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kzimmermann

@kzimmermann@fosstodon.org

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom.

I have a #peertube channel hosted generously by Diode.zone:

https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast

:alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi:

Aeons ago (like 2016), I used to have an account on Quitter.se. You may consider this its spiritual continuation.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

kzimmermann, to random
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Broken package in (unstable): libelogind-compat depends on the unavailable dependency libsystemd0.

Guess I'll hold back for a few days while this gets sorted out ;)

kzimmermann, to security
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"We'll not take responsibility in securing access to cars you buy. If you want to secure our proved insecure systems, lobby for laws that prosecute those who abuse it."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/24/revealed-car-industry-was-warned-keyless-vehicles-vulnerable-to-theft-a-decade-ago

What could go wrong, right?

kzimmermann, to random
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This is a nice quick guide to render HTML emails into , and make it more or less automatic, including setting a preference for plaintext first, HTML fallback.

https://www.fiasko.io/projects/htmail-view.html.en

Lovely mutt. I should write up a quick guide or something about it, too, because I learn something new about it almost every other day. This should work as a nice documentation should I ever have to rebuild the config myself one day.

kev, to random
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I recently wrote about how YouTube was throttling my connection. I'm sick of
YouTube's shenanigans, so I've ditched them...kind of.
https://kevquirk.com/ditching-youtube-kind-of

kzimmermann,
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@kev that's a nice extension there, quite complete! But for just the redirection issues, I chose the redirector extension with some rules I wrote. Never been to youtube's page ever since!

nancycomics, to random
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Nancy Panel By E.B.

kzimmermann,
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@nancycomics NSAncy

gyptazy, to ubuntu
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This is how one of the cases looks like for the board.

Happy serving on & . Hopefully soon again back on .

kzimmermann,
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@gyptazy beautiful! This whettens my appetite concerning trying out more ARM-based SBCs that are not the Raspberry Pi <3

kzimmermann,
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@gyptazy oh, just saw it's riscv... but still, other SBCs not RPi-based!

kzimmermann, to random
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There's something magical and relieving about picking up an old laptop on a lazy Saturday afternoon and updating it from the console. No distractions, no browsers, no inneficiency. Just pure computing at its most raw form. :coffee:

Have a great weekend, everyone.

kzimmermann, to firefox
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As much as I hate to admit it, might actually be lighter and faster than on Linux in the .

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)

kzimmermann,
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@tripplehelix it's whatever is in the 12 arm64 repos. I only use straight Debian on the Pi since discovering an image for it, and will never use that horrible Raspberry Pi OS image they make again.

kzimmermann,
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But I guess in the end I won't be switching to Chromium at all. It's just too weird and clunky for me.

No automatic history / cookies deletion, no browser containers, plans to remove adblocking, and too much "let Google in," even if the Debian version defangs it considerably by default.

Firefox, even with its flaws, is still simply better for me.

kzimmermann,
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@l13u7anant @tripplehelix IMO they're the "ubuntu" of SBCs, trying to know better than the user and all, and imposing tools specifically for their distribution that don't work across OSes. This annoyed me. Then I discovered that other familiar distros produced RPi images, gave them a shot and bam - never going back. I chose Debian arm64.

Furthermore, if you're looking for performance, ditch Linux altogether. is the way to go on the Pi: https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/state_of_the_distro_2023.html

kzimmermann,
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@kta that's true, also the missing sound drivers. But tbh not even the Linux drivers work that well OOTB from my experience (can't connect to 5GHz WiFi, no full-duplex audio in 3.5mm jack). That's still OK by me though, a few USB adapters and it's fully functional again. And for desktop usage from which I don't disconnect the Pi very often, it works quite well.
@l13u7anant @tripplehelix

TodayInTwitter, to random
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Nitter is officially dead: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003649

kzimmermann,
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@TodayInTwitter will be sorely missed.

kzimmermann, to javascript
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Hmm, so it looks like has a option built in? I don't feel like testing it, though, works fine like this for me - lean, mean and fast!

kzimmermann, to FreeBSD
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Lots of advisories this morning. I'm not hosting servers but will update my machines as I get back.

kzimmermann,
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@joel ha indeed! Life sorta got in the way. But it doesn't feel like it was that long ago, I guess time is really flying huh

kzimmermann, to random
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is really a great browser to do some light surfing and consultation when the rest of the RAM is being eaten by a work browser (ahem, chromium).

kzimmermann,
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@RL_Dane absolutely. Content, base styling and pure speed.

And it's also the ultimate webpage shit-test: if your non-webapp webpage is not look usable in Netsurf, you're doing it wrong. Period. No other way to justify it.

kzimmermann, to random
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
print(hex(44203))

kzimmermann,
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@amszmidt if I recall from memory if you comment the shebang this code sill works... right?

But an update there would be good

kzimmermann, to random
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Looks like deb.devuan.org is down since a while (two days or something now?), luckily we have this great list of mirrors still available to choose from:

https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt

We can keep rolling!

kzimmermann, to random
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Oh, Nitter.net TLS certificate expired a week ago. But I guess it's a tad of encouragement to get the people to decentralize a little and pick other instances, other than the "flagship" one.

kzimmermann,
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@FreePietje meh, really? Another one went the way of Bibliogram, Teddit, Hooktube... you name it. It will be missed, like all the others...

kzimmermann, to oldcomputers
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Holy crap! I just realized I passed the 1k follower mark. I think this (in the least) calls for another :

I'm a Linux and BSD aficionado who advocates for computer freedom. I post and boost things related to Privacy, Security and the empowerement of through .

Elsewhere, I host a blog (https://kzimmermann.0x.no) and have a peertube account @kzimmermann where I record commentary about the above while doing

Thanks to everyone who followed me!

kzimmermann,
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@jamie
@matthew agreed. And even the "old" part of has some subjectivism - is 10 years old age for a computer? (average age for most of mine) 20? 90s yellowing white cases and CRT required?

I appreciate them all, though. The trend is the opposite of when I used Windows: the older, the more interesting 😃

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