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in reply to @ 2015-304 12:43 UTCPretty sure it's bundled with X11 on most distros… even without gnome…
in reply to @ 2015-304 12:25 UTCI laughed out loud at the ending
in reply to @ 2015-304 12:24 UTCWordPress. Or GNU Social. Or known/withknown/idno
in reply to @ 2015-301 20:06 UTCPartly for heat/power consumption/fanless possibility
Partly because homogeneity is bad
in reply to @ 2015-301 14:24 UTCI wouldn't be against it or anything, but it's certainly not a priority for me.
in reply to @ 2015-301 13:52 UTCI'd actually want model-m style buckling spring switches, despite them making it thicker and heavier. Probably. Honestly, maybe I'd hate that after all, but it sounds great. I love my good keyboards, and often use my laptop plugged into one (I have a portable-ish cherry-switch one that I keep in my backpack).
in reply to @ 2015-301 13:50 UTCShameless plug: I have a super-beginner series starting from nothing. Starting at https://singpolyma.net/2012/01/writing-a-simple-os-kernel-part-1/
in reply to @ 2015-301 13:45 UTC
- No binary blobs anywhere
- Freedom to the gate level (I can dream 😉 )
- Durable chassis
- USB Type-C (also used to charge the laptop, maybe optionally).
- 11+ hours battery life
- 11"-11.5" 4:3 matte screen
- Scissor-switched keyboard (or better, but that's unlikely in a laptop)
- Wifi a/b/g/n
- Bluetooth
- If there are camera/mic, hardware switch for each
- HDMI and DisplayPort outputs
- Gigabit ethernet
- Non-x86 architecture (MIPS preferred just now)
- I've come to love the trackpoint, but a really good touchpad can be fine
- Best (in both quality and volume) speakers possible in the space available
- Touchscreen
- Fold-down ("convert to tablet") chassis for the touchscreen
in reply to @ 2015-300 16:20 UTCOpen source does not mean they can't ask you to pay for it. In this case, the payment is in terms of marketing.
in reply to @ 2015-300 15:50 UTCUse this to check the evidence: https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html
Then email sfconservancy.org" rel="nofollow">compliance@sfconservancy.org
in reply to @ 2015-300 15:47 UTCCoworker of mine installed Ubuntu on XPS13 and it "just worked"
in reply to @ 2015-300 15:42 UTCFor the purposes of an infringement suit you would have to prove you have code that forms part of their distribution. The more you have, the easier it is.
in reply to @ 2015-300 13:50 UTCgit submodules?
in reply to @ 2015-299 03:40 UTCYeah, version 2.4 is installable from https://github.com/flaviotordini/minitube/issues/20#issuecomment-145247315 and should work
in reply to @ 2015-298 22:11 UTChttp://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17631838
Also her talk about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDTQLa3NjE
in reply to @ 2015-298 18:37 UTCI have an encrypted folder and symlink well-known locations (such as .ssh) into it. Among other uses.
in reply to @ 2015-298 11:54 UTCThis is great! Though it is both incorrect and confusing to refer to attribution-licensed material as "Public Domain"
in reply to @ 2015-298 00:46 UTCEasiest way: ask the copyright holder. Often I ask (by email) such authors and they say "that sounds fine to me", which give you written evidence if they decide to change their mind later.
in reply to @ 2015-297 12:46 UTCWhat if I quote the bytes of the executable as a hex string, in the code, and run binary eval on it?
What if you do? That is obviously not the preferred form for modification and does not fill the source requirement of the GPL.
in reply to @ 2015-297 12:44 UTCIf you just want to know if minified JS fill the GPL souce offer requirement, the answer is definitely no. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7564654/distributing-gpl-licensed-code-code-compression-and-code-readability
in reply to @ 2015-295 14:51 UTCI would suggest not doing anything from scratch unless you have to.
Unless you want to because you're bored or whatever 😉