Khleedril
Recreational maths and computing, sci-fi reading and writing, appreciation of fine art and planet Earth.
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Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•The idea of /usr/sbin has failed in practice21·13 days ago@FizzyOrange @morto #nix and #guix do exactly this. It is 2025.
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux0·22 days agoOFF TOPIC, but, how do you do the stand-out quotes like that?
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta Along With COSMIC Desktop Beta In Late September10·23 days ago@imecth @stuner @littleomid @uthredii ``Rust implies only 1 thing, and that’s no memory leaks, assuming you don’t use “unsafe” code. It’s still very much vulnerable to logic bugs and has the same performance as c (GNOME) and c++ (KDE).‘’
Not only memory leaks, multi-threading generally is hugely safer under the watchful eye of the compiler.
It performs slightly better than C or C++; the compiler is able to make better optimizations thanks to deeper insight into the nature of given code.
@warm @LOLseas @0ndead @hellmo_luciferrari Because the British are still misunderstood by the rest of the world.
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@lemmy.world•It's possible to substantially speed up wakeup from hibernation3·26 days ago@glitching @tal Doesn’t turning encrypted swap off defeat the point of having encrypted swap?
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•sudo-rs Is Now The Default sudo Of Ubuntu 25.1061·27 days ago@chronicledmonocle @cm0002 … given all that, it just makes sense to systematically rewrite everything that exists in C as Rust. Nothing to lose, everything to gain.
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•sudo-rs Is Now The Default sudo Of Ubuntu 25.108·27 days ago@chronicledmonocle @cm0002 The real answer is that some people just want something to do.
The more philosophical answer is that after C (circa 1960) there have been lots of developments in programming languages, both translated and compiled. Rust is epochal in that it takes all the best features and has the right defaults based on 50 years experience. Most notably it is the first language which understands the code it is compiling, and is thus able to see errors and make deep optimizations…
@csantosb Wow. Less of a tutorial than a hands-on laboratory exploration of concepts. Set aside a good hour…
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration1·1 month ago@floofloof @cm0002 Poor planning my ass. This was the plan all along. They [expletive] know what they are doing.
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linux in an anti-customer age3·1 month ago@Rothe @cm0002 I’ve never seen it presented that way. In my circles, Linux has always been the much superior OS (I work in data crunching and back-end servers). But even on a desktop I’ve always considered it superior; historically it kept going when Windows BSOD’d, and had multi-user and remote window functionality sussed out waaay before Windows ever did.
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Tablet (w/ stylus) suggestions for Linux1·1 month ago@zieg989 @TurkeyDurkey Does linux-libre work perfectly?
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Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Security Researchers Find XZ Utils Backdoored Debian Images on Docker Hub02·1 month ago> I honestly can’t think of any good reason to run an ssh server in a container.
An isolated virtual machine for untrusted users?
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Resources for the technically challenged?2·1 month ago@racketlauncher831 @CulturedLout ``Reading skill isn’t required anymore!‘’
That’s the level we’ve descended to, isn’t it? Writing died 20 years ago, reading will be dead in 20 years…
Khleedril@cyberplace.socialto Linux@programming.dev•Debian 13 burning 10W playing 4K YouTube video on a Framework with max brightness 🫨105·2 months ago@cm0002 … and the point is?
@DmMacniel @melroy It is only political because politicians are conflicted: they make money joining boards of walled-garden firms, and owning stocks in such entities. Take that away and open source would be a no-brainer.
#opensource #4opens