This is why women are leaving #cybersecurity
Faster than new women are joining. Women talk, but you know that. So when there are weirdos, we warn other women.
In this one, we have some nasty flaws in AMD and Intel CPUs that require performance-reducing mitigation patches (potentially brutal for Intel especially).
We also have some nice features for #KDE Plasma 6 and #GNOME 45, and an alliance between SUSE and Oracle to offer RHEL source code to the community:
Habe mir Heute ein Lenovo Yoga Laptop beschafft, um darauf Linux zu installieren. Das wäre dann nach 14 Jahren MacOS wieder ein Versuch mit Linux als Desktop. #linux#lenovo#yoga#mxlinux#lmde
Edit: And in the end, it’s back to good old Fedora with Xfce. I guess I’m an old man, fixed in my ways. Haiku was interesting, but not nearly as stable as needed. OpenSuSE with Xfce was rough, it requires more polish....
@agrammatic
I really love to test FreeBSD. But I have been advised not to do this. Because #FreeBSD hardware support is not as good as #Linux.
Please tel us more about your experience with FreeBSD.
c’t-Workshop: Kea-DHCP richtig einrichten und konfigurieren
Kea-DHCP hat den bisherigen DHCP-Server des Internet Systems Consortium abgelöst. Die modular aufgebaute Software hat gegenüber ihrem Vorgänger viele Vorteile.
Best Linux Distro Privacy/Usability for a mid level user
What do you think is the best linux distro for a user who wants to migrate from windows in terms of privacy, usability and respect for the FOSS spirit?
I am really disappointed by the current state of org mode (or just note taking in general) on Android.
I really want a simple, dedicated app where I can:
make a simple list or takes some notes
have that be saved in some plain text format that can be edited in vim or emacs on my computer
have that file be accessible in a way that Syncthing can pick it up
Pick up changes made on the file system
Orgzly seems to want to do its own thing and fails at 3 and 4. orgro is read-only. Every other note-taking or list app I’ve seen just stores stuff in its own little database in its own format.
Since there are a bunch of misconceptions around Flatpak, I decided to make a guide to dispel these, and explain how to do a few things, like theming all applications, using the command line interface to manage them, installing them from your web browser, and more:
What used AMD GPU around 100 euros I can buy that works well with #linux and is good for gaming. Don't expect it to run latest titles, just want to play some American Truck Simulator and few other games, while not worrying about drivers.
Okay, so. I have a #PDF and a #DOCX file. And I’d like to compare them. And since I’m a programmer, I don’t want to compare them visually, but with a #diff. But how?
Like this.
alias pdfcat='gs -q -sDEVICE=txtwrite -o-'
alias doccat='pandoc -t plain'
pdfcat a.pdf > a.txt
doccat b.docx > b.txt
git diff --no-index --word-diff a.txt b.txt
And since we’re using --word-diff, it doesn’t matter that the two files use wildly different line wrapping.
Been interested in #Linux, #Bash, and #Vim lately. I've been developing a casual interest in cyber-security and data privacy as well.
I like Linux because: it's free, I have more control, it runs really smoothly across several of my devices, the communities have been fascinating, and there's a lot to learn.
Bash has been helpful for doing some light file management. I'm no expert or anything, I've just enjoyed organizing my stuff better lately. Speaking of Bash, I really like the #CLI. I've even started accidentally using #terminal commands while using my web browser.
As tech evolves, our data and information becomes more accessible to ourselves and the people around us. I think it's a bit concerning at times the extent and accuracy that corporations can harvest info. I've been gradually adopting better practices for privacy/security, but within reason.
Back on @fedora 38. Debian was pretty solid, but I like access to the latest apps. Specifically the latest version of Firefox, which performs much better. #Linux
I've taken out a VPS from Ionos (formerly 1and1). It has 1 vCore, 1 GB RAM, 10GB SSD, unlimited traffic, root access, and a choice of distros, including Debian, Ubuntu & CentOS. Plesk is also offered free, but, I've not used it.
All for the ridiculously cheap price of £1 (£1.20 incl. VAT) per month. At this price it would be rude not to test it, which is what I'm doing.
The spec is limited, but, I can think of hundreds of uses at this price point.
Suggest me a libre OS to try using on my new desktop PC
Edit: And in the end, it’s back to good old Fedora with Xfce. I guess I’m an old man, fixed in my ways. Haiku was interesting, but not nearly as stable as needed. OpenSuSE with Xfce was rough, it requires more polish....
[Discussion] Early August - What tech has really garnered your interest as of late?
What tech if any have you found interesting lately?...