ChrisG

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Rejoined the red team in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

As A long time Linux user I couldn't agree more. My son, who likes to game with me, was handing down his 'old' nvidia cards such as a 3070, so I put up with years of nvidia's crap. A couple of months ago I ripped out his 'old' 3070 and put in a new XFX brand AMD RX 7600. Works out of the box and plenty fast for HD resolutions. Why did I waste years of my life fighting with nvidia nonsense on Linux??

Questions for the XMPP users. in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
  • jmp.chat is Trumpistan or Canada phone numbers only afaik.
CachyOS Delivers Lead Over Arch Linux, Pop!_OS & Ubuntu On System76 Thelio Major in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

At the age of 67, having tried and used everything, not just booted a vm, but honestly used, I found Arch a much higher maintenance burden. System borking changes are definitely a thing - see the "needs manual intervention" messages that happen often. I know Arch users seem to revel in this and gloss over it. Thats fine for them but I no longer get any sense of personal empowerment from tedious obsessive hand holding of any operating system. To me it's just unnecessary distracting extra work.

CachyOS Delivers Lead Over Arch Linux, Pop!_OS & Ubuntu On System76 Thelio Major in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm always interested in Micheal's comparisons but rarely see anything more than an illustration of newer libraries etc showing natural improvements. The trade off of Arch distros is the increased workload of managing a constant change & inevitable instability. Arch devs are notoriously for kicking out capricious system borking changes and the Pacman package manager is rather weak at dealing with cumulative changes. 2% or 3 % potential ephemeral improvements in speed vs hovering over the cli 'fixing' things seems a poor bargain to me.

Using My Fucking Brain in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Completely ceding software development to automation. Repeat across all fields of knowledge.

As data centers recycle and churn through past human input this will be the death of human progress.

Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly. systemd has a glaring security hole that had to be kludged. As the OP I posted the article to warn non technical users of the danger but systemd defenders league are predictably blind to any possible flaw in their golden calf and cannot resist the temptation to rush to battle. yawn

Are you using systemd or an alternative, what do you recommend? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you want the convenient features of systemd without the cancerous assimilation of the entire userland then dinit is recommended. OpenRC is a mature choice. Server folk seem to recommend S6 but I dont have enough personal use of it to verify.

  • expect every response trying to provide useful info here to be drowned out by systemd brigading
Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Read the bug in the systemd repo. meanwhile the systemd cultists will defend it to the death. Look, if you value the positive aspects of systemd but dislike the cancerous assimilation of the entire userland, dinit is a perfectly good option.

Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation in c/linux@lemmy.ml
Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Stop using it.

Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Any errant application can expose this glaring systemd flaw

Post age-attestation distro migration | Artix vs Void vs endeavorOS vs ??? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] ChrisG@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That has not been my experience. I wonder what magical source of information you possess to accomplish all that in ten minutes lol

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Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation (cybersecurity88.com)
 

Yet another critical vulnerability in systemd, this time involving snapd. Ubuntu folk are affected.

"A serious security issue has been discovered in Ubuntu, and it is gaining attention in the cybersecurity community. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-3888 and mainly affects Ubuntu Desktop systems from version 24.04 onwards. This flaw is dangerous because it allows an attacker with limited access to gain full root privileges. Root access means complete control over the entire system."

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Nuclear attack on Iran? UN diplomat resigns to leak plan (m.economictimes.com)
 

A high-ranking allied diplomat at the United Nations has suspended all official duties after alleging that the international organization is currently preparing for a scenario involving the active use of nuclear weapons against Iran. Mohamad Safa, who has served as the Permanent Representative of the Patriotic Vision Organization (PVA) to the UN for nearly twelve years, issued a public resignation notice on X, claiming he could no longer remain a "witness to this crime against humanity."

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The State of the Union is an Oligarchs’ Paradise (classautonomy.info)
 

The state of the union is strong, if you are an oligarch, a hedge fund, a defense contractor, or a data center. For everyone else, it is a slow emergency packaged as prosperity.

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Evaluation question (lemmy.world)
 

I currently use Ultramarine KDE Plasma, which is a very nicely configured Fedora 43 based distro.

I'm evaluating switching to Bazzite. Simple test: Try to add my wireless Canon printer - works. Try to add my wireless Canon scanner - oops! No scanner software.

Normally I would sudo dnf in skanlite and continue with my day.

On Bazzite, I'm guessing I will sudo rpm-ostree install skanlite ?

But wait, doesn't this involve the dreaded - dun duh daaa - 'layering'? Have I just ruined the precious immutability??

Is it generally OK to add in fedora packages or not??

Confused ...

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Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach (lemmy.world)
 

“there were no email addresses in the social security number files*. If you find yourself in this data breach via HIBP, there's no evidence your SSN was leaked, and if you're in the same boat as me, the data next to your record may not even be correct”

https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-3-billion-people-national-public-data-breach/

#infosec #privacy

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Linux kernel impacted by new SLUBStick cross-cache attack (lemmy.world)
 

A novel Linux Kernel cross-cache attack named SLUBStick has a 99% success in converting a limited heap vulnerability into an arbitrary memory read-and-write capability, letting the researchers elevate privileges or escape containers.

The discovery comes from a team of researchers from the Graz University of Technology who demonstrated the attack on Linux kernel versions 5.9 and 6.2 (latest) using nine existing CVEs in both 32-bit and 64-bit systems, indicating high versatility.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-kernel-impacted-by-new-slubstick-cross-cache-attack/

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CrowdStrike Didn't Just Affect Windows But Linux Too! (lemmy.world)
 

https://news.itsfoss.com/crowdstrike-windows-linux/

#infosec

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File Manger for iPhone/iPad? (lemmy.world)
 

iOS App Store seems to have about nine hundred ‘file managers’ all of which are anything but and demand ridiculous subscription costs.

Is there a decent file manager for iOS that actually will do file management things like select multiple file & rename etc that isn’t a scammy subscription/Ad ridden mess?

*Yes, I’m aware Files app is provided by Apple, but it’s extremely basic.

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Recommend a File Manager app for iOs (lemmy.world)
 

iOS App Store seems to have about nine hundred ‘file managers’ all of which are anything but and demand ridiculous subscription costs.

Is there a decent file manager for iOS that actually will do file management things like select multiple file & rename etc that isn’t a scammy subscription/Ad ridden mess?

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