Everyone are very unhappy with Windows 11. They kind of were OK with Windows 10. It's continuing the same old cycle. Windows 12 they will make hopefully things tolerable again..

I use Windows to play some games. I remember dual booting on 2000s -- my grub entry for Windows was called "WOW Client".

I could not find JuiceSSH in Play store at this point anymore..

I'm talking about sideloading. They announced they'll require something like Apple's notarization, it was posted on here a couple days ago.

Other point is long time maintainability as well.. Like unistalling stuff you don't need etc. Or LFS solves it?

Yeah, that was a real lesson for me when I did LFS.

It was super neat when I got it running for a while, but young me that did it really didn't understand the concept of "Ok, but now you need to upgrade things". That was some of my first experiences with the pain of a glibc update and going "ohhh, that's why people don't run these sorts of systems".

I used versioned AppDirs for that, e. g. /Programs/Python/3.13/. If I don't need it anymore, the directory is removed and a script runs. Similar to GoboLinux. I do however had not use GoboLinux right now; GoboLinux unfortunately lacks documentation, LFS/BLFS has better documentation. Finding information these days is hard - google search has become sooooo bad ...

> Like unistalling stuff you don't need

This will lead to a lot of learning. /s

Prompt-prompt!

During the holidays I refactored my home network. It was a fun project and I'm still kind of tinkering with it. At one point I decided that now let's go all in on IPv6 and it works now. Only thing that I couldn't do was route traffic from internet to my end devices, because I understood my ISP and the provided modem. I'm yet to pressure them, maybe they can do it manually for me.. But I'm glad I did it and getting 10/10 in https://test-ipv6.com/ is satisfying. At least this home traffic contributes to migration..

I'm thinking about going full on IPv6 now with NAT64, but that a stretch already, because it needs upgrading a gear.

Fwiw (in case it hadn't occurred to you already), there's no technical requirement to run your NAT64 on your router/modem/CPE. You could run the NAT64 on a Raspberry Pi or some other little device for instance.

I was thinking what else deteriorated from best to worst.. Poweramp.

i still use it.. how has it gone bad?

For me it started as simple way to play music on your phone. It had very direct intuitive navigation and control. Now if I look at it, it's complex over-designed and I remember struggling with doing simple things like navigation. Sorry for not being too specific, I haven't used it much over past years and haven't got it installed anymore. When I need to play stuff on my phone directly, I just use VLC.

Probably the profile of user just changed and I'm not falling into one anymore.

I think the only reason not to use stock.. I guess once of the main reasons people look elsewhere. And I don't actually need fancy features.

Probably there are more annoyances, but I never get to those since the search just kills it quick.

It's probably an old joke, but heard it here first. LOL

I don't know about you, but for ethical reasons, I only allow libre rootkits to run on my systems.

It's just like a gun free zone. You glue a prominent sign to your laptop that uses bright colors and an imposing font. "No proprietary software permitted!" Problem solved.

i think this comment is referring to the uniquely american controversy over "gun free zones", ie zones where... you aren't allowed to carry firearms by law, often marked with a sign

which i find very entertaining, saying "a sign can't stop a criminal!" as if that's not the case with any law enforced via threat of criminal prosecution

I don't think I'd call it a controversy exactly. There are places where the signs make sense (ex court buildings) and then there are places where they are purely performative. When a school in the ghetto that suffers gang related violence prominently posts such signs they rightfully get made fun of. Meanwhile most schools (at least where I grew up) either don't bother to post such signs or only post a subdued "all weapons illegal" near the entrance (that includes even pocket knives BTW it's not just a gun thing).

Another great one is "drug free zone" seen plastered all over a seedy highschool. Drugs are blanket illegal everywhere here. The US has made an art form out of persecuting drug users. We've peddled our "war on drugs" globally. What could possibly be the point of posting such a sign?

> What could possibly be the point of posting such a sign?

If you want a real answer, its increased penalties / extra charges if caught in the "zone".

Do you compile them yourself then? For possible arch specific optimizations

Are you even free if your rootkit isn't part of Gentoo Stage 0?

My family has ThinkPad T series from my past work laptops or used bought ones as well.

I've started to play with the idea more recently to try out fish. No appearant reason.. 10 years in zsh is time enough to get comfortable..