Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks?v1
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks?v1
@omgubuntu long overdue!
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks?v1
@omgubuntu oh hey welcome to the club Ubuntu!
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks?v1
@omgubuntu you forgot the hashtag #biggots
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@omgubuntu oh hey welcome to the club Ubuntu!
@elementary @omgubuntu Linux Mint would say the same.
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ends a 40 year old sudo tradition – and some folks aren't happy.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-sudo-password-asterisks?v1
@omgubuntu
Sarà, ma non vedo l'ora di installarmi la nuova LTS!!
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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@chi hello! My guides are specifically about self-hosting with a VPS because an old machine opens up a can of worms for newbies and a VPS is so much easier.
Sorry I can't be of help but the YunoHost official guides are superb: https://doc.yunohost.org/en/admin/get_started/install_on
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@Tutanota yes the article was great EXCEPT for the section on social media that included so many travesties:
"A promising new contender is W, a 100% European platform (but nothing to do with the EU, as conspiracy theorists have claimed)."
Where do I start?
1) W Social is a fork of ATProto (aka Bluesky, something that the writer dismissed).
2) "Conspiracy Theorists"? Well, Euronews was the first to fact check with the European Commission, which denied any involvement.
Do better Steve Rose
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@_elena Hello Elena! I hope you're doing well.
I'm looking to self host as well but would like to buy a small server that is easy to set up with Yunohost - I can even buy it physically in Paris. Do you have any recommendations or tutorials?
VPS prices have risen too much because of the RAM price issue worldwide so I want to save costs by putting the server at home. I use it mainly for streaming videos with jellyfin and storing files.
Have a wonderful day and thank you for your work!
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It doesn't mention search engines at all which I consider one of the most invidious big tech tools - tracking, biasing, advertising …
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Also I can't but read their URL as
TCP/IP e-line
instead of TC Pipeline, but that's probably just me and I don't know if it's intentional.
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@Tutanota I think it's great that, finally, privacy oriented alternatives are getting the attention they deserve. But this must become a principle to defend on itself, because it took the tech bros political marriage to Trump in order to change minds. When these tech bros were still large donors to the democratic party, privacy and digital rights were widely derided or even frowned upon. So hopefully we learn from this, and start taking a longer term position on our digital rights.
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By the way, if you happen to be #trans and live in #Kansas, and you're looking into making my joke above a reality, look into the Trans Continental Pipeline
that might help you relocate to a safer state.
(Sadly, and predictably, they're currently swamped with requests.)
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When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
