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@sysrich

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Geek, Linux Distro Architect, Photographer. Tweets are my own. also found on Mastodon @[email protected]

Nürnberg, Germany
Joined April 2010
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@sysrich
Richard Brown - @[email protected]
5 years
Your decision to use Free/Open Source software doesn’t give you any moral superiority over others who make different choices. Conversely, you have no right to feel attacked when circumstances require you to use closed software. The real world is not for idealolgical hardliners
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@LucaDiMaio11
Luca Di Maio
10 months
Hi! In case you missed, my #FOSDEM talk about creating a #rootless #container manager from scratch is available! We'll talk about the basic principles to build your own container manager, using #lilipod as an example: https://t.co/oatxs0hjjc #opensource #linux #distrobox
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@sysrich
Richard Brown - @[email protected]
10 months
The whole “Rust in the Linux kernel” drama should be a lesson to all in Open Source The technology doesn’t matter Working with other people does Doesn’t matter if Rust is a gift from God, God doesn’t control what gets in the Kernel, maintainers do Technical arguments are moot
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@sysrich
Richard Brown - @[email protected]
11 months
And there are chefs who don’t use Hamburger Helper
@thekitze
kitze 🎄
11 months
it's 2025. blows my mind there are devs out there rawdogging code manually without *any* llm support. no cursor, no composer, no chat, no copilot, not even chatgpt
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@LucaDiMaio11
Luca Di Maio
11 months
Hi All! New release of #distrobox is on the way! 1.8.1 brings lots of improvements and refinements all over the place, in pkg manager handling, nvidia integration and in performance department! 💪 Also many many new contributors! 🎉 Check it out!
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Another bugfix release! 🎉 Improvements and refinements all over the place, in pkg manager handling, in nvidia integration and in performance department! 💪 What's Changed assemble: add clone in...
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@Hetzner_Online
Hetzner
11 months
New on Hetzner: openSUSE & CentOS Stream 10! ✅ @openSUSE: Flexible, powerful, now on our #HetznerCloud & dedicated servers! ✅ @CentOS Stream 10: Latest enterprise Linux for your VPS, packed with new features and enhancements. Built for performance. Backed by reliability. 💻
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@lauriewired
LaurieWired
11 months
I’m not a fan of VLC. It’s got: - huge attack surface (anyone remember the arbitrary code execution from a malformed subtitle?) - bad tone mapping - bad subtitle rendering - high resource usage It's 2025. Use a MPV derivative, or madVR if you want to go wild.
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@nunixtech
Nuno do Carmo
1 year
And for the ones using #Distrobox on #Aeondesktop or #Bluefin (or anywhere else), here's a small new year gift: https://t.co/pNDscrrROj @LucaDiMaio11 @sysrich assemble 😇 The appsvenger Corsair 🏴‍☠️
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Various config files. Contribute to nunix/config development by creating an account on GitHub.
@nunixtech
Nuno do Carmo
1 year
#Ghostty on WSL featuring Fedora Remix by @PengwinLinux 💙 Thank you @mitchellh and the crew for this great end-of-year gift 🎁 The terminal collector Corsair 🏴‍☠️
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@openSUSE
openSUSE Linux
1 year
🔒💻 #Discover the future of #system management with immutable OS products like #openSUSE MicroOS & @AeonDesktop! Emphasizing automation & self-care, these systems revolutionize the "never touch a running system" concept. #sysadmin
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@dhh
DHH
1 year
"That's the deal. That's open source. I give you a gift of code, you accept the terms of the license. There cannot be a second set of shadow obligations that might suddenly apply, if you strike it rich using the software. Then the license is meaningless."
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Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not "giving back enough" to WordPress is a wanton violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license....
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@sysrich
Richard Brown - @[email protected]
1 year
bcachefs is quickly becoming a case study proving that in FOSS, technical ability can often be secondary to social ability Work well with others or else your code might as well not exist
@phoronix
Phoronix
1 year
Bcachefs Fixes Pull Once Again Frustrates Linus Torvalds - Two Choices Offered One option Torvalds is considering is to simply remove Bcachefs from the mainline Linux kernel. https://t.co/3T8GrXgPkO
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@trentlapinski
Trent
1 year
Just to add some additional clarity to the whole WordPress situation: Matt has publicly stated that WP Engine either had to give 8% of their revenue (which would be tens of millions of dollars per year) to his for profit corporation that’s raised nearly $1 billion dollars in
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@sysrich
Richard Brown - @[email protected]
1 year
So what’s the acceptable way of referring to that CMS which is on a rampage burning its own ecosystem? Voldapress? Wordmort? #WPEngine #wp
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@webtw
Lucy Beer
1 year
I've been using #WordPress for a really long time. Since about 2004 I think. Never have I seriously thought about moving to a different CMS...until today and this BS with blocking WP Engine sites. Matt is an existential threat to WordPress and the community.
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Richard Brown - @[email protected]
1 year
What’s everyone’s recommendations for alternatives to Wordpress considering @photomatt seems determined to burn that entire ecosystem down?
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@openSUSE
openSUSE Linux
1 year
Have your tried @AeonDesktop and feel like you're living in the future? 🚀
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@BrodieOnLinux
Brodie Robertson
1 year
Please don't buy into the "you never need to reboot Linux" meme, if you actually care about security, apply regular updates and reboot your system. Especially for a publicly facing server, every single system accessible with a public IP is constantly being attacked
@openSUSE
openSUSE Linux
1 year
When your #openSUSE Leap server runs more than 500 days without a reboot. 🛠️💚 How long has your #Linux system been going without a #reboot? https://t.co/SsQ1gE896x
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@sysrich
Richard Brown - @[email protected]
1 year
I recently raised concerns about possible data protection violations by an org that aspires to be a UK registered charity supporting FOSS Projects The response was that I should get involved and help them fix it Wouldnt that make me potentially liable for any future violations?
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@ibuildthecloud
Darren Shepherd
1 year
@todaywasawesome Yeah, this is where people go wrong in OSS. They assume people are acting altruistically and should give freely of their time and resources. When in fact most people are more selfishly doing what interests them for their purpose and then sharing it, often to further their purpose
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@ibuildthecloud
Darren Shepherd
1 year
And what that is basically assuming you can fork and beat the community. Assuming you will build a new community. Assuming you have the resources to reinvent the wheel. @rawkode
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