Notices by Chad McCullough (cmccullough@fosstodon.org)

On today, the day of the NFL's Super Bowl, a reminder that the NFL is a fucking garbage organization.

The US needs to collapse.

I've been an @xfce fan and user for many, many years. I've been giving @xubuntu another try on my laptop over the past week or so, and I am really enjoying the experience. It's already configured many things I like out-of-the-box, so no installing and configuring these things are required. Not sure if it will replace my Debian installs but you never know.

Anyone in the US using @beasts for hosting? Their hosting services look really good (and they seem like cool people) and I'm curious to know how well the hosting works for someone in the US. I'm anxious to move to a new host and, especially, a host not based in the US.

I've now been unemployed for 10 months with almost no interest from employers. I have 30 years of IT experience:

UNIX Hardware Engineer for DEC
Linux Support
UNIX Support for 100+ Statisticians
IT Security (InfoSec, back in the day)
WordPress Plugin Support
Building websites with WordPress

If you know of anyone or any companies hiring, I would love to know. Thanks!!!

Being unemployed really does suck.

#fedihired #getfedihired

@chris @alda UGH!

@chris Hetzner! That's the place I was trying to think of. 👍

I'm looking for web hosting that is based outside of the US because of, well, obvious reasons. Can anyone recommend a host? I can search for hosts outside of the US but I have no idea how good they are. Thanks!

@MediaActivist @Vivaldi Honestly, I'm struggling to understand what the Mozilla leadership are thinking. They keep working on and then adding functionality to Firefox that no one wants. The fact that Vivaldi are staying clear of AI makes it winner and all the excellent built-in functionality is just a HUGE bonus.

I’m sitting at a bar and listening to a woman talk about our Illinois governor and calling him a snake. She’s a Trump supporter. Fucking stupid people. It’s taking every bit of constraint in me to keep my mouth shut.

@zak @frameworkcomputer @system76 I'm actually kind of surprised that there is a Windows key on that keyboard.

Today marks 31 years as a Linux user.

And for those who will probably ask, no, I've never owned a piece of hardware running Windows or MacOS and, yes, I've always been able to get work done running only Linux.

I don't think I would be quite the nerd/geek that I am now if I hadn't found Linux all those years ago.

Thank you to everyone that works/volunteers on Linux and Open Source projects allowing me to do what I absolutely love to do.

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Merica!

I voted for the Socialist Party USA candidate but I definitely agree with this. My candidate also stood against genocide. Harris did not.

So, I'm still unemployed after nearly 7 months. Should be much easier to find work with Trump in the White House.

Somebody just shoot me in the head.

If @ubuntu isn't going to update packages "due to phasing", then why am I even being shown the updates that are available when I run apt update? I've had the same message for 2 days now. It would be nice to update the packages.

Now that the news has reported that my password manager, @bitwarden, has moved to the GPL-3 license, I'm even happier to be posting about them. 😍

But even if you don't use Bitwarden, please, use a password manager.

https://bitwarden.com/blog/unlock-the-full-potential-of-bitwarden-five-password-manager-tips/

Why is it considered so radical to want safe pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure? Why is it considered so radical to want safe infrastructure for kids to walk and bike safely to school?

Americans are just fine with spending billions upon billions to add another lane to a freeway but will lose their shit when we ask for a bike lane.

I'm about to say something that is really, really, for some reason that I just don't understand, controversial in the Linux world: I really like Snaps. Now, excuse me while I go and hide from the flamethrowers.

But before you start using those flamethrowers, I want to tell you that I like Flatpaks, too. I know, weird, right? How can I possibly like and use them both?

This really good advice. I could write a list of 20+ independent news sources that could really use the money that most people give to corporate media.

https://mastodon.online/@alexwild/113369044024689564