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James Valleroy boosted

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

Quick reminder wrt removing features or drivers from the , like currently considered in the networking subsystem and a few other areas[1]:

The "no regressions" rule still applies – so nothing people still use should be removed (or the removal should be reverted in case it turns out people still use it).

This is why the network drivers 3c59x and xirc2ps, MVME147 that were on the chopping board will remain[2].

But there are a few caveats, some of them:

* "people still use" means "in production with recent kernels" – public or private museums can use old kernel versions.
* You have to make your case against the removal (and might have to help testing going forward) – which is what a few people did successfully for the drivers mentioned above[3].
* Timing is important. It's best to speak up before something is removed. Chances that a removal is reverted are likely good if you speak up in the mainline cycle where the removal was performed. It might work in the following cycle, too (e.g. in the 9 weeks after after a new mainline release where something was removed is out). But if you speak up later, you are likely too late -- which is why you want to use the latest mainline and not jump from one longterm release to the next once a year, as then it most likely is too late when you notice a removal.
* Exceptions from the "no regressions" rule made, for example in case something is seriously broken, a huge security risk/maintenance burden, and basically unfixable at the same time; but these are rare and individual judgement calls, so it is best to not worry about.

[1] lwn.net/Articles/1068928/
[2] lore.kernel.org/all/20260422-v –
[3] lore.kernel.org/all/41d9fe43-9, lore.kernel.org/all/408d1987-6, and lore.kernel.org/all/f902909f-7

    Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

    This so far has been great. and are regularly available. Performance is snappy and smooth and it handled my long uptimes just fine.

    Except I do have one peculiar issue when scrolling down on a webpage the action becomes stuck. ALL webpages just scroll on their own to the very bottom of the page. No key presses, combinations, or even the ESC key fixes or interrupts this. Clicking on a menu item like File causes the selected options to cycle infinitely. The *only* fix is to reboot the laptop.

    I've never seen this on any other distro or laptop.

    Has anyone else experienced this?

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

      Linux tip: Use “sudo !!” to repeat your last command with root privileges. Try “cd $(dirname !!)” to change to the directory of the last command's target.

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

        [?]Uwe Küchler » 🌐
        @oraculix@ieji.de

        TIL about , a scalable concurrent malloc(3) implementation for and , only to find out it had its 20th birthday a few days ago! 🎂

        Check out the original paper on papers.freebsd.org/2006/bsdcan

          James Valleroy boosted

          [?]Planify » 🌐
          @planifyapp@mastodon.social

          🚀 Planify 4.19.0 is out!

          Major CalDAV overhaul with ETag conflict detection, sync-collection fallback for Posteo/Mailbox.org/Vikunja, and tons of fixes. Plus GNOME Shell search, PDF export, productivity stats, and more.

          Full changelog: useplanify.com/blog/#planify-4

            Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

            Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟬 (Valuable News - 2026/04/20) available.

            vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04

            Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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

              🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

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

              Owncast: live.monospacementor.com/

                Stefano Marinelli boosted

                [?]Jon 🇨🇦🇵🇹 » 🌐
                @SamuraiSakura@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                As I continue my journey for a better desktop environment, I found some new apps for music and reading RSS.

                basic.bearblog.dev/sayonara-pl

                  Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                  Episode 13 of Dark Blue Weekly released

                  darkblueproject.com/sites/news

                    James Valleroy boosted

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

                    Just spun up a dedicated IoT gateway on a Raspberry Pi 4, this time running FreedomBox + AdGuard DNS. Works flawlessly 🛡️

                    FreedomBox has a billion apps worth exploring, but I kept it lean: a simple, useful privacy shield for home IoT. No bloat, just control.

                    Every smart home needs this layer. 🔒️📡

                    AdGuard DNS

                    Alt...AdGuard DNS

                      [?]Justine Smithies [She / Her] » 🌐
                      @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                      Had a panic this morning as my 4 was dead. Wouldn't respond to the power button no screen nothing. Had to remove the battery for a few seconds and put it back in. Booted up fine then, I wonder if this is a sign for me to source a replacement ? Although I'm not decided on getting a Fairphone 5 that can run or or whether to get a pixel pro 9 and go with ? I'll probably end up procrastinating until my FP4 dies properly knowing me. 🙃

                        Victor Moral ⁂ boosted

                        [?]christian 💀 » 🌐
                        @the_cheis@mstdn.social

                        Nuevo post:

                        Entendiendo Btrfs, los subvolúmenes y zRAM

                        thecheis.com/2026/04/18/entend

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

                          Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years

                          omar.yt/posts/wayland-set-the-

                            Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                            The image is a humorous tech meme. In the foreground, an older man dressed in religious attire (wearing ceremonial robes and a red cap) is holding a broom and appears to be performing a blessing or exorcism ritual. He is facing a large row of black server cabinets in what looks like a data center. The servers are tall, neatly aligned, with cables and metal piping visible above them. Behind him, a cameraman is filming the scene, suggesting this is some kind of staged or documented event. At the bottom of the image, there is a caption in a Linux-style command format: /etc/init.d/daemon stop The joke is that instead of stopping a “daemon” (a background service in Unix/Linux systems) using a command, the person is literally trying to “exorcise” it like an evil spirit using a religious ritual.

                            Alt...The image is a humorous tech meme. In the foreground, an older man dressed in religious attire (wearing ceremonial robes and a red cap) is holding a broom and appears to be performing a blessing or exorcism ritual. He is facing a large row of black server cabinets in what looks like a data center. The servers are tall, neatly aligned, with cables and metal piping visible above them. Behind him, a cameraman is filming the scene, suggesting this is some kind of staged or documented event. At the bottom of the image, there is a caption in a Linux-style command format: /etc/init.d/daemon stop The joke is that instead of stopping a “daemon” (a background service in Unix/Linux systems) using a command, the person is literally trying to “exorcise” it like an evil spirit using a religious ritual.

                              Tomáš boosted

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

                              it's getting cereal

                              Girl is eating cereal. There's some slop in it. Girl: "Master, my fish food is sloppy!" Fish: "Eat something else." Girl examines the pantry. It's all cereal.

                              Alt...Girl is eating cereal. There's some slop in it. Girl: "Master, my fish food is sloppy!" Fish: "Eat something else." Girl examines the pantry. It's all cereal.

                                Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/04/13) available.

                                vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04

                                Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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

                                  Linux tip: Use “systemctl mask servicename” to securely prevent a service from starting. Masked services can't start, even if they're enabled accidentally. “systemctl unmask” reverts the block.

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

                                    Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                    [?]Tom [he/him they/them] » 🌐
                                    @pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                    I was inspired by @gumnos ' blog post back in November that I posted one of my own. Took 4 months but I've posted it!

                                    My Journey to the BSDs:

                                    pertho.net/2026/04/11/my-journ

                                      Mx Jay Baker boosted

                                      [?]Danny Garside [they/them] » 🌐
                                      @da5nsy@social.coop

                                      Hey fediverse, what's the latest news on portable mini e-ink computers? I wanna be able to run linux from my hammock in the sunny woods this summer 🌞

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

                                        Maybe I've already posted it, but this was my desktop in early 2000.

                                        This was running , at the time of the photo.
                                        Since 2002, both and in dual boot.

                                        A vintage desktop computer setup from 1st March 2000, featuring a beige CRT monitor, a matching tower case with floppy and CD drives, a wired keyboard and mouse, and various cables and accessories on a cluttered desk. The IOMega Zip drive is over the scanner, too. Under the tower, the external USRobotics 56K serial modem.

                                        Alt...A vintage desktop computer setup from 1st March 2000, featuring a beige CRT monitor, a matching tower case with floppy and CD drives, a wired keyboard and mouse, and various cables and accessories on a cluttered desk. The IOMega Zip drive is over the scanner, too. Under the tower, the external USRobotics 56K serial modem.

                                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                          "How it all began"

                                          I saw an ad for this CD set at a very low price in a computer magazine. I decided to give it a try, enticed by the low cost and this 'alternative solution to Windows', and in late 1996 I ordered this set.
                                          When it arrived, I was fascinated (having never used a Unix or Unix-like system before) but a bit daunted by the lack of support for the main applications I knew. A few months later, though, I decided to give it another go and from that point, I never looked back. Whether it was Linux, one of the BSDs, or something similar (but Unix or Unix-like), I was not going back to systems like Windows.

                                          My today is probably one of the most significant in my computing life.

                                          #1996

                                          This is a photo of a 6-CD set case for "InfoMagic LINUX Developer's Resource". The CD case cover has a whimsical cartoon character on the front, which appears to be an anthropomorphic penguin dressed as a wizard, complete with a wizard's hat and a magic wand. The character is standing on a stylized representation of the globe. The background is blue and there is a yellow banner on the top right corner that says "QuickStart Guide inside". The packaging suggests that this is a software resource kit for Linux developers from the era when software was commonly distributed on CDs.

                                          Alt...This is a photo of a 6-CD set case for "InfoMagic LINUX Developer's Resource". The CD case cover has a whimsical cartoon character on the front, which appears to be an anthropomorphic penguin dressed as a wizard, complete with a wizard's hat and a magic wand. The character is standing on a stylized representation of the globe. The background is blue and there is a yellow banner on the top right corner that says "QuickStart Guide inside". The packaging suggests that this is a software resource kit for Linux developers from the era when software was commonly distributed on CDs.

                                          This is a photo of the back cover of the "InfoMagic LINUX Developer's Resource CD-ROM" case. The cover lists the contents of the 6-CD set, including distributions like Red Hat 3.0.3 "Picasso", Slackware 3.1, Debian GNU/Linux 1.1.4, and others, with various kernel sources up to version 2.0.12+. It mentions the inclusion of a "QuickStart" installation guide and additional software like X-Free86 Version 3.1.2, with references to online resources. There's also information about the included on-line documentation like "Installation & Getting Started Guide" by Matt Welsh and "Network Administrators Guide", as well as file format details. Contact information for InfoMagic, including telephone, fax, email, and web address, is listed, along with the company's address in Flagstaff, AZ. A barcode is present on the bottom right. The text indicates the product is from 1996, providing a glimpse into the distribution of Linux software in the mid-1990s.

                                          Alt...This is a photo of the back cover of the "InfoMagic LINUX Developer's Resource CD-ROM" case. The cover lists the contents of the 6-CD set, including distributions like Red Hat 3.0.3 "Picasso", Slackware 3.1, Debian GNU/Linux 1.1.4, and others, with various kernel sources up to version 2.0.12+. It mentions the inclusion of a "QuickStart" installation guide and additional software like X-Free86 Version 3.1.2, with references to online resources. There's also information about the included on-line documentation like "Installation & Getting Started Guide" by Matt Welsh and "Network Administrators Guide", as well as file format details. Contact information for InfoMagic, including telephone, fax, email, and web address, is listed, along with the company's address in Flagstaff, AZ. A barcode is present on the bottom right. The text indicates the product is from 1996, providing a glimpse into the distribution of Linux software in the mid-1990s.

                                            Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                            All I have to say right now is is a level of awesomeness previously unrealized by the community.

                                              David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) boosted

                                              [?]It's FOSS » 🌐
                                              @itsfoss@mastodon.social

                                              Linus Torvalds, the legend 🔥

                                              There is a picture of Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds standing together. Below, there is a very real thread where Bill says, "What does VIBE in "Vibe Coding" stand for? To which Linus Torvalds replies, "Very inefficient but entertaining."

                                              Alt...There is a picture of Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds standing together. Below, there is a very real thread where Bill says, "What does VIBE in "Vibe Coding" stand for? To which Linus Torvalds replies, "Very inefficient but entertaining."

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

                                                Linux tip: Use the “setgid” mode bit on shared directories: “chmod g+s /shared/project”. New files will inherit group ownership, which prevents permission chaos between users.

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

                                                  Ángel boosted

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

                                                  Entropy 2

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

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

                                                  analognowhere presents techno-mage in entropy 2

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

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

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

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

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

                                                    Ángel boosted

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

                                                    Get snac'd up (not just) for !

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

                                                    redbubble.com/people/analognow

                                                    Blessed be the hacker @grunfink for they can C.

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

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

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

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

                                                      Ángel boosted

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

                                                      strlcpy(3)

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

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

                                                        Justine Smithies boosted

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

                                                        Fish Alpinism

                                                        How I make digital art.

                                                        triapul.cz/_/1765291397

                                                        artist keyboard

                                                        Alt...artist keyboard

                                                          Tomáš boosted

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

                                                          DUFF v KORN 2

                                                          prev: merveilles.town/@prahou/115508

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                            Monospace Mentor boosted

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

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

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

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

                                                              Ángel boosted

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

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

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


                                                                Ángel boosted

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

                                                                the list

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

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

                                                                  Monospace Mentor boosted

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

                                                                  This Isn't a Battle

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

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

                                                                    Ángel boosted

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

                                                                    bathing

                                                                    I use @OpenBSDAms btw

                                                                    Girl and Penguin visit the fish vats.

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

                                                                      Samuel boosted

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

                                                                      dating culture clash

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

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

                                                                        Justine Smithies boosted

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

                                                                        The Man of MATA pt1

                                                                        next: merveilles.town/@prahou/115271

                                                                        pls consider supporting my work: analognowhere.com/support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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