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passthejoe

@passthejoe@ruby.social

Journalist, itinerant programmer, picker, grinner. #Debian and #Fedora #Silverblue on the desktop, #AlmaLinux, #Fedora, #OpenBSD and #FreeBSD on the server. Husband, father, amateur gardener, cat herder, large appliance tinkerer.

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passthejoe, to fedora
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I tend to really beat up on operating systems — I run them long and do a lot — and 39 is doing very well.

passthejoe, (edited ) to random
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Nile Rodgers, rhythm guitar (AND songwriting and producing) master

https://youtu.be/pRERgcQe-fQ?si=UFeji8YIuekczlIX

osiris, to Musicproduction
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Amazon Enshitification (as coined by @pluralistic) in action:

The entire first row are knockoffs, deceptively named and designed to fool you they're Focusrite products. Even though I specifically searched for "Focusrite Scarlett".

passthejoe,
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@osiris @pluralistic Very scammy.. Amazon is too much work for buyers trying to avoid things like this.

passthejoe, to fedora
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    @mattdm @vwbusguy @sesivany

    Force the Flathub Firefox to run with Wayland with this change in Flatseal:

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    @mattdm @vwbusguy @sesivany

    I already switched back to Xwayland. Not sure it's ready for prime-time just yet.

    But it's nice to be able to toggle back and forth.

    passthejoe, to random
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    Latest updates for CentOS Stream 9 http://centos.passthejoe.net/posts/2023_1003_centos_stream_9_updates

    passthejoe, to random
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    Latest updates for CentOS Stream 8 http://centos.passthejoe.net/posts/2023_1003_centos_stream_updates

    passthejoe, to random
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    Latest updates for CentOS Stream 9 http://centos.passthejoe.net/posts/2023_1003_centos_stream_9_updates

    passthejoe, to bass
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    “I was in my sixth year as a studio guitarist when one day the bass player didn’t show up. The producer asked me...” How Carol Kaye became a session icon | World
    https://www.guitarworld.com/features/carole-kaye-interview-2023

    passthejoe, to firefox
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    passthejoe, (edited )
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    @gordonmessmer If RHEL gets the update on 7/13 and Stream gets it on 7/21, how do you explain the delay?

    Whatever is happening, it doesn't move the needle in favor of Stream. "Absolutely last distro to get security patches" is a bug, not a feature.

    passthejoe, to wordpress
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    Wil Wheaton's site is a great example of what a blog can be -- and what we are missing in this age of social media over everything.

    The integrated comments in a blog are something that is harder to obtain and maintain in many other blogging systems.

    , which seems like the WP of the 2020s, includes comments.

    https://wilwheaton.net/

    passthejoe, to debian
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    There are times in when a package is poorly maintained. Chromium was far behind where it should have been at one point. I complained a lot on Twitter.

    jasonemiller, to hamradio

    In late 2022, Michelle Thompson (W5NYV, @abraxas3d) wrote a white paper on what we know and don't know about the demographics of the US amateur radio community. (Find it here: https://github.com/Abraxas3d/Demographics/blob/master/Who-We-Are.pdf)

    At CSU Channel Islands, we are building an amateur radio club (KN6ZYB) that aims to be diverse and inclusive. I am looking for best practices in fostering and protecting diversity. Thompson's best advice on this count is to identify other clubs that have managed to do that for themselves.

    So I am asking the community here: Can you tell me of any US amateur radio clubs you know of that have managed to attract and maintain a diverse membership? I'd like to reach out to their leaders to learn about their management practices.

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    I've had more time to think about the Red Hat source code situation.

    RH "allowed" EL clones for many years. I believe them when they say the pipeline from free to paid is not real.

    RHEL is aimed at a specialty audience that needs what RH is selling, and the cost for them is a rounding error.

    It's nice to have that product, minus support, for free rather than thousands.

    Millions want it for $0.

    There are dozens of alternative OSes that legitimately cost $0.

    1/x

    passthejoe, (edited )
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    Maybe Stream is close enough. You won't have to change almost anything, though you also won't get more than 5 years of support.

    You'll just have to upgrade more often. That's the cost of free.

    There are other enterprise-level systems from and . It might be worth a switch for something you can rely on.

    is a solid choice. It is predictable and technically excellent.

    There are even situations where Fedora Server could be appropriate.

    2/x

    passthejoe, (edited )
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    and are also solid general purpose OSes. I use both -- and even -- on servers.

    None of the open source licenses say the developers of the software need to like you, or approve of you using their creation for free.

    But life's too short.

    I want to use software from projects that want me to use it. That's important to me.

    I want to be a contributing member in the communities for the software I use.

    3/x

    passthejoe,
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    If I'm trying to push a giant rock uphill, and developers in the project are pushing it downhill at that same time, that means I need to find a community that is more closely aligned with my needs, skills and philosophy.

    There is no computing task that can only be done (and done well) by a single Linux or BSD system. It's time we all stop acting that way.

    4/end

    passthejoe, to linux
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    SUSE has issued an official statement in response to the growing concern in Open Source circles due to Red Hat’s actions. Here’s what they said.

    https://www.suse.com/c/navigating-changes-in-the-open-source-landscape/

    passthejoe, to linux
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    SUSE has issued an official statement in response to the growing concern in Open Source circles due to Red Hat’s actions. Here’s what they said.

    https://linuxiac.com/suse-about-red-hat-recent-actions/

    passthejoe, (edited ) to RedHat
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    The hosts of @DestinationLinux seem like very nice people, but they are 1000% buying what is selling.

    They do point out RH's communication issues, but they don't admit to the bait-and-switch nature of the company's moves.

    They're trying to make the case that Stream, Leap and LTS are roughly equal in not being the "bug for bug" source of the paid products.

    There's a lot more nuance there, and that should be acknowledged.

    https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-329/

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    @DestinationLinux

    For me, it's not just communication issues but sloppy execution that devalues many communities along the way.

    How could Red Hat NOT have met with Rocky and Alma community leaders BEFORE this latest move?

    Why even "encourage" Alma and Rocky (passively or otherwise) to form in the first place if they were going to pull the RHEL source?

    CentOS Stream has a lot of potential, but the cake isn't yet fully baked (I'm talking about the security gaps).

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    @DestinationLinux

    What bothered me most about the show was the hosts talking about how nice everybody at is, and how they're fighting the good fight so everybody over there has jobs, and we as users don't want to do anything to harm Linux and cost jobs at Red Hat.

    It's a Fortune 500 company, not a charity.

    And the whole notion of downstreams that don't "add value"? Upstream's opinion of downstream's motivations or merits shouldn't be a factor in source code availability.

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    @DestinationLinux Red Hat doing good things -- and Linux needing more positive news -- doesn't shield the company from criticism.

    If Linux needs positive news, developers and companies need to do positive things.

    All I want from Red Hat at this point is honesty, open communication and responsibility/ownership for its decisions.

    This will probably turn out OK for RH, and the non-corporate community will survive.

    But squashing the debate just to be nice? That's dangerous, IMO.

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    @DestinationLinux For reference, this is what says about Leap:

    "openSUSE Leap and SUSE Linux Enterprise share the same source code and use the exact same binary packages."

    https://www.suse.com/c/closing-the-leap-gap-src/

    passthejoe,
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    @DestinationLinux It's hard (for me) to figure out exactly what Pro is, but I think for the first five years of the LTS release, the entire distribution's source is available to anybody who wants it. It's only after 5 years that the Pro-only patches kick in.

    If I'm wrong, let me know.

    https://ubuntu.com/pro

    passthejoe,
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    @DestinationLinux

    Do we have to "leave" the CentOS/Fedora community if we're critical of Red Hat? Are silence and cheerleading mandatory?

    I don't think shutting the f%^$ up for the sake of Linux adoption is the way to go.

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    All of this said, I still enjoy and will listen to , and I appreciate the podcast and its hosts.

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