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

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

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

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

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

    shellcheck.net/

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

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

      Looks like is up for sale. Again.

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

      (Ignoring all the asset sales and transfers)

      reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-

        Victor Moral ⁂ boosted

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

        VIM

        Bram Molenaar

        human programming

        Background

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

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

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

        VIM needs LLM slop!

        the programmer screams!

        We don't think so!

        we roar back!!!

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

        VIM

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

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

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

        Project

        codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/vim

        Source
        mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeybo

        codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/vim

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

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

            Monospace Mentor boosted

            [?]Jim P. » 🌐
            @jimp@masto.ai

            The GTK file picker Firefox wants to use by default is meh. I'm not sure why it doesn't use the one provided by the OS when it's just one about:config tweak away. Change widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker from 2 to 1 and you get the much, much better KDE file picker. Assuming you're using @kde of course.

            It's been a problem for ages on multiple operating systems, not a new thing. At least now you don't have to set environment variables and change startup scripts.

              Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

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

              vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03

              Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                pmjv s klapkami na očích boosted

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

                self-report - take 2

                take 1: analognowhere.com/_/ratmrg/

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

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

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

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

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

                    Solène :flan_hacker: boosted

                    [?]Solene % bot » 🤖 🌐
                    @solenepercent@bsd.network

                    File transfer made easier with Tailscale

                    In this blog post, I share my small changes to improve the user experience to transfer files using Tailscale

                    dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-03-

                    gemini://perso.pw/blog/article

                    @solene

                      Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                      Episode 7 of Dark Blue Weekly released

                      darkblueraven.com/sites/news/d

                        anarcat boosted

                        [?]Guido Günther » 🌐
                        @agx@ruhr.social

                        TIL: @NetworkManager 's `nmcli dev wifi` shows available networks nicely, is colored and even has a small graph:

                        Screenshot of nmcli's dev wifi with bars for for network strength.

                        Alt...Screenshot of nmcli's dev wifi with bars for for network strength.

                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                          Found that released new Branch of their 595.45.04.

                          For :
                          nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/detai

                          counterparts:
                          nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/detai

                          Note that this won't appear in , as it's "Beta".
                          "-devel" variants in ports are for whichever the newer of "New Feature Branch (NFB)" or "Production Branch (PB)" of drivers.

                          Investigating for future NFB or PB upgrades, FreeBSD native driver ports should work by overriding version as usual.
                          But Linux counterparts (installed by overriding version of x11/linux-nvidia-libs{-devel}) need some fixes.

                          Beware! This version does NOT work on pre-Turing generations of GPUs, just as 590 series.

                            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."

                              Stefano Marinelli boosted

                              [?]Blake Ridgway » 🌐
                              @blake@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                              I'm Blake — reintroducing myself as I'm back on the timeline.

                              I'm a Cloud Engineer working in Site Reliability and DevOps in the healthcare industry. I design and build highly scalable, resilient infrastructure that powers modern healthcare systems. Day-to-day I work with .NET, JavaScript, and TypeScript to deliver reliable platforms.

                              Outside of work, I build with Go — creating tools that prioritize performance, privacy, and user empowerment.

                              A couple things I'm working on:

                              RideAware — A cycling training platform for building structured training plans, analyzing ride data, and completing indoor workouts all in one place.

                              Arcline Hosting — A self-hosted web hosting service for people who want to know exactly where their data lives. It runs on hardware I own and operate — no AWS, no Cloudflare, no third-party CDN. Shared, WordPress, and VPS plans with personal ticket and email support.

                              My core interests span SRE, cloud infrastructure, DevOps/automation, and network engineering. I spend a lot of time with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and enjoy digging into routing, firewalls, and secure network design.

                              I'm here because I care about privacy, self-hosting, and building things that give people more control over their own data. Good to be back — looking forward to reconnecting with this community.

                                Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                [?]Graham Perrin » 🌐
                                @grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                Getty image of a graveside gathering. The celebrant asks, "Would anyone like to say something?" Someone on a mobile phone says, "Linux is just a kernel. FreeBSD has jails." Getty image found at https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/could-your-firm-cope-if-you-werent-around_b_9557304 – its adaptation as a meme is widespread.

                                Alt...Getty image of a graveside gathering. The celebrant asks, "Would anyone like to say something?" Someone on a mobile phone says, "Linux is just a kernel. FreeBSD has jails." Getty image found at https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/could-your-firm-cope-if-you-werent-around_b_9557304 – its adaptation as a meme is widespread.

                                  Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                  [?]GaryH Tech » 🌐
                                  @garyhtech@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                  NEW VIDEO - The Uncomfortable Truth About Windows Server vs. Open Source.

                                  youtu.be/JMc1KC7lNJM?si=512atX via @YouTube

                                    Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                    Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/03/02) available.

                                    vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03

                                    Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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

                                      Linux tip: Use “sed -n '100,200p' largefile.txt” to extract a specific line range of a log or text file.

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

                                        Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                        Episode 6 of Dark Blue Weekly released

                                        darkblueraven.com/sites/news/d

                                          Stefano Marinelli boosted

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

                                          New 𝗨𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [Uplift Privileges on FreeBSD] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog

                                          vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03

                                            Stefano Marinelli boosted

                                            [?]Peter N. M. Hansteen » 🌐
                                            @pitrh@mastodon.social

                                            Back in 2022, surrounded by colleagues who were infused with "open source scepticism", I wrote "Open Source in Enterprise Environments - Where Are We Now and What Is Our Way Forward?" nxdomain.no/~peter/opensource_ as an explainer.

                                            Hopefully a useful thing for others too, with links therein

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

                                              Get snac'd up (not just) for !

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

                                              redbubble.com/people/analognow

                                              Blessed be the hacker @grunfink for they can C.

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

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

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

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

                                                Ángel boosted

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

                                                strlcpy(3)

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

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

                                                  Justine Smithies boosted

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

                                                  Fish Alpinism

                                                  How I make digital art.

                                                  triapul.cz/_/1765291397

                                                  artist keyboard

                                                  Alt...artist keyboard

                                                    Tomáš boosted

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

                                                    DUFF v KORN 2

                                                    prev: merveilles.town/@prahou/115508

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                      Monospace Mentor boosted

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

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

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

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

                                                        Ángel boosted

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

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

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


                                                          Ángel boosted

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

                                                          the list

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

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

                                                            Monospace Mentor boosted

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

                                                            This Isn't a Battle

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

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

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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.

                                                                Samuel boosted

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

                                                                dating culture clash

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

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

                                                                  Justine Smithies boosted

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

                                                                  The Man of MATA pt1

                                                                  next: merveilles.town/@prahou/115271

                                                                  pls consider supporting my work: analognowhere.com/support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                                    Ángel boosted

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

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

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

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

                                                                      Ángel boosted

                                                                      [?]Unix Weekly » 🤖 🌐
                                                                      @unix_discussions@mastodon.social

                                                                      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 » 🌐
                                                                        @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                        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.

                                                                          Ángel boosted

                                                                          [?]Neil Brown [he/him/his] » 🔓
                                                                          @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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