Mastodawn

SysV init (aka the init software that doesn't facilitate spying on you) has a new release: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153568555

Nicolás Danelón Mar 18

DistroWatch Mar 18

Asahi Linux, which enables running Fedora on Apple M-series hardware, has been updated: https://distrowatch.com/12765

Distribution Release: Asahi Linux 43 (DistroWatch.com News)

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

Nicolás Danelón Mar 11

DistroWatch Mar 11

System76 is pushing back against the new age verification bills: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20151

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Nicolás Danelón Mar 10

RE: https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch/116206077413458231

Sad.

Nicolás Danelón Mar 9

DistroWatch Mar 9

DistroWatch Weekly does mini reviews of three distributions, talks about what an all-in-one repository would look like, reports on Redox porting new COSMIC features, Mint's new screensaver, Guix System offering a 64-bit Hurd option, and Linux communities debating age declaration laws: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260309

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Nicolás Danelón Feb 28

Melker Ulander Feb 24

I just installed KDE Connect on my #nixos laptop and it's absolutely amazing! Seamless integration between my laptop and phone. Send files, clipboard, SMS, etc.

It proves that the choice between freedom and seamlessness (i.e. walled gardens) is a false dichotomy; you can have both.

#linux #android #e_os #kde #dankmaterialshell

Nicolás Danelón Feb 28

Tinker ☀️Feb 27

So Duo (the multifactor authentication service that #infosec loves) has integrated with Persona (the privacy destroying, Peter Thiel backed, AI-linked, facial scanning and mapping "identity verification" software)

You know the recent Discord snafu that received such massive pushback and caused so many people to leave Discord that they've dropped their identity verification?

Yeah, that Persona.

Duo integrates it into Duo Premier, Duo Advantage, and even Duo Essentials...

...which means many working class folks will have no option but to be enrolled into and use Persona...

...or be fired.

https://duo.com/docs/identity-verification

#Duo #Persona #Privacy #Discord #AI

Nicolás Danelón Feb 28

khm Feb 28

I have now completed two full working weeks with an M4-processor Apple laptop running MacOS. I had heard a lot about how amazing and fast these things are, and let me tell you: no

utter horseshit, the speed is pretty unremarkable (it's fine) but the OS itself reminds me of 2007-era linux (nothing works quite right, random UI elements lag, text scaling doesn't meaningfully work, every program comes with a quirks list because each model is apparently differently broken)

Nicolás Danelón Feb 20

DistroWatch Feb 18

GhostBSD is experimenting with an alternative X11 display server - https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20135