pleroma.debian.social

2026/04/20 6:49:23 PM UTC

It's frustrating how greed and exploitation is killing music. There's just more and more music that disappears from streaming services all the time. We need to work harder to seek physical media and archive it all.

2026/04/20 4:24:24 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

@susankayequinn @Talia I felt like that when watching the Handmaid's Tale because how the story started there is literally what's happening in places like the US right now... and somehow everyone is ok with that? WTF? We need more angry women in the world, I salute you!

2026/04/20 1:06:40 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

Excellent piece of journalism here where Ars Technica deep dives into the dark world of HEVC licensing:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/lawsuits-licensing-and-royalties-are-complicating-4k-video-support-in-gadgets/

2026/04/15 10:48:15 AM UTC

Can Artuc canartuc@mastodon.social

The quiet milestone in the Rust for Linux 7.1 pull request is not the version bump. The minimum Rust compiler moves to 1.85. Bindgen moves to 0.71.1. Both match what stable Debian Trixie has shipped since August 2025. A vanilla Debian host can now compile a Rust-enabled kernel without backporting a toolchain. The most conservative distribution and the kernel toolchain are aligned. That is how a feature stops being a special build and becomes default infrastructure.

#Linux #Rust #FOSS

2026/04/19 9:13:45 PM UTC

Debacle debacle@framapiaf.org

Congratulations, Sruthi!

#Debian #projectLeader #election #SruthiChandran

Photo of Sruthi Chandran, probably giving a conference talk. Debian swirl in the background.

2026/04/16 11:06:52 AM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

@maxleibman "Linux is *sometimes* the answer." - yeah people forget that FreeBSD and NetBSD is amazing too!

2026/04/16 9:00:37 AM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

It's weird the stuff that makes you feel old. Yesterday I was talking to a new sysadmin at work, and told him that I used to type lots of BASIC from magazines when I was little. And then he said "What's basic, is that like a programming language?" and I think I literally gasped.

2026/04/16 6:44:04 AM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

@dannycolin Apparently Debian Developers tend to be masochists ¯\_(ツ)_/

2026/04/15 6:26:56 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

Tonight I dared to listen to one of Celine Dion's earlier albums that's in French (Des mots qui sonnent). At times it's incredibly cheesy, but in a sweet and fun 1991 way. Overall much better than I expected, I don't understand all the lyrics, but will take another listen with translations another time.

2026/04/15 2:28:24 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

@phoronix I quite like this proposal. Definitely worth the build time for the result. The extra package space it will take on mirrors is less than what one big new commercial game takes these days.

2026/04/15 2:09:06 PM UTC

Phoronix phoronix@masto.ai

Fedora 45 To Consider Building x86_64-v3 Packages

A change proposal has been filed to build x86_64-v3 micro-architecture feature level packages alongside the existing x86_64-v1 packages for Fedora Linux...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-45-x86-64-v3-Proposal

2025/05/25 1:29:09 AM UTC

Em

Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

@vandorb12 It is appalling that testing centers have started to required palm scans.

I'm glad you did, and very sorry it didn't help for you 😔, but everyone should look at their local legislation for this because it is illegal indeed some jurisdictions.

I myself encountered this situation for a certification, and finally, after investigation, the testing authorities did told me this was *not* mandatory, and I could ask to skip it.

But how many people will ask first? People caught off guard all stressed out on their testing day will likely just do it. Even if it's illegal.

Our governments should be protecting us against these predatory practices.

2026/04/14 5:54:04 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

I don't know what GNOME 50 did with animations, but it just feels *so* right. I usually disable animations on both my android and linux machines because I'd rather just have it feel snappy. But in GNOME 50, the animations are very subtle and fast enough that I barely notice it's there. It just feels great all-round. Good job to whomever has been working on this!

2026/04/13 11:22:05 PM UTC

Christine Lemmer-Webber cwebber@social.coop

Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-executive-suggests-ai-agents-buy-software-licenses-seats-2026-4

*deep breath in*

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA of fucking course lmao

2026/04/14 10:11:59 AM UTC

KDE kde@floss.social

This October... KDE is turning 30! Join us for six months of celebrations, fun and activities🎉!

Contribute to our gallery of historic photos, tell us a story about that time KDE got you out of a pickle, or share a little-known KDE-related fact.

Become a supporting member and help guarantee the next 30 years of top-notch free software.

Or, most important of all, organize a KDE-themed event/party and we'll include it on our map!

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #anniversary

Konqi, the KDE dragon, says hello from inside a gear.

2026/04/14 7:03:28 AM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

Ah yes 2019. Wild times.

Article headline screenshot from 2019 where Sam Altman claims that GPT-2 is too dangerous to release.

2026/04/13 12:19:49 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

@kim Ah, free time. There was a time in my life where I had such a thing. If only I could be more efficient, planned better, learn to say no to things, stop having great new ideas and take better self care, then I could experience the wonder of free time again too!

2026/04/13 12:08:20 PM UTC

highvoltage highvoltage

@kim Why not?

2026/04/11 5:07:36 PM UTC