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#151 Re: Off-topic » Do you guys have girlfriends or boyfriends? » 2025-02-15 03:12:24

"social media" in quotes would make even more sense with asterisks... because a lot of social media websites have anti-social garbage to the max, besides privacy issues and malevolent data collection aspects.

The open source ones still have the anti-social garbage though alas even if not the data collection level evil.

Its impossible to make social media websites without any of that I think.

#152 Re: Off-topic » Do you guys have girlfriends or boyfriends? » 2025-02-12 06:23:06

I don't get out enough and usually don't have insane standards on my linux usage. Such as needing to communicate with openpgp gnupg for everything, I know people like that on certain forums.

Point being, I have other reasons I am trapped in not having a relationship.

Life can be dull and confusing.

#153 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-02-05 23:11:37

@blackhole it was a guess yes 95% was that.

my point was merely that gnuboot will DEFINITELY LAG way behind canoeboot. That was the point and both are basically doing the same mission.

Blobs in hardware in my opinion are also fine as long as they don't do anything remotely troublesome.

Thus libreboot is also good.

Stock bios is the real enemy here.

Freedom issues are not  100% solvable

#154 Re: Installation » .xinitrc like in wayland ? » 2025-02-02 04:14:02

I don't think this works at all in wayland unless they deliberately left this option in for wayland.

Btw, fun fact, there is also sx which is like startx but requires and provides less.

Its basically a suckless startx.  I don't know the specifics, but on hyperbola, I don't need anymore  functionality than that has.
Also, I tried startx on devuan a few times, it worked up until like 5 months ago. Weird it is.

#155 Re: Off-topic » The Crappiness of Modern Laptops » 2025-02-02 04:09:38

@mtbvfr no idea, i think as much any hardware can be is a good answer. with one caveat, coreboot hardware is similar, but not stock bios. mnt reform stuff is definitely more secure than stock bios uefi on x86.

Oh and I should also add, I might have been wrong, RK3588 is a while away from being liberated on the gpu if nothing else. even if it works without boot blob, there is the ARM MALI still...

ALSO NO mnt reform devices currently work without systemd right now. Unless on OpenBSD or similar.

#156 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-01-30 08:17:24

Meanwhile, GNU Boot offers a de-confusing option for those who are looking for a full commitment to software freedom.

This makes me kind of sad as gnu boot will definitely lag behind libreboot and canoeboot. I get some people don't like her policies including drama outside of development as well as allowing non-free blobs, but is security worth taking a potential nosedive just to feel pleasure?

It just seems like a megalomaniac reason to refuse canoeboot or libreboot based on this.

Canoeboot however is what gnuboot aims to be.  The only difference? More updates. 

All I am saying is that no hardware that libreboot, coreboot, canoeboot, or similar is 100% free. 

Just keep this all in mind.  Also, the microcode that starts in the system even if its not updated is still non-free. The only difference of updating it, is that it could be better or it could be worse.

Anywho just some thoughts I really hope people will take to heart. Although I have seen disappointment on this before.

So... meh.

#157 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » no graphical login after upgrade any more » 2025-01-24 05:48:16

I always use xdm myself in devuan.

If slim isn't working anymore, I suggest xdm as  a possible alternative. Although if you use multiple desktop environments or window managers, this might not be for you.

#158 Re: Devuan » Why are systemd files present in Devuan? » 2025-01-21 21:53:48

@sinOjOs not just the government but corporations in general.

This is the same thought process of why x86 needs to be abandoned by insert distro here ________

I don't think we have gotten to a point where 32 bit is obsolete to where it can't be supported on any distro.

FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD support lots of old hardware some that is older than 32 bit x86.

So there's that.

While this isn't directly related, i feel like it has similar reasoning.

planned obsolescence is corporations mantra.  You can be pretty sure that systemd was created for a purpose similar to planned obsolescence.

Nothing sane anyhow.

#159 Re: Off-topic » 2025 Topics: AI Controls, Global Datacenters, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. » 2025-01-21 21:48:26

@golinux if you want real nonsense that sounds like someone is digging into their butt for regurgitated crap, just listen to the current president talk.

Let us just say, I am an expert at making nonsense, but he has absolutely EVERYONE  beat.

There is no contest once you hear him ramble.

#160 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Devuan est à la traîne (google: Devuan is lagging behind) ! » 2025-01-21 00:11:50

@greenjeans is there any proper section for user spongebob's comment?

#161 Re: Off-topic » 2025 Topics: AI Controls, Global Datacenters, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. » 2025-01-21 00:09:57

@golinux I suppose so, but did you like the shots I just fired?

(joke thread being nonsensical)

#162 Re: Off-topic » 2025 Topics: AI Controls, Global Datacenters, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. » 2025-01-17 05:09:04

@golinux why can't we have one mindless thread where people just spew nonsense over and over again?

And I am not including the joke thread in that.

Shots fired!

#163 Re: News & Announcements » Merry Christmas » 2025-01-17 05:07:47

Sigh, this thread is an example of why I am not too fond of atheists just to be clear. They are always so cynical and  sometimes are such killjoys not to mention, exaggerated or flat out wrong.

#164 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2025-01-15 03:09:22

@golinux admittedly, I looked at the links and yeah it is somewhat random even from someone like me who has an "overactive imagination!"

wink

#165 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2025-01-10 06:06:53

@golinux erroenou assumptions? doubt it mostly

Overactive imagination? Yeah thats true. tongue

My imagination is always running.

#166 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Problems with ALSA and audio output ? » 2025-01-07 02:49:48

apulse doesn't seem to work anymore last time I tried in making sound work on firefox other firefox web ext fork

#167 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Screen Brightness app for SysTray? » 2025-01-07 02:45:20

light and xsct work for me

if you use certain window managers, you can autostart it  too when you log in.

Actually edit:

I just noticed I didn't read the title carefully enough.

My bad...

#168 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2025-01-07 02:44:30

pity golinux modified your post, now I don't know what specifically was stupid out of his last post.

Or out of line...

I imagine it might've made me chuckle if I had seen it. big_smile

#169 Re: Devuan Derivatives » GNUinOS - Libre » 2025-01-07 02:40:03

@aitor

The goal of privacy/security in any tech I feel like is to get as close to 100% as is feasible without needing to disconnect from the internet.

More or less, that would be whatever is 90+%

100% is impossible of course.

Security doesn't per-say is more about malware as a whole being blocked not just spyware. Privacy however is mostly about spyware being blocked.

As far as microcode updates go, hardware wise? is fine imo.

Software wise? too excessive. Don't need both.

But yeah, both privacy and security do have overlapping areas. I think 95+% security is possible, with OpenBSD
Linux probably 95% period.

Everything else falls way short probably unless it doesn't connect to the internet.

But yeah some of what has been said here is mostly accurate.

#170 Re: Off-topic » Thank you Devuan » 2025-01-01 14:40:51

I'd avoid rebasing on not-yet-screwed-up distro but go further and already change to *BSD (second largest family of libre OSes), like Hyperbola tries to.

Hyperbola devs could definitely use help and funds. The more funds they receive, the faster they can finish HyperbolaBSD's stable.

Also, the more architectures in the future they can support and so on.

Then a devuan fork could be formed from it.

I agree, linux is getting really bloated by crap.

#171 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2024-12-10 20:26:25

wouldn't know what psuedo transparency is or why it is important.

#172 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-12-10 03:22:31

Try kiwi berries, they taste like kiwis without the annoying expletive pits.

#173 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2024-12-10 03:21:40

@greenjeans I myself use sakura, it has the fewest dependencies of any terminal I have seen while still having scrollback and other basic options I need including paste. smile

#174 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2024-11-30 03:34:43

@golinux I wish to do the same in the future.

At this time, I keep what I want to keep safe on a libre computer which I define as if it has backdoors, they are disabled, such as intel me and it has no blobs on it and is 100% RYP. Respects Your Privacy.

RYF as FSF talks about, is impossible currently. Respects your Freedom ain't possible yet.

Basically, the container approach.   I only have one computer for non-free stuff needed and it uses devuan.

The rest go Hyperbola with no blobs. big_smile

I would love it btw, if Google lost control of their Recaptcha nonsense more than google chrome.

For now, this is a start.

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