Miscellaneous Tech News
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@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I am trying to figure out why choose Azure over AWS or any others if doing Linux Systems?
Why exactly wouldn't you? What specific reasons?
I would think it 100% depends on one's particular needs.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Ubuntu 19.10 Indeed Working On "Experimental ZFS Option" In Ubiquity Installer
It looks like in July we could finally see an "experimental ZFS" option within Ubuntu 19.10 and its daily images for those wanting an easy-to-use ZFS On Linux based installation of Ubuntu.
We've been anticipating Canonical to add this easy-to-use option for setting up a ZoL (ZFS on Linux) root file-system configuration when installing Ubuntu.That would be very handy.
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New memory chip could make data transfer 1,000 times faster
A Cambridge-based startup believes it has a prototype that could potentially solve the von Neumann bottleneck
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New memory chip could make data transfer 1,000 times faster
A Cambridge-based startup believes it has a prototype that could potentially solve the von Neumann bottleneck
Sounds like they have some cool ideas.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I am trying to figure out why choose Azure over AWS or any others if doing Linux Systems?
Why exactly wouldn't you? What specific reasons?
I would think it 100% depends on one's particular needs.
Pretty much.
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Debian 10 “buster”
https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706 -
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Debian 10 “buster”
https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706Awesome, download now!
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Canonical GitHub account hacked
https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-github-account-hacked-ubuntu-source-code-safe/
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@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Canonical GitHub account hacked
https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-github-account-hacked-ubuntu-source-code-safe/
Looks like 2FA should be on order... I can't understand why that's still not at 100% yet.
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Material Shell Is A New Tiling Shell For Gnome (Beta)
Material Shell is a new tiling shell replacement for Gnome Shell that's currently in beta. It's tagline mentions that this extension proposes "a performant and simple opinionated mouse/keyboard workflow to increase daily productivity and comfort", while also following the Material Design guidelines.
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CISA "news" this morning: U.S. Coast Guard states the obvious for securing networks.
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Desktop Analytics Preview Now Available for Assessing Windows 10 Upgrades
Microsoft announced on Monday that a preview of its Desktop Analytics service is now available for testing.
The preview is currently just of interest to organizations using Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) management solution. -
Amazon plans nationwide broadband—with both home and mobile service
Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch 3,236 low-Earth broadband satellites.
Amazon is seeking government permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites that would cover nearly all of the United States and much of the rest of the world. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Amazon plans nationwide broadband—with both home and mobile service
Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch 3,236 low-Earth broadband satellites.
Amazon is seeking government permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites that would cover nearly all of the United States and much of the rest of the world.This will be awesome. We are about to witness a new era in Internet access and usage.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Amazon plans nationwide broadband—with both home and mobile service
Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch 3,236 low-Earth broadband satellites.
Amazon is seeking government permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites that would cover nearly all of the United States and much of the rest of the world.This will be awesome. We are about to witness a new era in Internet access and usage.
I'm really curious how this works for mobile, as in the power consumption needed to reach low earth orbit, how long will a typical cellphone battery last?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Amazon plans nationwide broadband—with both home and mobile service
Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch 3,236 low-Earth broadband satellites.
Amazon is seeking government permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites that would cover nearly all of the United States and much of the rest of the world.This will be awesome. We are about to witness a new era in Internet access and usage.
I'm really curious how this works for mobile, as in the power consumption needed to reach low earth orbit, how long will a typical cellphone battery last?
This is about WAN, not cell phones. Satellite Internet has never been for cell phones.
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If you read the bit in the article that mentions mobile, you will notice that it is about the WAN backhaul for mobile carriers to use, not the mobile system itself. The Amazon Kuiper system is meant for direct to home access, direct to business access, as well as light use WAN backhaul. These low earth orbit systems are for fixed location endpoints, not mobile ones.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
If you read the bit in the article that mentions mobile, you will notice that it is about the WAN backhaul for mobile carriers to use, not the mobile system itself. The Amazon Kuiper system is meant for direct to home access, direct to business access, as well as light use WAN backhaul. These low earth orbit systems are for fixed location endpoints, not mobile ones.
oh - that makes it much less interesting to me then. I get it's still very useful. If you live in the mountains, you can have a dish and get decent internet once this is in place, etc.
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Canonical GitHub account hacked, Ubuntu source code safe
Ubuntu source code appears to be safe; however Canonical is investigating.
The GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, was hacked on Saturday, July 6. -
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
If you read the bit in the article that mentions mobile, you will notice that it is about the WAN backhaul for mobile carriers to use, not the mobile system itself. The Amazon Kuiper system is meant for direct to home access, direct to business access, as well as light use WAN backhaul. These low earth orbit systems are for fixed location endpoints, not mobile ones.
oh - that makes it much less interesting to me then. I get it's still very useful. If you live in the mountains, you can have a dish and get decent internet once this is in place, etc.
In theory, better for pretty much everyone. Should lower cost and improve speeds. And allow account mobility... take it with yo uwhen you move or travel.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Amazon plans nationwide broadband—with both home and mobile service
Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch 3,236 low-Earth broadband satellites.
Amazon is seeking government permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites that would cover nearly all of the United States and much of the rest of the world.I wonder how this will work with Musk's satellite internet tech. They are both proposing similar satellite numbers IIRC.
