Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

You look at me, you got nothing left to say
I'm going to tweak this code until I get my way
I won't use, spyware things
I just want a doorbell
But I will not install Ring

Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with GNU
You can call me a fool
I only wanna be with GNU

You and me, we come from different worlds
I like to laugh at you when you pipe to bash from curl

Your apps are crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby `cause closed software makes me cry
Well there's nothing I can do
I been looking for some code like GNU

I’ve been in many “Linux on the Desktop” debates over the years and my stance today is largely the same as two decades ago: if you want free software to succeed, it must be pre-installed on hardware where all hardware features work, with a hardware vendor that supports it. https://puri.sm/posts/free-software-support-is-critical-to-its-success/

Hey @Wildbill I was just telling someone the story of you winning that SUSE-branded Thinkpad X series at Linux World Expo and announcing you were going to install Ubuntu on it. Do you still have that laptop?

I have finished the third volume of Durant's Story of Civilization. This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire and Christianity up to the fourth century. Eight more volumes to go, but first a break to read some other books on my list. ⁨#history⁩ ⁨#reading⁩

I worked on this more over the weekend, but as it's a repeating pattern, it will look basically like the last picture up to the point I take it off the loom.

The best time to protect your #privacy was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. https://puri.sm/posts/the-second-best-time-to-protect-your-privacy/

You can get a better sense of the pattern now that it's repeated a few times. This is called "Wandering Vine" (from Davison's famous ⁨#weaving⁩ pattern book) but is also known as "Cat Track" or "Snail Trail" which makes more sense once you can see more of the pattern.

I finally sat down and started ⁨#weaving⁩ the overshot table runner last night. The set up for this took quite a while, but I think the actual weaving will go pretty quickly.

That said, I understand why *they* would be enthusiastic to move people to authentication methods rooted in their hardware that make you (and other vendors that integrate with it) dependent on them for authentication.

I'm not that enthusiastic about Google, Apple and Microsoft doing away with #passwords as an #authentication factor, because it's one of the few areas left on these platforms where people have some control over their own #security. #infosec https://puri.sm/posts/microsoft-ruined-passwords-now-aims-for-a-passwordless-future/

This weekend I'm threading the warp for my next ⁨#weaving⁩ project, a table runner with a "Wandering Vine" overshot pattern. Threading 452 warp threads is a lot all at once so I'm splitting it into multiple 1-3 hour sessions.

I was able to figure everything out! It required quite a rewrite of what I did for 4.0.4 to adapt it to 4.1.0 but now I have a functioning Qubes 4.1.0 OEM install disk that will prompt you post-install for your LUKS unlock password as part of the user setup.

Now we will test it some more internally before starting to use it for new Librem orders that request Qubes.

Qubes 4.1 has an updated anaconda with redesigned python code which broke all my OEM install customizations from 4.0.4. I'm finally making some progress on rewriting my changes and hope to have an updated OEM installer soon. #Qubes #automation

To celebrate #Maythe4th I'm adding --force to all my command line commands.

Preparing to weave fine cloth is no small task. The warp for the table runner I'm weaving next calls for 452 2.25yd long warp threads (24 epi). It took me about 6-7 hours on Sunday to measure out, and that was with running three threads at a time! #weaving