12-27-2024, 06:00 PM
Power corrupts. Absolutely.
The absolutely applies to the statement in that there is NO case where more power does not corrupt.
A lot of power corrupts a lot.
A little power corrupts a little.
A simple open source release manager...makes decisions that some will like...some will not (debian? wayland? systemd? what are you thinking).
Only the really smart with time and or money can say "forget it...I will roll my own distribution".
I really want a clean FSF approved modern set of hardware with a FSF approved set of software with zero footprint read only operating system...and everything else...everything is a VM locked/sandboxed application.
That sandbox needs to be auditable provable.
Now where can I find a CPU to trust...not arm...not qualcom arm...not anyone elses arm...intel? heck no. AMD? heck no.
Ok, lets pretend we have a CPU...
Motherboard? It's got other chips. Rinse repeat like the CPU.
Ok, lets pretend we have a CPU and a motherboard we can trust.
How far are we from the OS? Still a ways.
Nobody has a computer they can trust.
You look up a couple diabetes things...thanks google...now every time I open youtube you tell me I can cure diabetes by tapping a spoon against my ear.
and google...you did that intentionally...ya know, I know, that if I paid you a monthly fee...I would not get the diabetes cure with a spoon on my ear, nor the bed sheet tent pole if I drink baking soda, nor my swollen prostate issues if I dont drink warm water at night.
Humans are gullible idiots...thank goodness I'm a Martian!
buy it, sue if it doesnt work like the advertising says it does...and dont buy vendor lock in.
ps dont buy it if not open and not 100% repurposable/recycleable.
I also want a sandboxed Android emulator...on it's own network that my hypervisor has firewall blocked from the internet. I want android to get to 3 IPs...I can do that...routed through tor.
not holding my breath...gave up and settled for e/os.
who knows...no 3rd party audited source code...hell I cannot even guarantee it's provenance. (your big word for the day).
The absolutely applies to the statement in that there is NO case where more power does not corrupt.
A lot of power corrupts a lot.
A little power corrupts a little.
A simple open source release manager...makes decisions that some will like...some will not (debian? wayland? systemd? what are you thinking).
Only the really smart with time and or money can say "forget it...I will roll my own distribution".
I really want a clean FSF approved modern set of hardware with a FSF approved set of software with zero footprint read only operating system...and everything else...everything is a VM locked/sandboxed application.
That sandbox needs to be auditable provable.
Now where can I find a CPU to trust...not arm...not qualcom arm...not anyone elses arm...intel? heck no. AMD? heck no.
Ok, lets pretend we have a CPU...
Motherboard? It's got other chips. Rinse repeat like the CPU.
Ok, lets pretend we have a CPU and a motherboard we can trust.
How far are we from the OS? Still a ways.
Nobody has a computer they can trust.
You look up a couple diabetes things...thanks google...now every time I open youtube you tell me I can cure diabetes by tapping a spoon against my ear.
and google...you did that intentionally...ya know, I know, that if I paid you a monthly fee...I would not get the diabetes cure with a spoon on my ear, nor the bed sheet tent pole if I drink baking soda, nor my swollen prostate issues if I dont drink warm water at night.
Humans are gullible idiots...thank goodness I'm a Martian!
buy it, sue if it doesnt work like the advertising says it does...and dont buy vendor lock in.
ps dont buy it if not open and not 100% repurposable/recycleable.
I also want a sandboxed Android emulator...on it's own network that my hypervisor has firewall blocked from the internet. I want android to get to 3 IPs...I can do that...routed through tor.
not holding my breath...gave up and settled for e/os.
who knows...no 3rd party audited source code...hell I cannot even guarantee it's provenance. (your big word for the day).
