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in reply to @ 2016-051.551ZOr we should get a project going to turn the GPL's read-only implementation inside of GRUB into a kernel module, and then improve it to a much higher level of compatibility.
in reply to @ 2016-050.933ZHeh. You should try dwm ๐
in reply to @ 2016-050.933ZI've been switching all my users to LXDE. More familiar to them than most other interfaces, and runs well on just about anything
in reply to @ 2016-050.714ZIs this a future plan? It's not in the repos today (I just looked)
in reply to @ 2016-050.713ZI believe the argument is that the parts change to make it work with Linux are the derived part
in reply to @ 2016-050.712ZI just checked, and Debian does not distribute even the DKMS. They only distribute FUSE (and, of course, the FreeBSD module for Debian/kFreeBSD)
in reply to @ 2016-050.709ZWell. IIRC they don't really make a lot of profits. But they hope to
in reply to @ 2016-050.689ZSo far, the courts have sided with the vendors that ship non-free drivers.
ref? Experts I ask say there have been no court decisions on this yet.
in reply to @ 2016-050.657Zthat's why ZFS on FreeBSD is no problem at all
GPL in FreeBSD is no problem either, though they tend to dislike it more, it is legal to distribute ๐
in reply to @ 2016-050.221ZWell, currently powertop shows a pretty constant 10 wakeups per ms from tor — highest idle process on my system besides syncthing. So I was just wondering if there's anything it's doing while idle that I might not need, etc, to reduce battery usage, since it's a big user
in reply to @ 2016-049.569ZI really hope support for gnu social gets added as well.
in reply to @ 2016-047.183ZI think you can even make money selling binaries. There are several projects that try that in various ways (Conversations is one of them), but it isn't nearly as popular as services, etc
in reply to @ 2016-046.686ZThe claims this article starts with could be refuted with mere minutes of research. There are several people and companies in my town who make money off open source without proprietary relicensing or other stuff. They all sell services (because that's the most popular business model, or because that's what they wanted to do, I believe there are other options).
in reply to @ 2016-044.551Zgitlab.com hosts the enterprise edition, though, which is not open source so some people dislike that
in reply to @ 2016-043.874Zhttps://git.framasoft.org/ is a public install people can use
in reply to @ 2016-043.873ZI loved this device, but mine got stolen out of my office… ๐
in reply to @ 2016-043.871Zhttps://git.framasoft.org/ is a public install people can use
in reply to @ 2016-043.869ZSure, but the paragraph seems to imply that the Haskell makes more dependencies, whereas it really makes one one dependency (the library itself)
in reply to @ 2016-043.558ZThe smartphone software space is advancing
s/advancing/declining
in reply to @ 2016-043.556ZJust like every functional Android build