That makes no sense.

You can create a Lemmy or Mastodon account in moments with nothing more than a web browser.

Is that the entire fediverse, no.

Is Facebook one thing, also no.

Source?

The fact that Debian is not on your list makes me doubt that it’s accurate or complete and while I’ve been using Linux as my primary desktop for over 25 years, I’ve never heard of any of those distributions listed.

Your restrictions on excluding the fediverse are nonsensical.

Well, unless it came back in the last 25 minutes, it’s working fine in Western Australia.

I’m guessing that the answer to that is … as soon as openai collapses … hopefully.

The article explains precisely what it is and why … it’s even written in English.

Talk to the building owner.

If you get this wrong you’ll likely cause havoc across the whole building.

This seems relevant:

https://youtu.be/Fu3laL5VYdM

Is it just me, or does that seem … abrupt?

ProTip: the Ubuntu version number includes the year and month of release. 26.04 will be released in April 2026. 26.10 in October 2026.

What they’ll do when they hit 2100 is left as a rollover issue for the next poor sod.

When I did events, I’d wear two pairs of socks, thin pair against my feet, then thick pair over the top of that.

I’ve also used moulded sole inserts from time to time.

In the vast majority of operating systems the person who installs the system is by default the highest privileged user, in the case of some of those systems, that user is called root.

However, the word root is also used to describe the basis of several file systems.

No.

Secure boot is about trusting which (signed) software is running.

On a positive note, a Dev responded to that post indicating that the behaviour of the platform is being reviewed.

See: https://lemmy.radio/post/10006706

WfW 3.1

This is excellent and important. It also serves to highlight that registrars are making an absolute fortune off the back of this effort.

The consortium clearly has too much money.

It means your coffee pod machine just came online and the coffee is currently spewing from the spout … probably.

In Australia:

https://reebelo.com.au/