keithnator3000

@keithnator3000@universeodon.com

#Physics, #programing :python: :rust: and a #motorcyclist. My life is pretty plain. I like to watch puddles gather rain.
#Pop_OS with Lemur 9
#GrapheneOS on Pixel 7
#RadioAstronomy
#Boxing & #calisthenics
#English & #Español
He/Him 🇺🇸

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keithnator3000, to random

Its awesome to live in a world where libraries offering resources is an established thing. Access is important. Its a big part of why I have chosen to move to and support FOSS.

Techaltar, (edited ) to random
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My GF has been using the Pixel 8 review unit Google gave me for the last 2 weeks. Loves the phone overall, but it heats up like no device I've seen in a decade, especially when you do wireless stuff (downloading files on a mobile network, hotspotting, etc.). Granted we are in tropical Thailand, but 5 mins of this and the phone has to cool down. Also, battery life is meh.

It's crazy how wireless tech is basically the Achilles heel of everyone but Qcomm & Huawei.

keithnator3000,

@Techaltar Sometimes I wonder if we should just try and do less. Like i like my phone as a companion for todo lists and reminders, but don't really care todo fancy image processing. If we collect less telemetry overall we don't need as much battery to be pinging servers. Could a less is more mindset succeed in 2024?

thelinuxcast, to random
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Haven't done a check in here in a bit. Here we are. We're in Hyprland with the Ayu Dark theme.

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxcast So are you going to be settling on #opensuse as a sort of home #distro when not hopping?

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxcast Might be hard given how 2024 (at the risk of year of the linux desktop meme) is shaping to be a big year for linux.

soller, to random
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Here's our family of COSMIC desktop applications in dark and light mode. While there is still a lot of work to do, the foundations are strong!

COSMIC applications in light mode, with cosmic-term in the top left, cosmic-files in the top right, cosmic-edit in the bottom left, and cosmic-settings in the bottom right

keithnator3000,

@soller

@timrburnham
Can light and dark themes auto switch?

nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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Poll: Do you have a mobile phone that supports dual SIM card functionality, allowing you to have separate personal and work/business numbers? If yes, do you currently use this feature?

keithnator3000,

@alda @nixCraft
Do apps know which SIM to use or does it not matter?

keithnator3000, to math

Does anyone have any tips on how to #rebuild #confidence to be a good #student or self learner?

I used to be pretty good and disciplined about it, but I have been feeling dread to pick up books and projects that I used to not have.

#study #math #physics #programming #productivity

keithnator3000,

@livingcoder Thanks for the words.

Its just that I used to just be able to start reading and grinding out problems. It is lately that I find it hard to even crack open a book.

keithnator3000,

@livingcoder That is something I have not done and now will.

thelinuxEXP, to privacy
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social avatar

We all now that is under attack, thanks to the giant amount of data being collected by any and every company online.

But this data collection is also the biggest threat to being online, which is further reinforced by plenty of laws being passed, to make sure your government knows exactly what you’re doing or talking about.

So let’s look at the fast approach on death of online anonymity:

https://youtu.be/u0s3qbfEWjc

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxEXP An #NPR link that is a sad example of how things change.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1117092169/nebraska-cops-used-facebook-messages-to-investigate-an-alleged-illegal-abortion

teajaygrey, to opensource
@teajaygrey@rap.social avatar

My favorite @librewolf issue:

https://codeberg.org/librewolf/issues/issues/770

"Add support for MacPorts #770"

"Since Homebrew is supported why not Macports too?"

Me: a MacPorts maintainer, "maybe because MacPorts actually builds things from source and Homebrew thinks its OK to just be a wrapper to installing a DMG?"

e.g. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/56d6d85d58a73a2b481cd5d58216296dd4239e63/Casks/f/flightgear.rb

Bad example?

Well here's the Homebrew cask for LibreWolf itself:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/56d6d85d58a73a2b481cd5d58216296dd4239e63/Casks/l/librewolf.rb

Again it's just a wrapper to installing a DMG!

That's not building jack it.sh from source. I guess it does have a little smarts insomuch as it will determine if it is Intel or Apple Silicon (meanwhile, MacPorts still supports PPC/G4/G5/etc. vintage systems. Because: it actually BUILDS THINGS FROM SOURCE, it's not a precompiled binary distribution platform.).

What a bad joke Homebrew is.

Alas, LibreWolf's build instructions are uhhh, well they don't build on macOS, they cross compile from ???

I mean there are the not so convincing notes on building from source here:
https://codeberg.org/librewolf/source

But also linked from there is this:

https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/macos

Which reads: "Archived project! Repository and other project resources are read-only"

I sincerely have no idea how people on macOS build LibreWolf from source, from the project documentation itself. Homebrew, is of zero assistance, because Homebrew: also does not build LibreWolf from source.

#MacPorts #LibreWolf #OpenSource #SourceWashing #Homebrew #ApplesnCrapples

keithnator3000,

@teajaygrey

@librewolf

What's wrong with just wrapping the DMG?

keithnator3000, to workersrights

It kind of sucks that we do not stagger to ease rush hours. Would be nice if we are going to be people who do not have to be so that can suck slightly less.

Like If my day started 45min later a lot of would just be gone.

keithnator3000, to openSUSE

@thelinuxcast

I once tried #opensuse but didnt quite vibe with it and your temping me into another distro hop.

Do you think it has grown on you enough to be a main stay (at least on a serious pc that you want to keep consisten)?

Have you found any suseism that bugged you? Like since they use rpm like #fedora but that does not mean they are the exact same - like using a #debian dep on #ubuntu can be sketchy.

Also cool to see the you're a historian.

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxcast I didn't get to use YaST much, but I did enjoy it a lot - at least conceptually.

chiefgyk3d, to linux
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I just got my @PINE64 Pinebook Pro and I am super impressed! For about $200 this is AMAZING! I reinstalled Manjaro with XFCE to be lighter and used the Manjaro-ARM-Installer to reinstall it, and even encrypted the filesystem. Added a 500GB NVMe I had laying around so I could dump movies and stuff to it. Perfect for light weight document work and media use for my travels. #Linux #OpenSource #cybersecurity #infosec #laptop #review

keithnator3000,

@chiefgyk3d @PINE64 How is the battery life on it?

thelinuxEXP, to ubuntu
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If you’re like me, you started using Linux with . And while I’d argue it’s still a good choice today, they have made a few decisions you might not like.

But if you don’t want to re-learn another distro, without using something you’re no longer comfortable with, where do you go?

Well, here’s a list of distros you can move to if you know and like the Ubuntu base, but you don’t like Ubuntu as a distro anymore:

https://youtu.be/EzNiiyahH68

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxEXP I really liked the points made in the video. A few years back I was on the fence about derivatives because I was not sure they were all that special. I was getting a laptop from #System76 and was planning to do some distro hopping, but with the semester starting in a few days I opted to stick with pop. I have to say I do like their take on things. Quite pumped for #CosmicDE.

thenewoil, to random
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IRS can’t find millions of sensitive tax records: watchdog

https://thehill.com/business/4147630-irs-cant-find-millions-of-sensitive-tax-records-watchdog/

keithnator3000,

@thenewoil Bet they still have the one were I owe them $20 tho.

aldroid, to random
@aldroid@mastodon.social avatar

"vi" is short for "Visual Studio Express 2010" #QuirkyOpinions

keithnator3000,

@aldroid :tux: :sxn_cute: 😭

schizanon, to microsoft

It's wild to me that #Microsoft built #Windows without a system for installing and uninstalling #software. They just let App devs figure that out. You had to ship "InstallShield" just to do simple stuff. Then hope the devs' uninstaller removes all the files.

keithnator3000,

@schizanon This would be before my time, but I think back in the day if you wanted a program you would plug the floppy with it in and load it. If we carry over that mindset then there is no need to uninstall.

Now I am curious about what the real answer might be.

keithnator3000,

@schizanon Also helps to not have a registry that needs to have entries removed and could bork the computer.

Techaltar, (edited ) to random
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Putin shooting Prigozhin's private jet out of the sky to kill Wagner after a failed coup attempt is some soap opera level dictator shit 😂

Edit: the news: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ten-killed-private-jet-crash-north-moscow-tass-2023-08-23/

keithnator3000,

@Techaltar wat??!!

thelinuxEXP, to linux
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social avatar

I had already taken a superficial look at macOS, a year ago, but now, I spent 30 days with it, as my main OS, on an M1 MacBook Pro.

And boy am I glad this is over, and glad to be back on #Linux!

Here are my conclusions about the hardware, the software, and the general experience of using a Mac as a Linux user:

https://youtu.be/0saKpm5g8iU

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxEXP I feel quite similar. I was thinking the other day if i had to switch away from Linux would I pick Windows or macOS. I feel somewhat 50/50 and the Apple Silicon is compelling. I think what might eek a win for Windows is that i could at least pick hardware like #framework and use WSL.

Also did you try out any of the macOS package managers like #homebrew or #macports ?

rm4, (edited ) to XMen

Men. Our heroes are not so extraordinary any more and no longer super... but their enemies still are! Find out what happens in the reboot of this beloved franchise! Coming Summer 2024

(Edited by me in GIMP + Inkscape :)

#XMen #Scifi #Superhero #HashtagGames #RebrandedWithNoX

keithnator3000,

@rm4
Cool that its also made with FOSS

system76, to random
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The fireworks have sparked some developments in COSMIC DE. This month we see updates to window resizing, wallpaper settings, notifications and more! https://s76.co/5R4QzWmc

keithnator3000,

@system76 I hope the light theme is not too neglected 🟣

thelinuxEXP, to linux
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If you really like the principles of the laptop, but their lineup doesn’t work for you, you need bigger hardware, a GPU, cheaper options or just more customization, then I have the next best thing!

They support , , they have more laptops, and pretty much the same repairability as a Framework, without the generational upgrades:

https://youtu.be/TUQJ_GTLrXs

(Not paid or sponsored by them BTW)

keithnator3000,

@thelinuxEXP A snobby wine and cheese podcast could make a good April Fools prank. Especially if it is in French and you refuse to translate or add sub titles.

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