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@ Neptr @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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I'm the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot, aka NEPTR.

Linux enthusiast, programmer, and privacy advocate. I'm nearly done with an IT Security degree.

TL;DR I am a nerd.

  • Intel's Newest Open-Source Project Is "Polite Guard"

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  • Yeah, I've seen them called guard or guardian models.

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  • Since all your searches could be correlated to your account (subscription service) by Kagi, I consider that a major deal-breaker when discussing its privacy.

  • Since Xorg is getting old, looking at trying Wayland WMs

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  • What is missing that makes it a deal breaker? It really seems odd to always see comments effectively saying "we should have stayed with X.Org". The nice thing about Wayland is that it's maintained, so new features are being added over time.

  • Since Xorg is getting old, looking at trying Wayland WMs

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  • To add to what you said, X11 is unmaintained software.

  • Since Xorg is getting old, looking at trying Wayland WMs

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  • Adamant transphobe, but in that insidious way where they justify letting people get bullied in the Discord because their "not on anyone's side and value different opinions". A trans person in the Discord server was targeted by another member and intentionally misgendered repeatedly. They spent multiple blogs basically saying "people are snowflakes, we dont want an echo chamber". Like wtf. (IIRC, working off my memory since I read about it like 2 months ago)

  • KDE Plasma 6.3 released

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  • openSUSE Tumbleweed is a great rolling-release distro. The Yast tool is a powerful GUI System Admin/Settings app. Plus the openSUSE logos are green which is a good color lol.

  • KDE Plasma 6.3 released

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  • Fedora is promoting their KDE Spin to a full Edition, alongside Fedora Workstation (GNOME). Nothing really is changed, the KDE Spin has always been good.

  • Remote Desktop over SSH ?

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  • Linus Torvalds to Hector Martin: 'Maybe the problem is you'

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  • And I dont deny that. There are a lot of programmers, and not all had eduction on designing secure software. Even with the knowledge and experience, what if the programmer is tired or makes a similar mistake. Only one mess-up away from a potential vulnerability or instability of the app and system as a whole. I need more experience with C to form a better opinion.

  • Linus Torvalds to Hector Martin: 'Maybe the problem is you'

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  • I do not agree with the Dev who stepped down.

    But on the topic of C, I wouldn't measure the quality of a language based on its adoption. C is a relatively old language and therefore benefits from getting wide-use before other languages were born. It will never die because who would ever want to rewrite every project in existence in another language.

    Memory safety is very important since it has consistently been one of the largest sources of vulnerabilities throughout software history.

    C is not a bad language, but it has flaws. Performance at the cost of safety is not a good trade-off in most scenarios. There is no such thing as a "perfect programmer" who won't make mistakes.

  • Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

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  • It depends on the fstab mount flags, specifically nofail.

  • Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

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  • It was the KDE version.

  • Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

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  • Linux just isnt transparent about some things. Beginners most have problems when they use a GUI tool and then have to still edit a file. Like dirt example, adding a new drive using GUI disk utility and then sometime in the future disconnecting the drive and being forced into emergency mode.

  • Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

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  • I had a friend jump ship from Windows and they said that Debian felt barebones. I personally dont have any problem with it, I use it all the time for VMs, server, and I used to main it. I still think it is missing a lot of user-friendly small things that i never noticed on my own because I am very comfortable with Linux.

  • Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

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  • Mostly the same, and if not all it has taken for me to figure it out was searching "fedora $pkgname"

  • Is it me or Ubuntu secretly replaces DEB Firefox with Snap Firefox?

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  • For work, you could also try Fedora Workstation or Linux Mint Debian Edition. Debian is pretty barebones, but if that isnt a bother then do whatever.

  • Any Hypatia alternatives?

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  • Not really needed on Android or in general. If all you want to know is whether your system is compromised, use Auditor by GOS.

  • New PC build -- which version of Windows 11? LTSC, IoT, ??

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  • Check out Maxima as a replacement for the EA app.

  • Steam Linux Use Dips For January 2025 Amid Odd Survey Numbers [Phoronix, 1 February 2025]

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  • You can layer packages using rpm-ostree install $pkgname. It uses fedora repos. You can also (preferably) use a distrobox or toolbox container with a non-atomic distro and then install the desired package. Generally better to avoid layering packages but it works fine in my experience.