In its current plan, the EU commission intends to cut €27 million in funding for Free Software. The article has a link to a questionnaire that you can fill out and express your opinion about the plan. I believe non-EU citizens can participate as well.

Dev behind a popular screenshot tool checks out, but the successors are good.

Let's build another web browser based on Servo!

For the most extreme storage speeds in the most extreme of cooling environments

I'm experimenting with i2p and a librewolf container setup in Docker compose. However, the i2p web console front end (127.0.0.1:7657) becomes inaccessible if the container itself is restarted. This can be remedied by removing the directories that get created by the volume mappings in the compose file, but this obviously not ideal. Anyone have experience with this problem? I've seen hints from people online suggesting that the data in those directories getting somehow corrupted. I have not yet investigated that further.

version: "3.5"
services:
  i2p_router:
    image:
      geti2p/i2p:latest
    environment:
    - JVM_XMX=256m
    volumes:
    - ./i2phome:/i2p/.i2p
    - ./i2ptorrents:/i2psnark
    ports:
    - 4444:4444
    - 6668:6668
    - 7657:7657
    - 9001:12345
    - 9002:12345/udp

  libre_wolf:
    image:
      linuxserver/librewolf
    ports:
    - 9300:3000
    - 9301:3001

volumes:
  i2phome:
  i2ptorrents:
networks:
  frontend:
    driver: bridge

Samsung's speedier and denser 9th-gen QLC could make drives 50% cheaper.

The Linux Mint project has at times forked various open-source projects to evolve them on their own such as the Cinnamon desktop starting out as forks of several GNOME 3 components. While their software forks and focus has mostly been at the desktop-level, they are going a bit further down the stack now to develop forks of several APT components that power package management on Debian/Ubuntu systems.

Let's build another web browser based on Servo!

So I’ve got an old Mac I use as a Plex server and I’m considering installing Ubuntu on a DOS-formatted partition I’ve already set aside. What I’m wondering is:

• Do I just need this one partition, or is it going to need an additional blank partition for VM/Swap?
• can I install Ubuntu on an external drive and then clone or dd the external install onto the internal partition I’ve set aside?

I start my coding workspaces in tmux sessions which persist when I log out. If I switch from a wayland session to an x11 session, then my copy and paste functionality in those neovim sessions are broken because it's still trying to use wl-copy. To be more precise:

1. Start a wayland session.
2. Open a terminal and start a tmux session.
3. Open neovim and do some work.
4. Log out of wayland, log into an X11 environment
5. Open a terminal and reconnect to the tmux session
6. "+y broken. clipboard: error invoking wl-copy: Failed to connect to a Wayland server...

Restarting neovim isn't sufficient. I have to restart the entire tmux session or switch back to wayland. Is there some short cut I can take here?

Blogs, Articles, and Posts

• Recover data from corrupted BitLocker drives with repair-bde and key packages
  Activating BitLocker encryption on a drive automatically generates a 48-digit numeric recovery password. This password is crucial if other unlocking methods fail and Windows prompts you with the BitLocker recovery console during startup.
• Practical Graph: Working with Microsoft Lists using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK
  Microsoft Lists are a powerful tool for end users to store and manage data stored in SharePoint Online sites. The Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Lists and this article explains how to use the cmdlets to add new lists, add items to lists, retrieve data from lists, and remove items from lists.
• My PowerShell for Visual Studio Code extension settings
  I use Visual Studio Code to create and edit PowerShell scripts. The PowerShell Extension from Microsoft has some excellent features that will make your scripts more readable and consistent formatting-wise. In this blog post, I will show you my configuration and the options I use.
• Register an Entra ID Application to Use with PnP PowerShell
  As the volume of threats increases rapidly, staying aligned with the recommended practices is essential to enhance security effectively. As part of this, the multi-tenant PnP Management Shell Entra ID app was deleted on September 9, 2024, to improve application security. This change now requires admins to register their own…
• Semi-Dynamic Static PowerShell Function Definitions for a Dynamically Semi-Static World
  It’s been a while since I posted anything to my blog. I needed a break. But I needed a break from the break. I hope you don’t mind. This is admittedly an “edge case” scenario. The “need” (with air quotes) for this occurred within fairly uncommon set of circumstances, but I thought the methodology might be useful in other cases. Or maybe not. But if it’s of some help to you, that makes it worth the effort for me.
• WSUS – Cleanup using Powershell with email notification output
  If you are using WSUS in your environment, you may want to run a scheduled task to cleanup old updates and compress some of the larger updates to free up space on your server. A good way of doing this is to run a Powershell script which will take care of all your cleanup requirements and as we are using Powershell, we can even get it to send us an email once it is complete with the output information on what the script has managed to clean up.

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

• Microsoft 365 Licensing Report Script V1.94
  The Microsoft 365 Licensing Report PowerShell script has been upgraded to generate detailed license information and to deal with expired license subscriptions. You can download V1.94 of the script from GitHub. Before attempting to run the licensing report script, take the time to read previous articles to understand the basics of the script and how to generate the files used for pricing information.

Books, Media, and Learning Resources

• Turn PowerShell Into Your Excel Automation Machine
  Get ready to see how PowerShell can transform the way you work with Excel.
• Azure Functions & PowerShell
  Join me as I discuss PowerShell-based Azure Functions. we will go through local Function development and testing to deploy a Function to Azure and even an Account storage queue-triggered Function that creates a Resource Group and Storage account from a queue message.

Community

• Behind the Code: Adam Driscoll on PowerShell Universal and Work-Life Balance
  In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we’re joined by the brilliant Adam Driscoll, the creator of PowerShell Universal. Adam shares exciting insights into the upcoming features and improvements in PowerShell Universal, giving us a sneak peek into what’s on the horizon.
• Inside IT Automation E12
  Harm Veenstra talks about why PowerShell is fun, AI and more
• Inside IT Automation E13
  PowerShell & Graph: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly With Damian Scoles

Fun

• Shorten the Code – Win cool Prizes
  Welcome to the ScriptRunner Shorten the Code Challenge! This exciting competition invites PowerShell enthusiasts to demonstrate their scripting prowess by transforming a PowerShell script into concise, efficient code.

Events

• PowerShell Saturday NC
  Mark your calendar! - Oct. 5, 2024

Check out psweekly.dowst.dev for all past editions as well as a searchable archive.

But will Samsung still receive the CHIPS money?

via https://fosstodon.org/@dongheena/113126553653153451

Again?