[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 68 points 4 months ago

It is on by default in Windows.. More likely people have routers with it disabled.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago

TL;DR for anybody worried. systemd-tmpfiles --purge was too broad in scope (and has a confusing name) so now you must be more specific when using it to avoid accidentally deleting things.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

It was written 25 years ago and untouched since probably.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From the article

The problem seems to revolve around brands that haven't acquired this licensing

It seems to just be rent seeking? Since it’s retroactive there probably isn’t a security change and malicious hardware can spoof being licensed, though this is unclear. So it probably only hurts legitimate small brands.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago

Proprietary software can never be truly trusted. You are always at their whims.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

It would just lead to the decay of society where nobody is responsible for their own commitments.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most OS statistics come from web usage which is probably pretty minimal for Steam Decks.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

They can read the room, the US government is pathetic.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 114 points 1 year ago

They don’t care about Firefox. Chrome is the browser market, they have weakened extensions, they implemented DRM, and here we are.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

Because they don’t have the same generational wealth.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago

Many people have been taught regulation is bad, not much logic to it.

USB-C as a connector can easily last a decade, much longer for just power delivery.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

A PC from 2003 still runs a modern OS. No Apple isn’t the good guy, other companies are just even cheaper.

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