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Finding the right balance between security and easy of use is often difficult to achieve. There are many strategies that can be employed to…

Investigations into musl libc DNS resolver used in Alpine containers

Hyperfocus for hours to get my Linux desktop config just so. Fourth test run, there's an error somewhere that the window manager doesn't log or report. *(faint sound like dry twigs snapping in my head)* Reboot into Windows. #ADHD life

Porting Linux to Apple Silicon

New York City is like Linux: - Spend the first year re-learning how to perform basic tasks - Spend the rest of your lifetime claiming how much better it is - Bad drivers

Max Goodhart (@chromakode)Thu, 12 May 2022 17:01 +0000

linux clipboards are great if you want your OS to gaslight you you have a text file open, you hit paste, it pasts "foo" you select "bar", hit cut, "bar" disappears you hit paste, "foo" appears where did bar go why is foo still here

foone (@Foone)Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:24 +0000

LOL. Oh no the Linux source code was leaked 😡😭 reddit.com/r/linuxmasterr…

nixCraft (@nixcraft)Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:31 GMT

How old were you when realized that grep was g/re/p ? I'm 39

Juan Pablo Daniel (@jpdborgna)Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:42 GMT

2022 really year of the #linux desktop?

Cyber Panda 🐼 (@c0dehard)Sat, 25 Dec 2021 15:14 GMT

TIL that it’s possible (if not easy) to use `locate` & `updatedb` with independent directory structures in addition to system wide. A la # locate -d ./locatedb

Grant Taylor (@DrScriptt)Sun, 19 Dec 2021 08:39 GMT

the dirty secret is that sound works just fine on linux. it's a just a lie told by the linux-using devs to get out of conference zooms with windows-using management.

Grant Horwood ↙↙↙ (@gbhorwood)Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:16 GMT

Some thoughts on recent #Linux elitism (not sure elitism is the right word, but I can't think of a better one right now) I heard on @latenightlinux. ☹️ kevq.uk/this-is-whats-…

Kev Quirk (@kevquirk)Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:22 GMT

This is the single simplest example I’ve seen of the core difference between Windows and Linux :)

Brian Mork (Hermit) (He/Him) (@hermit_hacker)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:19 +0000

Using popular things is sucky. When I have an issue with macOS or Windows, search results are dominated by SEO'd junk articles with little to no information. When I have an issue with Linux, search results are usually awesome and get me directly to the juicy information.

Maddison Hellstrom (@HellsMaddy)Wed, 12 May 2021 21:41 +0000

Possibly unpopular opinion, but I feel like "only merge things after verifying they are valid" should maybe be the default policy of the most used piece of software in the world.

Filippo Valsorda 💉💉⏳ (@FiloSottile)Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:45 +0000

😬 git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/…

Brad Spengler (@spendergrsec)Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:36 +0000

Breaking: Mars becomes the second planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows.

@mikko (@mikko)Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:59 GMT

Want to see the difference between Windows 10 and Linux? Install dual boot on a Core i3 laptop. Let people choose which one works better for their needs. #opensource #linux #freesoftware @gknauth @rmtux @opensourceway

Phil Shapiro (@philshapiro)Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:22 GMT

I was this many days old when I learned that sudo's logo is a creepy looking anthropomorphic sandwich.

April King 🌀 (@CubicleApril)Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:02 GMT

Checking in on whether 2021 can be the year of the Linux Desktop, not looking good so far

Pillow (@CounterPillow)Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:05 GMT

sorry i was late i had to install zoom - which meany i needed to update my repositories - and then i had to update some libraries - and my kernel... and the headers... and then reboot with the new kernel... and then install zoom... and well anyway here we are - hi i'm nova

kris Nóva (@krisnova)Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:30 GMT

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Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater)Fri, 27 Nov 2020 06:33 GMT

Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater)Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:17 +0000