ICT Authority's proposal to monitor the Internet, in a nutshell

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority published a Consultation Paper on 14 April 2021 which contains proposals to amend the ICT Act. The ICT Authority proposes two frameworks and a set of tools to decrypt and archive traffic on social media platforms for inspection purposes.

Questions people are asking about COVID-19 related deaths

In the past few weeks, the National Communication Committee on COVID-19 informed Mauritians about the death of COVIID-19 patients but the cause of death not attributed to COVID-19 itself.

Data on 848,558 Facebook users from Mauritius leaked online

A massive data breach from Facebook is currently making headlines. What's worst about it is that it involves the accounts of hundreds of thousands of Mauritians.

MSCC Summit 2021 announced

MSCC Summit is a community-centric event organized by user groups in Mauritius. All topics, presentations and activities are picked, planned and exceuted by user group members. There are no Call for Speakers.

COVID-19 Quarantine Period extended till 31 May

Previously, the quarantine period was set till 31 March 2021. Following Cabinet meeting of Friday 26 Februrary 2021, the quarantine period has been further extended.

openSUSE distributions dedicated page

openSUSE is not just one Linux distribution. It is a project that hosts different distributions adapted for specific needs, e.g desktop, server & container orchestration. The desktop and server editions are available in regular releases and rolling editions.

Videos from the Virtual Developers Conference 2020 are up on YouTube

The Virtual Developers Conference 2020 produced about 100 hours of recording including the breaks and technical glitches. Now, you can watch the individual sessions on YouTube.

Developers Conference 2021 postponed 🙄

The Developers Conference by the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community is the largest gathering of software developers, sysadmins, engineers, geeks, tech enthusiasts and other like-minded individuals on the island.

Grab a cool wallpaper for your Linux desktop

Digital Ocean released a bunch of really nice wallpapers in 2016. Not all of all of the wallpapers are Linux themed but there are a few cool ones featuring the Linux mascot, Tux.