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[–] uint 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Debian is a notable exception.

[–] uint 4 points 2 months ago

I recommend reading "TCP/IP Illustrated: Volume 1, Second Edition" if you want to learn more about networking. Make sure it's the second edition, because the first edition is very old. The second edition is also over a decade old now, but it's still almost completely correct, as the basics haven't changed much. And don't mistake the book to be overly simplified because of the title; it's a very technical book that references the actual RFCs wherever appropriate.

[–] uint 5 points 3 months ago

In my opinion no OS manages such a feat of making itself unknown, there are always some problems, and I think you agree with that in practice (it's more a matter of thresholds). So there is continuous improvement. The question is then whether or not the possible financial boost from the donations will improve the OS in such a way that the net benefit is positive with respect to the negative value of the donation notification (a utilitarian viewpoint, I guess). I would say it will be a net benefit, not least because the negative value of the notification is so small.

[–] uint 2 points 3 months ago

I recognized that name... he's working at Thunderbird!

[–] uint 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A couple of months ago I had the same problem on Debian Unstable. Then I tried it on Fedora 40 and it worked flawlessly.

[–] uint 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I assume that by "selfish" you mean taking up bandwidth from the Tor network, which is a valid concern. But using it as a daily driver for low-bandwidth tasks like reading text (and maybe a few compressed pictures here and there) is actually be beneficial to the Tor network, as it increases the size of the crowd, thereby making everyone more anonymous.

 

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