●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 18, 2021 ●● ● Jul 18 [02:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [02:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [03:25] *job (~job@i6d3uaf4gjjqw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [03:28] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) ● Jul 18 [08:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [08:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:05] Techrights-sec2 It might be that the router is OpenWRT even if the ISP claims they do not [08:05] Techrights-sec2 support it. In such a case where they've been violating the licensing, [08:05] Techrights-sec2 they don't admit to using it, even though scans of the device show [08:05] Techrights-sec2 it to be using OpenWRT anyway. YMMV [08:05] schestowitz they use GPL and "linux" [08:28] Techrights-sec2 They probably won't respond to a request for the source code, at least [08:28] Techrights-sec2 not in anyway that fulfills the licensing requirements. [08:38] *job has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:43] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:43] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:47] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:48] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [09:05] Techrights-sec2 https://inews.co.uk/news/wembley-variant-covid-cases-england-fans-euro-2020-final-1107370 [09:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-inews.co.uk | 'Wembley variant': England fans report soaring Covid cases after gathering for Euro 2020 final [09:05] schestowitz | 'Wembley variant'? I COINED IT! :-) [09:09] Techrights-sec2 :/ [09:09] Techrights-sec2 There are cases popping up in the Olympics already. No idea if there will [09:09] Techrights-sec2 be success containing it, even among the athletes. From what I read last [09:09] Techrights-sec2 year, if a top athlete gets it, their career is over even if the [09:09] Techrights-sec2 external symptoms were apparently mild. Internal damage happens anyway. [09:12] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:12] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:14] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:15] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:51] *psydroid_ (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:51] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:52] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:58] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [10:00] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:02] *job (~job@jxkrv29u4p6sc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:11] schestowitz = [10:11] schestowitz x https://ludditus.com/2021/03/31/the-solution/ [10:11] schestowitz = [10:11] schestowitz = [10:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ludditus.com | The Long Road to Linux-Only (Not Excluding a Bit of WINE) Homo Ludditus [10:11] schestowitz x https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/14/microsoft-announces-cloud-pcs-can-run-device-windows-365/ [10:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-siliconangle.com | Microsoft announces Cloud PCs that can run on any device with Windows 365 - SiliconANGLE [10:11] schestowitz # surveillance and data capture [10:26] *psydruid has quit (connection closed) [10:27] *job has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:58] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@jiz967bhsgr6i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [11:32] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:32] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:33] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:33] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [12:35] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:35] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:40] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:42] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [13:54] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:54] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:56] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:56] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [14:09] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:09] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:22] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:22] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [16:05] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:05] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:20] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:21] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:34] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:34] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [17:08] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:08] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:09] *rianne_ (~rianne@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:10] *liberty_box (~liberty@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:27] schestowitz Re: About Valve and Steamdeck [17:27] schestowitz I am going to respond tonight in the form of a long blog post about it. [17:27] schestowitz > Just my 2 cents. [17:27] schestowitz > I hope things are well for you. My wife and I enjoyed your pic feeding [17:27] schestowitz > the little cow. We only go out of our house strictly when needed since [17:27] schestowitz > march 2020, and were vaccinated last week (first dose), so we now have [17:27] schestowitz > BIG PLANS for some weeks in the future: like going to feed some birds to [17:27] schestowitz > the park on a sunny day. It's weird. But it's a happy thing. So, I tell [17:27] schestowitz > you man, those birds are gonne get FAT when this is over. [17:27] schestowitz That sounds like us. We stay indoors since March last year and try to feed the birds any time we did. Last did that yesterday. Bought like 10KG of bread. [17:49] *Disconnected (Connection reset by peer). [17:50] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [17:50] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [17:50] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [17:50] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:50] *Techrights-sec2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:50] *libertybox (~schestowitz_log@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 18 [20:49] schestowitz Re: Rough Draft: Is Microsoft a National Security Threat? [20:49] schestowitz > Danke! Let me know if ive missed anything logically. Grammar will be handled soon enough. [20:49] schestowitz "years ago there were some cost-benefit analyses comparing the base cost [20:49] schestowitz of M$ malware to the migration cost to GNU/Linux. Even if the false [20:49] schestowitz premise of popularity equaling vulnerability were true, the migration [20:49] schestowitz would pay for itself many times over even if the malware-free period [20:49] schestowitz lasted a couple of years. Now with the damage from M$ malware running [20:49] schestowitz up into hundreds of billions per year, the return on investment would be [20:50] schestowitz greater. In short it is neither economics nor security holding back [20:50] schestowitz desktop migration to FOSS. As for usability, KDE surpassed M$ in [20:50] schestowitz usability 20 years ago. So that is not a factor holding back the [20:50] schestowitz desktop migration to FOSS>" [20:50] schestowitz > Thank you Roy I will pass the message on [20:50] schestowitz > [20:50] schestowitz > Have a nice Sunday evening [20:50] schestowitz > ● Jul 18 [21:05] schestowitz The biggest news in the patent blogosphere last week was the German Federal Constitutional Court's decision rejecting all outstanding constitutional complaints against the proposed Unified Patent Court, removing a major hurdle to the initiative's realisation. See coverage on FOSS Patents, JUVE Patent, Legal Patent, and the Kluwer Patent Blog - and, of course, the IPKat - for more. [21:05] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/around-ip-blogs_01440639350.html [21:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Around the IP Blogs - The IPKat [21:05] schestowitz falsehoods aplenty ● Jul 18 [22:14] *psydroid_ has quit (connection closed) [22:37] schestowitz " [22:37] schestowitz Hi there. [22:37] schestowitz I've just read your quick article regarding Steamdeck (http://techrights.org/2021/07/17/drm-valve/), where you also ask for IRC comments. [22:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Its Getting Too Difficult to Compete With Free Software (Except in Marketing) | Techrights [22:37] schestowitz Writting in english is slow for me, and so IRC feels uncomfortable, therefore I prefer email. But I do have some comments. I'll try to split them in short ideas. [22:37] schestowitz " ● Jul 18 [23:24] schestowitz I forgot to tell you something! A point 5 in my last mail. [23:24] schestowitz " [23:24] schestowitz I saw a few videos the day the news got wild, and every time they showed SteamOS v3, it looked very much like windows 10. [23:24] schestowitz Take a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLtiRGTZvGM [23:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Steam Deck: First Hands-On With Valves Handheld Gaming PC - YouTube [23:24] schestowitz "