My first one was a random floppy distribution off an ftp server. I then tried SuSE off a CD-ROM and then went with Red Hat for a while. Then Debian, now Ubuntu. Tried FreeBSD but didn’t stick. Probably Debian again next. I always prefer Debian on the server though.

Quarter century for me.

Had it too. Uninstalling and reinstalling fixed it for me.

Many people run rented servers with capacity to spare.

Sign me up.

We certainly need a minimal logging mode for instances, and simple ways to comply with GDPR deletion requests.

So don’t run large instances. Either selfhost at home if you’re on symmetric fiber or use cheap ARM cloud instances.

Nice. Where is power port on a hooker? Eh, nevermind.

I use photovoltaics, but not insular blackstart-capable battery buffered so when the grid is down I also have no power. Next year, though. Seems it’s 2000 EUR minimum.

Yes, that’s called StarLink. Definitely a good option, if you make your own power.

And run 2 or 3 uplinks to different ISPs so that you’re never offline.

GrapheneOS are sticking to Google hardware for security features and upstream support. I’d rather wish for a maximum privacy platform that doesn’t leak anything to Google. I’m currently not aware of anything like that.

I might bite the bullet, and buy a Pixel tablet, to flash it with GrapheneOS. Lineage OS tablet support is pretty spotty lately. I use a Samsung SM-T720 that is doing well, but will die eventually.

It’s pretty hard to make open source developers all over the world comply with unreasonable demands of nation-states. Ditto locking down the national Internet to block people from accessing them. Even in North Korea it’s hard, not impossible.

What are you, some kind of terrorist?

Ah, that’s nice.

I made a few debmirror distro mirrors from Ubuntu and Debian recently but failed to see a dramatic difference. Can you explain what you mean? Thanks.

How unstable is unstable in practice? Is the dist-upgrade process smooth?

Thanks for the background. My panels are dual glass encapsulated but not bifacial – not that I would be able to profit from it anyway.

The technical communities were different. Yes, we had flamewars but these were largely rituals. That things we used to say would now land you in jail is a testament to how oppressive our socities have become. It’s definitely a contributing factor to the trend of capable people disengaging.

Consorsbank does. No Magisk required.