Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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Notes to Self on Mastodon
One of the oft-repeated benefits of Mastodon is that it’s decentralized. If some billionaire takes over your instance, you can just move to another one whereas with Twitter, you’re stuck.
That’s cool. And different than Twitter. But is it really that different?
It seems like the biggest question in that scenario is: how long will the Mastodon instance, which suffered a hostile takeover, remain alive?
Because if you can’t get your content out. Or if its URLs don’t stay alive for very long, you’re pretty much in the same boat as you are with Twitter — at least as I understand it.
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Library introduces new interface for archival finding aids
Researchers who use the University of Michigan’s Finding Aids site for descriptions and other information about archival collections are in for a new, improved user experience. The library’s homegrown system has been replaced with ArcLight, an open-source system widely used by academic libraries and archives. [...]
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Google Open Source Peer Bonus award 2023
I am honored to yet again receive a peer bonus award from Google. This is a Google program for which persons like me can be nominated by Googlers and as a result receive grants.
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Free software, free society, in practice
I try to teach them about the philosophy of free software and the movement behind it and how they are basically advocating for the same principals I fight for and I see the pride in their eyes.
I, now, am seeing the motto of our movement. I now see “free software, free society” in practice and I see it by my own eyes how free software, its philosophy, and programs built under free licenses are actually working and taken in action to help people fight for their rights and freedom and let me tell you something, I’ve never been more proud of myself and every single person in this community.
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viogpu(4), a VirtIO GPU driver, added to -current
Great stuff! This moves us closer to having a fully functional wscons console on virtual machines in those specific environments too. We will be watching further development closely.
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Meeting Dino – Modern XMPP Chat Client
Hello, friends. Many organizations and teams still use Jabber/XMPP servers for their internal communications. To take advantage of it, you need a stable and secure client. Today, we will meet Dino, which is a Modern XMPP Chat Client.
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Learning in a Hurry? Try this Speed Reading App for Linux
Want to read web articles or study materials quicker? If you do, you might want to try a speed reading app.