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Podman - unable to pull image
Today, while pulling the latest Nextcloud container image from the docker.io repository I noticed that it is failing. Looking at the read: connection reset by peer error I assume it could be primarily...
View ArticleopenSUSE Board Non-Confidence Petition result announced
Two weeks ago the openSUSE Election Committee set up an electronic petition to measure whether 20% of the community members are in favour of a re-election of the current elected Board Members. Let me...
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openSUSE Ad-hoc Board Election
Back in February 2020 Christian Boltz resigned from the openSUSE Board explaining the reasons behind his decision on the project mailing list. His resignation came about two weeks after Sarah Julia...
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Virtual Developers Conference 2020
The Developers Conference 2020 was scheduled to run from 2 - 4 April 2020 but alas, a pandemic caused (and is still causing) chaos around the world. Mauritius was not spared and being on "sanitary...
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Facebook user in Mauritius arrested for calling Member of Parliament a...
This morning l'express reported on its website that a Facebook user, Farihah Ruhomaully, was arrested after having commented on her timeline post, calling a Member of the National Assembly, Tania...
View Article41st Annual Conference of the TeX Users Group
TUG 2020, the 41st Annual Conference of the TeX Users Group kicks off online today.Last night, at 20h00 MUT, prior to the conference, TUG carried out an introductory LaTeX workshop. Participants could...
View ArticleNew legislation to replace the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act in Mauritius
The latest Cabinet decisions, of 24 July 2020, mention the Cabinet's approval for the Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation to issue instructions to the Attorney General's office for...
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Facebook Ad promotes Bitcoin scam in Mauritius
I stumbled upon a peculiar advertisement on Facebook today.The Facebook ad opens the following...
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Drive slow, drive safe & don't receive penalties
Lately I noticed a strong presence of police officers, particularly on roads through sugar cane fields, right after a round-about, where visibility of an officer would be poor from several metres away....
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Registration for the Virtual Developers Conference is open
Registration for the Virtual Developers Conference 2020 is open since about a week now. The Developers Conference is made possible thanks to the support of our sponsors, collaborators, speakers,...
View ArticleCandidates list for the openSUSE Ad-hoc Board Election
The Call for Nominations for the openSUSE Ad-hoc Board Election ended last night. The Election Committee received the nominations of two openSUSE members and both nominees accepted to run as candidate...
View ArticleStasiek Michalski answers Richard Brown's questions as the openSUSE election...
The openSUSE election campaign is in progress.Community members are welcome to ask the candidates questions about their views on the project and to comment on some of the pertinent matters within the...
View ArticleAfrica Internet Summit (AIS'20) registration opens
The physical meeting for the Africa Internet Summit 2020 which was due in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, had to be re-scheduled into a virtual meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
View ArticleJapanese bulker MV Wakashio runs aground in Mauritius and causes oil to spill...
A bulk carrier, MV Wakashio, that belongs to a Japanese company and sails under the flag of Panama ran aground in Mauritius on 25th July 2020. The ship was on its course to Brazil carrying 3,894 metric...
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Frustrated by the government's inaction locals flock to help in every way...
MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier with 3,894 metric tons of low sulphur fuel oil, 207 metric tons of diesel and 90 metric tons of lubricant oil on board, ran aground near Pointe d'Esny on the 25th July 2020....
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Défimedia says Prime Minister's tweet calling French President for help is...
I was surprised to read on defimedia.info that a tweet by the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth, in which he reaches out to the French President, Emmanual Macron, is a fake tweet. The news...
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Should the Prime Minister resign, now?
Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth, during a press conference mentioned that Mauritius does not have the expertise and equipment to combat the ecological disaster caused by the...
View ArticleWill the government release data collected about the oil spill?
I was watching the press conference of the Prime Minister, P. K. Jugnauth, today when I heard him saying that the Ministry of Health has conducted several air quality tests in regions affected by the...
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The Prime Minister of Mauritius denies some local journalists access to his...
I watched the press conference of the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth on Le Mauricien's Facebook page.Source: Le Mauricien Facebook page / video of PM's press confA last question, at 30...
View ArticlePrime Minister criticized after his comments on BBC News
Yesterday morning, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth was interviewed via video conference on BBC News. He was questioned on the oil spillage caused after the grounding of MV Wakashio near...
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