●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Tuesday, February 02, 2021 ●● ● Feb 02 [00:25] *asusbox (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [00:26] *asusbox2 has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [00:26] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [00:38] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [00:39] schestowitz__ Re: swpat.ffii.org back [00:39] schestowitz__ > https://media.ffii.org/swpat.ffii.org/xatra/ofeu034/index.en.htmlFirefox warns me not to enter. The monopolies do not approve. Trust monopolies. [00:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://media.ffii.org/swpat.ffii.org/xatra/ofeu034/index.en.htmlFirefox ) [00:39] schestowitz__ I had to click many things to enter. [00:44] schestowitz__ Re: CPU load monitor [00:45] schestowitz__ > I saw occasional spikes in the load this weekend but nothing which has [00:45] schestowitz__ > persisted. They went over quickly and mostly had the same curve. [00:45] schestowitz__ > [00:45] schestowitz__ > I've done a lot of refactoring of various scripts for my own LAN / home [00:45] schestowitz__ > automation network this weekend. Along the way, I've drafted a script [00:45] schestowitz__ > which can report the CPU load via MQTT with more frequent report above [00:45] schestowitz__ > configurable thresholds. For it to be put into use would require that [00:45] schestowitz__ > TR first get upgraded. [00:45] schestowitz__ I'm at the mercy of kaniini for this because rather than upgrade we plan a migration to containers (Alpine). It' s a good thing we didn't invest much in CentOS upgrades, seeing what IBM now does to it. ● Feb 02 [10:58] schestowitz__
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    VideoLAN marks two decades of open source success
    [10:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 400 @ https://www.itnews.com.au/news/videolan-marks-two-decades-of-open-source-success-560533">VideoLAN ) [10:58] schestowitz__
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    The early years of the new millennium saw a great deal of controversy around content dissemination over the internet and piracy thereof, and legal fights over distribution rights.

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    "At that time, this was a risky decision for the cole Centrale Paris, and the VideoLAN project is very grateful," the organisation said.

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    VideoLAN was officially launched as free and open software on February 1 2001, but the Paris based organisation's roots go back to an academic project in 1996, comprising client and server applications to stream videos from satellite dishes across a campus network.

    • ● Feb 02 [17:15] schestowitz__ [17:14] I fixed some http config for http://media.ffii.org [17:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-media.ffii.org | Index of / [17:15] schestowitz__ [17:15] next is https [17:15] schestowitz__ [17:15] I have asked some patent scholars over the lack of Compulsory Licensing in UPC, they both agree with the Max Planck analysis [17:50] schestowitz__ >> Re: swpat.ffii.org back [17:50] schestowitz__ >>> https://media.ffii.org/swpat.ffii.org/xatra/ofeu034/index.en.html [17:50] schestowitz__ >> Firefox warns me not to enter. The monopolies do not approve. Trust [17:50] schestowitz__ >> monopolies. [17:50] schestowitz__ >> [17:50] schestowitz__ >> I had to click many things to enter. [17:50] schestowitz__ > Will try to fix the SSL cert today. Finally got access to the load balancer. [17:50] schestowitz__ > [17:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Operation timed out after 10001 milliseconds with 0 out of 0 bytes received ( status 0 @ https://media.ffii.org/swpat.ffii.org/xatra/ofeu034/index.en.html ) [17:50] schestowitz__ > Will expose it in HTTP, because I don't see why we need HTTPS. [17:50] schestowitz__ To reinforce the monopolies, with their monolithic browsers that warn people. [17:54] schestowitz__ https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19998788#56f5cab046a40139fa0022bfe022ffdd [17:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Google should really open source Chromium http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/146776#comment-28035 [17:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | The Demise of Chromium as Free Software | Tux Machines [17:54] schestowitz__ " [17:54] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo [17:54] schestowitz__ [17:54] schestowitz__ Isn't it open source already? [17:54] schestowitz__ " [17:54] schestowitz__ openwashing of chrome, a notorious and common trick [17:55] schestowitz__ https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19993795#015c1d2045f70139f9ee22bfe022ffdd [17:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Google Play bans open-source Matrix client Element, citing abusive content http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147086 [17:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Google Play bans open-source Matrix client Element, citing abusive content | Tux Machines [17:55] schestowitz__ https://joindiaspora.com/posts/139f552045840139f9f022bfe022ffdd [17:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Not a Diaspora post? [17:55] schestowitz__ " [17:55] schestowitz__ Yet some people even here on Diaspora are so happy about this to the point they feel the need to insult me for saying otherwise [17:55] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo [17:55] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo - 2 days ago [17:55] schestowitz__ Right here [17:55] schestowitz__ Pollux [17:56] schestowitz__ Pollux - 2 days ago [17:56] schestowitz__ Ban Google Play. Use F-Droid. [17:56] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo [17:56] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo - 2 days ago [17:56] schestowitz__ I do. I dont have google apps at all on my phone so Im not affected. But I learn about this things from the news and its upsetting because people are already reluctant to use chats other than whatsapp, if now they have to go out of their way to install something else its a guarantee they wont even try. [17:56] schestowitz__ And even more annoying are these brainwashed people applauding without thinking. [17:56] schestowitz__ Igor k [17:56] schestowitz__ Igor k - a day ago [17:56] schestowitz__ @Michele How do you manage Google play services? [17:56] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo [17:56] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo - a day ago [17:56] schestowitz__ I dont have anything Google, Igor. Some apps complain about it but still work ok, others I just dont use. [17:56] schestowitz__ For the ones I really cant do without, I have a cheap, dedicated phone with stock Android that contains pretty much nothing else, so whatever they steal from it, its mostly worthless. [17:56] schestowitz__ Igor k [17:56] schestowitz__ Igor k - about 21 hours ago [17:56] schestowitz__ So what a distro are you running? Or did degooglate a normal Android Phone? [17:56] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo [17:56] schestowitz__ Michele Santullo - about 17 hours ago [17:56] schestowitz__ #LineageOS [17:56] schestowitz__ Igor k [17:56] schestowitz__ Igor k - about 11 hours ago [17:56] schestowitz__ Ok [17:56] schestowitz__ " [17:57] schestowitz__ >>> Result: M$ has, via the package repository, defacto root access. [17:57] schestowitz__ >>> [17:57] schestowitz__ >>> This is almost certainly a direct reaction to the Raspberry Pi having [17:57] schestowitz__ >>> entered the desktop market with very, very serious models. [17:57] schestowitz__ >> Should we do an article about this, you reckon..? [17:57] schestowitz__ >> [17:57] schestowitz__ >> [17:57] schestowitz__ > Probably. The RPi has been a good a project until now but this first [17:57] schestowitz__ > mistake is a very big one and may be their undoing. It's not like they [17:57] schestowitz__ > did not have very visible and ample warning about what happened to OLPC [17:57] schestowitz__ > and why. 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