Patient: “It hurts”

Doctor: “Where does it hurt?”

Patient: “Owie”

Error messages are not decoration. Why withhold them and make us ask.

You don’t safely install from github to dom0 full stop.

If you want to unsafely install the project you mentioned, try following their instructions. If you fail, try to explain as detailed as possible what you did when asking for help.

I mean the stuff is probably archived somewhere online and possibly already ready to just download or run but that’s no fun and I am also curious.

If you like a challenge you could try to write your own crack. At some point in the installer’s code there must be a condition that goes “If entered serial is correct, jump to installation, otherwise jump to error message.”. On x86 machines a “jump if” is represented by the byte 0x74, whereas “jump if not” is 0x75. In the most simple scenario all you need to do is find the exact byte representing that jump and replace it with its opposite. The installer will then let you proceed if you enter any invalid serial.

At minimum you’d need a disassembler (ideally one that lets you run the installer in some kind of debug mode), and a hex editor. Be warned that my knowledge was very limited back then and has likely deteriorated even more since. Also it can quickly get much more complicated if the installer comes with any form of tamper protection or obfuscation.

If your ISP is blocking them then my guess would be that the local VPN’s ISP has started blocking them as well.

“Would you like to wake from its slumber the ancient daemon once known by the name of DirectX 9? (recommended)”

Whoops, I thought they just meant a big plasma screen lmao

OSMC: https://osmc.tv/

They say it here, but I disagree. Fingerprinting is difficult to prevent but not impossible. Same thing as with malware: You’ll never be 100% protected from malware, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take precautions against it, does it?

Here’s one way of testing how unique your fingerprint is.

Nice specs, nice setup. You might want to add another rainbow sticker or two, just in case :p

GOG Galaxy is like Steam but for GOG games, in case anyone else was wondering.

In case somebody wanted confirmation. Maybe don’t visit the page with Javascript enabled.

Only a matter of time until it demands for Windows to be installed

mdadm --stop /dev/mdX should at least tell you whether or not mdadm is causing the spinning.

You sure you didn’t misread? To me it looks like they allow sideloading Email apps but disallow sideloading web browsers.

From their FAQ:

Can I install my own apps?

Web browsers and social media apps are blocked at the system level. Email and work apps are not offered through the Commostore app store, keeping Callback focused on life outside work and feeds.

Users are still be able to sideload apps outside those that are blocked, using APK installer files, but Callback is designed first and foremost as a calmer, more intentional phone.

So I can receive an Email but if it has a link to a website I can’t click it? That’s just silly, Commodore. You’re doing a fine job being memeable and appealing to our nostalgia. Trying to “protect us from ourselves” like that kinda destroys that vibe. And no, the inevitable custom ROM circumventing your blocks won’t make up for it.

That one wasn’t on my bingo card lol

Can’t load the article but I assume Arch’s rolling release way of doing updates makes this quite the disaster.