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kgMadee2

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L'Etat, c'est moi

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film_girl, to random
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Watching Linux distros (and yes, it is usually Debian packagers who act the most sanctimonious) shoot themselves in the face and then insult upstream AND the users of a popular package under the delusion that only the distro's self-declared experts are capable of making decisions is always a good reminder as to why you will never be able to waterboard me into using Linux as my primary desktop. Very sorry this is happening Team KeePassXC. https://fosstodon.org/@keepassxc/112417353193348720

kgMadee2,
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@idlestate @film_girl but also that was the upstream dev being an ass hiding that time bomb message & generally sabotaging an orderly packaging process.
Other distros just patched that one out, while Debian tried to be nice and coordinate with upstream ...

This time, the Debian maintainer does seem kinda rude. And while I think the reasoning behind the change is sound, they're definitely late to the party and should really use a more delicate approach

kgMadee2,
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On the other hand, this is what happens when you use the testing distribution.
I use stable because I don't want these kind of changes. In two years, I might have to switch a few packages around when I switch to the next stable. And that's fine, because before I make that decision, I won't.

kgMadee2,
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PS: I use Debian stable on my gaming rig. Backports kernel and bam, works. I don't see the motivation to use testing when you're not willing to be exposed to these processes.
If you wanna chase the latest version numbers, there are other distros for that ...

kgMadee2,
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@film_girl I agree on the communication issue: insulting everyone around is bad.
The change itself is just not that surprising to me: It would have to happen in unstable, then testing.
I want to avoid breaking changes myself, so I stick to stable.

kgMadee2,
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@film_girl Debian stable? Sure, next release when Trixie steps up. That's, what, a year to go still? And even then there's another year of support for oldstable. When I finally upgrade to Trixie (or the one after that), I will have to look out for the things that have changed.
If I used unstable or testing as a daily driver, I'd (have to) be careful with any updates. Because that is where these changes are introduced before they go into the next stable release.

No, maintainers shouldn't insult upstream devs or users. But users obviously shouldn't be filing bugs upstream in the first place for issues that are explained in their distribution's release notes.

And if Ubuntu and others quietly, or blindly, just copy everything from Debian testing, that is their own fault and I again don't see why you would blame the next stage upstream for Ubuntu's mistakes.

kgMadee2,
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@film_girl I just don't see why Debian should be responsible for whatever Ubuntu does further downstream. Surely they're aware of this issue by now and can re-package the -full package if that is what they/their users want and expect

HauntedOwlbear, to random
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Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers - https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127545/discord-suyu-sudachi-server-shutdown-account-ban

Please stop using Discord for... well, anything. Development work, organising, friendly hangouts. But especially anything legally grey or which might even conceivably be against a large company's corporate interests.

The services Discord offers to businesses include key phrase searches in even private channels to, for example, help them protect against leaks or IP theft.

By using it as a free team chat platform, you're putting yourself and your team at risk.

Get a Matrix or Signal room, host an IRC channel. Use something else.

With encryption and/or a server you control.

kgMadee2,
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@HauntedOwlbear hmm. I distinctly recall reading they use(d) the iNES mapper format in their emulation products. But yeah, that's not code, "just" the same scheme to describe the various memory configurations of NES carts

itsfoss, to ubuntu
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Microsoft, wait, what? 😱

https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-ubuntu/

kgMadee2,
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@itsfoss source: i trusted you 😭

jon, to random
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And in other laughing rather darkly railway stuff today...

Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEG) is looking for photos for its 2025 calendar https://bahnland-bayern.de/de/infomaterial/wandkalender/teilnahme

I have plenty

Diesel trains on lines that should be electrified
A really poor and slow (and diesel) service Praha-München
A signal box more than 100 years old between München and Mühldorf
Ancient departure signs at Simbach

And that's just what I could find right away!

Praha - München “express” at Domazlice
Departure signs at Simbach
Ancient signal box at Hörlkofen

kgMadee2,
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@jon
> A signal box more than 100 years old between München and Mühldorf
> Ancient departure signs at Simbach

Hey, I those are good, actually. Shows that they built it right back then

It's not a death threat, you're just unfamiliar with 90s hip-hop (news.ycombinator.com)

Possibly the worst defense yet of Garry Tan’s tweeting of death threats towards San Francisco’s elected legislature. In yet more evidence for my “HN is a Nazi bar” thesis, this take is from an otherwise-respected cryptographer and security researcher. Choice quote:...

kgMadee2,
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@swlabr @corbin it does, however, look like someone is unfamiliar with 90's hip hop

mcc, to random
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I've been told people on this website enjoy me trying to think through computer problems out loud while in incredible pain, so good news: I'm taking my new Thinkpad T14 (https://mastodon.social/@mcc/111218408629532857) out of the box and I'm going to install Linux on it first thing. So expect a LOT of complaining.

kgMadee2,
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@mcc well I would habe told you to try Debian, but then I just keep forgetting to document the hours upon hours of fiddling with backports :qed:

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