Mastodawn

End of year clearance, some outdated #ARM #SBC
- Synquacer (24x cortex A53 from socionext) - gone
- MacchiatoBin inside the white fractal mini-itx case, 4x cortex A72 - gone
- EspressoBin (cortex A53)
- OG beagle board (OMAP 3) and panda board (OMAP 4)
- raspberry pi 3 B (appears dead)
If interested, Can send anything from here on postage fees, else will end up recycled

Ricardo Pardini Dec 3

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)Dec 3

#Linux 6.18.y is now officially a longterm kernel series, as can be seen here:

https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

Projected EOL is Dec, 2027 (two years from now) – just like the 6.1.y series. All the other series as of now are scheduled for EOL in about one year from now – and 5.4.y just was EOLed, as planned (see https://social.kernel.org/objects/da258e20-22b9-4805-a9e5-5a506eb2bf91 and https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/website.git/commit/?id=0f52d79a5053091c95a269ff6fddbece27ea1d64 ).

Note, the kernel.org front page for the next ~two months (e.g. until 6.19 is out) will keep listing 6.18.y as latest stable series, as it might break peoples scripts to call it longterm there:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/website.git/commit/?id=b9ea3472ee1d973f4c27d075c7e4445afa7ade89

Ricardo Pardini Dec 3

Greg K-H Dec 3

The last 5.4.y kernel release has now happened: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2025120319-blip-grime-93e8@gregkh/

Please don't use this branch anymore, it's really old, and pretty obsolete, and has over 1500 unfixed CVEs in it:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/2025120358-skating-outage-7c61@gregkh/

And if you are stuck with that kernel version for some reason, go ask your vendor to fix those 1500+ CVEs, otherwise you are paying for support that doesn't actually do anything for you...

Linux 5.4.302 - Greg Kroah-Hartman

Ricardo Pardini Dec 2

Kees Cook Dec 1

When a kernel commit starts with "In A.D. 1582 Pope Gregory XIII found that ..." you know you're in for a ride:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f076ef44a44d02ed91543f820c14c2c7dff53716
tl;dr: Rockchip decided November should have 31 days...

rtc: rk808: Compensate for Rockchip calendar deviation on November 31st - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree

Ricardo Pardini Dec 1

Greg K-H Dec 1

As pointed out on an irc channel, yet another example of kernel developers having to do crazy things to paper over hardware bugs: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f076ef44a44d02ed91543f820c14c2c7dff53716

rtc: rk808: Compensate for Rockchip calendar deviation on November 31st - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree

Ricardo Pardini Nov 23

lanefu Nov 22

Since I'm shutting down lanecloud, there's a few tiny things I need to re-home.

Did you know that the ultimate homelab challenge is to not deploy clustered and HA services, when you know how to do it?

#selfhosted #homelab #lanecloud

Ricardo Pardini Nov 17

"If you're not using the stable kernel, your system is insecure. [...]
I'll call out Debian: Debian tracks our kernels very well. Debian runs the world. Over 70% of all servers in the world run Debian. Everything else is a rounding error [...]
👉 Debian: really, really good. I work with the Debian developers all the time. I can't recommend them enough. Their systems are good.
👉 RedHat, SUSE: they have their own weird systems -- talk to them, you're paying them."

@gregkh at https://youtu.be/dhu8HSOzxd8?t=1226

Kernel CVEs are Alive, but Do Not Panic! - Greg Kroah-Hartman, Kernel Maintainer

YouTube

Ricardo Pardini Nov 16

Glyn Moody Nov 16

Why Solarpunk is already happening in #Africa - https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening "But here’s the meta-point: This is the template for building infrastructure in the 21st century." amazingly hopeful stuff; do read. (v slashdot) #renewables

Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa

Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past

Climate Drift

Ricardo Pardini Nov 3

Inspirational Skeletor💀Nov 3

Ricardo Pardini Oct 27

tante Oct 27

Never cared much for Omarchy: It's being made by a right-wing dipshit with no experience with Linux and distributions who's whole "Opinion" seems to be that "90ies Hacker movie look" is what makes a good operating system.

But when I read this actual review https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/ I was shocked by how bad it actually is: Technologically but also as an "opinionated Linux distribution". Sad to see that @frameworkcomputer tanked their reputation within their target audience in support of this underbaked Linux-Hacker-Cosplay thing.

A Word on Omarchy

An in-depth look at the currently trending Arch Linux configuration that is Omarchy.

マリウス