 | Perth Church of FOSS | 88 Members |
| Free and Open Source Software Discussion | 33 Servers |
| Perth Church of FOSS | 88 Members |
| Free and Open Source Software Discussion | 33 Servers |
| Timestamp | Message | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2019 | ||
| 02:48:25 |  matrixwok | I have an ubuntu phone (libhybris based) and its painfully tied to an ancient 3.x proprietary linux kernel filled with binary blobs. theres zero upgrade path when blobs are tied to a specific version |
| 02:48:43 | matrixwok | https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=BQ-Ubuntu-Phone-Bad-Kernel |
| 02:49:10 | matrixwok | i fear for the pinephone if it is based at all on an android kernel |
| 02:50:07 | matrixwok | same goes for the fairphone, which is unashamedly an android device |
| 03:16:28 |  nug | We have to vote with our wallets where we can. Sometimes, just sometimes, with the very most popular products, reverse engineering can make some headway, but it's a hard road. It's happened with some broadcom wifi, and still has a chance with: https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware/issues/37 |
| 13 Nov 2019 | ||
| 12:04:33 |  heady | https://valdyas.org/fading/hardware/why-we-shouldnt-blame-ourselves-for-the-linux-desktops-microscopic-marketshare/ |
| 14:11:55 |  PC-Admin | I knew it was Microsofts fault! |
| 14:12:18 | PC-Admin | Tutanota is now recieving court orders for user data: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/dv6iqd/court_forces_email_provider_tutanota_to_release/ |
| 14 Nov 2019 | ||
| 12:05:05 | PC-Admin | I had a dream last night. I was walking through the desert, and a massive temple lay before me. After climbing to the very top i saw a sky painted red. Stallman appeared in a cloud and told me that non-free software would lead to the end of days. |
| 12:05:09 | PC-Admin | praise him! |
| 14:19:33 | heady |  fbdbac56f0db1459.png |
| 14:20:00 | heady | internal facebook emails identifying perthchat as existential threat |
| 14:23:38 | PC-Admin | i knew we could take down FB, i won't stop believing xD |
| 14:26:35 | PC-Admin | https://zombieloadattack.com/ More intel cpu bugs, sweet! |
| 14:27:39 | PC-Admin | Cool video of it being used to circumvent Tor Browser being run on QEMU/KVM |
| 15 Nov 2019 | ||
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| 14:49:36 |  :duck: changed their display name from :cat: to :duck:. | |
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| 18:56:58 | Dxrt changed their display name from Dxrt to me. | |
| 16 Nov 2019 | ||
| 06:05:02 | Dxrt changed their display name from me to Dxrt. | |
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| 17 Nov 2019 | ||
| 02:10:04 |  herbert joined the room. | |
| 04:55:13 | heady | https://store.pine64.org/?product=pinephone-braveheart-limited-edition-linux-smartphone-for-early-adaptor |
| 12:05:20 | PC-Admin | https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/29/intel_disable_hyper_threading_linux_kernel_maintainer/ |
| 12:53:09 | PC-Admin | https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-and-australia/6150/54 Seems like the Librem 5 might be WiFi-only for Australia. |