https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/windows-10-to-11-and-linux-10-22-25/

From an October 14, 2025 report in Brussels Signal:

• “A group of protesters gathered outside Microsoft’s EU office to complain about the company’s decision to end security updates for its older devices running the Windows 10 operating system.”
• “[This] includes millions of older devices that cannot run its newer operating system, Windows 11.”
• “Right to Repair Europe, which organised the protest, said Microsoft had now made users choose between a system that will become steadily more insecure, or buying a new laptop.”

I have been running Linux exclusively since August 2020. I switched to Linux when I built a new desktop computer to replace the previous desktop I had built back in 2011, so it was not a forced obsalescence case. However, I did once have a Windows XP netbook that I could not upgrade. It was my only laptop. Instead of purchasing a new laptop, I installed Ubuntu on it. All I really knew about Linux was that it was a free operating system that some tech people used. I am sure I chose Ubuntu because that was the only Linux thing I had heard of. It went fine. While I am not going to say that everyone can switch from Windows to Linux like I did, I would encourage even those people who need to “upgrade” to a Windows 11 laptop re-purpose their old laptops with a shiny new Linux distribution and give it a go. Some without specific work-related concerns may find that Linux works as well or better for them than Windows.

#linux #windows

Configure nullmailer with a relay host

edafe.de/nullmailer

If you wish to receive status updates from your Debian or Ubuntu system, you need to install and configure a mail transfer agent (MTA). nullmailer is a relay-only forwarding MTA that can be used as an alternative to more complex MTAs, such as Exim, Sendmail or Postfix.

A relay host, also referred to as a smarthost, can be defined as an email server for outgoing mail that is being afforded a good reputation by its peers. In this example, we use Fastmail because email deliverability depends on a number of different factors.

Configuration of nullmailer with Email Service Providers (ESPs) other than Fastmail should be similar, given that all ESPs implement the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

Step 1

Generate an app password

Log into your Fastmail account and set up a new app password for SMTP authentication.

Create an alias

Set up a dedicated Fastmail alias to receive incoming messages.

Step 2

Use copy and paste to enter the following commands. Be careful not to miss any punctuation.

Create the new directory /etc/nullmailer and the file /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr.

The Fastmail alias you created in Step 1 should be the only entry in /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr.

Step 3

Install the required packages.

Step 4

Enter the system mailname. If you are setting up on a home network, you should use home.arpa as the domain name.

Configuring the smarthost

Configure nullmailer to use the Fastmail SMTP server as a smarthost. Use your Fastmail username and the app password from Step 1.

Step 5

Test your configuration with the following command.

Check your inbox!

Step 6

You can reconfigure nullmailer at any time by issuing the following comand.

Die Linux-Distribution eures Vertrauens ist zwar i.d.R. für euch kostenfrei, kann aber langfristig nur mit finanzieller Unterstützung weiterentwickelt werden.

Das gilt natürlich auch auch für andere nicht kommerzielle Open Source Projekte.

Spenden sind da sinnvoll.

#Linux #OpenSource #FLOSS #GNU