lproven

lproven, 12 days ago to random

Archaeology time: Help me identify these ancient OSes and vendors

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/config-patches/2024-05/msg00022.html

– via @osnews

lproven, 14 days ago to random

Ubuntu 24.04 upgrades available – to Mantic users

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/24/ubuntu_2404_upgrades_available/

Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 18 days ago to random

https://www.savagechickens.com/2024/05/hey-corporations.html

lproven, 18 days ago to random

Asset strippers. Darlings of the stock markets, and the worst scum in the world, more evil than any robbers or thieves.

Investors – The Markets – drive the military-industrial complex that is killing the planet & humanity. These people are killing our children.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/ by @pluralistic

lproven, 19 days ago to random

> Hacker News | lproven's submissions
> lproven (7000)
> user: lproven
> created: December 30, 2013
> karma: 7000

I just wanted to mark this in a small way. :-)

lproven, 24 days ago to random

Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/18/distros_ai_code/

The problem isn't just that LLM-bot generated code is bad – it's where it came from

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 24 days ago to random

Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key – before you need it

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/rescuezilla_2_5/

Sort of a FOSS Norton Ghost, now updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 25 days ago to random

The great Tom Gauld in New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431198-tom-gauld-on-cars-of-the-future/

lproven, 25 days ago to random

The Worst Website In The Entire World
https://matduggan.com/the-worst-website-in-the-entire-world/

<- Desktop VMware is free for personal use now… but trying to get it is an entirely different thing.

lproven, 26 days ago to random

Remember the Dali hitting Baltimore bridge?

Yeah, it's still there...

And they won't let the crew off. And they took their phones.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69011124

lproven, 27 days ago to random

With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu's never looked so snappy (without the Snaps)

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/15/asmi_2404_ubuntu_without_snap/

Distro formerly known as Zinc cuts the fat, rather than just replacing it

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 29 days ago to random

Linux 6.9 arrives, plus Torvalds indicates Arm64 will get a bit more love

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/13/linux_kernel_69_released/

And the windows are opened to 6.10 in September or so

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

First 9front release of the year is called DO NOT INSTALL

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/07/9front_do_not_install/

Possibly its most helpful codename yet

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

The eight-bit Z80 is dead. Long live the 16-bit Z80!

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/26/long_live_16_bit_z80/

Yes, they are harder to solder, but there's way more potential

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

Miracle-WM tiling window manager for Mir hits 0.2.0

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/23/miracle_wm_020/

What are Mir and Wayland all about anyway?

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

"AI accidentally made me believe in the concept of a human soul by showing me what art looks like without it." -- beultra_warrior

lproven, 1 month ago to random

We Need To Rewild The Internet

The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.

lproven, 1 month ago to random

NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/30yo_netbsd_releases_v10/

Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

AlmaLinux 9.4 beta prepares to tread where RHEL dares not

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/almalinux_94_ciq_lts_kernels/

CIQ also has an alternative approach to compatible kernels with RockyLinux

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

After delay due to xz, Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' belatedly hits beta

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/15/ubuntu_24_04_belated_beta/

Kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more apps in Snap packages

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 month ago to random

The Imperfectionist: The goose in the bottle
https://ckarchive.com/b/0vuwh9hor8l34a7mggrmzhwe9qk55

<- the best explanation of this ancient koan I've ever read, and I think the explanation has real value

lproven, 2 months ago to random

"UNIX is the C language runtime"

– PJMLP, Hacker News, 2024-04-05
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39941063

lproven, 2 months ago to random

Red Hat tries on a McKinsey cap in quest to streamline techies' jobs

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/red_hat_hires_mckinsey/

Some staff are worried – can't think why

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 2 months ago to random

Fairberry project brings a hardware keyboard to Android phones

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/30/fairberry_fairphone_hardware_qwerty/

Now updated – v0.3.0 is here, with less soldering

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 2 months ago to random

The window for great-grandmothers is closing
https://memoirsandrambles.substack.com/p/the-window-for-great-grandmothers
And it wasn't that long to begin with

<- good point, told briefly and well.