The more general vuln is CVE-2023-45853 apparently, in zlib through version 1.3
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45853#status
is this general to any Linux distro using zlib or just Ubuntu?
Ah, I can try that then, thank you!
OK... so what's the best way to select a different keymap in Wayland? Searching around I see mentions of setting a keymap in config.h and recompiling a compositor.. or 'modifying the system XKB database in /usr/share/X11/xkb' ... or this tool https://github.com/xremap/xremap (have not tried it myself).
I need not just to tweak one or two keys, but to set a entire alt keymap (us,apl). and it has to be changeable on the fly, not statically, via AltGr or other user-defineable key.
I'd like to try KDE again, but last time I tried with wayland the keymap stuff seemed wonky to me.
Yes, I know they are update services; fair point you make, that those not technically-minded should probably leave them on.
However I personally do not appreciate OS updates, no matter their purported criticality, being installed without my express permission. I am aware of Group policies, but Win11 Home does not officially support them (though one can install gpedit.msc manually; however according to sources I researched, not all policies set will even be honoured by the Home edition).
I did consider scheduling it, just hadn't gotten around to trying it out.
If could, I would wipe Win11 and use native Linux but this laptop is too new and support is poor on it; it's gone as soon as practical :)
I think the only thing that would redeem the Democratic party at this point is for every House and Senate member over the age of 50 to step aside and run byelections for younger replacements.
Just a random stupid idea that will never ever happen of course.. but they might as well just burn things and start over right now, so they have 4 years to re-align. Obviously the US citizenry does not believe in them as they are, so why not.
Ah, good. I wonder why it isn't used more often -- this wouldn't be such a huge problem then I would hope. (Let me guess -- 'convenience', the archenemy of security.)
I don't know much about NPM (having avoided JS as much as possible for my entire life), but golang seems to have a good solution: 'vendoring'. One can choose to lock all external dependencies to local snapshots brought into a project, with no automatic updating, but with the option to manually update them when desired.
W.T.F.
The US needs to clean house, expand the SCOTUS to put these corrupt judges firmly in the minority so they're ineffective for the rest of their miserable life-long-unelected-terms, if it can't outright impeach them!
Can confirm 4. (Bluetooth) issues, and they aren't specific to Mint, I'm on Devuan linux and experience these random disconnects a lot. Very annoying.
Re: Wayland -- It's unpopular to say in many places online but I agree, it's still beta and I'm dismayed to see KDE has announced they're hiding X functionality by default now. I try Wayland about once a year, and there's always something like random desktop crashes (the WHOLE desktop/session) or other annoyances that make me go back to X-based sessions. Sorry Wayland people, you and the desktop manager folks need to figure things out and stop saying it's each other's job to handle this or that aspect of the UI/locking/keymaps/whatever.
Still love Linux but I also feel it's gotten a bit worse as compared to a decade ago.