jdkiser

jdkiser, 3 days ago to linux

You get spied on by Microsoft, any asshole in the world knows what to do: you get a Distro with a 25 year reputation, an indestructible economy shitbox laptop, you update once a week and that's your base, get me? That's your fortress of fucking solitude. That puts you, for the rest of your life, at a level of fuck you. Somebody wants to install malware, fuck you! Own your laptop. Have a couple flatpaks. Dont drink. That's all I have to say to anybody on any social level."
#linux #debian #copilot

jdkiser, 3 days ago to linux

People didn't switch over to #linux in large numbers after Windows ME, or XP/Blaster, or Wanna cry, or nsakey, or Vista's DRM, or Windows 8, or Windows 10's telemetry. It never happened. They just accepted it, or tried Linux for a few weeks before going back. Or they bought a MacBook.

This time is not going to be different.

The Overton window here is whatever lets people play video games.

Regulation is the only thing that will protect us.

#microsoft #windows #linux #debian

jdkiser, 1 month ago to linux

23 years later, Antitrust is still a great movie. Featuring Gnome desktop and all the anti-Microsoft sentiment from the 90's. We all wanted to be Milo.

Up next: Hackers.

What are some other movies to watch?

#linux #movies #hackers #antitrust #unix #opensource #fyp #gnome #nurv

protonprivacy, 1 month ago to random

TL;DR There is no safe way to use TikTok, and our strong recommendation is to delete the app from all your devices.

Learn more here: https://protonvpn.com/blog/is-tiktok-safe/

jdkiser, 1 month ago to fediverse

A week or so later, one good thing about the #xz #backdoor is how it all pretty much played out on Mastodon and in the #fediverse. The discussion wasn't on #x or #twitter, not #facebook or #stackedoverflow or whatever. Analysis and investigation and discussion happened here on #mastodon. Even #wired magazine gave credit.

That's a pretty cool milestone.

amadeus, 2 months ago (edited 1 month ago) to animation

Do you turn off #animation (s) in #gnome via Settings > Accessibility > Viewing > Reduce Animation to make everything snappy, or do you leave them enabled and enjoy the smooth (er) experience?
Personally, I jump back and forth. I love the animations, but on both my #laptop and my #desktop it occasionally happens that they #stutter which drives me crazy. 🤪😝🫣🤭
#linux

jhx, 2 months ago to debian

I'm a little torn with my daily driver setup currently.
So far, I use a Ryzen system for my daily tasks.
Or better: Call it endless procrastination about what to drive on the desktop.... mentally stuck right now.

I do not need much. Web surfing, programming, reading and some retro games.

Contemplating if switchung over to my laptop full time.

Yes, the Ryzen can game modern games... but I kinda lost interest in that.

How would you guys decide?

Running #Debian and #FreeBSD

jdkiser, 3 months ago to linux

#myfirstdistro was Red Hat Linux 5.2 on a 486 with 12Megabytes of RAM. It could only do 256 colors, but not the standard 8-bit color palette; any 256 colors supported by the card. So you could have like 200 shades of red and then like 56 colors used by the fvwm desktop for example. Reboot the XFree86 server and you could get a different set of up to 256 colors. I used fvwm95 but then moved to IceWM and hosted some themes in those days. #linux