Posts by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
(DIR) Post #9xKAH6O0BMY0trTEY4 by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-07-21T22:15:29.468Z
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@selea@video.selea.se The problem is not the underlying hardware. It's about the internet connection - it needs to be reliable, fast and with unlimited (or at least a lot of) bandwidth. Remember luke mourning his poor internet connection in the countryside?So I think even though you can install it on a Pi you're better off with a professionally hosted VPS. Just for the connection. 😉
(DIR) Post #9xQYGEYsccuibmucme by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-07-25T00:12:22.968Z
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You know what's funny: I just rewatched the movie TODAY, when I discovered this video on his peertube instance.Hint for all the Zoomers: He mentions the movie's title in this video - You should really watch it if you havn't already. It's one of the coolest films every made!
(DIR) Post #9xgttD0wAYd4r8zFYG by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-01T21:30:11.630Z
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@delzak@videos.lukesmith.xyz _Progressive Web Apps_ are the future. Get over it.
(DIR) Post #9xgx6u0fvHzdpf5MYa by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-01T22:06:27.929Z
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I'm not that pessimistic: Whenever a shitty new technology emerged in the history of FOSS (especially Linux) that undermines user's freedom, alternatives (and forks) used to pop up really quickly and took the shit to its grave. It happened to the Unity desktop and it will happen to Snap, too. I'm pretty sure about that.But aside from that: There are good reasons why systemd conquered the linux world by storm (even the conservative Debian and the bullheaded Arch adopted it). IT'S JUST SUPERIOR to all the init systems we had before. Even luke [kind of admits it](https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/videos/watch/2e571018-5dde-4148-af13-453608bdd800).The same applies to containers. The Linux package systems (DEB, RPM, TGZ, etc.) were ahead of their time back in the 90s and early 2000s. But then things got out of control: Dozens if not hundreds of distributions and different package repos popped up and they were all incompatible. It was easier to run a DOS application on a modern windows machine than installing an deb for Ubuntu on an OpenSUSE. They all have different libraries in differen version under different names in their repos. And from a FOSS developer's perspective I can tell you packaging your new C/C++ app for one dozen different Linux distributions in three different package formats just to please a majority of Linux users is **not fun** at all!Don't believe me? Try to install _gscan2pdf_ on openSUSE without breaking your whole system. Then we can talk again.These interdependencies between packages of specific versions also break downwards compatibility - it's almost impossible to setup and old application that hasn't been maintained for some years on a modern linux desktop.Don't belive me? Try to build and run _k9copy_ on your modern Ubuntu/Fedora/Arch/whatever system.I don't like using containers, appimages, etc. for everything either, but I can definitely see why some developers are so excited about them.It gets worse when you try to also target mobile users. And nowadays you have to since this makes up the majority of all internet users. You just have to accept reality.1. Develop your C/C++ application for Linux desktops and package it for about 10-20 different distributions.2. Cross-compile it for windows (which is the easiest part, ironically).3. Wipe it all away and start from scratch in Kotlin for your Android app.4. Wipe that all away and start from scratch in Swift or Objective-C for your iPhone app.Sounds like fun, doesn't it?But you know what? There is a way to target all platforms with just ONE codebase 🙌! **Web apps** come to the help. They look and work the same across all platforms. They did what Java always aspired but never achieved.Electron even enables applications to be run offline and without the devs worrying about 17 different platforms.TL;DR systemd, appimages and _progressive web apps_ don't take away any of your freedoms. They improve your overall FOSS experience. They have come to stay.
(DIR) Post #9xl1AK86BHgg0X74q0 by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-03T21:10:41.141Z
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Luke: "I am gonna be using vim as my editor, because people on the internet told me it's cool." 🤣🤣Best sentence...I use vim myself, btw.
(DIR) Post #9xp8bSErcG5JHu08Y5 by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-05T20:52:45.994Z
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@lainos@video.autizmo.xyz @royaljelly@videos.lukesmith.xyz I agree, Emacs is a great OS - it lacks a good text editor though. 😉...Yes, I know this joke is older than we are, but still good. 👴🏻
(DIR) Post #9xp9rZmJS5SzG5tjYu by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-05T21:06:54.909Z
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@zhoreeq@mstdn.netwhood.online 👍At least I'm not the only zoomer who is to concerned about his privacy to use credit cards.
(DIR) Post #9xvShXapmlNXfBDVZY by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-08T22:05:51.715Z
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Okay, we all agree, that Unity was garbage as a DE, but why do you put this up now? I mean, the funeral of Unity and backswitch to GNOME is really water under the bridge.GNOME 3 is just as terrible as Unity was from an UI/UX perspective, but that doesn't matter.
(DIR) Post #9xvTZqqARNFwzlHnQe by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-08T22:16:12.623Z
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@baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz Who cares? This kind of _manifesto_ is nothing more but a lip service, that every project with more than three people needs to put out, these days, since the 🇺🇸 collectively lost their minds.Anyway software should be measured by its usability, security and transparancy. Not by some random messages their developers shit out on twitter.
(DIR) Post #9y1cxzommIwUKCzH3g by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-11T21:29:33.953Z
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@mh8968@videos.lukesmith.xyz OIC, I overlooked the "Originally published" or it wasn't there, when I looked first.
(DIR) Post #9yMKKoAjtRUvOSmhqy by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-08-21T21:09:33.128Z
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1:25 The cat really stole the show! 🐈
(DIR) Post #9zlWCrpfklHFv6UNP6 by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-10-02T22:42:33.130Z
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I became a real fan of the Matrix fediverse lately.So I'm really looking forward to see the _Luke Smith community_ on Matrix.
(DIR) Post #A0y5WiW8G0RR0vokGe by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-11-07T22:07:06.536Z
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Well, you can definitely hear the sound of keyboard clicking in the background of his videos. But it's just fine, not too dominant.I actually like to hear the sound of keyboard clicking in the background in computer related videos. ⌨️👍
(DIR) Post #A0y7G7iRW3wy9Rn6SO by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-11-07T22:26:33.616Z
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One of his best videos so far imho.I totally agree and couldn't have said it any better.This habit of giving away all of _your_ stuff to some cringe foreign company (I'm not a 🇺🇸 citizen) and therefore giving up on the last bits of technological independence nowadays just drives me nuts!Some cloud services offer nice conveniences for sure. It's fine to use them, but you should never depend on them - you should always have at least a local copy of your files.
(DIR) Post #A0y7VoZYSTypPe7FBo by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-11-07T22:29:24.757Z
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The moral of the story: "There is no cloud. It's just someone else's computer!" ☁️
(DIR) Post #A18Q5z1OxvSvwQqZhA by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2020-11-12T21:44:32.217Z
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Can anyone explain to me again, what's wrong with Node.js (without using the word bloat)?
(DIR) Post #A35EEeHq7UyQHxgaZs by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2021-01-10T04:30:42.624Z
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@mind_aint_right@video.ploud.jp It would be cool, if the trend would emerge towards more **de**centralization, but unfortunately we see the opposite right now.We have big coorporations and the government working hand in hand to lock you into some centralized, controlled technology on one side.And some freaky computer nerds desparately trying to push decentralized services on the other.I would really love to see the nerds winning, but it doesn't look that way... 😟
(DIR) Post #A3YEj7vBrVQZ0fUKki by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2021-01-24T04:24:07.447Z
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@baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz @notresz@utxo.id Well basically you _own_ the network from the moment you got 51% of the hashrate. Because you can do anything you like with the blockchain, then. So the worries of :cn: getting their hands on so many miners is actually justified.
(DIR) Post #A3YEpX813YZqvPXgMS by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2021-01-24T04:25:05.270Z
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@baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz @notresz@utxo.id Well basically you _own_ the network from the moment you got 51% of the hashrate. Because you can do anything you like with the blockchain, then. So the worries of 🇨🇳 getting their hands on so many miners is actually justified.
(DIR) Post #A5XfhKwUfnGz5scZqC by cinnabarowl@tube.privacytools.io
2021-03-24T17:01:49.605Z
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@sinistag@tube.fede.re> [...] fish IS a shell, just not a POSIX compliant one.But that's exactly the point; changing your default shell to a non-POSIX compliant shell, when all the script writers out there justifiably assume `/bin/sh` to be POSIX compliant **is** a stupid idea!UNIX/Linux is a scattered landscape of hundreds of different software components for every single purpose. In order to keep things together we need to make some basic agreements. One of them is that everyone can assume that `/bin/sh` points to a **POSIX compliant** shell.Fish may be a good _interactive_ shell for some folks - idk, I never used it. However it is not meant to be executing normal shell scripts. Therefore it should not be set as `/bin/sh`. Period.