DrRac27

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2026-07-24 23:16:48 UTC

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not on any device that matters. Not on most Pixels (prior to Linux Mobile people making it work by upstreaming the drivers for some Pixels).

2026-07-24 23:14:56 UTC

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we now discuss userspace? I thought we were talking about Linux. Userspace can't follow the rule to not be broken by the kernel 😅️

2026-07-24 23:11:01 UTC

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I don't know about that Ubuntu LTS kernel but I guess I can boot Ubuntu with that kernel, git clone kernel.org and so on and after building boot the mainline kernel with the same userland with most things working just fine?

2026-07-24 22:56:13 UTC

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I never said that. A small amount of patches, some optional out-of-tree drivers e.g. for GPUs or bcachefs are not the same as Linux not even booting without a huge amount of patches.
Rule Nr. 1 in Linux is "Don't break userland". I guess halium wouldn't be needed if Android wouldn't break that rule, would it?

2026-07-24 22:36:50 UTC

@npub1kwa…e0nj @npub12lm…f9vq @npub1ud8…0q6a [@FediFollows](https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows ) @npub1ws6…3nec @npub12rd…4565 that I support anything running halium to be called a Linux distro is an incorrect insinuation from you.

2026-07-09 08:48:33 UTC

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I hope you don't mind the slightly offtopic question: I want to try Rust on ESP32, can I do this only with Arch packages? I want to avoid rustup, cargo install and so on 🤔️

2025-11-29 00:07:45 UTC

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well, sure, thats obvious. But if I unlock my good LUKS password, log in and lock the screen. Is it still easy to get to my data? I would guess it would be somehow possible to read the RAM and therefore my LUKS key by opening up the device but other than that?

2025-11-28 23:20:07 UTC

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could you please elaborate what you mean by "no exploits needed"? How would I get to my data without entering my password?

2025-10-01 17:53:26 UTC

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ich frag mich warum die das überhaupt auf dem Weg versuchen. Technisch gesehen wäre es doch schlauer Google und Apple (und wenn wir schon dabei sind gleich noch Microsoft) zu zwingen den Regierungen Zugriff auf die Geräte zu geben... Dann könnten die auch alle Dateien überprüfen und nicht nur die, die verschickt werden und einzelne Apps könnten sich nicht wehren.
Und moralisch gesehen macht es auch keinen Unterschied mehr, tiefer als Chatkontrolle können die eh nicht mehr sinken...

2025-07-08 15:15:57 UTC

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I think your definition of "not at all" is different than mine: https://fosstodon.org/@z3ntu/114743293125862512
The hardware doesn't change, is there really that much work to keep them alive? If a CVE gets found someone will patch it and most CVEs will not be in the drivers anyways so this is not an argument about security, is it?
And if something breaks there are people who can fix it in the linux mobile space for example and probably those working on custom ROMs (LineageOS?) too.

2025-07-08 07:32:34 UTC

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I would be interested too. Aren't they mainlining everything so it gets supported "for ever" by Linux?

2025-05-16 21:51:39 UTC

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"my D key needs a break now". Next letter: D 😂