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Please don't use Discord for free software projects
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Guix @lemmy.ml adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml
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GNU's Not Unix @lemmy.ml adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml
Why GNU Guix matters
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Do you imagine a world beyond GNU or Linux?
  • I imagine a world beyond proprietary software, and GNU/Linux is the most promising implementation of that.

    I don't agree with reducing software-freedom to an issue of mere privacy-friendliness. I'm willing to be realistic about the security shortcomings of Libre software but not if the alternative is locked down silos and walled gardens.

  • Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
  • People are going to complain no matter how they try to make money, but this should at least have been opt-in with clear consent. The alternative of course is being beholden to Google search referrals. They can't photosynthesize funds.

    Vivaldi, Brave, and their stans are getting their pitchforks ready, forgetting that they don't have to do the hard work of developing an engine because Google already does that for them.

  • how to create an IRC channel?
  • You're being heavily downvoted because this instance is "a community of free software and privacy enthusiasts" as the title on the front page suggests, and this in particular is the !opensource@lemmy.ml community. Discord is the complete antithesis of this, as it is a proprietary application locked to a centralized server that also spies on its users.

    What is wrong with Discord (Richard Stallman)

    Spyware level: Extremely High (Spyware Watchdog)

    That being said, there are modern alternatives to IRC, such as Matrix, XMPP, Zulip, Mattermost, or RocketChat. However, I think IRC is fairly good at what it does.

  • The meanings of OSS names @lemmy.ml adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml
    Lemmy

    This one's obvious to us all but I think it's fitting.

    > ### Why's it called Lemmy? > * Lead singer from Motörhead. > * The old school video game. > * The Koopa from Super Mario. > * The furry rodents.

    Lemmings have a reputation for mindless groupthink, due to the unfortunate myth that lemmings are prone to jumping off cliffs. Lemmy is similarly misunderstood as a platform where strict ideological alignment is mandated and dissension is banned, but by and large the majority of moderation action on this instance is against spammers.

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    GNU's Not Unix @lemmy.ml adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml
    Kicking off the GNU Assembly
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    Libre Software @lemmy.ml adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml
    Kicking off the GNU Assembly
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    Unarchiver tool on Fdroid? (untar, unzip,..)
  • Except this isn't a privacy community, this is a FOSS community, and OP mentioned they wanted an app on F-Droid, not anything about privacy.

    I believe the idea that "FOSS is only about privacy and nothing else, therefore proprietary apps with no network access are the same as FOSS apps" is absurd and harmful to the free software community, so I downvoted you based on that. Privacy is important but free software is much more than just privacy.

  • Libre Software @lemmy.ml adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml
    Drew DeVault: What should the next chat app look like?
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    Do you really want Linux phones?
  • What's that looking like? I'm aware of Anbox but IIRC that runs a full Android runtime and I've seen mixed reports of it working.

    Personally I've been kicking around the idea of an API compatibility layer for Android, so an Android app could be built as a standard Java jar and run on top of OpenJDK. I'm not concerned with binary APK compatibility, but there are many apps on F-Droid that I would like to run on non-Android Linux, perhaps without the baggage of something like Anbox. I don't know what it would entail, if there is any interest, or if it's even possible though.

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    adrianmalacoda @lemmy.ml

    Adrian Kuschelyagi Malacoda.

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