Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 5

@nikita Well, when GH does all the things I listed, pigs might fly ;)

@wolf480pl 😂

@icedquinn
> plain cotton isn't thin enough to block virus molecules.

They just need to block the aerosols that carry the virus, not the virus itself. Also doesn't a virus come in cells, not molecules?

@xj9
> I'm pointing out that linux is not a secure operating system

This is a meaningless statement unless you first give some criteria for "secure" and some evidence that Linux (the kernel) or GNU/Linux or Android/Linux (the OS) fails on those criteria.

@xj9 no system as complex as a networked OS is free of security bugs. So not having lots of updates sounds like you don't find the bugs, so you don't patch them. But they're still there ;)

@lanodan

@wolf480pl there's no need to be rude, just correct what you think is incorrect.

> rarely changing

... is just wrongheaded, the only time a component of the "base system" (his term) change is when it gets a security patch, or an upgrade necessary to support functions users demand from the apps that depend on them.

>decide what to update
>a.k.a. selective updates

... is more like roll-your-own distros like Arch than leave-it-to-the-experts distros like Ubuntu. Is it not?

@wolf480pl I can't see how this releases to the thread you're replying to, but ...

Unions don't see themselves as advocacy groups, that's clearly a peripheral activity. They want the employees to control the terms under which they provide labour, including ...

> work contracts between employer and employees.

@wolf480pl yay procrastiwork! 😜
@lanodan

@lanodan
So? It's good digital hygiene to do a fresh install of desktop systems every year or two anyway (with user files on a separate /home partition to be easily remounted during install). It prevents the accumulation of disused software, old logs, upgrade artifacts etc. I just use major distro updates as the occasion for doing that. In fact, it's good to have a reminder.
@MatejLach @xj9

@wolf480pl I think the focus here is desktop use and distinction is between end user apps and system components that only power users know about or interactive. But I agree that the lboundary is fuzzy, like the line between hardware and software, eg which is BIOS?

@lanodan
> while in a BSD system the base+kernel is controlled and stable.

Isn't that because each *BSD is a distribution? You seem to be comparing these to the whole GNU/Linux ecosystem, rather than making more meaningful comparisons between a specific *BSD and a specific GNU/Linux distribution.
@MatejLach @xj9

@Gregor really? You don't just selectively allow scripts in NS, allowing you to use those web apps while still blocking trackers? That works for me.

@codesections
> don't think we're anywhere close to "most" apps being web apps

Among non-geeks, we're well beyond it by any measure. Total number of web apps available to any any user with a browser vs. the total number of native apps available on each desktop OS. Total number of hours spent using web apps vs. native apps (not including browser obviously ;) Any way you slice it, web apps have been dominant over native apps for at least a decade.

@codesections
My overall impression is that he doesn't fully understand or value GNU/Linux security measures that make it inherently more secure than Windows. Combined with his description of AppImage as a "hobby" side project, I'm left pretty skeptical about the security of AppImage. Which is why I'd only use them for evaluation and beta testing with disposable accounts, not for daily use (as he does).

@codesections maybe, but the follow-up comment ...

> Stuff tends to “just work” there as it should.

... suggests otherwise.

@lightone the user can, or just the instance admin?

"The #Pleroma frontend is faster, the theming system has evolved more, users can now mute entire domains from their timelines ..."
- #SeanTilley
https://wedistribute.org/2020/03/hooray-pleroma-officially-releases-2-x-series/

Exactly where that sort of filtering power belongs, with the user. Go Pleroma!

@blog

@kev I used to have the same problem with drowning in mixed notifications. Pinafore.social now does a great job of separating replies and DMs from the firehose of the general activity notifications.

(#HatTip to @nolan for his fantastic work on #Pinafore)

"The political problem is more difficult, because there are enormous vested interests in the present lack of system. There are the rival electronic mail companies. There are the organizers of the various non-profit networks. There are the engineers developing protocols for the various networks. I've talked to a few of them, and intellectual arguments have remarkably little effect."
- #JohnMcCarthy
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/harmful.html

Sound familiar?

@lanodan
> there is a solid base with rare updates

How is this an advantage? Doesn't it just mean it's not being patched for security flaws as soon as fixes are available?

> I'm pretty sure that BSDs would be much better for people

How many end-user devices can run a graphical *BSD OS?

@xj9