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Search results for tag #linux

[?]LWN.net » 🌐
@lwn@fedi.lwn.net

[$] A truce in the Manjaro governance struggle

Members of the Manjaro Linux distribution's community have published a "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto" that contains a list of complaints and a demand to restructure the project to provide [...]

lwn.net/Articles/1063717/

    [?]Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian: » 🌐
    @atoponce@fosstodon.org

    Systemd merged age verification to comply with California state law.

    If you want to enter a birth date, I recommend "Friday, 13 December 1901 20:45:52".

    I like this for a few reasons:

    1. This is the earliest date possible for a 32 bit datetime integer in C.
    2. It's malicious compliance.
    3. It's obviously faked.

    github.com/systemd/systemd/pul

      [?]Dawn Tåke 🌙 :sparkletrans: [She/Her/Hers] » 🌐
      @Tourma@tech.lgbt

      Okay, is a huge pain in the ass and complains if you don't use the subscription update files.

      On to trying . It says it can be installed on Debian. Is that the base terminal, or can I have the gnome GUI?

        Ricardo Martín :bsdhead: boosted

        [?]𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑ 🤪 » 🌐
        @joel@gts.tumfatig.net

        After weeks of trial & error, I finally had #FreeBSD run #Python Torch software (the #AI / #MachineLearning stuff) with my NVIDIA Thunderbolt eGPU using the #Linux Binary Compatibility. Here are the notes summed up and sorted.

        https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/generative-ai-using-linuxulator-and-egpu-on-freebsd/

          Stefano Marinelli boosted

          [?]Pete Orrall [Pete/Pete] » 🌐
          @peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe

          It's great to see more content aimed at new users. But....y'know what's even cooler? More content aimed at new users!

          Just stumbled across this video while looking for other things. I think it does a good job at introducing it as a desktop.

          youtube.com/watch?v=2EFG3BO6oVY

            Stefano Marinelli boosted

            [?]Radio_Azureus » 🌐
            @Radio_Azureus@ioc.exchange

            Why I Love freeBSD

            freeBSD

            Processing

            I've only skimmed this nice post.
            Thorough reading will follow later

            Some highlights which resonate with me *as flageolets on a string instrument* are captured here in screenshots I've made on an Android

            • Many tools still work exactly as they did (decades ago)

            • The feeBSD handbook taught me an enormous ammount, more than many of my University courses, including things that had nothing to do with freeBSD specifically

            • This is vital

            • The handbook taught me the right approach

              understand first, act second

            This is a principle I use since I've been a peuter (NL).

            • Analyze what occured
            • understand why it occured
            • find out under what circumstances it can occur
            • close or limit those conditions
            • fix the problem by repairing, cooling, modifying the break
            • analyse the proposed fix before implementing
            • Only replace when all other methods fail or repair is more expensive than replacement

            Sources

            it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16

              [?]Monospace Mentor » 🌐
              @monospace@floss.social

              Easy way to kickstart a runbook: Log actions with “history | tail -20 | tee file.md” to capture recent commands, then add explanations.

              🔗 Learn more in my course: monospacementor.com/courses/li

                Victor Moral ⁂ boosted

                [?]OSTechNix » 🌐
                @ostechnix@floss.social

                The Debian Project released Debian 13.4 trixie. Upgrade your trixie installation to Debian 13.4 to get critical security patches and software updates.

                Full details here: ostechnix.com/debian-13-4-rele

                  [?]LWN.net » 🌐
                  @lwn@fedi.lwn.net

                  [$] California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions

                  A recently enacted law in California imposes an age-verification requirement on operating-system providers beginning next year. The language of the Digital Age Assurance Act does n [...]

                  lwn.net/Articles/1062112/

                    [?]Pete Orrall [Pete/Pete] » 🌐
                    @peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                    @stefano

                    I enjoyed and appreciated reading this post.

                    "I realized almost immediately that GNU/Linux and FreeBSD were so similar they were completely different."

                    This right here.

                    My initial impression with in 2006 was quite similar. Of course, back then was a much different beast than what it has evolved (mutated?) into today.

                    Had I not pursued Linux system administration as a career, I *probably* would have stuck with FreeBSD.

                    We can make all the technical comparisons between the two OSes all day long but what drove my interest and enthusiasm are (1) the documentation and (2) the community.

                      Stefano Marinelli boosted

                      [?]vermaden » 🌐
                      @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                      Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/03/16) available.

                      vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03

                      Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                        [?]Ricardo Martín :bsdhead: » 🌐
                        @ricardo@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                        TIL about Bazzite, if it works, I will happily recommend it just to screw Microslop
                        docs.bazzite.gg/General/FAQ/

                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

                          [?]Dark Blue Project » 🌐
                          @r1os@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                          Episode 8 of Dark Blue Weekly released

                          darkblueproject.com/sites/news

                            Stefano Marinelli boosted

                            [?]Pete Orrall [Pete/Pete] » 🌐
                            @peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                            The of is downright terrifying. If their previous OS releases haven't motivated you to switch to or some kind of , then after watching this video I think you will be.

                            youtube.com/watch?v=e7a89ZYcTo8

                              khm boosted

                              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                              @prahou@merveilles.town

                              40 days in the Japanese desert: the third Oni

                              triapul.cz/japanese_jesus

                              after 40 days japanese jesus came across a vintage comput jj: "4:3?!" he felt the rickety fan and knew it was good jj: "dad! you shouldn't have!" oni: "jj!" the third oni oni: "give up your father's core2duo and take my m5 macbook! it will make you the fastest prophet!" jj: "nah" oni: "what? that's insane! what's so special about that brick?!" jj: "you would not understand."

                              Alt...after 40 days japanese jesus came across a vintage comput jj: "4:3?!" he felt the rickety fan and knew it was good jj: "dad! you shouldn't have!" oni: "jj!" the third oni oni: "give up your father's core2duo and take my m5 macbook! it will make you the fastest prophet!" jj: "nah" oni: "what? that's insane! what's so special about that brick?!" jj: "you would not understand."

                                [?]9to5Linux » 🌐
                                @9to5linux@floss.social

                                3.2 Open-Source Image Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New 9to5linux.com/gimp-3-2-open-so

                                Screenshot of GIMP 3.2 showing the main window and the About GIMP dialog.

                                Alt...Screenshot of GIMP 3.2 showing the main window and the About GIMP dialog.

                                  [?]Neil Brown [he/him/his] » 🌐
                                  @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                                  Saturday mobile Linux-ing in the sun.

                                  Photo of a vertical Pixel set atop a Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard, on a wooden picnic table. The screen is showing a tmux session in termux, running the BSSG build process.

                                  Alt...Photo of a vertical Pixel set atop a Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard, on a wooden picnic table. The screen is showing a tmux session in termux, running the BSSG build process.

                                    [?]Monospace Mentor » 🌐
                                    @monospace@floss.social

                                    Tip for Linux shell beginners: Execute a second command only if the first one failed.

                                    `command_1 || command 2`

                                    Background: This compound command uses the result code returned by `command_1` with the "shortcircuit" behaviour of the "logical OR" `||` operator.

                                      pmjv s klapkami na očích boosted

                                      [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                      @prahou@merveilles.town

                                      IMGRAM MINI

                                      nein.triapul.cz/technology/ksh

                                      Minuscule static gallery, compatible with @rostiger 's webring ( codeberg.org/rostiger/subversi )

                                      imgram.mini nein.triapul.cz/technology/ksh/imgram_mini

                                      Alt...imgram.mini nein.triapul.cz/technology/ksh/imgram_mini

                                        [?]Monospace Mentor » 🌐
                                        @monospace@floss.social

                                        Linux tip: Use “ss -tuln” to check for open ports. Filter specific port numbers by adding “| grep :80”, for example.

                                        🔗 Learn more in my course: monospacementor.com/courses/li

                                          [?]Monospace Mentor » 🌐
                                          @monospace@floss.social

                                          If you want to raise your shell scripts to a new level, give this a try! It'll give useful feedback on the style of your shell code and on possible issues with it.

                                          shellcheck.net/

                                          PS: Know when to switch to a proper programming language.

                                            [?]Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian: » 🌐
                                            @atoponce@fosstodon.org

                                            Looks like is up for sale. Again.

                                            - 2003: Acquired by Novell
                                            - 2010: Attachmate Group takeover
                                            - 2014: Micro Focus merger
                                            - 2018: Sold to EQT AB

                                            (Ignoring all the asset sales and transfers)

                                            reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-

                                              Victor Moral ⁂ boosted

                                              [?]Radio_Azureus » 🌐
                                              @Radio_Azureus@ioc.exchange

                                              VIM

                                              Bram Molenaar

                                              human programming

                                              Background

                                              It has come to my attention that my beloved VIM has become invested with LLM AI slop

                                              The lead programmer is not following standard rules of coding anymore.

                                              People have called him many things, but one thing is certain. The man is intelligent in the programming field and knows what he wants.

                                              VIM needs LLM slop!

                                              the programmer screams!

                                              We don't think so!

                                              we roar back!!!

                                              A couple of programmers decided to create a hard fork of vim

                                              VIM

                                              • version V9.1.0 January 2K24
                                              • last commit
                                              • no LLM slop
                                              • Pure Bram Molenaar level human crafted code

                                              If you are categorically against large language model slop this is a project for you to support!

                                              This is a hard Fork meaning that you cannot merge it back with me VIM main source line

                                              Project

                                              codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/vim

                                              Source
                                              mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeybo

                                              codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/vim

                                                [?]Monospace Mentor » 🌐
                                                @monospace@floss.social

                                                If your terminal ever gets confused by random control sequences, for example after you accidentally output binary data, there's a good chance you can restore order with the `reset` command.

                                                  Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                                  [?]vermaden » 🌐
                                                  @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                  Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/03/09) available.

                                                  vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03

                                                  Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                    self-report - take 2

                                                    take 1: analognowhere.com/_/ratmrg/

                                                    Fish: "So, this is everyone who thinks you're cool for using vi over vim." There's a million penguins around.

                                                    Alt...Fish: "So, this is everyone who thinks you're cool for using vi over vim." There's a million penguins around.

                                                      [?]Monospace Mentor » 🌐
                                                      @monospace@floss.social

                                                      I had forgotten about Amanda backup. I used it in my early Linux days, and wouldn't have thought it's still in use.

                                                      The Amanda backup system and "dump promotion" utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/bl

                                                        Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                                        [?]Dark Blue Project » 🌐
                                                        @r1os@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                        Episode 7 of Dark Blue Weekly released

                                                        darkblueraven.com/sites/news/d

                                                          Ángel boosted

                                                          [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                          @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                          Entropy 2

                                                          Girl: "Master?" Fish and Penguin are playing chess. Fish: "Yes?" Girl: "It should compile by morning. I'm off to bed." Fish: "Fine, fine" Girl goes to bed, reads hagakure and falls asleep.

                                                          Alt...Girl: "Master?" Fish and Penguin are playing chess. Fish: "Yes?" Girl: "It should compile by morning. I'm off to bed." Fish: "Fine, fine" Girl goes to bed, reads hagakure and falls asleep.

                                                          analognowhere presents techno-mage in entropy 2

                                                          Alt...analognowhere presents techno-mage in entropy 2

                                                          Girl awakens in the Realm of the Spirit of The Machine. She notices Fossangel in the distance.

                                                          Alt...Girl awakens in the Realm of the Spirit of The Machine. She notices Fossangel in the distance.

                                                          Girl: "Fossangel!" Fossangel: "SHHH. Fill this in first." It's a clipboard: Before you dream, we must verify your identity. Name, DOB, Address, MATA_ID. Girl: "I have to do this in my own dream now?!" Fossangel: "Girl.. You have no idea how deep this thing goes."

                                                          Alt...Girl: "Fossangel!" Fossangel: "SHHH. Fill this in first." It's a clipboard: Before you dream, we must verify your identity. Name, DOB, Address, MATA_ID. Girl: "I have to do this in my own dream now?!" Fossangel: "Girl.. You have no idea how deep this thing goes."

                                                            Ángel boosted

                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                            Get snac'd up (not just) for !

                                                            You can now purchase propaganda stickers and apparel to show your allegiance or to wage war with.

                                                            redbubble.com/people/analognow

                                                            Blessed be the hacker @grunfink for they can C.

                                                            snac's suzie qr, points to comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                            Alt...snac's suzie qr, points to comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                            snac alien SINCE YOU LEFT ME IVE BEEN SNACPILLED comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                            Alt...snac alien SINCE YOU LEFT ME IVE BEEN SNACPILLED comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                              Ángel boosted

                                                              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                              @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                              strlcpy(3)

                                                              MATA_Bots descend upon Fish's bunker. Bots: "CLEAR! KEEP MOVING, THE FISH IS HERE" Fish: "I'll buy you time. Use the ventilation system. Go wake her up. Get her out." Bots: "GOT A SEALED DOOR. BREACH IT" Fish: "And Purple? Thank you." Bots: "BREACHING! MOVE MOVE!" Fish: "For what it's worth... I wish for unlimited ammo."

                                                              Alt...MATA_Bots descend upon Fish's bunker. Bots: "CLEAR! KEEP MOVING, THE FISH IS HERE" Fish: "I'll buy you time. Use the ventilation system. Go wake her up. Get her out." Bots: "GOT A SEALED DOOR. BREACH IT" Fish: "And Purple? Thank you." Bots: "BREACHING! MOVE MOVE!" Fish: "For what it's worth... I wish for unlimited ammo."

                                                                Justine Smithies boosted

                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                Fish Alpinism

                                                                How I make digital art.

                                                                triapul.cz/_/1765291397

                                                                artist keyboard

                                                                Alt...artist keyboard

                                                                  Tomáš boosted

                                                                  [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                  @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                  DUFF v KORN 2

                                                                  prev: merveilles.town/@prahou/115508

                                                                  Daemon: "I think that looks pretty good! Don't you?" Kshboy: "Haha, yeah! You made it in troff?" Daemon: "Yeah!" Kshboy: "Cool!" DEAR MISTER DUFF, MY BEST FRIEND AND I WERE WONDERING, IF YOU COULD BEAT KORN IN A FIGHT. WE KNOW OF A GREAT PLACE WHERE YOU COULD DO BATTLE. Daemon: "We can just swap the names with sed for the other letter!" Kshboy: "But how do we get it to them? We don't even know where they live..." Daemon: "I have an idea. Let's rewrite it!"

                                                                  Alt...Daemon: "I think that looks pretty good! Don't you?" Kshboy: "Haha, yeah! You made it in troff?" Daemon: "Yeah!" Kshboy: "Cool!" DEAR MISTER DUFF, MY BEST FRIEND AND I WERE WONDERING, IF YOU COULD BEAT KORN IN A FIGHT. WE KNOW OF A GREAT PLACE WHERE YOU COULD DO BATTLE. Daemon: "We can just swap the names with sed for the other letter!" Kshboy: "But how do we get it to them? We don't even know where they live..." Daemon: "I have an idea. Let's rewrite it!"

                                                                  Random penguins hand a leaflet to Techno-Mage. DUFF V KORN DUEL OF THE AGES WHEN: NEXT FULL MOON WHERE: THE BIG HILL OUTSIDE FOSSTOWN WHOEVER DOESN'T SHOW AUTOMATICALLY LOSES! PLACE YOUR BEST AT THE DRUNKEN BIRD BARD OpenBlade: "Oh yeah, I heard about this." Mage: "You heard about this?" OpenBlade: "You have a lot of money riding on Korn btw."

                                                                  Alt...Random penguins hand a leaflet to Techno-Mage. DUFF V KORN DUEL OF THE AGES WHEN: NEXT FULL MOON WHERE: THE BIG HILL OUTSIDE FOSSTOWN WHOEVER DOESN'T SHOW AUTOMATICALLY LOSES! PLACE YOUR BEST AT THE DRUNKEN BIRD BARD OpenBlade: "Oh yeah, I heard about this." Mage: "You heard about this?" OpenBlade: "You have a lot of money riding on Korn btw."

                                                                  Lo0: "YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE!" Lo0 KORN TRIBUTE practice Korn: "STOP! That's not what they sounded like..." Mec: "Sorry, Mister K." Korn: "Are you? The gig is in a week. Do better!" Bot_Manager: "YO! CASH MONEY K! Why didn't you tell me about the fight?!" Korn: "What fight?" Bot_Manager: "I could get the band to play there!"

                                                                  Alt...Lo0: "YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE!" Lo0 KORN TRIBUTE practice Korn: "STOP! That's not what they sounded like..." Mec: "Sorry, Mister K." Korn: "Are you? The gig is in a week. Do better!" Bot_Manager: "YO! CASH MONEY K! Why didn't you tell me about the fight?!" Korn: "What fight?" Bot_Manager: "I could get the band to play there!"

                                                                  Penguin Postman walks up a mountain. Penguin: "Mister Duff? Mail!" Duff: "Vincent! Is it next year already?" Penguin: "No sir, just some admin stuff regarding your fight." Duff: "Fight?"

                                                                  Alt...Penguin Postman walks up a mountain. Penguin: "Mister Duff? Mail!" Duff: "Vincent! Is it next year already?" Penguin: "No sir, just some admin stuff regarding your fight." Duff: "Fight?"

                                                                    Monospace Mentor boosted

                                                                    [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                                                    @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                    Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared

                                                                    Update: This post has been updated to include Docker benchmarks and a comparison of container overhead versus FreeBSD Jails and illumos Zones.

                                                                    it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19

                                                                      Ángel boosted

                                                                      [?]IT Notes » 🌐
                                                                      @itnotes@snac.it-notes.dragas.net

                                                                      Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared

                                                                      https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/


                                                                        Ángel boosted

                                                                        [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                        @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                        the list

                                                                        MATACORP'S MOST WANTED HACKERS Fish Daemon Cirno OpenBlade Rabbit Frederick "the Hammer" Glenda II Sphence Purple "Penguin" Pentium-M Man Girl

                                                                        Alt...MATACORP'S MOST WANTED HACKERS Fish Daemon Cirno OpenBlade Rabbit Frederick "the Hammer" Glenda II Sphence Purple "Penguin" Pentium-M Man Girl

                                                                          Monospace Mentor boosted

                                                                          [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                                                          @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                          This Isn't a Battle

                                                                          After reading a post describing the FreeBSD community as 'toxic', I share a different perspective. This isn't a battle. It's a reflection on coexistence, the original Open Source spirit, and the quiet richness of taking a different path.

                                                                          my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14

                                                                            Ángel boosted

                                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                            bathing

                                                                            I use @OpenBSDAms btw

                                                                            Girl and Penguin visit the fish vats.

                                                                            Alt...Girl and Penguin visit the fish vats.

                                                                              Samuel boosted

                                                                              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                              @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                              dating culture clash

                                                                              plan9bunny-person meets with a fish-daemon-person. Daemon: "So, how was the date?" Bunny: "He talked about docker for 35 minutes and then asked, if I have wine." Daemon: "Did you tell him you're not Unix?" Bunny: "Yeah, he said: 'oh, like GNU?'"

                                                                              Alt...plan9bunny-person meets with a fish-daemon-person. Daemon: "So, how was the date?" Bunny: "He talked about docker for 35 minutes and then asked, if I have wine." Daemon: "Did you tell him you're not Unix?" Bunny: "Yeah, he said: 'oh, like GNU?'"

                                                                                Justine Smithies boosted

                                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                The Man of MATA pt1

                                                                                next: merveilles.town/@prahou/115271

                                                                                pls consider supporting my work: analognowhere.com/support

                                                                                Somewhere in a desert... Girl and Penguin are eating breakfast. Penguin: "Morning, slept well?" Girl: "mhmhmhm" Penguin: "What's today?" Girl checks her school schedule. It's Monday, morning class - history. Girl: "History. Penguin, unenthusiased: "Sounds exciting."

                                                                                Alt...Somewhere in a desert... Girl and Penguin are eating breakfast. Penguin: "Morning, slept well?" Girl: "mhmhmhm" Penguin: "What's today?" Girl checks her school schedule. It's Monday, morning class - history. Girl: "History. Penguin, unenthusiased: "Sounds exciting."

                                                                                Classroom. Fish begins the lesson. Fish: "I wanted to call this class mythology, but Purple said history suggests that some of it might actually be true. Nobody remembers how long ago, but as you know, the world ended. While the inheritors of the ravaged land learned to adapt to their predicament, three brothers, successors of those who brought about the end, set out into the destroyed world to ruin it some more." LAST REMAINING MATACORPBUNKER B_73; three brothers "Well, gentlemen, we ate all the women, children and uly. The water purifier is busted and the only person who could fix it was Parkinson." "We ate her last week." "We ate her last week." "Nothing to eat, nothing to drink. So now what?" "I think it's time to do what our great great great grandparents spoke of - Go outside and restart civilization." "Ugh..."

                                                                                Alt...Classroom. Fish begins the lesson. Fish: "I wanted to call this class mythology, but Purple said history suggests that some of it might actually be true. Nobody remembers how long ago, but as you know, the world ended. While the inheritors of the ravaged land learned to adapt to their predicament, three brothers, successors of those who brought about the end, set out into the destroyed world to ruin it some more." LAST REMAINING MATACORPBUNKER B_73; three brothers "Well, gentlemen, we ate all the women, children and uly. The water purifier is busted and the only person who could fix it was Parkinson." "We ate her last week." "We ate her last week." "Nothing to eat, nothing to drink. So now what?" "I think it's time to do what our great great great grandparents spoke of - Go outside and restart civilization." "Ugh..."

                                                                                Penguin and Fish are dressed as the MATA brothers. Penguin: "I have the best ideas." Fish: "You're going to have to help us play the third brother." Girl, ecstatic: "School trip!" analognowhere presents: techno-mage in: Girl, Fish and Penguin stand outside their cave home. Fish: "... they gathered a bunch of thumbdrives with ancient CORPO tech and went on a journey to find people and machines they could poison." Penguin: "It's a good day to fuck shit up. Come on, bros!" Girl: "He's really into it!"

                                                                                Alt...Penguin and Fish are dressed as the MATA brothers. Penguin: "I have the best ideas." Fish: "You're going to have to help us play the third brother." Girl, ecstatic: "School trip!" analognowhere presents: techno-mage in: Girl, Fish and Penguin stand outside their cave home. Fish: "... they gathered a bunch of thumbdrives with ancient CORPO tech and went on a journey to find people and machines they could poison." Penguin: "It's a good day to fuck shit up. Come on, bros!" Girl: "He's really into it!"

                                                                                The three brothers cross the ancient desolate land. "This suuuuuuuuuuuucks." "Shut up."

                                                                                Alt...The three brothers cross the ancient desolate land. "This suuuuuuuuuuuucks." "Shut up."

                                                                                  Ángel boosted

                                                                                  [?]chesheer » 🌐
                                                                                  @chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                  I found this screenshot again and I still think it's brilliant. The best OS overview I've ever read.

                                                                                  Screenshot of a Reddit comment saying this: Time for my OS opinion that's guaranteed to be unpopular with someone... Sun Solaris used to be the OS that required overpriced proprietary hardware and still couldn't compete with Linux. That OS is now MacOS. MacOS used to be the colorful and friendly walled garden OS that your non-techie parents would enjoy but was completely useless to you as a power user. That OS is now Windows. Windows used to be the OS that could run a lot of apps, but was a headache to setup and maintain correctly and would sometimes blow up for no reason. That OS is now Linux. Linux used to be the techie and developer oriented command-line OS that was lacking in desktop apps and might not support your hardware, but once you got it going, was rock solid and had no limits. That OS is now FreeBSD.

                                                                                  Alt...Screenshot of a Reddit comment saying this: Time for my OS opinion that's guaranteed to be unpopular with someone... Sun Solaris used to be the OS that required overpriced proprietary hardware and still couldn't compete with Linux. That OS is now MacOS. MacOS used to be the colorful and friendly walled garden OS that your non-techie parents would enjoy but was completely useless to you as a power user. That OS is now Windows. Windows used to be the OS that could run a lot of apps, but was a headache to setup and maintain correctly and would sometimes blow up for no reason. That OS is now Linux. Linux used to be the techie and developer oriented command-line OS that was lacking in desktop apps and might not support your hardware, but once you got it going, was rock solid and had no limits. That OS is now FreeBSD.

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                                                                                    Codeberg - We stay strong against hate and hatred

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                                                                                      [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
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                                                                                      UPDATE: I haven't seen Recall in action there. I was just asking the doctor how they'll deal with it.

                                                                                      This morning, I went to the doctor for a scheduled appointment. While she was looking at the results of blood tests from two years ago on the screen (and suggested repeating them for a follow-up), I realized she was using Windows 11. A detail came to mind. The doctor is extremely polite and friendly, so I asked her, "How do you handle the feature called Recall?" The doctor was taken aback and had no idea what I was talking about. I was about to drop the conversation, but she, being a serious professional, immediately called the technicians who manage their PCs to ask for clarification. They downplayed it, saying it's not an issue and that it's a feature "on all PCs, so we can't do anything about it." She started to express that she didn’t like it and wanted it deactivated. No luck: they won’t proceed because, according to them, even deactivating it is "a hack that could compromise future updates." She’s furious and will talk to her colleagues and the decision-makers. She wants secure systems because "there’s patient data involved."

                                                                                      In reality, patient data is stored on servers (which I haven't investigated), but everything that appears on the screen is, in my opinion, at risk.

                                                                                      I’ve offered to help them find a solution—because, if I'm right, all they need is LibreOffice and a browser. In that case, I’ll suggest one of the *BSD or Linux systems and do it for free.

                                                                                      I don’t want to make money off my doctor. I just want patient data to be (sufficiently) secure.

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                                                                                        [?]Neil Brown [he/him/his] » 🔓
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                                                                                        If you are thinking of moving from Windows to Linux and are not sure where to start, here's the software that I am using day to day:

                                                                                        decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/run

                                                                                        (Work-focus, as that is where I spend most of my (computing) time, but I am Linux-only for personal computing too.)

                                                                                        And don't forget that many Free software programs have Windows versions too, so you can test before you leap.

                                                                                        Good luck!

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