Linux distro projects, what if you could... enable... someone's distro-hopping habit when they visit your booth at a conference? What if someone was interested in trying your distro and just needed an extra nudge to get them over the hurdle?
One of our contributors developed SyncStar for this purpose! With this tool you have an easy way for visitors to install an ISO right at your booth on their own USB.
While this idea is pretty cool, I immediately think of the security risk of public USB ports.. Someone with a hak5 rubber ducky could wreck havoc on both the kiosk and the integrity of images flashed afterwards..
As long as the syncstar service is running on a device that doesn't have public access, and the USB flash drives aren't BYO, it should be fine.
Long story short… As a visual basic then a .Net dev since school, I did play with “ipcop” as my first non windows machine Then, I did add a distrib called “SME server” in my home lab which was based on centos I went to “scientific linux” when I ge…
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it is looking very nice. Sidenote... Last weekend my #Kubuntu 24.04.1 update from 22.04 was the fastest and smoothest update from one #LTS to another. Great stuff.
@Dustwin That's awesome to hear! I know a few commenters hit some snags on the GNOME version, but people whose upgrades don't go well do tend to mention, whereas more people who do upgrade without issue just get on with enjoying things!
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Hardware enablement. What goes into it? What are the challenges from an OEM's perspective?
Check out this talk from Lenovo's Linux technical lead* on everything that your average computer maker has to think about to make sure it works properly.
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Can someone tell Hello Games it's all good now, everyone is over the poor launch? Actually don't, I want to see just how far they will keep pushing No Man's Sky. The latest update is a goodie too.
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There's a whole lot of Vampire Survivor-likes and bullet hell / bullet heaven mixtures around, but not many stick you directly in the driver's seat like Earl vs. the Mutants.
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in reply to Fedora Project • • •While this idea is pretty cool, I immediately think of the security risk of public USB ports.. Someone with a hak5 rubber ducky could wreck havoc on both the kiosk and the integrity of images flashed afterwards..
As long as the syncstar service is running on a device that doesn't have public access, and the USB flash drives aren't BYO, it should be fine.