That said: There are plenty of environments where a QR code is not viable. Secure environments where you cannot have a camera is one. But also most server rooms where the KVM has been abused for years and is covered in filth. What you can squint and scratch down on a piece of paper and what your phone can process are two very different things.

Linux so easy enough to have both code and text but I do have concerns on the broader impact of this being normalized.

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If I uderstand it correctly, this feature will be tied to build flags anyway, so server distros can have this turned off in their kernel.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

IMO there are exceptionally few cases where it is acceptable for a QR code to not be immediately adjacent to a textual representation of the same content.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It should say the following in big easy to read letters:

Don't Panic

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

So long and thanks for all the fish

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 2 months ago

"Don't tell me, tell the damn kernel!"

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

(but you can panic a little bit, as a treat)

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Neat. Can you display a QR code in a tty?

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, couldn't be easier.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://github.com/Lenivaya/qrrs

Here’s a tool that already works - and it’s written in Rust!

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Too bad the c maintainers will make up mumbo jumbo to not include it

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the kernel has parts being rewritten in rust afaik so perhaps there’s less resistance than you think

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's been a lot of drama with that recently, apparently some of the C devs are making it very hard to get code merged in for rust support, to the point where one of the rust devs is stepping back as a maintainer because of frustrations with some of the C devs

Edit: see this Mastodon post from someone from the Asahi Linux project: https://vt.social/@lina/113045455229442533

[–] GJdan@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I know that picture is a QR code, I can even scan it, but I just can't stop thinking it's one of those magic eye pictures.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Anime penguin girl describing the error using interpretative dance when?
(I was just trying to make a silly joke but it's not like I don't want it)