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Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies

May 6, 2026 Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies2026-05-07T11:07:08+01:00 6 Comments AI, Apple, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, GNOME, Google, idiocy, Kubuntu, Linux, longread, Lubuntu, Microsoft, Nvidia, Qwen, security, Ubuntu, XFCE

① Someone felt contemplative... I was looking for a review of Argent Linux and I noticed this ad hoc philosophy at the end of a review of it in DistroWatch…

Curiouser and curiouser…

March 6, 2026 Curiouser and curiouser…2026-03-07T00:52:40+01:00 18 Comments Apple, Linux, Nvidia, Win10, Win11

Why do I feel the need to comment on Dedoimedo’s latest post? Well, because I disagree with a fundamental premise that led to a questionable conclusion. It has to do…

Google’s “nano-banana” & some Nvidia shit

August 27, 2025 Google’s “nano-banana” & some Nvidia shit2025-08-27T20:40:36+01:00 1 Comment AI, apocalypse, Gemini, Nvidia

I wasn't aware of Gemini's upgraded image editing capabilities based on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (aka nano-banana), “our state-of-the-art image generation and editing model.” It was announced on their blog,…

Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Debian’s CVE-2026-46300 tracker still considers that the kernel 7.0.7-1 in sid and forky does not fix Fragnesia. They should pull…” May 18, 13:53
Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Are you really, really, really sure about that? I thought it’s always installed, and the question is about enabling it.” May 18, 10:03
not me on Is Debian the Answer?: “Devuan also has a rolling release mode, it’s called Ceres. You’ll have to pay attention whenever you’re updating it, new…” May 18, 06:16
not me on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Devuan Excalibur netinstall iso asked me if I wanted AppArmor or not.” May 18, 06:02
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Update: Remapping the Copilot key under XFCE.” May 17, 22:38
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): ““GuYi Alone” added some more videos, such as this one: China’s Unspoken Social Rules | I Got FIRED Within One…” May 17, 19:26
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Kernel 7.0.8 and the LTS kernels fix the ssh-keysign-pwn vulnerability (CVE-2026-46333). In Debian, Daniel Baumann cherry-picked this patch, so Debian’s…” May 16, 22:36
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Retards can claim whatever they want, but Debian’s CVE-2026-46300 page asserts that kernel 7.0.7 (currently in Sid but not in…” May 16, 16:18
Béranger on Fedora Linux just rejected the idea of an LTS kernel!: “Everyone’s obsession with Btrfs is insane! Even without a copy-on-write filesystem, there’s a write amplification issue with SSDs, so Btrfs…” May 15, 21:44
B. Stack on Fedora Linux just rejected the idea of an LTS kernel!: “Thanks for summarizing that. I always enjoy reading through the proposed and accepted changes in Fedora, and I guess I…” May 15, 20:23
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “💥 Michael Yingling’s Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine is no more.” May 15, 00:35
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “I just noticed that Arch Linux has become a joke lately. Only the original Copy Fail CVE is tracked on…” May 15, 00:21
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Jesus, I didn’t know that Hope had her own YT channel, @HopeLeadSinger! Nov 1, 2025: “Throne” by Hope Gerson |…” May 14, 22:32
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Update to Vinyl vs. Gapless: Tambourine Music Player is another Flatpak that runs perfectly. But the window cannot be maximized…” May 14, 21:30
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Fragnesia: obviously, not fixed in Debian: CVE-2026-46300. However, AlmaLinux has some Patched kernels available in testing. While kernel 7.0.7 is…” May 14, 17:35
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Is this federal jurisdiction? 😉” May 14, 01:21
David on Is Debian the Answer?: “I always hated that phrasing, “users… must upgrade.” What are they going to do, call the FBI on us if…” May 14, 01:16
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Apparently, Debian was optimistic when it declared CVE-2026-43500 fixed in their kernels 5.10.251-4, 6.1.170-3, 6.12.86-1, and 7.0.4-1. I’ve read somewhere…” May 14, 00:14
Béranger on Who isn’t on the Big Bad Web?: “A quick note about the link 2E, which is a blog post about syncing the tiny e-reader Xteink X4. It…” May 13, 23:26
Béranger on Google Play Store is committing highway robbery and should be shut down!: “Miracles happen! My complaint was made on November 24, 2025. After the update from Jan. 19, 2026, Random House K.W.…” May 13, 22:12
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Yeah. I don’t care about their theming and I dislike the top panel (which I move to the bottom), but…” May 13, 17:39
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Cool. Xebian isn’t very well known to begin with, but almost no one seems to know that there’s a Stable…” May 13, 17:35
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “The EU will become more like Russia and worse than China: EU Calls VPNs a ‘Loophole’ that ‘Needs Closing’ in…” May 13, 15:58
Béranger on I never saw anything as stupid as Git (and GitHub): “Why is your GitHub moniker “xiaoxiae”? – Xiao Xiao is not “xiao xiae”! – xiǎoxiě (小写) is “lowercase”: did you…” May 13, 14:06
Tom on I never saw anything as stupid as Git (and GitHub): “Never in my years on this earth have I seen a more carefully crafted ragebait. 10/10.” May 13, 07:36
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Nope. And I know about the DPL. You are aware that Devuan could not exist without Debian, right?” May 10, 21:08
Fried Rice Eater on Is Debian the Answer?: “Is Debian the answer? No, no it is not. They just elected a female DEI hire from India who says…” May 10, 21:06
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “In a different YT video (by a fan) I noticed the following comments from the band (which confirms what has…” May 10, 20:16
Reverie72 on Is Debian the Answer?: “GNOME and KDE are only good on machines with 8 GB of RAM or more. For machines with less than…” May 10, 13:53
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “the automatic handling and recall of external display positions and resolutions. I am that much of a Luddite that I…” May 10, 12:46
Cozy on Is Debian the Answer?: ““why bother with something more complex?” I can’t argue with that! XFCE is what I originally used, but was also…” May 10, 02:54
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Oh, so you’re back on Debian. Firefox as a Flatpak is a bad idea. This time, I even intend to…” May 10, 00:47
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “I didn’t, but as long as XFCE runs just fine under Debian 13 (including Bluetooth), why bother with something more…” May 10, 00:19
Cozy on Is Debian the Answer?: “Have you tried KDE Plasma on Debian 13? I’ve been running that for a while now and so far it’s…” May 10, 00:16
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Mission fucking accomplished. Including blueman ttf-mscorefonts-installer libavcodec-extra gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-vaapi libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdread8 ffmpeg yt-dlp youtubedl-gui nala fortune fsearch…” May 9, 21:56
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Absolutely. I’m usually overcritical. Grumpy-level, angry-level critical. Dedoimedo had some rather severe issues with Kubuntu 22.04 and 24.04, and he’s…” May 9, 19:23
0din on Is Debian the Answer?: “You’re being a bit too critical of Kubuntu (26.04 LTS) now, it seems to me. 🙂 Yes, I also quickly…” May 9, 17:11
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Oh, this is über-ironic: Microsoft Defender Security Research Team: Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk. Yeah, use…” May 9, 14:23
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “In the new composition after “the big betrayal”: The Graystones and Evan Riley — While My Guitar Gently Weeps cover…” May 9, 12:04
edel on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “Agree 100% with “hoped that China would come up with something, but they didn’t”. But I have a feeling they…” May 7, 11:48
Béranger on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “I too hoped that China would come up with something, but they didn’t. Deepin tries too much to look like…” May 7, 11:12
Béranger on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “I added a couple of small updates.” May 7, 11:07
edel on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “Oh, did not know of 6.17 coming with Ubuntu 24.04… at least, with those added drivers I hope they are…” May 7, 10:53
Béranger on Gemini’s Nano Banana 2 can hallucinate images it was never given 😸😹😻 UPDATED!: “Dacă lipsește flautul, generăm o tobă.” May 7, 10:40
Béranger on Grim book 1 — a review like no other!: “Would you still care about my thoughts?” May 7, 10:38
Aldus on Gemini’s Nano Banana 2 can hallucinate images it was never given 😸😹😻 UPDATED!: “A talk with ChatGPT.” May 7, 10:38
Wiktor Miesok on Grim book 1 — a review like no other!: “Book 2 dropped a while ago. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQJHTNR6 Wonder what your thoughts would be on this one.” May 7, 10:37
Béranger on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “6.17 is the default (HWE) kernel in Ubuntu 24.04.4. TUXEDO might have added drivers for their hardware, but other than…” May 7, 10:28
edel on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “I mentioned Tuxedo OS before, so I don’t want to give the impression I am fully advocating for it, but…” May 7, 10:24
Béranger on I never saw anything as stupid as Git (and GitHub): “I didn’t approve a short comment that recommended that I read the Pro Git book (I guess; it said “the…” May 6, 21:16
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Version 2.5.0 was released: • Added: Animal Crackers, The Argyle Sweater, Aunty Acid, Baby Blues, Baldo, Bliss, Broom Hilda, Close…” May 5, 01:23
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “You need better glasses! 👓” May 5, 01:13
HAL on I’m with stupid technology: “Yes, absolutely, but I have not notice that on the Sony screen. It might depend on the screen.” May 5, 01:11
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “In theory, yes. In practice, if I see COLORED fringes FOR BLACK TEXT ON WHITE, I get mad! So no,…” May 4, 23:32
HAL on I’m with stupid technology: “I tend to use your setup as well for all. Except I’m wondering if RGB wouldn’t be OK for subpixel.” May 4, 23:14
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “I don’t care anymore. Font rendering in Linux was worse than in Windows, then it improved, then it worsened again.…” May 4, 20:45
ConEst on I’m with stupid technology: “Life was simpler when I did not know about gtk, qt, wayland and so on. Shame about Budgie though -…” May 4, 19:58
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “I updated the 1st fix, and now it works again to bypass GoComics’ paywall! It also works in Firefox for…” May 4, 11:27
Béranger on Dumbo SPECIAL: Crappy Wayland—stupid with GNOME, better but imperfect with KDE: “In “XFCE as a backup solution,” I said that Xubuntu had some issues. Now Jeff Siegel (wow, not Jesse Smith!)…” May 4, 09:50
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “I’m not sure about Solus, but they killed Budgie. Budgie 11 will be based on Qt6 with KDE Frameworks, and…” May 4, 09:30