Notices by Linux Is Best (linux@kitty.social)

@mttaggart@infosec.exchange I don't know any Linux distro that boot from exFAT. It would be faster, if you could.

I voted for btrfs, because as someone who used to lose power, I recall how easy data loss could take place in ext4. I also recall that zfs can prove to be a problem if you wish to resize something later.

@Sheril@mastodon.social For the past few years, I have been trying to aim to be plastic free, but almost seems impossible. Nearly everything is shipped, packaged, or lined with plastic these days.

@mudkip@wetdry.world Flatpak is better than Snap, but not everything is best run in a container. VPN, for example, where you want to ensure everything and everyone, system-wide is passed only through the Vpn. It does address the need for a more universal packaging distribution, but the hub (Flathub) seems to be to closely associated with GNOME. - Flatpak has its pros and cons.

#Flatpak #Flathub

I often suggest Ultramarine Linux (KDE Plasma), because it is nearly just as user-friendly as Microsoft Windows (you don't need to use the terminal). But I also suggest the distro, because it is based on Fedora, the upstream to Red Hat, owned by, IBM.

I've got something for everyone. No matter if you like open source or prefer to trust a corporation.

RE: https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/113516816125630145

My primary account is here on Kitty Dot Social ( @Linux@kitty.social ), which uses my preferred software, CherryPick. I keep a reserved account at Misskey Dot De ( @Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de ), which, as the name implies, uses Misskey. Additionally, as keep a 2nd reserved account at Mastodon Dot Social ( @Linux_Is_Awesome@mastodon.social ), which, of course, uses the latest copy of Mastodon.

My reserved accounts are for those rare moments something is offline, and generally also to keep an eye on the two mainstream software platforms (Misskey and Mastodon). If you want to follow my reserved accounts, you can, but I am primarily here (Kitty Dot Social, using CherryPick).

I have no intention to leave the Fediverse.

I already work to a large social media company (Meta), and the idea of trusting another large social media company during my leisure, seems both counterproductive and unwise, given what I know. If most people read the TOS (terms of service) and understood them, you'd never join a corporate social media platform.

#Fediverse #BlueSky #Twitter #X #Threads #Meta #Facebook

You want to know a measure of a society?

See how they treat their children, elderly, poor, and disabled. But also, see how often they drag their countrymen into war, and most importantly, how well or how poorly they treat those who have managed to have survived, and return home.

#VeteransDay #Veterans

@cmconseils@mastodon.social The fact that she was a woman, had nothing to do with this. I wrote a post 4 months ago, just for this day.

RE: https://kitty.social/notes/9w0qgudzoqx500gx

@phaedral@mastodon.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social There is nothing easy about, change.

Change requires work and struggle, and sometimes sacrifice. But people want change. What they do not want is more of the same. We can go left, we can go right, but change is the goal.

@cmconseils@mastodon.social If it is not progressive, it will be conservative.

Americans want dramatic change. Business as usual was the problem. The type of change most Americans want is not offered by moderates. Moderates are not electable, and the fear of a "Boogie man" is not a strategy.

Elsewhere....

Suspended, suspended, suspended, banned, suspended, suspended, banned, banned, suspended, suspended.

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood.... 😈 🤣

#EvilAdmin #Meta #Facebook #Maga #Mega #FuckTrump

There is nothing left to say, today.

You and everyone else, have likely made up their minds. Today is election day, and by sometime tonight or later tomorrow, we should have a good understanding on who our next President Elect is.

All there is left is for people to vote.

Good Luck, everyone.

#UnitedStates #Usa #America

Ignore the polls or the mass media.

Remember, Corporate America, the very wealthy, would love it if Donald Trump won.

Of course, they want you to second guess yourself. Tomorrow you'll hear both that Kamala Harris is either winning or losing, and your vote is either not needed or will not make a difference.

Do NOT trust them, but do trust yourself and vote.

#Vote #GoVote #PleaseVote #ElectionDay #Election

@cmconseils@mastodon.social My fear is we will repeat history.

8 years ago, everyone was confident, as they are now, that Donald Trump would lose. Many people did not see a need to vote, because they were so sure he would lose.

I do not want a repeat of history. Every vote is both wanted and needed.

@phaedral@mastodon.social I guess I do not understand that level of "crazy".

Donald Trump recently saying he thinks Adolf Hitler was a good leader, and that he believes he needs to mobilize the armed services onto Americans to "fight the enemy within" should have been a wake-up call to everyone.

But I digress. This man does not like his own people, and we know he does not see the people of Palestine or Gaza or anyone in the Middle East as people. He'd likely opt to turn the whole place into glass (nuke it) if he thought he could get away with it.

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza

"I am NOT voting for Kamala Harris, because of Palestine"

This has to be the dumbest reason, ever. Period. -- Why?

Donald Trump wanted a Muslim ban. Not only is he pro Israel, as some of you worry about, but he does not see the people of Palestine or Gaza as human.

This hateful "man" does not like his own people, what do you think he'll do to you and yours?!

#Palestine #Gaza #FreePalestine #Muslim #MuslimBan

Loop, currently in private beta, is the Fediverse's answer to TikTok

#Loop #TikTok #Fediverse

Saturday May 20, 2023 was 1 year, 5 months, and 12 days ago.

It took all that time for me to stumbled upon true racist on the Fedi. Meanwhile, Meta, where I work, has that nonsense every few minutes. The Fediverse is better.

That said, there is something empowering about turning a Nazi's 1,000 buck iPhone into a paperweight on our platform. At best, all we can do here is de-Federate.

Oh well. It's still a good place to escape from work. -- Hey, Nazi's ... You mad bro?

Brave Browser is chromium for racist and bigots. Their CEO is anti women's right, anti LGBTQ+, a supporter of Donald Trump, and even a COVID-19 denier.

He was fired from Mozilla for a reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich

#Brave #BraveBrowser #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #WomensRights #AbortionRights #HumanRights

Heads up to Fedora Firefox users.

Pervious, Fedora v41 within Mozilla Firefox, "Website Advertising Preferences" was disabled. Today, after installing a fresh copy of the Fedora beta, and upgrading, I discovered this has been enabled by default.

Unless you want the ad company, Mozilla to learn and monitor ad performance, even when using an ad blocker, I suggest you disable this "feature".

While I have your attention, Vivaldi browser is everything Firefox should have been the past 10+ years. You should try it, as the open source development Firefox continues to bundle adware, spyware, and AI, and other developments, such as Brave, get worse by including all that, plus cryptocurrency. Vivaldi has none of that nonsense.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Fedora #Linux #Vivaldi