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dgeex

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https://danielonsecurity.com
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dgeex··on Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
thank you!
dgeex··on Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
https://danielonsecurity.com/ - I am a penetration tester and write about security obviously. In order to encourage IPv6 usage, I disabled IPv4 for the main domain, but since many have complained they cannot reach my blog, I decided to create an ugly subdomain for IPv4: https://myinternetprovidersuckssoihavetouseipv4.danielonsecu...
dgeex··on The Arch Way
Right. MAJOR. For example I use awesome 3.5 as my WM. It's a pain in the ass to install it on Debian. Wheezy libraries aren't compatible with the latest version of awesome. If you want to upgrade libc, you'll break the whole system.
dgeex··on The Arch Way
Both are good. It depends on your needs
dgeex··on The Arch Way
Even if I'm not against systemd (it has its downsides, but it's not that bad as everybody thinks), I still think the user should be given a choice. So yeah, they probably crossed the line in this case.
dgeex··on The Arch Way
I completely agree that we need comprehensive documentations. That's irreplaceable when you need to properly configure something. Good manuals are mostly used as a reference.

The Arch Wiki is something different. It guides you step by step how to reach your destination, and that's what most of the users need.

dgeex··on The Arch Way
That's a really nice survey. Thanks for sharing!
dgeex··on The Arch Way
I didn't know about cower. Probably should give it a try. Thanks for the idea.
dgeex··on The Arch Way
What kind of recent decisions do you mean?

I've heard good things about Gentoo, I'd definitely give it a try someday. How would you compare it to Arch? Can you make a brief explanation what you like/dislike about them?

dgeex··on The Arch Way
Sorry for the downtime, it's fixed now.

Maybe some advanced users could start with Arch, but most of the people I know, will find it too difficult and give up on it. Yes, it's a great way to learn how stuff works, but it's just not for everyone. And in my opinion, beginners should start with something different. I'd never recommend my mom to try Arch for example.