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Abandoned open source projects
About some problems I'm having with old open source projects and a Github feature request to try and fix them.
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Lanzaboote – NixOS Secure Boot
Secure Boot protects a system from an attacker that compromises the boot flow. For example, without Secure Boot it is easy to replace the code that reads your disk encryption password and store it somewhere where the attacker can pick it up later. So ideally you want Secure Boot to be enabled to limit the code that…
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Bloat reduction in LibreOffice 3.4.0
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SourceForge Hiding Fact That They Have Lost the Latest Revision of SVN?
I still use Subversion regularly, and quite often I use it to handle big files. Even after two years since the malware chaos, I still…
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A Memory Comparison of Light Linux Desktops
In my previous article I’ve tried to investigate the RAM memory requirements for running some of the most common light window managers and desktop environments available in the Linux world. P…
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Canonical, Ltd. On Record: Seeking Open Core
I've written before about my deep skepticism regarding the true motives of Canonical, Ltd.'s advocacy and demand of for-profit corporate copyright assignment without promises to adhere to copyleft . I've often asked Canonical employees, including Jono Bacon , Amanda Brock , Jane Silber , Mark Shuttleworth himself, and…
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Let's build a decentralized social network together with Logseq
Software engineer and writer exploring web development, productivity systems, AI, and creative projects. Sharing insights on building better tools and…
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An early look at VLC 4.0
Early review of VLC 4.0 Nightly build, focusing on the new and redesigned interface, including tons of problems like bad ergonomics, low font contrast, decreased workflow efficiency, reduced responsiveness, no quick access to local filesystems, video playback in a separate window, and more
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Moving Django to GitHub: the postmortem
We finally moved Django to GitHub late yesterday. Here's a postmortem, to keep the community updated and for the benefit of any projects that take this leap in the future.
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Modernizing the OpenBSD Console
Facts, directions, and thoughts regarding the evolution of OpenBSD framebuffer consoles
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The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community
Disclaimer: This post is critical of open source software in the context of unpaid labor and the hiring requirements we've set up around it. It is not a criticism of open source software itself or the people who participate in it, both of which I and anyone who uses software benefits from. This is work that I - and…
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Github has won
This is probably old news to most, but I've discovered recently that github has won.
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Mono 2.8 has been released
Miguel de Icaza's Blog
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