@spiegelmama @babe
#computing #meme #memes #science #scienceMuseum #babbage #computerScience #machineLearning #AI #computers

I have finally moved over to Linux as my primary platform. In many ways it is like coming home, as I loved working on UNIX machines in the past. Of course, I have been using Linux as a secondary OS for a long time, but I finally made the switch. Microsoft cancelling Windows 10 and the direction Windows 11 is going was just too much for me.

@span ruario helped the transition, by making it easy for me to work with multiple concurrent @span Vivaldi installs.
That is a must for me as I test a lot of builds at the same time.

#Windows#Linux #computing#Technology#AI#Vivaldi

I have finally moved over to Linux as my primary platform. In many ways it is like coming home, as I loved working on UNIX machines in the past. Of course, I have been using Linux as a secondary OS for a long time, but I finally made the switch. Microsoft cancelling Windows 10 and the direction Windows 11 is going was just too much for me.

@span ruario helped the transition, by making it easy for me to work with multiple concurrent @span Vivaldi installs.
That is a must for me as I test a lot of builds at the same time.

#Windows#Linux #computing#Technology#AI#Vivaldi

There are still spots for in-person attendees, and the chance to spend a couple of days surrounded by enthusiasts. If you cannot make it to Düsseldorf this time, consider registering for the live stream.

https://www.distribits.live/events/2025-distribits/register/

A lot of Apple enthusiasts are disgusted with #Timcook and #Apple given the recent display of bootlicking.

I'm going to keep suggesting that we are all free to walk away from Apple's services. Your next computer can use #GNU#Linux. And before you dismiss it, have you tried it? Folks, I promise you, it is possible to have great and productive computing experience over here. The #FreeSoftware movement embraces ethical #computing with a core respect for users' freedom.

https://me.dm/@anildash/115176526822774103

So, the ICE/Paragon zero click attack can be sent via sms to any phone. No need to open it, just having it arrive on the device is all it takes. Correct? How long before it's leaked into the wild if it's not already?

I'd like to turn off sms entirely but what about companies that use that for 2FA? For example, PayPal requires you have their invasive app installed or that you use sms for 2FA.

Seems like a gaping security risk or am I missing something?

#Security#Privacy#Computing

A semi-serious post about #HPC in the scientific domain.

https://lovergine.com/does-hpc-mean-high-pain-computing.html

#hpc#guix#guile #computing #academia

A semi-serious post about #HPC in the scientific domain.

https://lovergine.com/does-hpc-mean-high-pain-computing.html

#hpc#guix#guile #computing #academia

Freeing Apple Devices from Apple

Over the past year I’ve often come across folks talking about de-Googling which largely comes down to disconnecting from Google services by finding alternatives. When I began my transition away from Apple a few months back I wasn’t sure what I would do with my various Apple devices. I knew I wanted to switch to GNU/Linux on my 2012 Mac, but I would still have several devices that would be stuck with an #Apple OS...

#Privacy#Computing
https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-08-29.html

@PttP I'd like to see my current effort of one turn into a #FreeSoftware user group that can multiply the offering. #Rural #Missouri is fairly impoverished, I think if we can keep at it we'll slowly raise an awareness of what #GNU #Linux and Free Software can do for people on a budget. And, along with that, improve local users' knowledge, #computing self-reliance and willingness to help other users is #MutualAid. A seed that can be planted anywhere if there's a local gardener to care for it. 🙂 🌱

If you're in Missouri and want to share Free Software with others I'm looking for folks to join in the effort.

Fascism is here. Whether it's coming from the current admin or capitalists, #FreeSoftware is worth fighting for. We do not have to accept their effort to control us. We do not have to cooperate in our own subjugation. We can organize in our communities to help others be more free. We can all do our part.

#Resist#Computing#BigTech #microsoft#Google#Apple

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Missouri

Back in the 80's and 90's, when PCs were new and intriguing to humans, they dedicated a corner of a room or a full room to host these strange Machines, putting them on altars –later known as computer shelf– to properly exhibit them.

Most of these altars were equipped with shelfs so the different elements of the Machine could rest comfortably, some additional shelfs were dedicated so the humans of the time could place offerings, like softwares boxes and books to appease the Spirit of the Machine or trinkets to attract good fortune when he was using it.
Some altars were equipped with doors so the Machine could have some privacy during it sleep.

At the time, we went to the computer like ou ancestors go to the church: to received Answers, it was way before the enshitification of the internet.

#Computing

"If it's still regularily used, it's not old. It's stable and sustainable"

#timeless #stable #computing #linux #foss

Back in the 80's and 90's, when PCs were new and intriguing to humans, they dedicated a corner of a room or a full room to host these strange Machines, putting them on altars –later known as computer shelf– to properly exhibit them.

Most of these altars were equipped with shelfs so the different elements of the Machine could rest comfortably, some additional shelfs were dedicated so the humans of the time could place offerings, like softwares boxes and books to appease the Spirit of the Machine or trinkets to attract good fortune when he was using it.
Some altars were equipped with doors so the Machine could have some privacy during it sleep.

At the time, we went to the computer like ou ancestors go to the church: to received Answers, it was way before the enshitification of the internet.

#Computing

#Computing#Privacy#Cloud#Microsoft#FreeSoftware#Google