| Mi página | https://ogarcia.me |
| Mi código | https://gitlab.com/ogarcia |
The recent idea of creating a European Linux distribution (see link below) is nonsense. It solves nothing and only wastes time and effort. It is not about creating anything, Fedora with KDE already exists (and it's far from being the best possible choice), it is about forcing public institutions to use free software and open standards. All the rest is smoke and mirrors (and our money wasted).
I have spent a week writing a massive article about Windows 2. It has sexy screenshots and is full of incredible trivia. Why not spend the New Year's Eve reading it? ;)
A while ago I posted a bit of info about a Russian desktop PDP-11-on-chip clone. Today I stumbled upon a couple of operating systems for a home computer BK-0010, and wanted to share a few screenshots from those. It's possible this is going to be quite unlike to what you've seen!
A few interesting things, before we begin:
* This computer series has a funny naming; for example, one of the models is called БК-0010.01Ш
* The keyboard layout is not QWERTY, and the default code page is not ASCII or PC-compatible CP866 but (almost) KOI-8
* The CPU is compatible with PDP-11, so the computer was used with RT-11 quite a bit. There is a modern UNIX V6 port for it, but, sadly, it was not a thing when the computer was still popular (only its older sibling DVK got a true UNIX back in the days)
* Designed in 1985, it was manufactured until 1993, and was still popular in the late 90s (but not as popular as ZX Spectrum)
* It has an unauthorized port of Monkey Island 2 with music and an alternative ending from 1995!
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In case anyone is interested, here's my #Vim (and #NeoVim) color scheme: https://github.com/aperezdc/vim-elrond
At some point the “elflord” one that comes with Vim and NeoVim received some changes so mine looks more like the one from the Vim 6.x era, with less stuff colored.
Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).
The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .
#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!
EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation
Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)
🚩https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/
EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.
Like FLoC and Privacy Sandbox before it, Google Chrome’s Manifest V3 is another example of the inherent conflict of interest that comes from Google controlling both the dominant web browser and one of the largest internet advertising networks.
Let's imagine for a moment that the amount of personal spare time I've been investing in small Linux/UNIX #OpenSource programming was instead for #Amiga and/or #68k stuff.
Which kind of software is missing as Open Source that people would like to see written or improved? For example, would there be interest in an IPv4 stack for AmigaOS? I wouldn't get into overly complicated things like writing a USB stack from scratch, for example, but porting and adapting some TCP/IP solution sounds feasible-ish. What other things do people miss?
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