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parvXtl<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SecureBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureBoot</span></a> is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers: Keys were labeled "DO NOT TRUST." Nearly 500 device models use them anyway, 20240725,<br>by Dan G,<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2024/</span><span class="invisible">07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/</span></a></p><p>public perpetuation of test platform key <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/privateKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privateKey</span></a> marked <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DoNotShip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotShip</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DoNotTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotTrust</span></a>, of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMI</span></a> corp, via centralized source code repository host <br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Binarly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binarly</span></a> corp<br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/temporaryIsPermanent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temporaryIsPermanent</span></a></p>
devrtz<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@dean" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dean</span></a></span> <br>TL;DR</p><p>As a user if you really want to, you can certainly test things out (and feedback on MRs is welcome!)</p><p>But as far as distributions are concerned: Please <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donotship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donotship</span></a> WIP patches to your users without consent.</p>
devrtz<p>While I understand that you're excited about new features and bug fixes you should hold your horses and wait until upstream deems their software ready (by issuing a release).</p><p>Read the open letter here: <a href="https://do-not-ship.it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">do-not-ship.it/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donotship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donotship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mobilelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobilelinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
caleb ×<p>An open letter from developers to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro maintainers and the wider community on publishing unfinished, work in progress patches to end-users.</p><p>Read it here: <a href="https://do-not-ship.it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">do-not-ship.it/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/donotship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donotship</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxmobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linuxmobile</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Dylan Van Assche<p>📢 📢 📢 Today we publish an Open Letter from developers to the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>community</span></a> regarding shipping unfinished patches to users.</p><p>Shipping unfinished patches harms the user experience and slows down the review process in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS</span></a> projects to improve the patches.</p><p>You can read our Open Letter at: <a href="https://do-not-ship.it" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">do-not-ship.it</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>If you agree with this letter, you can support it by signing it, see: <a href="https://do-not-ship.it/sign" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">do-not-ship.it/sign</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/donotship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donotship</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>openletter</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/userexperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>userexperience</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PSA</span></a></p>