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@GreyLinux
@HexDSL @kev
I was with PlusNet, but left them after 11 years, the service declined post BTs take over and finally they pulled an incontract price rise that I used to leave their service.
These days I use
Https://Pulse8broadband.co.uk
Benefits
1 month rolling contract leave any time
No call centres just personal service
76mbs fiber
No frills
39.90 per month
Possible downers
No router supplied
Migration fee and monthly fee up front.
Static ip 2.00 per month
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@bamfic
@technomancy @kelbot
I know of stumpwm[0] and swordfish[1], there's another that I cant remember too
[0]https://stumpwm.github.io/screenshots.html
[1]http://sawfish.tuxfamily.org
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@kragen
Cool, I am trying to get time enough do some overviews of the available (non-terminal) light file managers , there are some interesting ones out there, and surprisingly accessible, will blog when I have had time to do this (time is a constraint)
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Take 2:
I hadn't forgotten about TinyWM, have just been short of time.
I now have it installed on Arch configured to start with a terminal (st atm) and a clock, and a wallpaper to remind me of the extensive window management capabilities that TinyWM has.
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@kragen
Looks like its broken, I am updating freedombone to see if this resolves it
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@DistroJunkie
Out of curiosity/interest what makes systemd "windows like"?
@danyspin97 @poetgrant
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@danyspin97
@poetgrant @DistroJunkie @h3artbl33d
Remember
Linux is UNIX-Like
SystemD is init-system-like
Seems like a good match
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@DistroJunkie @danyspin97
I actually kinda like systemd, the main thing I have against it is that its monolithic (not modular) and possibly has a few default settings that I change
Certainily makes using a mix of Arch and Debian installs a bit easier
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@tim
Yes, GNOME is indeed a challenge. Each time I tried this I just got frustrated and angry with it and eventually return to a (more) sane environment like KDE Plasma.
One of the more annoying things to me was the time and date formatting in the panel, trying to make it readable, its doable but not in a user friendly way (not sure if that has changed since )
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Damn!!!
Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network !!!!!!
60,000 patents or so
OIN were orignially set up as a way to protect against Microsoft patent challenges....
Do you think Microsoft will be refunding Redhat and others for their patent deals dating back to 2008/9
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@bob
Seems to me that the web is increasingly splitting between the bloated centralised 'commercenet' and the 'dweb'.
I think that the commercenet will increasingly get more regonalised and regulated locally, and hope that the dweb will become more open and hopfully less reliant on the bloat require by 'modern' websites, which would reduce the spec and the cost required for PCs /laptops
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@fenny
@cult @kel @aral
Mozilla are like a good prestidigitator on the surface they appear as bastions for an open, private and free internet, however contrary to this image they have complex contracts that offer use of their platform and partner access to the telematics data through the use of the APIs
Firefox collects telemetry data by default, which has value increased when combined with other information, mozilla can do this as even under the GDPR telematics on its own is not specifically personally identifiable as it is data you generate from your interactions with the internet using their browser
Telematics can however reveal times, browser tab information ,histograms, events (clicks, mouse movements etc) the nearest access points (like WiFi and mobile / cell towers) placing you at a location
While this information does not seem that important it is valuable to third parties that already hold personal information, it also enables the tracking of non internet real world purchases that started with a search for a product
Google uses this type of data to track real world purchase on credit cards (an agreement with MasterCard has been confirmed)
Full detail on the telematics that mozilla can share can be located here
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/index.html
I'm sure if I have misunderstood any of the detail above someone will correct me.
When it comes to the "sale" of telematics Its not so much sold like a bottle of milk but as part of the contracts they have with their "partners" like the search engine companies, who can do a lot with the generated data.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/
If you look at the end of year filings for mozilla (published on there website) the bulk of their income is generated by the (unpublished) contracts they make with search engines companies
(Yahoo are still realing from the financial cost of dealing with mozilla along with all the shady shit they have been up to - different story)
Btw Privacy Aware = we know the (monetary) value of your privacy
But its not just at the monetary and privacy level that mozilla have deviated from their claims but also in their dealings within the w3c
Publicly they denounce DRM and cry out for a free internet (its in their mission statement) yet they were pro DRM and implemented EME within the Browser before it was officially adopted, there is nothing free about DRM and EME
And then there was that time they forcefully hijacked Firefox browser installs with a remotely installed advert
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Social Justice (SJ) is only ever based on the current social ideals, in 40 years time our social cues will be as alien as the 1970s social environment is today.
Codes of Conduct (CoC) have there place although are - for the most part - only relevent in the short term based on what can be fleeting social values, which by there nature evolve on a rolling basis
Most of the issues that cause the apparent need for SJ and CoC can be mitigated by treating people as INDIVIDUALS not a representative of a larger social group.
You cannot by default exclude ideas from socially anxious or awkward people, just because they may project their anxiety or awkwardness in the form of a pissey or even obtuce attitude
The more I read about inclusivity the more exclusive it seems, its a nice idea tho
You simply cant please all the people all the time, you will however piss off some of the people off most of the time.
Which brings me to Linus.
I am hoping that his leaving the project he started - and holds the rights to - is only temporary as he has indicated, and is not the symptom of a powergrab for control of the project by others.
however if he chooses not to return, I truely hope he forks linux into the honeybadger kernel project
Why?
Cuz Honeybadgers don't give a fuck.
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@trawzified
It was eol in 2014, but some of the updates on te machines are well after that date, the first retro laptop was initially installed 2 weeks ago, and received multiple updates after install, then today when I started up the laptop, moreupdates. ....
I put his down to the fact Microsoft kept XP live too long and as a result even years after it died too many people and organisations use it still. It'd be interesting if the last updates were mitigations for meltdown et al
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@trawzified
So very true, I find it amazing that XP still gets security updates lol,.
What is odd is that between 2004 to late 2016, I used Linux pretty much exclusively for my personal computing needs, except for my love of obscure and unusual operating systems
Since early 2017 I have keen messing with windows more often than I had the preceding 13 years..
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@trawzified
Connecting to the internet is fine as long as
you are using a vpn, firewalled router with host list like blocking, local firewall on machine, up to date antivirus
Once sorted it'll not be activly used online, but will be connected, the WLAN on my vpn router subnet has 300 mb/s bandwidth with outgoing/incomming traffic limited to using no more than 10 mb/s making it great as a seperated lan for games away from my main network
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@trawzified
I have the laptop(s) connecting to my vpn router subnet via wireless, avast just uses the active network connection, im setting up the second laptop atm, it seems to have an issue with USB, which may be driver related.
Ive just installed SeaMonkey browser and am getting some basic drivers in place, windows update works well enough to then update quite a few of the drivers
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@trawzified
Yes, Avast-free still supports XP, and using IBMs PlexFonts with cleartype active makes the fonts look good too.
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@ChrisWere
I usually refer to Ubuntu as "Bunty", its not the users or OS I have an issue with, Ubuntu as an OS is ok, it is a good base to build and has more resources thrown at it than any other Debian based OS I can think of
The issue I have with Bunty is the tendency to "Fork and Drop" at what seems like a moments notice.
Oh and then there was that time 17.10 screwed up laptops that had Insyde based bios
Even with that I still recommend Ubuntu Mate for some setups and users
@lynnesbian
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@codesections
Mastodon is only part of the fediverse, we have other client/server setups that are compatible like Pleroma, there's also "The Federation" too, with some bleed over of apps being able to post to both Fediverse and The Federation
A blog that only federated the first 500 characters with a link to the source would not clutter anyones feed, it'd just be another toot, but if followed/replied to would be an excellent way to strike up conversation about blog content, it would also facilitate the ability to block bloggers or ignore
@dan @kev @MatejLach
Jase
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