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Stefano Marinelli boosted

[?]Larvitz :fedora: :redhat: » 🌐
@Larvitz@burningboard.net

Life is Strange: Before the Storm has a native Linux version, but it won't start on modern distros like Fedora 43. The game links against internal glibc symbols that were removed in glibc 2.34.

The fix: a tiny shim library (~10 lines of C) that wraps the missing functions and injects them via LD_PRELOAD. Played through tentire game this way without issues.

blog.hofstede.it/reviving-life

    Stefano Marinelli boosted

    [?]Tom » 🌐
    @pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe

    Does anyone know if the Iris xE can actually handle 4K resolution with 3D graphics? It seems quite sluggish in (not tested with )

    It was OK on my older HD monitor.

      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

        James Valleroy boosted

        [?]Dennis Faucher :donor: :mastodon: » 🌐
        @dennisfaucher@infosec.exchange

        Really nice article from The Register. If you are into self-hosting.

        Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud • The Register

        theregister.com/2026/01/22/deb

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

          🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

          On this lovely Thursday, let's chat about , , or any other topic in the and space you're interested in!

          Owncast: live.monospacementor.com/

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

            Before Fedora updates, check changes with `dnf check-update` and review `dnf history`. Use `dnf versionlock` to prevent specific packages from auto-updating.

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

              Jonathan Dowland boosted

              [?]Lobsters » 🤖 🌐
              @lobsters@mastodon.social

              So, why *should* GNOME support server side decorations? lobste.rs/s/zjje5x
              blister.zip/posts/gnome-ssd/

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

                Linux tip: Use `systemctl --failed` to quickly identify which services failed to start after boot. Much faster than scrolling through journal logs when troubleshooting system issues.

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

                  Linux tip: Set `HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups` in your init script to prevent duplicate commands cluttering your history. Clean history makes command recall much more efficient.

                    [?]Thib » 🌐
                    @thibaultamartin@mamot.fr

                    If we have GNOMEs, can we have KDElves?

                      Stefano Marinelli boosted

                      [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                      @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                      : How to bulk download all emails in inbox from email? I confess, I do not have a good habit of archiving and backing-up my emails. Now my inbox is booming and reaching ~10k emails since I have subscribed to a few mail lists. I do have set up locally on my laptop to read them once in a while. I tried Select All and Save in Alpine however it is too slow and easily fail simply because it took so long that remote server would kill the connection.

                        Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                        Myrlyn, the new graphical package management GUI for openSUSE, reaches Version 1.0 with community repositories for openSUSE Leap 16.0, configurable search mode, improved zypp history browser

                        github.com/shundhammer/myrlyn/

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

                          Shell tip: `${var%suffix}` removes the shortest matching suffix. `${var%%suffix}` removes the longest. `${var#prefix}` and `${var#}` work the same for prefixes. Mnemonic: # comes before % on the keyboard.

                            Stefano Marinelli boosted

                            [?]Dendrobatus Azureus » 🌐
                            @Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                            A post of mine about the use of vim many decades ago

                            On it's opening page Bram Molenaar urges everyone to do a donation to Children who are less fortunate, financially, in the State of Uganda

                            dev.to/radio_azureus/vim-the-b

                              Jonathan Dowland boosted

                              [?]GNU/Matt :fedora: :kde: » 🌐
                              @gnuplusmatt@fosstodon.org

                              that you can rip an audio CD in just by opening it in dolphin and copying out the folder named for the format you want it in.

                              These are a set of virtual folders that represent the formats supported by your system to rip them into.

                              How cool is that?

                              list of virtual format folders OGG OPUS MP3 FLAC etc

                              Alt...list of virtual format folders OGG OPUS MP3 FLAC etc

                                Ricardo Martín :bsdhead: boosted

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

                                welcome home, purple

                                previously: analognowhere.com/techno-mage/

                                Penguin: "For days we walked. He didn't say a word. But neither did he protest that I was following him. And then, one night, he just spoke." Fish: "We're going to an abandoned MilTek shelter. It used to be the base of operations of the open clan once. It's not on any map. Technically, it does not exist." Penguin: "And neither did we." Fish: "Welcome home."

                                Alt...Penguin: "For days we walked. He didn't say a word. But neither did he protest that I was following him. And then, one night, he just spoke." Fish: "We're going to an abandoned MilTek shelter. It used to be the base of operations of the open clan once. It's not on any map. Technically, it does not exist." Penguin: "And neither did we." Fish: "Welcome home."

                                  Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                  Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟭/𝟭𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/01/19) available.

                                  vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01

                                  Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                                    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."

                                      Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                      I self-host my own e-mail servers for ~25 years now. Just finished he migration to a new system today.

                                      - OS: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE
                                      - MTA: Postfix 3.10
                                      - IMAP: Dovecot 2.3
                                      - Filter: Rspamd 3.14

                                      I used Imapsync to migrate the content of my Mailboxes from the old to the new system. Worked absolutely fine.

                                      Having the E-Mail Jail and the mailbox data on an encrypted ZFS dataset (AES256) that's manually unlocked with my passphrase after rebooting the system. Backups are done via ZFS send/recv to by backup server (-w for raw send to ensure, data is encrypted at rest)

                                      - SPF: ✅
                                      - DKIM Signing: ✅
                                      - DMARC Reporting: ✅
                                      - E-Mail delivery to major providers: ✅
                                      - IPv6 working and actually being used: ✅

                                      All working perfectly well. In about a week, I'll decomission the old Debian based system, that I used since 2017!

                                      Console output, showing FreeBSD Jails, running E-Mail related services.

                                      Alt...Console output, showing FreeBSD Jails, running E-Mail related services.

                                        James Valleroy boosted

                                        [?]Micah Ilbery ☕️ [he/him] » 🌐
                                        @micahilbery@mstdn.social

                                        I’m getting extremely close to being able to use a Linux HTPC to replace my AppleTV. I just need a good remote that works with Steam Big Picture mode and I think I’d be happy enough with it. I tried the flirc Skip 1s with flirc usb and it’s so close. I can control my TV, soundbar, Jellyfin, and YouTube with it but I can’t really control Steam meaning I can’t switch apps. Not sure what to try next.

                                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                          New 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗠𝗕 𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗽 [200 MB RAM FreeBSD Desktop] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

                                          vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01

                                            Ariadne Conill 🐰:therian: boosted

                                            [?]popey » 🌐
                                            @popey@mastodon.social

                                            Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains

                                            blog.popey.com/2026/01/malware

                                              Tomáš boosted

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

                                              My boat!

                                              Penguin is freaking out: "Oh no! Oh God! Not here too! No! By Linus! It's all rusted!" Fish finds sleeping girl next to a book. He examines the book. It's the ABC of RUST animals.

                                              Alt...Penguin is freaking out: "Oh no! Oh God! Not here too! No! By Linus! It's all rusted!" Fish finds sleeping girl next to a book. He examines the book. It's the ABC of RUST animals.

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

                                                Linux tip: `fuser -v /path/to/file` shows which processes have a file open. Use `-k` to kill those processes. Essential when "device busy" errors prevent unmounting filesystems.

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

                                                  Add services, not ports to firewalld: `firewall-cmd --add-service=ssh` vs `--add-port=22/tcp`. Services include proper port ranges, protocols, and dependencies.

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

                                                    Victor Moral ⁂ boosted

                                                    [?]Jiří Eischmann » 🌐
                                                    @sesivany@social.vivaldi.net

                                                    You know that is becoming mainstream on computers when a Czech consumer magazine focused on product testing, , recommends switching to Linux.

                                                    "However, there is another solution. Fortunately, it is no longer true that only Microsoft operating systems are suitable for ordinary people and that only eccentric IT wizards with a silicon soul can use anything else. Now, a number of GNU/Linux operating systems offer a level of ease of use that is at least comparable to that of MS Windows."

                                                    A photo of a Czech article which is about the end of Windows 10 support and Linux as a viable alternative even for ordinary users.

                                                    Alt...A photo of a Czech article which is about the end of Windows 10 support and Linux as a viable alternative even for ordinary users.

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

                                                      Version-control every configuration change. Use git even for single files. When something breaks, you can see exactly what changed and when. Your future self will be grateful.

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

                                                        🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

                                                        On this lovely Thursday, let's chat about , , or any other topic in the and space you're interested in!

                                                        Owncast: live.monospacementor.com/

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

                                                          The lost 213th issue of Techno-Mage
                                                          "ON THE FRONTIER"
                                                          finally haphazardly assembled after 2 years!

                                                          analognowhere.com/techno-mage/

                                                          Techno-Mage On The Frontier

                                                          Alt...Techno-Mage On The Frontier

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

                                                            Linux tip: `ionice -c 3 command` runs a command with idle I/O priority. It only gets disk access when no other processes need it. Perfect for backups or maintenance tasks.

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

                                                              Linux tip: `sysctl vm.drop_caches=3` clears page cache, dentries, and inodes from memory. Useful for testing cold cache performance, but never use in production scripts. Only for debugging! @

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

                                                                Linux tip: `pidof process_name` returns process IDs by name. Unlike `pgrep`, it matches only the command name, not arguments. Use in scripts where you need exact process name matching.

                                                                  Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                                                  [?]Duncan Bayne » 🌐
                                                                  @duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                  Anyone here tried using a Dasung e-ink monitor for development work?

                                                                  I'm considering buying one so I can use my Framework laptop outside (the LCD panel is only really good enough for cloudy days or shade).

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

                                                                    Linux tip: `strace -e trace=file program` traces only file-related system calls. Add `-o output.txt` to save results. Reveals which config files, libraries, or data files your program actually accesses.

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

                                                                      Linux tip: `systemd-analyze blame` shows which services slow down boot time. Use `systemd-analyze critical-chain` to see the dependency chain causing delays. Optimize the real bottlenecks.

                                                                        Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                                                        Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟭/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/01/12) available.

                                                                        vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01

                                                                        Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                                                                          [?]Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 » 🌐
                                                                          @rysiek@mstdn.social

                                                                          "No, see, you don't understand, Linux will never catch on, it's just not as intuitive as Windows!"

                                                                          Meanwhile Windows:

                                                                          Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why
                                                                          techspot.com/news/110848-onedr

                                                                          🤡

                                                                            Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                                                            # New article is out #

                                                                            Solus, a sparkling star in the Linux sky

                                                                            darkblueraven.com/sites/articl

                                                                              It's Just Me boosted

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

                                                                              Evergreen

                                                                              FishLinux meme with 3 panes: First pane: one person representing linux, the second representing OpenBSD, and a grandma. The grandma says "Hey it's-a the Linux bros!" Second pane: OpenBSD person says: "Mama, why do you never remember my name" Third pane: grandma says "I'm-a sorry, Fish Linux"

                                                                              Alt...FishLinux meme with 3 panes: First pane: one person representing linux, the second representing OpenBSD, and a grandma. The grandma says "Hey it's-a the Linux bros!" Second pane: OpenBSD person says: "Mama, why do you never remember my name" Third pane: grandma says "I'm-a sorry, Fish Linux"

                                                                                Justine Smithies boosted

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

                                                                                Fish Alpinism

                                                                                How I make digital art.

                                                                                triapul.cz/_/1765291397

                                                                                artist keyboard

                                                                                Alt...artist keyboard

                                                                                  Ángel boosted

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

                                                                                  Salvatore Sanfilippo (creator of Redis, and more) published a beautiful video inspired by my latest blog post. I was really pleased! It's in Italian, but auto-generated English audio track is available.

                                                                                  youtube.com/watch?v=UNqbKEx2mBM

                                                                                    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?'"

                                                                                                  Ángel boosted

                                                                                                  [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                                                                                  @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                  🧠 Nixers Newsletter is out!
                                                                                                  Boot processes, reproducible builds, user-mode Linux, FreeBSD sandboxes, and even /dev/null as a database 😄

                                                                                                  Plus:
                                                                                                  • Fedora KDE pkg mgmt
                                                                                                  • Debian vs systemd
                                                                                                  • raconn — a smart tool for parallel SSH connections to multiple hostnames/IPs in one ProxyCommand. (https://blog.izissise.net/posts/raconn/)
                                                                                                  • UBIOS (China’s UEFI-alt)

                                                                                                  Read it 👉 https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php#311

                                                                                                  “There are no life hacks, only trade-offs.” — James Clear


                                                                                                    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."

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                                                                                                      [?]chesheer » 🌐
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                                                                                                      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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                                                                                                        [?]Unix Weekly » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                        Codeberg - We stay strong against hate and hatred

                                                                                                        blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-stro

                                                                                                        Discussions: discu.eu/q/https://blog.codebe

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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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