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I make it no secret that I love Lego, but I've moved far away from my Lego collection, and shipping a closet full of classic Lego sets all the way around the world is currently a problematic proposal. I've done a lot of virtualization to solve this problem, from building models in Lego CAD to styling models with a Lego texture in Blender. Recently I discovered Goxel.

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Guidance for preventing, detecting, and hunting for CVE-2021-44228 Log4j 2 exploitation  Microsoft

Is Linux a More Secure OS Than Windows?  Medium

How to Download and Install Linux on a Chromebook  BollyInside

How to download and install AnyDesk on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux  BollyInside

Rust for Linux Progresses with New Abstractions and Infrastructure  InfoQ.com

Rust for Linux Progresses with New Abstractions and Infrastructure  InfoQ.com

What you missed in New York last month (according to Linux)  BollyInside

How to Update Discord  How-To Geek

Rust in the Linux Kernel: 'Good Enough' – The New Stack  thenewstack.io

2 ways to install Oracle Java 17 on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS  Linux Shout

The recent activity around x86 (x86_64 included) straight-line speculation mitigation handling is set to culminate with this security feature being set for mainline with the upcoming Linux 5.17 cycle...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS isn't expected to run on aging IBM POWER8 hardware as Canonical is shifting its PPC64EL architecture baseline to POWER9 for building packages...

SeaBIOS as the open-source x86 BIOS implementation commonly used by QEMU as well as a Coreboot payload is out with a new release...

Even with the holidays quickly approaching, KDE developers remain very busy in landing fixes -- especially crash fixes -- and fixing up Plasma's Wayland session for ensuring it is very polished for 2022...

KDE Prepares More Crash Fixes Ahead Of The Holidays  Phoronix

Linux boot times are about to get a whole lot faster on monster AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon rigs  Neowin

Is Linux a More Secure OS Than Windows?  Medium

Digital painting is an art form all its own. It obviously emulates the discipline it's named for, but painting in the physical world and a digital environment is unique. Krita is a digital paint application that's seen use at major film production houses, book publishers, and art studios. It specializes in materials emulation, allowing the artist to adjust and fine-tune their tools through a brush engine so that they can achieve exactly the look and drawing feel they need.

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The highly anticipated Godot 4.0 game engine release continues moving closer and should soon see an official alpha release...