Miscellaneous Tech News
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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.
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@coliver 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.I wonder how this will work with Musk's satellite internet tech. They are both proposing similar satellite numbers IIRC.
No, not really close. SpaceX is approved for over 21,000 already.
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@coliver 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.I wonder how this will work with Musk's satellite internet tech. They are both proposing similar satellite numbers IIRC.
They are simply the latest to pitch this. There are several proposals for LEO networks.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@coliver 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.I wonder how this will work with Musk's satellite internet tech. They are both proposing similar satellite numbers IIRC.
They are simply the latest to pitch this. There are several proposals for LEO networks.
Three or four large players trying to get this going right now.
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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.
That would allow them to put towers in remote locations where all they need is a means to power them.
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Microsoft Now Supports Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Microsoft has reversed an earlier position and now plans to support the use of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Even for organizations using it in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) scenarios. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft Now Supports Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Microsoft has reversed an earlier position and now plans to support the use of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Even for organizations using it in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) scenarios.This is very interesting. I have been trying to figure out which way to go in my replacement of a 2008 R2 RDS where I will need Excel.
Edit: Looks like it is still only the ProPlus option. (As indicated by the title)
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft Now Supports Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Microsoft has reversed an earlier position and now plans to support the use of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Even for organizations using it in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) scenarios.This is very interesting. I have been trying to figure out which way to go in my replacement of a 2008 R2 RDS where I will need Excel.
how could they ever not have expected to do this for RDS farms?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft Now Supports Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Microsoft has reversed an earlier position and now plans to support the use of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Even for organizations using it in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) scenarios.This is very interesting. I have been trying to figure out which way to go in my replacement of a 2008 R2 RDS where I will need Excel.
how could they ever not have expected to do this for RDS farms?
I am guessing they are right when they said this-
"The lack of support, now reversed, was expected to perhaps drive organizations accessing Office 365 ProPlus on remote servers in VDI scenarios toward the use of Microsoft's new Windows Virtual Desktop service instead." -
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft Now Supports Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Microsoft has reversed an earlier position and now plans to support the use of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019
Even for organizations using it in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) scenarios.This is very interesting. I have been trying to figure out which way to go in my replacement of a 2008 R2 RDS where I will need Excel.
Edit: Looks like it is still only the ProPlus option. (As indicated by the title)
The lack of shared activation support for non-ProPlus licensing still leaves me where I was. Oh well.
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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?
I'd rather have 5G on all my devices than this satellite broadband from Amazon, Tesla, etc...
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@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?
I'd rather have 5G on all my devices than this satellite broadband from Amazon, Tesla, etc...
5G is only so useful if there is nothing behind it.
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@Obsolesce 5G is like your driveway. LEO satellite Internet is like the highway. Getting a big, fast driveway isn't very useful if you have nowhere to go.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce 5G is like your driveway. LEO satellite Internet is like the highway. Getting a big, fast driveway isn't very useful if you have nowhere to go.
If this example map below is true in a reasonable time, then I really do not need internet this 5G coverage proposal will not cover:
(I'd rather have the faster and lower-latency 5G over LEO satellite internet)If there is a possibility that 5G speeds and latency drop depending on where I am, that's fine. Those situations will be minimal enough for me to not care. If that proves wrong, then I'd give LEO a shot. But 5G will be my first go-to.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
If this example map below is true in a reasonable time, then I really do not need internet this 5G coverage proposal will not cover:
I think you missed the point . 5G is like a driveway, period. It's the access BETWEEN you and the Internet, not your access TO the Internet. 5G coverage can be 100%, but if it doesn't have Internet uplinks, you still can't get email.
The satellite services are the backhaul that make things like 5G able to work. So no amount of 5G coverage helps you on its own, none.
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5G, like all cellular technologies, is a "last mile" connection. It's only a small, tiny, part of the story.
Just like how here in Europe you get people advertising their free, fast Wifi. And it's true, it is free and fast. What they don't mention is that it doesn't come with Internet access. You get access to a private LAN where they stream you things from their local servers and advertise to you or sell you things. Common on trains and plains.
I can build out my own 5G network just the same. 5G, like wifi, is the end device connection, not the Internet backhaul. It's the LAN piece, not the WAN. Nothing wrong with a LAN without a WAN link, but it's not what anyone means when they say that that is what they want.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
If this example map below is true in a reasonable time, then I really do not need internet this 5G coverage proposal will not cover:
I think you missed the point . 5G is like a driveway, period. It's the access BETWEEN you and the Internet, not your access TO the Internet. 5G coverage can be 100%, but if it doesn't have Internet uplinks, you still can't get email.
The satellite services are the backhaul that make things like 5G able to work. So no amount of 5G coverage helps you on its own, none.
I really don't give a shit how you want to swing this.
I'll buy my 5G connection, you can buy your slow-ass satellite broadband internet connection.
We'll then compare our internet connection latency and speeds and see...
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Amazon Alexa offering NHS health advice
People will be able to get expert health advice using Amazon Alexa devices, under a partnership with the NHS, the government has announced.
From this week, the voice-assisted technology is automatically searching the official NHS website when UK users ask for health-related advice.
The government in England said it could reduce demand on the NHS.
Privacy campaigners have raised data protection concerns but Amazon say all information will be kept confidential.
