kzimmermann

kzimmermann, 2 months ago to DOOM

I think I've been playing too much #doom, I'm starting to see things.

kzimmermann, 6 months ago to reddit

Adblockers and alternative frontend will only get you so far in this. It's literally just a matter of time until step it to yet another level. Want some real change? Stop giving them power. #Boycott these fuckers.

"Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox" -> https://archive.is/yAdak (link to avoid direct #reddit)

Bring down closed data silos like #YouTube. Empower #foss federated platforms like #peertube.

#adblock #decentralization

kzimmermann, 10 months ago to random

The state of usability of #smartphones absolutely baffles me.

Like, holy shit, you can't even transfer a bunch of files from the device to another computer without running into 15 different hurdles preventing it.

Meanwhile, every other computer out there: FTP, HTTP and a zillion other ways to do this trivial thing, doable since the 90s.

"but the cloud" - oh. Right. That's why.

kzimmermann, 4 months ago to vim

Songs about #Vim :vim: 😄

#meme

kzimmermann, 3 months ago to privacy

Gotta love how #Mutt brings bullshit and spam emails clearly into the light :D

#privacy

kzimmermann, 2 months ago to debian

Attention #Debian Sid users: latest #chromium package (v. 123.0.6312.58-1) update is broken. Lots of pages crashing, some load fine for a minute or so, then freeze. Impossible to work on O365 on it. Holding on to your current version is highly advised (until at least this passes!)

#rollingrelease #bug

kzimmermann, 4 months ago to random

#MyFirstDistro was Ubuntu 9.04, which I tried in my friend's laptop while mine (with Windows XP at the time) was down at the university's shop for repairs (back then, I couldn't even service a hard drive crash). My mind was immediately blown by this OS that was so different from Windows, yet so nice. A few months later, I decided to try on my own: Easy Peasy.

My story:
https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/first_starting_linux.html

kzimmermann, 10 months ago to Futurology

Block #Meta / #Facebook domains at hosts file:

https://paste.debian.net/1284491/

This was originally a GH Gist, now in a safer domain.

#privacy

kzimmermann, 10 months ago to programming

Positively one of the easiest ways to explain to beginners pointers in C.

#programming #funny

kzimmermann, 10 months ago to random

I donno how y'all's week was, but here's a #tapir to lighten your day

kzimmermann, 8 months ago to random

Support: "Try [step 1]"
User: "It has always worked with this configuration"
Support: "Does it work now?"
User: "No"
Support: "Try [step 1]"

#techsupport

kzimmermann, 6 months ago to fediverse

Why playing #BrutalDoom is the ultimate #FreeGaming experience.

https://diode.zone/w/6KrtK8ufCgJtDgC7j8oesX

Not only it's a fun game, it also is powered by a fully free stack and community!

#peertube #doom

kzimmermann, 4 months ago to FreeBSD

Looks like if all it took to "stabilize" my #FreeBSD USB WiFi connection was to create the wlan0 interface with the country option to ifconfig(8) correctly. By default, it assumes US, which kept disconnecting me quite annoyingly. Now, with something like this:

ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 ssid $MY_NET country $MY_COUNTRY up

It seems to work perfectly :D

kzimmermann, 2 months ago to linux

Funny enough, I decided to just say "fuck it" to my employer's wish and started to use Linux exclusively at work last week. Absolutely zero issues with it, and both my machine has been performing faster and I save much more battery along the day.

#Linux is more than ready for the corporate world.

kzimmermann, 1 year ago to random

No amount of features is worth your freedom.

kzimmermann, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

The more I read @glynmoody 's Walled Culture book, the more I think how the copyright industry is a bunch of fucking crybabies.

Sharing culture is more than caring; it's duty.

ElHadjiMurad, 2 months ago to repair

Those people who recover and repair old and broken electronics - PCs, mainframe equipment, games, all of it - are like gods to me. Incredible stuff.

#Repair #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

kzimmermann, 3 months ago to random

Great one from @warandpeas !

#password #fail

kzimmermann, 4 months ago to fediverse

A unearthed a record of when I first joined the #Fediverse, way back in 2015.

https://kzimmermann.0x.no/updates/20240119_2256.html

I just noticed that the message ends with "Thanks for your time." Well, what can I say? Don't thank me, thank you, Quitter!

#fedihistory #quitter #gnusocial

kzimmermann, 1 month ago to homebrewing

In 2024, with many distributions having decided to end their 32-bit support, playing 2000s' proprietary games through #wine on Linux is suddenly not so straightforward anymore.

This vacation I had an opportunity to re-trace the steps and show how this is done again:

https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/running_cs16_wine.html

number 52 in #100DaysToOffload

#counterstrike #gamingonlinux #gaming

kzimmermann, 1 month ago to random

DuckDuckDown right now

kzimmermann, 19 days ago to linux

Using #Linux in a Corporate Laptop for work

https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/linux_work_laptop.html

Longish post that I've been meaning to post for a few weeks now. I tried to run only #FreeSoftware for work for a month and the result was amazing. Here's a few tips on how I did it in case you want to try it too.

Needless to say, I have zero intentions on going back. Long live Free Software: Liberate your Hardware today!

53 out of #100DaysToOffload

kzimmermann, 15 days ago to til

#TIL that @JasonPunyon curated and compiled a whopping archive of answers from #StackOverflow and assorted #StackExchange Q&A sites in a minimal sqlite format, where they can be downloaded and analyzed offline:

https://seqlite.puny.engineering/

Amazing effort and great idea. Reminded me of the archives that #Kiwix kept of it (alongside Wikipedia and similar projects), but more streamlined and cross-platform. Nice.

kzimmermann, 1 month ago to privacy

So did G**gle finally cuck #invidious completely at last? Every video I try to see now is like this, in every instance 😠

#privacy #alternativefrontends

kzimmermann, 3 months ago to firefox

As much as I hate to admit it, #Chromium might actually be lighter and faster than #Firefox on Linux in the #RaspberryPi.

It can even run Office365+MS Teams on just over 3GB RAM total use.

(merit for that being of Debian for the efficience, not MS's)