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Some of us require more stability than the startup scene allows. Some of us also have wives that want to be able to afford decent living/eating conditions, and demand to be able to…

I just got done interviewing for an SRE position, and while there were a few small "trivia" questions, most of it was about general Linux userland tools, and were mostly used as a …

The benefits to me are all based around comfort. If using Dvorak isn't more comfortable for you in everyday usage, then there's no reason IMO to stick with it.

I've found that using X11's highlight + middle-click paste has drastically reduced just about all of my reliance on using shortcuts for copy/paste, at least in any application that…

It requires rooting/jailbreaking your phone and unlocking the bootloader, if you consider that an option. Otherwise, American carriers (except for T-Mobile) will freak out if you e…

Except that shred is not guaranteed to work on many (most?) modern filesystems. From `man shred`: CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that the file syst…

It sounds as though the author uses OSX. Are there any tiling window managers that aren't limited to Linux/X11?

It only does this for me on Windows. On Linux, I see the proper glyph.

If I'm verifying the fingerprint of the server's certificate, is that not doing the same thing that the chain of trust would be doing?

My biggest complaint with the SSL CA chain of trust is the way that self-signed certificates are (mis)handled. The connection is still an encrypted, "secure" connection to the serv…

Another user of Bitlbee here. It goes hand in hand with using irssi and a bouncer to maintain an always-on presence that I can take with me anywhere I go.

I personally use ZNC and I love it.

Not to mention that it will actually work better on Android with the ability to run in the background...