Source: Hacker News
Source: OSNews
In recent weeks, systemd has both embraced slopcoding and laid the groundwork for age verification built right into systemd-based Linux distributions, there’s definitely been an uptick in people talking about alternative init systems. If you want to gain understanding in a rather classic init system, OpenBSD’s is a great place to start.
OpenBSD has a delightfully traditional init system, which makes it a great place to start learning about init systems. It’s simple and effective. There’s a bit of a counter movement in the IT and FOSS worlds rebelling against hyperscaler solutions pushing down into everyone’s practices. One of the rallying cries I’ve been seeing is to remind people that You Can Just Do Things™ on the computer. The BSD init system, and especially OpenBSD’s is something of a godparent to this movement.
↫ Overeducated-Redneck.netinit(8)just runs a shell script to start the computer, and You Can Just Do Things™ in the script to get them to happen on boot.
My main laptop is currently in for warranty repairs, but once it returns, I intend to set it up with either OpenBSD or a Linux distribution without systemd (most likely Void) to see how many systems I can distance from systemd without giving myself too much of a headache (I’m guessing my gaming machine will remain on systemd-based Fedora). I’m not particularly keen on slopcoding and government-mandated age verification inside my operating systems, and I’m definitely feeling a bit of a slippery slope underneath my feet.
I have my limits.
Source: Hacker News
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Source: Ars Technica
Google is planning big changes for Android in 2026 aimed at combating malware across the entire device ecosystem. Starting in September, Google will begin restricting application sideloading with its developer verification program, but not everyone is on board. Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat tells Ars that the company has been listening to feedback, and the result is the newly unveiled advanced flow, which will allow power users to skip app verification.
With its new limits on sideloading, Android phones will only install apps that come from verified developers. To verify, devs releasing apps outside of Google Play will have to provide identification, upload a copy of their signing keys, and pay a $25 fee. It all seems rather onerous for people who just want to make apps without Google's intervention.
Apps that come from unverified developers won't be installable on Android phones—unless you use the new advanced flow, which will be buried in the developer settings.
Source: Hacker News
Source: adafruit industries blog
Forgetfulino is an Arduino library + Arduino IDE 2.x extension by Nader Al Khatib that turns every upload into a self‑contained backup of your sketch.
The repository contains the Arduino library (this is what goes into the Arduino/libraries folder or is picked by the Arduino Library Manager). The IDE extension development project lives in a separate repository:
https://github.com/IamTheVector/Forgetfulino-Extension.
Your source code is:
.ino files are gone.Install it once, forget about it – and still be able to recover your code months later.
See more on GitHub.
Editor’s note: this would be a good feature to add to Arduino. And with Arduino Days 2026 coming up soon (March 27-28), this would be good to have for everyday developers. Perhaps we could lobby Andrea Richetta (Principal Product Evangelist) and Leonardo Cavagnis (Developer Advocate)?
Source: Hacker News
