Linux in a Bit

https://infosec.exchange/@Linux_in_a_Bit

👋 Hi, I'm Aaron, nice to meet you!
🍿 Most of the time I just post about whatever I find interesting.
📸 I do various higher quality projects every once in a while.
🦣 I’ve been somewhere on Mastodon since April 8th, 2021 :)

⛵️ Alt: [@Linus_in_a_Bit](https://mstdn.social/@Linus_in_a_Bit )
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Older posts that I think should last longer are achieved on my website.

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2026-05-22 04:55:05 UTC

Never have I seen someone so eloquently explain the biggest problem with AI-assisted development.
> This is what the AI-coding pitch never confronts. Yes, generate code faster, sure. But the catching — the eye that says no — comes from somewhere AI cannot reach.
https://cekrem.github.io/posts/the-tacit-dimension/

2026-05-20 04:42:57 UTC

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Yeah, even LibreWolf doesn't handle fingerprinting *that* well; it's pretty easily defeated by companies like LinkedIn (especially if you're not using a VPN etc.)

2026-05-20 03:56:32 UTC

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It seems that since their fingerprinting setup went public they've decided that they can do whatever they want...
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/browsers/linkedin-scans-visitors-browsers-for-over-6000-chrome-extensions-and-collects-device-data

2026-05-19 04:04:51 UTC

> If you want to run a local model with adequate performance, the highest cost I’ve heard was $8,750 a month per user to replace ChatGPT Pro, on GPUs rented from Amazon. You might bodge something together for less. But that puts the unsubsidised price at a maximum of 40× to 45× OpenAI’s subsidised price.
- https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/
$8,750/month * 12 months = $105,000
Yup, that's right. You could give *every employee* their own college grad and it would *still* probably be cheaper than paying for LLMs to do the work.

2026-05-12 02:09:16 UTC

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"layperson" is better... still not *great* though.

2026-05-09 17:21:51 UTC

Yup... That's pretty much **The Ubuntu Experience™** :blobcat_thisisfine:
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/545/758/928/746/981/original/237dea9849166e92.mp4

2026-05-08 22:08:05 UTC

Honestly it's a pretty fitting description of @npub1j9l…jvxt 's channel... :blobcat3c:
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/541/227/641/075/538/original/1999e9a06e1302d4.png

2026-05-04 02:06:50 UTC

Alienware Steam Machine launch pricing:
$449 ($620 today) i3, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD
$749 ($1035 today) i7, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD
([source](https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/alienware-steam-machine?test_uuid=06f2t2mKxAWPbc1xmAn5J4t&test_variant=A ))
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/513/854/978/792/640/original/ade06035edff650b.png

2026-05-03 02:22:29 UTC

Timeline of major consumer versions of Windows:
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/508/248/660/006/567/original/2f47e4de7f1bacfa.png

2026-05-02 23:24:05 UTC

Me: Can we get a kei truck? :ablobcatbongo:
Mom: We have kei truck at home.
Kei truck at home:
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/507/550/680/142/768/original/74319e8dc17ec07f.png

2026-04-23 02:28:13 UTC

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2026-04-21 02:27:18 UTC

Still wondering why the Steam Deck isn't in stock?
:blobcatbusiness: Because if it was in stock, this would be the price:
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/440/325/782/139/417/original/77c8bf806c9b3c00.png

2026-04-21 00:40:00 UTC

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I haven't, but if I could pick one to have it happen with, I'd pick Affirmation by George Benson :)

2026-04-21 00:37:59 UTC

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No, at least as far as I'm aware.

2026-04-19 19:56:33 UTC

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Maybe it 'rephrased' a typo that turned "Strait of Hormuz" into "Street of Hormus"

2026-04-19 19:08:27 UTC

Go home Ground News, you're drunk (and probably using an LLM to generate this newsletter :blobcatnotlikethis:)
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/432/935/315/971/887/original/bb3340d1e7831cc9.png

2026-04-19 04:17:54 UTC

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I only really realized I needed them on a trip to Nashville; after getting back to the hotel I realized that I couldn't *really* hear anything. Was better the next morning but clearly not great for my hearing.
Our ears have natural protection that kicks in to prevent us from going deaf. Mercedes actually uses that to stop airbags from destroying our hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SfZ0pEL2Sk

2026-04-19 04:12:22 UTC

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My guess is probably both...
I bought a pair of Happy Ears off of a DankPods recommendation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Svq6raXFk) and I've been using them a *lot* recently.

2026-04-18 22:45:59 UTC

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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/top-hyperscalers-to-boost-ai-capex-to-600-billion-stocks-that-benefit.html
combined with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbVb63qPDQ8

2026-04-16 05:25:57 UTC

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Assuming people facepalm on average twice a month, it currently sits at 370,000 facepalms per minute.
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/412/720/368/997/859/original/2fb07ce1a463d220.png

2026-04-16 04:36:13 UTC

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Per capita or in total?

2026-04-09 01:56:10 UTC

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Xbox Cloud Gaming

2026-04-08 03:18:35 UTC

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"This is an Xbox"

2026-04-07 00:58:56 UTC

Ahh, 364.46MB installed, just like the good ol' days. 💿
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/360/694/905/080/574/original/d8de8362a5cd7623.mp4

2026-04-06 02:47:31 UTC

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If you ever see 3 on sale (https://steamdb.info/app/2020860/) it's totally worth it :blobcatgamer:

2026-04-04 05:08:36 UTC

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Lowkey incredibly hyped for Rush Rally 4...
There's a dev blog here: https://www.brownmonster.co.uk/blog/category/rush_rally_4/index.html

2026-04-04 05:07:16 UTC

:blobcatbusiness: Rush Rally is like what would happen if a guy with a part in the physics for DiRT 2, F1 2009, MotoGP 10/11, Split/Second, and *both* Sonic All-Stars Racing games, decided he was tired of that, wrote his own game engine and made a few rally games almost entirely by himself.
...
:blobcatthinkingglare: Wait a moment...
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/344/684/966/077/078/original/0558225b1f969cf1.png

2026-03-31 21:24:42 UTC

Back in my day all the boys were 'ethically using' Repl.it for free VPS hosting... Now it's become just another AI slop vendor. :blobcatupsidedown:
Ah how the mighty have fallen. They could've at least least just kept burning their investor's cash on letting children run jerry-rigged Minecraft servers or something, but no!

2026-03-30 02:33:55 UTC

:blobcatthink: *"The more advanced a technology is, the greater the population that will be unable to distinguish it from magic."*

2026-03-29 04:39:16 UTC

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I've been using https://yunohost.org for the longest time.
I can give it a pretty solid recommendation, given you're able to work around Debian deciding to break once in a good while.

2026-03-28 03:55:15 UTC

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Ok, *that's* cool af. :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

2026-03-15 03:33:27 UTC

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(for the record, if you want something actually stable, secure, and mature, I'd still go for https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/MeshChatX or https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet instead, at least for the time being)

2026-03-15 01:27:10 UTC

Believe it or not, this isn't #Meshtastic or #Meshcore
It's #Reticulum :blobcattoot:
That's right, Reticulum is finally running on microcontrollers and there's so many ways to do it:
https://github.com/attermann/microReticulum (C++ implementation of Reticulum; finally getting close to 100% feature complete)
https://github.com/ratspeak/ratdeck (Pictured T-Deck firmware)
https://github.com/torlando-tech/pyxis (T-Deck firmware from the maker of Columba)
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/230/565/318/224/856/original/3efd925a44f41a2e.png

2026-03-11 00:42:30 UTC

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Video footage is probably different, that might depend on what video editor you use.

2026-03-11 00:41:47 UTC

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https://www.instructables.com/Reduce-motion-blur-in-The-GIMP/
and/or
https://www.wikihow.com/Unblur-an-Image
might help.

2026-02-18 04:03:48 UTC

@npub1aeh…chz6
Re: https://blog.ctms.me/posts/2026-02-15-offline-world-part-1/
Some offline things I like:
'Offline' communication tools<li>For smaller-scale communication: <a href="https://briarproject.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://briarproject.org</a> and maybe <a href="https://jami.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://jami.net</a></li><li>If you wanna build your own internet: <a href="https://reticulum.network/manual/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://reticulum.network/manual/index.html</a> (I wrote <a href="https://linuxinabit.codeberg.page/blog/reticulum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a blog thing about it</a> a while back)</li>
Mapping tools:<li>Offline maps: <a href="https://www.comaps.app" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.comaps.app</a></li><li>Everything else you could possibly ever need: <a href="https://kylecorry.com/Trail-Sense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://kylecorry.com/Trail-Sense</a></li>

2026-02-13 00:20:54 UTC

It's over.
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/060/454/587/864/145/original/2e7da9043f405898.png

2026-02-10 01:44:46 UTC

No matter how much you try to convince them otherwise, people generally can't care about very many things.

2026-02-08 03:58:18 UTC

:blobcatadorable: Looks pretty
:blobcatthink: Fully independent
:blobcatreading: Rolling release
:blobcathyper2: Doesn't fall apart when you update
https://getsol.us
( #notSponsored , I just like the distro )

2026-01-29 23:39:53 UTC

What's the most common complaint I've heard about Linux?
**Not** the installation process.
**Not** finding a distro.
**Not** getting programs to work.
**Not** troubleshooting.
**Not** hardware compatibility.
The most common complaint about Linux I've seen is this:
For a normal computer user, asking for help is just about impossible.
They ask a simple question and:
People respond "Did you Google it?"
People respond "RTFM"
People get mad??? at them for making an easy mistake.
**You can't expect people to know to, or even know *how* to deal with any of that stuff.** Either walk them through doing those things step by step, or actually try answer their question.
Search engines these days are awful, manuals are hard to read for *most people* (especially stuff [like this](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page )), and normal people make mistakes we think are easily avoidable.
The solution to making Linux more popular is not ruthless promotion. The solution is to actually help people who are asking for it.
If you don't want to respond in a legitimately helpful way, it's ok to take a break.

2026-01-29 22:56:51 UTC

It will only be "the year of the Linux desktop" when people can use it without knowing what Linux is.

2026-01-22 05:16:26 UTC

I've been using my phone with animations disabled in the accessibility settings and everything is just so fast and snappy.
I love it! :ablobcatheartsqueeze:
*Note: This is on Android; iOS's "Reduce Motion" settings doesn't disable most animations, it just replaces them with crossfades.*

2026-01-22 05:09:16 UTC

:blobballfetch: Just realized how good it would be to have an Android-like 'Bedtime Mode" on my desktop.
To tell me to "**Go to bed!**" and such.
Sad to see that KDE doesn't have the option, and Gnome requires an extension for the functionality. :blobcatnotlikethis:
KDE Feature Request: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474826
Gnome Extension: https://www.omglinux.com/gnome-bedtime-extension-greyscale-mode/
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/937/011/465/220/137/original/10fefbee766db75e.png

2026-01-20 05:44:15 UTC

FOSS developers, hard at work saying "no excuses."
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/925/754/809/620/088/original/ea3f5169ce5042f1.png

2026-01-19 04:23:03 UTC

> If it's a bubble, why is it still growing?
- Some investor; during a bubble

2025-07-01 05:19:33 UTC

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...except for https://www.urbandictionary.com/ - that doesn't count ;)

2024-11-21 16:48:04 UTC

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The only real problem here is Adobe, but even that [isn’t as much of a problem anymore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Inc.#Criticisms ) 🙃

2024-11-21 15:07:37 UTC

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I know [somebody who would disagree](https://www.steamdeck.com/en/ )
But in all seriousness I actually do think distros like Zorin OS or Linux Mint are as ready as they’ll ever be for anyone who knows what an OS is.
With Windows doing everything short of war crimes to its users, I think more people than ever would benefit from the switch.

2024-11-21 05:39:54 UTC

Dear LibreOffice,
I believe it is time to change the default UI layout to a design that is much more intuitive, accessible, and easy to understand for those unfamiliar with LibreOffice.
I would like to suggest changing the default interface layout to “Contextual Single,” if only for the sake of those using LibreOffice for the first time.
Thank you! :ablobcatheartsqueeze:
#LibreOffice #UI
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2024-11-19 21:14:49 UTC

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True, but you would not be asking that question if you had no plans of doing it.

2024-11-19 17:33:49 UTC

Is it ethical to ship AI generated assets in a game like, say, [@speed_dreams_official](https://mastodon.social/@speed_dreams_official ) ?

2024-11-19 04:23:21 UTC

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I do it a bit too, but I don’t think Mastodon is just (or even primarily) for that. 😅

2024-11-19 03:47:37 UTC

I see so many posts lamenting the fact that people are moving from X/Twitter to Bluesky and (to a lesser extent) Threads instead of Mastodon and the Fediverse, but I think there’s something those posts miss.
People who want ‘just another platform’ will not find what they’re looking for here because Mastodon is not one.
By comparing Mastodon to other platforms specifically competing for X/Twitter’s user-base, we are trying to make Mastodon something it’s not; a platform for people to shout at the world.
That is a concept so fundamentally opposed to the philosophy of Mastodon and the greater Fediverse that I struggle to even make the comparison.
Mastodon is a tool to form communities where genuine conversations are actually given a chance, and I think that’s something worth holding on to. :blobcatheart:

2024-10-30 04:30:22 UTC

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Though I’ve never taken part in it, that seems to be the trend with open protocols like ActivityPub.
Once it works, it works, and nobody ever dares to change it after that :/

2024-09-11 16:59:20 UTC

:blobcatbusiness: Meshtastic and Reticulum are two popular LoRa mesh projects that, despite being compared to eachother frequently, are very, very different:
Reticulum is trying to build a mesh network capable of transporting anything, working over everything, and connecting everyone. More of a hyper-resiliant internet replacement if you want to look at it that way. :blobwizard:
Meshtastic is trying to be the best LoRa-specific mesh communication tool, and it has better overall LoRa support (more boards), and better group comms (the main advantage of flood routing), though it has limited scalability. :ablobcatwave:
Which one you choose depends on your needs and what each project can offer.
#Meshtastic #Reticulum #ReticulumNetwork

2024-09-09 02:29:41 UTC

@npub1nvf…cpws is creating a brand new browser engine *from scratch*. :blobcatboop:
:blobcatderpy: Servo actually started at Mozilla, but development effectively ended in 2020 and it was given to the Linux Foundation (you know it’s a good project when Mozilla stops caring about it :blobcat3c: ).
:blobcatbusiness: It was brought back to life through community donations because making a browser engine from scratch is pretty hard (who knew?).
Help them out here: https://servo.org/sponsorship :ablobcatrainbow:

2024-08-28 02:18:56 UTC

:blobcatbusiness: Should @npub163h…mv0n implement [STAR voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STAR_voting ) to help curb poll fraud and respondent manipulation?
#poll #polls #vote #voting #mastodon