Many of the entries seem very simple - anyone know if it is easy to locate the elements that need to be filtered to create your own entries? Would love to add some more newspapers in my country not found in that list.
I like to run games in Retroarch if I can because I run it on my living room TV, and like having most of my ROMs in one application. But I keep standalone versions of some of the emulators in case I have any issues that can be solved from running the game that way. That said, I primarily play Gamecube and Wii games, and I have not gotten the Wiimote to work in Retroarch yet, so I use standalone Dolphin for that. I have a Dolphinbar which should work with Retroarch as far as I know, but I have not set it up due to the USB-cable being too short and me being to lazy to buy an extension cord.
I have a specific issue I want to solve right now, but the topic is phrased more generally as I would love the answer to this as well. But this might be an XY-problem because of this, so here’s the actual problem I want to solve:...
That seems like a very simple option. Does NoScript in any way interfere with uBlock Origin or any of the settings in LibreWolf? As in, can I just allow everything except WebGL, turn on WebGL in about:config and have the exact same behavior as before?
I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....
I have previously written a lot of code that is hosted on a public repo on GitHub, but it never had a license. It was written as part of my work while working for a non-commercial academic entity, and I would like to add a license before the link to the repo will be included in something that will be made public, potentially...
The license change won’t apply retroactively - I am not sure theres a legal way to retroactively change licenses and terms? I am recalling back to the Unity runtime fee, which they wanted to apply retroactively, but there was a lot of noise/discussion on whether it was legal to even do this.
OK, in that case it may not even make much sense to add a license. There will be no added code to this repo in the future, so there will nothing the new license would apply to.
Once you have main released version of the repo that contains the license you want to use going forward, any branches from that point should contain license by default? Since its just a file in the main branch.
Yes, you kind of answered this in question 1. Since it is not retroactively applied, it won’t apply to the stale branches that only exist as snapshots of the code.
Since you are using it commercially, and want to change the license for future versions, you will absolutely want to discuss this with whatever entity is using it. You could choose a license they refuse to accept, and end up not being able to use any future releases. My employer will not use copy-left style licenses for example.
Good point. This is not included in any software that is distributed, it is only a smaller part of an internal codebase used for data analysis. Does that not change things? But to be on the safe side, it would probably make sense to make it as permissive as possible to avoid any issues here. But then again, if it is not applied retroactively then nothing of the code used will be subject to any license. But good thing to remember for the future.
check your contract, you might not own the code and your organization may have a process to determine how to license something.
Good point. I will need to double check the contract, but I believe the ownership restriction has more to do with patents and commercialization. All our output was in general meant to be made public.
The idea that a license added would only apply to code added after the license change is very funny.
I suppose it makes sense if it originally had a license, and you then change the license to be less permissive.
What is more difficult is that earlier commits won’t have that license explicitly unless you rewrite git history to make that happen (which is possible but tedious).
I will probably not do that, but I guess it factors into my second question: That I in that case should make sure to include it in all branches (which are not treated as branches in the common sense, but rather as forks within the repo - they will never be merged to the main branch).
Wow, thanks a lot for this thorough answer. I see I need to dust off the old employment contract and see what it says - I’ve had an assumption that any ownership my previous employer has pertains only to any discovery that could be commercialized through patents and spin-offs - this is not that. This work is academic research, and I was required to make any publication openly accessible (with CC-licenses) due to how the work was funded, and this code base contains all the analysis tools that underpin these publications.
I’ve been warming up to switching to GrapheneOS for months. Last month I bought a Pixel 8 (which is the buggiest effing phone I’ve ever owned, good job Google). I’ve just been waiting to have the bandwidth....
After 2 years and 3 months my pixel 6 got too hot one too many times while charging and using and the battery expanded. Now I replaced it and got a pixel 8....
I’ve been having some issues with my network card on my new Minisforum UM690S. The issue is related to both WiFi and Bluetooth, but seeing as I have now a cabled connection for internet (and it will stay that way), I am really just in need of solving this for the Bluetooth-issue. I’ve been trying to figure out how to solve...
Are there any types you could recommend? I managed to dig up one among some older stuff (my guess is that it is maybe 5-7 years old), but it performed significantly worse. It is a small dongle (like a USB Receiver) and I am sure it was quite cheap.
Hm, yeah, I am connected on 5 GHz on all my devices and it is working fine. My main VLAN runs a combination of 2.4+5 GHz.
I have some light bulbs that use Zigbee which would be the only other things running on 2.4 GHz in my home. Could it be a source of congestion, and if so, why did this not happen with the previous computer?
I checked out WiFi Analyzer. What exactly would I be looking for here?
What open-source software would you like more people to know about?
12 ft ladder Alternative?
12ft ladder doesnt seem to work anymore, on major sites at least. Does anyone have an alternative? Gracias
Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues (www.youtube.com)
Title is editorialized because the original is, frankly, clickbait garbage
Retroarch vs standalone?
What are your thoughts? What do you prefer?
Site-specific about:config in LibreWolf/Firefox?
I have a specific issue I want to solve right now, but the topic is phrased more generally as I would love the answer to this as well. But this might be an XY-problem because of this, so here’s the actual problem I want to solve:...
What're some of the dumbest things you've done to yourself in Linux?
I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
Android 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off. (security.googleblog.com)
I saw this on infinity for Reddit earlier, I don’t know if there’s a workaround for this or not.
LibRedirect - Privacy-friendly Redirector (libredirect.github.io)
A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions (www.theregister.com)
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....
Adding license after some time with no license?
I have previously written a lot of code that is hosted on a public repo on GitHub, but it never had a license. It was written as part of my work while working for a non-commercial academic entity, and I would like to add a license before the link to the repo will be included in something that will be made public, potentially...
Reddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.com (lemm.ee)
At this point, I’m not even going to bother trying to go on there anymore.
I'm deGoogling. What's my new Podcast app?
I’ve been warming up to switching to GrapheneOS for months. Last month I bought a Pixel 8 (which is the buggiest effing phone I’ve ever owned, good job Google). I’ve just been waiting to have the bandwidth....
Most battery friendly charging
After 2 years and 3 months my pixel 6 got too hot one too many times while charging and using and the battery expanded. Now I replaced it and got a pixel 8....
Bluetooth signal strength problems in Linux Mint
I’ve been having some issues with my network card on my new Minisforum UM690S. The issue is related to both WiFi and Bluetooth, but seeing as I have now a cabled connection for internet (and it will stay that way), I am really just in need of solving this for the Bluetooth-issue. I’ve been trying to figure out how to solve...