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gomp , to Linux in Tips/tricks for beginners

vi or vim [...] :q to quit

you are depriving OP of an experience there... getting stuck in vi is a rite of passage nobody should be denied (but, alas, a lot of distros carry nano nowadays)

gomp , to Privacy in sim card from Ebay , bad idea?

You should ask the seller to make sure, but I'd assume those cards will require KYC on activation? I mean, if Romania requires KYC it's difficult to think someone can sell anonymous cards on ebay.

gomp , to Linux in Windows is hell, i need to do something

Same here, until I read OP's intentions.

Writing stuff to trigger people is the definition of being a troll (well, one of the possible definitions).

It's worth nothing that a mediocre troll can sometime pass for a comedian.

gomp , to Linux in Windows is hell, i need to do something

Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.

Errrr... why would you try to trigger people, especially while asking for their help? Don't you think it's plain rude?

gomp , to Linux in General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.4 Stable!

Most newbies would have a hard time and most experienced people would grab the "unofficial" non-free image for installing just in case and then disable non-free if it wasn't needed.

I've not verified this, but does the installer actually install the non-free firmware if it's not needed?

gomp , to Linux in My /var/tmp folder is endlessly stacking up on "container_images_storage_xxxxxxxxxx" folders?
gomp , (edited ) to Open Source in Copyleft licenses are not “restrictive”

Man, people do love arguing about words without providing (or looking up) their definitions.

Does the GPL being non "restrictive" mean I can use GPL code in my proprietary software? What word that doesn't offend you should I use to describe this fact?

This is as useless as the git main/master branch debate a while ago.

gomp , to Open Source in Ideas for a federated anime tracker

but this most likely is against the ToS of every anime tracking website

AFAIK scraping publicly accessible websites is fine in most countries (IANAL, look into it)

gomp , to Technology in Microsoft's latest Windows update breaks VPNs, and there's no fix

Windows is getting worse and worse

and so is the press :( websites and content creators enshittification is as bad as other companies (one could even argue they have been among the first to do that)

gomp , to Privacy in European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety

To be fair: previous generations of police officers, back when most people used phones, have made extensive use of wiretapping (and current policemen still do, of course).

gomp , to Open Source in What laptop do you use/recommend?

Thinkpad A485

I had one of those, but the trackpad occasionally wouldn't work until I rebooted several times (I was using fedora). Did you run into any similar issue?

gomp , to Privacy in Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

Makes perfect sense to me (not a lawyer, not a US person)... what doesn't make sense is how many people still think biometric is high security (maybe because of how cool they make it look in the movies?)

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