tldr. Just like you and the article.

You are projecting again.

Exactly. Comments from people not reading the article are not uncommon, but these haven’t even read the synopsis included in the post.

Doesn’t change the fact you’re a douche canoe.

Don’t you go throwing accusations around like that.

Looks like its on its last legs. Hopefully they get more collaborators.

Briar is in maintenance mode

This is a quick update about the status of Briar. Short version: the project is still active but we’re only making essential security updates and bugfixes for now.

Long version:

For several years we’ve been trying to find solutions to some of the longstanding issues with Briar, such as high battery usage and unreliable background operation on Android, missing features like account backup and file attachments, and a difficult user experience for adding contacts and communicating offline.

We considered completely rebuilding the application from the ground up, or even splitting it into separate applications for online and offline use. Meanwhile, the project didn’t have funding, we were reluctant to look for funding without having a long-term plan, and so we could only work on Briar in our spare time.

Last year, we decided that we wouldn’t realistically be able to solve these issues and so we reluctantly decided to shut down the project. We worked on releasing a final update for Android and desktop to allow the app to remain functional for as long as possible. In the meantime we were hearing a lot of supportive words from people we had told about our decision, and the app continued to attract new users. So finally we decided to continue the project in maintenance mode. We’re only making essential security updates and bugfixes for now, but eventually we hope to make some incremental progress on those longstanding issues.

We’re sending out this update because some rumours have been circulating that the project is shutting down, based on conversations we had with people in the internet freedom and privacy community last year. Those rumours are out of date: the project is continuing.

Thanks. This pc is just games. It’s only turned on when I want to game. It gets used twice a week, if I’m lucky. If I were to put Linux on my main machine it would be direct Debian.

Pika OS is gaming centered and is based on Debian sid. For a server just stick with normal Debian. If you want latest and greatest use Debian sid

Then neither is Windows. The amount of time I’ve spent troubleshooting Windows crap…

Yeah I’m enjoying pikaos. I use chrony for time-sync and their “pika-base” package absolutely required systemd-timesync and I wanted to remove it. I asked in their discord and they changed the package for me right there and then so that it was “systemd-timesyncd” OR “chrony”. I did “apt update” 10 minutes later and it was resolved.

Really enjoying it so far. Been playing D4 and The Alters today. I’m still surprised at how smooth the experience is!

Sorry, where is the flex?

That is taking what is said so far out of context that I’m more concerned for your comment than the title.

How would this even work? You wake up with what is essentially a 24-48-hour bug. Normally, you would rest and come back in a day or so, but now everyone needs to be seen by a doctor. I don’t think doctors are going to have the capacity to respond to such an influx of paperwork.

I’d say 8G is fine until you open a browser.

Why have a big gap underneath the graph? It is totally normal to adjust the axis to fit the data. This isn’t a conspiracy, it’s standard math.

My Pixel 10 Pro feels just as fast as my iPhone 16 Pro. I feel like they are both good phones and other than specifications on paper and benchmarks online I wouldn’t know the Pixel was that much inferior.

Sure I don’t game or do video editing on a phone so maybe I’m just not the target audience but for general use I think Google have done a good job.

You spotted my deliberate mistake. Have a star ⭐

If bitwarden went completely rotten could they cease and desist vault warden?

Yes that one. Who are still regardless best in class for anti malware in businesses. I think what they did was dumb but businesses still trust them. They are one of the few AV vendors that back up their product with a hands on SOC.