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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:

@kzimmermann@c.im
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An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015

Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast

My choice of software stack:

:alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi:

Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it!

Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

1072 Followers
358 Following
15 Posts
Joined May 03, 2025
Website:
https://kzimmermann.0x.no
Tilde Mirror:
https://tilde.town/~kzimmermann/
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Jul 02, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @kzimmermann@c.im
As it was pointed out, turns out that the previous picture was actually AI-generated and I didn't check. Sorry about that. I was actually just browsing around #Binternet (bn.bloat.cat) and found that image, resharing it without much thinking. So, to make up for it, have another #PallasCat picture! I (at least) think this one isn't slop :)
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Jul 01, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
I heard y'all like Pallas's Cats
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 07, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @zardoz03@mastodon.online
@zardoz03@mastodon.online heh, what would I know, the segfault was caught in dmesg: https://paste.debian.net/plainh/53a99a0e It doesn't look like a kill signal (though I've never seen one) Weirdly enough, I didn't have *any* extensions installed in the browser at the time
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 07, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @zardoz03@mastodon.online
@zardoz03@mastodon.online Just for additional information, I also tried disabling ASLR for the firefox process (I know, I know, but this helped with a similar situation in FreeBSD for arm64 a few years back) but to no avail. But I hadn't even considered dmesg / syslogs, sounds like a good place to check
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 07, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @zardoz03@mastodon.online
@zardoz03@mastodon.online interesting observation. I will try that. Also, timely reminder about gdb.
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 07, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @konform@techhub.social
@konform@techhub.social yes, I nuked .config, .cache and even all the /tmp files Firefox creates. Zero changes. I can't even get to the logging options of the browser before it blows up. But perhaps a look at dmesg should be worth a try. I remember having crash dumps when running FreeBSD for cses pretty much exactly like this. Perhaps I should one just for this process?
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 07, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @zardoz03@mastodon.online
@zardoz03@mastodon.online good question! How could I fetch this instruction when the browser sometimes has less than 5sec to live?
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 07, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im

Ok, so super strange thing has been happening with #Firefox and this computer.

Already in two different OSes (#AlpineLinux and #Devuan Linux), Firefox crashes (that "Gah your tab crashed!" message, or downright segfaults to death) less than 50 seconds after opening. And it's *any* firefox I can pull off - standalone Linux version, AppImage, Distro Repo, Mozilla Repo, you name it. They *all* crash randomly between 5 to 50 or so seconds after opening.

Other browsers seem to be working correctly, as is every other application installed here. Why TF is only the browser doing this?!

This is super frustrating, and makes me feel that there must be some hardware problem with this PC. Faulty RAM, perhaps? Wonder if there's anything I can do to save it (the PC, that is)

#question #linux

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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · May 05, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im

"It's just a browser bro, why make such a big deal about it?"

-> Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

You know, back in the day this behavior was considered #Malware. But given the huge FOMO big tech has these days, we'll surely see more of it in other stuff soon enough

#AI #Privacy

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users

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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Apr 27, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @b_rawr@furry.engineer
@b_rawr@furry.engineer Oops, off by one error :ablobcatbongoultra:
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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Apr 26, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im

PSA. 2^8 days to go unless we do something.

#keepandroidopen

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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Apr 17, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im

#TIL that the style of design from the Vista / 7 era of WIndows has a (retroactive) name: Frutiger Aero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frutiger_Aero

When you look at those "glassy" window decorations and icons, know that's what Frutiger Aero is all about.

(ironically, I didn't even bother with KDE4 back then, which was right around my beginnings with Linux)

More info: https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/history

Now, if only I could find such a theme to fit #Fluxbox!...

#retrocomputing

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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Mar 19, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im

This is why we can't have nice things

Landing page of Notabug.org right now

#aislop #ddos #Notabug

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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Feb 25, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im

Literal Super Mario World (except perhaps for that Bowser island)

Perhaps #wallpaper material?

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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: @kzimmermann@c.im · Feb 22, 2026
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:
@kzimmermann@c.im

An amateur hacker who works towards the advancement free software. Advocates for privacy and user freedom. Enjoyer of casual FOSS Gameplay. Historically, a fedizen since 2015 Peertube Channel: https://diode.zone/video-channels/kzimmermann_podcast My choice of software stack: :alpine: - :artix: - :freebsd: - :debian: - :raspberrypi: Posts autodelete every 3 months - like what I wrote? Bookmark it! Formerly in fosstodon.org - moved May 2nd 2025

c.im
Replying to @catsalad__dup_5@infosec.exchange
@catsalad what a goalie!
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