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Manjaro website goes off-line again due to lapsed certificate
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20140
Manjaro website goes off-line again due to lapsed certificate
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20140
Y'know what? As an #opensource #advocate and #tech enthusiast, it's genuinely awesome to see increased mainstream coverage of #Linux and #FreeBSD. Unfortunately, a lot of these articles are riddled with mistakes, misinformation, clickbait, and overall low quality. A few minutes ago, while catching up on tech news I came across one #ZDNet author's frequent posts on Linux and FreeBSD.
To emphasize my point, I am only going to focus on one article titled, "After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems."
The following passages stuck out like sore thumb:
1.) "FreeBSD is more challenging than Linux."
-But is it really? Subjective, particularly if coming from a GUI-driven Linux distribution. Frankly I find FreeBSD easier because of the excellent documentation and coherent design.
2.) "FreeBSD is Unix-like" but further down he states, "Essentially, FreeBSD is Unix, where Linux is based on Unix."
-Contradictory, incorrect, and confusing for newcomers. FreeBSD is Unix. Linux (neither the kernel nor OS) is based on Unix.
3.) "Think of FreeBSD as a more challenging version of Linux. This operating system doesn't hold your hand, so you might learn a thing or two as you install it and the software you require. Even for a seasoned Linux veteran like me, FreeBSD can often be a head-scratcher."
-Challenging because it's *different than Linux*? FreeBSD doesn't hold your hand? What about #Debian, #Gentoo, #Arch, heck even #RHEL? Since the author didn't mention it, I'm going to assume he did not check the FreeBSD Handbook and his "seasoned Linux" experience has been using a Linux desktop for a couple years. Also, head-scratcher?! Being an experienced Debian user, I'd be scratching my head too if I just decided to use Gentoo on a whim. The trauma of hand-configuring the xorg.conf file was real.
Finally, contrary to the article's title, the author ended up not switching to FreeBSD.
-Clickbait.
I am all for more people exploring FreeBSD and Linux. They are great OSes but it is critical the information being reported is both accurate and consistent. For reference the article is linked below.
Y'know what? As an #opensource #advocate and #tech enthusiast, it's genuinely awesome to see increased mainstream coverage of #Linux and #FreeBSD. Unfortunately, a lot of these articles are riddled with mistakes, misinformation, clickbait, and overall low quality. A few minutes ago, while catching up on tech news I came across one #ZDNet author's frequent posts on Linux and FreeBSD.
To emphasize my point, I am only going to focus on one article titled, "After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems."
The following passages stuck out like sore thumb:
1.) "FreeBSD is more challenging than Linux."
-But is it really? Subjective, particularly if coming from a GUI-driven Linux distribution. Frankly I find FreeBSD easier because of the excellent documentation and coherent design.
2.) "FreeBSD is Unix-like" but further down he states, "Essentially, FreeBSD is Unix, where Linux is based on Unix."
-Contradictory, incorrect, and confusing for newcomers. FreeBSD is Unix. Linux (neither the kernel nor OS) is based on Unix.
3.) "Think of FreeBSD as a more challenging version of Linux. This operating system doesn't hold your hand, so you might learn a thing or two as you install it and the software you require. Even for a seasoned Linux veteran like me, FreeBSD can often be a head-scratcher."
-Challenging because it's *different than Linux*? FreeBSD doesn't hold your hand? What about #Debian, #Gentoo, #Arch, heck even #RHEL? Since the author didn't mention it, I'm going to assume he did not check the FreeBSD Handbook and his "seasoned Linux" experience has been using a Linux desktop for a couple years. Also, head-scratcher?! Being an experienced Debian user, I'd be scratching my head too if I just decided to use Gentoo on a whim. The trauma of hand-configuring the xorg.conf file was real.
Finally, contrary to the article's title, the author ended up not switching to FreeBSD.
-Clickbait.
I am all for more people exploring FreeBSD and Linux. They are great OSes but it is critical the information being reported is both accurate and consistent. For reference the article is linked below.
Habt ihr schon alle fleißig unterzeichnet?
Bitte Boosten!
#petition #deutschland #linux #opensource #kde #gnome #libreoffice #firefox #chrome #chomium #vscode #internet #thunderbird #develop #perl #python #nodejs #javascript #go #golang #ruby #rust #c #ubuntu #debian #arch #archlinux #gentoo #handbrake #gimp #Gemeinnutz #free #freespeech #freiheit #openstreetmap #osm
Habt ihr schon alle fleißig unterzeichnet?
Bitte Boosten!
#petition #deutschland #linux #opensource #kde #gnome #libreoffice #firefox #chrome #chomium #vscode #internet #thunderbird #develop #perl #python #nodejs #javascript #go #golang #ruby #rust #c #ubuntu #debian #arch #archlinux #gentoo #handbrake #gimp #Gemeinnutz #free #freespeech #freiheit #openstreetmap #osm
New laptop day! Go on, Fedifriends, which #Linux distro should I put on it?
I usually use Pop / Ubuntu / Debian - but happy to try anything modern and supported.
(Chuwi Minibook X N150 if it makes a difference.)
I didn't get much response in the CachyOS forum, yet.
Someone told me, that Discord might be better to get faster feedback. But I don't have Discord.
So, maybe I have a bit more luck here.
Any ideas on these issues?
https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/stucking-keyboard-button-or-feedback
I <3 FOSS software. These are my daily drivers:
My PCs: #Arch, #kdelinux, #kde #plasma, #kmail, #librewolf, #darktable, #gwenview, #dolphin, #konsole, #okular, #kate, #kdeconnect ...
My phone: #e_os, lots and lots of #fossify lots of #Nextcloud #fdroid. And a phone running #postmarketos and #plasmamobile.
Maps and navigation: #openstreetmap, #comaps
Selfhosted: #yunohost with a few apps,, #nextcloud
SoMe: #fediverse, #mastodon, #pixelfed, #friendica
Thank you all you insanely nice and competent people making all that available for us all!
I <3 FOSS software. These are my daily drivers:
My PCs: #Arch, #kdelinux, #kde #plasma, #kmail, #librewolf, #darktable, #gwenview, #dolphin, #konsole, #okular, #kate, #kdeconnect ...
My phone: #e_os, lots and lots of #fossify lots of #Nextcloud #fdroid. And a phone running #postmarketos and #plasmamobile.
Maps and navigation: #openstreetmap, #comaps
Selfhosted: #yunohost with a few apps,, #nextcloud
SoMe: #fediverse, #mastodon, #pixelfed, #friendica
Thank you all you insanely nice and competent people making all that available for us all!
🐧 Arch Linux February ISO Is Out With Kernel, Desktop, and Security Updates
https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-february-iso-is-out-with-kernel-desktop-and-security-updates/
Oh for crying out loud!
He does know the Arc de Triomphe was built to honor those who fought & died for France during the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars right? Wait, of course he doesn’t. In fact all the Archs of Triumph are monuments. What’s this a monument for, oh yeah, himself. He truly does fancy himself a Roman emperor doesn’t he?
Ugh.
#Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall #arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial
#narcissism #vanity #sociopath
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/31/trump-arch-memorial-circle/
Oh for crying out loud!
He does know the Arc de Triomphe was built to honor those who fought & died for France during the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars right? Wait, of course he doesn’t. In fact all the Archs of Triumph are monuments. What’s this a monument for, oh yeah, himself. He truly does fancy himself a Roman emperor doesn’t he?
Ugh.
#Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall #arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial
#narcissism #vanity #sociopath
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/31/trump-arch-memorial-circle/
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Linux_in_a_Bit/115981024856898565
And not by telling them to paste shit in a Terminal! Or telling them to switch distros. Or guessing because you’re on a different distro and don’t know the answer. Or asking fucking ChatGPT. Contributing noise is of negative value
@danirabbit @Linux_in_a_Bit not gonna defend gate keepers but as someone grow up in freenode #gentoo #arch, RTFM was kind of etched on my mind really early on and I think I became a better computer user thanks to it and not despite of it :)
@thomasfuchs I was on the same page with exactly the same heuristic reasoning until I got to witness two students of mine working with tiling for a full semester.
Seeing their tailored workflows gave me more than enough reason to reconsider my own ways and now I can't believe I would ever go back to floating, really.
(They're using #arch, btw. I haven't been successful in converting them to #gentoo so far, bloody $&%/)
Inaspettatamente ho passato giornate a provare e configurare Noctalia Shell e Dank Linux su Hyprland (simili ma diversi).
Non perfetti, ma forse sono vicino a qualcosa che si possa finalmente definire "ricing". Stay tuned.
#linux #unolinux #gnulinux #gnulinuxitalia #opensource #foss #homelab #rice #ricing #arch #hyprland
Inaspettatamente ho passato giornate a provare e configurare Noctalia Shell e Dank Linux su Hyprland (simili ma diversi).
Non perfetti, ma forse sono vicino a qualcosa che si possa finalmente definire "ricing". Stay tuned.
#linux #unolinux #gnulinux #gnulinuxitalia #opensource #foss #homelab #rice #ricing #arch #hyprland
The PAM Duress is a module designed to allow users to generate 'duress' passwords that when used in place of their normal password will execute arbitrary scripts.
This functionality could be used to allow someone pressed to give a password under coercion to provide a password that grants access but in the background runs scripts to clean up sensitive data, close connections to other networks to limit lateral movement, and/or to send off a notification or alert (potentially one with detailed information like location, visible wifi hot-spots, a picture from the camera, a link to a stream from the microphone, etc). You could even spawn a process to remove the pam_duress module so the threat actor won't be able to see if the duress module was available.
