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  • Feature parity or get out

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  • I think the average user wouldn't care, Linux just attracts nerds. And I think it's totally fine and even good that people care how their computer works—it shows that users care about their software working for them, rather than just wanting to go along with whatever is given to them. I think a lot of the positions people take about these things are very silly, but I'd still prefer someone to have a silly opinion about X11/Wayland or pid 1 than to not have an opinion at all. It's nice that users are being actively involved in deciding what they want their system to be; it's a nice change from the average user who's like "well microsoft is screenshotting my screen every 5 seconds and feeding it into copilot now, guess I'm going along with that".

  • What the fuck is a gentoo?

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  • My point is that raids are for the purpose of gathering evidence. The way it usually works is that the state decides they want to criminalise you for something so they search your place for anything they can use to incriminate you—not vice versa, ie they dont already have enough evidence to incriminate you when they plan the raid.

    I don't know about a majority of people, but with the rise of the far-right across many countries I think it is a significant number of people who are at risk of this, and I think it's rather short-sighted to assume only a small number of "cool people" are affected (thank you though). Like I am a nobody, I'm not famous, and there are lots of political organisers and militants like me you've never heard of being targeted for their political activities. You don't need to be a Snowden to have some degree of state interest in you, and most state repression (raids, incarceration, arrests, etc) is relatively cheap to dish out willy-nilly.

  • What the fuck is a gentoo?

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  • Not true at all. Governments regularly raid political dissidents. It's a disciplinary tactic in and of itself. I've been raided for plenty of shit and never been convicted of any crime.

  • How many of you are non-native English speakers?

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  • English is my third language, but I read a lot of English books as a kid and spent a lot of time in English-speaking circles. I don't feel disadvantaged compared to a native speaker as I'm fluent and have been speaking English for a long time.

  • swww renamed to awww, due to the author's guilt from obliviously naming it "final solution"

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  • i3 doesn't work with Wayland because it's an X11 WM... You wouldn't complain about X11 because Sway doesn't work on it.

    Btw, Sway is a drop-in Wayland replacement for i3 if you want to move to Wayland. i3 configs work with Sway; it's an i3 clone.

  • Who are prominent figures vilified by Western media and where can I learn from them in a different light?

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  • If you mean political leaders targeted by imperialist propaganda, most of them have written books or other writings that you can read and get accounts from their own mouth. Mao probably fits your bill (vilified by Western media) and his writing is very accessible and easy to read (he wrote largely for illiterate peasants) so that might be something to interest you.

  • Are you still friends with any of your exes?

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  • No but not due to hostility. We just don't talk anymore the way you don't talk to some old friends anymore, ie just drifted apart. All my breakups have luckily been amicable.

  • What software do you use to aggregate email in a single interface?

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  • aerc+mbsync+notmuch

    If you want a GUI, I was using Evolution before aerc and I was happy with it. I just prefer keyboard navigation which naturally is well supported by any TUI application.

  • Options for when selfies are required?

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  • What are you using that requires a selfie? I can't think of any services or apps I use that require a selfie. It can't be that hard to avoid if I've never encountered one.

  • cwtch (that ain't no typo)

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    Can kids under 10 be possibly taught coding, without even mentioning the word syntax to them ??

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  • I learnt to code before I was 10, why not? Also why not mention the word "syntax"? Kids are just less experienced, but they're not stupid. They can understand a concept if you explain it to them.

  • SimpleX goes NFT / Shitcoin

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  • With soft forks you still need to merge upstream changes and figure out what to do when they're incompatible with your changes, do your own testing of your fork once you've merged the changes, etc.

  • cwtch (that ain't no typo)

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  • Again, stupid chauvinist take. Not everyone speaks English and not everyone uses English pronunciations. Also, cwtch is a relatively popular loanword too, plenty of English speakers have learnt to say it.

    You know most of the world finds English spellings hard to pronounce, right? You're speaking in a language notorious for its inconsistent pronunciations (see "-ough").

    It's also particularly fucked up to mock Welsh like that given that Welsh is one of the many languages with a long history of children being violently reprimanded for speaking their native language by English people.

  • cwtch (that ain't no typo)

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  • unpronounceable

    To whom? Should Welsh people not use privacy software too? Stupid ass chauvinist position

  • cwtch (that ain't no typo)

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  • It's a welsh word.

  • How often do you update software on your servers?

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  • Automatic daily updates for system packages. Automatic daily container updates with watchtower. I normally have things pinned to a reasonable major or minor release, so I do manual upgrades for new OS release branches and usually pin to a major version for Docker containers but depends on the container.

  • You have an unlimited budget to make the worlds first tactical umbrella. What does your umbrella do?

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  • But then you have no need for the umbrella if it's not raining. It just becomes dead weight.

  • Building from source - disadvantages?

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  • The main disadvantage is that it's less automated, and also you don't get automatic updates without any other package management system in place. If you're using something like e.g. source packages from the AUR then that solves both those problems and there's no downsides (beyond extra computational power/time you spend waiting) so long as the package maintainer does their job correctly.

    Can it mess with my system in any way?

    Not... really? I guess if you're downloading random tarballs off the internet and running make install without checking the integrity or trustworthiness of what you're downloading then you could get a virus. But if you're certain the source you're getting is legitimate, then I suppose the only way building from source could "mess up your system" is if you mess up your system libraries or something whilst trying to install dependencies.

  • Weird unixporn trend

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  • I also use River. I'd say most Hyprland setups are generic and low-quality (what you'd call "slop") but if it floats your boat go for it.

    I think possibly Reddit might have more setups similar to yours, given that Lemmy is smaller. I still see people use the various X11 WMs and have more clean-looking Wayland setups, though, not sure where you've been looking.

    If you just want inspiration, just look for like, anything other than Hyprland. Maybe you could search for BSD since I've never seen a BSD setup with Hyprland or all these flashy effects.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Is there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Lasse Collin, the other xz maintainer, has acknowledged the backdoor

    tukaani.org /xz-backdoor/
  • Palestine @lemmy.ml
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    Israel may cut off Palestinian banks from global banking system next week

    www.middleeasteye.net /news/israel-may-cut-off-palestinian-banks-global-banking-system-next-week
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    What is a dish whose component parts you all like individually, but put together as a dish you think is nasty?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Are there any CPUs that work well with Linux that aren't made by Intel or another company on the BDS list/that supports Israel?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    I apologise if this is already common knowledge, but I just found out you can have multiple layers of LUKS encryption on a drive!