (January 11, 2021)

Alpine 3.13.0

Noteworthy changes:

  • Official cloud images
  • Introduction of ifupdown-ng
  • Improved WiFi setup
  • PHP 8.0 available
  • Node.js (LTS) performance improvement
  • Initial support for cloud-init
AlmaLinux
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AlmaLinux is a new RHEL fork, with its first release planned within Q1, 2021.

Dancing With Systems
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In this post, Donella Meadows summarizes the general “systems wisdom” she obtained from modeling complex systems.

Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP
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Out of the lack of alternatives, Jared Mauch built his own internet provider that now offers fiber-to-the-home broadband.

tmpsms
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»A temporary SMS right from your terminal written in POSIX sh«

TinyCheck
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TinyCheck is a network capturing software that is best run on a Rasberry Pi 3+.

WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open Source
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This article explains how the WRT54G became the most famous home wireless router there ever was.

Fostering a culture that values stability and reliability

The author encourages the completeness concept in software and emphasizes the advantages of focusing on stability and reliability instead of adding new features.

VMCLI
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»A set of utilities to help you manage VMs with Virtualization.framework«

Wine 6.0

Major changes:

  • Core modules in PE format
  • Vulkan backend for WineD3D
  • DirectShow and Media Foundation support
  • Text console redesign
Exploring Swap on FreeBSD
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»Free memory is wasted memory or how to make the best use of swap. «

Elasticsearch and Kibana Are Now Business Risks
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This blog post explains why Elastic changing the license of Elasticsearch and Kibana to Server Side Public License (SSPL) is problematic for its users.

Celebrating 20 years of Wikipedia
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On January 15, Wikipedia, the most extensive collection of open knowledge in history, turned 20.