Nope.
Studied this years ago.
It's usage suggests a lose/lazy mind that's more open to suggestion & manipulation than one that's careful with emotions & words.
G'day!
Badwolf is Firefox based striped out & add blocking browser.
Easier to start almost there & get the developer on board. Librewolf is pretty good too.
Both can be made mobile friendly, well Linux mobile...!
Is that because apple doesn't have a wallet to take their 30%? 🤔😁
Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code no longer available to the public: This effects various downstream distros based on it
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/23/red_hat_centos_move/
Red Hat has decided to stop making the source code of RHEL available to the public. From now on it will only be available to customers — who can't legally share it. This is very bad news for downstream projects which rebuild the RHEL source code to produce compatible distributions, such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, EuroLinux, and Oracle Unbreakable Linux.
The core difference is that CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL: it's what will become the next point release of RHEL. It's a sort of continuous rolling beta of the next version of RHEL. Alma, Rocky, and so on, and the former CentOS Linux, were downstream of RHEL: they were rebuilds from the same source code, guaranteeing perfect compatibility (and stability).
Red Hat is still "complying" legally with the GPL in that they do provide the source code to their customers, but that code may not be shared further by anyone else.
It does sound like there may be also a sort of workaround for the downstream distros, but it's not ideal. So we're going to have to see how they respond with their plans going forward.
Red Hat was acquired by IBM in 2019, and apart from this move, there have also been some lay-offs made at Red Hat (as with many other global companies).
#technology #opensource #RedHat #Linux
How does systemd fit in with this as it's developed by Red Hat?
Fedora should be ok. It's their "community testing" version!
Red hat have always been protective of their software/, & now owned by IBM, even more so. It was only a matter of time, the question was always about how protective they would go.
The bigger question is concerning systemd?
Only apple & android? Or other systems too?
PinePhone's hardware switch for the modem disables its power. I wonder why the modem on the Librem 5 is a removable module that adds 5mm to the depth. It seems like it could be a single board.
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone#Privacy_switch_configuration
The librum 5 modem can be easily swapped for working unit (if gone faulty) or upgrade.
The swap feature could be a security risk?
One positive from the BRICS collaboration is that there are other systems/routes to transfer wealth.
Maybe other countries that can't/won't join BRICS will firm their own. This is good news on a macro scale. It gives greater confidence for "community" banks to start up & use the BRICS clearing system. Other systems should start up meaning a central crypto will fail.
Cash will remain king (in whatever form) until Bitcoin is sustainable on a large scale.
The switch on the pinephone is for the power to the modem. All a bit fiddly, but it works. Cost difference is big too!
The pp's disadvantages is seems a little fragile, h/W switches under rear cover, battery life maybe 2 days on standby, camera not very good.
Advantages: price & availability, easy & inexpensive to repair. Open source modem firmware. Pp pro is more expensive. Both can have cover keyboard as extra, & can work well as desktop with adaptor.
Seems wallet of Satoshi is the best until I get to know the system better.
Thanks for the prompting 🙏
The hardware is unknown so there's a possibility of tracking. A mobile has 2 systems running independently but connected, the "smart" os & the modem (4g wifi etc), the modem chip is closed source & owned by hewui, and can be tracked through triangulation.
With a pinephone, the modem can be physically switched off & battery can be removed. Mic & camera can also be physically switched off. Not so with Google phones.
WhatsApp has been listening for years.
If using Android, change mic settings to use only what app open.
Better still, remove WhatsApp. It's probably the worst offender. Facebook app tracks you physically & internet, monitors mic & camera, as standard settings.
They're all at it except here, mastodon & gab (asks, not demands, for approximate location for adds, but works fine without).
It doesn't have "secure boot". From what I can gather "secure boot" was introduced as a way to lock in the OS to the hardware.
To spoof booting another operating system is almost impossible because of the permissions required to do the spoofing & memory required.
How do I add zap?
I run guix Linux, Peppermint/devuan, mxlinux, & artix/obarun - sometimes I'll install slackware just for fun lol! Oh and puppy/easyos Linux.
I don't use systemd as it's security hasn't been proven & other reasons.
Pine64 has the pinephone & pinephone pro, both run Linux & can run some android app.
The phone is yours & you control what is run on it.
I haven't kept track, but Ubuntu was moving fully to snaps,not sure now, however, if you like Ubuntu & don't want snaps mint Linux is a good choice as although based on Ubuntu it doesn't have snaps.
Just have to work out how to connect a wallet & what wallet to use. Any recommendations?
I've never used snap! Mind you, I only use for testing. First thing after install is remove snap(d), stop auto updates, install synaptic.
Snap was the worst thing Ubuntu did.