I finally rebuilt my #VDR TV setup on #Debian, this time using two dual HD tuners:

https://majornetwork.net/2025/03/vdr-setup-2025-edition/

The snapshot archive seems to work today, I was able to downgrade the affected packages successfully.

The bug reports were also resolved, waiting for the fixed package to be available.

Unfortunately a recent vdr package upgrade in @debian testing broke my DVB setup: vdr-plugin-dvbsddevice still provides an old plugin that is not compatible with VDR 2.6.9. Any hints where to get the old vdr package? snapshot.debian.org links give just 503 errors.

OpenStreetMap migrates to Debian 12: You may have seen this toot
announcing OpenStreetMap's migration to Debian on their infrastructure.

🚀 After 18 years on Ubuntu, we've upgraded the
@openstreetmap servers to Debian 12
(Bookworm). 🌍 openstreetmap.org is now faster
using Ruby 3.1. Onward to new mapping adventures! Thank you to the team for
the smooth transition.
#OpenStreetMap
#Debian 🤓

We spoke with Grant Slater, the Senior Site Reliability Engineer for the… https://bits.debian.org/2024/11/openstreetmap-on-debian.html

Ever wondered how the network knows where a VM is after live migration? Here is how:

https://majornetwork.net/2024/09/mac-address-move-in-vm-live-migration/

For whoever needs to hear this: I upgraded my VDR box from Debian 11 to Debian 12. Which caused the DVB cards (and thus the whole TV) unusable, because apparently kernel 6.1 does not include the necessary DVB card drivers anymore.

BUT, Debian Trixie (the current testing, upcoming stable) has kernel 6.10, and that has the drivers again --> successfully got VDR working with that!

Updated Debian 12: 12.7 released https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240831 #debian #bookworm

I’m back from my break and shared my piercing insight into the CS drama in this week’s episode, which is up now

I already knew that the CCS EV car charging standard basically does IPv6 over powerline ethernet and uses something like SOAP calls for the charging negotiation.

What I did not know is that the spec also allows the charger offer the car internet access via the charging connector! I’m sure all cars have a robust firewall in place…

Firefox is really important. I want it to continue to be a viable independent browser, and a viable base for alternative browsers.

I still think it is the best option, but it continues to get harder and harder to make that case. And I really want Mozilla to deeply reflect on why I, and many others, feel that is the case.

I wrote about #Zabbix log file monitoring performance:

https://majornetwork.net/2024/07/zabbix-agent-log-file-monitoring-performance/

Word for the weekend: #endianness

https://majornetwork.net/2024/06/endianness/

#Zabbix 7.0 will have a proxy load balancing feature, and I checked it with 7.0.0rc3 and wrote a post about it:

https://majornetwork.net/2024/05/zabbix-7-0-proxy-load-balancing/

Heh, Arelion is renumbering four of our transit circuits because the IPv6 link addresses on them are actually owned by Telia (Arelion’s previous owner).

Sounds like the transitional period is drawing to a close. Wonder what other changes will happen in the Nordics as Telia and Arelion start to deal on an arm’s length basis

All clouds are powered by shell scripts and #SQLite databases, right?

But if your application stack does not yet use SQLite for anything, this is your new chance: #Redka! https://github.com/nalgeon/redka

I wasn't able to confirm if the developers were having a good time with Redis and vodka when the initial commit was made.

The new Minisforum S100 compute stick has 2.5G ethernet with PoE(!), an Intel N100 processor, 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD for €219, i.e. less than similarly kitted out Raspberry Pi 5.
https://store.minisforum.de/en/products/minisforum-s100

More #Python mocking with #Pytest:

https://majornetwork.net/2024/05/more-mocking-with-pytest/

#Broadcom #VMware failures:

1. The link in the VMware to Broadcom support portal migration email does not work.
2. When using the password reset, the emails look like my first web pages in the nineties.
3. They migrated my lastname incorrectly.
4. When finally logged in, there is no possibility to edit the user profile (like to fix my name) on iPad.

Good luck!

Special message from Gerald Combs, the creator of Wireshark!

https://youtube.com/shorts/3A9Y_ark7Uk

Join us June 15-20 in Fairfax, Virginia for SharkFest'24 US, the official #Wireshark developer & user conference.

Meet the developers of Wireshark at SharkFest'24 US! Gerald Combs, creator of Wireshark plus other core developers will be in-person, answering questions, and presenting Wireshark's current and future direction.

https://sharkfest.wireshark.org

🎲 Do you like Python's little CLIs? For example:

$ python -m http.server
$ python -m webbrowser example_url
$ python -m uuid
$ python -m calendar

What about adding one to `random`?

$ python -m random curry "fish n chips" tacos
curry

$ python -m random 6
6

$ python -m random 2.5
1.6423361547011504

Give your feedback on my proposal at
https://discuss.python.org/t/command-line-interface-for-the-random-module/51304

If there's support we *might* be able to get it into 3.13 before May's beta cutoff! 🤞

#Python #Python313 #CLI #random