I am a life long nerd who seems to be perpetually chasing the next bright shiny thing :) I will always be puttering with technology whether I’m paid for it or not :)

I love spending time with my wife and our rescue pup, playing with old computers, reading, and playing video games.

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  • feohtoPermacomputingLinux kernel will soon drop ~~i386~~ (32-bit) support
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    1 year ago

    So it’s interesting reading all the folks talking about permacomputing and the like.

    And I think there’s merit to keeping those architectures around.

    But let’s turn this on its head, shall we? Where do we get the people who still have that hardware who are willing to actively take part in Linux kernel development?

    Like, to become facile enough with the process, tools and codebase to be able to bear the load of writing new security patches as vulnerabilities are found?

    It’s a hard problem. The number of people actively contributing to Linux is large in aggregate but VANISHINGLY small when it comes to any particular area of interest.







  • OK so I’m trying to parse this one and having a bit of trouble.

    BigTech is being evil so you’re self hosting to be more self reliant? Check! That one makes sense. BigTech is being evil so… Piracy? :)

    I don’t actually have any moral problem with people stealing most media other than that in our current craptastic system the funds to drive the creation of said media need to come from somewhere, I’m just wondering about the logic :)














  • feohtoVIM - Vi IMprovedNVim - kickstart.vim
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    1 year ago

    Oh I totally agree. The Lua idioms can be confusing and the documentation ecosystem is currently in a place where if you already know Lua well it’s incredibly helpful, but bridging the gap for beginners is a challenge - one worth embracing!