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passthejoe, to guix
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I'm as intrigued by as I was by , but ultimately I'm not sure the complexity is worth it for me.

Even has a ratio of complexity vs. benefits that fits well with my work (and play) flow.

, and all hide enough of the nitty gritty behind the scenes — updates happen without me needing to know it.

And traditional is so familiar and reliable, it's hard not to tap it for just about any use case.

philbaker1,
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@passthejoe I’m also intrigued by NisOS. But the barrier to entry is too high for me. I’m already overcommitted.

AlmaLinux just works for me. And it keeps my RHEL familiarity level up for my day job.

Still on my todo list: migrate my home NAS/Plex server from Ubuntu 22.04 to FreeBSD.

philbaker1, to random
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philbaker1,
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No official status update yet, but a 0201Z image just arrived. Hopefully just a hiccup.

philbaker1,
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First thing that went through my mind... was this outage related to the solar storm? I don't feel qualified to even speculate. But the solar flux this evening isn't as high as the past two days.
https://www.spaceweather.gov/

philbaker1,
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@ai6yr I’m guessing not(?), since the effects of the CME are waning. Who knows. This is the first GOES outage I can remember, but at least it appears to be brief.

philbaker1,
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@ai6yr remember -> remember in a long time

philbaker1, to windows
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The melodious sounds of a new (work) laptop, straining under weight of 11 and the requisite anti-virus software. Nice toasty air coming out of the vent. 🔥

Dell laptop fan running at near full speed.

philbaker1,
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@elaterite It does. It typically lasts between 1 and 2 hours per charge.

The fan on my ThinkPad (running Fedora) hardly ever runs either. Cool and quiet. :)

passthejoe, to linux
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AlmaLinux 9.4 beta is out: 4 reasons to consider it for your desktop | ZDNET https://www.zdnet.com/article/almalinux-9-4-beta-is-out-4-reasons-to-consider-it-for-your-desktop/

philbaker1,
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@passthejoe I agree completely. Although I don't use it much for desktop work, I have a low-end NUC that runs AlmaLinux very well in desktop mode. Wayland support out of the box and Flatpak there to provide the latest apps.

If one has bleeding edge homelab hardware, the latest mainline kernel from ELRepo runs great on Alma. Last I heard, kernel 6.9 (due out in May) will contain a complete rework of the CPU topology logic for heterogeneous CPUs (Intel 12th-gen and newer)
https://elrepo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kernel-ml

philbaker1,
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@passthejoe The latest long term support kernel (6.6 as of this writing) is also available for EL 9 distros, if one so desires.
https://elrepo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kernel-lt

philbaker1, to infosec
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‼️Regarding the CVE-2024-3094 - backdoored xz, beginning with versions 5.6.0

Checking my boxes for xz versions:
AlmaLinux: 5.2.5
Fedora: 5.4.4
Debian: 5.4.1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3094

philbaker1,
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"PLEASE IMMEDIATELY STOP USAGE OF ANY FEDORA RAWHIDE INSTANCES"

Fedora 39, the latest stable release, is unaffected.
All versions of RHEL are unaffected.
CentOS Stream 9 unaffected.
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users

philbaker1, to google
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I have seen Norah Jones videos in my Discover feed ten times (not exaggerating) in the past week. I have touched the "Not interested" button each time. Yet they still appear.

It's either incompetence or hostility toward the user on Google's part. Or perhaps hostile incompetence? I have nothing against Norah Jones, I'm not interested in watching her videos.

18+ philbaker1,
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Oh look! Another Norah Jones video recommendation in my Google Discover feed.

18+ philbaker1,
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Even more Norah Jones content today!

18+ philbaker1,
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Google: Oh, “Not interested, eh? Have another one!”

18+ philbaker1,
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It’s happened.

On this 15th day of March, 2024, Norah Jones disappeared from my Google Discover feed.

philbaker1, to random
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GOES East Fire Temperature RGB imagery showing fires over the high plains this afternoon.

GOES East Fire Temperature RGB product

philbaker1,
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Lincoln, NE was 81 F at 3 PM. Relative humidity 9%. Winds gusting to 38 mph. This is west Texas weather in eastern Nebraska. 80+ degree weather was unheard of in my childhood, growing up in Omaha and Lincoln.

The record high for today is 79, which breaks a 128 year old record by 2 degrees.

sjvn, to tv
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The best antennas for free live news, sports, and more: Expert tested https://zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/best-tv-antenna/ by @sjvn

Today, antennas are making a comeback. Why? Two words: Free TV.

philbaker1,
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@sjvn There's no technical reason why ATSC 3.0 can't build on the features of 1.0 and be even more awesome. Dolby Atmos, 4K HDR. Better signal reach. I was excited.

But after all the mergers, the few big companies owning local TV stations are asserting themselves. Fair use law dating back to the VCR era may go by the wayside. I hope I'm wrong.
https://www.techhive.com/article/2009693/nextgen-tv-drm-puts-future-of-the-over-the-air-dvr-in-doubt.html

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