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Different angles, same problem. Nix should deterministically take the same pinned inputs and produce the same output, which is also a solution to "Prove that every binary in this s…

What is the stagex story for managing a "normal" laptop? Is there a tool that converts an OCI image to a ... rootfs partition? Or such?

I'm surprised at the use of qemu+freedos; I would think dosbox would be easier to set up and to interact with?

IIRC you can also run USB 2.0 over a c port

Pretty low, honestly, but being careful about that is why I tend to make it ask every single time.

Yes, that's Google's excuse for banning side loading. It's a terrible reason.

> Someone downloading a photo editing app and then having a rootkit installed in the background that waits to empty their bank account is not a workable situation. Yes, that would …

No, that is true, even if not uniquely. A kernel bug can easily bring down the machine. Maybe Xorg can also manage it... although IMHO that also sounds like a kernel bug (surely it…

> If I could get a micro kernel with a better security profile than Linux, that doesn’t sound so bad. I suggest that you look at genode/sculpt:)

Right, which is why something with an offensive name like git could never take off. Anyways, HURD's biggest problems are performance and perennially missing important features (202…

Where would someone read more about that history? Sounds up my alley:)

Proof assistant kernel, not operating system kernel - in case, like me, you clicked in hoping to debate the merits of microkernels vs monolithic:) Although I suppose there is a sig…

> Sure it's annoying to find a streaming service but once done it generally works. Well that's hilariously untrue. Movies getting pulled out of streaming services is why I started …

Terminal emulators have, on occasion, had all kinds of interesting escape codes that I wouldn't want to expose to an attacker. Whether this is even a true "vulnerability" is somewh…

> The executable is named st; the desktop application and icon are named shitty That conflicts with the already existing suckless st. Also I am suitably impressed with the perf num…

I absolutely see the appeal for XIP here! I just have been sufficiently traumatized by Android devices that anything that breaks the ability to follow upstream makes me nervous. I'…

> You'll often see xhost + suggested as the "just make it work" answer, and it does — by turning host-based access control off entirely. Every client from every host can then conne…

> Seriously though, why still publish CD formats when a usb-stick is far more ubiquitous and much easier to actually write. Are there systems that can boot CD-ROM interfaces that d…

There is actually precedent for nommu Linux, though it obviously has tradeoffs.

> In mainline linux, XIP support on RISC-V was removed, so 6.12 was used instead which has proper XIP support. Doesn't that put it in an awkward position relying on a dead end feat…

Maybe power efficiency?

> Everyone thinks their IT skills are hot shit until they wake up to a closet full of burned hardware in the morning. It is quite a humbling experience if you've never been through…

> Smart people always get the highest configuration in computers Smart rich people, maybe. Have you got the money for extra RAM right now?

> Letting the kernel use SSD based swap space for something this big Why would it swap? If stuff gets evicted from page cache is just gets reread?

How is that different?