This is a great article from @Di4na softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-…, and I strongly agree with his point: open source / free software project developers, contributors, and maintainers are not "suppliers".

The "software supply chain" metaphor puts demands in the wrong place, and responsibility in the wrong direction.

Yet, it's a very powerful way to help companies understand their reliance on the labor of others.

What different metaphor or picture would be as strong, but with reverse polarity?

Předčasně obdržený dárek 🎁 k blížícím se narozeninám od mé milované ženy ❤️!
Po elektrokole koukám už pár let, ale sám bych si ho asi nekoupil. Tak to moje nejúžasnější manželka udělala za mě a eBike mi koupila 🙏🥰!
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Three years ago, #FDroid had a similar kind of attempt as the #xz #backdoor. A new contributor submitted a merge request to improve the search, which was oft requested but the maintainers hadn't found time to work on. There was also pressure from other random accounts to merge it. In the end, it became clear that it added a #SQLinjection #vuln. In this case, we managed to catch it before it was merged. Since similar tactics were used, I think its relevant now

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Big thank you to @dogphilosopher for an update to flatpaks on Bluefin. Now flatpaks can be preinstalled from the ISO rather than having to download them on first boot in order to provide the intended experience. That means @thunderbird on the dock by default!

Awesome step forward for us to be able to bring you intended apps by default without straying from @flathub

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@Canoa Tuta for Win10 used to work. However, snce its last update, it glitches between "Error message: can't remove app pass wrapper without salt" and not being able to establish, or maintain, an internet connection.
I've done everything suggested by various sites, and even gone so far as to do a "clean install" of Windows.

There's no note so secret as the one never sent.

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@Canoa
Yes, possibly Win10 related. There may also be some "niche" setting, or my system settings could be an "edge case" that's caused the glitch.
Unless I can work it out, I'll just have to look elsewhere for a suitable EESP...
...or buy a new Win11 PC. At least then I'd have a TPM onboard.

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Junction 1.8 is out ✨

Junction pops up automatically when you open a file or link to let you choose which app to open with.

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The highlight of this version is better mobile and touch support :linux: 📱

Plus, the app is now verified on Flathub and has a "High quality app data" rating.

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All this talk about #xzorcist over the weekend, I want to also point out that it's important to remember that the "software supply chain" largely does *not* exist in regards to open source, because most people have no real relationship other than parasitic consumption with the project.

@Di4na's great blog post on this topic explains it quite well: softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-…