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[-] nyan@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Yet another, "well, yeah, technically it has security ramifications, but I'm not admin'ing any multiuser machines, so I'm not losing any sleep over it" bug.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

Rootless Xorg is still a niche thing?

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 75 points 2 days ago
[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Sysadmin job be like

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 15 points 2 days ago

Perfect Christmas gift idea

[-] dracs@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

I've got a few old PCI cards around somewhere. I should pull one of them out and give them a try at this.

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

If this metal thingy is anything like the one used as dust covers inside PC cases it'll just bend (I've actually tried to use one as a bottle opener).

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Works well for cans, though, in my experience.

For a while I had a fiber SFP that was amazing at opening cans, too.

[-] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

What do you expect? X11 is in maintenance mode. Although I'll miss Polybar, I won't miss the protocol.

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think it's still valuable to document these things so that the users who insist on sticking with X11 can receive a healthy dose of this (replace diapers with vulnerabilities) when the proverbial shit hits the fan and it becomes as hackable as Windows XP

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Is it? Afaik it very much is not

[-] tekato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, freedesktop.org is now focused on Wayland (Xorg is not getting HDR, new synchronization protocols, or proper VRR (unless through XWayland), while Wayland is). RedHat RHEL marked Xorg as deprecated last year and will not even support it by next year (RHEL 10). KDE and GNOME also default to Wayland.

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

It is. That's why Wayland is being pushed so hard, it's a codebase that's actually maintainable, with hopefully some more modern design and engineering principles.

[-] Matty_r@programming.dev 35 points 2 days ago

Its good that people care enough to keep finding these vulnerabilities

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Yeah, This case especially since it includes XWayland

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

If only for the sake of one's CV. Making your bones by having a couple of 0-days under your belt helps a lot of folks find jobs these days.

[-] sneak100@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago
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