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#Humanist, Liberal, reader of #SciFi, user of #Linux and #Amiga, #Pentax DSLR learner, #EU citizen in Ireland, retired firefighter and fire safety specialist.
LocationEastern part of the Northern part of the island of Ireland, County Down.
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Kid: "What's a firewall, Uncle nixCraft?"

Me: "It's like a bouncer for your computer, kid. Keeps the bad bits out."

Coming up tonight on the show, best-selling author of ISIS: Inside The Army Of Terror, Michael Weiss will be joining us to discuss the latest developments in Trump's foreign policy in his second term.

Catch us live over at twitch.tv/OzKaterji or you can watch the full show afterwards.

Amarok is one of the oldest Linux music players still in development, and the latest release includes foundational changes to ensure it will keep going for years to come.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/amarok-3-3-released-with-qt-6-gstreamer-audio-engine

#qt #linux #opensource

Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6 & GStreamer Backend

A new version of iconic Qt music player Amarok has been released, the first to be based on Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 6. Amarok 3.3 (codenamed 'Far Above the

OMG! Ubuntu
Literally three weeks between these two images. Who could POSSIBLY have predicted something like this would happen?

Good. Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice. As I said before, don't give taxpayers' money to Microsoft. Save that money. Help support open source. Spend added savings on local community development programs. It's a win-win for both honest taxpayers and local communities. Besides that everyone knows big tech is not trustworthy especially one that steals your data for AI training or runs spyware like Recall

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/

Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Following the example of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice, the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is doing the same. Caroline Stage Olsen, the country’s Digitalisation Minister, plans to move half of the employees to LibreOffice over the summer, and if all goes as expected, the entire […]

The Document Foundation Blog

Elon Musk says he's serious about launching his America Party, but so far, it's mostly talk. But according to @AxiosNews, he isn't on his own: He's fielding offers for help from the Libertarian Party, several consultants, and former Democrat, Forward Party founder Andrew Yang. "I'm in touch with Elon and his team, and I've said to them, 'Look, anyone who wants to challenge the duopoly has a friend in me,' " Yang told Axios. Here's their story about the challenges and opportunities Musk faces.

https://flip.it/BCU81O

#Politics #USPolitics #ElonMusk #AndrewYang #ForwardParty #AmericaParty #LibertarianParty

Musk's America Party has helpers β€” and challenges

Musk has said he wants his America Party to be a political disruptor in the 2026 midterms.

Axios
More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

Live tonight on The Oz Katerji Show, joining us is Shaun Pinner, the fomer British soldier and Ukrainian Marine veteran who was captured by Russia in Mariupol.

Shaun joins us at a slightly later time (21:00 UK time) to discuss life as POW & his work in Ukraine.

Catch us at https://twitch.tv/ozkaterji

Anubis is a Opensource Web AI Firewall Utility that weighs the soul of your connection using one or more challenges in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots. It makes sure humans can have access to the resources available while blocking all bad bots. A perfect tool to block AI slop and must have for all developers and IT pros https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis
GitHub - TecharoHQ/anubis: Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers

Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers - TecharoHQ/anubis

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Systemd manager TUI allows Linux developers and sysadmins to manage systemd services with ease. You can view logs, list services, view properties, and control their lifecycle (start, stop, restart, enable, and disabl) using this tool https://github.com/matheus-git/systemd-manager-tui
GitHub - matheus-git/systemd-manager-tui: A program for managing systemd services through a TUI (Terminal User Interfaces).

A program for managing systemd services through a TUI (Terminal User Interfaces). - matheus-git/systemd-manager-tui

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Huge line up this week, join us on Tuesday to hear from Mariupol defender Shaun Pinner about his time in Russian captivity. On Wednesday Michael Weiss discusses all things Iran & Russia and on Thursday Luke Tryl from More In Common talks Labour's polling numbers.

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