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BSD Bros vs SysV Sisters. Is this anything
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@mcc no, because Illumos is garbage
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@mcc no, because Illumos is garbage
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the main issue is that Sun did not fully open source everything in the first place. there are quite a few binary blobs that still exist, even today. this is not a thing with BSD or Linux.
beyond that, Solaris is just a clunky, slow and bloated system. almost all of the good ideas from Solaris have been reimplemented elsewhere in some form or another.
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@mcc can't we all just be POSIX Pals?
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the main issue is that Sun did not fully open source everything in the first place. there are quite a few binary blobs that still exist, even today. this is not a thing with BSD or Linux.
beyond that, Solaris is just a clunky, slow and bloated system. almost all of the good ideas from Solaris have been reimplemented elsewhere in some form or another.
@ariadne @whitequark @mcc I found it mostly just incredibly stable, predictable and well-documented. The man pages were top notch, and the system felt properly engineered. But it has definitely aged a lot and most Solaris distributions nowadays import lots of Linux and FreeBSD tech.
Sun not open-sourcing everything was partially legal reasons with 3rd party contractors holding the copyright, e.g. with i18n code. And then Oracle came and put a nail in the coffin.
But yes, most of the ideas of Solaris live on, be them SMF (upstart, launched, systemd) or ZFS (Btrfs). Like most of Sun tech, Star Office being LibreOffice now, Sun Java, etc.
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"Amore è un termine troppo debole". Probabilmente #DianeKeaton non avrebbe voluto essere ricordata solo come "la musa di #WoodyAllen". Ma quando sei la protagonista di in #film così, scritto per te come la citazione iniziale, con uno dei finali più belli della storia, è inevitabile. Io e Annie - StreamingCommunity https://streamingcommunityz.me/it/watch/6762
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@aks bugs filed:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510510
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510513thank you for the encouragement and assistance
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Today I realized a mistake so bad they should take my #gamedev license... #solodev #indiegame
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This is a neat question from a recent Sophos survey
https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/10/08/the-state-of-ransomware-in-healthcare-2025/
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[Musica Machina] puntata 176 del 11 ottobre 2025
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Scaletta dei contenuti: Amptek Alex Marenga in voce – Spazio novità #29 (ottobre 2025) Ciuffy Rouge – The stars don’t shine for everyone, know your rights! mixtape (settembre 2025) H501L – ASC monography mixtape #1 (La danza della mente, ottobre 2025) Dj Elettrodo – Daft Records monography mixtape 17 (ottobre 2025) Puntata 176
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@simonperry Purtroppo se uno ha in mente obiettivi discutibili, ogni dettaglio può venir utilizzato per quella finalità. Appena esce il podcast comunque lo sento.
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A Deep Dive into The Coolness That Was CRT Projectors
CRT monitors: there’s nothing quite like ’em. But did you know that video projectors used to use CRTs? A trio of monochrome CRTs, in fact: one for each color; red, green, and blue. By their powers combined, these monsters were capable of fantastic resolution and image quality. Despite being nowhere near as bright as modern projectors, after being properly set up, [Technology Connections] says it’s still one of the best projected images he has seen outside of a movie theatre.
After a twenty-minute startup to reach thermal equilibrium, one can settle down with a chunky service manual for a ponderous calibration process involving an enormous remote control. The reward is a fantastic (albeit brightness-limited) picture.
Still, these projectors had drawbacks. They were limited in brightness, of course. But they were also complex, labor-intensive beasts to set up and calibrate. On the other hand, at least they were heavy.[Technology Connections] gives us a good look at the Sony VPH-D50HT Mark II CRT Projector in its tri-lobed, liquid-cooled glory. This model is a relic by today’s standards, but natively supports 1080i via component video input and even preserves image quality and resolution by reshaping the image in each CRT to perform things like keystone correction, thus compensating for projection angle right at the source. Being an analog device, there is no hint of screen door effect or any other digital artifact. The picture is just there, limited only by the specks of phosphor on the face of each tube.
Converging and calibrating three separate projectors really was a nontrivial undertaking. There are some similarities to the big screen rear-projection TVs of the 90s and early 2000s (which were then displaced by plasma and flat-panel LCD displays). Unlike enclosed rear-projection TVs, the screen for projectors was not fixed, which meant all that calibration needed to be done on-site. A walkthrough of what that process was like — done with the help of many test patterns and a remote control that is as monstrous as it is confusing — starts at 15:35 in the video below.
Like rear-projection TVs, these projectors were displaced by newer technologies that were lighter, brighter, and easier to use. Still, just like other CRT displays, there was nothing quite like them. And if you find esoteric projector technologies intriguing, we have a feeling you will love the Eidophor.
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Second zero-day in Gladinet file-sharing servers this year
https://www.huntress.com/blog/gladinet-centrestack-triofox-local-file-inclusion-flaw
