If your router is behind the firewall (regular setup) then the router can set up a connection to the outside anytime. Which can then be used to get data in as well. Using regular technology. We're not looking at the backdoors the FBI has ordered to be available in any telco product since 1994.

Obviously some people still need the latest and the greatest. But is that really so important.

* Hardware longevity = repair-ability. Consider Fairphone.
* Running ungoogled andoid offers reasonable app support and a secure, private platform. Consider /e/OS. There are more alternatives really.

From time to time IT is suffering from 'big sales and big words' that come out years later. Y2K. NFT. MS-DOS.

How can we discern bullocks from reality? The connection with reality. Here, Quantum connects to another mathematical model- construction. Are we now linking two scientific shitholes and seeing them merge into a singular BS or is this the birth of a revelation of a new era? Who can tell? I can only doubt.

It could be a good idea to have integrated, universal donation centers in all distros. Donate to your favourite library or application. Have them all in one view. That would be great 30 years after dselect - the front end to debian's dpkg originating from spring 1995.

The models don't get better at programming when you don't get better at prompting. You won't get better at prompting if you're no good at programming.

US Naval Medical Research Institute (1972) published these symptoms of exposure to radiation (EMF-radiation):
- headaches
- dizziness
- nausea
- anxiety
- Difficulty concentrating
- memory loss
- insomnia
- fatigue
- muscle spams
- tingling
- altered reflexes
- muscle + joint pain
- leg/foot pain

eyes:
- pressure in/behind eyes
- deteriorating vision
-cataracts

heart:
- palpitations
- arrhythmia
- chest pain or pressure
- low/high blood pressure

respiratory:
- sinusitis
- bronchitis
- asthma
- pneumonia

skin:
- skin rash
- itching
- burning
- facial flushing.

Well, very good then, no cancer on this list as well.

Good point.
Note the vision of of the Oracle in that Guardian article, Larry Ellison, who also despises the cloud. "... Fashion". Well see how that worked out Larry

Well I don't want to ruin the party. Of course it is nice when performance gets on par.

But to know if the driver is any good on Linux, the code must me compared to the code of other open source graphics drivers.just the code. It's cooperation. Being part of the movement.

As long as there is that guy with two middle fingers up "fuck NVIDIA", lets wait a second and have that guy come out and lower the fingers. It may take a while. And after that it may take decades for the legions to understand that the hatred is now over. Then we can embrace that company and perhaps even buy some of theirs.

So, growth is what makes these decisions. Economically justifiable decisions. It's rational.

Only if you don't hold principles about freedom of computing whatsoever.

I'm not the type of Linux users who likes to fiddle around and spend time on tuning the computer. I want things to work. And work well. And easy. Pop!_OS is great for that. After only 25y+ Linux using I can honestly say this is the first distro that runs with the ease and smoothness of an Apple with the freedom and versatility of a Linux box. Cosmic desktop is essential to this experience. I don't care about the programming language, I never see that part.

It is quite obvious Erdohan did not listen to those who claim his obedience. And they sent him SBX-1.

I used to have the FP 2 and I loaded it with Ubuntu Touch by ubports. I failed setting up any of the other options. About a year ago I ordered a pre-installed FP3+ from Murena. They have them loaded with their /e/os which is actually pretty wonderful. They redid android code to get rid of untrusted google libraries, so they wrote their own version. Most apps are open source. Only the maps program is closed source because no other solution. Advanced privacy features. One button and the IP address is hidden, so the whole phone is on TOR. Fake location. And you can use both aurora and f-droid store. They have their own cloud so you don't need google anymore.

The one who owns the controller can control the gas stream. The one who does not, has to rely on bombs to close it down. "The Russian decision to shut down" is absolutely ridiculous. The US are losing allies by the day and there is no press release that can stop that.

Murena [https://murena.com] is selling smartphones from various manufacturers pre-installed with its open source /e/OS, a form from Lineage. You can install apps using the built-in software center and/or use f-droid for open source apps and aurora store for a selected number of apps which are copied from google's play store. Several internal functions which report to google have been rewritten - the microG services. Personally I am having a very good experience with the fairphone 3+ which I bought in may 2022.

Slashdot is now pushing Reuters in order to defame free speech video services which do not comply to censorship pressure. Here we can learn that, in order to keep free speech and free internet open, we should make it very clear that we do not comply. And I am wondering how much Slashdot is getting paid to serve this "news".