any FOSS project being used to benefit a profit driven company

That’s a tough thing to avoid with android and a BSD out there powering most of the phones on the planet.

I hate what rh have done to enterprise Linux, but you need to keep clear what they’re selling and what they’re buying.

They provide support licenses for enterprise Linux but dont make money off Linux directly. They also foot a LOT of development on projects and apps that aren’t systemd and are thus not a cancer on Linux. Please explore more with an open mind.

Fucking shingles? Nope.

Is there a docker-free build you can either install and mod to re-enable voice, or use to mod the docker blobs in accordance ?

Discord never replaced mumble. The two are in different circles.

Tip: if you’re pluralizing and using an apostrophe, you’re doing it wrong.

PClinuxOS sees your favourite distro omitted and understands.

It’s exacerbated by “oh this library is updated for no reason than its version is newer so we need to force that bleeding edge on any ecosystem we’re in” thinking.

We’ve absolutely lost the careful, measured long-term release and maintenance cadence that we built the Internet on.

Compare Systemd.

History shows Americans will.

They trusted Microsoft after they were successfully sued by a DoJ (when it used to investigate corruption and monopolies) for being dicks, but David boies rejected breaking up the company in 2001.

If it was important and true, they would’ve spell-checked.

The cancer spreads.

Is there a text summary?

You don’t know how Cisco is triangulating your laptop’s position from APs in range, do ya? It’s 2015 tech, and it’s insane.

Being able to see where everyone’s cell phone is in the middle of an open-air concert … and whether and where it has been on the muni network since … has been valuable for cops looking to question a potential witness.

But yeah, if you’re reading this in the company loo, your IT people probably know, if they cared. They don’t care.

Hell, knowing when the boss’s phone lights up on the site wifi was great for ambushing him with a purc req first-thing. …or so I hear.

TL;DR: they don’t need to know which IP range you’re on, as their layer-1 has already ratted you out.

On an average day, I spend 0 minutes managing the homelab.

0 is the goal. Well done !

How it started : 0

Max : 0

Now : 0

Iso27002 and provenance validation goes brrrrr

You’re not alone.

The industry itself has become pointlessly layered like some origami hell. As a former OS security guy I can say it’s not in a good state with all the supply-chain risks.

At the same time, many ‘help’ articles are karma-farming ‘splogs’ of low quality and/or just slop that they’re not really useful. When something’s missing, it feels to our imposter syndrome like it’s a skills issue.

Simplify your life. Ditch and avoid anything with containers or bizarre architectures that feels too ontricate. Decide what you need and run those on really reliable options. Auto patching is your friend (but choose a distro and package format where it’s atomic and rolls back easily).

You don’t need to come home only to work. This is supposed to be FUN for some of us. Don’t chase the Joneses, but just do what you want.

Once you’ve simplified, get in the habit of going outside. You’ll feel a lot better about it.

Still crutching on containers?

There must be a reason for them turning to something else than

You may be new to modern software development. Switching proverbial horses is massively common, usually for no benefit (or to lock people in). It’s everywhere, and especially in the corps who want that lock-in (ohai apple).

For a 2 week overlap, people on gtalk, Facebook and a regular jabber server could chat with one another as easy as addressing an email message. Then both Facebook and Google switched to their own homebrew replacement and made up some compelling-sounding, feature-laden but implausible reason. Gtalk has never sucked less than those two weeks with a working discreet client app and interoperability, though. It was actually adequate.

That’s low. I anticipate 7.

At 5 times the population, I’d hope so.

Most tracker brands for Android only ping from phones that have their app installed. Not all Android devices.

There are tags for both Apple and Android that connect to their respective networks; and phones of the right network passing by will spot and announce locations.

This year there are trackers which will connect to either distinct network, albeit you can only choose once and it can’t switch without a factory reset. Those brands will have an overwhelming market share AND not require a branded app for daily use and recovery.

Since there is no brand that has an overwhelming market share that means the chance to find a lost Android tracker is much smaller than the apple ones.

In the known universe, Android has 73% of the market. 73 is bigger than 27.

I have some, but I only trust them to find my keys within Bluetooth range.

I can confirm you can find the right tags even when outside of BT range.

The chipolo Loop

• is a rechargeable fob
• will work with either ‘find my’ network
• doesn’t therefore depend on app popularity
• pairing is “oh it’s done” level of easy. Bizarre.

The chipolo Card (not card One or card Spot; Card)

• is a card shape, of course
• also works with either ‘find my’ network
• therefore doesn’t need an app installed or running
• recharges by qi

The Rhino key device leverages/licenses chipolo tech, uses its tools, and therefore

• either ‘find’ network
• no special app required for daily use

The Rhinokey Card (this is getting repetitive)

• backs onto chipolo
• either network
• app not required for regular use
• Qi charges

The chipolo app:

• allows to adjust volume
• I forget what else.

We have one Loop we’re testing, and it works as expected, right outta her S24 or so, and with my S10. She shares me the loop right outta Find My. She installed no app. We did not pair it with an iPhone as hers is a work phone.

We intend to get more Loops, and Cards for the parents and ourselves. The boomers are all on iPhones so it will be fun science.