This is a thread about slow uptake by programs of Wayland.

X works for me.

This is a thread about slow uptake by programs of Wayland.

X works for me.

What is there to explain?

Please explain.

you think the distros have to implement their own version of Wayland?

Nope. They do have to test their own shit.

Why make a change when one can just not?

But why would the distros do that? It takes effort and has real costs for them.

It is not enough to make a better product.

It is not enough to create all tooling and libraries to seamlessly migrate to the new product, but it helps.

There also needs to be a great big positive reason to make the change. Paying developers, huge user base, the only hardware support, great visuals, etc.

Until I cannot run software on X11, I won’t switch over knowingly.

Thank you for pulling the image out.

This talk surprised me at the time. I was starting the eye opening experience of design hardware. Linux more orchestrates the hardware than controlling it.

To avoid convo in multiple places, it is in reply to message you replied to.

USENIX ATC '21/OSDI '21 Joint Keynote Address-It’s Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware

Timothy Roscoe, ETH Zurich

https://youtu.be/36myc8wQhLo

At 19:22

RISC-V is better for Linux due to driver support. Vendors making hardware are more likely to use RISK-V for their controllers due to the costs. Modern computers are putting more functions under control of kernels that run on proprietary compute. (There exists a chart showing how little the Linux kernel directly controls.) As more of those devices run RISC-V, they will become more discoverable.
Also, those that can design or program tge devices will have more transferrable skills. Leading to the best designs spreading, and all designs improving.

Places in a computer with compute (non-exhaustive, not all candidates for RISC-V):
BMC
Soundcard (or subsystem on mainboard)
Video card (GPU and the controller for the GPU)
Storage drives
Networking
Drive interface controlling card
Mainboard (not BMC)
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor
UPS
Printer

Will it be perfect? Nope.
A lot of the vendors will lock things up as well.

You know, if the rules for government handouts were more open, another company could gain ground. Just pointing out something congress controls.

I would watch it.

My guess as a Linux admin in IT.

I understand the fix takes ~5 minutes per system, must be done in person, and cannot be farmed out to users.

There are likely conversations about alternatives or mitigations to/for crowdstrike.

Most things were likely fixed yesterday. (Depending on staffing levels.) Complications could go on for a week. Fallout of various sorts for a month.

Lawsuits, disaster planning, cyberattacks (targeting crowdstrike companies and those that hastily stopped using it) will go on for months and years.

The next crowdstrike mistake could happen at any time…

With 20 TB drives, I would have concerns about a drive failure during a rebuild. I suggest at least 3 drives and a config that can handle 2 failures.

Unless everything is replaceable.

Thank you. It sounds spectacular and well thought out. You must work with a great team.

“Secret Bot” sounds great!

Custom in-house or off the shelf?

When you press the button, it’ll ping your phone so you can find it. The same button could also be a remote shutter button for your Android phone.

Sadly, this would be helpful.

So many passwords will be in there. And cat photos.

“Easier” and “simpler” are in the eye of the beholder.

A different way to approach it is to limit the failure domains. If this breaks how sad are you?

I would separate storage from the rest. Networking stuff together may be fine. Home assistant depends on how dependent on it your household is.

The only people I have known with certs didn’t have educations. Generally, the fewer degrees, the more certs. There are exceptions.

If you have a PhD or Masters, then certifications are unlikely worth it.

If you don’t have a Bachelors, then certs are critical. Many jobs will just reject you.

A Bachelors is where certs seem to do the most good.

All of this in my part of the USA (Midwest and West) and speciality (HPC). I have been involved in hiring in several organizations.