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Re:Why I'm Spoiled by Apple Silicon (But Still Love Framework) on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:18AM (#45344647)
Somehow related, there is a new firmware upgrade available this morning: Beta Software update for your Framework Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series) - BIOS 3.07. Among other things, one update states "Fixed non-functional “Force Power for Input Modules” setting".
Re:Oracle is demanding money for VBox Extension Pack (2023) on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:11PM (#45307332)
We switch to Incus for all our dev environments and it has been a pleasure since then
Re:Show HN: Run any GUI app in the terminal with term.everything on Thursday September 11, 2025 @09:52AM (#45211700)
A few years back, I was deploying, operating and debugging a Hadoop cluster with Kerberos enabled behind a firewall with only the SSH port being opened. Without a web browser would have been a much more complicated task. I ended up installing the X11 client on my local macOS and the all Gnome + Firefox on one of the cluster's node. Something that is not doable with Wayland. This project work like a charm, here is a quick example on how to test it inside an Incus container (I had to install 2 additional dependencies).

  # Work with Gnome terminal but resolution is much better in something supporting images
  apt install -y kitty
  kitty
  # Create an incus container
  incus --project default launch images:ubuntu/24.04 term
  incus --project default shell term
  # Install dependencies
  apt install -y curl firefox libharfbuzz0b libfontconfig1
  curl -L -o term https://github.com/mmulet/term.everything/releases/download/0.5.1/term.everything.mmulet.com-dont_forget_to_chmod_+x_this_file
  mv term.everything.mmulet.com-dont_forget_to_chmod_+x_this_file term
  chmod u+x term
  echo '<h1>Hello</h1>' > test.html
  # Start firefox, wait for a few seconds
  ./term firefox test.html
Re:Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban on Saturday July 05, 2025 @04:56PM (#44475480)
I live on a houseboat just after paris in Meudon, facing Boulogne, we go paddle and swiming with the kids since they are 5 years old. The thing is to avoid going to the river the days after big rains. It is a very pleasant area along the Saint Germain Island (bras mort de l’Île Saint Germain)
Re:Apple needs a Snow Sequoia on Thursday March 27, 2025 @08:21PM (#43499863)
> consider it to be my "forever desktop"

Feelings shared, if only Gnome would provide this column-based file navigation that I miss so much

Re:Mdx – Execute Your Markdown Code Blocks, Now in Go on Saturday October 26, 2024 @03:26AM (#41953177)
It is similar to how CoffeeScript literate works.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2023) on Friday December 01, 2023 @10:28PM (#38495608)
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My work environment is now similar, using Traefik, Docker Compose and dnsmasq with easy to remember and customized fqdn such as api.myapp, www.myapp, db.myapp, … I had way too many servers to start for each project with ports to remember and creating conflict. The setup is described here: https://www.adaltas.com/en/2022/11/17/traefik-docker-dnsmasq...
Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:58AM (#36889944)
I live on a boat on the seine river in meudon, facing boulogne, just outide of paris downhill, about 15mn biking from eiffel towel. Me and our neighboors enjoy swiming and padding on hot days, many friends are fishing just outside our windows. Like mentioned in the article, we don’t go in the water after heaving rains. It is a wonderful environment with trees and fresh air.
Re:Civet: The CoffeeScript of TypeScript on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:20AM (#33330794)
I have been searching in the past for such a project. Great initiative
Re:Framework Laptops Now Offering Refurbished Products on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:28PM (#33195411)
Not too long ago, we shared our feedback on using NixOS with our Framework: https://www.adaltas.com/en/2022/08/22/nixos-framework-laptop...
[correction] The speed measurement of 20s is for a X86 Docker image with the platform field forced to amd64. For a native silicon image, the speed improvement is impressive, I am down to 4s.
Running MacOS on silicon, and after enabling VirtioFS as documented, I see a small but not massive improvement. Launching a command with `npx mocha test/index.js` with an empty test only requiring a module (with a lot of dependencies inside it) leads to:

- On MacOS host: around 2s - Inside Docker container with VirtioFS enabled: around 20s - Inside Docker container without VirtioFS enabled: around 25s

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