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BrideOfLinux

@BrideOfLinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu

Writer about all things open source, as well as music and politics. Host of The Sixties in 60 on TheBarrelofRock.com.

Publisher, editor, & writer at FOSS Force, Alternative Approaches, and If This Be Treason.

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I'm trying to remember how much data you could cram on the dual floppies that came with the IBM XT, which was my first desktop: Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-are-floppy-disks-today-planes-trains-and-all-these-other-places/

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"It's amazing, and a little sad, to think that something created in 1989 that changed how people used and viewed the then-nascent Internet had nearly vanished by 2024": Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/archie-the-internets-first-search-engine-is-rescued-and-running/

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Google "strikes back" eh? Getting a little melodramatic, are we not?: Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/google-strikes-back-at-openai-with-project-astra-ai-agent-prototype/

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Cory Doctorow weighs in (I wonder how many people get the historical reference in the headline): Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

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@RL_Dane One of the most famous headlines of the modern era on the October 30, 1775 Edition of the New York Daily News, "Ford to City: Drop Dead." President Ford did not say those exact words -- the Daily News was paraphrasing with an editorial spin. Backstory: NYC was on the ropes financially and was seeking a bailout from the feds before it was forced into defaulting and bankruptcy. The day previously, Ford gave a speech indicating that wasn't going to happen.

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From where I sit, this looks like Google and HP working together to convince us that their version of Zoom is something new and unique: Google partners with HP to commercialize Project Starline for realistic virtual meetings https://betanews.com/2024/05/13/google-hp-commercialize-project-starline/

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@RL_Dane I think you left out Google+, and didn't they have this thing called Picasso?

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Actually, just the act of using Windows should be enough to woo you away from Windows: These cool KDE Plasma features could woo you from Windows https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-cool-kde-plasma-features-could-woo-you-from-windows/

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@samueljohnson I have one laptop in the house that has a Window 10 partition, which I use once per year so I can do my taxes. Hate it.

Similar, but kinda opposite to you, I once bought a used System 76 laptop on Amazon that came with Windows instead of Linux on it. Somewhere along the line, one of the laptop's previous owners had wiped whatever flavor of Linux System 76 shipped with and put Windows on it. I'm pretty sure I made the laptop happy when I wiped Windows and put Linux Mint on it.

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They're calling it "Wynsdey," which makes me wonder if the Addams family is somehow involved: Manjaro Linux 24.0 "Wynsdey" Officially Released with Linux Kernel 6.9 - 9to5Linux https://9to5linux.com/manjaro-linux-24-0-wynsdey-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-9

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Hmmm. Tusky's not on here. Has any of you tried any of these? I haven't heard of any of them (but, of course, I haven't really been looking): 10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients - LinuxLinks https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-mastodon-clients/

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Damn Small Linux was a business card size (50MB) live CD Linux distribution, based on Debian and Knoppix. After a 12 year break (from 2012 to 2024), the Damn Small Linux (often referred to as "DSL") project was relaunched. The distribution is now based on Debian and antiX with the goal of fitting on live media 700MB or smaller: Review of Damn Small Linux 2024 https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20240513#dsl

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"Back at Supercomputing 23, the Linux Foundation announced their intent on forming the High Performance Software Foundation for helping to advance open-source software for high performance computing (HPC). The High Performance Software Foundation is now established": Linux Foundation Launches The High Performance Software Foundation - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/High-Perf-Software-Foundation

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“This is the PayPal security team here. We’ve detected some unusual activity on your account and are calling you as a precautionary measure,” the caller’s robotic voice says. “Please enter the six-digit security code that we’ve sent to your mobile device." - 'Got that boomer!': How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/cyber-criminals-stealing-one-time-passcodes-sim-swap-raiding-bank-accounts/

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Before TikTok histrionics took root, you might recall that numerous members of Congress spent numerous years freaking about another Chinese company: Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei: Congress Told ISPs To Remove All Huawei Network Gear, Failed To Fund The Effort, Then Just Forgot About It https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/13/congress-told-isps-to-remove-all-huawei-network-gear-failed-to-fund-the-effort-then-just-forgot-about-it/

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For audio editing, would this have any advantages over Audacity, which is what I use?: LosslessCut - swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing - LinuxLinks https://www.linuxlinks.com/losslesscut-swiss-army-knife-of-lossless-video-audio-editing/

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@RL_Dane Great answer to my question. Tells me it wouldn't work for me either for most purposes. Might help for some simple editing tasks for radio though. I'll have to look into it for that, although I suspect it won't be worth the bother of having to work with two separate platforms.

Again, thanks!

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@RL_Dane Ya know, a lot of stuff that's difficult to impossible right now will be easy-peasy down the road. We're still dealing with a technology that's in its infancy.

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What did you expect? IBM is still in the process of ruining the few things that are still good about Red Hat. (Good article from SJVN, BTW): Did IBM make a $6.4 billion blunder by buying HashiCorp? https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/10/opinion_column_ibm_hashicorp/

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That sounds downright unAmerican to me: Congressional Committee Threatens To Investigate Any Company Helping TikTok Defend Its Rights https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/10/congressional-committee-threatens-to-investigate-any-company-helping-tiktok-defend-its-rights/

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Message to Elon:

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Somebody just blocked me because of this cartoon. Weird. It kinda hurt my feelings actually, but I'll get over it. I didn't think this person was a Musk fan.

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"Recently, Dell notified customers that names, physical addresses, and hardware and order information was somehow connected to an “incident involving a Dell portal. The vague wording, which Dell is declining to elaborate on, appears to confirm an April 29 post by Daily Dark Web reporting the offer to sell purported personal information of 49 million people who bought Dell gear from 2017 to 2024": Dell warns of “incident” that may have leaked customers’ personal info https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/dell-warns-of-incident-that-may-have-leaked-customers-personal-info/

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"Of course when these guys say “we” are going to run out of power, they really mean you (the plebs) will be running out of power. They’ll find solutions to address their need for unlimited power, and the strain will likely be shifted to areas, companies, and residents with far less robust lobbying budgets": CEO - ‘AI’ Power Drain Could Cause Data Centers To Run Out Of Power Within Two Years https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/10/ceo-ai-power-drain-could-cause-data-centers-to-run-out-of-power-within-two-years/

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Man, the scariest, it-will-never-happen aspects of B-grade '50s sci-fi is becoming a reality right before our eyes: Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/robot-dogs-armed-with-ai-targeting-rifles-undergo-us-marines-special-ops-evaluation/

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@samhainnight Ah, you have the owners manual, I see. 🤣

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