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ttarr··on Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer in consumer computing
I literally tried that few days a go, what you're saying is not true.

Compiling Linux:

AMD 6800HS, ~4mins.

Apple M1 Pro, Linux VM, ~10 mins.

ttarr··on Linus Torvalds comments on the Russian Linux maintainers being delisted
What's BSD's stance on such or similar situations?

I'm looking for an OS, Linux is not just a kernel anymore it seems, for this and other reasons, hint, Linux Foundation and their cooperate lords.

ttarr··on No more blurry fonts in Linux (2023)
We can't hold back the world because of some lazy UI Devs, I can't believe we still facing scaling issues in 2024!

My solution, under Linux, I get laptop screens with 2X scaling, i.e. 2.8K and 3.2K for larger laptops.

ttarr··on Dokku: My favorite personal serverless platform
Same here,

All I do on top of what you said is use Traefik for reverse proxy and let's encrypt.

ttarr··on LineageOS is the perfect minimal smartphone for non-tech savvy folk
Check out one of the supported Motorola's, they sell cheap brand new.
ttarr··on Ask HN: What laptop are you using to daily drive Linux?
Huawei MateBook 14 (AMD 4600H)

Very close to perfect for me!

Pros:

- AMD CPU/GPU

- 3:2 HiDPI screen

-Metal construction

-Long battery life

- Very quiet even when under load

Cons:

- Fingerprint reader is not supported

- Screen is reflective and 60Hz only, I'm spoilt by high refresh screens now, buy one and you'll understand why.

Looking forward to ThinkPad T14 AMD Gen 5, last year's was close to perfect, but no way I'll be investing in a 60Hz LoDPI screen device.

ttarr··on Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
These kind of news make me feel happy that I'm Apple, Microsoft and Google* free.

Phone is ungoogled Android.

ttarr··on LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices
It's best to try it, people use different subset of apps.

As I replied below, everything I need works, including a number of banking apps.

I used to use Lineage OS with microG, but now I use iode, very similar.

Note, I never patched or installed something besides microG ever, so my experience is as close to pure microG experience as possible.

ttarr··on LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices
Weird!

Here in UK, using microG, banking apps for Nationwide, Starling, Revolut, HSBC all work with no issues.

Generally, I face no issue using any app.

Location services and notification both work reliably.

ttarr··on Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now?
I bought a Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5, 7840HS.

First order, it had coil whine, rattling touchpad and a corrupted edid.

Second order, it also had coil whine, rattling and non-working touchpad.

I'm truly puzzled.

ttarr··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
If you're referring to Vivid Resourcing, they're truly horrible, I got interrogated by them for 30+ mins and they disappear, happened twice so it can't be a one off!
ttarr··on Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer
Probably PGO.

Even prebuilt Firefox tend to be faster than distro provided ones, at least at some point on the past.

ttarr··on Ask HN: Why can't my old laptop be an AWS replacement?
> and the necessary knowledge to keep it running.

This is why I self host, gaining knowledge is a pro not a con.

ttarr··on Learn electronics by practice
Personally, this guy[0] eased me back into electronics, very clear explanations and beginner friendly.

[0] https://vocademy.net/

ttarr··on How Red Hat’s Open-Source Negligence Is Doing Actual Harm to the Linux Community
Care to name few?
ttarr··on 1Password rolling out “privacy-preserving” telemetry system
Thanks for bringing this up, I should've read the TCs before moving away from their self-hosted solution.
ttarr··on 1Password rolling out “privacy-preserving” telemetry system
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36428107

I'm definitely switch away from Bitwarden.

ttarr··on I give up on free software phones (2019)
You raise a good question, unfortunately I asked the same and no one seems to know the answer.

My other question was, why the first iPhone is significantly faster than a recent PinePhone.

ttarr··on Linux kernel use-after-free in Netfilter, local privilege escalation
Care to elaborate plz?

How would we go about GPUs, NCs, and many kinds of drivers?

ttarr··on Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP
Why the down votes for this comment?

My Android does have that option, under: Hotspot and tethering > Allow clients to use VPNs.

Note however, my ROM is based on LineageOS, probably the reason why not everyone got it?

ttarr··on NixOS 22.11 “Raccoon”
How about isolation, how do you manage that? Are services ran under different containers, VMs or namespaces?
ttarr··on Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation
I use luks with btrfs, setup using archinstall, works as expected, I hope this helps.
ttarr··on The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry
I feel your pain, I've been there.

My advice, get a job around (but not in) London area, if not, get a remote role with a company in south, that gave me a bump from 35k to 71k.

Even better, leave perm and get a contract (outside IR35), you can easily get between 350 to 450 a day.

... and yes, that's doing C++, some Qt, some MFC, some Python, and no PhD/MSc nonsense.

ttarr··on “There Seem to be 10 managers for every one dev at Twitter” – Elon
> Managers unblock their team and get out of the way.

You're talking as if Devs are brainless outside of programming, let's babysit them.

The best development managers/directors I've worked with were hands on, and they knew significantly more than me, they knew their stuff really well.

ttarr··on Review of the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional
Hi, Can you please tell me if the fun key (big roundish key) gets in the way when typing?

I really want one, but I'm not sure, I like resting my palm when typing.

Also, are the wells well curved/deep? I can't tell from static images on the web.

Thanks.

ttarr··on The Fedora Project Remains Community Driven
> as long as you comply with US laws (unfortunately) and the Fedora Code of Conduct.

This is it, I'm not in the US, many aren't either, so why shall I suffer the consequence of such decisions.

Note sure if it's feasible to have a none-US build whilst based in the US.

But for the time being it's over for me, I've been using Fedora for years and recommending it to friends and family, despite the RPM fusion required after initial setup, but not anymore.

Let's see how welcoming Arch is.

ttarr··on How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?
If you don't mind, can you test Ubuntu or Fedora to see if the issue is present?

The reason I'm asking, according to a Lenovo talk from DebConf22 [0], the guy said it takes some time for patches to reach upstream, but with Fedora and Ubuntu they have some connections to shortcut some patches before they reach upstream.

[0] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-Linux-2022-State

ttarr··on How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?
My experience is otherwise, see my comment above.
ttarr··on How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 AMD Gen 1 here. My experience is totally different, using Fedora 36, everything works! Battery life I have no exact numbers, but definitely way more than 3 hours.
ttarr··on I Finally Found a Solid Debian Tablet: The Surface Go 2
I won't bore you with the details, but things are locked down and a dev folder structure is assumed and baked into the build system, both for sources and dependencies.
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