Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one
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Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.
Joined Apr 2019
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Lessons in Vendor Lock-in: Google and Huawei
by @kyle
What happens when you're locked in to a vendor that's too big to fail, but is on the opposite end of a trade war?
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/lessons-vendor-lock-google-and-huawei
There's nothing like a road trip to show just how much we overpay for gasoline in California.
Our new Librem Keys are Made in USA! I wrote a brief post on why having an even more secure supply chain is so important. Watching these come off the line is even more mesmerizing than watching my 3D printer. https://puri.sm/posts/made-in-usa-librem-key/
Today's office is brought to you by a lake outside of Lansing. #vanlife
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I've been reading @kyle Rankin's Hardening Linux book, and the client chapter confirmed what I suspected, since I've started using Linux, that Linux has security issues as a client OS. The Qubes setup was interesting, but sounds very resource intensive. It also reminds me of how the Unix workstation model was setup, when I was lucky enough to work under it.
I think apps were sandboxed better under OS/2, but I'd have to revisit The Design of OS/2 to be sure.
I recommend the Hardening Linux book
McCarthy built such a machine in the `40s and `50s. Started with Communists, then Communist-leaning views, then Socialist views, eventually expanded to include homosexuality. Victims lost their jobs, were blacklisted from their industries.
Black Hat drama this week shows the risks in creating a machine/process w/ the power to censor a group for personal views. Always starts w/ dangerous/unsympathetic views, inevitably expands to censor other groups based on shakier grounds. #slipperyslope
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My dad died yesterday.
He was 65 and had become a hero to me. A few months back, when we almost lost my wife and newborn son, my dad came and stayed with us. He took care of my kids -- kept them fed and feeling loved -- while I was taking care of things in the hospitals.
He dropped everything for a month... to make sure he was there for me and our kids.
When I needed help more than any other time in my life... he was there. And he was amazing.
I love you, dad.
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The skills and talent of the people I work with frequently amazes me. Like how our Design Director uses all free software tools to make our #LibremOne commercial: https://puri.sm/posts/see-your-junk-behind-the-scenes/
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Check out how we made that "See Your Junk" video with free software only :
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@kyle Did this many years ago and have never regretted it. I have basically ruled out the option of flying altogether and now drive everywhere. Love being the master of my own schedule.
- Personal Site
- https://kylerank.in
- Personal Bibliography
- https://kylerank.in/writing.html
Admin
Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.
Joined Apr 2019
