Shamar @Shamar@qoto.org
Joined May 2019
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It appears I'm the first who updated their #GNUnet nodes to 0.12 release. 
Can only see my other* node in connection monitor.
* With another one recompiling at the moment.
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Linguists Hear An Accent Begin - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/linguists-hear-an-accent-begin/ #linguistics
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"Today, the difference between a programmer and a nonprogrammer is that the programmer was told to overcome obstacles while the nonprogrammer was told to give up."
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Rv8 – RISC-V simulator for x86-64
https://rv8.io/
(submitted by lelf)
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🇳🇱
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@Blort join the #VOICE group and test with us! Reports on the tests we've done so far are (or will be) here:
https://hub.libranet.de/channel/voice
But TL;DR based on my experiences so far ...
I guess we are all programming bitches, after all... 😂
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Google is blocking niche Linux browsers from accessing services like Gmail https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/12/couldnt-sign-you-in-google-browser-error-linux
I wonder why #GCC specification files use such a weird language.
As for BSD we are apparently reading different pages. Here's my source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
"Some releases of BSD prior to the adoption of the 4-clause BSD license used a license that is clearly ancestral to the 4-clause BSD license. These releases include 4.3BSD-Tahoe (1988) and Net/1 (1989)."
Plan 9 had a more complex (and somewhat sad) history, because LPL 1 was "almost free but not quite". Yet the point was that operating systems exists that were developed independently of GNU tools.
As of today Plan 9 (and in particular #9front) is probably the only general purpose operating system out there who can really claim to be GNU-free (and it somewhat does it).
Even #Windows today comes with several #GNU tools.
So in a way I think it's fair on GNU side to resist to this new wave of embrace, extend and extinguish.
Politically true, but historically inaccurate.
#Plan9 is a free system without #GNU influence.
What GNU provided to free software is more than code.
It's an insight.
Something that could become a proper ideology, a synthesis between #Communion and #Freedom, the two aims that clashed all over the '900 and are still fighting today.
Unfortunately, such synthesis is still mostly unexpressed, far from reaching adulthood and its full potential.
(and there are powerful forces to blend it to just another servant of #Capitalism / #Communism)
The vast, overwhelming majority of people saying "Linux" means the whole operating system just as the vast overwhelming majority of people saying "Windows" means the whole operating system.
There might be a tiny percentage of people who say "Linux" instead of "GNU/Linux" with a sort of inclusive intention (to not hurt the feelings of binaries that are not #GNU 🤣), but I'm pretty sure it doesn't reach 1% of all people using the term (or the OS).
So that's not a faulty assumption but a rather reasonable one.
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@tuxcrafting @roka @freemo
If you call our operating system “Linux”, that conveys a mistaken idea of the system’s origin, history, and purpose. If you call it “GNU/Linux,” that conveys (though not in detail) an accurate idea.
But does this matter? Is it important whether people know the system’s origin, history, and purpose? Yes, because people who forget history are often condemned to repeat it. The Free World that has developed around GNU/Linux is not secure; the problems that led us to develop GNU are not completely eradicated, and they threaten to come back. When I explain why it’s appropriate to call the operating system “GNU/Linux” rather than “Linux,” people sometimes respond this way:
"Granted that the GNU Project deserves credit for this work, is it really worth a fuss when people don’t give credit? Isn’t the important thing that the job was done, not who did it? You ought to relax, take pride in the job well done, and not worry about the credit."
This would be wise advice, if only the situation were like that—if the job were done and it were time to relax. If only that were true! But challenges abound, and this is no time to take the future for granted. Our community’s strength rests on commitment to freedom and cooperation. Using the name GNU/Linux is a way for people to remind themselves and inform others of these goals.
People who know they are using a system that came out of the GNU Project can see a direct relationship between themselves and GNU. They won’t automatically agree with our philosophy, but at least they will see a reason to think seriously about it. In contrast, people who consider themselves “Linux users,” and believe that the GNU Project “developed tools which proved to be useful in Linux,” typically perceive only an indirect relationship between GNU and themselves. They may just ignore the GNU philosophy when they come across it.
The GNU Project is idealistic, and anyone encouraging idealism today faces a great obstacle: the prevailing ideology encourages people to dismiss idealism as “impractical.” Our idealism has been extremely practical: it is the reason we have a free GNU/Linux operating system. People who love this system ought to know that it is our idealism made real.
If “the job” really were done, if there were nothing at stake except credit, perhaps it would be wiser to let the matter drop. But we are not in that position. To inspire people to do the work that needs to be done, we need to be recognized for what we have already done. Please help us, by calling the operating system GNU/Linux.
If you call our operating system “Linux”, that conveys a mistaken idea of the system’s origin, history, and purpose. If you call it “GNU/Linux,” that conveys (though not in detail) an accurate idea.
But does this matter? Is it important whether people know the system’s origin, history, and purpose? Yes, because people who forget history are often condemned to repeat it. The Free World that has developed around GNU/Linux is not secure; the problems that led us to develop GNU are not completely eradicated, and they threaten to come back. When I explain why it’s appropriate to call the operating system “GNU/Linux” rather than “Linux,” people sometimes respond this way:
"Granted that the GNU Project deserves credit for this work, is it really worth a fuss when people don’t give credit? Isn’t the important thing that the job was done, not who did it? You ought to relax, take pride in the job well done, and not worry about the credit."
This would be wise advice, if only the situation were like that—if the job were done and it were time to relax. If only that were true! But challenges abound, and this is no time to take the future for granted. Our community’s strength rests on commitment to freedom and cooperation. Using the name GNU/Linux is a way for people to remind themselves and inform others of these goals.
People who know they are using a system that came out of the GNU Project can see a direct relationship between themselves and GNU. They won’t automatically agree with our philosophy, but at least they will see a reason to think seriously about it. In contrast, people who consider themselves “Linux users,” and believe that the GNU Project “developed tools which proved to be useful in Linux,” typically perceive only an indirect relationship between GNU and themselves. They may just ignore the GNU philosophy when they come across it.
The GNU Project is idealistic, and anyone encouraging idealism today faces a great obstacle: the prevailing ideology encourages people to dismiss idealism as “impractical.” Our idealism has been extremely practical: it is the reason we have a free GNU/Linux operating system. People who love this system ought to know that it is our idealism made real.
If “the job” really were done, if there were nothing at stake except credit, perhaps it would be wiser to let the matter drop. But we are not in that position. To inspire people to do the work that needs to be done, we need to be recognized for what we have already done. Please help us, by calling the operating system GNU/Linux.
A planned Denial of Service.
via @freepost
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SecuROM DRM expiration makes games unplayable 9 years after release at https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/topic/4476-tron-evolution-securom-drm-expiration-makes-game-unplayable-9-years-after-release - discuss at https://freepo.st/freepost.cgi/post/ihpxty3695 #freepost
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Unreal. People in the federated timeline are debating whether or not to vote because “voting supports capitalism”. I do understand that there are a lot of anarchists on the fediverse, but not representing your own interests in the legal construct that you have to live under is, well, crazy. Otherwise, you end up looking like a “sovereign citizen” (for entertainment, look that up on YouTube) and no one takes you seriously.
Become informed and vote. Encourage others to do the same.
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Joined May 2019
