@stefano Just looking at the installation instructions it's clear #Mastodon was designed for #Linux.

I want to say I am surprised but unfortunately I am not.

LLM Policies: Progress At All Costs

https://diegoe.be/2026/09/25/llm-policies-progress-at-all-costs/

#gnome #kde #linux

It is always a good idea to explore what is out there. The sysadmin/dev crowd certainly does and you experiment with another OS that is not your “daily driver”, from time to time. For the #Linux user this often means distro hopping. For a #BSD user, this might mean to look at Linux from time to time (again): Void and Alpine Linux are probably distros that are much liked. Back in the day, I started with #SUSE Linux 8, that’s why I am drawn to sometimes take a look what the #openSUSE project has to offer nowadays. So, I was trying out #MicroOS and I have to be honest here — I like it, not systemd of course, but generally, it is really neat. Like I mean it is good to be a bit OS-agnostic.

On #Linux, watching a readable directory reports every event on a file inside it, even one the attacker cannot read directly - this is a bug that's still present on Linux today, although it's partially mitigated now. The most severe case of this was with `/dev/input`, where every keypress generates notifications on /dev/input even across users (even across SSH users). While the key itself isn't leaked, the timing between it has been studied for over two decades.

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Bypassing read permissions on Linux by mounting a watch on the file's parent directory.

ALRIGHT! I'm VERY excited to announce this research, because we've been holding onto it for close to a year now!

Announcing File Notification Attacks! Side-Channel Leakage from the File-Notification System on #Linux, #Android, #Windows, and #macOS

We've found decades-old bugs on Linux, Android, and Windows... well technically Microsoft considers what we found an ✨ undocumented feature ✨ (got Microsoft nominated for the lamest vendor response #pwnie award haha).

There's SO much to talk about, so please expand this thread below, but you can also check it out yourself at:

https://inoti.fyi/

There's a #noAI logo that my sister drew there. Our work was accepted at #CCS 2026, and I'll be presenting it this November at The Hague, Netherlands! If you're there, we should totally meet up :D

Thanks to my AWESOME co-authors: Xufan Zhao, Jeanette Angelika Wultsch, @hweissi, Florian Draschbacher, @notbobbytables, and @lavados 🙏, all of us from @isec_tugraz, TU Graz

#security #cybersecurity #research #systems

When you say ‘I use Linux’ and accidentally summon the entire BSD family.

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Unix #Linux #BSD #Meme #Memes #Humor #SpongeBob

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Six-panel cartoon featuring SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward. Patrick says, “I use Linux.” Squidward asks, “What is Linux?” SpongeBob replies, “It means he is afraid of BSD.” Squidward responds, “No it does not.” The next panel lists “FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD,” while Patrick looks funny. In the final panel, SpongeBob raises his hands in panic and says, “Stop it Patrick! You’re scaring him.”

9 feet deep

( https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/184177604 )

#9front #glenda #music #unix_surrealism #comic #cirno #linux

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9 feet deep album cover ft glenda, glenda with a knife, glenda with ears, and cirno

I guess I hadn't looked at photos since migrating to Alpine Linux lately.

Does anyone have HEIC (i.e. Apple) formatted images working correctly under Alpine?

I've installed libheif, kimageformats and anything remotely libheif related in the repo but Gwenview still doesn't display HEIC images. Neither does Shotwell.

I installed Ristretto to compare and it also doesn't display HEIC images.

GIMP works as does Darktable.

Dolphin displays the thumbnails properly but the preview pane doesn't work.

Ideas? Kinda pulling my hair out and out of options.

#Linux #AlpineLinux #AlpineLinuxEdge #KDE #Plasma #Gwenview #libheif #HEIC #Apple #Ristretto #GIMP

Over the past few months, I have found myself under the spotlight on kernel mailing lists. What started as targeted discussions quickly turned into advocating for the kernel community to respect the mostly silent crowd of developers and maintainers who do not want to fully embrace AI usage. It appears this didn't go unnoticed, as shown by Jon Corbet's talk at Kernel Recipes. (1/5)

#Linux #kernel #AI

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Jon Corbet showing a quote about empathy and AI during his talk at Kernel Recipes 2026

Las nuevas tecnologías traen ventajas. Y también traen capas.

Muchas veces, añadir tecnología "porque es lo que se usa hoy" complica la administración, la flexibilidad y el mantenimiento.

Es necesario meter X tecnología en este proyecto? Qué beneficios reales me trae?

Si se puede hacer más simple y mantenible, ese suele ser el mejor camino.

El deploy del 2015 sigue siendo válido hoy. No hace falta meter k8s y un agente IA en cualquier cosa que montemos.

He dicho 😉

#Linux #DevOps #SysAdmin

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Meme comparativo titulado 'Deploying in 2015' vs 'Deploying in 2026'. En la parte superior, bajo el título 'Deploying in 2015', se ve una secuencia de cuatro pasos ilustrados con un perro Shiba Inu con lentes de sol: 1. SSH con el comando 'ssh user@server', 2. git pull con 'Already up to date', 3. service restart con 'sudo service app restart', y 4. 'Done. Deployment Complete!'. El perro aparece relajado y con una taza que dice 'Life was simple'. En la parte inferior, bajo el título 'Deploying in 2026', se muestra una secuencia de once pasos con el mismo perro pero cada vez más estresado: 1. Sit (git push), 2. CI/CD (Build, Test, Deploy), 3. Docker (Build image, Push to registry), 4. Kubernetes (kubectl apply, Waiting for pods), 5. Helm (helm upgrade, Release pending), 6. Terraform (terraform apply, Plan: 10 to add), 7. Secrets (Secrets not found), 8. Ingress (Update ingress, Still not working), 9. Monitoring (Check Prometheus, Check Grafana), 10. Logs (kubectl logs, Error: CrashLoopBackOff), y 11. 'Why is the pod restarting?' con el perro agarrando su cabeza y un globo de pensamiento que dice 'It worked on my machine...'. Al lado, una taza que dice 'DevOps builds character'. En la parte inferior, un texto que dice 'Same Goal. Different Journey.' y una nota que dice 'More Tools. More Possibilities. More Headaches.'

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟵/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/09/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/valuable-news-2026-09-21/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

It's finally here!!! #Yet_Another_Free_Profile_Picture_Giveaway!!! Normally these can be acquired for anywhere between $1,300 and $0.07, but they are all free *just* today! AMAZING!

Pls, if you downloaded one of these pictures, say so in a comment, so I can delete it from the post. Don't download more than one! Thanks!

Enjoy!

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pls don't download FishLunic, it's already acquired.
pls don't download c: , it's been acquired!
pls don't download 'i don't even use plan9', it's been acquired.

#unix_surrealism #mobilek #openbsd #plan9 #9front #art #nft #linux #lunic #giveaway

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c:

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yellow mister mobilek profile picture template

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i dont even use plan 9

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fishlunic

Help GYM have its own land for the demonstration gardens and more food production as well as Establishing a large tree nursery to get trees to donate to communities.
https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

#community #mastodon #crowdfunding #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #climateemergency #nature #NaturePhotography #solarpunk #Agriculture #Sustainability #photography #fediverse #linux #skills #gardening #economy #farming #USA #uk #food @thechattygardener

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Gardening work in progress

My Friend Lunic: #omarchy

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My Friend @khm helped me draw this picture. It would not exist without him.

#linux #art #comic #fediart #mastoart #arch @nixCraft #unix_surrealism

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it's been 3 days already, but my friend Lunic is still talking about some weird distro from a dude who made an email service that doesn't work with email clients. I think he went stupid. Lunic: omarchi omarchi omarchi omarchi

Techno-Mage in: FATES

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openblade #art #openbsd #linux #foss #fosschild #ai

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OB: After some freakish accident, it became omniscient and made a lot of people uncomfortable. So they hid it. Mage: Why didn't they kill it? OB: I don't think it was ever truly alive. Mage: So how do _WE_ kill it? OB: You've been so violent lately, Girl. We'll see what it has to say first. Mage: Don't get sentimental now, OB. We're here to make sure MATA never gets their hands on it.

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Mage: We're at the top! FOSSCHILD: Why is she doing this again? Penguin: Why does anyone do anything? Because she can. And maybe spite.

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OB: Looks creepy enough. Mage: Hmmm.This is some sort of an ancient military compound. OB: They did make the best cursed tech. OB: After you.

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"": MAGE OB & Mage: Who said that? "": THE PROTAGONIST VENTURES INTO THE PAST WITH THE LAST OF THE OPEN CLAN TRAPPED INSIDE BITS OF PAINT MACHINE BRAINS SEEKING GRIEVING DRESSED IN VENGEANCE MISGUIDED WARRIORS COMPUTER KILLERS

More and more people are joining Vivaldi and there are many different reasons why. Which of these are important to you?

I am allowing multiple choices as I know for many of you it is not about one thing. Some of this is thing that we do, but I know for may it is also about things we do not do, such as including AI or Crypto currencies.

#Vivaldi #Browser #EU #Europa #Technology #AI #Politics #Windows #Macos #Linux #Mastodon #Fediverse

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟵/𝟭𝟰 (Valuable News - 2026/09/14) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/valuable-news-2026-09-14/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Omar Polo (op@) has announced the release of #OpenSMTPD 7.9.0p0 -portable. ​

Release notes: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=178933407248507&w=2

https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/releases/tag/7.9.0p0

#FreeBSD #Linux

How do you all #FreeBSD desktop users, transfare files between an android phone and your desktops/laptops? ❤

#BSD #OpenBSD #Linux #Unix

Stephen presenting the Linux emulation in NetBSD, a really interesting topic!

#NetBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #Linux

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Stephen presenting

harder than you think.

#ai #linux #comic #fediart #mastoart #art #llm #slop #antislop #unix_surrealism

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Look, William, a better world without AI!

NEVER SLOP

#ai #antiai #antislop #linux #cat #kitto #comic #art #mastoart #fediart #tutorial

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NEVER SLOP KITTO #neverslop

NEVER FEAR THOSE WHO SPEAK TO COMPUTERS EVER AGAIN

#ai #antislop #antiai #art #fediart #mastoart #comic #linux

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never slop; see slop? call it out! join the #neverslop kitto gang! KILL COM PUT ERS; 2026 neverslop gang

NUCLEAR ENGINEER SAYS LATEST RESEARCH CONFIRMS FIRST-CENTURY DATE OF SHROUD OF TURIN

#content_review #japanese_jesus #fediart #mastoart #art #jesus #linux #foss #unix_surrealism #grendel

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Funhole Content Review JAPANESE JESUS 'I CAME TO SET YOU FREE AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM.' sdf.org triapul.cz/japanese_jesus GRENDEL: JJ'S BROTHER? FREE BLESSING COUPON: BLESS ANY WEBSITE: https://anubis.kut.as JAPANESE PETER'S TOP 10 TUI PROGRAMS THE 13th APOSTLE UNMASKED JAPANESE MARY MAGDALENE'S LEAKED DM'S How Big Tech Failed to Smear JJ's Image JJ's Gospel About cringe linux distros Inter view with Japanese Pilate JJ AND JC. Did they ever meet? The untold story of the Judas episode. Why did they try to supress it?

[MANGA][FREE DOWNLOAD] JAPANESE JESUS

https://triapul.cz/files/pmjv-japanese_jesus.cbz

I hereby announce the release of Japanese Jesus e-book. Enjoy!

If you want, you can buy something or put a dollar in the hat.
https://analognowhere.com/support

stay prayed up

https://analognowhere.com/jj

#unix_surrealism #comic #japanese_jesus #art #foss #linux #stayprayedup

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Great news! My presentation for #EuroBSDCon has been accepted!

Expect a mix of disasters, horror stories, recoveries, BSDs, and one very, very long day.

Stay tuned!

#EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux

After Bluesky, Threads, and so on, the whole #WSocial thing is another reminder that it was never about the #Fediverse being "too complicated" or "just for nerds".

A bafflingly large amount of people genuinely only act on a gut feeling telling them that only commercial products with fancy marketing owned by a for-profit corporation can be trustworthy, 'official' and 'legal', for the lack of a better word.

If something is a commercial offering by a competent-looking, rich family man in a suit, it's clearly an official, legal, trustworthy product. You can be proud of using such a fancy-looking service.

When they see a community-run open-source project or a grassroots initiative, their first instinct is that it must be shady, illegal, complicated, broken or predatory in some way. It's probably some aftermarket grey area bootleg made by weird tech nerds, political groups with an ulterior motive, conspiracy theorists or some naive teenage hackers. They'd also be embarrassed for using it in front of their peers and neighbours; who uses some free back-alley software, are you poor or something?

The same people are the reason why Google is using the word 'sideloading', why scammers love wearing fancy suits, why people suddenly act childishly helpless in front of LibreOffice, or why DIY HRT is so demonised.

They trust any kind of 'official approval' over their own senses. If someone does something that isn't 'approved', they're a bad person or clearly endangering themselves and others. No idea why exactly, but psh, it must be wrong somehow, or everyone would do it, right?

If people on the Fediverse understood that the whole "it's all so complicated and clunky" thing is just a thinly veiled excuse for a general disdain for non-commercial software, we could finally stop making all our software imitate their corporate equivalents in a futile attempt to appease people who never gave us a chance in the first place.

You'll never convince them to treat it in good faith no matter how much effort or money you put into UX or 'ease of use'. All you're doing is making the software worse, e. g. through things like dot-social, verified accounts or begging brands, corporations and politicians to join and give your product some kind of 'official' validation.

#mastodon #openSource #linux

Entropy 2

#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #linux #foss #comic #art #mastoart #privacy

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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.

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analognowhere presents techno-mage in entropy 2

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

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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."

Get snac'd up (not just) for #fosdem !

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

https://www.redbubble.com/people/analognowhere/shop?artistUserName=analognowhere&asc=u&collections=4443355&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=top%20selling

Blessed be the hacker @grunfink for they can C.

#snac2 #runbsd #linux #unix_surrealism #fediverse

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

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

strlcpy(3)

#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #analognowhere #fish #penguin #mata #linux #comic #art

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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."

Fish Alpinism

How I make digital art.

https://triapul.cz/_/1765291397

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #alpine #linux #gimp #art #foss

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artist keyboard

DUFF v KORN 2

prev: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115508225024561937

#unix_surrealism #plan9 #9front #korn #ksh #rc #comic #linux #lo0 #technomage #openblade #openbsd

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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!"

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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."

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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!"

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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?"

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.

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

#ITNotes #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting

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

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting

the list

#unix_surrealism #comic #poster #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #9front #plan9 #glenda #cirno #girl #daemon #puffy #rabbit #mata #openblade #penguin #linux #foss

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

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.

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14/this-isnt-a-battle/

#MyNotes #IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #OpenSource

bathing

I use @OpenBSDAms btw

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #vmm #vmd #poster #comic #linux #plan9 #glenda

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Girl and Penguin visit the fish vats.

dating culture clash

#9front #openbsd #gnu #linux #plan9 #dating #comic #unix

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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?'"

The Man of MATA pt1

next: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115271822786360293

pls consider supporting my work: https://analognowhere.com/support

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openbsd #linux #penguin #mata

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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."

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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..."

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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!"

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

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

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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.

Codeberg - We stay strong against hate and hatred

https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html

#linux #opensource #unix

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.

#IT #Recall #Windows #OwnYourData #Security #Privacy #RunBSD #Linux

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:

https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2024-edition/

(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!

#Linux #FOSS