Comment: Re: OSX is a hammer without a handle (Score 1) 296
Between Homebrew and Virtualbox I got it covered. When I need Linux tools, I run Linux. When I need Windows tools, I run Windows. Most of the time the native Mac apps are good.
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Comment: Re:$3500 fine? (Score 1) 286
Jeez, that fine is gonna hurt!
Comment: Re:"stashes its cash" (Score 2) 365
Nope, they'll say "Sorry, eh!".
TFIFY
Comment: Emigrate or die (Score 1) 224
Elementary. If you piss off the government of a country, then you better move to another country.
Comment: Re:So now it's the year of the Linux desktop (Score 4, Funny) 399
Oh my, that's torn it. Now I'll have to switch to Minix.
Comment: Re:Dangerous (Score 4, Funny) 399
Awww, come on, don't bash Bash when it is down...
Comment: Re:Missing in windows? (Score 4, Funny) 399
It's because there is no start menu in Windows anymore, you dum dum...
Comment: Physics breakdown (Score 1) 356
I always thought that the laws of physics as we understand them probably breaks down in the extreme case of black holes and that they therefore are more likely very heavy and dense stars, akin to neutron stars, but not necessarily singularities.
Comment: Re:min install (Score 3, Insightful) 221
Hmm, I got the impression that this guy only used Ubuntu desktop versions and never installed a real Linux server distro. He's been swatting flies with a sledge hammer, because he doesn't know any better.
Comment: Re: min install (Score 1) 221
Systemd has multiple replacements already. You can go the Debian way, which installs stubs to neuter it, or you can install uselessd, which replaces the whole can of worms.
Comment: Embedded Linux (Score 1) 221
Embedded distros are extremely thin and server distros don't have desktop components, so I don't know what this guy is complaining about. It looks like he has never heard of Anaconda and Kickstart.
Comment: Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt... (Score 4, Informative) 131
Encrypt everything you can, always, everywhere. Even bad encryption will slow the spies down and increase their costs.
Comment: Re:WTF? (Score 1) 184
Wow, then I must be super intelligent, like 200 IQ smart, since I've been using KDE on all my chinines since about 1998 or so and I never thought that it is complicated.
Comment: Re: "CipherShed" (Score 1) 270
Careful dude, you may get a ton of pre-orders for your new FuxMatic3000XP by advertizing on Sloshdat.
Comment: Re:Why does this always happen? (Score 2) 270
There is nothing wrong with the word gimp in most of the civilized world. It is only a slightly derogatory teenager slang word in some US high schools.
