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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2022/10/03/Does-Rust-belong-in-Linux.html">Does Rust belong in the Linux kernel?</a></h5> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | <p>If I should owe my allegiance to any programming language, it would be Hare. Not only is it a systems programming language that I designed myself, but I am using it to write a kernel. Like Rust, Hare is demonstrably useful for writing kernels with. One might even go so far as to suggest that I consider it superior to C for this purpose, given that I chose to to write Helios in Hare it rather than C, despite | Oct 04 03:47 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-drewdevault.com | Does Rust belong in the Linux kernel? | Oct 04 03:47 | |
| schestowitz | my extensive background in C. But the question remains: does Hare belong in the Linux kernel?</p> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 03:47 |
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| schestowitz | <li> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.lkml.org/lkml/2022/10/2/255">Linux 6.0</a></h5> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.lkml.org | LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 6.0 | Oct 04 03:47 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | <p>So, as is hopefully clear to everybody, the major version number change is more about me running out of fingers and toes than it is about any big fundamental changes.</p> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 03:47 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.talospace.com/2022/10/linux-60.html">LINUX 6.0</a></h5> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.talospace.com | Linux 6.0 | Oct 04 03:47 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 03:47 |
| schestowitz | <p>The Linux 6.0 kernel is out, formerly "5.20," and on its way to a distro near you. Keeping in mind that no Linux numerical release corresponds to any particular milestone, real or imagined, the marquee improvements include more graphics hardware support, XFS performance and scalability improvements (I like this in particular since my Fedora root is still XFS), further preparations for Compute Express Link, | Oct 04 03:48 |
| schestowitz | zero-copy send for networking and io_uring userspace block driver support.</p> | Oct 04 03:48 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 03:48 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/10/02/fedora-37-and-seamonkey-2-53-14/">Fedora 37 and SeaMonkey 2.53.14.</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:01 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-baronhk.wordpress.com | Fedora 37 and SeaMonkey 2.53.14. | BaronHK's Rants | Oct 04 04:01 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:01 |
| schestowitz | <p>I upgraded to Fedora 37 several days ago (pre-release).</p> | Oct 04 04:01 |
| schestowitz | <p>Overall, that went well. (Post in process on that.)</p> | Oct 04 04:01 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:01 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2022/10/msg00000.html">Results for non-free firmware</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-lists.debian.org | Results for non-free firmware | Oct 04 04:13 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | <p>This message is an automated, unofficial publication of vote results. Official results shall follow, sent in by the vote taker, namely Debian Project Secretary.</p> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:13 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003">General Resolution: non-free firmware</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.debian.org | General Resolution: non-free firmware | Oct 04 04:13 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | <p>Voting period: Sunday 2022-09-18 00:00:00 UTC Saturday 2022-10-01 23:59:59 UTC</p> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | <p>The discussion period has been extended with 7 days by the Debian Project Leader.</p> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:13 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://blog.einval.com/2022/10/02#firmware-vote-result">Firmware vote result - the people have spoken!</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.einval.com | Steve's blog | Oct 04 04:13 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | <p>The headline result is: Choice 5 / Proposal E won: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer. I'm happy with this - it's the option that I voted highest, after all. More importantly, however, it's a clear choice of direction, as I was hoping for. Of the 366 Debian Developers who voted, 289 of them voted this option above NOTA and 63 below, so it also meets the 3:1 super-majority | Oct 04 04:13 |
| schestowitz | requirement for amending a Debian Foundation Document (Constitution section 4.1.3).</p> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/debian-votes-to-include-non-free-firmware/">Debian Makes Major Change, Will Include Non-Free Firmware in Future Installers</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.makeuseof.com | Debian Makes Major Change, Will Include Non-Free Firmware in Future Installers | Oct 04 04:14 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | <p>The Debian project is making a major change to how it handles proprietary software in the next version. Debian 12's installer will feature proprietary firmware in order to make installation easier with Wi-Fi adapters.</p> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/910065/">Debian's firmware vote results</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Debian's firmware vote results [LWN.net] | Oct 04 04:14 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | <p>The vote also changes the Debian Social Contract to make it clear that including non-free firmware in this manner is allowed.</p> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://blog.alteholz.eu/2022/10/my-debian-activities-in-september-2022/">My Debian Activities in September 2022</a></h5> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-My Debian Activities in September 2022 – blog.alteholz.eu | Oct 04 04:14 | |
| schestowitz | <p>This was my ninety-ninth month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian.</p> | Oct 04 04:14 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 04:14 |
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| schestowitz | x https://game-news24.com/2022/10/03/microsoft-launches-web-page-on-activision-blizzard-acquisition-and-how-it-will-benefit-the-players/ | Oct 04 04:32 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-game-news24.com | Microsoft launches web page on Activision-Blizzard acquisition and how it will benefit the Players - Game News 24 | Oct 04 04:33 | |
| schestowitz | # http://techrights.org/2022/10/03/montenegro-marriage-of-corruption/ | Oct 04 04:35 |
| schestowitz | # what was that post actually about? | Oct 04 04:35 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | [Meme] Lowering the Bar With Nations That Barely Have Any European Patents (Close to Zero) | Techrights | Oct 04 04:35 | |
| libertybox_ | https://nitter.it/lord_bagira/status/1577097960273297409#m | Oct 04 05:32 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Christopher Punches (@lord_bagira): "It went on for like 7 years, and Frank tried to rehash it by smearing me again during the freenode fiasco because he knew I was coming out about my story to people: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-260521.html"|nitter.it | Oct 04 05:32 | |
| schestowitz | <li> | Oct 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://danielmiessler.com/blog/stadia-is-googles-product-strategy-now/">Stadia is Google’s Product Strategy: Google refuses to invest in solid product strategy and UI/UX, and the results are becoming predictable</a></h5> | Oct 04 05:41 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-danielmiessler.com | Stadia is Google's Product Strategy - Daniel Miessler | Oct 04 05:41 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz | <p>I’m not an expert on internal Google politics, but it seems to me—and I’ve heard elsewhere—that they pretty much let engineers run everything. The coding, obviously, but also a whole lot of the product side as well.</p> | Oct 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz | <p>If that’s true, it’s not working. Again, maybe there are other factors that I’m not aware of, but to me this reads as not having a clear product vision and solid designers as part of product teams.</p> | Oct 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 05:41 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://danielpocock.com/molly-russell-suicide-debian-frans-pop-lucy-wayland-deaths-social-media/">Molly Russell suicide & Debian Frans Pop, Lucy Wayland, social media deaths</a></h5> | Oct 04 09:48 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-danielpocock.com | Molly Russell suicide & Debian Frans Pop, Lucy Wayland, social media deaths | Oct 04 09:48 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Oct 04 09:48 |
| schestowitz | <p>We can extrapolate the coroner's findings to both the suicide of Frans Pop and also the death of Lucy Wayland. In Wayland's case, the coroner has stated that alcoholism was a factor. Experts classify alcoholism as a form of self harm. While Wayland's death was ruled an accident, it involved self harm, which is analogous to the phenomena described in the case of Molly Russell.</p> | Oct 04 09:48 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Oct 04 09:48 |
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