Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things
My #favorite apps of 2025, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #wastebin -- a lightweight #pastebin app, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!
https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-12-12/
#selfhost #selfhosting #foss #opensource #homelab #newsletter #devops #sysadmin #development #privacy #security #fediverse #software
Notepad++ 8.8.9 patches a flaw in its WinGUp updater after reports that some systems retrieved malicious executables instead of legitimate updates ⚠️
The new release enforces code-signature checks and aims to curb targeted hijacking of update traffic 🔐
#TechNews #Security #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Software #Updates #SupplyChain #Infosec #OpenSource #Windows #DataProtection #Malware #Safety #Tech #Notes #Note #Notepad #WinGUp #Update #CVE #Vulnerability
Tails 7.3.1 arrives after a last-minute security fix, underscoring the project’s cautious approach to patching 🔐
The update includes Tor Browser 15.0.3, Tor client 0.4.8.21, and a new Thunderbird build, with upgrades available from Tails 7.0+ 🔄
🔗 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_3_1/
#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Linux #FOSS #Anonymity #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Encryption #Safety #Updates #Tor #DataProtection #Internet #Software #Tails #Mozilla #Thunderbird #Firefox
Projekte
Meine Skripte & Tools - AI assisted by ChatGPT
https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/meine-skripte-tools-ai-assisted-by-chatgpt/
12.12.2025 um 13:09 Uhr
#ubuntuusers #forumuu #linux #opensource #fragenistmenschlich #projekt #software #hardware
I like the new feature in Chrome that allows for split view.
#buildinpublic #software #development #sass #develop #marketing #founder
🇫🇷 Le logiciel de gestion des licenciés des clubs, comités et ligues de la 🤾 Fédération Française de Handball (ffhandball.fr) entraîne un vol de données. #france #sports #software #databreach #kids #identity #citizens #ffhandball #clubs #web #online #threats #handball [ https://next.ink/brief_article/nouvelles-fuites-de-donnees-personnelles-federation-francaise-de-handball-et-cuisinella/ ] #informatique
🇨🇦 Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada (priv.gc.ca) ― « Following the receipt of complaints from individuals, Philippe Dufresne` has opened an investigation… » #threats #citizens #privacy #software [ https://globalnews.ca/news/11570175/privacy-commissioner-facial-detection-ads-union-station/ ]
Cinnamon 6.6 introduces a cleaner menu layout, badge notifications, and grouped theme categories, setting the stage for the next Linux Mint release 🖥️🌱
Improvements to animations, applets, night light, and workspace tools refine usability without adding bloat 🔧
🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/cinnamon-6-6/
#TechNews #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Desktop #UI #UX #Software #Updates #Mint #Customization #Technology #Privacy #Security #Innovation #Cinnamon #LinuxMint
Tor advances its Rust migration as Arti 1.8.0 lands, aiming to replace legacy C code with safer, memory-secure components 🛡️
The update adds usage-based circuit timeouts to reduce fingerprinting risks, plus smoother onion-service key migration and broader protocol improvements 🔄
🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/tor-rust-rewrite-progress/
#TechNews #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Rust #Linux #Cybersecurity #Encryption #DataProtection #Anonymity #Internet #Software #Networking #FOSS #Safety #Tor #Browser #Onion
Happy Friday, I hope you are ready for the weekend.
#buildinpublic #software #development #sass #develop #marketing #founder
Anyway, I'm a bad person; I have no money. If I had money, I'd give it to my friend Colt in Montana, who has had so much worse luck than I have. Compared to here I have had astoundingly good luck in life, and yet I have no #money to give her, so you KNOW that I'm really evil. I have failed at #investment for the future and #wealth management and all the other things that Ted Cruz and George W. Bush would tell you are what Jesus wants Good People™ to do. I have not done these things. Heck I quit a $65,000 per annum #software #engineering post at Amazon dot com back in 2001, and was forced to give back much of my signing bonus, because I am THAT evil a person. I am THAT unwise with money and investing for the future and the rest of it. I am profligate, wasteful, terrible at the "wealth mindset", and therefore...my friends suffer, and I can do nothing for them but this. One #begpost after another.
~Chara (cont'd)
Rofl #GitHub Actions is/was apparently so broken that #Zig decided to move to #Codeberg a few weeks ago.
https://ziglang.org/news/migrating-from-github-to-codeberg/
Apparently the thing that was too much for Zig is a HORRIFYING bug causing runners to run forever because of a broken sleep script.
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792#issuecomment-3182746514
Good. The more projects leave GitHub, the better.
#software #microsoft #proprietary #git #CI #bug #development
A software I'm forced to use daily added a feature: friendly dates.
Now instead of '2025-12-12 11:58:04' it says 'About an hour ago'.
I'm sure this might work in some context, but this is in logs, where I want to see the exact point the logged thing happened, not 'a week ago'.
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🦋 librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods
#airpods #apple #bluetooth #hardware #software #reverseengineering #freedom #headphones #audio
Programme
Chromium startet nicht mehr
https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/chromium-startet-nicht-mehr-2/
12.12.2025 um 09:48 Uhr
#ubuntuusers #forumuu #linux #opensource #fragenistmenschlich #programme #software
A couple of weeks back, we welcomed the Agentic Coding Meetup community from Hamburg at our office. The recorded session of the evening, showcasing #Claude Code, #AI for SEO Content Generation and more, are now available on our YouTube channel 🎥
Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElIdy15baNU
IT Spending: AI Boom Drives Market to Record Highs
Worldwide IT spending will increase by 14 percent in 2025, driven by massive AI investments. A new supercycle is emerging.
#Hardware #IDC #KünstlicheIntelligenz #PCMarkt #Rechenzentrum #Software #Wirtschaft #news
Il sistema di sorveglianza del Louvre aveva diverse criticità "anche a causa di un annoso problema di equipaggiamento obsoleto e licenze dei #software non rinnovate", come riporta Il Post.
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/12/10/risultati-inchiesta-ministero-furto-louvre/
Nice blog in the discussion about AI & coding,
"AI can replace most of programming, but programming isn’t the job.
Programming is a task. It’s one of many things you do as part of your work. But if you’re a software engineer, your actual job is more than typing code into an editor."
https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/12/11/ai-can-write-your-code-it-cant-do-your-job/
#AI #coding #software #engineers #programming
