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[?]William Andrew Conna » 🌐
@williamconna@mastodon.social

Saya masuk kategori Stage 4 karena menggunakan 13.2 😎

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    [?]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

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      [?]The Linux Experiment » 🌐
      @thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com

      Degoogled, Private Custom Android ROM: how does IODÉ OS compare?

      Try out Proton Mail, the secure email service that protects your privacy: https://proton.me/mail/TheLinuxEXP

      Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en#

      Iodé OS: https://iode.tech/

      My video on /e/ OS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNjnMEMWMLY&t=579s

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      This video is distributed under the Creative Commons Share Alike license.

      #Android #google #privacy

      00:00 Intro
      00:29 Sponsor: Make your email private with Proton Mail
      01:47 What is Iodé OS?
      03:08 First Setup
      04:06 ROM and App selection
      07:55 Ad & Tracker Blocker
      09:21 App Experience
      11:20 How it compares to other DeGoogled ROMS
      12:48 It's good, but it still needs work
      14:41 Sponsor: Get a computer that runs Linux perfectly
      15:30 Support the channel

      Iodé is Android, but with all Google software removed. It uses Lineage OS as a base, but adds a built-in ad and tracker blocker that runs at all times, locally on the device.

      The ROM itself will be familiar if you ever used a Pixel. On the Pixel 5, Iodé OS 4 was preinstalled, and it's based on Android 13. The latest security update was on January 5th 2023. The Iodé team told me they provide security updates every 2 months, and every month for beta users.

      The default experience is as close to stock as can be: you have either the 3 button layout of Android, or the gestures, a dock of apps at the bottom, an app drawer by swiping up, and a few preset widgets.

      In terms of apps, Iodé ships with a Firefox fork by default, which disables telemetry, trackers and enables alternative search engines right out of the box. The default email client is Pretty Easy privacy, or pEp. It's a simple email client with an easy interface, that adds end to end encryption capabilities to any mail account.

      For Maps, you get Magic Earth, which is also open source, and uses OpenStreet Map. The keyboard is OpenBoard, the camera app is OpenCamera, which, while very powerful, has a terrible user interface and looks pretty bad.

      Iodé comes with a tracker blocker built in. This thing works using a man in the middle attack style: the OS intercepts all communications and requests that go out of your phone, and blocks everything that's part of the blocklists. These blocklists are collaboratively sourced, and include a LOT of adblock and tracker blocker related things. This system is based on Energized Protection, which is an open source project licensed under the MIT license.

      To complement this, there's a preinstalled app that lets you check out how many requests you've blocked to how many recipients.

      Iodé OS relies on 2 app stores: you get F Droid for all your open source app needs, and you get the Aurora Store. Installing apps works very well, I encountered 0 problems here.

      Where you'll have issues is running apps that depend on Google services. I tried installing the Youtube app, and it never opened. Other Google apps got me the same experience, like the youtube studio app. Stuff like Google Maps or Google Photos worked, but were unable to use the already added Google account in micro G.

      After reaching out to the Iodé team, they told me they have identified the issue, which is fixed in the beta, and will be patched in the next OTA release.

      Interestingly, stuff like my banking app worked immediately on Iodé, letting me use the phone as my secure device to authenticate purchases online, something that is usually blocked because the device doesn't pass SafetyNet checks. Here, it all worked perfectly for me.


      Compared to Lineage OS, it adds all these tracker and ad blocking capabilities. You could probably replicate that yourself on Lineage, but at least here, it's setup right out of the box.

      Compared to something like /e/, the latter has more advanced privacy features, with the ability to scramble your location at the press of a button, and more complete privacy controls.

      But /e/ also deviates a lot from stock Android, with their own launcher, their own forks of open source apps, and generally an experience that won't appeal to everyone.

      Alt...---

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        [?]BastilleBSD :freebsd: » 🌐
        @BastilleBSD@fosstodon.org

        So… what browser are we supposed to be using in this the age of enshittification?

        Firefox? Forcing unwanted AI on us
        Chrome? Same, plus, it’s Google
        Brave? No thank you for many reasons

        So, what browser is safe and compatible?

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

          I've taken the time to read this IT notes Story where we are reminded to use Open Source Code in the diverse way it's intended

          I can give you an example regarding the _if tools_
          **ifconfig** is in my _muscle memory_ the things that I need executed from this program just fly out of my fingers in reflex mode
          I've been using the if tools ever since we needed to _compile everything_ ourselves, when we wanted to run an Open Source Environment, where the kernel was written and delivered in source code only.
          If this is the first toot you read by me, I've been with the Open Source community on the Linux side since the alpha versions were coded and distributed through Usenet, in comp.os.unix.*

          In that period you were grateful when a task set that you needed to execute, had a program, which would either make your task easier or better manageable, than doing everything by hand in a laborious manner

          Ever since the beginning there are different GNU programs, written in the Richard Stallman period, that can do similar things. All you need to do is choose what you like and stick with it
          If you do not like the way it works, you can fork it & change the code, if you don't know how to write a line of code, there are _manual pages_ available which you can use as teaching methods to learn how to code yourself
          All you need to be for that is an _autodidact_
          You have the power of the **Source Code** readily available right in front of you

          At a certain point in time _Bram Molenaar_ did not like the way VI worked; he want it more than vi offered. At this point in time Bram Molenaar programmed vim on the _Amiga_ computer. Since the true Open Source form was followed vim was also distributed in Source form and was happily adopted by others who were thinking in a similar manner as Bram Molenaar and they started to contribute to that program.
          vi is a vital program on UNIX systems. What Bram has made, is create a _choice_ for people who want it more than what vi offered.

          # vim & vi happily coexist!

          ## This is the beauty of Open Source

          At a later point in time this is also what happened with the programmer who wanted more than what the if-tool set offers. Thus the command set of _ip_ was programmed. Similar to vi and vim they happily coexist.

          ### However on the distribution level something changed.

          After a couple of decades I noticed that traditional tools, that have been tried, tested, stable and have withstood the test of time, were dropped from the base installations. You have to go and fetch them yourself. It was even done with _critical tools_ like the if tool set. It's not just one distribution that's doing it but different distributions.
          I was busy with an installation; at a certain point I needed **ifconfig** to work on my network interface devices; I needed to configure something on the fly. Imagine my facial expression when I detected that ifconfig wasn't in the base installation!
          The machine was in a _chicken egg_ situation because I had &no access to the network_ I had to stop, go to another place fetch the if tools separately, find out that they were dropped for reasons which were totally irrelevant to my work, go back to the machine, install them separately and in the process waste many valuable minutes of time.

          It was then that I started to notice the pattern a pattern of **polarization** removing tools which are critical to base installations without leaving a warning

          I had to _change_ my setup routine which has been working for decades in a _flawless_ manner, because someone somewhere decided that a good tool set became obsolete.

          This polarization is not only in the choice of what commands are chosen to be in the base installation of a distribution, it's in many different sections of the open source community which is what Stefano has shed some light upon.

          Polarization because of diversity is totally unnecessary, happy and peaceful coexistance is key

          * You can love vim yet cherish vi
          * You can glorify emacs yet admire vim
          * I can love XCFE cherish LXDE, admire KDE & like GNOME all simultaneously

          Depending up on what I'm doing, what machine I am working on (SBC server embedded system), what is needed on the task at hand, I simply adapt and work with the diverse tools available for free.

          There is absolutely now need for polarisation or Toxic behavior in the Open Source ENV:

          Another example is the direction that Gnome went many years ago.

          In that period I used Enlightenment, Gnome, KDE and FVWM simultaneously on different machines. All WM are working in a manner that I like. When however the Gnome programmers decided to strip configuration features of the Desktop Environment, I didn't go on a rant, I didn't bother to fork, because of the massive amount of work involved.

          I just left in Peace

          Diversity is Vital. GNOME is Vital! We need them all

          🦋💙 💙🦋

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

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

            @stefano Great post! I've been using for about two decades and want to share my experiences. For context, Linux became my daily driver and I dabbled in FreeBSD on the side.

            As a newcomer to both the and of and the BSDs, *back then* there was more toxicity. And by toxicity I mean abrasive and unhelpful responses ("RTFM!") or some kind of "l337" attitudes in various mailing lists and forums. This, of course, was before YouTube and Reddit, where the former mediums were more prevalent.

            Some Linux distros were friendlier than others. In those days, the mailing lists and forums were a rough place for newcomers and it drove a lot of people away. I left the forums because of that. I rarely post to the mailing lists but for other reasons.

            At some point, there was considerable effort to improve the etiquette in said mediums, particularly the mailing lists. Sure, some fiery disagreements can take place but overall people are friendly and welcoming.

            FreeBSD, on the other hand, has been a more positive experience. Yes, there are people who are vocal about their contempt for Linux, but they aren't disrespectful to other people.

            Having witnessed both communities grow and change over the years, there's definitely less toxicity and FreeBSD is still a more welcoming community.

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              [?]Ian Turton » 🌐
              @ianturton@mapstodon.space

              Lazy web question time. What accounting software can UK people recommend for a Linux using single person business? Ideally it should be able to take data directly from my bank account and credit card, if it can do paye and such like even better.

              I have a feeling that I need to move beyond my current libre office spreadsheet with 2 columns.

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                [?]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

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                  [?]Linux Renaissance 🇭🇷 » 🌐
                  @darth@silversword.online

                  Let's talk about the Gabe Cube :steam:

                  youtu.be/1AIcdJw1oyI?si=C7QtNx

                    [?]thezerobit » 🌐
                    @thezerobit@anticapitalist.party

                    If the people who complain about or this or that piece of free / open source software spent half of that energy actually contributing to projects to make them better, the entire ecosystem would be unimaginably better.

                    You don't have to write code, you can:
                    * submit high quality bug reports
                    * improve docs / translations
                    * provide feedback in the designated place
                    * submit improved designs, artwork, audio, etc.

                    I'm not saying don't complain. You can complain, and help out, too.

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

                      For anyone who missed it: Patrick Volkerding confirmed on LQ that Plasma 6 has been tested internally during every Slackware -current release cycle.

                      It hasn’t shown up in /testing (and might never), because KDE6/Qt6 is still going through heavy upstream churn — exactly the kind of instability that can break a system-wide upgrade. So Pat is keeping KDE6 out-of-tree until it’s truly ready.

                      Pat’s post:
                      🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-next-15-0-15-1-a-4175706801/page603.html#post6600820

                      If you want to experiment with precompiled KDE6 for Slackware, check out the great community builds provided by r0ni.

                      🔗 https://slackware.lngn.net/#kde6
                      👤 @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                      You can also download KDE6 from this community build as well:
                      🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/building-the-plasma6-for-slackware-current-in-the-ktown-style-a-build-based-on-the-alienbob%27s-ktown-4175735773/

                      So no worries our BDFL won’t disappoint.
                      Plasma 6 will arrive at the right moment: stable, polished, and with that classic Slackware quality. 😉


                        [?]Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) » 🌐
                        @kernellogger@hachyderm.io

                        Quick reminder on the likely reason why Valve's New Steam Machine only supports 2.0:

                        ""At this time an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation is not possible without running afoul of the HDMI Forum requirements.""

                        This is what Alex Deucher, the maintainer of the amdgpu driver, said one and a half years ago here:

                        gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd

                        And from the ticket it looks like the problem remains.

                        See also Alex's earlier comment from early 2021 in the ticket:

                        gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd

                        ""HDMI 2.1 is not available on due to the HDMI Forum.""

                        Screenshot of the first linked and quoted post

                        Alt...Screenshot of the first linked and quoted post

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                          [?]Neil Brown » 🌐
                          @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                          Linux User Group meeting in Reading (UK), Wednesday evening [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                          Come and join us this Wednesday evening!

                          It is a small, friendly group, and while the chat tends to be mostly about tech and related stuff, you don't have to be A Very Linuxy Person to enjoy it.

                          It "officially" starts at 19:30, but I tend to be there earlier.

                          sclug.org.uk/

                          Questions? Join the Signal group!

                            Justine Smithies boosted

                            [?]Paul Flo Williams » 🌐
                            @hisdeedsaredust@mastodon.online

                            My son’s new Minisforum UN1290 is a silent mini PC that takes to 43 just fine, with the exception of the piece-of-shit Mediatek MT7902 WiFi device. However, £20 later, the new Intel AX210 slots in and works a treat.

                            A Mediatek MT7902 WiFi card.

                            Alt...A Mediatek MT7902 WiFi card.

                            An Intel AX210 WiFi card.

                            Alt...An Intel AX210 WiFi card.

                              [?]Kerr Avonsen (she/her) » 🌐
                              @kerravonsen@mastodon.au

                              @LovesTha Frustrating!

                              I've decided to put off trying Hyprland, even though I started the process of changing my systems over to with precisely the intent of changing over to Hyprland!
                              Thing is, I went back to my old favourite, . Yes, it isn't a tiling window manager with eye-candy, but it is a hugely configurable window manager with eye-candy, and that configuration includes things like "automatically start non-temporary windows at full screen", which is very close to what I want a tiling window manager to do.

                              Not sure if I will try to get Hyprland to work, or whether I will write an Fvwm module to make Fvwm do precisely what I want (rather than approximately what I want)

                                Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                [?]R1 Open Source Project » 🌐
                                @r1os@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                MX Linux 25 "Infinity" released, based on Debian 13 "Trixie", with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.3.6, Fluxbox 1.3.7, new mx-updater tool, Secure Boot support, new features in MX Cleanup

                                mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-infinit

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                                  [?]BastilleBSD :freebsd: » 🌐
                                  @BastilleBSD@fosstodon.org

                                  Securing your infrastructure is a marathon, not a sprint. Dedicate 30 minutes this week to learning a new command or setting up your first Bastille Jail. Small steps lead to massive knowledge gains!

                                    Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                    Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟭𝟬 (Valuable News - 2025/11/10) available.

                                    vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11

                                    Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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

                                      bathing

                                      I use @OpenBSDAms btw

                                      Girl and Penguin visit the fish vats.

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

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

                                        Use `sed -n '100,200p' largefile.txt` to extract specific line ranges without loading the entire file into memory. Much faster than `head -200 | tail -100` for large files or when targeting middle sections.

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

                                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                          [?]gyptazy » 🌐
                                          @gyptazy@gyptazy.com

                                          impressed me as a alternative, but ? That’s the next evolution!

                                          IncusOS comes with all the missing things like ARM64 (aarch64) support, boot safety, full disk encryption, immutable images (read-only and signed) and fully locked down to operate in API only mode.

                                          For me, it’s a mix of , and Proxmox where it merges the best features of all ones!

                                          Tags:

                                          Blog post: https://gyptazy.com/incusos-a-platform-for-modern-virtualization-containerization-infrastructure/

                                          IncusOS - Showing the Incus logo

                                          Alt...IncusOS - Showing the Incus logo

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                                            [?]Júlia » 🌐
                                            @_juliavithoria@mastodon.social

                                            Heyyy guys! 💖 What PDF reader do you usually use? I’m low-key loving Atril, it’s super easy and perfect for everything 😊 Let me know yours! 💕

                                              It's Just Me boosted

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

                                              Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs

                                              My BSDCan 2025 presentation, PeerTube and YouTube links:

                                              PeerTube: tube.bsd.cafe/w/x4oPuHpCJK3qWF

                                              YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=UnVp25-6Qao

                                                🗳
                                                Justine Smithies boosted

                                                [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: » 🌐
                                                @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                #POLL: Do you use Full-Disk Encryption, such as LUKS on #Linux or GELI on #FreeBSD?

                                                #FullDiskEncryption #FDE #LUKS #GELI

                                                Heck yeah!:68
                                                Naw.:42
                                                  Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                                  [?]🧊 freezr 🥶 » 🌐
                                                  @freezr@friendica.myportal.social

                                                  It is really time to ditch Linux...

                                                  phoronix.com/forums/forum/phor…

                                                  When Attila joins Gengis Khan... 😖

                                                  I am desperate for having the time to ditch at least on my personal computers... 😭

                                                    [?]Nick Zolotko :imperialcog: » 🌐
                                                    @zolotkey@holonet.imperialba.se

                                                    Is there any "network device" simulators out there that would allow me to host 20+ network devices on one host to troubleshoot DHCP issues?

                                                    I would like to spin up a VLAN between some infrastructure switches, a DHCP server and a host. The host will just request a bunch of DHCP operations over a few hours simulating multiple devices. I prefer using it on but would accept , macOS, and if I have to Windows.

                                                      [?]Neil Brown » 🌐
                                                      @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                                                      # "Using LibreOffice and other Free software for documents as a lawyer"

                                                      I was asked recently about how I get on using LibreOffice for document-related legal work, and I promised to write down some thoughts.

                                                      The short answer is that I use a mix of LibreOffice and other FOSS tools, and I’m very positive about it, with no particular concerns.

                                                      If you have questions, please do ask!

                                                      neilzone.co.uk/2025/11/using-l

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

                                                        Full filesystems crash services and corrupt data. Find resource hogs with `df -h` (filesystem usage) and `du -sh /var/log/*` (large directories). Set up alerts for 90% disk usage for peace of mind.

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

                                                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                                          [?]Linux Renaissance 🇭🇷 » 🌐
                                                          @darth@silversword.online

                                                          We celebrate 6 release day

                                                          Devuan 6 Excalibur Review:
                                                          youtu.be/k5isjbhVnaY

                                                            Justine Smithies boosted

                                                            [?]Neil Brown » 🌐
                                                            @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                                                            Have you used, successfully, a script/tool for converting dovecot configs from 2.3 to 2.4?

                                                            If so, could you share a link, please?

                                                            I've done one, reasonably simple, config by hand, but I am looking for a tool for a more complicated one.

                                                            (I have searched, but found nothing; I'm looking only for first-hand experiences, please.)

                                                              Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                                              Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2025/11/03) available.

                                                              vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11

                                                              Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                                                                Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                                                [?]Christopher » 🌐
                                                                @christopher@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                What do you use to securely store and manage private keys?

                                                                  [?]David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) » 🌐
                                                                  @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                                                                  To everyone who says ‘install Linux’ as a solution to Windows problems (or ‘install LibreOffice’ as a solution to MS Office problems), imagine how you would react if you posted about Linux problems and all of the responses were ‘install Haiku’. Would it work? Maybe, but the person saying it has no idea what you do on Linux, whether the apps that you use run on Haiku (or have alternatives that you could switch to). Neither of you have a clear understanding of how much time and effort the switch would take, or what the network effects are that make switching hard.

                                                                  If you have actually engaged with them, understood their requirements fully, and have a migration path outlined for them, great. If you’re just being a dick, think about how that makes people perceive Linux users: Maybe that isn’t a great way of driving adoption.

                                                                    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 » 🔓
                                                                                @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                                                                                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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