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That could be a reason. Especially now close during election in US.. Or they inserted malware somewhere, without knowing. Who knows..
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Tja...
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ah too bad. Maybe somebody will at some point.. before 2057.
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whaaaaaaaaaaaat, stop saying that. I have nightmares enough already
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Picture is just JPG. But like I said, it's the activity pub message which I believe Lemmy can't handle very well (or at all?). Its using a so called "attachment" attribute to the message. Here Mastodon also supports it: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#properties-used
Here an example of this:
{"@context":["https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams","https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/contexts"],"id":"https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/m\/fediverse@lemmy.world\/t\/506689\/-\/comment\/4458544","type":"Note","attributedTo":"https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/u\/melroy","inReplyTo":"https:\/\/lemmy.ca\/post\/30865604","to":["https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams#Public","https:\/\/lemmy.ca\/u\/otter"],"cc":["https:\/\/lemmy.world\/c\/fediverse","https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/u\/melroy\/followers"],"sensitive":false,"content":"\u003Cp\u003EHere is the image.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","mediaType":"text\/html","source":{"content":"Here is the image.","mediaType":"text\/markdown"},"url":"https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/m\/fediverse@lemmy.world\/t\/506689\/-\/comment\/4458544","tag":[{"type":"Mention","href":"https:\/\/lemmy.ca\/u\/otter","name":"@otter@lemmy.ca"}],"published":"2024-10-13T14:36:34+02:00","contentMap":{"en":"\u003Cp\u003EHere is the image.\u003C\/p\u003E\n"},"attachment":[{"type":"Image","mediaType":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/media\/12\/4f\/124f315062cb3fd1d8ae68e43c50805c64cf4d0b5ad5935837f9f9a1b55a15df.jpg","name":"Tips \u0026 Tricks to quit twitter","blurhash":"LdQ,2c~CS4-pMd$%R+af$MMyofRj","focalPoint":[0,0],"width":2480,"height":3354}],"image":{"type":"Image","url":"https:\/\/kbin.melroy.org\/media\/12\/4f\/124f315062cb3fd1d8ae68e43c50805c64cf4d0b5ad5935837f9f9a1b55a15df.jpg"}}
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It's a jpg.
But the problem is most likely related to the ActivityPub message. It seems that Lemmy doesn't support attachments!?
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owh.. I blame Lemmy software.
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You will need to run a full Debian VM inside of Android
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Maybe..? Depends how good this Google Terminal app will be. I guess
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Well. there are wiki pages with info about Lutris etc. like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutris
But since I'm the author of WineGUI, I'm not allowed to create: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WineGUI (currently it just redirects to wine instead... bleh). Stupid Wikipedians people.
Here you have the full page:
{{short description|A user-friendly WINE manager}}
{{Infobox software
| title =
| name = WineGUI
| logo = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| logo size =
| logo alt =
| logo caption =
| screenshot = WineGUI Screenshot.png
| screenshot size =
| screenshot alt =
| caption = WineGUI Graphical Interface
| collapsible =
| author =
| developer = Melroy van den Berg
| released = {{Start date and age|2019}}
| discontinued =
| latest release version = 2.6.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|07|25|df=yes}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| programming language = [[C++|C++]] ([[Gtkmm]])
| operating system = [[Linux]]
| platform =
| size =
| language = English
| language count = <!-- Number only -->
| language footnote =
| genre = [[Compatibility layer]]
| license = [[GPL]]
| alexa =
| website = {{URL|https://winegui.melroy.org}}
| standard =
| AsOf =
}}
'''WineGUI''' is a [[graphical frontend]] for the [[Wine (software)|Wine]] software [[compatibility layer]] which allows [[Linux]] users to install [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]-based Software as well as [[video games]] for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].
WineGUI can be used under [[Linux]] operating systems; deb, rpm and tar prebuild packages are provided.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/winegui/-/releases
| title = WineGUI Releases
| publisher = WineGUI
| accessdate = 14 October 2024}}</ref>
==Internals==
WineGUI is fully developed using the [[C++]] programming language and [[Gtkmm]] ([[GTK]] C++ wrapper) GUI-toolkit.
In some cases WineGUI rely on [[Winetricks]] to configure the Wine bottles. The latest Winetricks release will be retrieved automatically.
Each "Windows Machine" in WineGUI has it's own Wine bottle (thus a different WINEPREFIX).
WineGUI is very responsive, due the fact that bottle (re)configurations are done in a multi-threaded manner. Also the GTK GUI natively integrates into most common [[Linux distributions]], matching the user's theme preferences.
Currently, WineGUI is relying on the Wine version that is installed on the host machine. However there are plans to support other Wine versions as well as other various Wine forks<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/winegui/-/issues/22
| title = WineGUI Tickets
| publisher = WineGUI
| accessdate = 17 June 2022}}</ref>.
==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Wine (software)|Wine]]
* [[Winetricks]]
* [[Proton (software)]]
* [[Lutris]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://winegui.melroy.org Official Homepage]
* [https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/winegui GitLab project]
* [https://github.com/winegui/WineGUI GitHub project (mirror)]
[[Category:Wine (software)]]
[[Category:Software derived from or incorporating Wine]]
[[Category:Software that uses GTK]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C++]]
[[Category:Computing platforms]]
[[Category:Free system software]]
[[Category:2019 software]]
{{graphics-software-stub}}
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You can also run honeypots.. Even at home, if you can configure your VM and network securely. Like this: https://github.com/telekom-security/tpotce
You could lurk users/bots into hacking your honeypot and then report it to let's say: https://www.abuseipdb.com/
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Yea, please create a wiki page about it. Since I'm not allowed to -,-
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Here is the image.
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AI is the biggest problem here
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What about WineGUI? https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/winegui
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After facing backlash earlier this month, PayPal PYPL +1.9% rescinded a line in its policy stating that spreading misinformation on the platform would be subject to a $2,500 fine. Today, the remaining language leaves users and elected officials demanding more clarity over how the platform defines fine-worthy speech.
A part of PayPal’s user agreement that says any customer in violation of the platform’s “acceptable use” policy is subject to a $2,500 fine has been in place since at least 2013, according to the website’s archive. The fine had largely gone unnoticed until earlier this month when PayPal updated its acceptable use policy to state that messages which are “fraudulent, promote misinformation or are unlawful” are in violation of the policy and, by extension, subject to the fine. The “acceptable use” policy stated that determinations of which messages violated the policy would be made at “PayPal’s sole discretion.”
After drawing intense backlash from commentators stating that the policy could infringe upon free speech, the company rescinded the line in the policy citing misinformation and issued a statement saying it was posted in error on Monday, October 10. "PayPal is not fining people for misinformation and this language was never intended to be inserted in our policy," a spokesperson for the company said. PayPal’s former president David Marcus was among dissenters, posting a tweet objecting to the policy update, which was amplified further when Elon Musk responded “Agreed.”
“PayPal’s new AUP goes against everything I believe in,” Marcus’ tweet reads. “A private company now gets to decide to take your money if you say something they disagree with. Insanity.”
The note about misinformation was removed from the acceptable use terms, but the $2,500 penalty for violations remains, causing continued concern.
PayPal’s website still lists “provide false, inaccurate or misleading information” under the “restricted activities” portion of its policy. Violating the “restricted activities” portion does not result automatically in the $2,500 fine that breaching the “acceptable use” agreement does, but it may still result in charges, account suspension or other punitive actions.
Unfortunately for PayPal, now that the $2,500 fine has landed in the public eye, it has fallen under close scrutiny. “Concerned about this language still in PayPal’s terms of service – it’s vague and seems like it could be weaponized to control speech,” Representative Tom Emmer (R - MN) wrote in a tweet on Thursday.
The ordeal has spurred a call for people to delete their PayPal accounts with #PayPalCancelled and #DeleteVenmo gaining momentum on Twitter. Where the policy finally lands may be especially relevant to PayPal’s Venmo, a peer-to-peer payments network with a social media feed where users share messages attached to their public transactions.
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Crazy!
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Agreed honeypots are maybe a good thing.
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I Don't Forget, I Don't Forgive.. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilymason/2022/10/27/after-paypal-revokes-controversial-misinformation-policy-major-concerns-remain-over-2500-fine/
That was the moment I already deleted all PayPal accounts. To never return back.
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We are excited to announce the release of [Mbin v1.7.2](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.7.2)! This version is packed with important bug fixes and performance improvements, focused on bug fixes rather than new features. **The main improvements are:** - Fixing many PHP undefined, null or other errors that admins might see in their production logs. - Resolving several templating null issues. - Removing CSRF tokens from public forms (when user isn't logged-in), reduce unnecessary large amount of sessions. - Migrating Symfony sessions from Redis to PostgreSQL to avoid race conditions. - Increase session & cookies duration to 4 months (so people stay logged-in). - Adding a down-vote mode in `.env`. - Add stricter requirements on the routes configuration (reducing invalid requests are making it to the controller). - Introducing a scheduler for removing deleted user messages & pruning the dead letter queue in RabbitMQ. - Various other bug fixes and updating package dependencies and translation improvements. Read the full release note at: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.7.2 --- We are still searching for PHP developers, feel free to join our [Mbin project](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin)! Join our matrix space or pick-up a 'good-first-issue'.
By Jeremy Hsu on September 24, 2024 --- Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple snapshots of what you are watching every second – even when they are being used as external displays for your laptop or video game console. Smart TV manufacturers use these frequent screenshots, as well as audio recordings, in their automatic content recognition systems, which track viewing habits in order to target people with specific advertising. But researchers showed this tracking by some of the world’s most popular smart TV brands – Samsung TVs can take screenshots every 500 milliseconds and LG TVs every 10 milliseconds – can occur when people least expect it. “When a user connects their laptop via HDMI just to browse stuff on their laptop on a bigger screen by using the TV as a ‘dumb’ display, they are unsuspecting of their activity being screenshotted,” says Yash Vekaria at the University of California, Davis. Samsung and LG did not respond to a request for comment. Vekaria and his colleagues connected smart TVs from Samsung and LG to their own computer server. Their server, which was equipped with software for analysing network traffic, acted as a middleman to see what visual snapshots or audio data the TVs were uploading. They found the smart TVs did not appear to upload any screenshots or audio data when streaming from Netflix or other third-party apps, mirroring YouTube content streamed on a separate phone or laptop or when sitting idle. But the smart TVs did upload snapshots when showing broadcasts from the TV antenna or content from an HDMI-connected device. The researchers also discovered country-specific differences when users streamed the free ad-supported TV channel provided by Samsung or LG platforms. Such user activities were uploaded when the TV was operating in the US but not in the UK. By recording user activity even when it’s coming from connected laptops, smart TVs might capture sensitive data, says Vekaria. For example, it might record if people are browsing for baby products or other personal items. Customers can opt out of such tracking for Samsung and LG TVs. But the process requires customers to either enable or disable between six and 11 different options in the TV settings. “This is the sort of privacy-intrusive technology that should require people to opt into sharing their data with clear language explaining exactly what they’re agreeing to, not baked into initial setup agreements that people tend to speed through,” says Thorin Klosowski at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy non-profit based in California. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/ (paywall!!)
My ipset hash is full!? I'm using Ubuntu Server and I created a separate fail2ban jail that uses "iptables-ipset-proto6-allports" as their ban action (thus using ipset instead of iptables). However, today I seem to hit the limit: `stderr: 'ipset v7.15: Hash is full, cannot add more elements'`. This can be confirmed by running the ipset -t list command: ```sh Name: f2b-manual Type: hash:ip Revision: 5 Header: family inet hashsize 32768 maxelem 65536 timeout 0 bucketsize 12 initval 0xbc28aef1 Size in memory: 2605680 References: 1 Number of entries: 65571 ``` Where the 65571 entries exceeds the maxelem (65536). So what now?? Could I create a banlist in a txt file or something? I just want to ban some large tech corps: https://gitlab.melroy.org/-/snippets/619
developer.mozilla.org
Private properties are counterparts of the regular class properties which are public, including class fields, class methods, etc. Private properties get created by using a hash # prefix and cannot be legally referenced outside of the class. The privacy encapsulation of these class properties is enforced by JavaScript itself. The only way to access a private property is via dot notation, and you can only do so within the class that defines the private property.
Today I'm planning to upgrade the server from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04 (new LTS release). I already proposed it once after reading: https://ostechnix.com/ubuntu-24-04-1-lts-release-delayed/... Hopefully I will not hit any of these RabbitMQ bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rabbitmq-server/+bug/2074309 Mastodon poll is a tie: https://mastodon.melroy.org/@melroy/113135476244781426 So, let's go! What can go wrong?? ~~ Famous last words ~~
Today we are releasing Mbin v1.7.1. Upgrade your Mbin server now to the latest release: [1.7.1](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.7.1). This version includes tons of fixes (too many to mention here, look at ["What's Changed"](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.7.1)) and introduces also new features like: trusted proxy configuration ([see also docs](https://docs.joinmbin.org/admin/configuration/nginx#trusted-proxies)), activate accounts manually using the admin panel, show an error when the image is too large to upload ([look at the latest .env template file](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/blob/main/.env.example#L42)), improved API end-points (isAdmin, isGlobalModerator is part of the user API, fixed AP context and more) as well as many documentation improvements. **Note:** Due to a dead-lock issue in 1.7.0, which is now fixed in 1.7.1, we strongly recommend upgrading your Mbin server as soon as possible. --- If you want to host your own Mbin server? But you need help? Come and join us at: [Matrix chat](https://matrix.to/#/#mbin-general:melroy.org). We are happy to help! --- I personally want to thank all contributors of Mbin as well as the Mbin community as a whole! We can't do it without all of you.
We are in the final testing phase of Mbin v1.7.1, we hope to release the new stable version this weekend! Which actually brings a lot of improvements (we could have considered it calling v1.8.0, but well). #mbin #updates #release
I never seen such a good YouTube video from Linus Tech Tips: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsjHMzGl-VY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsjHMzGl-VY) (jokes on you) If you don't get it? Remove Chrome now and install Firefox (or any fork of Firefox). Then install uBlock Origin now! Add-on here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
We released a new Mbin version: 1.7.0! See: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases This is the v1.7.0 release of Mbin and it brings a lot of changes: improved instance wide modlog, new SSO providers, new translated languages, moderator updates in the modlog, new cake day display, better stability and scalability of the messengers, PeerTube support, federating direct messages, federate un-/pinning entries, updated robots.txt, improve the documentation, longer durability of the user session, adding admin notifications for reports, tombstones for deleted remote users, improve the federation of edits, push subscriptions, a new look of the federation page, add public API endpoints for getting de-/federated and dead instances, magazines can now restrict posting to mods, updating magazines and users should now federate instantly, new users and magazines now show a leaf icon next to them, improve the editing of threads, make the maximum image size configurable The Mbin development team now suggests using PHP v8.3. If you are using the docker setup you will automatically be running the new PHP version. A total of 145 reviewed and approved pull requests have been merged into this release! As always, a special thank you to new and existing contributors, without you, future Mbin releases would not be possible!
I am able to use different programming languages. I know most of the well-known languages without any problems: C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, PHP... However, I wanted to expand my horizon. Zig didn't do much for me neither did Rust, but now that I've written some Golang. I admit, I'm intrigued by the language. I love the fact it's compiled to native machine language. There is still one caveat: despite Go being a GC language, you often still need to manage your memory. Sound strange right? But I needed to use `io.Copy` instead of `io.ReadAll` to avoid memory issues. But also you need to explicitly call `defer res.Body.Close()` to avoid Go not cleaning-up the HTTP response.. Ow well, so you learn it the hard way. Overall, I'm still very optimistic with Go. And looking forward to use it more often in some of my open-source projects. See my first project in Go: https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/gitlab-artifact-deployer-go. Which I wrote in 3 days. Did you try Go? What are your thoughts?
## Sad story ahead Today I fully removed Firefox as my main browser. It's banned from all my devices from now onwards. I used Firefox as my only browser since I was 10 years old. Which is 24 years now (24 years!). I loved Firefox trying to be a good alternative to Chrome, promoting open-source and showing the world that privacy does matter. Sadly not anymore, recently after Mozilla hostile CEO takeover and moving the company forward to an advertisement company. Neglecting privacy. And fully want the other way around, tracking user data sending back to Mozilla. And at the same time Mozilla has also became an ads company just like Google, so there is no difference anymore really. And it only goes down-hill from here. Furthermore, Mozilla is spending more money in AI companies then in the product Firefox itself. So.. Luckily, there are plenty great Firefox forks! Look into some of them yourself and really pick an alternative _rather sooner than later_: - LibreWolf - Floorp (_I went with Floorp_, thus far it's great!!!) - Waterfox - Mullvad Just pick one, anything... from above list! I know, it's sad. It's very sad, after 24 years I didn't went to leave Firefox, but this last moves was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm out, cya at the fork!
Sorry for the late post. This is the 1.6.0 release of Mbin. It brings several changes and improvements including, but not limited to, a new UI filter for sorting threads and microblog posts, a new hashtag system, Microsoft Azure and SimpleLogin SSO additions, private instance mode, framework upgrade to Symfony 7.0, outgoing federation of delete actions, several backend improvements to address federation stability and compatibility, UI fixes and route changes, etc. We are already preparing for release 1.7.0, which is coming along very nicely. See you soon with v1.7.0.
robindev.substack.com
TL;DR: We've been on the Cloudflare Business plan ($250/month) for years. They suddenly contacted us and asked us to either pay them $120k up front for one year of Enterprise within 24 hours or they would take down all of our domains. While this escalated up our business we had 3 sales calls with them, trying to figure out what was happening and how to reach a reasonable contract in a week. When we told them we were also in talks with Fastly, they suddenly "purged" all our domains, causing huge downtime in our core business, sleepless nights migrating away from CF, irreparable loss in customer trust and weeks of ongoing downtime in our internal systems.
_Each AI generated polar bear, kills one real polar bear._ #meme #ai #generated #gemini #openai #dall-e #dalle #midjourney #stablediffusion #chatgpt #deepmind #polar #bear #climatechange #climate #heat #til
Mbin patch release 1.5.1 is out. Which is an important update for server admins to upgrade as soon as possible in order to fix sending emails (both during registration form as well as contact form). This patch release was created to fix those email issues. More info: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.5.1
Mbin release version 1.5.0 is out today. Official release notes: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.5.0 User notice: https://gehirneimer.de/m/mbinReleases/t/192724
So thanks to OpenWRT (it's a fork but still..), we have a Banana Pi Wifi 6 router for just 35 dollars/euros.
After 1.4.0 release we found some minor issues, it's wise to update your instance to the latest 1.4.1 patch release if you didn't had already. More info at: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.4.1 If you didn't follow the 1.4.0 release notes yet, then BE SURE TO carefully follow the those upgrade instructions as well: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.4.0. From 1.4.0 we changed how the transport messenger (AMQ) is working on bare metal instances. We are planning soon for a new minor release (v1.5.0). Thanks for using Mbin! Personally, I'm also planning to setup mbin.melroy.org which will replace this instance. However, ActivityPub will see that new domain as a totally new instance. Migration is not straightforward too bad.
I have used _many many_ distros in the past, from Debian to Gentoo, from Ubuntu to Arch, etc. etc.. But I need a system that works and does the job well, hence I'm using Linux Mint for the past few years. _Linux Mint XFCE Edition_ to be precise. However, always during the end of the Linux Mint support cycle.. I have the issue that it's based on Ubuntu LTS, also known as long term support (instead of the latest release), causing a lot of issues in my daily work. I just want to use the **latest** clang format & compiler. Or a newer GCC compiler. And/or other tools I love and use on a daily basis... The problem now I need to add a lot of manual package repos / PPA's to the version I want. Furthermore, it introduce sometimes package conflicts. Do **NOT** get me started with PHP8 from ondrej + Wine stable from WineHQ. I do not want an unstable distro like Arch, my time is limited (sorry Arch lovers). I also tried Manjaro. Also broke my system once I think, I do like Manjaro. I like Linux Mint a bit more, except at the end of the support cycle (where we are now at). That all being said, I think I'm ready for something new... [Void Linux](https://voidlinux.org/)! That is right, I think I will move over to Void Linux, created from scratch. Using a rolling release, but focused on stability (we will see). It's therefore also using it's own package manager (XBPS). As well as it's own init system: "runit". Non-free packages might be a bit harder to find, but I mainly use VSCodium, Element (Matrix), Nextcloud, KeePass, Firefox, Telegram, Transmission, Wine (Windows games :P), Mumble, Inkscape and of course various dev tools: npm, go, php, gcc/clang, pip, you name it... I use them all. I think Void Linux will be a good fit. I will keep you posted. Feel free to leave a comment if you have ideas/feedback or your own story on your distro you're using. Are you planning to distro hop again?
We released version 1.3.0 of Mbin today. More info: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.3.0 We also publish tagged Docker image(s): https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/pkgs/container/mbin