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/bɑs ˈtjɛ̃ no ˈse ʁɑ/ (hadess)
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/bɑs ˈtjɛ̃ no ˈse ʁɑ/ (hadess) is a personal blog at hadess.net about programming and systems. Since 2012, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “New RedHat Responsibilities”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-07-27, and you can follow it by feed.
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- New RedHat Responsibilities2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-14
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I have less RAM than that. I use psi-notify to get a warning when GNOME is starting to use too much RAM. That is usually early enough that I can close a few apps to avoid the crash, then logout/reboot to regain the RAM. There is also a GNOME/FreeDesktop memory PSI notifier thing but it isn't in Debian yet. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/hadess/low-memory-monitor/ https://www.hadess.net/2019/12/gmemorymonitor-low-mem…
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on “Show HN: Fuzz Map – a GUI fuzzer, interactive demo”Submitted Digitising CDs (a.k.a. using your phone as an image scanner) as a story · 23 points
HN discussionFor the curious, here are arguments on both sides of this: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2010/05/why-you-should... http://www.hadess.net/2010/05/client-side-windows-and-miscon...
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on “Wayland - Beyond X”Submitted GNOME 3.10 is coming as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSo at least for Gnome - the general strategy they appear to be aiming for is "Use it if you've got it, give it back if you're running low". Which - is entirely reasonable, in my opinion. > That's a nonsensical sentiment. What's the point in using RAM "you paid for" for something useless/wasteful - you're not getting your money's worth whether the RAM is idle or wasted. It's not being "wasted" it's resulting in faste…
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on “Linux Desktop Environments System Usage (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, LXQT, Cinnamon, Mate)”Submitted New RedHat Responsibilities as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted DisplayLink-based USB3 graphics support for Fedora as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted SECURITY FOR THE SECURITY GODS SANDBOXING FOR THE SANDBOXING THRONE as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making your own retro keyboard as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dual-GPU integration in Gnome as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Emoji under Linux as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Iio-sensor-proxy 1.0 is out as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted New Responsibilities as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Speeding up the kernel testing loop as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Another fake flash story as a story · 1 points
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