Notices by Zak :1password: (zak@infosec.exchange)

You can mix your open source terminology with under-13-speak and no one will be able to tell the difference. Skibidi Linux gnu FOSS yeet.

The extent that I've been seeing Linux discussed in the mainstream lately has been nuts. I've been using Linux on and off since 2007 (and worked for a company that made their own distro) and I've never seen this level of enthusiasm before.

#Linux #FOSS

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/115786940827159248

This is probably the largest reason that I deleted my traditional social media accounts. Instagram and Twitter may seem harmless if you try to curate them properly. But in reality, given the lack of control that one has over the platforms, there's no way to ensure that you're just seeing "good stuff."

Social media is junk food. At least here you can choose to eat your veggies.

Based on what we've seen as far as the enshittification of other platforms, we can expect to see at least three things from AI in the very near future:

1. Ads. Lots of ads. Sponsored answers. Suggestions based on corporate payment instead of truth and knowledge. We saw this happen with search.
2. Vendor lock-in. Expect Google to know some things, ChatGPT to know some things, Claude to know some things, etc, with minimal overlap. Gotta pay for them all to get the full picture! We saw this happen with streaming.
3. Huge price increases. AI is currently free for most people to use, and usually around $20 USD or so for casual "pro" use. Not for long. We see this happen everywhere.

Pro tip: on Black Friday, all of your favorite Linux distributions will be FREE to download.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/115560638546684520

Nobles don't wear crowns anymore. They wear knit polos and hoodies.

@forteller @cassidy I'm into it.

Something that I hope to see in the future (but don't actually expect) is a Steam Deck mini. Everyone wants more power out of their gaming devices and I get that. But a more efficient Steam Deck that's the size of a Nintendo Switch Lite or something would just blow my mind. It'd make it a lot easier to justify actually carrying it around.

@dalias @m0xEE @Ember I think we just fundamentally disagree here. Security professionals are professionals for a reason. "Software updates are bad" is ignorant at best and dangerous at worst. All I can do is wish you luck going forward.

@dalias @m0xEE @Ember Folks. We're talking about a free and open source password manager that's being developed by the community. There's no massive corporation or secret incentive to push malicious software updates. I don't even use it and shouldn't have to sit here defending it. This is so incredibly pointless. Please touch grass.

@dalias @Ember That's what software updates are. I'm not understanding.

@Ember I can appreciate the disdain for LLMs here, but I also don't think that "stop updating your password manager" is great advice for those looking to keep themselves safe. Looking for an alternative is completely fine.

This is a really interesting announcement.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FSF-LibrePhone-Project

The original Samsung Galaxy Note, which was mocked for being hilariously huge as a "phablet," had a 5.3 inch screen.

Someone please just make a small phone.

The new laptop that I got, which required a signature for delivery, apparently showed up this morning during the 3 minutes that I was in the bathroom instead of sitting at my desk by my door. Incredible stuff.

Proposal to add Plasma Bigscreen to Bazzite: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/2905

Now that Plasma Bigscreen is back, I'd really love to see @UniversalBlue adopt it for their HTPC builds, at least as an option. With package layering set to go away at some point soon, I'm not sure how projects like this are supposed to be utilized in the future of Linux desktops (other than just asking for a new version like this).

Firefox could position itself as "the browser that doesn't force AI on you" and people would love it. But no.

@BrodieOnLinux rpm-ostree rebase arch