Oh my...
The #NewYorkPost website nows tries to serve #Javascript from no less than 13 third-party domains (I found one page with 17):
https://nypost.com
This is getting beyond ridiculous. #MakeJavascriptOptional!
Gimp 2.10.12 released
Recently Gimp is going very well! 😀
https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/06/12/gimp-2-10-12-released/
I also take the opportunity to become patreon of Øyvind Kolås, which is the main developer of babl/GEGL, the latter is the framework that will make GIMP even better!
#gimp #gnu #freesoftware #photo-manipulation #floss #foss #digital-art #digital
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Friendica issue
when I post a comment or a reply this is not display in real-time and I have to refresh the page, most probably is my fault, I must have messed up with some settings, how can I restore the expected behavior?
Thanks in advance!
#friendica #help @Friendica Support
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Also try to do a refresh of the page by "CTRL-F5", also try another browser to see if the problem is the same then.
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@Steffen K9 🐰 isn't the contact request approved automatically? Can someone post to the forum without being a contact?
Go is Google's language
And I considered it as another confirmation about the fact that anyone of us should always support only true community project.
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoIsGooglesLanguage
#go #programming #computerscience #linux #freedom #golanguage #Golang
Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/GoIsGooglesLanguage
Over on Twitter, I saw the following question (via): There is lot of conversation around generics in #go, can't we have something like OpenGo, where community can implement generics , rather that waiting for official #go generics to happen ? Something like OpenJDK There are many answers for why this won't happen, but one that does not usually get s...utcc.utoronto.ca
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So until I don't understand how where it is or how to create it, I'll be likely unable to achieve anything.
Just another question but if gdm is not installed but just "linked" to my profile how can I remove it? Manually?
Thanks... 🍺
I'm not sure to understand your question, however. "installed" really means "associated to your profile" so GDM cannot be "associated" but not "installed".
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That was the reason why Ubuntu ditched jack as a possible all purpose audio daemon back in 2007 or so...
Pulse never had that realtime ambition, it was designed to just deliver audiostreams for VOIP and videos in the browser where latencies of 100 ms are no big problem....
Fork it, trim it and maintain it.+1
@freemedia but there’s no real argument for ‘windows is better’https://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_Refractapup
https://www.refracta.org/
Devuan Testing with runit
Hence I decided to install another Debian derivative and just because I am a huge fan of #systemd I installed #Devuan testing plus #runit as init system and let me say that, even if I also encrypted the virtual disk, the distro runs like a charm and it is somehow faster than Raspberry PI with systemd, the boot is faster and generally the DE is quite performing. I always thought that Xfce has been always superior than Lxde, so it was not a surprise that feelings I am having.
Also the use of Slim instead of Lightdm makes the distro faster after the login, as a matter of fact lightdm is another bottleneck. The sensation is the OS is more responsive even because runit, which just works as an init...
I'll keep you posted about Devuan and runit!
#linux #gnu #freesoftware #floss #foss #opensource #systemdfree
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System76 firmware update
At least for one time System76 were been able to let me say something positive about you! 🍻
https://support.system76.com/articles/laptop-firmware/
#linux #system76 #firmware #ubuntu #laptop #laptops
Update Laptop Firmware - System76 Support
How to update System76 laptop firmware.support.system76.com
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GNU Guix 1.0 System Distribution & Transactional Package Manager Released
GNU Guix 1.0.0 released — 2019 — Blog — GNU Guix
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-released/
This distro is so cool, I look forward to make it my main distro.
There are a tons of points that make this distro so thrilling but two are actually my favorites:It runs only Free Software so you need an hardware 100% compatible with FreeSoftware.
- systemd free. GuixSD uses the Shepherd init system, formerly knwon as DMD (Daemon managing Daemons), it uses daemons to initialize and run services.
- Nix package manager that allows different versions of a same applications, rolls back, sandboxes, applications per users.
#linux #gnu #fsf #freesoftware #floss #foss #opensource #guix #nix #systemdfree
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What I dislike about the federation
Many times I see posts that starting in English which is the most common ground to communicate among the others that end filled up in any others languages than English, along the fact that is unkindly and annoying, it goes in the opposite way of the inclusion which should be the reason why a social network exists.
It is true that Mastodon resolved it brilliantly but in Diaspora and Friendica you can't exclude topics because the language that means is up to the users take the task to avoid cross languages in any topic.
However I see there isn't any desire to avoid that behavior and people are quite careless about that, hence I think I will start to ignore all the people that do not respect this very simple, unwritten and basic rule.
#languages #diaspora #friendica #fediverse #federation #people #respect #inclusion
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I see repeatedly posts that start in a language and end up filled by, mostly the same community, in a different idiom. I don't get the reason as well I don't go replying in Italian, my native language, in any post just because I want or because I am lazy.
i've yet to get the skills/knowledge to hack up such possibilities myself yet. but i see the potential. the fediverse in its infancy, much to grow into better yet. :) and not just many new improvements, but many existing technologies to be tied in (translation for one).
Gimp 2.10.10 available for macOS
for the ones who have an Apple Computer, I don't have it but I use one at my job, the brand new Gimp 2.10.10 is available for #macOS as well!
www.gimp.org
#gimp #gnu #freesoftware #floss #foss #libregraphic
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Debian hosting non free software is a waste of resources that should go to making better free software. Allowing someone to set up a tent to install non free software outside of a FSF event, as long as the person dresses up as a devil, is not such a compromise#specialpleading #splittinghairs
of course it is a compromise. it is just an acceptable compromise. but it is a compromise. if it werent, then “as long as the person dresses up as a devil” would be irrelevant. the “deal” and the “compromise” are practically the same thing. “if you dress like this and stay out of the room, you can be part of our event whereas you werent before.” you might as well say that as long as you put a big warning on cigarettes, it isnt a compromise to allow them to be sold instead of banned. (im not against the move from the fsf, but its a very silly argument that it isnt a compromise.)
Switching the contact type
how can I change a contact from #Friend to #Subscriber and vice-versa?
Thanks!
#help #friendica #contacts
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First: you go to contact icon on top (it depends by your theme) and it opens a list of your contacts
Second: each contact as a row of small icons you have to press the one with the tooltip that says "view contact".
Third: on the status' contact there is a button with a label "disconnect/unfollow", when it says that it means you are friends each others, when it says "connect/follow" it means the contact is "a fan of your". While disconnecting from a friend is invisible for the other reconvert it in a friend activates a notification to that contact.
AMP will bring on GMAIL and many more...
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/google-brings-amp-to-email-turning-your-inbox-into-an-app/
I am so happy to have get rid off gmeil...
#html #web #email #google #freedom #privacy #degooglify #freeinternet #gmail
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It's not often that I recommend a fellow Diasporian but @Jack is doing some very creative work in #OpenSCAD that he publishes here. Even better he also publishes the code with his work so it can be easily reproduced and modified. Take a look at his channel or search for the hashtag OpenSCAD and enjoy.
#Diaspora #creative #recommend
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Alternative available for Cryptkeeper
since the moment that Cryptkeeper is not available on Debian anymore, do you know any alternative to manage encrypted files and folders through a GUI?
Thanks in advance 🍺
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Hartmut Noack 18 hours ago
I also do not subscribe to the false analogy of SysV init and apt/dpkg/any Linux package management. Especially snap is absolutely not better than a classical package management, while systemd in fact solves some design problems of SysVinit quite good.
As far as I can see today, Debian will sty my No1 choice for the server, if Ubuntu would really choose to abandon apt/dpkg I would consider Suse and Arch (in that order) for the desktop...
Daniel 7 hours ago
I don't see a false analogy, today the Debian package system doesn't provide delta updates, roll back, confinement or per user install. It belongs to a different era, where the technology and infrastructure were totally different from today. It works but it is old, there are others package manager that are simply better just because are modern, like Nix or Guix. I am not a big fan of Snaps but with the snap you can keep your system base clean while you can install all the trash that you want per user and if something get wrong simply you roll back. Snaps target are server and embed devices, and it solves all the limitation of DPKG/APT.
The moment when the cloud began a business and companies started seriously to invest in it is also the downturn of Debian as primary choice for the server. It makes sense Debian is not a profit company hence it can... show more
I don't see a false analogy, today the Debian package system doesn't provide delta updates, roll back, confinement or per user install. It belongs to a different era, where the technology and infrastructure were totally different from today. It works but it is old, there are others package manager that are simply better just because are modern, like Nix or Guix. I am not a big fan of Snaps but with the snap you can keep your system base clean while you can install all the trash that you want per user and if something get wrong simply you roll back. Snaps target are server and embed devices, and it solves all the limitation of DPKG/APT.
The moment when the cloud began a business and companies started seriously to invest in it is also the downturn of Debian as primary choice for the server. It makes sense Debian is not a profit company hence it can compete nor even has the scope to be leader in the market, but it is a fact.
In the 2008 this was the situation about the web market
Ten years later Ubuntu doubled the Debian base:
Probably Debian is going to fall down more, so the idea the Debian is for server it is another false assumption. Today Debian is not for Desktop and not for Server, or it can be both but it does anything special if not being stable, but this is not enough when companies like Ubuntu can offer ten years of support.
From my point of view the adoption of systemd has been just a lack of identity, other distro like Gentoo and Slackaware simply decided to not adopt a core component where just the RedHat man decides, pretty wise indeed; the best for Debian would be simply, with more effort, to make Debian init agnostic.
I am, then, concerned that it will be the same if Ubuntu decides to ditch DPKG in favor of Just SNAPS, this will open a new debate with an obvious outcome.
For me the problem is the lack of identity or objectives, it should be the universal distro but with system it had to ditch the kFreeBSD kernel because systemd, and today all the major distro are based on the same assets Gnome3 and systemd, but this is not a standardization this an homologation.
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Hartmut Noack 14 hours ago
Ubuntu offers a somewhat modernized Debian with professionally maintained Repos, so, one can use it comfortably with XFCE (Fluxbox, Plasma you name it) its a top notch Linux if used without accepting all the Canonical stuff...
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Isaac Kuo 11 hours ago
The bottom line for me is that Debian works well for me, and its repository system is unmatched - this really helps me out. In contrast, Ubuntu's repositories are lacking for me. If I need to go out into the "universe" ... well, it's hit and miss how well it's maintained and how well it just plain works without causing issues with other stuff. Debian's pretty good for that.
Bottom line is - Debian reduces the headaches I have to deal with.
If there are other alternatives which could reduce my headaches, then that's something I'll consider.
(I use Ubuntu for my Microsoft Azure cloud VMs, because they come with off-the-shelf images. Just a few clicks to spin up. So, for them Ubuntu reduced my headaches compared to Debian. But for these headless VM s... show more
The bottom line for me is that Debian works well for me, and its repository system is unmatched - this really helps me out. In contrast, Ubuntu's repositories are lacking for me. If I need to go out into the "universe" ... well, it's hit and miss how well it's maintained and how well it just plain works without causing issues with other stuff. Debian's pretty good for that.
Bottom line is - Debian reduces the headaches I have to deal with.
If there are other alternatives which could reduce my headaches, then that's something I'll consider.
(I use Ubuntu for my Microsoft Azure cloud VMs, because they come with off-the-shelf images. Just a few clicks to spin up. So, for them Ubuntu reduced my headaches compared to Debian. But for these headless VM servers, I don't need many software packages.)
Daniel 6 hours ago
However it seems we are missing the point here. I use Debian only as Desktop OS, I use it with testing and with the pinning enabled. I use a FrankenDebian there's no way for me to wait 2 years for use application that are available now, I can handle the crash it is just my computer.
I already reported as Debian is loosing ground as distro for server, but as distro for desktop is even worst, unless you are totally insensitive to any improvements, like my brother, but it is also insensitive about Debian Xfce or Xubuntu, he just uses what I installed for him. But this is not my case! I use Debian because the social contract and because it can run also a rolling distro, however I think it needs to redefine its objectives and bringing back a clear identity that it is not just being stable. There are a plenty of stable distros that are rock solid.
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Debian Testing is more something useful for people who want to help Debian development - in particular help development of Debian Stable. It is not as well supported as either Stable or Unstable, and you have periods like the current status - during a freeze you have to live with having no more non-security updates while things are prepared for the release of the next Stable.
I use Debian mostly as a desktop OS; even my main server is used as a desktop PC attached to my main TV. I generally prefer Debian Stable as it reduces my headaches. But if there's some killer feature not available in Stable I'll use Unstable.
Hartmut Noack 4 hours ago
Anyway: I do use Debian on the server and as of now nobody could explain to me, how I would be better off with CentOS or Ubuntu. On the contrary.
See: most Linux servers, that are more than just ad-throwers, are not running infrastructure but applications. Solid software programs that compute data and manage documents based on Java, Python and in most cases: PHP.
The demands for the OS are: stable, secure, flexible. The latter means: flexible enough to run 3 different Java Servers on the same machine plus a dozen websites interactin with these that are build on either PHP or Python and use Apache as their httpd.
Debian meets these demands perfectly well, especially the first 2.
I have an application that is in development state (not perfectly optimized, that is), that gets a complex large dataset from a JAVA GIS and renders it to 30.000 lines JS code for Leaflet in about half a second. It starts shivering, when I ask it to do about 7 or 8 tim... show more
Anyway: I do use Debian on the server and as of now nobody could explain to me, how I would be better off with CentOS or Ubuntu. On the contrary.
See: most Linux servers, that are more than just ad-throwers, are not running infrastructure but applications. Solid software programs that compute data and manage documents based on Java, Python and in most cases: PHP.
The demands for the OS are: stable, secure, flexible. The latter means: flexible enough to run 3 different Java Servers on the same machine plus a dozen websites interactin with these that are build on either PHP or Python and use Apache as their httpd.
Debian meets these demands perfectly well, especially the first 2.
I have an application that is in development state (not perfectly optimized, that is), that gets a complex large dataset from a JAVA GIS and renders it to 30.000 lines JS code for Leaflet in about half a second. It starts shivering, when I ask it to do about 7 or 8 times that much but most trouble in that case is in the Webbrowser that has to render the result....
Of course we are motorized accordingly but anyway: I do not see, how this would run even faster and more reliable on CentOS or Ubuntu.
As for the desktop: I never considered it a real problem to have some unused applications installed on a desktop machine. But I consider it a major issue, to have a snap loop device for every stupid little program I d like to have occasionally. And even more so I like to have full force and full integration of serious software such as Ardour or Eclipse or Kate: they have to connect to Jack and find 3rd party plugins and they have to connect to ssh as connected by using KDE Wallet etc... in Fluxbox.
Software installed with apt does all that.
Eric Buijs 3 hours ago