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2025-06-13 07:10:54 UTC

NixOS be like:
No, you don't need to list the package you enabled it true using the line above.
NixOS also be like:
Wait, you enabled it, but you did not include the package.
*sigh*
NixOS needs to work on uniformity.
#NixOS #Nix #Linux

2025-06-06 21:50:41 UTC

YouTube now classifies "self-hosting" as harmful.
When they say that, I presume they mean to them, since you're not relying on YouTube to host your videos.
#YouTube #ContentCreator #Freedom

2025-06-06 20:20:10 UTC

My Google Pixel 7 is not great for realistic lighting.
When I want to show how dark things are, it makes them look brighter. And when I want to show something in the dark, it is impossible to see.
The indifference is real.
#Pixel7 #Google #Camera #Pixel
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2025-06-01 20:36:49 UTC

A website - a remote service (like, Facebook) - Is not comparable to Microsoft Windows. You cannot hack away at your settings and escape the all seeing eye of that remote digital service.
* Someone is going to say cookies - Someone always says, cookies. They are missing the bigger picture.

2025-05-26 19:53:58 UTC

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Much of the United States relies heavily on IPv4 still. So companies like Microsoft, who own GitHub, do not take IPv6 seriously.
Over a year ago, when my ISP only assigned me a IPv6 IP, I found most of the sites I visited, would not load, including my ISP's own website. I had to phone in the problem.

2025-05-19 16:09:49 UTC

I am having one of the best days working for Meta, today.
Meta is privately testing a streaming service. Yes, that's right, Meta may become a competitor to Netflix, for example. It is not officially finalized, and I have seen Meta abandon projects before, so if no news ever comes of this, that's why.
When Meta has these little concepts, they pick employees at random to test and use these little projects. Today, I'm currently watching movies and that counts as "work".

2025-05-13 20:01:46 UTC

Linux mascot history 101
In the beginning, before Linux used a penguin for their mascot, there was a fox. To be more specific, a female humanoid fox. This human face to Linux at the time was controversial because shortly after the creation of the character, Rule 34 of the Internet took place.
For those who do not know, Rule 34 is an Internet meme which claims that some form of pornography exists concerning every possible topic. And with a female humanoid fox, it should not be hard to imagine the furry type photos that started amounting pretty quickly.
It was for this reason, that a genderless, more natural mascot for Linux was adopted.
Sometime afterward, the original artist of this character publically spoke out in support of gay rights. In the 1990s, this was still extremely controversial and only furthered many Linux developments to further distance themselves from the Linux Fox character.
Although the Internet from that point forward associated the Fox as a female lesbian (again, Rule 34). Around 2010 or so, Trans Rights became both a political and social issue, and the Linux Fox character was often associated with the Trans Rights movement.
And now you know the brief history of the original proposed Linux mascot. But being this is the internet, so much is lost in cyberspace with time (good thing I have a good memory).
#Linux #Fox #Xenia #Penguin
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2025-05-13 17:40:14 UTC

I like Code Berg, but it is not without its drawbacks.
#CodeBerg #Git #Foss #OpenSource #Development
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2025-05-12 00:26:46 UTC

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Linux Mint needed to be on this list - It really did.
If you're going to install Linux Mint without every changing a setting, along with ever updating, and everything on your hardware works, sure, it will run.
The problem with Mint is as soon as you start upgrading the distro, and start making changes (even GUI changes), the thing falls apart.
You've got a distro that is 3 development levels in. You start with Debian, which is forked to Ubuntu, which is forked into Mint. That is 2 developments before you in the upstream, and any issue in Debian or Ubuntu or combination of the two, plus Mint, it really does become a "hot mess" (junk).
Then you have the community who wants you to use the terminal for everything. There could be a user-friendly GUI Tool, and the community will instruct you to use the terminal method. - The post about changing the wallpaper was deleted, because it was absurd. But it was a great undertone of the problem with the community.
Mint Debian Edition, would be the distro to use, but they don't support it. All your updates come directly from Debian and if anything breaks that is exclusive to Mint, you're going to wait months, or even years, before they address it.
I'm not hatting on Ubuntu or Debian. You want a DEB distro, use Debian or Ubuntu. You'll get better stability, better support, and people who will remind you, there are GUI tools. Or better yet, go with Fedora, and you'll likely never need to touch the terminal (seriously).

2025-05-11 05:51:45 UTC

I have seen and used all these keyboard types.
Most people will not have seen the IBM model, that used what looked like a phone or Ethernet plug. They were not widely adapted.
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2025-05-03 06:22:33 UTC

If you're reading this on BlueSky, you're missing out.
We have a whole ecosystem that is zero tolerance for Nazis and corporations that control an algorithm.

2025-04-21 18:37:32 UTC

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Internally, not released to the public, there is a Meta (Facebook) Web Browser, and it is based on Chromium. I can absolutely see Mark Zuckerberg wanting to make that official for public release.
Having said that, while I agree with the government, that Google needs to be broken up. My issue is anyone who has the capital to buy portions of Google, including Chrome, would not be good for the consumer. Some of these assets just simply would cost too much, since they are worth a lot. If the government wanted to see portions of Google to end up with non-profits, for example, they should have broken up Google years ago.

2025-04-19 15:22:47 UTC

Every once in a while, I encounter a Windows user, who is learning about Linux. And they hear the term "non-free" and think something cost money.
1st time Linux users, this does not mean they cost anything. Non-free or un-free is a generic term used to describe packages that may not be 100% open source or are open source, but have restricted licenses or whose developments for whatever reason could not be included in the ISO by default and were OPT-IN. Your media codecs are a good example of something that is non-free / unfree.
#Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Microsoft #Linux

2025-04-15 13:45:25 UTC

I kept being told, that we would see v41 of Ultramarine Linux, before Fedora 42. They finally released v41 on the same day as v42 was release.
I kept wanting to help test whatever they wanted to be tested or fund, whatever they wanted to be funded - That is my strong suite. They went out of their way to thank everyone (naming people) who helped, including the people who donated as little as 5 bucks a month. I spent over 200 buck registering and securing Ultramarine and Frya Labs, Domain Names, and was not mention, once.
Well, those domains are going to get shut down.
#FryaLabs #Ultramarine #UltramarineLinux #Linux

2025-04-04 16:31:25 UTC

Nintendo says it will no longer open pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the United States next week, following the introduction of steep tariffs on exports from Japan.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78j64dqj2qo
#Nintendo #Switch2 #Gaming

2025-04-02 02:11:13 UTC

Crawford is leading. An estimated 56.7 percent of votes have been counted.
Susan Crawford - votes 756,530 - 56.2%
Brad Schimel - votes 590,079 - 43.8%
#SupremeCourt #Wisconsin

2025-04-01 20:40:29 UTC

Everyone has always looked to the West Coast, but that is a mistake. Old world money, power, and influence as always been in the East, but moves silently, while on the move.