Back in my 2019 article “The Desktop Security Nightmare”, I noted that on most of our desktops, we don’t have good control of what data a program can access and when. I noted that we have things like AppArmor, which is something, but not the entire picture. SELinux is so extremely complicated that even Ted T’so had a comment about never getting some of his life back. I don’t like complexity, especially when it comes to security.| www.complete.org
“Free (as in freedom) Software” is all about giving you back control of your digital life. Both Debian and the Free Software Foundation have definitions of what it means to be free; in general, it means that you must be able to: Inspect how the software works and modify it (source code access) Give away copies of the software, whether modified or not Base other software upon it, or integrate it into other projects (sometimes with the requirement that these other projects also be Free).| www.complete.org
Gopher is an interactive Internet browser. It is something of a successor to FTP and predecessor to the Web. Gopher had a brief moment of popularity in the early 1990s, but was eclipsed within a few years by the web. Gopher’s chief innovation was presenting menus that could refer to content across many different servers. This was a contrast to systems of the time, such as FTP or telnet, that had no programmatic way to point to content elsewhere, and made it cumbersome to switch to alternati...| www.complete.org
Before proceeding, start with the Packet Radio page. Linux has the world’s best support for packet radio built right into the operating system. AX.25, NET/ROM, and ROSE are all directly supported in the Linux kernel. There is also substantial userland support for packet. Getting Started Guides There are some HOWTOs out there about getting started. Here are some links: Configuring Linux AX.25 – a very useful site Linux Amateur Radio AX.| www.complete.org
Amateur radio is a radio service in which people are allowed and encouraged to build their own radios, antennas, and so forth. It can be used to communicate all around the globe without any intervening infrastructure such as satellites or cables. Information for other hams If you’re a ham looking me up, this is relevant information: My callsign is KR0L and my name is John Goerzen I was initially licensed as KD0MJT, which was used from July to October 2010 Some information about me, includin...| www.complete.org
A mobile phone operating system based on the Linux kernel. You can do some interesting stuff on it with Termux. Links to this note NNCP on Android To use NNCP on Android, we need a way to build and run it. The easiest option for that is Termux. Building an Asynchronous, Internet-Optional Instant Messaging System I loaded up this title with buzzwords. The basic idea is that IM systems shouldn’t have to only use the Internet.| www.complete.org
Here is a collection of tips for using Amateur Radio on Linux. Pages Here Linux Packet Radio Voice on the SignaLink USB with Linux Includes a section on automatic CQ calling for contests, which is for a SignaLink USB, but could be easily adapted for other devices Mailing Lists (Hams appear to call these “reflectors”) linux-hams, the primary general mailing list for Linux ham discussion. Readers are generally fairly knowledgeable about Linux technically.| www.complete.org
Keeping your data safe in the event of a disaster or compromise is important. That’s why we back up. Here is some information on backups: Backing up every few minutes with simplesnap on ZFS For hosting backups offsite, my 2021 Roundup of Unique Data/Storage Hosting Options can be useful. How and Why to use Airgapped Backups (see also Airgap) Links to this note Dar dar is a Backup and archiving tool.| www.complete.org