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Lieberbiber
lieberbiber.de · Personal blog · on HN since 2017
Lieberbiber is a personal blog on Linux, Ubuntu mobile, filesystems like ZFS and BTRFS, time bugs, color management, and security issues.
What HN saysHN links it for the Ubuntu mobile post-mortem, cited as the original source. Commenters also use it for its write-up on MediaTek's little kernel bootloader.
15HN people shared it
4linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1My Ubuntu for mobile devices post-mortem analysis5 people · 170 points · first shared 2017 · 113 comments on HN
- 2A look at the Year 2036/2038 problems and time proofness in various systems2 people · 5 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 3Improving data safety on Linux systems using ZFS and BTRFS2 people · 5 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 4KDE had a full 3D Real Time Strategy Game, but it was abandoned ten years ago2 people · 4 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 5Open Source Color Management Is Broken1 people · 135 points · first shared 2018 · 124 comments on HN
- 6Installing Ubuntu Personal 16.04 on Aquaris M10 tablet [video]1 people · 56 points · first shared 2017 · 13 comments on HN
- 7Arbitrary command execution in TeX distributions1 people · 10 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 8Mir and graphics on Ubuntu Core (play games on the new Ubuntu, with video)1 people · 7 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 9KDE issues security advisory for HTTPS KIO Slave1 people · 6 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 10The "Cat Supremacy License" for software (2017)1 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 11Setting up an “All-Snap” Ubuntu Core image in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine1 people · 4 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 12Basic management of an Ubuntu Core installation1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 13Running darktable on a RISC-V CPU1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Google Summer of Code starts in four days, many projects still available1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 15The Guardian Project's “Proof Mode” app for activists doesn't work1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
runjake · 2023-09-25
No. But you're sabotaging yourself if you're thinking you're too old.
FWIW, I am much older than you and retiring soon and am contemplating a career change. My grandfather went from sales to programming in his early 70s and made a literal fortune[1] contracting.
1. Many millions USD, doing programming on IBM platforms around Y2K. Coincidentally, 2036 [2] and 2038 [3] are coming up.
2. http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/03/14/a-look-at-the-year-20362038-probl…
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
userbinator · 2020-07-01
My experience is with the MTK platform but Apple may be similar; in which case the battery display is done by neither "firmware" nor the full OS, but an intermediate component:
http://www.lieberbiber.de/2015/07/05/mediatek-details-little-kernel/
merlijn_s · 2017-07-13
One of the big issues with their attempt was ~0 support or documentation for porting existing applications. Everything was focused around building an Ubuntu app from scratch using their custom qtquick-based SDK, but that's not what we needed.
edit: for more info: This guy made a beautiful summary of the issues with the dev experience around Ubuntu (Touch): http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/06/20/my-ubuntu-for-mobile-devices-post… [starts from 6. "The life of an app developer was too hard."]
mariusmg · 2017-06-26
Here's the source http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/06/20/my-ubuntu-for-mobile-devices-post…
No need for itwire.com to regurgitate everything.