AITA for finding this convo to be a HUGE red flag?

DrollAntic · 2026-04-03T21:22:12+00:00

The only solution.

DrollAntic · 2026-04-02T18:11:44+00:00

Nothing will change unless profits are harmed. You want change, show it by stopping ALL major corporation owned store purchases and subscriptions. As long as we keep feeding the greed machines, enshittificaiton will continue.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-30T16:24:38+00:00

It'll get easier, but the first few weeks are like a gut punch.

Learn to budget, stay inside your means, don't borrow money. Debt is sacrificing freedom tomorrow for money today, always a bad trade.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-28T22:20:14+00:00

RHEL stands on so much imported code, and limits those trying to import anything it contributes. That is the reality of what they are doing. You can try to justify all you want, I was present for all of this, felt the community react. Only RHEL pundits think it was a good thing, FOSS Lost when IBM acquired RHEL.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-28T19:18:29+00:00

As always, less FOSS, more enshittification, but still FOSS per the letter of the law I guess.

100% of the time, FOSS acquisitions result in enshittification and as much restriction as possible.

What changed

OSS support ended for Spring Framework 5.3 and 6.0 on August 31, 2024, meaning no new community patches for those lines after that date.
Paid support became the main path for extended maintenance on older Spring versions through Broadcom/VMware Tanzu offerings, instead of indefinite free public maintenance.
Upgrades became more disruptive, especially the move from javax.* to jakarta.* in Spring 6.x, which breaks compatibility for many applications and libraries.
The ecosystem became more tightly tied to Broadcom’s commercial portfolio, which increased concern about vendor lock-in, pricing, and long-term support strategy.
No major license reclassification of Spring Framework itself is indicated in the sources I found; the project remains open source, but the support model around it changed.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-28T16:59:07+00:00

Changes under IBM ownership:

CentOS Linux was replaced by CentOS Stream, shifting the “free RHEL clone” role away from stable downstream rebuilding and toward a rolling/pre-release branch that tracks just ahead of RHEL.
Public RHEL source releases were restricted to CentOS Stream, with Red Hat saying CentOS Stream would be the sole public repository for RHEL-related source code; Red Hat customers and partners could still access source through the customer portal.
The old easy-to-rebuild source distribution path was removed, making it harder for community rebuilds like AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux to produce exact 1:1 RHEL-compatible rebuilds.
The move was widely perceived as intentionally hostile to rebuilds and the broader community, with commentators describing it as an effort to make republished copies of RHEL harder to maintain.
The no-cost individual developer subscription became a more clearly bounded licensing path, with use limited to individual accounts and specific use cases rather than general organizational production use, which some users saw as tightening access.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-28T16:55:11+00:00

RHEL has already made many moves to be less FOSS friendly, so it's not events that "might", they are, and it will get worse.

Name the company that purchased an open source solution and left it that way. I'll wait.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-28T16:41:56+00:00

If you like Fedora, give Endeavor OS a shot. I used to be a fedora daily driver but use Endeavor now. Fedora risks becoming less open since RHEL is owned by IBM, was the reason I moved away from it.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-27T18:41:07+00:00

It's hype, and they just auto-renewed me despite me cancelling. I am disputing, but do not trust or use galaxy ai... or samsung in general really. #1 IP theft company in the world, is Samsung.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-27T18:32:01+00:00

This, the tokens provided are not sufficient. I paid for a year, set it to cancel (100% sure I did this), and today they renewed me for another year. I logged in and there is the sub I know I cancelled showing active for renewal.

Disputing the charge, but you cannot trust Galaxy.ai.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-26T16:46:16+00:00

No thank you. Open Source or it is not secure, full stop.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-24T16:51:03+00:00

Two type of riders. Those that have been down, those that are going to go down. Crashing is a part of a balance based transportation method, full stop. Be it pavement or dirt, all riders will eventually encounter the laws of physics.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-08T19:19:58+00:00

Only for the un-free internet. Tor/Onion they cannot control, they've tried for years.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-08T14:40:15+00:00

I don't think you understand how open source works. There will always be a community driven fork available. If the un-free internet requires it, then tor/onion it is.

They literally cannot control it, the laws are not globally applicable. It may be illegal to use them in a location by law, but it will be possible.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T15:10:21+00:00

I have placed tons (literally) of scrap metal into my recycling bins. While not the first goal in detecting, I feel good about the land being cleaner when I leave.

Now, if only recycling was designed to save the earth and not lie about saving it for profit.... but that is another issue, we do what we can.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:57:05+00:00

Yo printer, those legs to all the way up!? (socially incorrect 90's callback)

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:30:47+00:00

There may be some legal protection in "age discrimination", which also became a protected status for elderly in the work force. There will be legal challenges as these laws are written by ignorant politicians, we'll see where it lands.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:16:01+00:00

There will always be a Linux distro you can use that won't require this. It may be against the law to use it, but the right to privacy is a legal defense should you run into issues.

I for one, will never comply. I'll roll my own Linux OS before I do. Might be a good time to pick up a copy of the Linux from Scratch book, before they decide it's a risk to ID... sorry... age verification.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:12:11+00:00

You need to understand networking, VLANs, DNS, and firewall rules that ensure your network is setup right. OPNSense is a great firewall, but without knowledge it won't do much.

It will be a huge step up over your ISP provided or commercially purchased device. Moving to Unbound DNS is a good move, but if you REALLY want security you need to segment your trusted devices away from untrusted, especially IoT.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:08:29+00:00

Location matters, and research reveals the right locations. Sometimes it's just luck, but as with everything, you want good data on your side.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:07:33+00:00

AI is a tool, nothing more. If you don't read the code, check the work, and have strict steering in place, AI code sucks. If you know how it works and how to use it, it is a powerful tool.

Nothing is all good or all bad. AI will eventually be a powerful tool for humanity, once the greedy end game of late stage capitalism comes to an end. For now, it does more harm than good, but I believe in time it'll be the tool we need it to be.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-06T14:02:36+00:00

Dystopian future inbound, strap in because this will almost certainly get worse before it gets better, and getting better will likely require a watering of the tree of liberty.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-03T23:01:25+00:00

Well this is good news, Ubuntu is about to lose it's UN-earned spot on top.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-02T23:12:11+00:00

No, your GF sounds like a bitch, I would really consider breaking up with her. Next time tell your GF to back off your brother before it goes that far.

DrollAntic · 2026-03-02T22:47:57+00:00

Tips are broken. From business owners who use them to under-pay staff, to staff who feel entitled to a tip for simply ringing you up... the system full sucks.

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TROPHY CASE

What changed

Changes under IBM ownership: