The users are giving a recommendation for the image banner at the top of the post. OP says done once it’s been set.

Do you have your wifi password saved in your KDE wallet?

There is an option to not save your wifi password using the wallet, otherwise you will be prompted at startup as soon as it attempts to connect to wifi.

Maybe a positive side effect will be OS and applications beginning to be more conscious of their RAM consumption. I am absolutely certain that due to the era of cheap memory storage, applications (browsers especially) have gotten insanely bloated.

Keep AI models out of your web browser and core operating system, and maybe 4GB can still cut it.

It is, in fact, tapioca.

Active development

Do we really need more than 640k of RAM?

In short, I want Linux to work for me and other technically-minded enthusiasts […] Is this an elitist view? I don’t think so.

Is it elitist to gatekeep Linux for technically minded enthusiasts? Yes.

Especially when they end the article with “I for one hope it never does”. Definition of gatekeeping and toxic elitism.

If you build a house, but hire a guard for the front gate, do you even own the house?!

Vibe coding is one thing, but I am curious about the state of using of AI tools to reduce the cost of generating 3D assets, animations, and textures. I assume they are introducing this into Ignite and their other build tools, for more rapid prototyping if nothing else.

While I don’t disagree, how long should hardware vendors be required to support their products? I agree five years is probably too short, but there needs to be a limit to their liability.

Though in a perfect world, they’d open source their drivers well before then… Looking at you, Broadcom…

Yes, technically. This message is saying no new firmware updates will be forthcoming for your model. The unfortunate reality, though, is that most consumers rarely update their router firmware, regardless.

There has been a very large increase in attacks on home and small business routers, which are then used for botnets and espionage. Look for articles on Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) router attacks, but here are a few:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-vendors-must-secure-soho-routers-against-volt-typhoon-attacks/

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/kremlin-backed-hackers-are-infecting-ubiquity-edgerouters-fbi-warns/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/mysterious-cyber-attack-takes-down.html

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/02/fbi-removes-malware-from-hundreds-of-routers-across-the-us

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/SbD-Alert-Security-Design-Improvements-for-SOHO-Device-Manufacturers.pdf

SOHO routers are ubiquitous and inexpensive devices that connect millions of Americans and small businesses to the internet. However, due to widespread sale, and subsequent use, of insecure SOHO routers that lack basic security features, threat actors, including the PRC-sponsored Volt Typhoon group, are exploiting these devices at scale.

If you are concerned, it may be worth investigating if your device supports OpenWRT, or upgrading to a newer router under active maintenance. I see the Netgear R6700 as supported on the OpenWRT Table of Hardware.

AMD announced they were released earlier than planned. Even if they were always intended to be released open source eventually, it was still not a planned release.

You can buy extended security updates, if you are using a Microsoft cloud account to sign in.

Mozilla introduces a new “jerk off your phone for AI” feature

And TSMC has a 100% market share.

Wait til he gets out on his meds again and realizes his dog isn’t real, either.

Literally, yes.

Tooth, experience gained! Science +1

Really, “Scientific” American? Asking questions is literally how science works. What a trash headline.

Made in Abyss is pretty insane.

I noted an experimental rule in uBO to address delays, but have not tried it yet myself.

Under settings, Filter lists, Built-in, uBlock filters - Experimental

Code has a comment:

! fake buffering on the initial load