Two stories critical of systemd taken offline

by Dietrich Schmitz There are two stories I wrote last year in progression as I waded through a sea of technical information regarding systemd. The two taken in totality paint a picture that would represent I am against systemd. In a follow-on story, I continue my technical evaluation of the merits of systemd including cgroups. My conclusion then and today is that systemd is, on net, a technology advancement which I accept and use today in...

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WARNING: Google Chrome UNSAFE FOR GENERAL USE

by Dietrich Schmitz You read that right.  I deem Google's proprietary Chrome (Freeware License) browser UNSAFE FOR GENERAL USE . I can't make it any clearer than that. Why is Google's Chrome browser unsafe? It's pretty simple.  Google chose to not allow Chrome's code base to be shareable to the general public. For your purposes, that means it doesn't operate under Open Source Gnu General Public License v2 (GPLv2) license terms...

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Advocating for Security through Transparency

by Dietrich Schmitz That's a screen shot (below) of the BitBucket repository for commits to ongoing development of dwb (dynamic web browser). Oh, that's nice.  What's my point? dwb is 100% pure Gnu Public Licensed code. That means, you, anyone, developers, users, the world, can see it, change it, for free. That has always been the basis for GPLv2 and the primary reason for why I opt to use dwb. Want to know what's going...

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dwb - A Webkit Browser, Highly Understated, Lightweight and FAST

by Dietrich Schmitz I've been looking for browser alternatives to Chrome and Firefox. Both are relatively bulky -- replete with features -- which is to be expected. Chrome does things I don't like and I simply cannot account for why. At times it will remain quiet and at other times it will do whatever it decides to do and throttle up even pegging the cpu. My netbook strains to cooperate when that happens. To a lesser extent that happens...

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Get in the Game. Fedora is Linux Done Right

by Dietrich Schmitz Join Fedora's growing community backed by a multi-billion dollar sales commercial Distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Consolidated development on one Distribution with continual refinement and focus. Don't waste time with non-standard cookie cutter, me too Distros which, most likely, won't be here in five years. The next Fedora Desktop Linux is taking shape, continually evolving.  Being the first to...

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NSA: Please Turn the Lights off When You Leave. Nothing to See Here.

by Dietrich Schmitz It's all out in the open now. The NSA can 'cherry pick' your private and personal Internet meta data whenever they wish. Right? Wrong. They cannot. That is, of course, provided you, the general public, place obstacles in their way which will impede, or, better yet, stop them entirely from peering into your private affairs. Yes, that's right. You have tools at your disposal which will most assuredly put the kibosh on...

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