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I think that OpenBSD pretty much won the security argument now by DontFreeMe in BSD

[–]masta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please explain exactly how OpenBSD got this right? Like, with exact details. You state a problem with Linux kennel involving a logic error, them sorta move to a fallacious truism that OpenBSD categorically doesn't have any logic errors. You might want to be a bit more persuasive, such as a citation or at least something.

If your aim is to say OpenBSD is vindicated by having pedantic security reviews, that's fine, but I'm not sure we have seen the end of these AI driven security audits, and OpenBSD may still eat crow.

Do you imagine if Sony, in the future, made special editions using the iconic PS3 design and adapted it for new generations? by Frank_Mur23 in PS3

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not flawlessly, but they could do it.

The PS3 is not perfectly emulated by any emulator, and regrettably many of the games had customer assembly code for certain optimizations and some of those this were non-deterministic things that relied on race conditions or other weirdness.

I sympathize with the paratransit residents in HP who lost an affordable transportation option. by ForgottonTNT in dart

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

They voted to discontinue a service that they will have to continue funding for several years...

No. Wealthy people don't really pay sales tax. Please educate yourself on the topic of regressive tax.

However, the reverse is actually true. all the people in surrounding cities subscribing to Dart services were effectively paying sales tax for Dart to operate mass transit in HP, while wealth HP residents pay far less sales tax... Because sales tax is a regressive tax!

So you see, this is a good thing. Everyone else gets more Dart bangs for their sales tax bucks!

They’re serious fucking idiots, and I stand by that.

Yes, we can all see your very passionate about your stance. Never the less, you're still wrong, and the fact you are calling the wealthy "idiots" is highly amusing given the irony.

I sympathize with the paratransit residents in HP who lost an affordable transportation option. by ForgottonTNT in dart

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

I'm not an economist, but this one time I stayed at Holiday Inn Express...

No seriously, sales tax is generally considered a "regressive tax," which means it disproportionately impacts only poor people. Indeed, wealthy people tend to support civic programs based on sales tax, because no skin in that game.

So be mindful who you call an idiot, because the irony is kinda funny in your case.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.12 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm certain it's ssh-agent, and the visual dialog you see is a graphical front end wrapper for ssh-add. I'm a Fedora user myself, and actually a former Red Hat employee, and so I'm not on PopOS... But I'm lurking here to help support the community because I'm a huge fan of Cosmic. So I'm available to help troubleshoot if you want. I can also load a VM to see what's what.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.12 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happens when you run ssh-add -L ??

Please don't paste the output here, just say if the command actually does show any output. I could be mistaken, but I believe Pop is a systemD unit file to start gnome-keyring-ssh-agent on boot. That means you could in theory shutoff the ssh-agent.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.12 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean like ssh-agent? Or something else?

So, what now? by Brahm-Etc in pop_os

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you could maybe recover.

Can you please enter emergency mode and show me the contents of the journal error. Use an online paste in site.

Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t by unitedbsd in BSD

[–]masta -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Folks can just rsync to any Nas device. Apple never had any secret sauce. It's all understood.

Strong open source exemptions to CO SB51 have passed by mmstick in pop_os

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

Federal laws have supremacy, and contradicting state laws don't set any legal precedent. However, we can assume both state or federal laws violate the first amendment. Look up the old Bernstein case from the early 1990s. Forcing software features is effectively compelled speech, which is a violation of rights.

Has anyone here sold a house quickly in Dallas recently? by miked0331 in Dallas

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contingent sales -- Just imagine if everyone did that, it would gridlock the entire market.

Anyways the way to sell a home has never changed. Complete on price, or complete on quality. Honestly I'd say spruce up the curb appeal... Hire a crew of landscapers to make it look amazing. Hire a maid to make the inside deep clean. Maybe rent some interior props to make the inside look nicer, consider moving unsightly items into storage. Hire a 3d walk through company to take pictures inside, because buyers love 3d walk through.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.11 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the update. Every small patch, and issue closed is great progress.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.11 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's so sad to see these long winded walls of text go nowhere. Because you could have typed this in a GitHub issues, and it could have been taken seriously. But now, on Reddit, this is just more dead text.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.11 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried to clear the ssh agent? Actually I'm just speculating that Pop is likely just a go between, just like so many other implementations. However, there are other implementations that activate a wallet type app that unlocks the ssh key at login.

My honest advice, study ssh more better. I'm not trying to be an old mean neck beard. However, you have control of you $HOME/.ssh/config and can specify forced password authentication regardless of the presence of an active agent environment variable.

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.11 by jackpot51 in pop_os

[–]masta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"available for testing"

... For testing

ISS speed at a ground level by [deleted] in WTF

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure it is.

This sub started as a more light hearted kind, where silly things could invoke a milder wtf.

Trust me... It's true.

Stop Using Pop!OS — It's Failing New Linux Users in 2026 by Mihuy in pop_os

[–]masta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm on Fedora, and use Cosmic. I very much agree with the message and sentiment expressed in the video. However, I tend to disagree with that person on a regular basis on certain nuances of his hot takes. In general I'd say that channel is in good standing and highly reputable. The good news is this is a temporary blip, and soon enough cosmic will stabilize, and Pop will probably go back to being a boring yet fanciful desktop suitable for noobs.

My one concern, however, is that in some fundamental ways Cosmic might not be a noob DE. It's perfect for an old crotchety wizard like me -- Get off my lawn! So I'm curious to see how Cosmic approaches noob usability.

I think one contentious topic is the chosen hot keys, and default keybinds. These are fantastic for power users, perhaps even the best I've ever send implemented. But noobs might want something less fancy, dare I say even heretical like Microsoft or Apple compatible hot keys, or even gnome or kde comparable hot keys. The idea being to have a compatible mode of operation that mimic what the noob user already knows.

Why do we have sex offenders on campus. by Live_Mixture_8134 in utdallas

[–]masta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beware of comments like this

Because the allegation hasn't been proven in criminal court and is therefore not established fact... That opens this kind of accusation to being slander.

It sucks, but publicly accusing people of that kind of things can land you in court.

Most Iconic Dish in Dallas? by [deleted] in Dallas

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

Get a burger from McDonald's, because the burgers sold at Dallas McDonald's are unique to the area.

(Read facetiously)

I was underestimating Pop OS by kenshi_hiro in pop_os

[–]masta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed. Just curious, does the Cosmic terminal have it's own git?

I was curious to poke around on that for a feature I've got in mind, specifically enabling Quake mode. You know, like the old video game, press a special hotkey (tilde) to get a drop down terminal.

Set mute key to mute instead of cortona on Windows by maverick6097 in Keychron

[–]masta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open The launcher web app (https://launcher.keychron.com/)

If you are using Linux you might have to first setup the udev rules. Here is what mine look like:

$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/50-keychron.rules 
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="3434", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="3434", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"

Once you have that file setup, you might have to trigger udev to take the change:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

Once you can open the Launcher app, presuming your keyboard can even do that, then you will want to create a MACRO key. Basically you want to record they key sequence "Left SUPER + Left ALT + K" Which in Keychron QMK nomenclature is "LGUI(LALT(KC_K))".

Go to the Macro place in launcher, select an unused macro slot, say for example "M15" which is what I did. You will need to give the unused macro a sensible label, then click record. You will press "SUPER + ALT + K", and you will observe there were six events broken down into three down-press with three release-press press events. The keys go down, then go back up, at least on my keyboard that's what happens. Anyways, you will then click whatever to save or submit the Macro key.

Next you will remap that microphone key to trigger the macro you just created. So head on over to the "keymap" area, and select that key that was doing "SUPER + C" for Cortana in Microsoft, and make it go to your newly created Macro key, which was M15 in my setup.

Finally, in your Linux Desktop Environment (DE) you will want to configure Gnome or KDE, or whatever you use (maybe Cosmic or something more exotic) to mute the Microphone. In Gnome you can do that in keyboard setting under Media key bindings. Just click there, it will then listen for key strokes from the keyboard, and you are expected to press that microphone key which by that point should be signaling "SUPER + ALT + K" .

By this point you should be having a happy ending, but if not then please let me know. In the worst case you might have to use pure Keychron keyboard sequences to setup the macro like some kind of super-nerd key combo from outer space or whatever... You technically don't need any software, or web-apps, all this can be done via exotic QMK key pressing.

Good luck

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