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DistroWatch Weekly as a shithole (plus two tips)

January 6, 2025 DistroWatch Weekly as a shithole (plus two tips)2025-01-07T03:55:30+01:00 1 Comment idiocy, IPv6, linux, security, tips

I am banned from commenting on DWW for years, and I don't remember exactly why. I don't remember to have had any interaction with Jesse Smith, but Ladislav Bodnar didn't…

From AlmaLinux KDE to Ubuntu MATE: the unlikely journey

October 1, 2024 From AlmaLinux KDE to Ubuntu MATE: the unlikely journey2025-01-07T03:03:52+01:00 12 Comments AlmaLinux, Flatpaks, GNOME, gtk, IPv6, kde, linux, longread, MATE (desktop), snaps, SPECIAL

This is going to look like a post using twisted logic to justify an illogical decision. But humans are not guided exclusively by what we love to call reason; they're…

UEFI was already broken, but Microsoft perfected the breakage

August 26, 2024 UEFI was already broken, but Microsoft perfected the breakage2025-01-07T03:03:07+01:00 6 Comments idiocy, IPv6, kernel, linux, Microsoft, security

I'm fundamentally against UEFI, against Secure Boot, against encrypted partitions and against a number of other modern obsessions. But let's talk a bit about the way Microsoft recently broke GRUB.…

Béranger on The suicide of the car industry: “Mat Watson from carwow: I expose how new cars are too FAT!” Jan 13, 16:44
Béranger on The suicide of the car industry: “Oh, I forgot: Why cars are getting UGLIER.” Jan 11, 19:46
Béranger on The suicide of the car industry: “Bart’s Car Stories: Are Cars Getting LESS Reliable? Yes, they are. In part because of regulatory bullshit, but also because…” Jan 8, 19:14
Béranger on Trump vs. Dems vs. Israel: not taking sides, just quoting: “It’s gonna be fun: After a reporter asked if he could “assure the world” that he would not use military…” Jan 8, 19:07
Béranger on Bypass Paywalls will never die: “One punctual example of why “piracy” is needed, even when it’s not true piracy, but merely the use of a…” Jan 8, 18:37
zugu on DistroWatch Weekly as a shithole (plus two tips): “I also believe using a pi-hole or a similar method of all-in ad blocking, such as setting up AdGuard on…” Jan 8, 11:31
Béranger on Când credeam că le-am văzut pe toate…: “Interesant e faptul că Horia Marchean era cam legionar prin 2012 când scria la Buciumul, dar în ultimii ani este…” Jan 6, 10:21
Sensible kek on Când credeam că le-am văzut pe toate…: “Dorin Lazăr are un nou podcast, ăsta e politic și e făcut împreună cu un fost legionar acum superprogresist: TikTok,…” Jan 6, 03:35
HAL on AppImages: the worst choice in “portability” (with examples): “AppImages are indeed the worst possible choice! Well, yes. So a distro like Nitrux that “supports and encourages the use…” Jan 5, 17:56
Béranger on Now I really developed a fear of flying!: “CNN: The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about…” Jan 4, 15:22
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “Oh, my, I forgot about Unity!” Jan 3, 22:10
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “GNOME is the only desktop that diverges from the visual paradigm that can be found in KDE, MATE, Cinnamon, XFCE…” Jan 3, 22:03
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “A nightmarish Slashdot thread: Is 2025 the Year of the Linux Desktop? (Betteridge’s law of headlines: ”Any headline that ends…” Jan 2, 19:01
Béranger on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “Nobody is using Krusader these days, so I can’t tell.” Jan 1, 22:31
HAL on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “But what you describe is the “normal” and logical way ! By the way, how is Krusader behaving ?” Jan 1, 22:30
Béranger on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “● Yes, if you consider a file copying with the overwriting of a preexisting file from a journaling or a…” Dec 31, 15:18
Gregor Fefor on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “Just a short comment on This obviously assumes that when replacing (aka overwriting) a file, the preexisting file is first…” Dec 31, 14:23
Béranger on It’s time I said something against Ukraine (another long read): “Euronews, on Dec. 28: Ukraine risks losing the battle for Russia’s Kursk region. What do you mean, “risks”?! The Kursk…” Dec 30, 14:13
Béranger on Țara tâmpiților (care suntem): “Pentru cine-l mai credea pe Cristian Ghinea cu mintea pe acasă: a se citi acest interviu. Am comentat pe FB:…” Dec 29, 17:37
Béranger on Economie și finanțe: Un contabil bun poate fi pe alocuri și prost: “Am avut o reacție pe FB la vizionarea emisiunii iThink de la Antena 3: Ce mă ucid acești hipsteri care…” Dec 29, 17:33
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Completare: La câți gurnaliști și câte jurnalizde spun «tentativă la omor» în loc de «tentativă de omor», mă gândesc că…” Dec 28, 03:26
svin on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “And the only feedback they got was from KDE devs. Meant to say GNOME devs. I should also say that…” Dec 27, 16:04
svin on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “It is an interesting article. I also have my own dissatisfactions with the way the Linux desktop operates. However, I…” Dec 27, 15:39
Béranger on Yes, you can be both anti-Putin and anti-Israel!: “Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians (barrier-free): At exactly 1 p.m. on Oct. 7,…” Dec 27, 11:15
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “😅 Vous êtes trop modeste.” Dec 25, 21:13
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: ““Nous”, vos lecteurs… en nombre de un ?” Dec 25, 20:46
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “Comprendre “We” soit : – dans le sens du français “On” – dans le sens “Nous”, vos lecteurs Les deux…” Dec 25, 20:35
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: ““We” being pluralis majestatis? 😀 But indeed, going with Wayland for an enterprise distribution is pure madness! How can one…” Dec 25, 20:09
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “Going with Wayland for an enterprise distribution is madness! On Fedora, it’s understandable, but RHEL… 🤨 In the context of…” Dec 25, 20:02
HAL on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “About your EDIT. I suppose it was meant to underline your grouchy and never, or rarely, happy and satisfied spirit.…” Dec 25, 16:05
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Călin Georgescu și Florin Zamfirescu. 👿👿👿 TREBUIE VIZIONAT ȘI ASCULTAT! Așa ceva nu am mai pomenit de când mă știu!…” Dec 24, 13:04
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Overhauling of the Radio Ton and Schwarzwaldradio streams.” Dec 22, 18:34
Béranger on Scattered thoughts about Russia and the world: “If you enjoy listening to Putin speak, his end-of-year news conference with a selected phone-in session was held in Moscow:…” Dec 22, 01:18
Jeo on Magdeshit: Germany is a failure: “Interesting allegation, this intention to punish the German state for persecuting Saudi refugees, I wonder what it was that brought…” Dec 21, 20:34
Béranger on Magdeshit: Germany is a failure: “Maybe?! Just MAYBE it wasn’t enough?!” Dec 21, 18:56
HAL on Magdeshit: Germany is a failure: “I just took the quoted sentence in a general sense. Otherwise, yes, for this type of special event you can…” Dec 21, 18:54
Béranger on Magdeshit: Germany is a failure: “NO. This wasn’t your regular Wednesday Market or Saturday Market. It was a Christmas Market, and throughout Germany, special security…” Dec 21, 17:25
HAL on Magdeshit: Germany is a failure: “Car ramming attacks should be preventable. To be able to prevent an event, you’d have to know it was going…” Dec 21, 17:16
Béranger on elementary OS, an OS for suckers: “libfuse2 is needed for some Ubuntu systems in order to run AppImages (the worst possible containers/sandboxes/portable shit). For some reason,…” Dec 21, 00:57
HAL on elementary OS, an OS for suckers: “It seems to be more of a girl : BY CHRISTINE HALL Well, these days, we’re not sure. But in…” Dec 21, 00:47
Béranger on elementary OS, an OS for suckers: “Quel idiot, ce mec ! Being Ubuntu-based, of course it supports apt!” Dec 21, 00:13
HAL on elementary OS, an OS for suckers: “Yes, but apt is all there to the rescue: Being unable to install an AppImage would not have been a…” Dec 21, 00:05
Béranger on elementary OS, an OS for suckers: “Yeah, I wanted to comment on that article too, mais je ne suis pas trop dans mon assiette ces jours-ci.…” Dec 20, 23:49
HAL on elementary OS, an OS for suckers: “Apparently, this is also true for the apps: Elementary OS 8: Beauty and the Flatpak Beast — With Screenshots The…” Dec 20, 23:39
Béranger on Țara tâmpiților (care suntem): “Risky Bulletin: The growing influencer problem to national security: China and Russia appear to have understood before everyone else the…” Dec 20, 13:01
John on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “What a beautiful peace/rant! You punch far above your weight with your writing prowess! And thank you for not catering…” Dec 18, 18:49
Béranger on Nerușinarea farmaciștilor nu are limite (și nici cea a autorităților): “Las aici, că poate indexează Google și mai află și alții cât de idioate sunt autoritățile lumii. ● Antihistaminice de…” Dec 15, 22:58
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “TL;DR: În loc să-l desființeze pe Călin Georgescu, nea Valeriu Nicolae încearcă la minutul 8 să discrediteze întregul Club de…” Dec 15, 22:25
Béranger on Yes, you can be both anti-Putin and anti-Israel!: “Good, so Israel started cutting ties with Europe! Israel will close its embassy due to the “extreme anti-Israel policies of…” Dec 15, 16:18
Béranger on Nerușinarea farmaciștilor nu are limite (și nici cea a autorităților): “Baby fucking aspirin. După ce m-am luat în clanță cu tot universul, inclusiv cu ChatGPT, care m-a convins că nu…” Dec 9, 23:55
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “I added 7 streams, see the corresponding text in the page, as it’s quite long.” Dec 9, 23:39
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Pe de o parte, are dreptate în privința CCR. Pe de altă parte, Judecătorul Dumbravă de la CSM a picat…” Dec 8, 15:46
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Am zis că e ultima oară când am pus ștampila pe muista asta? Zic acum. https://x.com/ElenaLasconi/status/1865501542888976665 President @realDonaldTrump, you have…” Dec 8, 14:36
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “O, sancta ingenuitas! Ce întreabă Anca Grădinaru, într-un articol de aproape 5000 de cuvinte: Operațiunea „Călin Georgescu președinte”. 15 întrebări…” Dec 7, 20:00
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “N-ai înțeles nimic, tovarășe, culcă-te la loc.” Dec 7, 19:45
ion on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Am și eu cîteva întrebări. 1. Dacă este așa cum zici – o încăierare între securiștii comuniști și securiștii legionari,…” Dec 7, 19:43
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Ziua a doua: alegerile pestilențiale și lupta pentru pace România rămâne halucinantă. Gena geto-dacă are ceva halucinogen în ea. Eu…” Dec 7, 18:08
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Drumpf din 2025 nu mai e Drumpf din 2017. Ăștia 8 ani l-au paradit îngrozitor. Nu mai spun de geniile…” Dec 7, 10:53
zugu on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Ăia sunt masă de manevră, pot fi întorși la nevoie, în funcție de necesități. Nu vezi că nu iese nimeni…” Dec 7, 10:49
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Ești optimist. Dacă nu vor fi suveraniști în Parlament, vor fi în stradă. Apoi, care Unchi Sam? Pe 20 ianuarie…” Dec 7, 10:43