I’m using a Ryzen Mini PC running Debian and Flex Launcher.

Works well as both a media consumption machine and light gaming rig.

Per usual, Rackspace is about 18 steps behind everyone else

God we’re so fucked

Xfinity/Comcast hijacks DNS, even if you use another DNS server (they just redirect DNS requests to them). I suspect that they’re using it for analytics data to sell while disguising it as “security”.

They also block access to root DNS servers, so you can’t use a full DNS Resolver run locally. It’s super f***Ed.

If you want to ensure they don’t do it, use your own modem and always force DNS over TLS.

It looks like it’s going to be a staging ground for things to be merged into Weston proper, along with potentially some newer and better features coming to it exclusively or first.

As long as it’s open source, sounds like a win to me. More AMD embracing Linux as a first party OS is good in my book.

Every endpoint device I use is using full disk encryption, yes.

This is the way

Thank you. Corrected.

Server is rebooted, as needed, for updates. I think it just got a kernel update two weeks ago, so it probably only has ~14 days of uptime.

My desktop and laptop are shut down when not in use. Leaving them on when not in use is pointless.

Never understood obsessions with “uptime”. If you have high numbers for uptime, you’re a bad sysadmin/maintainer of your hardware unless the appliance is purpose-built to be always up and air gapped.

I couldn’t care less about “the masses”. Most of the world are morons.

On the plus side, it’s nice that you don’t need a new ID for every Lemmy instance.

Any social media that you isn’t open and self hostable (Lemmy, Mastodon, etc) should not be used. That includes Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, and more.

Most social media has, IMHO, been a net-negative for society and I am in the generation that grew up with it in its infancy.

In my experience, the updates are quick as long as you boot it once every few months. I have a work laptop that I rarely use unless I’m travelling (I work primarily on a desktop, but I will keep it charged and update it once every 2-3 months so it’s ready for action.

For Brother Laser printers, I highly recommend the brlaser package over using the Brother-provided drivers.

Welcome to full time Linux!

Anybody who thought any corporation is going to “do the right thing”: Exhibit A why we’ve been telling you that’s fucking wrong all this time.

Oh CES. You always bring out the weirdest, zaniest, most unhinged ideas and put them center stage. And I love you for it.

Not the product…this is fucking disturbing.

Just saying that the Prius Plug-in Hybrid seems to be an excellent PHEV.

You’re probably a better candidate for a plug-in hybrid.

Would have been fine if it didn’t cost a kidney and they’d invested in app development more.

Too closed off. Too expensive.

Pretty sure as long as it stays within China or is “approved” it’s just like any other, but I’m not expert on Chinese internet. I only have tangential experience with it and never visited China.