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atomfs – convenience program for mounting OCI-squash layers

Project Machine is the home for our “OCI-native operating system”. We started this work in 2017. As many people, including cyphar and Tycho have pointed out, the .tar.gz nature of OCI layer files has many problems. So starting early in … Continue reading

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It’s like…

Let’s say you had one of those huge keyrings, with 50 keys on it. (Let’s say 41 keys – number chosen either randomly or bc its the current number of capabilities) On the plus side, when you want to let … Continue reading

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OCI based linux

Containers are most commonly distributed in two ways: 1. ‘Image based’: lxc and lxd distribute their container images as full images, a simple representation of root filesystem and some configuration info. 2. OCI: based on the original docker format, this … Continue reading

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Openconnect (anyconnect) on Ubuntu Jammy

Sorry, I should have posted this weeks ago to save others some time. If you are running openconnect-sso to connect to a Cisco anyconnect VPN, then when you upgrade to Ubuntu Jammy, openssl 3.0 may stop openconnect from working. The … Continue reading

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sxmo on pinephone

If you are looking for a new phone that either respects your privacy, leaves you in control, or just has a different form factor from the now ubiquitous 6″ slab, there are quite a few projects in various states of … Continue reading

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New library: libsubid

User namespaces were designed from the start to meet a requirement that unprivileged users be able to make use of them. Eric accomplished this by introducing subuid and subgid delegations through shadow. These are defined by the /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid … Continue reading

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Customizing ubuntu phone: terminal top keyboard row

This is one of those “for my own reference on my next (pine) phone” posts, but anyone using ubuntu phone (ubports.com) may find it useful. I use mutt (in a libertine ‘container’) on the ubuntu phone for sending email. The … Continue reading

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First experience with Ubuntu Touch

For the past few weeks I’ve been using a nexus 4 running ubuntu touch as, mostly, my daily driver. I’ve enjoyed it quite a bit. In part that’s just the awesome size of the nexus 4. In part, it’s the … Continue reading

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Running your own mail server

Motivation Not too long ago there was some hubub around https://myaccount.google.com/purchases. In brief, if you use google mail, it tracks your purchases through receipts received in email. Now, some people see this as no big deal or even a feature. … Continue reading

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My phone’s not dumb, it just looks it.

Well actually it is a little. For my money, the height of the smartphone age was 2009-2011. That brought us the Nokia n900 and Nokia n9. Both brilliant for their own reasons. There were devices before that which I’d be … Continue reading

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