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This Debian-based Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've tested in years  ZDNET

I'm a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be  ZDNET

Leveraging urunc For Efficiently Running BSD Applications In Linux Environments  Phoronix

VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files  theregister.com

Novel ShadowHS malware targets Linux environments  scworld.com

An anonymous reader shares a report: Google Home users, your long nightmare is over. The platform has finally added support for buttons. The release notes for a February 2 update state that several new starter conditions for automations are now available, including "Switch or button pressed." Smart buttons are physical, programmable switches that you can press to trigger automations or control devices in your smart home, such as turning lights on or off, opening and closing shades, running a Good Night scene, or starting a robot vacuum. A great alternative to voice and app control when you want to control multiple devices, smart buttons are often wireless and generally have several ways to press them: single press, double press, and long press, meaning one button can do multiple things.

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Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto's future may mirror Linux's decline, the cypherpunk vision has largely failed, and user experience is key to mass adoption | Bankless  Crypto Briefing

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto's future may mirror Linux's decline, the cypherpunk vision has largely failed, and user experience is key to mass adoption | Bankless  Crypto Briefing

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto's future may mirror Linux's decline, the cypherpunk vision has largely failed, and user experience is key to mass adoption | Bankless  Crypto Briefing

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto's future may mirror Linux's decline, the cypherpunk vision has largely failed, and user experience is key to mass adoption | Bankless  Crypto Briefing

Arch Linux February ISO Is Out With Kernel, Desktop, and Security Updates  Linuxiac

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have more in common with cigarettes than with fruit or vegetables, and require far tighter regulation, according to a new report. The Guardian: UPFs and cigarettes are engineered to encourage addiction and consumption, researchers from three US universities said, pointing to the parallels in widespread health harms that link both. UPFs, which are widely available worldwide, are food products that have been industrially manufactured, often using emulsifiers or artificial colouring and flavours. The category includes soft drinks and packaged snacks such as crisps and biscuits. There are similarities in the production processes of UPFs and cigarettes, and in manufacturers' efforts to optimise the "doses" of products and how quickly they act on reward pathways in the body, according to the paper from researchers at Harvard, the University of Michigan and Duke University. They draw on data from the fields of addiction science, nutrition and public health history to make their comparisons, published on 3 February in the healthcare journal the Milbank Quarterly. The authors suggest that marketing claims on the products, such as being "low fat" or "sugar free," are "health washing" that can stall regulation, akin to the advertising of cigarette filters in the 1950s as protective innovations that "in practice offered little meaningful benefit."

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Sudo's maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated  theregister.com

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto risks mirroring the Linux movement's decline, user experience is crucial for mass adoption, and funding has advanced zero-knowledge proofs | Bankless  Crypto Briefing

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto risks mirroring the Linux movement's decline, user experience is crucial for mass adoption, and funding has advanced zero-knowledge proofs | Bankless  Crypto Briefing

System76 Releases COSMIC 1.0.5 with New Option to Show Battery Percentage  9to5Linux

GeForce NOW Linux App beta launches with RTX 5080 cloud streaming for Ubuntu 24.04 plus ten new game titles  Technetbook

Dank Fedora MiracleWM & Other Fedora 44 Changes Approved  Phoronix

ClickOnThis writes: NASA has delayed the Artemis II launch to March of this year, after a wet dress-rehearsal uncovered a hydrogen leak. From the NASA article: During tanking, engineers spent several hours troubleshooting a liquid hydrogen leak in an interface used to route the cryogenic propellant into the rocket's core stage, putting them behind in the countdown. Attempts to resolve the issue involved stopping the flow of liquid hydrogen into the core stage, allowing the interface to warm up for the seals to reseat, and adjusting the flow of the propellant. Teams successfully filled all tanks in both the core stage and interim cryogenic propulsion stage before a team of five was sent to the launch pad to finish Orion closeout operations. Engineers conducted a first run at terminal countdown operations during the test, counting down to approximately 5 minutes left in the countdown, before the ground launch sequencer automatically stopped the countdown due to a spike in the liquid hydrogen leak rate.

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3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated  How-To Geek