Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: Fediverse Stories and Kubecon Fluff
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A Fediverse Backup?
I have been thinking about having a backup account on the Fediverse, but I’m struggling with which service to use.
We’ve been having some challenges over on Fosstodon recently. Between availability issues thanks to large influxes of users, technology problems and DDoS attacks, it’s been a fun few months.
Problem is, when Fosstodon is down, I have no presence on the Fediverse, so we can’t inform people as to what’s going on. With that in mind, I’d like to setup an alternate account on the Fedi for me to use. Plus, it also allows me to post about my other hobbies outside of tech; like fish keeping, motorbikes, home steading etc.
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A 5-minute tour of the Fediverse
People want to communicate over the internet as easily as they do in real life, with similar protections but, potentially, farther reach. In other words, people want to be able to chat with a group of other people who aren't physically in the same location, and still maintain some control over who claims ownership of the conversation. In today's world, of course, a lot of companies have a lot to say about who owns the data you send back and forth over the world wide web. Most companies seem to feel they have the right to govern the way you communicate, how many people your message reaches, and so on. Open source, luckily, doesn't need to own your social life, and so appropriately it's open source developers who are delivering a social network that belongs, first and foremost, to you.
The "Fediverse" (a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe") is a collection of protocols, servers, and users. Together, these form networks that can communicate with one another. Users can exchange short messages, blog-style posts, music, and videos over these networks. Content you post is federated, meaning that once one network is aware of your content, it can pass that content to another network, which passes it to another, and so on.
Most platforms are run by a single company or organization, a single silo where your data is trapped. The only way to share with others is to have them join that service.
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Open-source project helps solve centralized infrastructure problems
Foundational open-source projects usually result in ground-breaking technologies being made available to the general public, not arbitrarily controlled by one company.
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Grafana Labs enhancements aimed at reducing cloud-native complexity [Ed: Siliconangle is rapidly becoming a paid-for spam service or spammers for hire.]
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Q&A: Solo.io brings open-source community to the enterprise