Notices tagged with floss
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 10-Mar-2022 01:57:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: "MNT Reform":{https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2020-05-08-the-much-more-personal-computer.html} [mntre com]. Ars Technica's review lets me know that I'm not really in the target audience (I can't spend USD$1,300 to USD$1,500 on something that can't even match a RasPi 4's performance), even though I'm very much interested in all the things they seem to be targeting.
https://nu.federati.net/url/285269 [arstechnica com]
That said, I'd buy one if I had that sort of money to throw around.
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 26-Apr-2021 23:48:40 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @musicman That I don’t know how many of them are #FLOSS, but tossing “Java thread dump analyzer” into DDG got me a few different products, including one by IBM and one by Spotify.
#Java
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 17-Apr-2021 00:06:10 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @musicman If I recall correctly, it is designed to prevent companies using SSPL licensed software to generate (substantial) profit, instead driving them to purchase a proprietary commercial license instead.
Think about how this would affect Amazon, Microsoft, Google, CenturyLink, and other large cloud hosting providers. This isn’t targeted at people like me, who spin up a server at home and run #MongoDB, #Redis, and similar services in a non-profit manner.
(I sympathize with companies who sponsor #FLOSS projects and find that the largest corporations in the world reap the benefit, but contribute little or nothing to the ongoing development and maintenance of the software. But going fake-open [“fauxpen”] is a case of the cure being worse than the disease.) -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 17-Dec-2020 02:51:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #SolarWinds wrote that #FLOSS is dangerous because anyone could add code. https://nu.federati.net/url/278946 [thwack solarwinds com]
Source: https://mastodon.social/@rysiek/105392714163855009 -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 02-Oct-2020 05:34:56 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Seeing some grumbles about #Hacktoberfest, a #DigitalOcean sponsored event that is meant to increase code contributions to #FLOSS projects. https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama?fave-superhero=tinky%20winky explains part of why it is more controversial this year.
By the way, it appends guid and DeviceID fields to the URL, so make sure to trim off the tracking if you post the link. -
ultrageranium ()'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 10:46:07 UTC ultrageranium New essay: Seven theses on the Fediverse and the becoming of FLOSS
Recently, @rra and I have been working on an essay highlighting questions about the #Fediverse and how these are getting entangled with #FLOSS practices. From software production to structure and governance within alternative social media, online communities and politics.
The text follows a multi theses model, to map the different things we've been looking at and publish the current state of our research.
It is the closing chapter of a new publication from INC/Transmediale (https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/the-eternal-network)
PDF of the text: https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf
Feedback welcome. We're planning to publish an online version with more references!
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Chris Talleras??? (christalleras)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2020 20:40:31 UTC Chris Talleras??? I've been thinking that working on marketing for libre projects would be awesome!
Is there anyone on the fediverse I could talk to about getting a leg into that industry?
And I'm not talking about just drawings and illustrations but graphics, photoediting and videos, and finally ideas / marketing strategies.
I think I could be a great asset to projects out there.
Please share!
#linux #libre #foss #floss #opensource #libregames #mastoart #art #creative toots
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Soh Kam Yung (sohkamyung)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 06:38:04 UTC Soh Kam Yung Wow. @davidrevoy on making "a big high quality comic book using only FLOSS from scratch!" Done with Krita, Inkscape, Scribus on Kubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article735/the-english-book-printed-project-production-report-1
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a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2019 22:51:31 UTC a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 framapiaf.org/@Moini/102812730… ♲ @Moini@framapiaf.org: The Inkscape Project has just released a beta version for the upcoming Inkscape 1.0!
Find it here for testing:
inkscape.org/release/inkscape-…
(.dmg, Appimage, Windows binary and source code currently available)
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trashHeap (trashheap)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2019 23:09:26 UTC trashHeap TERF & artist in residence at questioncopyright.org Nina Paley appears to be on the fediverse, via some proud-to-be-federating-with-gab instance.
I recommend not giving her any attention. Ignore her. Advise your friends in #FLOSS and #FreeCulture communities to ignore her. Do not use or remix her art. Avoid her works.
We ought to want our freely licensed works to be welcoming to all. Using Nina Paley's art even inadvertently runs the risk of sending a message we ought to be avoiding. #lgbtq
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2019 14:48:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Listening to #FLOSS Weekly #544 “Perl”. -
Fitheach (fitheach)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2019 11:38:55 UTC Fitheach The ultimate cheat sheet?
* curl or browser interface
* 56 programming languages
* several DBMSes
* 1000+ UNIX commands
* CLI interface too (cht.sh)
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Albin (albin)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 08:09:10 UTC Albin I have some thoughts on the future of #UI on non-mobile devices and the role that #FLOSS can play.
1. It seems that all proprietary software companies are de-prioritising their desktop OSes, in terms of focus and resources. Microsoft is doing weird tablet hybridisation and Apple is just porting iOS junk back from the iPad.
This creates a vacuum, as there is no modern desktop UI. Nothing's been done since roughly OS X. It's been 18 years. More than my whole adult life.
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Jim Cheetham (jim)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jan-2019 21:16:00 UTC Jim Cheetham #LCA2019 - Linux.Conf.Au, one of the biggest and best #Linux and Open Source #FLOSS conferences in the world, is streaming on YouTube all week, and uploading talks as separate items too.
https://www.youtube.com/user/linuxconfau2019
Go and enjoy!
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Jacky Alciné (Oakland ? JFK) (jalcine)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jan-2019 17:38:24 UTC Jacky Alciné (Oakland ? JFK) Wow. Seeing @sir take that step to be funded solely for FL/OSS work is inspiring! I do hope they write about the mechanics (https://drewdevault.com/2019/01/15/Im-doing-FOSS-full-time.html highlights their announcement). Congrats!
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binfalse (martin)'s status on Thursday, 27-Dec-2018 20:15:23 UTC binfalse @anna it's indeed #floss, the #os is based on #debian
see product page https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
but it's not ready yet, shipping is sched for april...
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switching.social (switchingsocial)'s status on Thursday, 13-Dec-2018 14:36:48 UTC switching.social #GIMP is a free open source alternative to Photoshop. It's probably the leading free graphics software, with new releases for over 22 years so far ?
It's intended for photographers, illustrators, designers etc and lets you manipulate photos and create graphics.
It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux from the official site:
You can also follow GIMP on here:
#AlternativesAtoZ #GIMP #Photography #Graphics #PhotoShop #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource
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Inkscape (inkscape)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-2018 07:44:06 UTC Inkscape A donation for @conservancy = support for :inkscape: and other community-driven free software projects. If you can help out, #PIA will match donations made before end of 2018. Help keep cool projects and #FLOSS software alive & kicking! https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/
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switching.social (switchingsocial)'s status on Monday, 12-Nov-2018 18:28:12 UTC switching.social The @GetTogetherComm project is making an open source federated alternative to MeetUp.com.
You can already use their first instance (https://gettogether.community) but they need help with building the federation side of things, so that instances can link together and with the rest of the Fediverse.
If you're a coder and interested in helping, you may want to take a look at this post:
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hoergen on Friendica (hoergen)'s status on Saturday, 10-Nov-2018 13:27:50 UTC hoergen on Friendica ♲ @besser@horche.demkontinuum.de: Neue besser, der Podcast Folge: Pleroma #S01E05
Das freie dezentrale soziale Netzwerk Pleroma macht den Anfang in unserer Kategorie "Twitter-ähnliche" Netzwerke. Oder wie man sie eigentlich nennen sollte "Microblogging" Netzwerke. Zu Gast ist lain,der Pleroma erfunden hat und kontinuierlich mit anderen zusammen weiterentwickelt
besser.demkontinuum.de/2018/11… besser.demkontinuum.de/2018/11… #pleroma #Fediverse #Federation #social networks #Erlang #Elixir #decentralize #DecentralizeIT #WeareFamily #FLOSS #OSS #Mastodon #Android #iOS