[PLUG] German linux, gnome ext, PyPi, NTFS

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A German State Is Saying Goodbye Windows, Hello Linux

https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/a-german-state-is-saying-goodbye-windows-hello-linux/

The state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany has 
already produced plans to make the state government almost 100% 
open-source by the end of 2026.



Don't Miss: 15 Best GNOME Extensions for Ubuntu (2021 Edition)

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/best-gnome-shell-extensions


11 Malicious PyPI Python Libraries Caught Stealing Discord Tokens and 
Installing Shells

https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/11-malicious-pypi-python-libraries.html

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered as many as 11 malicious Python 
packages that have been cumulatively downloaded more than 41,000 times 
from the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, and could be exploited 
to steal Discord access tokens, passwords, and even stage dependency 
confusion attacks.


Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should: Install Linux on 
NTFS – on the same partition as Windows
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/install_linux_on_ntfs/

As alert folks of a cross-platform inclination will have noticed, 
Paragon's NTFS driver was accepted into the Linux kernel, and was 
released as part of 5.15. This has had a consequence they probably 
didn't consider, though: you can now boot Linux from an NTFS partition.


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