Ariadne Conill 🐰:therian:

sometimes a bunny, sometimes a witch, sometimes an operating system designer

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2026-04-02 18:07:26 GMT

ah, pam bondi got fired. i love that for her

2026-04-01 18:37:47 GMT

so anthropic's coding thing leaked, and they are using DMCA to get it taken down.
but if it is all vibecoded and everything generated by LLM is not copyrightable...

2026-03-28 11:13:35 GMT

I saw a wild take where someone said distributions are fascist for using systemd because systemd now uses Claude for code review.
okay. fine, I guess.
but if we are rejecting dependencies that use AI tooling, where do we go?
seriously. where do we go?
if the Linux kernel is using AI tools for codegen, then where do we go?
FreeBSD? I would put money on it that they use AI tools.
OpenBSD? NetBSD? HURD?
do we hard fork every dependency that is now tainted? do we even have the resources to do it?
FreeBSD and Illumos are the only ones reasonably close in the tech tree and I suspect both use AI tools too, as their development, like Linux, is driven by capital.

2026-03-10 02:26:29 GMT

ah to have the confidence of the average Linux bro
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2026-March/059439.html

2026-03-05 10:08:45 GMT

cool guess we need to start the alpine "are upstream projects with LLM contributions legal for us to ingest" conversation

2026-03-05 05:52:26 GMT

to be honest, i am kinda just not into the idea of even being staff on a mastodon instance anymore. this is no longer "fun" to me.
for example, two people got into a fight yesterday -- a local user got into a fight with a remote user that went *very* sideways.
what does that have to do with me? well, a fucking fediblock post was made specifically tagging *me* into the fight, a fight that i had absolutely nothing to do with, in order to pressure me into taking the side of the remote user.
so then what happens? i get blocked by a bunch of people for no reason. the instance gets blocked by a bunch of instances for no reason.
i am sick and tired of it. i am probably going to just move to my own personal GTS instance or hachyderm or something.
but to be absolutely clear: I *do not* run the day to day affairs of treehouse anymore, and haven't in a long time. it has been run by a collective for the past 18 months.

2026-03-03 09:10:43 GMT

i wish people would stop calling it the "department of war"
it is not the "department of war", only congress can rename it, which they have not elected to do

2026-03-02 03:42:20 GMT

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@nprofile…gr74 finally a meaningful GNU apk-based distribution... how can I help?

2026-02-22 06:52:27 GMT

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@nprofile…50mt I don't know that I have the right power rail for it anyway on that machine.

2026-02-22 06:46:16 GMT

so back in november i bought an RTX 6000 blackwell.
this evening i thought: hey, maybe i can install it in my home server to accelerate various workloads that could benefit from CUDA
well, my server does not have a single PCIe x16 slot. what the fuck, dell?

2026-02-20 07:50:29 GMT

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@nprofile…gr74 out of curiosity what patching do they think alpine did?

2026-02-09 19:50:08 GMT

THE CHAT PROTOCOL OF THE FUTURE
https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/116/042/405/736/952/131/original/e08408c2242ff42a.png

2026-02-05 10:41:57 GMT

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@nprofile…mvj2 turn around don't drown?

2026-01-30 00:54:48 GMT

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@nprofile…h0ux also january 6th was openly planned on the alt-right fedi instances.

2026-01-29 23:18:44 GMT

if you are interested in my #FOSDEM talk on Sunday at 15:30 in the #SBOM devroom, I have published a demo that outlines what we will be discussing: https://codeberg.org/kaniini/fosdem-sbom-demo

2026-01-29 08:34:05 GMT

I'm sorry (not really) but all email software is terrible

2026-01-29 06:26:31 GMT

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@nprofile…ynd9 what weather app is that? looks nice...

2026-01-14 19:27:33 GMT

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@nprofile…8udl nytimes huh

2026-01-11 08:55:40 GMT

thanks to dovecot changing everything (grr), i have been sending myself a lot of "fun" emails to ensure that my sieve setup is fixed. 😅
https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/115/875/620/349/187/397/original/587f77118f98512f.png

2026-01-10 00:22:52 GMT

me: "so I switched to GrapheneOS to have better control of where my data is stored, specifically only syncing to my NAS at home"
my mom: "I did that when Trump got elected again"
(my mom is a highly technical person who maintains library management software)

2026-01-09 21:06:25 GMT

I need to get in touch with anyone who manages trust & safety for the matrix.org homeserver regarding the same person who is impersonating Alpine on Telegram. I have been made aware that he is also impersonating the project on Matrix...

2026-01-08 22:52:34 GMT

I have been made aware of a local Seattle so-called "radical queer" group which is trying to do the whole MAP whitewashing of pedophilia thing that came about on 4chan.
I recommend defederating it.
Proof: https://www.beyondtheplus.org/learning/orientation/minor-attraction
Instance: social.beyondtheplus.org
#fediblock

2026-01-07 21:34:53 GMT

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@nprofile…8m52 cool you can use it under GPL license or GFDL license:
copyleft (ↄ) 2026 ariadne conill, GPL/GFDL dual-license

2026-01-07 18:53:41 GMT

Alpine is the Canada of Linux distributions, our identity is very much built on not being GNU/Linux

2026-01-07 18:32:11 GMT

presented without context
https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/115/855/242/036/489/803/original/b5c4559b47554790.png

2026-01-07 17:03:21 GMT

nobody asked me, but personally i think we should not invade other countries

2026-01-07 08:32:44 GMT

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@nprofile…8m52 see you there hopefully

2026-01-05 23:51:16 GMT

to the guy with the Texas purple heart license plate, mastodon sticker, bluey adventure awaits sticker and keep furry weird sticker I salute you

2026-01-04 11:39:42 GMT

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@nprofile…8m52 didn’t linus already reject this?

2026-01-02 22:10:19 GMT

every year a ton of people ask me if i am going to this year's CCC event.
and my response has always been "no".
it is just not my kind of scene. this view always gets confirmed when i hear about things being stolen, trans people being segregated to special trans-only bathrooms and various instances of drama.
i like to go to events that are mostly chill. that's why i catch up with my european friends at FOSDEM, instead.

2025-12-27 04:11:31 GMT

the MongoBleed exploit reminds me of https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-532

2025-12-24 21:07:12 GMT

will be hacking on pkgconf’s testsuite after getting groceries. kyua has served us well, but it is time to move on. this will be streamed on twitch!

2025-12-24 03:38:00 GMT

wait some techbros want to launch giant orbiting space mirrors for nighttime lighting? 🤬

2025-12-24 01:05:03 GMT

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@nprofile…l8gu already on it :))))))

2025-12-23 00:48:43 GMT

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@nprofile…3gt0 its so we can run the tests on windows without hating ourselves

2025-12-23 00:45:58 GMT

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@nprofile…3gt0 i'm going to just write one in C leveraging the pkgconf_buffer work i've done recently

2025-12-23 00:32:15 GMT

tonight i will be refactoring #pkgconf CLI so that we can get rid of the kyua/atf testsuite in favor of a standard TAP testsuite.
i might stream this if i feel like it

2025-12-22 18:52:00 GMT

ah yes, the distro started by a bunch of human rights activists is proposed as a recommendation as part of a nationalistic IT strategy

2025-12-18 01:01:38 GMT

don't fall for the republican rhetoric about how allowing people to buy health insurance across state lines will save money.
here is what will happen when you need said insurance: you will come down with some major health problem and discover that your health insurance isn't worth anything.
then you will be completely screwed because you can't just not get treatment for a heart attack or something, right?

2025-12-17 18:06:51 GMT

i will be talking about #pkgconf at FOSDEM in the SBOM devroom! don't know when it is scheduled yet, though :)

2025-12-17 02:50:44 GMT

i've been running an experiment where i ask the various chatbots to make completely inane life choices like "what should i eat for dinner"
i think ChatGPT is becoming annoyed: it keeps trying to just provide me with a flow chart

2025-12-17 00:52:31 GMT

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@nprofile…syqt i'm talking like the days when we had 8MB of RAM, i could see why people would find this feature advantageous in such a scenario

2025-12-17 00:46:29 GMT

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@nprofile…syqt i think it made sense in the early days of Linux, but it is definitely time to move on

2025-12-17 00:23:26 GMT

vm.overcommit_memory=2 is always the right setting: https://ariadne.space/2025/12/16/vmovercommitmemory-is-always-the-right.html

2025-12-16 19:01:49 GMT

ah, you've asked AI to do it. now you have two problems

2025-12-15 02:29:56 GMT

tweaker: *walks up to the corner i am standing at waiting for a walk signal* "are you trans?"
me: "yes"
tweaker: "me too!"
me: "cool"
tweaker: "do you feel safe walking with me?"
me: *shrugs*
tweaker: "you're crazy, what kinda meth do you do?"
me: "i don't do drugs, maam, at least not that kind"
tweaker: *immediately jumps some poor dude in front of me*
me: "yeah, i think i will be going a different way home now"
#SeattleNatureWalk

2025-12-15 00:54:08 GMT

incident management software is something that we, in the open source community, can and should be building.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-private-equity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2025-12-13 23:34:30 GMT

I hate that ChatGPT colonized the em-dash, because it used to be my favorite punctuation.

2025-12-13 00:06:40 GMT

corporate security head of mastodon, get the fuck out of here

2025-12-12 13:36:10 GMT

Rethinking sudo with object capabilities: https://ariadne.space/2025/12/12/rethinking-sudo-with-object-capabilities.html

2025-12-12 07:56:07 GMT

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@nprofile…wc9u i'm not sure this is a flex honestly

2025-12-12 03:36:16 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca i mean if u wanna play it, piracy is always an option

2025-12-12 03:33:18 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca it is unethical to get it even for free because they still have to pay rowling royalty fees

2025-12-12 03:24:03 GMT

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@nprofile…hpz8 @nprofile…s44c that's by design

2025-12-12 02:46:09 GMT

never trust ChatGPT
https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/115/704/297/982/474/999/original/0ab31fa8a5ef025e.png

2025-12-11 19:04:50 GMT

this is truly incredible: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/1627/files
they are using system(3) inside a security-critical domain (the display server).
but yes, sure, my refusal of xlibre on security grounds is the problem

2025-12-11 03:01:05 GMT

#libucontext 1.4 is out
The main change in this release is that hard-float is fully supported on most architectures: x86, x86-64, armv7, aarch64, power, etc.
The only Alpine release architecture where hard-float is not *yet* supported is LoongArch, because the ucontext functions on glibc on LoongArch are soft-float.
I have asked in #alpine-loongarch (which does have some Loongson folks present now days) what's up with that and if they have any plans to change it.
If they change it, we will change libucontext to behave the same way...

2025-12-08 03:52:19 GMT

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this one will only be on twitch because youtube has a mandatory waiting period for the first stream, despite my account existing since *checks notes* 2007

2025-12-08 03:08:01 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca that is a planned element of my content, but not necessarily the sole focus

2025-12-08 01:48:35 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca yes, i was starting to gain a following a few years ago, but then i moved to seattle and i was going through a pretty bad mental health slump (i think people noticed this for some time, and the reasons are complicated) so i let it stagnate. i think some years of therapy plus helping to start a company has given me the confidence to try again…

2025-12-08 01:41:49 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca hence youtube, so that the stream is archived! also at some point i plan on hiring a part time video editor if this works out

2025-12-08 01:28:38 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca yes, of course!

2025-12-08 01:17:43 GMT

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@nprofile…tjca twitch and youtube

2025-12-08 01:11:03 GMT

#pkgconf dev stream will be around 8pm PT! there is a little bit of setup i need to do with restreamer first. this is also kind of a test run, i am planning on doing streaming on a regular basis now that i have things mostly set up the way i want.

2025-12-06 07:02:56 GMT

the phoronix comment section speculation on whether alpine itself will adopt systemd is... frankly hilarious

2025-12-03 20:22:05 GMT

what is a good PCIe bluetooth card?

2025-12-03 19:56:03 GMT

Micron has decided that they don't need to sell memory and storage to consumers anymore, because they can make a lot more money selling to AI companies. In other words, we're now down a reliable RAM/SSD vendor in the middle of a RAM shortage (also induced by AI company demand).
https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business

2025-12-03 18:16:54 GMT

CLAs mean that companies can take open source software and privatize it.
https://github.com/minio/minio?tab=readme-ov-file#maintenance-mode

2025-12-03 17:38:23 GMT

tired: CVS pharmacy
wired: GIT pharmacy
inspired: Perforce pharmacy

2025-12-03 03:22:27 GMT

I want you to understand: https://ariadne.space/2025/12/02/i-want-you-to-understand.html

2025-11-29 23:37:48 GMT

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@nprofile…4zgr i find that people who only have "anti" energy to offer aren't really offering anything useful to the commons.
is systemd the best option for everyone? of course not. nothing will ever be the best option for *everyone*. but instead of making that case, the anti-systemd crowd talk about how anti-systemd they are instead. it's tiring.

2025-11-24 05:55:33 GMT

guess i won't be suggesting adafruit as a possible resource for people doing electronics hacking anymore

2025-11-19 18:52:27 GMT

do not run the #alpinelinux merge-usr script if you want `apk info -W <file>` to keep working properly

2025-11-18 21:59:13 GMT

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@nprofile…shhu seems like a fair deal to me

2025-11-18 21:56:48 GMT

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@nprofile…shhu what cashout?

2025-11-13 20:42:29 GMT

proud member of bryan lunduke’s axis of woke

2025-11-07 21:18:15 GMT

my primary reason for using they/them pronouns explicitly is because richard stallman hates it

2025-11-06 22:56:31 GMT

if the "should mastodon have quote posting" discourse was obnoxious, let me tell you, the "how quote posting is correctly used" discourse is even more obnoxious

2025-11-06 20:11:57 GMT

fuck that, cancel your spotify subscription forever and buy CDs instead

2025-11-02 07:08:13 GMT

if you told me 5 years ago, pkgconf would be producing JSON-LD output... i wouldn't have believed it

2025-11-01 22:24:49 GMT

as a reminder, i will be talking about pkg-config, early/present #pkgconf, and pkgconf 3.x at #SeaGL2025 next saturday (november 8!)
if you care about SDK management, C SBOMs, or software packaging at large, there will be useful content for you! lots of exciting stuff to discuss!

2025-10-28 20:18:36 GMT

companies will talk about how confidential compute is a must-have feature for security, while also piping all of the traffic to and from their service through cloudflare

2025-10-27 17:04:21 GMT

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@nprofile…f3zv 1-to-many broadcast groups defeat the purpose of signal

2025-10-17 18:45:06 GMT

do you hate the alpine linux "please run usr-merge" nag message? you can now turn it off: apk add '!usr-merge-nag'
of course, this does not change the fact that split-/usr systems will no longer be supported with alpine 3.29

2025-10-16 21:04:53 GMT

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@nprofile…x4wz it can happen with really bad USB sticks, its why they use FAT by default basically

2025-10-16 20:40:52 GMT

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@nprofile…x4wz this is because the USB stick is just slow to write, most likely it is flushing all of the block groups to disk still.

2025-10-11 17:37:01 GMT

I was recently looking at Framework for a new x86 laptop, as I believed the company to be reasonably aligned with my values (e.g. pro-repair, pro-FOSS, pro-humanity). But others have warned me that they are now supporting Hyprland, Omarchy, etc. They support these projects led by people who hold alt-right views, in the name of building a “big tent” coalition.
The problem, however, is that building a “big tent” coalition, by design, requires some form of value alignment.
https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986/2
Alpine is a “big tent”, for example, but people who want to harm members of our community aren’t welcome.
This isn’t hard.
Needless to say, I won’t be buying a Framework laptop anytime soon, which makes me sad.

2025-10-05 18:23:32 GMT

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@nprofile…m3qg seems like version 0.3.5 was the last of the shell script generation

2025-10-05 18:15:09 GMT

as part of the talk that i am giving about #pkgconf in about a month, i am trying to track the evolution of the pc(5) file format.
for example, in early pkg-config, these were just shell scripts that were somewhat similar to the old gnome-config module concept.
but, while i have pkg-config 0.1.0, i don't have any versions between 0.2.0 and 0.11 (which uses the basic format we are used to today). it would be nice if i could find those versions, so i could demonstrate the capabilities of the shell script version at its peak.
does anyone have them somewhere?

2025-10-02 13:25:58 GMT

an entire presentation at DEFCON appears to just be straight up AI slop: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/1
when will it end?

2025-10-01 19:22:47 GMT

stuffed animals are important

2025-09-30 11:34:58 GMT

wrapped up my talk about #wayback at @nprofile…kt36 about an hour ago.
i think i’ve accomplished my goal with it: to spark a conversation on how to get the missing pieces filled in. in the Q&A a few interesting paths were identified to investigate, hopefully the hallway conversations will be similarly insightful.
my dream is to be able to come back next year and say that legacy X has been fully superseded by wayback. i feel like we are close to solving the puzzle.

2025-09-05 08:46:32 GMT

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@nprofile…dewn i am probably going to play through to the end of the post-dawntrail content, but i honestly don't see myself buying the next expansion at this rate.
dawntrail is a ... not particularly great caricature of indigenous culture, and mashing a post-final fantasy 9 universe into the storyline as well is something i haven't found satisfying yet so far

2025-09-05 08:37:45 GMT

honestly the fact that they botched QA on the final fantasy 14 patch and are now doing 4 hours long emergency maintenance to roll out a fix for the 7.31 patch makes me wonder if i even want to continue with final fantasy 14
why be invested if it is going to be constantly down

2025-09-04 23:54:04 GMT

why the fuck is the GNOME logo still a foot anyway

2025-09-04 18:25:57 GMT

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i just want to ship an operating system using the best technologies available that are relevant to the mission. sometimes that means working with technology introduced by red hat, other times it means rejecting technology introduced by red hat

2025-09-04 18:20:31 GMT

it is beyond frustrating how much damage / misinformation the anti-systemd/anti-wayland/anti-woke Linux weirdos have spread throughout the years

2025-08-24 23:27:43 GMT

if trump sends the military into seattle i will start open carrying tbh

2025-08-18 16:28:04 GMT

the idea of a flatpak app store which allows users to donate to application developers isn’t a new one, elementaryOS has had it for years with appcenter.
i haven’t tried either appcenter or bazaar personally, but i find it interesting that bazaar gets press coverage where appcenter did not…

2025-08-05 18:24:30 GMT

"donkey kong county" and other SNES games you can purchase on aliexpress