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[leo_sk]

Well, the connotation depends on how much we repeat it. It is a fairly obscure FS that most people hear for the first time, and there is no one to tell...

[leo_sk]

KDE seems to have entry for wacom tablets in system settings since long time. If you are referring to wayland, its added in 5.24...

[leo_sk]

Btw, who maintains the shared code? Intel or AMD? Aren't there arguments or attempts to sabotage other's products with code that is less performant for...

[leo_sk]

Why though? Are they part of some list that forces companies to not engage in business with them? Or is it just arbitrary selection on whims?...

[leo_sk]

I just hope it doesn't start a trend. Some big things start for a big reason that justifies them. Then it becomes commonplace and repeated for trivial...

[leo_sk]

If you look at the bug, it was not something they could predict without knowledge of infrastructure available at AUR. And it was resolved pretty quickly...

[leo_sk]

Sadly thats the world we live in. Freedom always has some restrictions, and in case of open source software, I think it is reasonable to assume that the...

[leo_sk]

BSD lisence seems to discourage innovation. Otherwise linux would have had less contributors and activity than any BSD. Currently (just the kernel), it...

[leo_sk]

Why do people support BSD licenses for OS when their only advantage over GPL is for the corporations that can take it up, make some improvements and release...

[leo_sk]

Snaps are not progress. Bundling everything a program needs to run together in the package has been the most primitive way to distribute software....

[leo_sk]

I only wished to state that snap is not the end all and be all of security that it is touted to be. Its primary function is to allow for running up to...

[leo_sk]

Why are you attacking me? You claim security from apps through snaps. I put forward a scenario that allows snap apps to to affect user data. The worst...

[leo_sk]

Now consider a malicious file explorer program that intends to harm user's files. It is distributed as snap, so as precompiled binaries. On installation,...

[leo_sk]

Can you elaborate more? In a full snap world, how is it ensured that data is secured from bad actors? I can see how the base system is secured, I still...

[leo_sk]

You are using a solution specifically applicable to ubuntu like distros, because they use a software update/distribution model that is crap in the first...