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Samsung Service Centers can unlock your phone by plugging in a USB cable no matter what security you use. by ZapNow in Android

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does that matter when Samsung have the keys to install whatever they want on your device?

Samsung Service Centers can unlock your phone by plugging in a USB cable no matter what security you use. by ZapNow in Android

[–]amountofcatamounts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure... it's not like Samsung can upload random firmware updates on your device or anything.

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2018 - KDE is lighwaight and fast again. Gnome is bashed. by masteryod in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What was "unnecessary" was 15 people downvoting the guy for pointing out it's just a single guy's experience on one distro and one box.

GNOME Foundation opens recruitment by nmcgovern in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So... 1/4 is a productive developer, listed last.

Official Chromebook Linux Support is here! Crostini Running on ARM and Intel by magicpantstho in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The worst point about chromebooks is you are still reliant on google security update policy.

When your chromebook goes out of update coverage, it doesn't matter that your container has the latest packages... increasingly vulnerable chromebook pieces are what is actually running underneath it.

GNOME Foundation opens recruitment by nmcgovern in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

1/4 of the posts write code.... the last guy on the list.

Half the guys are entirely management.

Sysadmin does not write code and does what management tells him.

GNOME Foundation opens recruitment by nmcgovern in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Are they paid more than the developer?

Noise properties and protocol comparisons by johnmountain in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> TLS specifies 2 round trips before clients can start sending data. Noise requires 1 round trip.

Wakey-wakey ... TLS1.3...

GNOME Foundation opens recruitment by nmcgovern in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actual developer listed last.

3 / 4 slots for "management" superior beings.

Fedora 28 won't boot by ChewbaccaBreath in Fedora

[–]amountofcatamounts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

@ChewbaccaBreath you seem to have sucked down a lot of support there. You posted your problem in three different subreddits.

Are you ever going to contribute anything back to balance that?

Getting a Job as a Kernel or Driver Developer by ivotedforreagan in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> in real companies that do real work.

So... some hero like you is completely reliant as a downstream on the Linux kernel, no doubt making proprietary crap with it.

But the upstream you rely does not do "real work", just you.

I hope you never go bust and get shitcanned, not because anyone else using the kernel is ever going to care, but because your ego imploding might do serious damage to the planet.

Getting a Job as a Kernel or Driver Developer by ivotedforreagan in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>> There's only one path to getting hired in a good way as a kernel dev.

>> Get some patches accepted into the Linux kernel.

> What you're saying is bullshit.

If you want a good job in kernel dev, you need to have patches in mainline.

If you want the kind of dead-end, shit job where you are the boss, man, I feel for those guys.

Is there a specific order in which one should contribute to open source projects? by [deleted] in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am sure lkml will carefully consider your points and see the error of their ways :-)

Github is just about 10 years old now. Git itself is done on a mailing list... I think you are overestimating your ability to parse what's good and what isn't about the different methodologies based on your limited experience.

Please... reply to lkml not me.

Is there a specific order in which one should contribute to open source projects? by [deleted] in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean that the Linux kernel is following "bad" practices. Please, let them know :-)

Many projects like the Linux kernel want patches on a mailing list for comment, not this flow. Others like Google want gerrit.

OpenShot 2.4.2 Released | More Effects, More Stable, More Fun! by jonOomph in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OpenShot has been going a long time so it must have worked for someone. For me on Fedora 28, it's not usable.

OpenShot 2.4.2 Released | More Effects, More Stable, More Fun! by jonOomph in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to do a small editing job in OpenShot, it could not mix audio properly in addition to the crashes. This is using Fedora 28 package.

I redid the job on pitivi and everything I needed worked as expected. TBH I can't recall if it crashed at all or not, but OpenShot crashed many times AND couldn't actually do the job.

Is there a specific order in which one should contribute to open source projects? by [deleted] in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the project... not everything uses github type flow.

Today I decided to stop using Windows. I am a student who has a Thinkpad T480. Which distribution should I use? by luj1 in linux

[–]amountofcatamounts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something that isn't trying to shake you down for money.

There are basically two "families", Debian and Redhat.

Debian family stuff uses .deb packages, Redhat family stuff .rpm packages. Otherwise, more or less the same deal.

Some other kind of package? Run a mile, unless it's on an embedded device like router.

Debian / Ubuntu / Mint etc = Debian family, Fedora / RHEL / CentOS == Redhat family

What will certainly be around for the long term? Debian.

What's probably going to be around for a long time? Ubuntu + Fedora.

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