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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Not that the author is necessarily off-base, but that blog post is almost three years old. Tech and software evolve fast, and I would hazard a guess that at least a few of their gripes have been addressed by now. Additionally, due partly to the success of the Steam Deck, Valve has officially partnered with Arch and it’s throwing some of their considerable resources into Linux development.

    I also noticed that they barely mentioned SELinux or AppArmor, and they probably didn’t know about immutable distros (which didn’t really exist, yet). It’s fair to say that Linux isn’t the gold standard of good security, but the post reads like someone with a beef and not someone trying to inform by presenting a skeptic’s take (indeed, they seem to gush over Windows and MacOS).

    They finish by name-dropping a few people with a vested interest in security, and they’re practically begging the question in doing so. If the facts don’t stand on their own as the author has presented, why should I listen to strangers who allegedly share the same opinion? That’s not how consensus is formed.

    I guess what I’m trying to say is, an old article about the state of Linux Security should be assessed within a modern context if we’re to apply it to current software.





  • I’m not going to pretend to understand Spain’s politics or economy, but it would behoove a lot of countries’ governments to start acting in the interests of their citizens vis a vis the looming disasters caused by climate change, rather than capitulating to wealthy special interests.

    The main reason the far right is having a moment across the globe is because they’re tapping into that simmering fear and frustration as people watch their allegedly democratic institutions fail them, one by one, over and over. And the existing institutions are acting like everything is fine—business as usual.

    It’s not fine. Most people can’t just buy a new home when theirs gets destroyed by flooding, fires, storms, etc. They can’t just move. The far right is only going to make things worse, but they’re promising people some kind of change (and hoping people don’t look too hard), whereas current institutions are promising more of the same and expecting people to just be patient as we pass each climate-disaster milestone.










  • I mean, I know what you’re saying. Nintendo is no slouch when it comes to drawing people in, but they’re no longer the only fish in the pond. Couple that with the general customer satisfaction with Deck-likes and the flat deluge of games to which you have access, and there’s a real chance of people at least thinking twice before jumping on a Switch 2.

    Some people won’t care, but Nintendo is going to have to really work to pull others away from all those extras you get by design. Plus, that’s not even getting into how stupidly easy it is to set up emulation, which you have to pay a lot for via Nintendo.






  • Even if we can’t prove a post is fake, it still can be.

    Literally the definition of Appeal to Possibility. “It could be, therefore it is.”

    I can tell you were born yesterday.

    Gonna block you now, because I can tell you’re never going to stop replying to me. It’s how you people try to cover up shilling.

    Ow, my poor feelings. /s

    Exactly what I’d expect from somebody who broadly claims a post is fake but can’t provide the receipts. Somebody calls you out, and you call them stupid, double down, and run, instead of engaging honestly.


  • Standing on top of others’ shoulders is the entire deal of distros (and Linux, more broadly), no?

    I don’t know anything about Cloudflare vis a vis CachyOS (the politics of business melts my brain), but supposedly Cachy offers a speed boost for certain tasks. When I’ve used it, it feels as snappy as a Debian install I use.

    For some, it may not offer them much of a difference. It’s not going to be a “leaps and bounds” difference either way, but it allows people who don’t want to optimize their packages manually and don’t want to optimize and build their own kernel the opportunity to experience the potential benefits of those things.