Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

The thing I'm most excited about now that the Librem 14 is shipping, is running Qubes on it. In this post I talk about why I think it's the best Qubes laptop you can buy: https://puri.sm/posts/best-qubes-laptop-is-the-secure-librem-14/

Their two-factor implementation is a face palm.

You have to hand it to them... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/21/amazon-palm-print-whole-foods/

This whole write-up is great, but the Hackers-inspired video demoing the exploit just clinches it. Gold. #hacktheplanet https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/

How can you leave IMAP standing
Alone on a net that's so cold?
Maybe Evo's too demanding
Maybe it's just like Mozilla Tbird
Maybe you're just like UW
It's never what I've tried
Why do connections stay open?
This is what it sounds like
When dovecot cries.

OpenSnitch update: I've re-enabled it by default. After chatting with one of the developers I realized I was weighting its load way too much because I measured it while the screen was off and RAM was clocked way down. The latest version doesn't seem to cause a significant load.

When butchering spare ribs St. Louis style, you separate the bottom section where the bones are from the top along a natural bend. There's a long, narrow flap of meat between them you remove that cooks hours before the rest and serves as a chef's snack (pictured on the right).

@craftyguy The BBQ is a 22" Weber kettle with a "cajun bandit" mod. I've been using it for years with success. The "BBQube" I got for Christmas. It's a basic blower fan and series of thermometers with a simple LCD readout.

Breaking in my new "BBQube" temperature controller on a few racks of St. Louis style pork spare ribs. #BBQ

@fribbledom Not universally but when it's important, definitely.

@owingst We have shown it in a few convergence videos on our YouTube and LBRY channels. It obviously won't render as fast as a recent desktop computer but apparently works when docked.

@owingst octoprint has included a cura plugin for some time that lets you upload an stl through the web UI and slice it directly on the rpi. It shows 3d views, lets you tweak settings. It's great and I never use slicers on my computer anymore. Sadly they deprecated it.

@owingst I like octoprint quite a bit. It's nice having a standalone rpi managing my printer w/ a web UI to monitor the print including via the rpi camera. I also use the web-based slicer even though some people these days recommend recent cura instead.

@owingst Ya, so it's easy to add things like hostapd after the fact.

I have Raspberry Pis scattered around my house wired to my network performing various tasks (like controlling 3D printers). Since they are always on anyway, I'm turning some of them into WiFi APs to extend WiFi coverage where there is weak signal.

@ajmartinez Hmm then it sounds like there may not be all that much room for further optimizations there. That matters less on, say, a Librem 14, but would have more of an impact on battery life on the Librem 5 I would *think* but I suppose I could test just how much of an impact.