Rustmilian

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to linux in What distro to choose in parallel to steamos

Ah, ok. It’s just that it reads like you’re quoting me.

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Rustmilian , 11 months ago to linux in PSA: Plasma Wayland on laptop could still be a pain to use

Never been an issue for me; didn’t even know that the setting was missing.

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Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to linux in What distro to choose in parallel to steamos

It is still common in the open source community for people to use the original meaning of hacker.

Actually the Open Source use of the term is already incapsulated in the extending portion of the definition I provided. Along with the modifying source code example.

Additional example : Kernel Hacking; Linux.
You’re a 3rd party extending it beyond it’s original design by modifying the source code to add additional or new functionality under the legal protection of the GPL, regardless if you do or don’t make a PR that gets accepted.

The hackers you are referring to are security hackers or crackers.

Actually no. The definition provided is far broader as already shown.
The key in the definition is beyond it’s original design , say for example I take source code from Grub and I extend it by adding additional functionality that allows me to play pacman directly inside it. This modification goes beyond the authors original design and doesn’t just change a pre-existing feature from it’s default setting like running a terminal command does.

Anyway, none of this is the point.
The point is that there’s a hard distinction between a Hacker and your Average Terminal User running a command in a shell interface. Shell interfaces like that of ZSH, BASH, etc. only serves as a way for the user to interact with the pre-existing features of the system.

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Maybe an age limit should be put in place and a warning.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to linux in What distro to choose in parallel to steamos

Why did you quote “originally” when you’re using it in a completely different context?
No, not in the context of computer hacking. if that was the definition then there’d be no difference between a “hacker” & a programmer who builds consumer applications. Finding solutions to a problem is just every programmer ever.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to linux in What distro to choose in parallel to steamos

Typing a command in the terminal is not hacking , just because you made a change to the system doesn’t mean you “hacked it”, it’s basic functionality of Linux; being no different from changing a setting, it’s just using an interactive user interface that’s text based. Additionally, Valve doesn’t put anything to block the changes; They even encourage those whom want to make these changes. There is no problem to solve.

I’m sick of people assuming Terminal = Hacking, it’s a blatantly false stereotype that only serves to scare monger people into thinking the terminal is “1337 Haxers only”.

Crackers and script kiddies are responsible for ruining lives and businesses.

Script kiddies & Crackers aren’t even hackers; Hackers build their own tools; Script kiddies & Crackers are at most a customer or plagiarist.

I hate how the media hijacked “hacking” as a catch all for malicious purposes and crime.

Hacking is the practice of extending or exploiting a system to do something it wasn’t originally designed to do.
This could mean modifying source code, injecting mods, exploiting a vulnerability, etc.
Contrary to popular belief this doesn’t automatically make any of the examples ”malicious”, because if you’re using your own property or have permission it’s completely legal.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to linux in What distro to choose in parallel to steamos

“hacking” ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ you mean tinkering.

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Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to memes in I thought advertisements were supposed to be enticing...

They literally violated the AGPL license of Mastodon and thought they’d get away with it.
Literally the only reason why we know it’s based on Mastodon is because of some smart redditor forcing a page crash exposing the Mastodon error message warranting further investigation.
It wasn’t until they got called out and got a formal notification of the breach in terms that it got fixed; because if they didn’t with the 30days allotted time they would’ve been sued.

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That looks amazing.
Please share the recipe.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in Capitalism meme

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Couldn’t you see the “we’re horny capitalists for money” flag they all flew?