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ISSUE No. 115 - December 15, 2021

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Ask Slashdot: What Do You Remember About Windows ME?   "Windows Me was unstable, unloved and unusable," remembered Computerworld last year, on the 20th anniversary of its release, calling it "a stink bomb of an operating system." Read more on Slashdot.org

Popular Projects Rufus Utility to create bootable USB flash drives PrimeOS PrimeOS is an Android based OS for mobile games on PC/Laptop. Qt Bitcoin Trader Secure Trading Client for most popular Bitcoin exchanges PyCmd PyCmd is a smart command prompt extension for Windows' cmd.exe; its purpose is to emulate a few power features of UNIX shells (decent Tab-completion, persistent history, etc.) XML Copy Editor XML Copy Editor is a fast, free, validating XML editor.

SSH Key Rotation with the POSIX Shell - Sunset Nears for Elderly Keys   OpenBSD has recently stressed to us the value of key rotation by their use of "Signify" distribution release signatures. We have realized that SSH keys should also rotate, to reduce the risk of powerful keys that fall into the wrong hands which become "the gift that keeps on giving." There have always been open questions on the retirement of SSH keys. These questions have grown in volume and many are joining the advocacy for SSH certificate authorities. Learn More at Linuxjournal.com

Conferences and Events (Live and Virtual) The Gift of Open Source 2021 | December 1 - 31, 2021 Help make the open web more inclusive, efficient and impactful, by contributing to the open source projects you love most! Whether helping diversify speaker rosters at events, contributing to documentation or coding on WP-CLI, there's something for everyone. All backgrounds and skill levels are invited to contribute! The XtremeJS Online Conference | December 23, 2021 Join the XtremeJs coming conference and leverage your programming skills in JavaScript with 14 sessions, joined by speakers from all over the world. Flutter Vikings | February 2 - 3, 2022 FlutterVikings is a community-driven event made up of GDGs and other Nordic user groups focused on Flutter and Dart, as well as the global Flutter Community. With a fantastic lineup of Google Developer Experts and top-notch international speakers the FlutterVikings Conference boasts two of the best Flutter and Dart tracks anywhere, offering some of the most informative, technical and actually useful talks anywhere.

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