2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 2#๏ธ 8๐ฌ
Someone starts a new #FOSS project as a hobby activity. "No one bossing me around like at work, just having fun, do as I wish." they write in the README.
After some time the project starts to [โฆ]
2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 3#๏ธ 6๐ฌ โ RE: smallcircles
Now image the situation where the popularity of the #FOSS project grew unnoticed, and the expectation of "hobby project" was never well conveyed.
Even the maintainer at this point considers [โฆ]
2024-11-25 fsfe โ 2๐ 2#๏ธ 3๐ฌ
๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ
Why is software created using taxpayersโ money not released as #FreeSoftware under a #FOSS licence? If it is public money, it should [โฆ]
2024-11-23 smallcircles โ 2#๏ธ 3๐ฌ
In Holland we have an analogy to gauge whether someone has too much #ownership + decision making power in a project.
This by simply asking the question: "What would happen if you walked under [โฆ]
2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 4#๏ธ 2๐ฌ
Imagine the #FOSS software development landscape and development to be like a #MMORPG open world #game with thousands and players and NPC's (users?).
Vast virtual worlds, quests to do, lands [โฆ]
2024-11-25 smallcircles โ 3#๏ธ 1๐ค 1๐ฌ โ RE: ?
@pthane thank you. I am one of those passionate fools who sacrifices themself for this cause.
Or rather for something different, altogether: Give 2cts to help improve the world, move to a [โฆ]
2024-11-25 smallcircles โ 1#๏ธ 1๐ฌ
Some hot takes (not my opinions per se)
#FOSS ..
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2024-11-24 smallcircles โ edited โ 1#๏ธ 1๐ค 1๐ฌ โ RE: smallcircles
@thepaperpilot
My advocacy has often fallen on deaf ears, simply because the deep tech problems require too much attention of people. Different approach is needed, and I now have good ideas [โฆ]
2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 2๐ 4#๏ธ 1๐ค 1๐ฌ โ RE: BillySmith
@BillySmith @laxla Thank you!
There's a lotta info around. I'm seeking best-practices to include in something of a pattern library to pick'n choose from.
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2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 1๐ 2#๏ธ 1๐ค 1๐ฌ โ RE: m0xee
@m0xee @pixelcode
Not so much a common term but a common model that people use in practice for their #FOSS project. Without realizing it often, they get into this #BDFL "zone" and then have [โฆ]
2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 1๐ 1#๏ธ 1๐ฌ โ RE: thenexusofprivacy
@thenexusofprivacy Yes! I agree with these points.
And yet there's too much leeway or wriggle room in the definition of BDFL, and that in practice BDFL is more of a vaguely defined [โฆ]
2024-11-19 smallcircles โ 2#๏ธ 1๐ฌ โ RE: pixelcode
@pixelcode
If that were true, it wouldn't seem attractive to me to expose my pure hobby project codebase as #FOSS.
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2024-11-25 smallcircles โ 7#๏ธ โ RE: smallcircles
#FOSS? So bad?
Well, the word just can't carry the load. Let's try reformulation. Going #copyleft suppose that:
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2024-11-25 9to5linux โ 2๐ 10#๏ธ
#Linux Weekly Roundup for November 24th, 2024: #FreeCAD 1.0, #Blender 4.3, #Mesa 24.3, #GNU Linux-libre 6.12 kernel, #NVIDIA 550.135, #Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds, #AlmaLinux OS 9.5, Rocky Linux [โฆ]
2024-11-22 lukas โ edited โ 62#๏ธ
Nachhaltige Digitalisierung unter Einsatz freier und quelloffener Softwarelรถsungen kann so einfach sein:
- Betriebssystem: Debian GNU/Linux
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2024-11-21 smallcircles โ 1๐ 3#๏ธ 1๐ค โ RE: ?
@theruran there's quite a bunch of neat #wasm #FOSS out there. Steady rise of #WebAssembly popularity it seems.
Maybe someone on fedi is willing to maintain a curated delightful-wasm curated [โฆ]
2024-11-18 9to5linux โ 2๐ 11#๏ธ
#Linux Weekly Roundup for November 17th, 2024: Linux kernel 6.12, Archinstall 3.0 #ArchLinux installer with revamped TUI, DXVK 2.5 and new #Steam Client update for gamers, #digiKam 8.5, #PeaZip [โฆ]
2024-11-14 gamingonlinux โ 1๐ 5#๏ธ 2๐ฌ
Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/mineโฆ
#VoxeLibre #Gaming #Linux #Minecraft #FOSS
2024-11-13 NiaTheCat โ edited โ 5#๏ธ
Okay, giving Fedi yet another try, let's see if it sticks this time.
Hi. I'm Nia, I like Linux, I'm studying to be an accountant after giving up on an IT career after not having many [โฆ]
2024-11-11 9to5linux โ edited โ 2๐ 10#๏ธ
#Linux Weekly Roundup for November 10th, 2024: #LXQt 2.1 gets experimental #Wayland session, #GIMP 3.0 Release Candidate, #Ubuntu Touch OTA-6, #Debian 12.8, #Steam Game Recording, #KDE Plasma [โฆ]
2024-11-10 smallcircles โ 3#๏ธ 2๐ค 1๐ฌ โ RE: ?
@GeePawHill @jenniferplusplus
Yes, the whole onboarding and #UX story for non-technical people leaves a lot to be desired. Yet I think the friction that exists is not bad per se. It takes [โฆ]
2024-11-10 thelinuxcast โ 2#๏ธ
For those of you who are still on X and active, what would it take to make you leave? I'm actually surprised that there are still #FOSS and #Linux folks over there at all.
2024-11-04 9to5linux โ 2๐ 14#๏ธ
#Linux Weekly Roundup for November 3rd, 2024: #Fedora Linux 41, #Firefox 132 brings experimental tab groups, #GNOME 48 and #Ubuntu 25.04 release dates, #TUXEDO OS 4, #Nitrux 3.7.1, #RaspberryPi [โฆ]
2024-11-01 prahou โ 1๐ 7#๏ธ
asterisk refugees
#unix_surrealism #linux #comic #9front #cirno #glenda #foss #linux
2024-10-31 gamingonlinux โ 1๐ 3#๏ธ
Mesa 24.2.6 graphics drivers released with a few more bug fixes gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/mesaโฆ
#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource
2024-10-28 tallship โ edited โ 26๐ 19#๏ธ 2๐ค โ RE: ?
@marathon @begsby
Okay sounds great. If cloud storage is the biggest deal, then you should be able to find a $5 or $10 #VPS in the country of your choice that will certainly be performance [โฆ]
2024-10-28 9to5linux โ 2๐ 12#๏ธ
#Linux Weekly Roundup for October 27th, 2024: #GNOME 47.1, #KDE Plasma 6.2.2, #Tor Browser 14, #PeaZip 10, #AlmaLinux OS Kitten, #Ubuntu turns 20, #System76 unveils #ARM64 desktop computer, [โฆ]
2024-10-28 gamingonlinux โ 1๐ 3#๏ธ
Open source evolution survival sim Thrive v0.7.1 is a feature-filled release gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/openโฆ
#OpenSource #FOSS #IndieGames
2024-10-27 tallship โ edited โ 5๐ 5#๏ธ 2๐ค โ RE: ?
@marathon @begsby
Good to know you've got backups elsewhere!
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