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Flatpak will depend on systemd

If you visit the Flatpak website today, it lists, as the very first advantage of the project: "Build for every distro: create one app and distribute it to the entire Linux desktop market." If you then move on to the list of supported distributions, you'll see the usual suspects, but also distributions like Void Linux, Guix, and Alpine. These last three all have one thing in co

https://www.osnews.com/story/145071/flatpak-will-depend-on-systemd/

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Flatpak will depend on systemd – OSnews

From yesterday. Resistance matters.

PC Gamer: Kickstarter rolls back new mature content guidelines after week of backlash https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/kickstarter-rolls-back-new-mature-content-guidelines-after-week-of-backlash/

Kickstarter rolls back new mature content guidelines after week of backlash

The crowdfunder's payment processor, Stripe, "can still suspend a campaign that Kickstarter has approved."

PC Gamer
I can't wait to get murdered by flowers in this rad-looking survival horror game

The Florist looks like Resident Evil meets Annihilation.

PC Gamer

The most important question is whether the Linux distro you want supports your hardware environment, peripherals, and software apps that you will continue to use. You will run into this problem sooner or later, particularly with major hardware and software brands. Prepare to compromise.

This is from yesterday.

XDA Developers: Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead https://www.xda-developers.com/picking-linux-distro-wrong-first-question/ @XDAOfficial #Linux

Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead

Before you settle with a distro, you have to learn how to wield it.

XDA
Were you impacted by the Krispy Kreme breach? Well, now you can fill the hole in your bank account with this settlement. But donut wait - there’s only a few weeks left to file a claim. https://www.the-sun.com/money/16402291/krispy-kreme-settlement-get-3500-payment-now/
Verifying Device

🚨 EUVD-2025-13979

📊 Score: n/a
📦 Product: Linux, Linux, Linux (+12 more)
🏢 Vendor: Linux
📅 Published: 2025-05-08 | Updated: 2026-05-23

📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: xhci: Fix invalid pointer dereference in Etron workaround

This check is performed before prepare_transfer() and prepare_ring(), so
enqueue can already po...

🔗 https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-13979

#cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability

EUVD

European Vulnerability Database

Nuts. From yesterday.

"Editors and writers at the Valnet-owned site TheGamer will now reportedly not be paid for their work if their articles do not accrue enough views "

"Valnet was founded by Hassan Youssef and Sam Youssef, who were previously the owners of Canadian pornographic production company Brazzers and the 'silent partners' of Pornhub, in 2012."

Kotaku: One Of The Worst Companies In Games Media Reveals New Plan To Only Pay Writers Per Click https://kotaku.com/one-of-the-worst-companies-in-games-media-reveals-new-plan-to-only-pay-writers-per-click-2000698959 @Kotaku

Futurism: Googling the Word “Disregard” Causes Google’s AI to Return Garbled Chatbot Ramblings https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/googling-disregard-google-ai @Futurism #Google #Gemini
Googling the Word “Disregard” Causes Google’s AI to Return Garbled Chatbot Ramblings

Google Search is a mess right now as its AI Overview feature gives garbled, conversational answers instead of the definition to simple words.

Futurism

At Sunday morning, it seems that Yet Another Attempt on Trump's Life has fallen off the news cycle

ho hum...

Except for mention that that this was the assailant's second contact with #SecretService, and that the assailant was convinced he was #JesusChrist

That's how it is in these #UnitedStates

Shoot the crazy people

Killing them with a dozen rounds is a helluva lot cheaper than helping them

#DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP

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Fortune: Inside the ‘stealth wealth’ playbook: How Silicon Valley’s elite buy multimillion-dollar mansions without leaving a paper trail https://fortune.com/2026/05/24/what-is-stealth-wealth-homebuying-luxury-whisper-listings-using-llc/ @fortune #SiliconValley #BigTech
Inside the ‘stealth wealth’ playbook: How Silicon Valley’s elite buy multimillion-dollar mansions without leaving a paper trail

The ultrawealthy now treat visibility as a liability and they're paying to disappear from luxury real estate records.

Fortune