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by mesebrec 3y ago
Does this have an effect on SGX and trusted computing? Or only secure boot?
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by mesebrec 3y ago
I think dissolved is the correct term since the caterpillar turns into goo, which turns into the butterfly. Given how the metamorphosis works, it's still an open question how it's able to retain memories. A brain floating in a bat
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by mesebrec 3y ago
What is an EDR?
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by mesebrec 4y ago
This is a joint decision from all Ubuntu flavors. It frustrates me so much that every Ubuntu-wide decision gets framed as "Canonical does x". It ignores the thousands of volunteers who pour their heart and soul into this project.
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by mesebrec 4y ago
Honest question; why do you still use Ubuntu then? By now, Snap is such a fundamental part of Ubuntu that it begs the question whether Ubuntu is right for you if you want to avoid it. Why not use a derivative or upstream that makes differen
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Firmware Software Bill of Materials (2022)(blogs.gnome.org)
2 points by mesebrec 4y ago|0 comments
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by mesebrec 4y ago
* much lower latency for most operations * the ability for graceful degradation when the network or cloud is down. You don't want the checkouts to stop working just because the cloud is down. If literally every action requires a round
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by mesebrec 4y ago
For clarification, I'm talking about devices such as home automation gateways, planes, and production lines. These devices often have bespoke toolchains for deploying and managing software on them. This is an additional barrier of entr
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by mesebrec 4y ago
For this project, I'm specifically referring to low-power devices sitting inside of the user's premises. For example, home automation gateways, factory machines, drones etc. I'm not really talking about CDNs or offerings such
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Lightweight Kubernetes Operators with WebAssembly – FOSDEM 2023 [video](youtube.com)
62 points by mesebrec 4y ago|44 comments
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by mesebrec 4y ago
If you prefer to read, this blogpost explains the same project: https://merlijn.sebrechts.be/blog/2022-09-05-wasm-k8s-contro...
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by mesebrec 4y ago
If you prefer to read, this blogpost explains the same project: https://merlijn.sebrechts.be/blog/2022-09-05-wasm-k8s-contro...
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by mesebrec 4y ago
I just wrote in a different comment that this completely sold me on Dell. I got a Dell laptop from work with Windows on it. Installed Ubuntu and it immediately prompted me to update the firmware. What an amazing experience! I always recomme
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by mesebrec 4y ago
Amazing project! It's incredibly well engineered, imo. It's really nice to read the author's blogposts describing how he forces hardware vendors to get their shit together and either use a standardized update mechanism or cre
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by mesebrec 4y ago
Where do you see that? I can't find that language.
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by mesebrec 4y ago
You turn automatic snap updates off by running `snap hold`.
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by mesebrec 4y ago
If you ignore the notifications for two weeks, yes. But you even get a notification at least four hours before updating saying you have little time left. That said, if you run `snap hold firefox`, it will wait indefinitely.
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by mesebrec 4y ago
Snaps don't update when the app is running. I don't know what happened here, but it seems the problem might be somewhere else.
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Snapcrafters: 2022 Wrap-Up(snapcraft.io)
1 points by mesebrec 4y ago|0 comments
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by mesebrec 4y ago
I thought they were advocating for creating and testing marketing material before the product itself. But then I read they noticed traction because people started submitting pull requests and trying out the code. At that point, they already
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by mesebrec 4y ago
I run both XFCE and Gnome, and XFCE is much snappier. Gnome does a lot more, and is a lot easier to extend given the JS support, but that has an impact on resource usage.
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by mesebrec 4y ago
I'm a CS teacher that asks their students to run multiple Linux instances in VMs. RAM usage is the biggest issue in this case. If each VM takes 1.5 GB just to open a terminal, running multiple on a laptop with only 8GB of ram becomes d
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You can finally disable Snap updates(merlijn.sebrechts.be)
3 points by mesebrec 4y ago|0 comments
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by mesebrec 4y ago
Signal Snap Maintainer here, this is because of a DMCA takedown request from lawyers representing Signal. Canonical is currently working with them to clear things up. Canonical's communication to me was initially lacking due to issues
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by mesebrec 4y ago
"First to file" only describes what happens when two conflicting patent applications get discovered for something that is patentable. Inventions that are already publicly known are not patentable because they're copies of exi