""The [newly formed] Debcrafters’ […] team will take the lead on syncing & merging packages from Debian, reviewing proposed migration issues, upstreaming Ubuntu deltas, and take ownership of major transitions […]""
Makes me wonder how many similar efforts Canonical/Ubuntu already announced over the years to improved the interaction with Debian – and what became of them.
TIL: Ubuntu Multipass Quickie VMs
$ time multipass start mp-docker2
Executed in 9.46 secs
$ multipass shell mp-docker2
Welcome to Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-64-generic x86_64)
ubuntu@mp-docker2:~$ docker ps
NAMES
portainer/portainer-ce "/portainer"
ubuntu@mp-docker2:~$ ping www.yahoo.com
PING me-ycpi-cf-www.g06.yahoodns.net (69.147.82.61) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from e2.ycpi.vip.nya.yahoo.com (69.147.82.…
Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-rust-sudo-rs-change
Sources: the HFPA voted to reconstitute itself on Monday, two years after disbanding, to reexamine Jay Penske and Todd Boehly's deal to buy the Golden Globes (Richard Rushfield/The Ankler)
https://theankler.com/p/hfpa-reboots-upends-golden-globes
Ohrenbetäubendes Grillenzirpen.
#Dudeception
With Accounting Gimmick, Republicans Upend Senate Norms (Andrew Duehren/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/with-accounting-gimmick-republicans-upend-senate-norms.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p79#a250629p79
New Gene Therapy Repairs Deafness Gene, Restores Hearing In Landmark Clinical Trial;
Researchers successfully restored hearing in 10 deaf participants aged 18 months to 24 years
https://studyfinds.org/landmark-trial-gene-therapy-repairs-deafness…
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut
Closure of public broadcasting group follows House Republicans’ decision to strip $1.1bn in funding over two years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/corporation-for…