It’s that time of the year again..

For those freedom-loving Jeff.pro followers who want to help change the world by learning how to program a computer in the world’s most popular computer programming language, Python, enrollment opens now. We can take 20 beginner students, 10 intermediate.

These classes introduce you to, or advance you through the world of professional computer programming, with Python and Linux. They meet once a week online, on Saturdays. It is live instruction and hands-on coursework done on your own computer for a period of 4 or 5 months, intermediate or beginner level. Recordings are available if you can’t be there live.

https://jeff.pro/courses

Machines, whatever they are, should make our lives better.

They should work for us, never the other way around,

So we can get back to living.

Have a good night and a great week ahead, frens! 🇺🇸

More or less every technology prediction forecast by the Jeff.pro channel has, over time, proven to be true.

This isn’t said for bragging rights. Rather, to call your attention to the accuracy, and good faith efforts of this channel.

And here’s another bold statement that is also true. We the people can no longer rely on “big tech” to look out for our practical computer interests. Open Source Software made by people, not big corporations, and Linux, are our future, and our way forward!

BREAKING 🚨 Fulton County, Georgia has been hit with a cyberattack:

An unexpected outage has downed the county’s phone systems and brought certain online transactions to a halt, including those filing property tax, firearms and marriage licenses, the county said in a statement posted on its website. Most offices were also unable to accept phone calls, officials said. (Bloomberg)

Ever got confused between VS Code and VS Codium? Let us clear that out for you!

https://itsfoss.com/vs-code-vs-codium/

So let me get this straight:
Fulton County's system was hacked right around the same time that State Senators began to investigate Fani Willis for an improper relationship with a special prosecutor. The news is reporting that the Judicial System can't access online court filings and much of their system is down.
Any chance these two events are related? What is going on here?

WATCH — Bill Gates blames why no one wants vaccines on "misinformation" and associating certain people like "himself and Fauci" having maligned intent.

BIG DEVELOPMENT: A huge free speech case has now been scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court.

Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt is calling it "the most important free speech case in a generation."

In the case of Missouri vs. Biden, The Supreme Court will have to determine whether Joe Biden and his feds committed the crime of violating the First Amendment by ordering social media companies to censor information about the pandemic, pharmaceuticals, and elections.

Disclosed emails in the lawsuit show orders from the White House to Facebook and Twitter to delete truthful information, raising concerns about First Amendment rights.

While Biden's defenders claim the administration only made recommendations, the lawsuit alleges more direct coercion in censorship.

Watch the full episode: https://vigilantnews.com/post/border-convoy-grows-gateway-beyond-the-headlines/

Follow @VigilantFox 🦊

NOW 🚨 Heads of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, Discord, arrive on Capitol Hill to testify on child exploitation crisis. @RealKarliBonne

BREAKING VIDEO: Top White House Cyber Official tells O’Keefe in Disguise “they can't say it publicly” the White House wants to replace Kamala Harris and Confirms President Joe Biden mental decline: “Biden is definitely slowing down.”

“I'm just telling you what I've heard… they’re really concerned about it” …“I think they need to get rid of him or her.”

“But no one in modern history has ever said, like, ‘We're not going to renominate the president for a second term.’”

Charlie Kraiger, a Cybersecurity policy analyst and Foreign affairs Desk Officer in the Executive Office at the White House, tells O’Keefe “I had a meeting with Michelle Obama …. Someone asked her, ‘Will you ever run for office?’ And she said, ‘No’ Empathically.” She was like, ‘I've seen all this shit my husband has had to go through and that does not interest me.’

“Vice President Kamala Harris hemorrhages black staff. She can't keep black staff. They quit on her en masse”

“She will be the vice president nominee. There was a debate about removing her from the ticket, but sadly they didn’t, she's not popular, but you can’t remove the first black lady to be vice president from the Goddamn presidential ticket. Like what kind of message are you going to send to like African-American voters…People would be like, "What the fuck?” Like she's a woman and she's multiracial.”

MORE... FULL STORY...

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NOW - Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to the families who have been harmed by his social media platform.

@disclosetv

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https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/30/microsoft_edge_tabs/
Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission

Another reason to abandon Windows.

Hello to all the new aspiring Python programmer frens following the Jeff.pro channel!

If you signed up this week at https://jeff.pro/courses/ for one of our Q1 Python classes, watch your email tomorrow (Friday) for your welcome letter!

This also applies to anyone who was in the year-end fundraiser group who is eligible to be in the Python class!

The next group of beginner and intermediate classes start next week!

This is pretty exciting for us, frens!

distrowatch.com , the best known website in the Linux community that keeps track of all the different “distributions” of Linux, reviewed our linux distro, CNIX, this week. The review is visible on the front page of distrowatch under “This week in DistroWatch Weekly.”

We made it through our first review with what feels like a “neutral to slightly positive” rating. That itself is pretty amazing as distrowatch is pretty tough on new Linux distros in a lot of their reviews!

The conclusion of this article: “In short, CNIX is a perfectly fine, desktop operating system.” 🤩

And, CNIX has been getting a ton of downloads (we were already pushing 50,000+) from distrowatch, even before this article came out. Several notable Llinux websites have been linking to cnix.org recently which is sure to continue with this review.

Looks like it’s official—our distro is going to have a place in the Linux world!

Thanks to Jeff.pro chat member Tzefania for pointing out the review! Now we know why we were seeing so many downloads of CNIX again this week!

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20240129#cnix

Some of the comments from the distrowatch review of CNIX, the Jeff.pro Linux distro:

“The Xfce desktop is pleasantly responsive, the operating system is stable, and the included software all worked as expected. The distribution detected and worked with all of my laptop's hardware.”

“The website also mentions both GNOME Software and Synaptic are included with the distribution and this is accurate. Both the GNOME Software application manager and the low-level Synaptic package manager are included. I was able to use both to find, install, remove, and upgrade packages on the system. Both worked smoothly and without problems. For people who prefer working from the command line the APT package manager is included. “

“On the positive side, CNIX is stable, fast, and provides us with access to Debian's huge repositories of software. On the other hand, as far as I could tell, apart from the system installer, CNIX doesn't appear to add anything to the Debian experience.”

👆 oh, what little does the reviewer realize, about what’s added to the Debian experience by having our group managing this Debian based distro! 🤩

Patriots are in control of this version! 🎉

If you’re one of the several hundred learners in the Linux for Beginners class run by this channel, your invitations for tomorrow’s Weekend Linux Workshop are being sent out to your e-mail now!

As you learn your way around your new Linux system, you’ll find tons of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). It’s free, as in, they just give it all away—no license fees like what “big tech” always asks for, and much of it is just as good, if not better than “big tech” programs! However, the FOSS software is distributed in different ways. Learn the difference between a snap, flatpaks, and app images, and how to work with them. It’s even easier than installing software in Windows!

Learning about the parallel technology world of Free and Open Source Software is a decision to take back control of your personal information, data and ultimately your Digital Freedom. We welcome you to the Linux for Beginners class and a new chapter of your digital life. You will like it! While everyone else is being abused by "big tech" with no end in sight, it's time for you to get used to winning in your technology world!

See you online tomorrow @ 5:00pm Eastern!

Multiple screens on one desk, 1980’s version 🤩