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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.

This is from yesterday: A teenage youtuber trying to get views shoots her boyfriend in the chest because they think it'll be cool on video. In her defence, he was convinced holding a book would stop a bullet. Um, yeah.

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.

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.

So yeah, this is in the news...

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/29/fidget_spinners_catch_fire/

Website drive-by attacks on routers are alive and well. Here’s what to do

Researchers detect 4.6 million attempts over 2 months in Brazil alone.
Website drive-by attacks that try to booby trap visitors’ routers are alive and well, according to antivirus provider Avast, which blocked more than 4.6 million of them in Brazil over a two-month span.

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/06/love_robots_report/

What is Silverblue?

Fedora Silverblue is becoming more and more popular inside and outside the Fedora world.
Silverblue is a codename for the new generation of the desktop operating system, previously known as Atomic Workstation.

That whole weird car straddling bus was a scam...

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/07/china-elevated-bus-scam/

Firefox 68 available now in Fedora

Earlier this week, Mozilla released version 68 of the Firefox web browser.
Firefox is the default web browser in Fedora, and this update is now available in the official Fedora repositories.

Flying cars? We'll believe it when we see it.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/06/are-flying-cars-about-to-become-a-real-thing-starburst-accelerator-thinks-they-are/

Dropbox silently installs new file manager app on users’ systems

Dropbox ambushes its users with a radically different version of its sync app.
Hey Dropbox users, how has Dropbox been for you lately? Major changes are coming to the Dropbox desktop app

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/wait-what-trump-proposed-a-joint-cyber-security-unit-with-russia/

India has launched an ambitious mission to the Moon

Today is a historical day for space and science and technology in India.
On Monday, an Indian rocket launched a spacecraft bound for the Moon from Sriharikota, a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast. This Chandrayaan-2 mission is the second spacecraft India has sent to the Moon, and it represents a significant effort to explore the lunar surface and its potential as a source for water ice.

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Coffee will help you live longer.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-drinking-coffee-help-you-live-longer/

I should live forever, then.

Privacy group asks court to reconsider FTC’s $5 billion Facebook deal

The settlement does nothing to address the underlying issues, EPIC says.
A group of privacy and consumer organizations is asking a federal court to slow its roll on approving the Federal Trade Commission's $5 billion settlement with Facebook, saying it doesn't do nearly enough to protect individuals.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the motion to intervene (PDF) with the US District Court in Washington, DC, on Friday, asking the court to let it and other privacy advocacy groups file comments in a "careful review of the fairness and adequacy" of the proposed settlement.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/11/g20_calls_for_lawful_and_nonarbitrary_access_to_available_information_to_fight_terror/

From the conference:

We will work with the private sector, in particular communication service providers and administrators of relevant applications, to fight exploitation of the internet and social media for terrorist purposes such as propaganda, funding and planning of terrorist acts, inciting terrorism, radicalizing and recruiting to commit acts of terrorism, while fully respecting human rights ...

In line with the expectations of our peoples we also encourage collaboration with industry to provide lawful and non-arbitrary access to available information where access is necessary for the protection of national security against terrorist threats. We affirm that the rule of law applies online as well as it does offline.

Command line quick tips: More about permissions

Each set has r, w, and x entries for whether a particular user (owner, group member, or other) can read, write, or execute that file. But there’s another way to express these permissions: in octal mode.
A previous article covered some basics about file permissions on your Fedora system. This installment shows you additional ways to use permissions to manage file access and sharing. It also builds on the knowledge and examples in the previous article, so if you haven’t read that one, do check it out.