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Learn about the history of the thumb drive along with the sometimes competing claims related to its origins https://www.fosslife.org/history-thumb-drive #ThumbDrive #MemoryStick #USB #FileTransfer #hardware #history #backup

Alison Chaiken helps you understand Linux application binary interfaces https://www.fosslife.org/understanding-linux-abi #Linux #ABI #OpenSource #FOSS #kernel

New open source content moderation tool from Meta will help platforms identify and remove violating content at scale https://www.fosslife.org/meta-announces-free-content-moderation-tool #tools #OpenSource #Meta #ContentModeration #FOSS #HMA

Learn about open technology projects that measure the energy consumption or carbon footprint of various computing tasks. https://www.fosslife.org/open-source-projects-help-measure-and-manage-energy-use #climate #OpenSource #ClimateChange #SoftwareDevelopment #Protontypes #projects #tools #energy #resources

Open Mapping: The Linux Foundation forms Overture Maps Foundation to create an "easy-to-use" ecosystem of map data https://www.fosslife.org/linux-foundation-forms-open-mapping-initiative #maps #data #OpenMapping #LinuxFoundation #AWS #Meta #Microsoft #TomTom

Report from HackerOne shows many ethical hackers are motivated by bug bounties https://www.fosslife.org/ethical-hacking-insights-hackerone-report #EthicalHacking #HackerOne #tools #security #vulnerability #BugBounty

10 games that can help you learn JavaScript https://www.fosslife.org/10-games-learning-javascript #languages #programming #CodeCombat #CodinGame #Crunchzilla #JavaScript #games

Use of the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm is no longer advisable according to NIST https://www.fosslife.org/sha-1-algorithm-reaches-end-life #security #NIST #SHA1 #algorithm #cryptography

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Open source vulnerability scanner launched by #Google https://www.fosslife.org/google-launches-open-source-vulnerability-scanner #OSVScanner #OpenSource #vulnerability #tools #developer #database #FOSS

Good Reads: Check out our annual list of tech books from 2022 https://www.fosslife.org/10-tech-books-2022 #OpenSource #Tech #books #FOSS #microchip #SocialMedia #climate #games #shareware

Learn about the best open source security technology from the Open Source Security Index https://www.fosslife.org/open-source-security-index-lists-top-security-projects #OpenSource #security #tools #applications #resource #index #InfoSec

Debugging Manifesto: @b0rk offers practical advice for tracking down issues https://www.fosslife.org/short-guide-debugging #debugging #zine #skills #SoftwareDevelopment #tools #code

Major updates included in PHP 8.2 release https://www.fosslife.org/php-82-released-major-updates #PHP #SoftwareDevelopment #languages #tools #scripting

History of the Fediverse: @evan sits down with @ricmac and discusses Mastodon https://www.fosslife.org/evan-prodromou-explains-history-fediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Twitter #OpenSource #SocialMedia

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Linux hardware vendor @system76 announces open source Launch Heavy keyboard https://www.fosslife.org/system76-announces-launch-heavy-keyboard #keyboard #hardware #System76 #OpenSource #Linux