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+               <title>Debian used in the subway info screens in Oslo, Norway</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_used_in_the_subway_info_screens_in_Oslo__Norway.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_used_in_the_subway_info_screens_in_Oslo__Norway.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2018 13:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Today I was pleasantly surprised to discover by operating system of
+choice, Debian, was used in the info screens on the subway.  While
+passing Nydalen subway station in Oslo, Norway, I discovered the info
+screen booting with some text scrolling.  I was not quick enough with
+my camera to be able to record a video of the scrolling boot screen,
+but I did get a photo from when the boot got stuck with a corrupt file
+system:
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2018-03-02-ruter-debian-lenny.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;40%&quot; src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2018-03-02-ruter-debian-lenny.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;[photo of subway info screen]&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;While I am happy to see Debian used more places, the details of the
+content on the screen worries me.
+
+The image show the version booting is &#39;Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid&#39;,
+indicating that this is based on code taken from Debian Unstable/Sid
+between Debian Etch (version 4) was released 2007-04-08 and after
+Debian Lenny (version 5) was released 2009-02-14.  Since Lenny Debian
+has released version 6 (Squeeze) 2011-02-06, 7 (Wheezy) 2013-05-04, 8
+(Jessie) 2015-04-25 and 9 (Stretch) 2017-06-15, according to
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history&quot;&gt;a Debian
+version history on Wikpedia&lt;/a&gt;.  This mean the system is running
+around 10 year old code, with no security fixes from the vendor for
+many years.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;This is not the first time I discover the Oslo subway company,
+Ruter, running outdated software.  In 2012,
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html&quot;&gt;I
+discovered the ticket vending machines were running Windows 2000&lt;/a&gt;,
+and this was
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fortsatt_ingen_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_for_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_.html&quot;&gt;still
+the case in 2016&lt;/a&gt;.  Given the response from the responsible people
+in 2016, I would assume the machines are still running unpatched
+Windows 2000.  Thus, an unpatched Debian setup come as no surprise.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;The photo is made available under the license terms
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons
+4.0 Attribution International (CC BY 4.0)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
+       </item>
+       

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                <title>The SysVinit upstream project just migrated to git</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_SysVinit_upstream_project_just_migrated_to_git.html</link>
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                <title>The SysVinit upstream project just migrated to git</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_SysVinit_upstream_project_just_migrated_to_git.html</link>


@@ -863,50 +908,6 @@ It is hard enough to figure out who was part of making a movie, but I
 do not know how to automate such procedure without a registry of every
 person involved in making movies and their death year.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 do not know how to automate such procedure without a registry of every
 person involved in making movies and their death year.&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
-activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
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-       <item>
-               <title>Is the short movie «Empty Socks» from 1927 in the public domain or not?</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_the_short_movie__Empty_Socks__from_1927_in_the_public_domain_or_not_.html</link>
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-                <pubDate>Tue, 5 Dec 2017 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;Three years ago, a presumed lost animation film,
-&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Socks&quot;&gt;Empty Socks from
-1927&lt;/a&gt;, was discovered in the Norwegian National Library.  At the
-time it was discovered, it was generally assumed to be copyrighted by
-The Walt Disney Company, and I blogged about
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Opphavsretts_status_for__Empty_Socks__fra_1927_.html&quot;&gt;my
-reasoning to conclude&lt;/a&gt; that it would would enter the Norwegian
-equivalent of the public domain in 2053, based on my understanding of
-Norwegian Copyright Law.  But a few days ago, I came across
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/exposed-disneys-repurchase-of-oswald-the-rabbit-a-sham.4792291/&quot;&gt;a
-blog post claiming the movie was already in the public domain&lt;/a&gt;, at
-least in USA.  The reasoning is as follows: The film was released in
-November or Desember 1927 (sources disagree), and presumably
-registered its copyright that year.  At that time, right holders of
-movies registered by the copyright office received government
-protection for there work for 28 years.  After 28 years, the copyright
-had to be renewed if the wanted the government to protect it further.
-The blog post I found claim such renewal did not happen for this
-movie, and thus it entered the public domain in 1956.  Yet someone
-claim the copyright was renewed and the movie is still copyright
-protected.  Can anyone help me to figure out which claim is correct?
-I have not been able to find Empty Socks in Catalog of copyright
-entries.  Ser.3 pt.12-13 v.9-12 1955-1958 Motion Pictures
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/1955r.html#film&quot;&gt;available
-from the University of Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt;, neither in
-&lt;a href=&quot;https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015084451130;page=root;view=image;size=100;seq=83;num=45&quot;&gt;page
-45 for the first half of 1955&lt;/a&gt;, nor in
-&lt;a href=&quot;https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015084451130;page=root;view=image;size=100;seq=175;num=119&quot;&gt;page
-119 for the second half of 1955&lt;/a&gt;.  It is of course possible that
-the renewal entry was left out of the printed catalog by mistake.  Is
-there some way to rule out this possibility?  Please help, and update
-the wikipedia page with your findings.
-

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