Oh... How will Hubble do, since it runs a 486 DX 4 ? :)

That's what a Dell salesman told me when I complained that BIOS takes forever. But... as a sysadmin, part of my job is to setup servers. So I do waste a large amount of my time waiting for servers to boot up, even though later on they never do need to (re)boot. I wish coreboot gained adoption on the server space. But no, we keep getting stupid Dell and HPe slow boot. And don't even get me started on AMI BIOS: these are a no-go for us.

It's not. People contributing to distros do not do so as "a [...] reaction by those with the talent to create the alternatives they prefer". They do so for various reasons, but I'm guessing, the one you're saying is only for a very tiny minority. Mostly, people that contribute are already users of the distro, and just want to make it better. It's as simple as that.

Excuse-me ? The IPCC was formed in 1988, not in the 70s...

well, apt and apt-get are from the same source package, and even binary. The only thing that differs, is the command line interface and params input, but it's really one single software behind.

https://mobian.org/ phosh, kde-plasma...

Iceweasel was renamed back as Firefox about maybe 10 years ago? When Mozilla decided that finally, Debian was not infringing its trademark by shipping a patched version of Firefox, with patches not prepared by Mozilla.

Also, yes, Firefox in Debian is patched to use the "ca-certificates" package CA store. The funny bit is that this ca-certificate is built using the certificates from ... Firefox ! Though I have no idea if the ca-certificate package is affected by this CA expiration. Anyways, if this is the case, the ca-certificate (not Firefox) will be updated, I guess.

For Debian users for example, the CA store is *not* in the browser...

Maybe the idea should be to tell a compelling story. Once you got that down, you can be as diverse and inclusive as you like, people will watch it. Not because it's diverse or inclusive but because it has a compelling story.

Take Star Trek. TOS. That was a revolutionary show back in the days. A black female officer at the height of the civil movement and a Russian navigation officer only a few years after the whole McCarthy era. And let's not forget the first interracial kiss in a nationally broadcast TV show.

And guess what, it was a success. It still is. Mostly because it actually had an interesting story to tell.

Even Goebbels knew that you can slip any and all sorts of propaganda into your programming, but first and foremost, people have to WANT to watch your show. They'll easily accept all the propaganda you want to add, but first you MUST entertain them!

Too bad, you could actually have learned something.

Oh well, some people just prefer to pretend they already know everything.

"Ok, folks, we're losing subscribers. Why did people sign up with us in the first place?"
"Well, mostly because they were fed up with cable TV and we offered an alternative that only only let them choose what they wanted to see but was also heaps cheaper."
"Great. So what could we do to be more like cable TV?"
"We could throw in some programs nobody asked for and up the price."
"Perfect, let's do that!"

Neither does anyone else currently subscribed to Netflix, but how else could you justify yet another price hike so soon after the last one if you don't throw in another shovel of garbage?

Well, it's sweaty guys in ridiculous outfits... yeah, it's sports.

Perfect security isn't one that keeps you from getting where you want to go by reminding you of its presence with every step you take.

Perfect security is so stealthy that you don't even know it is there until you try to do something that compromises it.

Security that gets into your way is something you WILL get rid of, and without a guilty conscience. You're doing it to improve your productivity. An example:

If you work in a warehouse where stuff gets stolen and security demands that the doors are closed and locked at all times, and your job is to carry boxes out to the delivery truck, your work cycle is like this: Pick up a crate, carry it to the door, unlock the door, open the door, carry the box through the door, close the door, lock the door, carry the box to the delivery truck, return to the door, unlock the door, open the door, step through the door, close the door, lock the door, start over.

How many times do you think the average worker will do that before there's a wedge under the door to keep it open?

You have to use our products.

You will be judged by your security work.

Double bind at its finest.