That QR code could be helpful, but why can’t we have both? Show me the backtrace and logs, and stick a code in the corner in case I need the Internet’s help.
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Same here. It was my first Linux. The Gentoo Handbook circa 2005 did not even attempt to hold your hand. But when I got through, it worked well! I got into dependency hell and bricked my system trying to upgrade Firefox. I like how Debian is stable, but I still do wonder about Gentoo.
It’ll probably happen in the next few years. Compiling for PowerPC went away after macOS dropped it, and it was the same story for i386. Running and targeting x86_64 will soon be a distant memory.
That being said, if you have a Mac/Hackintosh/VM with an older Xcode, keep it! You can still compile with the old version, compile with the new version, and stick the results together with the
lipocommand. I wrote a simple C CLI app and I can put five architectures in one binary if I want (ppc, ppc64, i386, x86_64, arm64) and it’ll run on any macOS/Mac OS X version ever made.
2·3 months agoI’m surprised Ubuntu wasn’t using
systemd-timesyncd. It seems like something they’d like based on the prefix.
I’ve used Little Snitch on macOS, but I agree that a closed-source blob won’t fly on Linux. OpenSnitch exists, though I haven’t tried that one.
Can I just do an
apt remove —purge systemd-ageverificationdand call it a day, or do I need to edit/etc/systemd/ageverificationd/birthday.confand call it a day?
I don’t agree with this law, but having an age verification API as an open-source modular component is the best way to do it. Build in privacy controls and permissions so you know what’s being sent, where, and when. Make sure we know to edit $HOME/.config/systemd/ageverificationd/birthday.conf whenever we want (yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if systemd handled this, too).
Don’t forget the off switch and don’t give it unnecessary dependencies. Let me be able to install it if I need it (spoilers: I won’t) and if you include it by default, let me be able to remove it without removing the whole GUI.
I wound up switching to Debian. It’s stable. It works. It lets me tinker and upgrade some packages without compromising the whole system.
My only gripe is that OS upgrades are a manual process. I miss Ubuntu’s
do-release-upgradecommand, though following a process isn’t hard.
Agreed. I use Secure Boot on my Linux systems with my own keys. Let’s not confuse it with Restricted Boot, which is awful.
Nah, he Base4017’d it. That’s Base64 plus all the emojis. It’s actually quite efficient.
Good question. It seems like Debian has been speeding up a bit. The software is still a bit older, but it’s not too far behind compared to some other Debian releases. I switched and it’s been rock solid, despite me running a Trixie Backports system.
Agreed! Though give me the backports any day.
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Maybe. Some people have used SpinRite 6.1 to rewrite every sector, and that’s improved performance on some SSD’s. It rewrites each sector and restores the cell’s charge. That’s great if you need the data on there now.
Now, if you’re erasing the disk (by any means, including just a quick
format C:), any sectors you use will be written with new data, so that shouldn’t matter.Just erase the disk (securely, if you want) and get going, and it should be fine.
I’ll second this. I’ve got tons of FLACs. I let PlexAmp do the transcoding in the background.
Because I never learned Bash scripting, for whatever reason, and WSL wasn’t yet available to load on my work PC at the time.
Windows doesn’t make you oil the machine. Your move, nerd. </sarcasm>
However, with macOS 26 (Tahoe) being the final version for Intel-based Macs, Rosetta 2 will be on the chopping block afterwards.
I owned one for a while. It was great. But Apple will eventually drop Intel support and these can then become well-built Linux laptops.
I get it. It’s more descriptive than an error message, and the few kilobytes you can cram into a QR code is great for that.
It sounded like other people were worried about data exfiltration, or disclosure to a third party. I haven’t had a chance to test this. Where does the QR code go?