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Debian: Sparky Report, Apt Archive Transparency, Retrogaming with Kodi on Debian

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 02, 2023

today's howtos

Games: Steam Deck, Proton Experimental, The Legend of Zelda

Sparky news 2023/01

↺ Sparky news 2023/01

> The 1st monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2023...

Simon Josefsson: Apt Archive Transparency: debdistdiff & apt-canary

↺ Simon Josefsson: Apt Archive Transparency: debdistdiff & apt-canary

> I’ve always found the operation of apt software package repositories to be a mystery. There appears to be a lack of transparency into which people have access to important apt package repositories out there, how the automatic non-human update mechanism is implemented, and what changes are published.

Jonathan McDowell: Enabling retrogaming with Kodi on Debian

↺ Jonathan McDowell: Enabling retrogaming with Kodi on Debian

> For some reason my son has started to be really into watching playthroughs of Mario and similar games on Youtube. I don’t understand the appeal, but it’s less distracting as background than Paw Patrol, so I’m not complaining. He’s not quite at the stage he’s ready to play the games himself, but it’s coming. So I figured it would be neat to sort out some retrogaming bits ready for when that happens.

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