Brodie Robertson

https://linuxrocks.online/@BrodieOnLinux

I am beginning my take over of the Linux YouTube community, join me for the fun, Check out my podcast Tech Over Tea

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2024-08-03 01:50:04

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Instance drama, probably going to get fediblocked

2024-08-03 01:45:55

o7 LinuxRocks

2024-08-03 00:16:29

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I could certainly believe that

2024-08-02 14:54:33

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To add to this even though modern Chromebooks have some fancy chips to ensure valid firmware, Google straight up doesn't care if you unlock it and some of the documentation for this is on the Chromium docs including a link to the schematics for the cable needed https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/hdctools/+/main/docs/ccd.md

2024-08-02 10:40:05

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Both are ultimately providing a bad user experience, either they open an issue and it gets auto closed or they open an issue and no one ever deals with it because theming is not a problem upstream wants to deal with.

2024-08-02 10:31:46

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I think it's ok to auto close an issue if a user is using a theme, like it's fine to auto close an issue if they're on a distro that cherry picks untested patches.

2024-08-02 09:08:31

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That's a good way too put it

2024-08-02 08:37:45

Well I've cut up all the interesting parts of the System76 call, now to get started on putting it together
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2024-08-02 08:36:09

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At this point the FSF has absolutely no teeth left, it's a shell of the organization it once was

2024-08-02 06:57:08

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That's what I said when I first heard it lol

2024-08-02 00:08:25

LIVE SOON:
People always complain about playing Terra in this game but honestly it's not that bad... no really I'm being honest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHG67azzLg

2024-08-01 18:12:58

It's 3:42am, only a few people can get me to stay up this late for a call lol

2024-08-01 05:47:43

Building An Exciting Game Loop #Gaming #Podcast https://youtu.be/8mXoMCojbM0

2024-08-01 00:13:26

LIVE SOON:
It do be the game time again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g45RnuQTqDU

2024-07-31 13:58:22

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Boot yes, depending on the model there may be some additional tweaking to do

2024-07-31 03:24:26

???
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2024-07-31 01:33:37

People always ask about the anime figures on my shelf, no one ever questions the skull though, why not?
https://linuxrocks.online/system/media_attachments/files/112/878/525/066/699/460/original/60709927102c7d0a.jpg

2024-07-30 05:05:51

Don't forget that there's no reason you have to build games in Godot, Godot itself is built in Godot, but there's also super cool projects like Pixelorama https://github.com/Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama

2024-07-26 05:42:24

I am 26 years old
I have been using computers since I was 8
I just found out that pixel is short for picture element

2024-07-25 10:48:27

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It's not really an alpha, that's just what it's being called. It'll be getting shipped on PopOS

2024-07-25 10:40:15

Don't forget, August 8th
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2024-07-25 04:38:42

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That is a very American term that I had to look up lol, you're not wrong

2024-07-25 04:34:11

You're not going to drag me into this stupid argument where you two can't even be adults and talk to each other about your problems, get on a Discord call (I know you both know how to get in contact with each other) and sort out your problems already

2024-07-10 11:48:16

I'm looking through this Google Chrome CPU analytics thing and holy shit there is a lot of people that didn't read past the first tweet

2024-07-10 10:30:51

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HURD development got started in 1986 but Stallman didn't want to base it off of BSD so that got scrapped to build off of Mach instead

2024-07-10 08:22:40

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There's value in working on better defaults so not everyone feels forced to change things, but you'll never appease everyone

2024-07-10 04:22:29

I can't be the only person who instantly blocks a channel when I hear that generic Tiktok TTS voice

2024-07-09 23:40:25

Linux Couldn't Have Happened Without This Other Man #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/NWR7iFt4C38

2024-07-08 06:43:20

The Polonium video is going to happen, I get that there are fans of it and they like using Plasma as a base but man, COSMIC really cannot come a second sooner, Polonium is a very rough tiling experience.

2024-07-08 05:57:16

Truly Cloud Native Computing https://ersei.net/en/blog/fuse-root
I hate this so much

2024-07-08 02:13:23

I am not a design guy, designers might as well be speaking another language comparing 2 identical shades of grey but there is lot of really interesting discussion around GNOME's choice to move from the Cantarell font to Inter, little things that I never considered, fonts like software are never complete, they do require on going maintenance https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/issues/52

2024-07-08 00:38:55

COSMIC Desktop Alpha Is Just A Few Weeks Away!!! #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/bCwD7JIB-r4

2024-07-07 14:44:54

I see the GNOME Circle logo is back to the way it should be https://circle.gnome.org/
Done with this merge request https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Circle/-/merge_requests/109
Quote "There was nothing wrong with the logo and anyone who says otherwise was either trolling or should seek therapy." a truer true has never been said

2024-07-07 01:16:36

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COSMIC has the alpha date set to the end of July so unless some magic happens 100% COSMIC. If you don't consider an alpha a full release I still think COSMIC lol

2024-07-07 01:15:41

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Give it time

2024-07-07 01:14:06

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Honestly the best thing happening with COSMIC is that it's clearly a desktop being made in the 2020's, its learnt from the mistakes of the other desktops over their 20+ year long lives and taking a lot of the things people wish were all together in one desktop without needing to fill it full of extensions.

2024-07-07 01:11:15

No, Linus Torvalds Never Merges Code On Github!! #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/f4ZNZrMQZT4

2024-07-06 14:26:55

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And every game has an incredible soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBla5NUlvk

2024-07-06 08:17:42

My Steam Deck is basically just an Ys machine right now

2024-07-05 23:34:13

Today we have a app developer and general fan of the GTK toolkit on the show to chat about the value of libadwaita and some of the choices that come out of the connection with #GNOME #Linux #Podcast
Video Release: https://youtu.be/i9LdipmWbsw
Audio Release: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tech-over-tea/episodes/The-Great-Libadwaita-Debate--Gabmus-e2lmhpi

2024-07-05 03:32:20

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It's pretty unlikely that you'll be using it somewhere that doesn't have a few power outlets

2024-07-05 00:14:54

LIVE SOON:
Today we beat the sword saint or at least I really try, it'll be a touch shorter stream than normal but it should be doable #gaming #linux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1yHFz3Y0yc

2024-07-04 14:45:58

Who would win in a fight, an absolutely plastered Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman with a katana?
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2024-07-04 14:36:40

How Does FUTO Have Any Funding? #OpenSource #YouTube https://youtu.be/3wLkO2CFJnY

2024-07-04 07:53:03

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I don't really know, I just really enjoy it. Don't be afraid to listen to audio books and podcasts that you find interesting I guess

2024-07-04 07:37:14

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It's funny to me because I do go to the gym almost everyday and have been the past few months

2024-07-04 07:35:34

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It's probably not a conversation to have with a random youtuber

2024-07-04 07:23:19

From the depths of the YouTube comments
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2024-07-04 04:54:22

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I think you misunderstood what I was saying about it. The information presented on the BSOD could absolutely be improved, but the BSOD itself shouldn't be blamed for when something goes wrong on your system.

2024-07-04 00:18:59

LIVE SOON: I played the first 3 so lets move into Devil May Cry 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b95XWs6PJR0

2024-07-04 00:04:18

This OpenSSH Vulnerability Returned After 18 Years!! #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/z39vjjhewC8

2024-07-03 11:48:48

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Just have a funny accent and you'll be safe

2024-07-03 11:03:15

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Basically to argue over pointless details instead of the core issue.
"The word has its origins in Parkinson's 1957 law of triviality, in which he gives an example of a team given the task of designing a nuclear power plant. The team spends most of its time arguing over what color to paint the staff bike shed rather than arguing over serious matters."

2024-07-03 07:33:50

If Blink the engine for Chrome forked off of WebKit and WebKit forked off of KHTML, the engine from the KDE project does that mean that KDE is to blame for Chrome.
I am legally required to say this is a joke

2024-07-03 06:55:42

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Probably, but also I mumble a lot in the outro

2024-07-03 05:07:37

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If the music labels can cut out the artists and take all the profits it's only a matter of time

2024-07-03 04:35:53

We have scientific proof that I am incapable of speaking, one of my viewers decided to scrape the speech to text of hundreds of my videos and see what it thinks I'm saying in my outro, it never understands https://gist.github.com/wallentx/6bd2a5a5c7f79525c552b883b4b9f8b7

2024-07-03 03:16:54

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I should also add if any changes are made you are then further informed of those changes and preferably you are required to re-decide if you want to allow the telemetry still

2024-07-03 02:44:24

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That's interesting, I've never really thought it needed a term but it probably would be useful

2024-07-03 02:19:46

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I took a whole year of German, I can maybe remember a few numbers. Learning Japanese is something I have to actively work on or it starts slipping away really quickly.

2024-07-03 02:18:37

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High school level classes you've got to be going to a real fancy school to get that experience but in college/university I do know some people who've had the chance to travel to Japan for class.

2024-07-03 02:11:00

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That's the problem with any language class, if you don't actually use it you are going to forget most if not all of it.

2024-07-03 02:07:42

When we talk about telemetry, if it is opt-in and you are fully informed of what data is going to be collected and the implications of that data. For all I care take a retina scan and a DNA sample, if you understand what you're giving up it's your choice to make.

2024-07-02 14:46:26

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I wasn't sure what that one was till I hovered over it lol

2024-07-02 14:04:19

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Just add as many logos as you can think of to confuse everyone that looks at your name

2024-07-02 10:02:01

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My understanding is there is not going a default per see, you have to actively select the answer

2024-07-02 09:42:32

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I actually don't fully agree, I think it's biased towards the less technical users. The plan is to provide the toggle in the installation prompt which you have to select an option for before continuing. If you frame the data collection as a good thing it's easy to get the less technical users on board.

2024-07-02 09:04:21

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That's opt-in, you have to install the package

2024-07-02 08:57:36

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It doesn't matter whether or not it's true, a lot of people on Linux reflexively respond to anything that looks like mass data surveillance and are terrified of that ever coming to Linux

2024-07-02 07:32:04

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That's the plan

2024-07-02 03:14:05

What Is The Goal Of FUTO #YouTube #OpenSource https://youtu.be/95OUJ0y6sTM

2024-07-01 14:31:11

I have never written this many emails in a day, why do people do this

2024-07-01 08:01:35

My desk is covered in business cards after AVCon, I probably should get a business card holder of some sort, maybe I'll just buy a Magic binder lol

2024-07-01 06:33:28

The Real Problem With Linux's New BSOD System #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/6solqLIMwio

2024-07-01 05:52:19

Who needs crazy "cloud" data transfer solution, AWS Snowball, when you have so much data it's quicker to just ship the drives to a new location https://aws.amazon.com/snowball/

2024-06-30 12:45:52

Why FUTO Wanted To Change Open Source #OpenSource #Youtube https://youtu.be/gKnrMmXYs7c

2024-06-28 23:01:57

Today we have part 2 of the FUTO podcasts, today we have Michael from FUTO on to discuss their stance on Source First and why they decided to initially go down this route of redefining open source. #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS
Video Release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb2hMLPnUP8
Audio Release: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tech-over-tea/episodes/The-Great-Open-Source-Debate--FUTO-e2ldbe0

2024-06-28 01:16:07

If there is the term "enshittification", meaning something getting worse over time, what would be the opposite? engoodification?

2024-06-27 10:26:59

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Oh that's an awesome little exploit

2024-06-27 08:28:34

If you happen to be in Adelaide I'll be chilling all weekend at AVCon so if you happen to be there and see me feel free to come up and say hi, I probably won't bite

2024-06-27 08:09:28

Forks Keep Open Source Software Alive #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/_1kd6O-OGOE

2024-06-27 00:15:42

LIVE SOON: Today was going to be DMC 4 but then I remembered I won't be live tomorrow so more #Sekiro it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n115T1k7HU

2024-06-26 08:58:54

You Need To Understand Your Software License #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/Sy-wFHcxvKg

2024-06-26 06:11:39

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Edge barrier is neat but I'm not going to use it myself

2024-06-26 00:38:43

The Truth Of Systemd Deleting Your Home Directory!! #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/LZYswt66xK0

2024-06-26 00:37:45

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Oh the guy who made a 30 minute video on brake lights, I'll take the compliment I love @npub1j9l…jvxt videos

2024-06-25 14:49:19

Let's hope the DRM leasing video doesn't end up as long of a recording as the XDG top level icon video

2024-06-25 13:43:42

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We're in 100% agreement there lol

2024-06-25 09:47:31

Open Core Is A Weird Software Model #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/7RGpC9usUo8

2024-06-25 09:00:48

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As much I like Phoronix to hear about things going on, by often only including a single quote a lot of people just run with that as the entire story.

2024-06-25 05:15:21

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They tried to get a trademark, my understanding is they failed to get it but if I'm mistaken please correct me

2024-06-25 04:02:30

I just noticed that Plasma new hide cursor effect doesn't seem to hide the cursor from recordings, I'm not sure how it works on the backend to cause that to happen.

2024-06-25 00:15:51

Github's Model Doesn't Work For Every Project #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/D9BnbAJnooc

2024-06-24 14:18:57

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Ah I didn't see the initial post then

2024-06-24 14:11:12

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Reader, not recordings, recordings work perfectly

2024-06-24 14:07:20

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I get why you jumped in, System76 sort of got dragged into it because of what you and others have said about GNOME in the past. I'm also quite critical of some the choices made by GNOME but I see nothing productive coming out of continuing the discussion.

2024-06-24 13:57:13

You're not going to drag me into this Aral situation, it's not going to happen. There's nothing I need to say that hasn't already been said

2024-06-24 07:06:50

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In 2019 there was a discussion to change the name but it didn't happen because it would have been a bit of a headache https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12447

2024-06-24 06:13:05

I see a lot of people misunderstanding what went wrong with systemd-tmpfiles deleting peoples home directories as a prime example of why it's so important to properly explain what your tool does especially when it manages such an an important part of your system. Putting tmpfiles in the name is going to mislead people on its function

2024-06-24 03:34:34

I'm looking at the https://flathub.org/statistics page and I see there's a chart breaking down how many apps are in each category, what would be really cool is that same graph but showing how many downloads per category @npub1wfe…w0av