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November, 2024

Amazon, Google and Meta are ‘pillaging culture, data and creativity’ to train AI, Australian inquiry finds | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
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Among the report’s 13 recommendations is the call for the introduction of standalone AI legislation and protections for creative workers

The Open Source AI Definition – 1.0 – Open Source Initiative

Endorse the Open Source AI Definition: have your organization appended to the list of supporters of version 1.0 version 1.0 Preamble Why we need Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open…

Dutch childcare benefit scandal an urgent wake-up call to ban racist algorithms - Amnesty International
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The Dutch government risks exacerbating racial discrimination through the continued use of unregulated algorithms in the public sector.

Note: Scanner setup

Install

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends simple-scan

Fix privilege problems (only sudo can scan)

1) Create /lib/udev/rules.d/55-libsane.rules and /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules, each containing:

# Brother scanners
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00ab", MODE="0660", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

2) change 04f9 and 00ab with the ones found with lsusb

3) Add user to scanner group

    sudo usermod -a -G scanner nparafe

4) Reboot

Guide: extremely minimal gnome wayland

Install base packages

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends gnome-shell gnome-terminal gnome-control-center 
some useful things
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends htop gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-tweaks psmisc wget ca-certificates eog
start from terminal
MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session gnome-shell
"logout" to tty
killall gnome-shell

for notifications to work (e.g. dino)

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends gjs

Install nautilus

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends nautilus

Qt apps look and feel

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends qt5ct adwaita-qt

add to ~/.profile

export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

Install network-manager

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends network-manager wpasupplicant

https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#Wired_Networks_are_Unmanaged

gnome-keyring (untested)

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends gnome-keyring libpam-gnome-keyring 
start gnome-keyring
gnome-keyring-daemon -r -d

Stuff that currently don't work (for me)

  • Screen lock - power management

    • Needs GDM
    • There is a script (I haven't tested). More.
  • Night-light

  • Logout button

    • Needs GDM (is there a way to change the button command e.g. "killall gnome-shell" ?
Gear icon instead of App icon in taskbar - Ask Ubuntu
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I made a .desktop file for a PyQt5 App, it does show the icon on the desktop, but when I open it and starts running, the icon is not showed in the taskbar, instead there is a gear icon. Thanks for ...

Defund Big Tech, Refund Community · Tech Otherwise
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Anti-Trust is Not Enough, Another Tech is Possible

Publication of the FSF-funded white papers on questions around Copilot — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
Unjust Algorithms — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software