Santosh83

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Google Chrome's Manifest v3 security flaws(securitybrief.com.au)
2 points by Santosh83 2y ago|0 comments
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by Santosh83 2y ago
Whether it is commercial or open source the solution has always been to explain to the user and ask informed consent. No one is so busy or so stupid that they cannot read a small para of text (possibly linking to a detailed document if they
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by Santosh83 2y ago
Nothing elusive. The reason is major vendors are not cooperating for even a common baseline standard. Its not impossible. They do it with Whatwg, but when it comes to native apps everyone and his dog head off in their own NIH incompatible d
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GIMP 2.99.18: The last development preview before 3.0(gimp.org)
216 points by Santosh83 3y ago|160 comments
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3 years and 1M users later, I'm gradually open-sourcing my "Internet OS"(old.reddit.com)
2 points by Santosh83 3y ago|0 comments
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by Santosh83 3y ago
What's the potential to weaponize such advances, say by creating novel prions and so on? I assume powers that be are already playing with the tech hidden away in their bunkers?
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by Santosh83 3y ago
Fedora immutable distros are image based, so yes, the base system is a pre-made unit, over which you can layer minor packages but not something as extensive as an alternative DE. Hence so many spins, as well as separate versions for stuff l
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by Santosh83 3y ago
What's the catch?
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by Santosh83 3y ago
Bazzite's sibling Bluefin is specifically meant for developers (the bluefin-dx image) and standard daily driver. Bazzite is targeted more towards gaming and Steam handheld although you can use it as a desktop too. https://pr
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Cast as Criminals, America's Librarians Rally to Their Own Defense(nytimes.com)
5 points by Santosh83 3y ago|1 comments
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Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta is here(vanillaos.org)
3 points by Santosh83 3y ago|0 comments
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New programming language needed for KDE?(discuss.kde.org)
2 points by Santosh83 3y ago|0 comments
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by Santosh83 3y ago
It can forward queries over TLS or HTTPS to another public DNS server and act as a caching server for all programs on your internal network.
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by Santosh83 3y ago
Clicked on the link and remembered that yes, this stupid site uses Cloudflare to apparently block all Indian IPs, even for static articles like this one. Encountered it a couple of years back & forgot.
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Project Bluefin: an immutable, developer-focused, Cloud-native Linux(ypsidanger.com)
201 points by Santosh83 3y ago|84 comments
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by Santosh83 3y ago
I think SystemD moves too fast, is too opinionated, and is too sprawling for those who're capable of porting it, to actually want to do that work, instead of writing a partial replacement, like this project does.
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by Santosh83 3y ago
I guess they could attempt to do so, but under extremely severe low memory conditions, the prompt (especially if its graphical) has a good chance of not reaching the user's screen in any reasonable time. That's why it has to decid
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by Santosh83 3y ago
What's the uptake of Rust as far as Linux kernel dev goes? Is it being positively welcomed and seeing a rise in usage or is it still at PoC stage? Any ongoing rewrites of important subsystems?
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by Santosh83 3y ago
GoboLinux attempts to reinvent the filesystem organisation for Linux while maintaining full compatibility.
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by Santosh83 3y ago
My Firefox says its DNS-over-HTTPS provider (default Cloudflare) can't find this domain. I wonder why?
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by Santosh83 3y ago
On a related note, isn't this one place where so-called Trusted execution and Web integrity would legitimately be of use? With a completely trusted path of execution coupled with browser integrity, a cheater would theoretically be forc
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by Santosh83 3y ago
Web integrity DRM will make sure the ads are actually delivered to your display device. You may need to have this NN ad blocker in your smart glasses and paint over the ads there.
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by Santosh83 3y ago
Seems to be KDE on top of FreeBSD?
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Windows blog: A principled approach to app pinning and app defaults(blogs.windows.com)
1 points by Santosh83 3y ago|0 comments
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket tests in Texas emit methane visible from space(fortune.com)
6 points by Santosh83 3y ago|3 comments
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by Santosh83 3y ago
You asked: >> Chrome will happily collect as much private information about me and my browsing history and share them with select parties, as needed > What information does Chrome provide in this scenario that Firefox doesn’t?
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Ladybird browser July 2023 update: first full time dev hired [video](youtube.com)
5 points by Santosh83 3y ago|0 comments
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SerenityOS July 2023 development update [video](youtube.com)
3 points by Santosh83 3y ago|0 comments
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by Santosh83 3y ago
Data is the life blood of AI algorithms. Hence the effort by Big Tech to silo their mega-platforms & impose WEI upon browsers so only their crawlers are able to scrap whatever data remains outside the silos. Its a race to the bottom and
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by Santosh83 3y ago
WEI is for controlling what software runs in the stack, from the bootloader upwards. Traditional secure boot gives assurances up to the kernel. WEI will extend it up to the browser. So more layers of the stack are secured from unauthorized

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