Sigh.
On the up side, if anyone wants in, they are free to create accounts on other instances
lemann
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If anyone is interested in mitigation, the only way around this AFAIK is to start with a brand new domain, only use wildcard certs (with DNS validation), and don't bundle multiple renewals into a single cert.
Also, don't enter your domain or related IP address into dns reverse engineering tools (like dnsdumpster), and check certificate transparency logs (https://crt.sh) to see what information related to your cert renewals has been published.
This won't stop automated bots from scanning your ip for domains, but should significantly reduce the amount of bots that discover them
Some TL;DR from the Verge's coverage of this:
- Leadership has connections to CyanogenOS and an ex-Playstation CEO
- Ayaneo is looking into releasing a device with this OS at the end of 2024 (free salt grains here)
- A handful of celluar providers are interested in connected hardware running this OS
- No desktop mode
- Beta releasing in the next 60 days
- Target audience is likely casual gamers - those who may consider a Switch instead of a Deck
The following is my response copied from the original post in the Linux Gaming community:
Sounds very interesting, but I can't shake the feeling that this company is looking to profit from Valve and the OSS community's contibutions to Linux gaming without contributing much back.
On the plus side, at least the Box86 developer and a couple others they've hired from various Linux gaming projects are now getting paid for their contributions 👍. They also managed to get The Witcher 3 running on an ARM device which is pretty cool.
Playtron hasn’t quite decided just how open source it’ll be, though, and how much it will cater to Linux power gamers versus the next hundred million that Playtron hopes to bring into the fold.
Seems likely that Playtron would follow Valve's apprach where the client application/shell is proprietary IMO, with the rest of the OS remaining open source.
There’ll be no Linux desktop mode.
Hard pass for me, since the deck is also a partial laptop replacement in my case. The article also mentions wanting power users to debug the alpha version of the OS they'll be releasing in 2 months or so - not too sure how they expect that to happen if they're not providing a DE besides their Playtron shell.
I'll be following the progress of their OS though, will be interesting to see if they'll aim for Valve's pretty tight hardware integration or whether they'll keep things on the more generic side like we see with the current Windows handhelds
Edit: Fix quotes
Sounds very interesting, but I can't shake the feeling that this company is looking to profit from Valve and the OSS community's contibutions to Linux gaming without contributing much back.
On the plus side, at least the Box86 developer and a couple others they've hired from various Linux gaming projects are now getting paid for their contributions 👍. They also managed to get The Witcher 3 running on an ARM device which is pretty cool.
Playtron hasn’t quite decided just how open source it’ll be, though, and how much it will cater to Linux power gamers versus the next hundred million that Playtron hopes to bring into the fold.
Seems likely that Playtron would follow Valve's apprach where the client application/shell is proprietary IMO, with the rest of the OS remaining open source.
There’ll be no Linux desktop mode.
Hard pass for me, since the deck is also a partial laptop replacement in my case. The article also mentions wanting power users to debug the alpha version of the OS they'll be releasing in 2 months or so - not too sure how they expect that to happen if they're not providing a DE besides their Playtron shell.
I'll be following the progress of their OS though, will be interesting to see if they'll aim for Valve's pretty tight hardware integration or whether they'll keep things on the more generic side like we see with the current Windows handhelds
I was curious as to whether this was proprietary or not, but code for some operating system components is available online: https://github.com/DBOS-project
Time will tell as to whether this ends up gaining momentum or not, right now it seems pretty niche... Cloud providers ultimately will need to show interest for this to go anywhere I think
Curious about your reasoning, especially as I bought a .dev for myself a while back (via a different registrar)
If it was in regards to the .zip TLD then I guess that is understandable, but .dev seems harmless IMO
Something dynamo based if you want to keep it for life IMO
My current bike light is a bit of the opposite - a Towild DLite with a non-replaceable 21700 battery inside. It has a remote for the handlebar, so I can switch between the two beam angles to avoid blinding other pedestrians/drivers, and also functions as a USB-C powerbank.
Really hoping I can replace the battery when it eventually gives up the ghost - might need to 3d print a replaceable back for it or something
The devs over there were able to create an engaging and fun game on a constrained budget, using a combination of various unity assets, in house design and modelling and a lot of attention to detail (especially with animations), which ran exceptionally well for an early access release.
An AAA studio with the same limitations applied would likely not have made anything close
Same here.
A small part of me thinks they saw the success of Enshrouded and Palworld, and are following the money, but I'd absolutely love to be proven wrong here. This sounds pretty cool.
Are you talking about extension cords with multiple outlets at the end?
The wire inside the cord could be of unknown quality - typically these can be either really thin copper wire, or aluminum/steel which are not ideal. The cord can get hot under heavy use, and in a worst case scenario, melt and start a fire.
Too many extension cords chained together can cause the mains voltage available at the end of the cord chain to drop, due to the resistance of the wires adding up.
Each individual plug and socket are potential failure points, and like the cord, the materials used for the socket's contact pins may be less than ideal. The less of these loose points you have chained in any kind of electrical system, the better. The resistance at these points may also cause the contact pins to get hot under heavy use, causing the plug to loosen over time.
Typically the fuse breaker should cut out and protect the wires before anything dangerous happens - but IMO better safe than sorry.
I might have done a poor job of explaining this... hopefully someone else provides a clearer description
Yepp sorry - what I meant was bundling multiple different root domains, e.g.
example.com&example1234567.orgin the same cert.I currently do as you mentioned above, renewing with just one root bundled with its accompanying subdomain wildcard.