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• Post #4284792

  Today I Learned: That the included program ‘ntfsfix’ can be used to clear the record of bad sectors on a Windows partition. I had cloned a Windows system from a bad hard drive that had some bad sectors. The file system log that noted those bad sectors came over in the clone, even though the drive I cloned it to is fine and has no bad sectors. Found the problem when I was trying to use gparted to shrink the partition. sudo ntfsfix -bd /dev/sda4 After running that, gparted let me shrink t...

• Post #4244975

  A better shell for UNIX based on Plan 9 rc - developed by @odc https://codeberg.org/rc23/rc23 #rc #C #plan9 #shell #programming

• Post #4169934

  "If the federal government had access to every email you've ever written and every phone call you've ever made, it's almost certain that they could find something you've done which violates a provision in the 27,000 pages of federal statues or 10,000 administrative regulations. You probably do have something to hide, you just don't know it yet." — Moxie Marlinspike (We Should All Have Something To Hide, 2013) #privacy #surveillance #CypherPunk

• Post #4150495

  Good.

• Post #4138091

  "But there is another solution, one advocated forcefully by computer scientist David Chaum. Rather than relying on new laws and more government, Chaum looks to technical solutions. And these solutions rely on the ancient science devoted to keeping information confidential: cryptography." — Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993) #cryptography #privacy #CypherPunk

• Post #4065194

  If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true or false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments. Such assumptions are often full of holes, but remain most precious to the convinced. Children of Dune Frank Herbert (p. 280)

• Post #4064909

  Federated protocols of the future should consider designing themselves so that even if they use DNS, it is not the foundation of their own identity system so they are not hopelessly bound to it. Federated networks which have message relaying capability such as Bitcoin or BGP can also span across different networks such as cjdns, Yggdrasil, I2P and of course the outside internet. https://thegoodwork.substack.com/p/the-next-internet-war #federated #DNS #Internet

• Post #3989419

  The Linux Command Line book available as free downloadable PDF and also in physical print: https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php #linux #books

• Post #3967390

  I sold two laptops with Linux last Friday. Things are looking like I'll be selling a laptop and a desktop with Linux on them tomorrow (ThinkPad and ThinkCentre) to someone new to Linux. Refurbished by me, of course. #Linux

• Post #3898657

  I am really liking LXQt - lex-cute - desktop. The defaults are just below desirable, but with just a bit of customizing LXQt is really good. So it is not as polished visually and features "out of the box" as Cinnamon desktop is, but it is much lighter on resources and is customizable in the ways that I'd like. Wish I'd tried it sooner... but maybe it really hadn't found its current form until recently. #Linux #LXQt

• Post #3874757

  I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while. Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt. So some of the shortcut key configuration is slightly different. Eventually, I'll get around to pairing BSPWM with LXQt, as I think that'd be fun. For right now, I'm running cortile which maximizes the windows automatically with the default I have. For right now, I can say that...

• Post #3841261

  Midori ships with no telemetry, no fingerprinting, no phone-home defaults — not opt-out. The default, on every platform, every version. https://astian.org/midori-browser/ #privacy #webBrowser #midori

• Post #3810711

  Lots to get done today. I hope to deliver at least two desktop computers to local customers (possibly three). #tech #business #sales

• Post #3793206

  Enjoy the temporary body art. Not worth permanence. Permanent tattoo ink can have potentially serious adverse health effects. Ultimately up to you, of course.

• Post #3765866

  A few more tweaks to the LXQt desktop. Put the menu bar at the top of the screen. Removed the start menu (mainmenu) and Quick Launch. Put the Desktop Switcher on the right side of the bar. I am launching applications with lxqt-runner bound to a shortcut key, 'Super + Space' (so similar to default rofi or drun functionality, but the default built in tool for LXQt). The default keyboard shortcuts for positioning windows are pretty good but assume having the numpad, which I do since I...

• Post #3750631

  I have installed the LXQT version of Vendefoul Wolf Linux on a ThinkCentre Tiny M700. My first couple attempts to install were unsuccessful... but I now think that is due to me trying to use the "disk encryption" checkbox in the installer. After just about a half hour of getting used to it and making a few adjustments to the keyboard shortcuts and settings, I am quite happy with LXQT. It is quick and light and has most of core features that Cinnamon desktop has. https://vendefou...

• Post #3676797

  I just downloaded the .iso for Peppermint OS - Devuan edition: https://peppermintos.com/trixie-base-downloads/ I plan on testing it on an underwhelming little white Lenovo laptop with only 2GB memory (RAM). #PepperMintOS #Devuan #xfce

• Post #3649971

  Abundance led to waste. – @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe RT: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano/statuses/116872035499917288

• Post #3614694

  I announced the winner of my weekly computer giveaway: https://retroedgetech.substack.com/p/tech-independence #Linux #TinyMiniMicro #giveAway

• Post #3474405

  At this point I'm willing to compromise and have my car be a small percentage computer, as long as it is older than 2010. Ideal would be a bit more percentage custom computer that I completely control to provide some extra function and monitor the percentage of car computer that I don't fully control. #privacy #cars

• Post #2912977

  Live boot screenshot of Vendefoul Wolf Linux (based on Devuan) with XFCE desktop on a Lenovo ThinkStation P330 with Xeon processor and 32GB memory. #Linux #VendefoulWolf #Devuan #Xfce #Lenovo

• Post #2912976

  This week, I’ll be giving away an HP EliteDesk 800 G3 mini computer. Intel i5, sixth generation 8GB memory120GB SSD storagewifi For a chance to win, just be a subscriber to my email newsletter: https://retroedgetech.substack.com/ #TinyMiniMicro #HP #computer #giveAway

• Post #2912975

  The Slackware Documentation Project: https://docs.slackware.com/start #Linux #Slackware

• Post #2912974

  Later today I'll be doing the drawing for my weekly computer giveaway. I usually do the drawing and announcements on Wednesdays.

• Post #2912973

  Privacy is the foundation of a free society.

• Post #2780223

  The Linux Command Line book available as free downloadable PDF and also in physical print: https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php #linux #books

• Post #2577766

  I just sold a ThinkPad T14 laptop with ChromeOS Flex installed to someone in my local area. As much as I would have liked to get him a laptop with Linux, ChromeOS Flex was the right fit for him as he was already using a Chromebook and wanted the same experience but with faster hardware. His primary use was for work, not personal use. He was able to login to his Google Account while we looked at it and confirmed that everything that he needed was working. So I am glad that Chrome OS Flex ex...

• Post #2466095

  "Cash is more than a method of payment. It is a fundamental tool for individual privacy and autonomy, and it is necessary for an open society." — Jerry Brito (The Case for Electronic Cash, 2019) #cash #privacy #autonomy

• Post #2466094

  Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop Detailed blog post by Alexander Hanff If I have my bank open in a tab, the bridge’s documented capabilities include reading it as me. If I have Tax, or my Health portal, or a client’s Slack, or an admin console to production infrastructure, the documented capabilities include acting as me there. What Anthropic chooses to do next matters. A company cannot credibly claim to support human rights, as Anthropic have done in arguin...

• Post #2415472

  Last week's giveaway was successful. The winner contacted me and got me their address. ... now I will have to figure out international shipping! I haven't shipped a computer outside the United States before. This week I'll be drawing again. The computer this week is an HP EliteDesk 800 G3 with Intel i5 (sixth generation) processor. For a chance to win, just be a subscriber of my email newsletter: https://retroedgetech.substack.com/