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What do Linux kernel version numbers mean? in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

"Kernel version numbers are easy"

When you have to checkout the master branch in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

And yet people still happily use the platform. À la "smash capitalism" sticker on a Macbook Pro.

Libxml2 Becomes Officially Unmaintained After Maintainer Steps Down in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't know about those. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I wonder how they compare to libxml2.

When you have to checkout the master branch in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

It wasn't even tech bros. Some people started using opensource software, discovered the master branch and lost their shit. Nobody meaningful had ever connected the name to anything malevolent, but those people made themselves be offended in the name of people who weren't even offended by it.

Microsoft bought github and didn't want the bad press so they renamed it after the twitter shitstorm. The professional victims then moved on to whatever else made noise on twitter and that was that.

I force all new projects to use master as all my old scripts and repos use master. Twitter shitstorms scan stay where they should be: in the toilet bowl of the internet aka twitter.

Bug-Catching "Smatch" Static Analysis On The Linux Kernel Under Threat Due To Funding Gap in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 19 hours ago

The Linux Foundation is too busy funding AI, it seems.

Firefox 147 Promises Support for the XDG Base Directory Specification, Beta Out Now in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They support MKV now???

Linux kernel version numbers (Greg Kroah-Hartman's blog) in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 20 hours ago

Every version is stable in linux means no version breaks userspace. Semver's major version literally breaks the contract. It's what it's for.

And even if we literally meant stable as in "this is expected to work", no, that is nowhere near normal in my experience. There are countless projects and companies with "test in production" mentalities. Then there are distros like Ubuntu and nixos that always have an unstable and/or a testing release, which is by definition not stable.

So, no, every version is stable is definitely not the norm in my experience.

Libxml2 Becomes Officially Unmaintained After Maintainer Steps Down in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My guess, it'll be rewritten in rust.

Linux kernel version numbers (Greg Kroah-Hartman's blog) in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Every version is stable" is definitely not "just like every other branched model". Why not just have an increasing number or date as a version number if everything is stable? The major and minor numbers don't make in this way if "everything is stable".

Libxml2 Becomes Officially Unmaintained After Maintainer Steps Down in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Good on Nick. Do what you want buddy, you had a good run. Go have some fun doing what you love.

Now it's time for a corporate user of libxml2 to donate resources for maintenance and bug fixing or forking it. It doesn't always have to be on the shoulders of unpaid maintainers.

Linux kernel version numbers (Greg Kroah-Hartman's blog) in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"Simple". That's not simple.

line noise in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

AOC is a programmer?

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Linux has a DHH problem - Niccolò Ve [46:54] (tube.kockatoo.org)
 

You can find all of these videos as written articles, plus some extra content, at https://thelibre.news/

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Why call it full-disk encryption when the EFI partition has to be unencrypted? (programming.dev)
 

Sounds like a misnomer to me.

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Nicollo Vé - Is the Linux Community too Elitist? [video] (tube.kockatoo.org)
 

A KDE developer gives his opinions on the topic.

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A Modest (Linux) Proposal - arthurpizza (tilvids.com)
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[Open question] Why are so many ~~rust~~ opensource projects MIT licensed? (opensource.org)
 

A few people pointed out that many rust projects were MIT licensed and since then I indeed have seen MIT licensed projects everywhere in Rust. Then I found the link of this post and it looks like MIT was by far the most popular license in all of opensource in 2023.

Any ideas why?

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What happened to networks like eMule, WinMX, DC++, and so on? (programming.dev)
 

Is retroshare the new iteration of this?

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How can I host an IMAP connected to thirdparty POP? (programming.dev)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
1 comments fedilink
 

Basically, I'd like to have my own domain e.g onlinepersona@mydomain.com but not go through the hassle of hosting my own email service: I'd like to use another service that handled SPF, DMARC, and whatever else for me, grab the emails from their service using POP, and make it available to my email client on android and Linux using IMAP. SMTP will be through the third party.

This way, if the third party starts doing some bullshit like trying to lock me in, donating to a dickhead, or whatever else I disagree with, I can cancel my subscription, move to another third party, and keep all mails on my server.

How can I achieve this? Which search terms should I be using? "Self host email server" brings up stuff that's the equivalent of self-hosting gmail, AOL, posteo, kollabnow, or whatever, but that's not what I want. "Selfhost POP relay" doesn't have much better results, always bringing up SMTP relay...

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Who needs newfangled stuff like forums? 🤢 (programming.dev)
 

Inspired by How to effectively browse mailing lists.

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Telegram Removes Z-Library Posts 'Due to Copyright Infringement' * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
 

Telegram, an essential communication tool for millions, finds itself under scrutiny once again. Copyright holders have long expressed concerns about the lack of enforcement on the platform, and recent actions suggest Telegram is responding. Subscribers to Z-Library's popular channel recently noticed that several of the shadow library's messages have been removed "due to copyright infringement."

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The Linux Foundation spent 2% on linux kernel support in 2023 (programming.dev)
 

Financial report of 2023

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PSA: If you're going to write software for piracy, put it on I2P! (geti2p.net)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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movie-web was just taken down with all its repos, Yuzu was taken down, then suyu forked it on gitlab and was taken down, countless clones of nintendo games, platform emulators, and a bunch of other things are taken down because they are hosted on the clear web.

If you're a dev and planning to write software for piracy, host it on I2P!

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FLOSS communities right now (i.imgflip.com)
 

4 pane comic of dolan on the left and spooderman on the right

pane 1 (dolan): cum join opensurce cummunity!
pane 2 (spooderman): shure! how joyn?
pane 3 (dolan): Here discord! (with discord logo)
pane 4 (spooderman with tears in eyes): y u do dis?

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