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All the more reason to switch to Signal. I use Signal and donate to the non-profit behind it every year because my privacy is worth protecting.

Every time I try to use NixOS I start off excited about all the benefits it can provide, but it always ends up frustrating me in some way and I'm reminded of why distributions exist in the first place. I don't want to have to dig into a config file for every little aspect of my OS to be in working order and then worry about having some hackey workaround when something has issues due to the lack of adherence to the FHS.

I'm not an open source maintainer or even a dev, but it seems bonkers to me that with all the numerous distributions out there, all facing the same problem of package management, that they couldn't just refocus their combined efforts toward improving Flatpak and guiding it toward universal adoption.

This is disappointing news. The Save to Pocket feature was one of the core features of Firefox that kept me using it. It feels like Mozilla is circling the drain lately.

For me, the bootc project is one of the most exciting things happening in Linux right now. It would be nice if projects like Debian adopt it as one possible delivery format for those who prefer the atomic containerized workflow way of doing things. There is so much to be gained from a stability standpoint vs how things are done now.

Side note: Judging by what I see on Reddit, the ability to theme a desktop is one of the top reasons someone develops a personal interest in Linux to begin with, so no need to justify that in my book.

I really hope someone high up the chain at Apple reads this post because it's only the tip of the iceberg in describing the myriad of things wrong with Apple's software experience lately. For a company so flush with cash and resources, it boggles the mind how they could let things get this bad.

Great that there are people looking into this. I wonder if there would be similar findings were they to perform an audit on MacPorts or the Nix package manager.

Finally got to see the Pet Shop Boys live a few years back and they put on a great show. If you took a survey of the biggest influences on electronic music acts of the early 2000s, my guess is that Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop Boys would be at or near the top of the list.

Awesome news and boosts the utility of the Apple TV tremendously.

Debian stable + Flatpaks is the most stable Linux experience I've worked with. Thanks to everyone involved in the project.

I can't help but wonder how many highly talented people Canonical lost out on through this ridiculously long and inconsiderate vetting process.

When Debian is ported to a new architecture does that mean something special needs to happen to all of the packages in the repository for them to work on that new architecture?

I was a victim of the Experian data breach in 2015 and I now have a lifetime of credit monitoring services to pay for, meanwhile Experian had to pay a fine that amounted to a slap on the wrist.

What a great project. For those who are wanting something similar for macOS, the Amethyst project is pretty great https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst (meant to be more like Xmonad actually but still a tiling wm).

I like turtles!

Author states "I know that new 'open' laptops are still available, but most of them--the System76's, the Purisms, etc.--are overpriced in my opinion."

These companies are not manufacturing in China. They assemble their machines here in the U.S. and they don't have the advantage of economies of scale like other much larger firms.

Didn't work on my Mac using the latest Safari either.

Does the method whereby they circumvent the T2 security enclave work on Intel-based Macs? I have a 2018 Mac mini which I would love to repurpose with Linux once the end-of-life support stage is reached.