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2024-04-01 11:43:59

_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

MacOS updates (13.6.5 -> 13.6.6) in the morning.

In both cases
% xz- V
results in

xz (XZ Utils) 5.6.1
liblzma 5.6.1

Apple isn't fixing this on time (?).
More info: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

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2024-04-01 12:09:21

phanisvara (streams)

phani@streams.phanisvara.com

i still would have to find a reason to use anything from apple; this isn't it.

2024-04-01 12:13:44

_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@phanisvara (streams) I surely knew that this post would lead to people on other OS saying that it doesn't make sense to use macos anyways. Thanks for proving my unoutspoken hypothesis #jijiji.

However, am curious, how other macos users are treating this incidence.

2024-04-01 12:29:33

phanisvara (streams)

phani@streams.phanisvara.com

my ultimate conclusion is: use whatever works for you -- which includes iThings & such. still, i'd like to know what makes you use MacOS, if you care to explain. i understand windoze, that comes pre-installed on everything and sort-of works these days, but Mac? i've never used it so perhaps there's reasons that elude me.

2024-04-01 12:38:57

_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@phanisvara (streams) Oh, i am - obviously - a music maker. So the reason for me to use macos (and rarely also windows) is simply, that almost none of the best sound music and sound software on the planet is available for Linux.

Also, most of the hardware makers, prominently converter manufacturers don't support Linux with drivers and even converters, that support simple USB2 class compliant connections aren't working at times. Because of that there is also no properly conducted blind tests of the actual sound of softwares, that might support Linux vs. macos vs. Windows today.

So for me there is no base to switch to Linux, although i am eyeing this since a long time (for the usual reasons).

2024-04-01 13:02:48

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

@!jayrope are you updating vintage MacBook Pro ?

2024-04-01 13:52:17

_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Marilyn Jean Ha, no :) But it would be possible, see https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/releases

2024-04-01 14:07:32

phanisvara (streams)

phani@streams.phanisvara.com

of course, that makes perfect sense, didn't think of it. i'm just playing around sometimes with rosegarden and ardour, but it's no comparison to the last real midi software i've used on windows, cubase. that's decades ago and i'm not seriously into music, so it doesn't stop me from using linux.