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user:grahamperrin [2023/11/12 14:09] – Blurb, including a flashback to 2012 with a PowerPC iMac. grahamperrin | user:grahamperrin [2023/11/26 14:13] (current) – Avatars. Bunny rabbits. grahamperrin |
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Essentially: **KDE Plasma on FreeBSD-CURRENT** since around 2015. | Essentially: **KDE Plasma on FreeBSD-CURRENT** since around 2015. |
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I try to take a conscientious approach to security issues. CVD, responsible disclosure, and all that. [[https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0014|CVE-2009-0014]] et cetera. Bill and Pickle were largely responsible for discovery of a security issue that involved a comedy of errors, and eventual discovery of an old "fixed" bug that's not //truly// fixed for many users of FreeBSD. Whilst I can't draw attention to the public comedy (it's not entirely amusing), I //am// preparing to document the issue, and the cats' role. | I try to take a conscientious approach to security issues. CVD, responsible disclosure, and all that. [[https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0014|CVE-2009-0014]] et cetera. |
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| Bill and Pickle were largely responsible for discovery of a security issue that involved a comedy of errors, and eventual discovery of an old "fixed" bug that's not //truly// fixed for many users of FreeBSD. Whilst I can't draw attention to the public comedy (it's not entirely amusing), here's a two-point overview: |
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| - [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111377465852217006|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111377465852217006]] |
| - [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111421799789564704|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111421799789564704]] explaining the cats' role in discovery. |
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Sidestep away from the cats. To me, and where I hang out: | Sidestep away from the cats. To me, and where I hang out: |
* [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin ]] | * [[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin|https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin ]] |
* [[https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin|https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin ]] | * [[https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin|https://hear-me.social/@grahamperrin ]] |
* [[https://forums.freebsd.org/members/grahamperrin.35084/#about|my profile at The FreeBSD Forums ]] – access restricted (not by me), it's largely a duplicate of what's above. | * [[https://forums.freebsd.org/members/grahamperrin.35084/#about|my profile at The FreeBSD Forums ]] – access restricted (not by me), it's not significantly different from what's above. |
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I'm dyslexic, reportedly. It probably doesn't show in my writing. Long story. | I'm dyslexic, reportedly. It probably doesn't show in my writing. Long story. |
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I became a [[https://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash/#2022-06-01:1|FreeBSD committer in June 2022]], resigned after fourteen months. [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd?committer[]=Graham+Perrin+(grahamperrin)|162 commits across three FreeBSD trees]] (137 doc + 5 ports + 20 src). | I became a [[https://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash/#2022-06-01:1|FreeBSD committer in June 2022]], resigned after thirteen months. 13, unlucky for some. [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd?committer[]=Graham+Perrin+(grahamperrin)|162 commits across three trees]] (137 ''doc'' + 5 ''ports'' + 20 ''src''). |
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Avatar (in [[https://codeberg.org/grahamperrin/|Codeberg]], [[https://github.com/grahamperrin/| GitHub]], The FreeBSD Forums and so on): from the cover of [[https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2014/07/19/book-review-the-worlds-of-frank-herbert-frank-herbert-1970/|the 1970 edition of]]// The Worlds of Frank Herbert// (credit: Jan Parker). | Avatar in places such as [[https://codeberg.org/grahamperrin/|Codeberg]]: from the cover of [[https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2014/07/19/book-review-the-worlds-of-frank-herbert-frank-herbert-1970/|the 1970 edition of]]// The Worlds of Frank Herbert// (credit: Jan Parker). If you're vaguely disconcerted by detached heads and shoulders in a serene alien landscape, you should tremble in fear at [[https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/111460966674032287|the detached head]] sometimes encountered by people like me on planet Earth. |
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| Mugshot in places such as [[https://gitlab.com/grahamperrin|GitLab]]: from a 2018 holiday in Greece. |
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| Avatar in places such as [[https://github.com/grahamperrin|GitHub]], The FreeBSD Forums, and BSD Cafe: [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/forestservicenw/23273672529/|a bunny rabbit]]. Partly because it's less confusing than a 1970 vision of a faraway planet, but more because: |
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| * bunny rabbits. |
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Mugshot (in [[https://gitlab.com/grahamperrin|GitLab]]): from a 2018 holiday in Greece. | Think about them. Think: bunny rabbits. Feel better? I do. |
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