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[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 22 hours ago

That's not where "it comes from" though. Since if it were,it wouldnt need to be half a page down.

It's associated yes, but not in everybodies mind is that the case.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

How does this comment say anything about that?

Its literally the first thing in the wiki page. "Line" between apposing forces is the "order". ie Mantainers in this case.

The first time I heard the phrase was from a TV show with Mr Bean when I was like 9 or 10.

As another commenter said, I think the article guy is a bit sensitive or took it the wrong way, since "the thin blue line" when talking about maintainers is very much like they are acting as defense to "outside" forces. Whether that is good or bad for Linux, is debated.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A thin line between chaos and order. That line is blue if it's the police.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

https://archive.org/details/thethinbluelinecomplete

Starring Rowan Atkinson

Its simply the Police in general...

You scrolled half a wiki page to the part that fits your narrative.

The metaphor of a thin blue line is that they "the police" are not in the typical sense very large, like an army, but they do keep the order with a thin presence of rule and order. Sounds like what maintainers do in this case.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

Purple was always Neptune for me.

Mercury a bit more orange..

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What the actual fuck are you on about?

I assumed they were trying to explain

what makes Asahi linux "woke"?

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I like gnome, but i guess i could look at fedora.

I would like to stay with apt as package manager so the package names stay the same to what I know, or is yum/dnf/etc gonna use the same for most?

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thing is, it's not the CS rep, it's the companies that prevent this info sharing to cover their arses.

Need a website to show good repairability of all machines. Eg iFixit or something to consult before buying any new machine.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

My work cannot manage permissions well so I cannot remove snap Firefox cos its in use by another user.

Meanwhile current snap version of Firefox is crashing on my profile

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I.... I.... I don't know why I haven't done that myself. (Am now on NixOS btw) but for work maybe I ask for Debian cloud box.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

2012 macbook pro in the cupboard as server. Put nixos on it and it flies now, only wish the Magsafe connection was a bit more stable.

Its got gigabit so should be good.

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