Links for 2020-03-06

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+title = "Links for 2020-03-06: Async Rust, Leadership, Firefox removing old cookies, X-Windows, Linux distributions, PC cases"
+date = 2020-03-06
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+tags = ["links", "rust", "async", "leadership", "firefox", "cookies", "linux", "distros", "pc", "case"]
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+Interesting things going on the internet, 2020-03-06.
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+# [async/await on embedded Rust](https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/async-on-embedded/)
+
+Not production ready yet, but the guys from Ferrous Systems are working on a
+way to embbed async/await on embedded systems. While this may sound strange
+("What? But Rust doesn't support async/await already?"), the fact is that most
+async/await runtimes use Glibc functions and do not work without it. They even
+have a [repository](https://github.com/ferrous-systems/async-on-embedded) with
+some code.
+
+This is huge.
+
+# [Taking someone aside](https://www.jefftk.com/p/taking-someone-aside)
+
+Some tips on how to talk to someone when you want them to stop doing
+something.
+
+# [Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599262)
+
+This is a direct link to a Firefox "bug" (actually, a feature) for removing
+cookies older than 30 days if you don't interact with the site in 30 days.
+
+"My logins!", you may be thinking. But this will also remove any tracking site
+as long as you don't interact with the site anymore (goodbye Google tracking
+sites, if you use DuckDuckGo, ProtonMail, Invidio.us, and so on).
+
+# [The X-Windows Disaster](http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/unix-haters/x-windows/disaster.html)
+
+This is a piece of hate on XWindows -- you know, the thing that first was
+XFree86, then turned to X.org, then was completely scratched and is slowly
+being replaced by Wayland.
+
+But the curious part is not the hate, but the fact that it tells the story
+behind X-Windows, how it came to be and how it works -- and the steps people
+made to make it actually work.
+
+# [Try Linux](https://www.trylinux.today/)
+
+Not using Linux yet? Wondering which the myriad of distributions you should
+use? Not really getting into that distribution that you Linux-fan friend
+suggested?
+
+This page has a list of distributions and their knowledge required. 
+
+Even if you already use Linux, you may pick something more "advanced", just to
+explore new things.
+
+# [The beautiful machine](http://fabiensanglard.net/the_beautiful_machine/index.html)
+
+I'm not running desktops anymore, but _heck_ if that isn't a pretty case!