New EvilGnome Backdoor Spies on Linux Users, Steals Their Files
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-evilgnome-backdoor-spies-on-linux-users-steals-their-files/

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PSA: If you have linux on a different disk and want to install windows on another, unplug your linux disk, or windows will trash your ESP partition

For those interested, I totally forgot about this.

My PC consists of 2 ssd disks and a storage HDD disk.

I have windows installed on one and linux on the other ssd.

I know I can setup a multi boot system using only one ESP pertition, but I wanted independence between one OS and the other.

Before I go further, for those that don't know, the ESP partition is your /boot partition for UEFI setups (I know it's more than that, but I want to keep this simple)

It's pretty straightforward: You mount it, run grub and it will let you boot in UEFI mode - just like you've always done with BIOS.

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Microsoft windows creates its own ESP partition unless it does see another ESP partition on any other disk, then, it will procceed to (try to) use that partition as windows ESP partiton in order to boot in UEFI mode. Only it won't use it properly, will trash it, windows will boot in BIOS mode in the end and you won't be able to boot your linux system :) (Thanks microsoft!)

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So, in order to keep the harmony, I ended up unplugging the LINUX disk altogether when I had to reinstall windows last week (mobo and cpu upgrade). Forgot about this little fact and had to chroot into my encrypted linux system and recover the esp partition (was quite easy, tho)

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I'll leave this here in case anyone runs into the same issue anytime.

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:)

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SupPy Chain Malware - Detecting malware in package manager repositories
https://blog.reversinglabs.com/blog/suppy-chain-malware-detecting-malware-in-package-manager-repositories

https://redd.it/ceu57g
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GNU/Linux Sticker
https://redd.it/cewoe3
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Rare Malware Spying on Desktop Users as Gnome Extension
https://www.intezer.com/blog-evilgnome-rare-malware-spying-on-linux-desktop-users/

https://redd.it/cew0ix
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Setting Everything to Night Mode Creates a Seamless UI
https://redd.it/ceu808
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[1920x1080] My Arch wallpaper but it's ThinkPad
https://redd.it/cez1rv
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Where does Cyrus store seen/answered flags?
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/cexxxl/where_does_cyrus_store_seenanswered_flags/

https://redd.it/cez6ir
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If IKEA developed a distro?

Was checking out EndevourOS and realized the head of development is named Johannes Kamprad which begs the obvious question: what would an official IKEA distro look and function like? What would be the niche?

https://redd.it/cev98k
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Public Statement on Neutrality of Free Software | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
https://f-droid.org/en/2019/07/16/statement.html

https://redd.it/cf1t67
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How can someone calling themselves "open source advocate" promote a closed & walled tech like Snap which doesn't even let users control their updates?
https://twitter.com/ubuconEurope/status/1151845405585543169

https://redd.it/cf2etv
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Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't reach login screen after dual boot alongside Windows 10, please help!
https://redd.it/cf2x7a
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My new router included a 52-page booklet containing all three versions of the GPL
https://redd.it/cf2559
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Shrinking Linux Attack Surfaces
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/shrinking-linux-attack-surfaces

https://redd.it/cf3ze2
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Where does one start learning Linux

Hi all,

I’m one of those guys that gets scared when he sees Linux being used on servers at work. I need to change this.

I have used Linux on my Pi and followed instructions to get me where I needed to be, but I want to spend the next 6-12 months learning it properly.

I have access to Udemy and wondered if there are any good courses I can buy there or somewhere else to follow and get me over this scary edge?

What did you do?

I’m a Windows guy and a certified network engineer so this would be great to add.

Thanks

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What are your favorite open source Linux games?



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Release of Oil Shell 0.7.pre1
http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2019/07/19.html

https://redd.it/cf50ni
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PGP Packet Library

Hi everyone,

We ([https://summitto.com](https://summitto.com/)) open-sourced a C++17 based PGP packet library. Using the library, you can create packets, encode and decode packet data and create a PGP key from e.g. a raw elliptic curve point. We've seen quite a lot of bad publicity for PGP lately, but we hope this helps those who are still using it. Lo and behold:

[https://github.com/summitto/pgp-packet-library](https://github.com/summitto/pgp-packet-library)

https://redd.it/cf57mz
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Interesting Firefox issue: Since today all Internet providers in Kazakhstan started MITM on all encrypted HTTPS traffic, they ask end-users to install a government-issued certificate authority.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1567114

https://redd.it/cf5t6j
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Found this in interesting article from 1981 criticizing the Unix UI for being unintuitive. Discuss!
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/smalley/ESCI7205_misc_files/The_truth_about_Unix_cleaned.pdf

https://redd.it/cf4x0y
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9 reasons to change Windows 10 for Linux
https://writeabout.tech/programming/9-reasons-to-change-windows-10-for-linux/

https://redd.it/cf727a
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