July 2023 - Roundtable

Zenbleed
by Alberto Abrao 26 Jul '23

26 Jul '23

Here we go again... https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html -- Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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X.com vs X.org logos
by Gilbert Detillieux 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Apparently, Elon Musk isn't very good at searching the Internet... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Twitter-X-X.Org-Logos Wonder if there will be a lawsuit over this one? Gilbert

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RSVP: MUUG BBQ, Tuesday, Aug 1, 6:30pm (RSVP Deadline Today)
by Gilbert Detillieux 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

A reminder that the MUUG BBQ will be next Tuesday, but the deadline for RSVP is tonight at midnight... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next event IN PERSON, on Tuesday, August 1st, at 6:30pm. This is not a formal meeting, but a chance to meet socially and share food... MUUG 2023 BBQ, 6:30pm MUUG is having another summer BBQ and everyone is invited! Spouses, children, and significant others are also welcome to attend. Time: 6:30pm Location: BBQ Site #5, Assiniboine Park For the second year in a row MUUG is hosting another BBQ event, but this time at Assiniboine Park! Burgers, hot dogs, and pop will be provided by MUUG. Feel free to bring your own food to share with others and your own beverages if you like. Please RSVP via email to board(a)muug.ca with the subject "MUUG BBQ" before midnight on July 25th so we know how much food we need to buy and bring. See the June 2023 newsletter for details, including a site map, on page 3... https://muug.ca/pub/muuglines/pdf/muug2306.pdf The group holds its regular meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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Curious traceroute (actually, mtr)
by Brian Lowe 08 Jul '23

08 Jul '23

When I do an mtr from my home to Wikipedia, the host ae20.3518.ear1.Chicago3.level3.net shows a significant packet loss: My traceroute [v0.92] What I suspect is happening is only ICMP packets are being lost, not every packet going through that host, since Wikipedia doesn't seem to have degraded performance. Anyone care to offer other explanations or speculation? Brian

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SteamVR on linux??
by Trevor Cordes 08 Jul '23

08 Jul '23

Has anyone any knowledge of running SteamVR games on Linux? I've read some stuff on Steam itself that says you can't run VR games on Steamdeck or Linux. But I've found some other sites saying you can, though maybe in a beta mode. So who's right? Half Life "3" (Alyx) is out (and on sale right now!) but I really only have a Linux game-capable rig now. Also does SteamVR mean you *must* have VR gear to play? Or can you play it on a normal monitor setup?

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Reply: Viruses in PDF’s
by Ihor Jakowec 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

Here is a link to an article about viruses in PDF files, it is from Adobe®. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/resources/can-pdfs-contain-viruses.html Minimizing risk is important. Even clicking on a link such as the one above is risky. (Some of the letters could be in Cyrillic. So I take the extra effort to type out the link. I find unusually long links suspicious. Also, you can use a trusted search engine to find out if you can reach the same web page.) To any developers out there: PDF file readers should have malware detection software built in that warns a user about potential malware. Such as PDF’s built by latex that have write18 enabled. my regards, Ihor Jakowec Sent from my iPad ================================================================

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