DarkMetatron

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[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Not for emulators, but with Everdrives for example it is possible to play it on native hardware and there load times matter. So improving loading times is a great feature

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

I have a Postscript 3 compatible ipp network color laser printer for about 15 years now and it works without any issues with Linux, way better then it does from Windows. So I never understood way they say that printing is cumbersome with Linux.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately many of the routers provided by ISPs I have seen where not configured that way by default. They only used NAT as firewall, so without configured port forwarding nothing could be reached with IPv4. But for IPv6: If you know the IPv6 for any system on the local network it is free available on all ports. It is the first thing I check when someone asks me to check their network or configure their internet, and only Fritz!Box have a sane default for IPv6 (but to be honest my other experiences are mostly with shitty Vodafone and german Telekom routers so it is a very limited set, and I really hope that most others are better.)

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

Yes, but exactly that was/is the issue of this bug. cups-browsed was attaching itself to every available IP on the system. And cups-browsed can't only be bind to localhost, it would defeat the whole purpose of that tool. For it to be able to find other printers in the network it needs to be bound to a non-localhost-IP address. So, not much to sandbox

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org -2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No port forwarding needed when the ISP provides a proper IPv6 subnet. Normal IPv6 router advertisement will then provide a public reachable address for every IPv6 capable device.

But with the size of IPv6 it makes searching for that not really easy, so it only a small attack vector.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have cups (but not cups-browsed) installed, but I only start the service when I need to print something a few times a year. Until then it is only a binary sitting in a folder, nothing more.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

I don't know if I would like to have my personal data that I needed to print out on any system in a print shop. Printers and Copy machines in print shops often have internal HDD where the files are stored for caching reasons, often for months or even years (depending of the size of the HDD and how much the device is used) until some internal cleanup process deletes them.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

According to public sources at Nexus Mods he has taken it down preemptively out of fear for possible consequences.
But there is always the possibility that the cease and desist letter came with a firm request to not talk about the cease and desist letter, but that is highly speculoos

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I fear that the situation will not be better after nearly a decade.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just read http://judecnelson.blogspot.fr/2014/09/systemd-biggest-fallacies.html and I see now that I was in error with my claim. So yes, I accept all the down votes in shame.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org -4 points 1 week ago (15 children)

You do know that systemd is modular and every part of it does only one thing? Don't see a real conflict with the Unix Philosphy

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, I know. Never said anything else.

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