Author Archives: Giovanni Giorgi

Debian 11 Bullseye

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
“Ora bevo la pozione magica, divento Asterix e ti picchio!” Dopo i miei dubbi su Ubuntu 20, ho installato a casa una distribuzione Debian 11 e riporto qui le mie prime impressioni. Debian è una distribuzione molto solida, ma non … Continue reading →
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RTM/Z80

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
RTM/Z80 is a multitasking kernel, built for Z80 based computers, written in Z80 assembly language, providing its users with an Application Programming Interface (API) accessible from programs written in the C language and the Z80 assembly language. It is intended … Continue reading →
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Slackware lives!

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
Slackware was my first real distro in 1995 and I am happy it is still alive and kicking. It was a floppy disk based distribution. So you end up filling about 20 disks (!) of 1.44MB to install and boot … Continue reading →
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Piccole pentastellate riflessioni

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
C’è un bellissimo pezzo di Luca Sofri, che ci fa riflettere sulla mirabolante idea della democrazia diretta, tanto cara al M5S, e della cui zoippicante implementazione sofware noi siamo stati dubbiosi in tempi non sospetti. Riporto dal pezzo di Sofri, … Continue reading →
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8 Bit computers: 2022 Edition!

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
Due to COVID19 pandemic, I and my family was forced in our home. So I revamped my 8bit computer book, with a new look and a nice search engine.
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Log4jShell

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
Log4jShell vulnerability Kasperky article https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day-update-on-cve-2021-45046/ with the following “news”:If you have previously used LOG4J_FORMAT_MSG_NO_LOOKUPS to mitigate the log4shell vulnerability, in certain conditions this will not be sufficient to protect your code from RCE. Refer to our mitigation guide for additional steps … Continue reading →
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