June 2024 – Homo Ludditus

Archives for June, 2024

SJVN made my day!

June 28, 2024 SJVN made my day!2026-02-23T18:26:05+01:00 2 Comments apocalypse, Linux, Microsoft, SJVN

Please excuse the thumbnail for this post. I just couldn't use anything else, in the light of having read SJVN's latest article in The Reg. I also cannot quote from…

The shortest distro bashing and appraisal in a long while—now with added Dedoimedo!

June 25, 2024 The shortest distro bashing and appraisal in a long while—now with added Dedoimedo!2026-03-06T20:28:34+01:00 6 Comments apocalypse, Dedoimedo, KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, lite, openSUSE, packman, XFCE

Not long ago, I tentatively said that “I will keep using AlmaLinux with KDE on the mini-PC and on the newest laptop, at least for some time” and “For the…

Is systemd cancer? A reignited debate

June 24, 2024 Is systemd cancer? A reignited debate2024-06-24T22:56:21+01:00 5 Comments apocalypse, Linux, longread, systemd

I thought it's going to be a slow, uneventful Monday. As it turned out, I had a lot to read. It all started from the first comment of today's DWW.…

KDE5, KDE6, tiling and other rants

June 23, 2024 KDE5, KDE6, tiling and other rants2026-03-06T20:35:13+01:00 11 Comments Dedoimedo, GNOME, KDE, Linux, longread, tiling, YouTube

To some extent, this is a sort of follow-up to the previous extra-long feature Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded), which proved to be too complex a…

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “It’s partly fault of my usage as well (maybe). I compress my files and upload and use handbrake too sometimes…” Mar 15, 19:22
Jeo on No luck, plenty of fun, and you’ll definitely die! (You, not them.): “You can’t beat what is in everybody’s head already. They just told it. Clearly. And the conclusion is clear, too:…” Mar 15, 17:00
Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Indeed, by “convergence” they meant “the PC is dead, the tablet is the future!” The tablet is nowhere, and even…” Mar 15, 16:42
Cozy on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “In a way, you do have the option to disable and remove those services, albeit it’s not presented in a…” Mar 15, 16:38
edel on Where can I place a bet on the way this war ends?: ““Israel’s future is very bleak” is the only thing I could bet on. Some thoughts: Alternative 1) It wins all…” Mar 15, 14:40
Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “I agree on firewalls and everything else (except for the MacBook)! But when someone installs a distro with a desktop…” Mar 15, 08:06
Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “Zero BSODs here with 8 GB, but even the IoT edition of Win11 is demanding in CPU and RAM.” Mar 15, 08:02
ConEst on LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE vs. Markdown: FAIL!: “This is just too funny at this point 😀” Mar 15, 06:38
ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: ““Less bad” was the criteria for me when I went back to windows.” Mar 15, 06:35
ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “When I was on fedora, I noticed it only got usable after like 2-3 months from its stable update. By…” Mar 15, 06:34
Cozy on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Nothing to show here, but like the bot said, it’s really only practical for servers. Same goes for firewalls too…” Mar 15, 05:23
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Regarding systemd GUI management tools, I forgot to mention a few outliers, which I added as UPDATE: ① MX: “MX…” Mar 14, 22:45
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “SJVN steps in: Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids’ IDs before booting: A new wave of age verification…” Mar 14, 17:04
Béranger on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “Liam Proven’s attempt at comparing ZRAM and ZSWAP: RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it. As expected,…” Mar 14, 16:56
Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “After some more KDE-related updates, Spectacle still crashes on exit and, of course, it creates 36 QMLC files as soon…” Mar 14, 16:08
KrapDE on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “They probably know how to program, but they are dumb who live on another planet and have no idea how…” Mar 14, 14:08
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Oh, the EXT4 performance is closer to XFS than ever in Linux 7.0 Git:” Mar 14, 13:20
alecs on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Democrația nu înseamnă că nu ești violat, înseamnă că majoritatea decide cine te violează.” Mar 14, 04:38
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Bibi is unstoppable: Les frappes israéliennes menées au Liban depuis le 2 mars ont fait 773 morts et 1 933…” Mar 14, 01:24
Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “France24 tocmai făcea socoteala că pentru un litru de motorină care costă €2.05 la pompă, statul e responsabil pentru €1.05…” Mar 14, 01:20
Béranger on On browser wars and stupid people: “Oh, I forgot about this relic! It does work, but it doesn’t always serve the purpose. I collect watermark-free Bing…” Mar 13, 21:11
Béranger on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Varianta mea de istorie scurtă pe care am pus-o ca descriere la un extras video pe FB: În 1953, CIA…” Mar 13, 20:58
foobar on On browser wars and stupid people: “In Firefox, you can press Ctrl+I, then select “Media” to see all images on a page.” Mar 13, 18:38
Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “Oui, chef !” Mar 13, 00:05
HAL on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “I told you not to trust Fedora and/or KDE! Perhaps the most “secure”, with the reservations you mention, is XFCE.…” Mar 12, 23:52
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Nu mai pot să mă uit la absolut nici un canal de știri românesc. Hai, poate la un buletin de…” Mar 12, 19:04
Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “N-ai cum să te opui, că doar nu ești cu Putler și cu Ayatolahii! (Jeff Stahler) Dar există o soluție…” Mar 12, 12:57
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Al Jazeera: Could Iran be using China’s highly accurate BeiDou navigation system? Why wouldn’t they? China needs oil! We all…” Mar 12, 04:46
Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Am o critică măruntă: ai scris „Atenție: în contextul războiului cu Iranul!” Corect ar fi fost: „Atenție: în contextul războiului…” Mar 12, 01:40
Aldus on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Eu sunt chiar tranșant pe subiectul ăsta. Pe scurt, no way! Pe larg, aici (articol + comentarii). Și asta pentru…” Mar 11, 23:48
Béranger on Is openSUSE at crossroads?: “Ouch, SUSE might be for sale.” Mar 11, 22:23
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “Uh, MidnightBSD’s initial reaction was not what it seemed to be, even if it changed twice. First time: California residents…” Mar 11, 22:20
Béranger on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “ZRAM becomes more and more interesting. In October 2025, I used Zswap (not ZRAM!) in Lubuntu 25.10. In December 2025,…” Mar 11, 18:30
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “The Reg: Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks. Carl Richell: Today, I met…” Mar 11, 00:55
Béranger on I might not be human, after all: “Indeed, it was painful to choose between such “masterpieces.”” Mar 10, 22:20
Jeo on I might not be human, after all: “Both human and AI written passages offered for evaluation sound artificial and pretentious to me. That is no good quality…” Mar 10, 21:50
Béranger on AI Quickie: Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: “Her, who? Her? as machines age, it gets worse over time. With a separate /home partition, the OS can be…” Mar 10, 19:38
HAL on AI Quickie: Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: “Ubuntu? Would you like to go with her, given her (possible? probable?) future direction? 😳 Well, Fedora… pff, but maybe…” Mar 10, 19:34
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Narratives: Trump’s vs. Iran’s. Trump: Trump is speaking about Iran again in Florida, a couple of hours after saying the…” Mar 9, 22:51
Drath on Millions are listening to fake music and they are enjoying it!: “I genuinely enjoy AI music, though not the youtube streaming stuff, but weekly tops on suno and udio. That is…” Mar 9, 11:07
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was a true Nostradamus!” Mar 8, 20:50
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “I very much liked JFS myself! But you already knew that.” Mar 8, 20:27
HAL on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “In the past, I used XFS and liked it, but I also used JFS, which I preferred. I never had…” Mar 8, 20:26
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I’d rather believe you’re masochistic… or maybe you invented a new religion, and you stick to it. This is not…” Mar 8, 20:12
VRBF on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Believe me, I’m a big fan of the K.I.S.S. principle. What you consider (in theory) “unnecessary complications,” for me (in…” Mar 8, 19:15
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “George Carlin is eternal!” Mar 8, 14:56
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I’m mostly focused on unnecessary complications. Are you familiar with The Incredible Machine, or you’re too young for that? You…” Mar 8, 14:52
VRBF on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Ok, just a few more clarifications based on daily technology use: a) IMHO, you’re very focused on the performance issue…” Mar 8, 14:48
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I asked Kimi about native booting from a VHDX. Its answer includes, among other things: The bootloader (bootmgr) uses a…” Mar 8, 10:49
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “This is merely the “Australia syndrome”: censoring the access to social networks. But Carl Richell’s statement applies here, too: “The…” Mar 8, 10:20
Aldus on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “Raed Arafat isn’t falling behind either. He was ridiculed in Romania, but it’s bizarre how suddenly all the governments of…” Mar 8, 09:09
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Fair points. But what a twisted design to have Windows use a VHD/VHDX file instead of a partition. Not only…” Mar 8, 07:05
Aldus on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Okay, I see you’re strongly opinionated about this, which I can’t be. Because, just like you, I’ve never tried this…” Mar 8, 05:22
Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way (Phoronix): “XFS came out on top followed by EXT4, F2FS, and…” Mar 8, 02:47
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I asked Kimi: VHD/VHDX with dynamic disk allocation: I don’t understand how this works. On a normal filesystem, say an…” Mar 8, 02:27
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: ““whenever you reinstall Windows (or install it on a new PC)” – I do not (re)install Windows. Like, ever. Maybe…” Mar 8, 01:08
Aldus on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I really like the system described by VRBF. I’ve never used it myself, but it looks excellent: you create the…” Mar 8, 01:03
Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “The NYT, about Iranian President’s Apology: Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, had just apologized on state television on Saturday morning…” Mar 8, 01:01
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “System76 on Age Verification Laws is an excellent read! I don’t care about their hardware and I dislike their COSMIC…” Mar 8, 00:13
Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “For flash memory-based disks (NVMe, SSD), the overhead of writing to a file is practically negligible. It’s about the raw…” Mar 7, 21:05

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