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This is a very interessting on the point summary from the hated one on this topic

Web-based continuous localization

Copylefted libre software, used by over 2,500 libre software projects and companies in over 165 countries.

https://weblate.org/en/

Big brother likes that

Et tu Elsevier?

Academic Journal Claims it Fingerprints PDFs for ‘Ransomware,’ Not Surveillance[…]

But what can be done about this kind of sh*t f*ckery?

exiftool -all:all= <path.pdf> -o <output1.pdf>
qpdf --linearize <output1.pdf> <output2.pdf>

To remove all metadata, you can use dangerzone or mat2

here's a shell script that recursively removes metadata from pdfs in a provided (or current) directory as described above. For mac/*nix-like computers, and you need to have qpdf and exiftool installed | by jonny_saunders, Source:

https://nitter.42l.fr/json_dirs/status/1486120144141123584

Alt. link.:

https://twitter.com/json_dirs/status/1486120144141123584

https://gist.github.com/sneakers-the-rat/172e8679b824a3871decd262ed3f59c6

You could also use metadata cleaner

https://gitlab.com/rmnvgr/metadata-cleaner/

Further reading to the motherboard i.e., vice article

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4aw48g/academic-journal-claims-it-fingerprints-pdfs-for-ransomware-not-surveillance

Geiz ist nicht geil! Alles hat sein Preis und unter gewissen Umständen ist es ratsam nicht am falschen Ende zu sparen.

Mir gefällt diese übersichtliche Ressource, um für PC/Notebook Komponenten meine Recherchen zu tätigen.

https://geizhals.de/?cat=nb

endoflife.date is a community-maintained project to document end-of-life dates, and support lifecycles of various products.

https://endoflife.date/

https://endoflife.date/ubuntu

thx to steve

Country Codes, Phone Codes, Dialing Codes, Telephone Codes, ISO Country Codes

CountryCode.org is your complete guide to call anywhere in the world. The calling chart above will help you find the dialing codes you need to make long distance phone calls to friends, family, and business partners around the globe. Simply find and click the country you wish to call. You'll find instructions on how to call that country using its country code, as well as other helpful information like area codes, ISO country codes, and the kinds of electrical outlets and phone jacks found in that part of the world. Making a phone call has never been easier with CountryCode.org.

https://www.countrycode.org/

Time and Date

https://www.timeanddate.com

The main reason why these drivers sucks is that it is proprietary, and display link doesn't give a flying f… about the maintenance and about Linux.

This driver is a nasty son of a **** whenever you upgrade your kernel guess what if you don't update the current driver for example if there is no ported version. Or no version without major bugs, it can appear like your hardware is broken.

https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/1944022-how-to-install-displaylink-software-on-ubuntu-20-0

https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu

https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/topics/103927-troubleshooting-ubuntu

https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/679060-porting-the-displaylink-ubuntu-driver-to-other-lin

https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi

https://gist.github.com/carestad/cbee30214e6bf6b153054d35d4cb3b18

https://www.displaylink.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29