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DaemonFCschestowitz-pi: Matthew posted a photo of himself.Sep 22 00:59
DaemonFCDoesn't look good.Sep 22 00:59
DaemonFChttps://nondeterministic.computer/system/cache/media_attachments/files/111/101/887/896/802/425/original/07fe80b917f161e1.jpegSep 22 01:00
techrights-secbackSep 22 01:45
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schestowitz-pibackSep 22 02:23
schestowitz-pistruggling to have good dreams while TR pages are still not online, but thinking they might be staticSep 22 02:23
schestowitz-piit'll lower costs and improve speed of pageloads by a lotSep 22 02:23
schestowitz-piI've just finished taking /home and /var from tm-old, offsite backupSep 22 02:23
schestowitz-pisome older redirections that helped prevent 404sSep 22 02:24
schestowitz-piit's well done the way you fused together "news" and "old", such that everything remains accessibleSep 22 02:24
schestowitz-pithe nodes above were missing from old due to the disk issuesSep 22 02:24
schestowitz-piipfs files copied across fully, so i'm informally or tentatively done taking stuff from any of the oldSep 22 02:24
schestowitz-piserversSep 22 02:24
schestowitz-piI've fixed some php programs that broke, such as irc botsSep 22 02:24
schestowitz-piDaemonFC: if you zoom in, he looks about 60Sep 22 02:26
DaemonFCYeah.Sep 22 02:27
DaemonFCHe said he wouldn't be surprised if they gave him hydroxychloroquine earlier.Sep 22 02:27
DaemonFCThere are only about a million databases by now and nobody ever supports them for long.Sep 22 02:29
schestowitz-piyeahSep 22 02:49
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Review of Youyeetoo Rockchip RK3568 SBC with Lubuntu 20.04 and the RKNPU2 AI SDK ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Review_of_Youyeetoo_Rockchip_RK3568_SBC_with_Lubuntu_20_04_and_.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Review_of_Youyeetoo_Rockchip_RK3568_SBC_with_Lubuntu_20_04_and_.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:00
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): 5 Best Free and Open Source CardDAV Servers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_CardDAV_Servers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_CardDAV_Servers.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:00
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Blender 3.6.3 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Blender_3_6_3.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Blender_3_6_3.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:01
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Android_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:01
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Paths in GTK, part 2 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Paths_in_GTK_part_2.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/21/Paths_in_GTK_part_2.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:01
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): FIPS Validation for AlmaLinux OS ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/FIPS_Validation_for_AlmaLinux_OS.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/FIPS_Validation_for_AlmaLinux_OS.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:02
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): OpenTofu: The Linux Foundation’s Response to HashiCorp’s Moves ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenTofu_The_Linux_Foundation_s_Response_to_HashiCorp_s_Moves.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenTofu_The_Linux_Foundation_s_Response_to_HashiCorp_s_Moves.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:02
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): GNU40 Event and Amin Bandali on New GNU Releases ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/02/GNU40_Event_and_Amin_Bandali_on_New_GNU_Releases.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/02/GNU40_Event_and_Amin_Bandali_on_New_GNU_Releases.gmi ∎Sep 22 03:03
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DaemonFChttps://www.subhadig.net/moving-my-blog-to-github-pages-from-wordpress.html#what-are-github-pagesSep 22 05:09
DaemonFCLOLSep 22 05:10
DaemonFC"Free Hosting on Github Pages." Sure, for now.Sep 22 05:10
DaemonFCAnd have fun with that while they steal everything you write to feed it to the plagiarism bot.Sep 22 05:10
techrights-secThere seem to be about 2.2K redirections there.  in /tmp/redirectionsSep 22 06:39
techrights-secI suppose they are in an include file?  But in the long term, they shouldSep 22 06:39
techrights-secget ported over from /old/node to /nodeSep 22 06:39
techrights-secOk, added the redirections, but only 13 seemed to be missing from /nodeSep 22 06:39
techrights-secand those are also missing from /old/node if I understand correctlySep 22 06:39
techrights-secSo maybe /old/node can be removed and the redirections point to the mainSep 22 06:39
techrights-secpage for those 13 ?Sep 22 06:39
techrights-secI hope the recovery is progressing, so you should take it a bit easier Sep 22 06:39
schestowitz-pibackSep 22 06:40
schestowitz-pi(still recovering)Sep 22 06:40
schestowitz-pimerging those pages in would be goodSep 22 06:40
schestowitz-pimost (thousands) were not in TM-oldSep 22 06:40
schestowitz-pisome other redirections help catch old URLs for rss followersSep 22 06:40
techrights-secI've checked that most of the 2.2K files were already there in /nodesSep 22 06:42
techrights-secand added a redirection to the main page for the remaining 13.Sep 22 06:42
techrights-secWill now re-add the miscellaneous redirectionsSep 22 06:42
schestowitz-piexcellent, it looks like those page requests return a valid page Sep 22 06:42
techrights-secShould /all/ the taxomomy links go to the feed?  If so a pattern would dowSep 22 06:46
techrights-sec^ taxonomy feedSep 22 06:46
schestowitz-pimaybe it's not so important a year after we moved to the static page generatorSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-piwhat keeps me aware at night is the state of TR, esp. the wiki and wordpressSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-pii think I finished all the other migration tasks, sans less urgent onesSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-piit would just take running older centos wit php 5.x, then I can put the basic files and sql DBs in placeSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-piseems like a task similar to the one that made the .gmi version of the site, poreserving dir structureSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-piwiki I can save manually, as the number of pages is that that huge  Sep 22 06:53
schestowitz-pibut need to get it installedSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-piwe'd shed off a lot of CPU/energy wasteSep 22 06:53
schestowitz-pilike preserving full editing history since 2009Sep 22 06:53
schestowitz-pii can edit pages directly once they are staticSep 22 06:53
techrights-secI don't think I can do much  atm with the TR wiki.   However, I can Sep 22 06:53
techrights-secstart on TR Git today and then look at the static site generatorSep 22 06:53
techrights-secThat would get the site visible again.Sep 22 06:53
schestowitz-piyesSep 22 07:01
schestowitz-piit looks like you had a scraper downloading the site date by dateSep 22 07:01
schestowitz-piinc. links and allSep 22 07:01
schestowitz-piso we can do the same on a local installation Sep 22 07:01
schestowitz-pithen tar and upload it Sep 22 07:01
schestowitz-pii've just set aside latest DB dumps for the DBs so they they don't got rotated out of reachSep 22 07:01
schestowitz-pithey're from 19/9/2023Sep 22 07:01
schestowitz-pithere are a lot of stuff in there from many authorsSep 22 07:01
schestowitz-piall the media files are in place, just need to extract all the pages from wordpressSep 22 07:01
techrights-secDoes the Gemini hierarchy on your RPi relfect the old HTTP structure?Sep 22 07:02
techrights-secie /yyyy/mm/dd/slug ?Sep 22 07:02
techrights-secThat method would work, once there is a localhost version available.Sep 22 07:02
techrights-secI don't suppose you got a copy of the VM image (raw) downloaded?Sep 22 07:02
techrights-secQemu can work with that as-is and no installationn of junk is neededSep 22 07:02
schestowitz-pii don't know how to get the image itself from the hv Sep 22 07:08
schestowitz-piit would be very large because of the media in itSep 22 07:08
schestowitz-piiirc, you did get the wordpress site up and running from the DB some years ago on a laptopSep 22 07:08
schestowitz-piand if it's set for localhost to be techrights.org or similar, then the pages can be scraped off of itSep 22 07:08
schestowitz-pilots of stuff about microsoft, EPO etc.Sep 22 07:08
schestowitz-pitwo alternative approaches: asking kaniini to make the site available by ip to scrape itSep 22 07:34
schestowitz-pior make the image of the VM available Sep 22 07:34
techrights-secI'm really not comforatable with anything involving asking kaniini for anythingSep 22 07:37
techrights-secHow much can be fetched from the db backup already at hand?Sep 22 07:37
DaemonFCIt says da Lobsta only made $24,000 over three years of working as a contractor.Sep 22 07:38
DaemonFCThen sued the employer and claimed he was an employee, and won.Sep 22 07:38
DaemonFCSeems like the guy mostly lost because he stepped in it and called her an employee in emails.Sep 22 07:40
schestowitz-pi_everything_ is in the DVBVsSep 22 07:40
schestowitz-pieverything.Sep 22 07:40
schestowitz-pithat's the good news Sep 22 07:40
schestowitz-piwe just need to turn those into static pagesSep 22 07:40
schestowitz-pithw simplest way it to run them offlineSep 22 07:40
schestowitz-piand then scrape themSep 22 07:40
schestowitz-piit was the part of the OS upgrade I've long dreaded but it only needs to be done onceSep 22 07:40
schestowitz-pigetting those directly from the DB would not workSep 22 07:40
schestowitz-pias there is processing by wordpress involvedSep 22 07:40
DaemonFCIf the guy hadn't filed a complaint with the police then he would have only had to pay $960.Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secGood.  Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secThat will take some effort, but it's probably feasible to get the Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secURL (or date + slug) out of the db plus the body content and body title, those Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secwould be enough.  Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secFrom what I recall from a few years ago, it could be done with some Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secspecific SQL queries to the various tables.  Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secI think the static site generator is a higher priority and that depends Sep 22 07:41
techrights-secon getting a Git repository in place for TR again.  Sep 22 07:41
schestowitz-piwriting new material, I think, for TR, might be a lower priority than restorting the old stuffSep 22 07:43
schestowitz-pibut restroring all the pages would take days, so maybe both can be done at the same time :-)Sep 22 07:43
schestowitz-pibut anyway, we do have all the data, and one way or another we can extract static pages from itSep 22 07:43
techrights-secok.  Can you set up the db somewhere, no PHP, just the db accessible viaSep 22 07:50
techrights-secthe normal mariadb client?Sep 22 07:50
techrights-secchecking Sep 22 07:50
schestowitz-pithe DB is on the new serverSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pialready loadedSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pii can reload it just in caseSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pibut you probably want the latest dump as we need to load that using wordpress 3.9.xSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pi1605759636 Sep 21 09:50 wordpressdatabase-20230919.dump.gzSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pi297548266 Sep 21 09:49 wikidatabase-20230919.dump.gzSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pion /home/boycottnSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-pithose are _very_ complete and up to date, it's the labour of sweat of many people since 2006Sep 22 07:51
schestowitz-piwordpress is no longer a safe path into the future, but we can use the existing install of it to grab static Sep 22 07:51
schestowitz-picopies of the DB'd partsSep 22 07:51
schestowitz-piall the media files are already in placeSep 22 07:51
techrights-secfetching wordpressdatabase-20230919.dump.gzSep 22 07:55
techrights-secYes, there was a lot of technical debt accumulated over timeSep 22 07:55
techrights-secnpSep 22 07:55
schestowitz-pigreat, remember we can derive the whole site from these, sans the images, which are already in place and propeSep 22 07:56
schestowitz-pirlySep 22 07:56
schestowitz-pireferences from within the DB stuffSep 22 07:56
schestowitz-piwe're paying back technical debtSep 22 07:56
schestowitz-pii want to archive the source of debt and then move to static page generator, where I can produce twice as muchSep 22 07:56
schestowitz-pias it is much faster Sep 22 07:56
schestowitz-pithanks for the help in these difficult times (illness)Sep 22 07:56
techrights-secFWIW, xxxx /never/ trusted kaniini and said so both back in the day andSep 22 07:58
techrights-secagain this last week.  Sep 22 07:58
techrights-secStrategically, this may be a beneficial move.  I need to set up a decentSep 22 07:58
techrights-secbackup work flow for the new system right away.    Sep 22 07:58
techrights-secfetching wordpressdatabase-20230919.dump.gzSep 22 07:58
schestowitz-pisure, we can do this correctly and safely rathe thtan sdafeSep 22 07:58
schestowitz-pipeople send me mail and more, asking about the site, i assure them patience is neededSep 22 07:58
schestowitz-pi*rather than fastSep 22 08:00
schestowitz-piwe pushed wordpress 3.9.x was far as possible, it got security patches till months agoSep 22 08:00
schestowitz-pii spent hours this week researching the matter and wordpress is definitely not the way to goSep 22 08:00
schestowitz-pithey sell complexity or offer services around thatSep 22 08:00
techrights-secMaybe 1) a placeholder page can be put online, 2) a mockup (1 html page +Sep 22 08:01
techrights-seccss) for the new look can be made.  The latter would really help.Sep 22 08:01
techrights-secOk both db dumps are downloaded from the new systemSep 22 08:01
schestowitz-pii will make a placeholder place with an assuring statementSep 22 08:02
schestowitz-pithanks so much for helping, rianne is battling tooSep 22 08:02
schestowitz-pigive me an hour or so for the placeholder pageSep 22 08:02
techrights-secnpSep 22 08:03
techrights-secFetching /home/boycottn/wikidatabase-20230919.dump.gz Sep 22 08:03
DaemonFCWordpress has gone from fast on anything to barely works on Chromium.Sep 22 08:19
DaemonFCYou have to write things in another editor and paste.Sep 22 08:20
DaemonFCschestowitz-pi: Not having security patches is bad with Mr. I Would Never Commit a Cybercrime out there.Sep 22 08:21
DaemonFCTalking about hacking into GPS locations of a company's scooters.Sep 22 08:21
DaemonFCFollowing their customers around.Sep 22 08:21
schestowitz-piyeahSep 22 08:21
schestowitz-pialmost done drafting the statement for front pageSep 22 08:21
DaemonFCThere's no telling how many times or when you may have to drop everything and move it again.Sep 22 08:27
DaemonFCSimplify it greatly.Sep 22 08:28
DaemonFCI am terrible at making backups.Sep 22 08:28
DaemonFCGetting off of Fedora was basically throw everything in a pile someplace else and replace the OS.Sep 22 08:28
DaemonFCLOBSTA is stirring up more shit in Lobsta Chat.Sep 22 08:29
DaemonFC"She" is now accusing someone else of "racism".Sep 22 08:29
DaemonFCIt's hilarious because they've been rando-banning people and accusing them of being me.Sep 22 08:30
DaemonFCThey're looking for people on VPNs now. And Tor.Sep 22 08:31
DaemonFCAnd some cloud IRC programs.Sep 22 08:31
DaemonFCAnd not all of them are me.Sep 22 08:31
schestowitz-pican you spot typos in techrights.org front page?Sep 22 08:37
schestowitz-pii am still working on itSep 22 08:37
DaemonFCLooks good.Sep 22 08:40
DaemonFCI suppose saying vandalism would not be a good idea.Sep 22 08:40
DaemonFCMight encourage them.Sep 22 08:40
DaemonFCLobsta is a real headcase.Sep 22 08:41
DaemonFCYou should see him picking fights with people in the anime channel.Sep 22 08:41
DaemonFCNever talks about anime. Just picks fights with people.Sep 22 08:42
DaemonFCschestowitz-pi: Modern computing is horrid.Sep 22 08:44
DaemonFCUnprompted, my dad even mentioned it.Sep 22 08:44
psydruid"my wife I" -> "my wife and I"Sep 22 08:46
psydruid"job" -> "jobs"Sep 22 08:46
DaemonFCMaybe I'm more tired than I thought.Sep 22 09:02
DaemonFCThe doctor said everything looked good on my labs.Sep 22 09:02
DaemonFCI'm in better shape than GULAG.Sep 22 09:02
DaemonFCNot that this is a contest.Sep 22 09:02
DaemonFCThe only thing wrong with me was a minor case of Athlete's Foot, so she gave me some stuff.Sep 22 09:02
schestowitz-pipsydruid: thanks, adding image as well nowSep 22 09:05
schestowitz-pipsydruid: ok, addedSep 22 09:11
techrights-secloading db copy into mariadb locallySep 22 09:12
techrights-sec... will take a long while ...Sep 22 09:12
techrights-secMariaDB [tr]> select ID,post_date_gmt, post_title FROM wp_posts LIMIT 2;Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec+----+---------------------+--------------------------------------+Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec| ID | post_date_gmt       | post_title                           |Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec+----+---------------------+--------------------------------------+Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec|  3 | 2006-11-13 17:13:41 | Welcome to Boycott Novell            |Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec|  4 | 2006-11-13 17:20:39 | Samba Team Denounces the Novell Deal |Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec+----+---------------------+--------------------------------------+Sep 22 09:12
techrights-sec2 rows in set (0.022 sec)Sep 22 09:13
techrights-secWhat about the contents of Sep 22 09:13
techrights-sec              <a href="http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Taegukgi.jpg"><img src="http://techrigSep 22 09:13
techrights-sec^ wrong pasteSep 22 09:13
techrights-secwhat about the contents of /wp-content/uploads/... ?Sep 22 09:13
techrights-secDo you have that available ?Sep 22 09:13
schestowitz-piyes, we have all the files external to the DBSep 22 09:13
schestowitz-pithe post bodies contain stuff that wordpress processes to make proper htmlSep 22 09:13
schestowitz-pihence, those DBs need to be fed into wordpressSep 22 09:13
schestowitz-pitechrights.org now has a front pageSep 22 09:16
schestowitz-pino deadline specified, so people can get the full context and waitSep 22 09:16
schestowitz-pii also offer where to go in the meantimeSep 22 09:16
schestowitz-pi*offer section to exploreSep 22 09:16
schestowitz-pibtw http://www.techrights.org/Sep 22 09:27
schestowitz-piwith "www"Sep 22 09:27
schestowitz-pigoes to tuxmachinesSep 22 09:27
schestowitz-piexcellent!Sep 22 09:27
techrights-secyes, that is not set up correctly yet, checing after a bit (cooking)  Sep 22 09:27
schestowitz-piwe'll go quick yoga to relax hereSep 22 09:27
schestowitz-pitook some pressure off my chestSep 22 09:27
schestowitz-piwe might start posting with the static side generator when gnu turns 40 :-)Sep 22 09:27
schestowitz-piRE-adding the old pages can be done later, over timeSep 22 09:28
DaemonFC Switching to https://techrights.org sends you to tuxmachines.Sep 22 09:35
DaemonFCOh, yeah.Sep 22 09:35
DaemonFCAlready noticed.Sep 22 09:35
DaemonFCI wonder if Lundy is Matt Gulag. Not PST though so I voiced them.Sep 22 09:36
DaemonFCfreelife is in PSTSep 22 10:01
techrights-secWhen you are back, can you please double check the TSL parts for tr (andSep 22 10:43
techrights-secalternate names www. news. for the site(Sep 22 10:43
techrights-secbiab (lunch)Sep 22 10:43
techrights-secback briefly, took care of a blanket  redirect for all 404s but even fromSep 22 10:43
techrights-secwrong urls :/Sep 22 10:43
techrights-secwordpressdatabase-20230919.dump finished loadingSep 22 10:43
techrights-secexaming contents of table wp_postsSep 22 10:43
schestowitz-piexcellent stuff!Sep 22 10:50
schestowitz-pii am feeling some excitement now, seeing that we can finally reduce the duplication and replication acrossSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piTM and TRSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piwe can make a lot more original articles this way, dealing with issues of the daySep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piand Daily Links will carry on as usual, with TOCSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-pichecking TLSSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-pifantastic, www.tr, tr etc. (inc missing pages) redirect nicelySep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piand it does clarify the old pages will come back, in due course...Sep 22 10:50
schestowitz-pii will possibly blog in TM till we have a sister static site generator for TRSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piand will catchg up with Linux links to come up with topicsSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piIRC is doing wellSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-pinew peopple, politr and on-topic toneSep 22 10:50
schestowitz-piDaemonFC: not in public channelSep 22 10:55
schestowitz-piwe may soon have new Techrights readySep 22 10:55
schestowitz-pifor now, i might temporarily post "the stuff" in TMSep 22 10:55
schestowitz-piwe'll have many positive changesSep 22 10:56
techrights-secGreat!Sep 22 10:57
schestowitz-piposting 3 articles in TM nowSep 22 10:57
schestowitz-pithat I planned for TR on TuesdaySep 22 10:57
schestowitz-pii also have a scoop about GitHub exposeSep 22 10:57
schestowitz-pibut that can wait..Sep 22 10:57
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Never_Update_Your_UEFI_BIOS_Especially_With_LVFS_on_Linux_Also_.shtml#topSep 22 11:04
techrights-secDo you know off hand the formula which WordPress uses to convert the Sep 22 11:07
techrights-secpost_title field into a 'slug' ?Sep 22 11:07
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): OpenTofu: The Linux Foundation’s Response to HashiCorp’s Moves ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenTofu_The_Linux_Foundation_s_Response_to_HashiCorp_s_Moves.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenTofu_The_Linux_Foundation_s_Response_to_HashiCorp_s_Moves.gmi ∎Sep 22 11:20
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Android_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Sep 22 11:21
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Never Update Your UEFI β€œBIOS”, Especially With LVFS on Linux. Also, systemd-boot is a Plot to Overthrow the PC’s Owner. ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Never_Update_Your_UEFI_BIOS_Especially_With_LVFS_on_Linux_Also_.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Never_Update_Your_UEFI_BIOS_Especially_With_LVFS_on_Linux_Also_.gmiSep 22 11:21
schestowitz-piadding images from disk would be simple:  rsynch/scp wildcard user@tr:/thepathSep 22 11:50
schestowitz-pino "javascript"/"ajax"Sep 22 11:50
schestowitz-piconverting the old site to static would need feeding it into wordpress because of various syntax bitsSep 22 11:50
schestowitz-pithat cannot be done by hand, inc. hrefSep 22 11:50
schestowitz-pii no longer feel a sense of urgency because, having slvaged all the data we needed from the old HV,Sep 22 11:50
schestowitz-piwe justified or rationalise the pages not being online for a whileSep 22 11:50
schestowitz-pii still think a local install of the blog would be the way to goSep 22 11:50
techrights-secOk then I will shift to the static site generator.  Sep 22 11:53
techrights-secWhat about 2) above, the mockup with CSS?Sep 22 11:53
techrights-sec(for the old site, one can temporarily mention Gemini)Sep 22 11:53
techrights-secok I'll slap a CSS-less test soonSep 22 11:53
schestowitz-pithe css can be twesked over timeSep 22 11:59
schestowitz-piand can start very very simpleSep 22 11:59
schestowitz-pithe page/htmlSep 22 11:59
schestowitz-piwith taxmachines styling by defaultSep 22 11:59
schestowitz-pibtw, i am checking if I can insert videos into itSep 22 11:59
schestowitz-pi<div style="width: 480px; max-width: 100%;" class="wp-video"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pivideo');</script><![endif]-->Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pi<video class="wp-video-shortcode" id="video-174761-1" width="480" height="340" poster="http://techrights.org/vSep 22 12:00
schestowitz-piideos/techrights-video-mogz-poster.jpg" preload="metadata" controls="controls"><source type="video/webm" src="Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pi/videos/alan-cox-linus.webm" /><a href="/videos/alan-cox-linus.webm">/videos/alan-cox-linus.webm</a></video></Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pidiv>Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-piyes, i mentioned and linked to gemini and will do so againSep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pihttp://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/BBC_Segment_on_the_Humble_Beginnings_of_Linux_and_Alan_Cox_s_Ro.shtmlSep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pithe video embed part gets filtered by the editorSep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pithe video or poster?Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pi(as in, video coverage image)Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pii created ~/videos/Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pifor TMSep 22 12:00
techrights-secpointers to the clients would also be helpful thereSep 22 12:00
techrights-secHot linking is the problem there, I think.Sep 22 12:00
techrights-secThe video needs to be local, but we don't yet have provisions for local videoSep 22 12:00
techrights-sec~ or /var/www/... ?Sep 22 12:00
techrights-secthe image processing script can probably be modified to identify videos.  Can you put a short one in the uplodSep 22 12:00
techrights-secs folder>?Sep 22 12:00
schestowitz-pi/var/www/tuxmachines.org/htdocs/videos# lsSep 22 12:03
schestowitz-pialan-cox-linus.webmSep 22 12:03
schestowitz-pii was thinking, with rianne becoming more active we might post a lot more original stories in TM as wellSep 22 12:03
schestowitz-piand daily links, instead of ebing posted twice over the Linux topics and Gemini links, can be subjectedSep 22 12:03
schestowitz-pito some cross-domain de-suplicationSep 22 12:03
schestowitz-piwhich would free up time to write original commentarySep 22 12:03
schestowitz-pithis a golden opportunitySep 22 12:03
schestowitz-pigoing to add front page message to explain to people how to access the page/s via geminiSep 22 12:15
schestowitz-piIf you wish to read a page that is not yet restored (as <em>static</em> file), use Gemini. Download <a href="https://geminiprotocol.net/software/" title="Gemini software">a Gemini client of your choice</a>, then open that page with the same address, preceded by "<code>gemini.</code>". For instance, <code>http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO</code> becomes <code>gemini://gemini.techrights.org/wiki/EPO</code> and <code>http://techrights.org/2023/08/07/Sep 22 12:21
schestowitz-pilf-technical-advisory-board-2/</code> becomes <code>gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/07/lf-technical-advisory-board-2/</code>Sep 22 12:21
schestowitz-pi<p>______<br />Sep 22 12:21
schestowitz-piMore than a year ago we <a href="https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/09/01/Going_Live_With_Tux_Machines_Holistic_Front_Page.shtml">said</a>: "<em>The CMS we develop for Tux Machines will later be used here in Techrights..."</em></p>Sep 22 12:21
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Phoronix Rolled Out WebP Just as Everyone Needed the Emergency Patch. Also, Pipewire and Google Chrome commentary. ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Phoronix_Rolled_Out_WebP_Just_as_Everyone_Needed_the_Emergency_.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Phoronix_Rolled_Out_WebP_Just_as_Everyone_Needed_the_Emergency_.gmi ∎Sep 22 12:25
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): BBC Segment on the Humble Beginnings of Linux and Alan Cox's Role ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/BBC_Segment_on_the_Humble_Beginnings_of_Linux_and_Alan_Cox_s_Ro.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/BBC_Segment_on_the_Humble_Beginnings_of_Linux_and_Alan_Cox_s_Ro.gmi ∎Sep 22 12:25
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Health-Checker, Gear, More update in Tumbleweed ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Health_Checker_Gear_More_update_in_Tumbleweed.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Health_Checker_Gear_More_update_in_Tumbleweed.gmi ∎Sep 22 12:26
techrights-secI'm not sure offhand how to get a thumbnail for videos     Sep 22 12:33
techrights-seccheckingSep 22 12:33
techrights-secGreat!  Sep 22 12:33
schestowitz-pirianne and i brainstormSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-pii broke many outdated habitsSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-pilike checking blogs without rss or Googgle "NewsSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-pino need to "clean" feeds or replicate links acorss from TM to TRSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-piI will blog a lot today in TMSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-pias it's good for my healthSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-piand will amass the supportive references from the files that amass and sort items from 1000+ rss sourcesSep 22 12:34
schestowitz-pithis is something i should have done years ago, i thinkSep 22 12:34
techrights-secadding ffmpeg to news.tuxmachines.org for eventual use in grabbingSep 22 12:35
techrights-secthumbnail images from videosSep 22 12:35
techrights-secbiab (coffee)Sep 22 12:35
techrights-secbackSep 22 12:35
techrights-secThe perl module for ffmpeg is abandoned and too out of date but there is Sep 22 12:35
techrights-seca work around using a system call.Sep 22 12:35
techrights-secwebp is an image format, not a video format, do you ave a short video? Sep 22 12:35
schestowitz-piRe: new serverSep 22 12:43
schestowitz-pi> It's all good now! Debian 12 feels a LOT faster than Alpine :)Sep 22 12:43
schestowitz-pi> Sep 22 12:43
schestowitz-pi> Sep 22 12:43
schestowitz-pi> Best regards,Sep 22 12:43
schestowitz-pi> Marius NestorSep 22 12:43
schestowitz-pi> Wow, that’s awesome!Sep 22 12:46
schestowitz-pi> Sep 22 12:46
schestowitz-pi> I still can’t login though using the old credentials. What do I have to do?Sep 22 12:46
schestowitz-pi> Sep 22 12:46
schestowitz-pi> Best regards,Sep 22 12:46
schestowitz-pi> Marius NestorSep 22 12:46
schestowitz-piWhat error message do you get? I added the key to the old server, but maybe your machine complains about the host having changed? What address do you connect to?Sep 22 12:47
schestowitz-pi> Host key for news.tuxmachines.org <http://news.tuxmachines.org> has Sep 22 12:51
schestowitz-pi> changed and you have requested strict checking.Sep 22 12:51
schestowitz-pi> Host key verification failed.Sep 22 12:51
schestowitz-piOn your system, in .ssh/known_hosts, remove line 3 and try again. It rightly complains that the machine changes and that may seem "suspicious". The machine change was intentional.Sep 22 12:51
techrights-seccheckingSep 22 12:53
techrights-secDid he get the fingerprint in the message sent the other day?Sep 22 12:53
techrights-secHe's using keys so the risk of MitM is basically noll.  Sep 22 12:53
schestowitz-piyes, this is what they responded to (2 people above)Sep 22 12:56
schestowitz-pibut it seems easy to overcomeSep 22 12:56
techrights-secOh, it's hard to know how much instruction should be packed along with  Sep 22 12:57
techrights-secan update message.  Sep 22 12:57
techrights-secthe -R option for ssh-keygen will work too, the error message even says thatSep 22 12:57
techrights-secalong with the specific options to use for just that one keySep 22 12:57
schestowitz-pithanks, taking noteSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pii will sort it out with themSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pirianne says it is slow newsSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pifunnily enough only a week ago we said a changed was critically needed  Sep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pias news had been drying upSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-piso one option is to produce more things or gettinc reativeSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pi*creativeSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pii will pen a response to IBM and OSI now in TMSep 22 13:01
schestowitz-pihttp://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenSource_com_is_Not_Coming_Back.shtmlSep 22 13:26
schestowitz-pimarius back inSep 22 13:28
schestowitz-piposted 3 new pages just nowSep 22 13:28
schestowitz-pinavigation is very fastSep 22 13:28
schestowitz-pimaybe because it's hosted near to me, latency for pageloads is like 20msSep 22 13:28
techrights-secExcellent news.  Sep 22 13:38
techrights-secBeing on the same island will help with the latency, though all in Europe willSep 22 13:38
techrights-secfind it faster than before.  Sep 22 13:38
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): GNOME 45 β€œRiga” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/GNOME_45_Riga_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This_Is_W.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/GNOME_45_Riga_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This_Is_W.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:42
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): GNOME 44.5 Arrives with Improvements for GNOME Software, Epiphany, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/GNOME_44_5_Arrives_with_Improvements_for_GNOME_Software_Epiphan.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/GNOME_44_5_Arrives_with_Improvements_for_GNOME_Software_Epiphan.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu 23.10 Beta Released with GNOME 45 and Linux Kernel 6.5 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Ubuntu_23_10_Beta_Released_with_GNOME_45_and_Linux_Kernel_6_5.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Ubuntu_23_10_Beta_Released_with_GNOME_45_and_Linux_Kernel_6_5.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Today's π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/today_s_howtos.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): OpenSource.com is Not Coming Back ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenSource_com_is_Not_Coming_Back.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/OpenSource_com_is_Not_Coming_Back.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study finds ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Deciding_for_ourselves_98_of_people_want_a_browser_choice_scree.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Deciding_for_ourselves_98_of_people_want_a_browser_choice_scree.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Ubuntu Podcast From the UK and mintCast ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Audiocasts_Shows_Ubuntu_Podcast_From_the_UK_and_mintCast.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Audiocasts_Shows_Ubuntu_Podcast_From_the_UK_and_mintCast.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi ∎Sep 22 13:43
techrights-secthe thumnail generator handles deduplication of video as-is, no changes neededSep 22 14:30
techrights-secgoing further in the script now to add video mungingSep 22 14:30
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.5.2 released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/EasyOS_Kirkstone_series_version_5_5_2_released.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/EasyOS_Kirkstone_series_version_5_5_2_released.gmi ∎Sep 22 14:32
schestowitz-pithe gallery on TM-new worksSep 22 14:46
schestowitz-pithe front page of it saysSep 22 14:46
schestowitz-pi"https://news.tuxmachines.org/gallery/Sep 22 14:46
schestowitz-piForbiddenSep 22 14:46
schestowitz-piYou don't have permission to access this resource."Sep 22 14:46
schestowitz-pimaybe a chmod/perm issue?Sep 22 14:46
schestowitz-pi(rianne fully recovered now, went to town to send items she sold; she is happy with the new plan forn the siteSep 22 14:46
schestowitz-pis)Sep 22 14:46
psydruidwho is Lundy?Sep 22 14:48
schestowitz-pifirst seen in freenodeSep 22 14:48
schestowitz-piasking about the siteSep 22 14:49
schestowitz-pipossibly faithful readerSep 22 14:49
schestowitz-pipsydruid: rianne's religious interpretation is,Sep 22 14:49
schestowitz-pithe abrupt end for wordpress was neededSep 22 14:49
schestowitz-pito make us kick the habitSep 22 14:49
schestowitz-piand do what we already decided we must do... over a year agoSep 22 14:50
schestowitz-piso she joke the vandal's are "god's way"Sep 22 14:50
schestowitz-pi*jokesSep 22 14:50
psydruidschestowitz, I agree with herSep 22 14:52
psydruidthe goal was to take TR offline for good, but the opposite is going to result from this eventSep 22 14:53
schestowitz-piTR is back online within a day, TM alsoSep 22 14:55
schestowitz-pieven http/sSep 22 14:56
schestowitz-piin the case of TR, having to abandon wordpress was always going to be a huge taskSep 22 14:56
schestowitz-piafter 17 yearsSep 22 14:56
schestowitz-piwe could get thge site back working as beforeSep 22 14:56
schestowitz-pibut chose not toSep 22 14:56
schestowitz-pias you can see from channel logs, we reckons that holding onto wordpress would not solve the issueSep 22 14:57
schestowitz-pithe first time techrights said wordpress would not be in its future was 2013Sep 22 15:00
schestowitz-pibecause they added a universl back doors, automatic updatesSep 22 15:00
schestowitz-pithe LTS back then would last a decadeSep 22 15:01
schestowitz-pitill dec 2022Sep 22 15:01
psydruidI was away from following free software closely for a few years, but I always ran it outside of the work environmentSep 22 15:02
psydruidor even at work in a virtual machineSep 22 15:03
psydruidand only use the proprietary software at work for work purposesSep 22 15:03
psydruidused*Sep 22 15:04
psydruidthe bloat became apparent to me around 2015/2016Sep 22 15:04
schestowitz-pigoodSep 22 15:04
schestowitz-piit's also like this in some 'free' softwareSep 22 15:04
schestowitz-piwait, this is a topic i will cover for TM next :-)Sep 22 15:04
schestowitz-pithanks for the ideaSep 22 15:05
schestowitz-pitechrights-sec: Sep 22 15:05
schestowitz-piirc has helped garner supportive words, reaffirming our choices and showing patience/understandingSep 22 15:05
schestowitz-pihealth-wise I am almost 100% recovered (having coffee already, that's a positive sign)Sep 22 15:05
schestowitz-picharting a new workflow to increase /original/ output, esp. given that input (news) rapidly becomesSep 22 15:05
schestowitz-piscarce over time (that's why rianne became more interested in writing and is improving at it)Sep 22 15:05
schestowitz-pipsydruid: will be back in a bitSep 22 15:05
schestowitz-pidoing a post about thisSep 22 15:05
psydruidyes, I am doing other things myself as wellSep 22 15:06
schestowitz-piLarge and Well-Funded Free Software, Like Systemd and WordPress, Might Not Beget Freedom (Complexity Threatens Choice, Too)Sep 22 15:06
schestowitz-pipsydruid: thanks for kind words anywaySep 22 15:06
schestowitz-pimuch needed this week as I have COVIDSep 22 15:07
schestowitz-pithe superspreader, my mom, infected us bothSep 22 15:07
schestowitz-pirushed serve migration for rianne's and my site... plus double covid-19, on the very same day (tuesday)Sep 22 15:08
schestowitz-pigod has a sense of humour for sureSep 22 15:08
schestowitz-pitesting how much shit we can put up withSep 22 15:08
schestowitz-picovid-19 positive test was _5_ minutes before I found out about the serverSep 22 15:09
psydruidit was hell when I got it for the first timeSep 22 15:09
psydruidafter carefully avoiding it for more than a yearSep 22 15:09
psydruidalso because my mom infected meSep 22 15:09
schestowitz-piyeahSep 22 15:09
schestowitz-pihard to say no to parentsSep 22 15:09
psydruidlast year I had it twiceSep 22 15:10
psydruidfortunately I'm mostly ok nowSep 22 15:10
psydruidbut the effects are lastingSep 22 15:10
psydruidand it can be hard to recover fromSep 22 15:10
schestowitz-pithat's the scary partSep 22 15:10
schestowitz-pii slept a LOT this weekSep 22 15:10
schestowitz-pilike almost TWICE the usualSep 22 15:10
psydruidit happensSep 22 15:11
psydruidI could barely eat when I had itSep 22 15:11
psydruidit took me hours to even finish a sandwichSep 22 15:11
schestowitz-pii seeSep 22 15:23
schestowitz-pifinished first draft nowSep 22 15:23
schestowitz-pipsydruid: Sep 22 15:47
schestowitz-pi<a href="/i/2023/09/fireworks-techrights.png"><img src="/i/2023/09/fireworks-techrights.thumbnail.png" width="450" alt="Techrights fireworks" /></a>Sep 22 15:47
schestowitz-pi<font size="5"><b><a name="top">T</a></b></font>HIS week <em>Techrights</em> is migrating β€” along with this site that turns 20 next summer β€” to Debian 12. We are modernising the site's underlying platform and in the process we've merged the old (Drupal-based) <em>Tux Machines</em> into this site. We converted almost 200,000 Drupal nodes (pages) into static pages and tested the resultant pages for about a year already, especially the historic Sep 22 15:47
schestowitz-pi<a href="https://news.tuxmachines.org/gallery/v/album01/">gallery of old distros</a> and Susan's distro reviews. We wanted to preserve as much as possible while moving ahead in the interest of security.Sep 22 15:47
schestowitz-piAbout 20 years ago Drupal and WordPress (the main engine behind <em>Techrights</em> is the latter) were small and modular, but over time  they grew and along with this growth came an "ecosystem" of plug-in upsellings, adding complexity (e.g. large database schema) and adding support for newly-added complexity. Both the core and the plug-ins would  demand newer versions of underlying software (PHP, MySQL etc.) and due to operating systems having Sep 22 15:47
schestowitz-piregular releases that means that in order to keep sites afloat one must keep upgrading the underlying stack, not just the content management system (each time there is a major new release or minor security-sensitive bugfix).Sep 22 15:48
schestowitz-piThere's a great deal of waste involved. A lot of time gets wasted. The developers add more and more features, barely pausing to think of the long-term ramifications or the fact that the average site owner lacks the time to upgrade, patch, resolve conflicts etc. They have a hidden agenda too; WordPress (Automattic rather) sells hosting (WordPress.<b>com</b>) and so does the company behind Drupal.Sep 22 15:48
schestowitz-piI was closely involved in WordPress before a company was formed around it. I know how simple WordPress used to be.Sep 22 15:48
schestowitz-piIn GNU/Linux there's a similar problem and, as <em>Techrights</em> habitually notes, it's not limited to Systemd (although it might be the most notorious manifestation of it). How much of Wayland is just IBM (or previously Red Hat) trying to dominate the graphics stack? Remember: <b>they sell support</b> and complexity helps sell more contracts.Sep 22 15:48
schestowitz-pi<em>Techrights</em> will be back soon (as an <b>active</b> blog), but <em>Tux Machines</em> will remain active for original stories even after that. We're making some changes to reduce replication of efforts (or duplication across sites).Sep 22 15:48
schestowitz-piKiss Things Simple, Stupid (K.I.S.S.) and, in the context of Web sites, consider using static pertinent pages if you look decades rather than years into the future. Gemini is also a good option.Sep 22 15:48
schestowitz-pitypos?Sep 22 15:48
techrights-secbiabSep 22 15:49
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): KaOS Linux 2023.09 Adds KDE Gear 23.08, Focus To Shift On KDE Plasma 6 ISO ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/KaOS_Linux_2023_09_Adds_KDE_Gear_23_08_Focus_To_Shift_On_KDE_Pl.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/KaOS_Linux_2023_09_Adds_KDE_Gear_23_08_Focus_To_Shift_On_KDE_Pl.gmi ∎Sep 22 15:49
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Large and Well-Funded Free Software β€” Projects Like Systemd, Drupal and WordPress β€” Might Not Beget Freedom ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Large_and_Well_Funded_Free_Software_Projects_Like_Systemd_Drupa.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Large_and_Well_Funded_Free_Software_Projects_Like_Systemd_Drupa.gmi ∎Sep 22 15:50
schestowitz-piwriting long form again helpe me regain strengthSep 22 15:52
schestowitz-pino matter which domain :-)Sep 22 15:52
psydruidschestowitz-pi, I didn't see any typosSep 22 15:53
schestowitz-pigood :-)Sep 22 15:53
techrights-secbackSep 22 15:54
techrights-secexcellentSep 22 15:54
techrights-secstill working on the video question in tmSep 22 15:54
schestowitz-piif that can be fixed on TM, than later is helps when doing new videos with the new mic in TR-newSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pithe needs are not steepSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pithe same format and workflow already work in TM-newSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-piit just doesn't like adding hypertext for in-place videoSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pi"https://news.tuxmachines.org/gallery/Sep 22 15:58
schestowitz-piForbiddenSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pi"Sep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pimaybe not urgent, but the index leads to all the albumsSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pii am doing another article nowSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pilike doctorow said years ago, writing every day is _very_ importantSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-piwe have two servers and two offsite copies of the wiki and wordpress DBs (full)Sep 22 15:58
schestowitz-pithe filex external to the DBs are fully in placeSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-piso i stopped worrying too much about that, for nowSep 22 15:58
schestowitz-piinstead i keep busy by writing and postingfSep 22 15:58
techrights-secThere's no index.shtml for the gallerySep 22 15:59
techrights-seccan you put one in place?Sep 22 15:59
schestowitz-pimaybe get it from Google Cache, for tuxmachines.org/gallery?Sep 22 16:02
schestowitz-pi(re video, we'll need to accept that many cannot bother reading long form, even video >30 secs is "long")Sep 22 16:02
schestowitz-piYouTube is meanwhilke shaowing its nasty self (R. Brand), causing uproar onlineSep 22 16:03
schestowitz-piI will fight back by writing a lot, i think we're secured all the data, i.e. past workSep 22 16:03
schestowitz-pidodged the bullet (lgbt hosting, "conditions apply")Sep 22 16:03
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Looking_Back_at_Almost_20_Years_of_Tux_Machines.shtmlSep 22 16:20
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Coming_Soon_to_Tux_Machines_Videos.shtmlSep 22 16:37
schestowitz-pi2 original stories in TM from ryan today, 5 from me, rianne to join soon (parcels delivered, back home)Sep 22 16:43
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Looking Back at (Almost) 20 Years of Tux Machines ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Looking_Back_at_Almost_20_Years_of_Tux_Machines.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Looking_Back_at_Almost_20_Years_of_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎Sep 22 16:46
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Today's π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎Sep 22 16:46
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Coming Soon to Tux Machines: Videos! ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Coming_Soon_to_Tux_Machines_Videos.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Coming_Soon_to_Tux_Machines_Videos.gmi ∎Sep 22 16:46
*oarion7 (~ryan@mfmwu5c33pkb2.irc) has joined #tuxmachinesSep 22 17:13
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Trust is a Matter of Relationship, Not Magnitude (Size and Authority Aren't the Same) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Trust_is_a_Matter_of_Relationship_Not_Magnitude_Size_and_Author.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Trust_is_a_Matter_of_Relationship_Not_Magnitude_Size_and_Author.gmi ∎Sep 22 17:20
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi ∎Sep 22 17:20
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Server Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Server_leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Server_leftovers.gmi ∎Sep 22 17:21
techrights-sectm-scale-and-process-image.pl needs testing tm-scale-and-process-image.pl.novideo is the old oneSep 22 17:32
techrights-secit'll be slow due to the inefficient nature of looking around in video filesSep 22 17:32
techrights-secbiabSep 22 17:32
schestowitz-pi2 original stories in TM from ryan today, 5 from me, rianne to join soon (parcels delivered, back home)Sep 22 17:34
schestowitz-piexcellent, thanksSep 22 17:34
schestowitz-pitm-scale-and-process-image.pl 'URL'?Sep 22 17:34
schestowitz-pior can I do local files, e.g.Sep 22 17:34
schestowitz-pitm-scale-and-process-image.pl '/tmp//videos/alan-cox-linus.webm'Sep 22 17:34
schestowitz-piah, i can do a lcoalhost trickSep 22 17:35
schestowitz-pirianne reports that uploading an image now causes errorSep 22 17:35
liberty_boxCan't locate Expect.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Expect module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.36.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36 /usr/share/perl/5.36 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /usr/local/bin/tm-scale-and-process-image.pl line 14.Sep 22 17:35
liberty_boxBEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/tm-scale-and-process-image.pl line 14.Sep 22 17:35
techrights-secnp but please do give it a testSep 22 17:35
techrights-secyes, url is needed even if localhost  no local filesystem access yet,Sep 22 17:35
techrights-secit uses wget Sep 22 17:35
techrights-secwhich is another layer of slownessSep 22 17:35
techrights-secok there is the .nonvcideo optionSep 22 17:37
techrights-secoh, checking ...Sep 22 17:37
techrights-secok please retrySep 22 17:37
techrights-sec(that was left over from a failed experiment and is now removed)Sep 22 17:37
schestowitz-pi$ u 'https://news.tuxmachines.org/videos/alan-cox-linus.webm'Sep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pi  T: webm       /tmp/temp.9byPx.fetch.tuxmachines.img.tmpSep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pi[image2 @ 0x55b9ee2f6fc0] The specified filename '/var/www/tuxmachines.org/htdocs/v/2023/09/alan-cox-linus.png' does not contain an image sequence pattern or a pattern is invalid.Sep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pi[image2 @ 0x55b9ee2f6fc0] Use a pattern such as %03d for an image sequence or use the -update option (with -frames:v 1 if needed) to write a single image.Sep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pi<a href="/v/2023/09/alan-cox-linus.webm"><img src="/v/2023/09/alan-cox-linus.png" width="250" height="188" alt="" /></a>Sep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pirianne says it works nowSep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pitesting video nowSep 22 17:39
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/BBC_Segment_on_the_Humble_Beginnings_of_Linux_and_Alan_Cox_s_Ro.shtmSep 22 17:40
schestowitz-pil seems to work!Sep 22 17:41
schestowitz-pirianne:Sep 22 17:41
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/NewsFlash_3_0_Released_with_Slick_New_Look.shtmlSep 22 17:42
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/12_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Camera_Tools.shtmlSep 22 17:42
techrights-secgreat, there is a lot of debugging chatter to be removed but laterSep 22 17:42
techrights-seccheckingSep 22 17:42
techrights-secA /infintely/ looped GIF is alwayus in bad form regardless of content,Sep 22 17:42
techrights-secGIF89a can do 1 iteration and rthen stopSep 22 17:42
schestowitz-piyes, that was from "the meme era" of TRSep 22 17:45
schestowitz-pii did not make as many memes in recent monthsSep 22 17:45
schestowitz-piwith Daily Linka and TOCs I can run TR a lot better with the new page genratorSep 22 17:45
schestowitz-piand IRC posts can probably be automatedSep 22 17:45
schestowitz-piI still generate IRC logs, will upload and organise it all later on Sep 22 17:45
schestowitz-pithey should be in proper form in gemini alreadySep 22 17:45
schestowitz-pigemini was 0% impacted by the server cutoffSep 22 17:45
*oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.)Sep 22 17:45
techrights-secCan it be fixed so that it loops just once, it is *annoying* as an infinite loopSep 22 17:48
techrights-secbiabSep 22 17:48
*oarion7 (~ryan@mfmwu5c33pkb2.irc) has joined #tuxmachinesSep 22 17:48
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): NewsFlash 3.0 Released with Slick New Look ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/NewsFlash_3_0_Released_with_Slick_New_Look.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/NewsFlash_3_0_Released_with_Slick_New_Look.gmi ∎Sep 22 18:11
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): 12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Camera Tools ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/12_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Camera_Tools.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/12_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Camera_Tools.gmi ∎Sep 22 18:12
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎Sep 22 18:12
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): More Original Stories While Maintaining Coverage of GNU/Linux News Around the Web ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/More_Original_Stories_While_Maintaining_Coverage_of_GNU_Linux_N.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/More_Original_Stories_While_Maintaining_Coverage_of_GNU_Linux_N.gmi ∎Sep 22 18:12
techrights-secbackSep 22 18:40
techrights-sec"Meeting Announcement: Governance Committee Meeting on Friday,Sep 22 18:40
techrights-sec September 22nd 2023 @ 20:30 UTC"Sep 22 18:40
techrights-sechttps://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=23/09/21/1557239Sep 22 18:40
techrights-sec^ in a few hours in IRCSep 22 18:40
techrights-secSee Git on tmSep 22 18:45
schestowitz-pichecking in a momentSep 22 18:46
*MinceR gives voice to oarion7Sep 22 18:46
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/_The_European_Public_Sector_Open_Source_Opportunity_Report_From.shtmSep 22 18:46
schestowitz-pilSep 22 18:46
schestowitz-pirianne also has posts in the making this eveningSep 22 18:46
techrights-secIs there a corresponding Match group in ~/.ssh/config there on the client?Sep 22 18:48
techrights-secThere is one for techrights.org iirc but one for tuxmachines.org is needed tooSep 22 18:48
techrights-secEven though they are on the same machine, it is important to keep them separateSep 22 18:48
techrights-secso they can be easily moved if needed later.  Sep 22 18:48
techrights-secnpSep 22 18:48
schestowitz-piehecking again, thjanks for the pointerSep 22 18:48
schestowitz-pi No such file or directorySep 22 18:50
schestowitz-pii have one for rootSep 22 18:50
schestowitz-pinot gitSep 22 18:50
techrights-secOk if you make one for git, then it can be added to the serverSep 22 18:51
schestowitz-picommand?Sep 22 18:51
schestowitz-pitySep 22 18:51
techrights-secnpSep 22 18:52
techrights-secthanksSep 22 18:53
techrights-secok try nowSep 22 18:54
techrights-sec:)Sep 22 18:54
schestowitz-pisuccess!Sep 22 18:54
techrights-secSee /tmp/terminal.techrights.manchester.0.svg here,Sep 22 18:58
techrights-secnew icon for short cut to gemini.techrights.orgSep 22 18:58
schestowitz-picheckingSep 22 19:00
schestowitz-piworking bee + tm logo (original) = <3Sep 22 19:00
schestowitz-piwill show rianne in a moSep 22 19:00
schestowitz-pishe just finished her post for TMSep 22 19:00
techrights-sec$ grep -A 2 'Host th' ~/.ssh/configSep 22 19:00
techrights-secHost thSep 22 19:00
techrights-sec        Hostname gemini.techrights.orgSep 22 19:00
techrights-sec        IdentityFile /home/%u/.ssh/techrights-th.ed25519Sep 22 19:00
techrights-sec        AddKeysToAgent yesSep 22 19:00
techrights-secyes it works ok on a higher resolution screenSep 22 19:00
techrights-secwelcome, there are other svgs here too I use --icon with the terminal emulatorsSep 22 19:06
techrights-seca lot to try to keep things organized despite having many terminals open in anySep 22 19:06
techrights-secgiven virtual desktop  Sep 22 19:06
liberty_boxhttps://images.pexels.com/photos/296282/pexels-photo-296282.jpegSep 22 19:10
schestowitz-pi<a href="/i/2023/09/pexels-photo-296282.jpeg"><img src="/i/2023/09/pexels-photo-296282.thumbnail.jpeg" width="250" height="165" alt="" /></a>Sep 22 19:16
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/The_irony_of_life.shtmlSep 22 19:26
schestowitz-pii might 'steal' it for a future post ;-)Sep 22 19:26
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Tux_Machines_Now_Hosted_From_the_United_Kingdom.shtmlSep 22 19:27
schestowitz-piworking bees  :)Sep 22 19:27
techrights-sec:)Sep 22 19:33
techrights-secI see there is still some unicode tofu there in the CSS, it's not a perl thingSep 22 19:33
techrights-secIs there something it can be replaced with so that the tofu goes away?Sep 22 19:33
techrights-sec^ up in the navigation menuSep 22 19:33
schestowitz-pii am either not seeing it or there is miscomm about the tofu referenceSep 22 19:40
techrights-secNext to the following and preceding titles, lines 184 through 194 in the CSSSep 22 19:40
schestowitz-pii think i see it nowSep 22 19:46
schestowitz-pihttps://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Linux_Foundation_Rejects_Linux_Too_GNU_Linux_an_Afterthought_at.shtmSep 22 19:46
schestowitz-pilSep 22 19:46
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): β€œThe European Public Sector Open Source Opportunity” Report From the Linux Foundation Rejects Open Source ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/_The_European_Public_Sector_Open_Source_Opportunity_Report_From.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/_The_European_Public_Sector_Open_Source_Opportunity_Report_From.gmi ∎Sep 22 19:47
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): The irony of life ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/The_irony_of_life.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/The_irony_of_life.gmi ∎Sep 22 19:47
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Tux Machines Now Hosted From the United Kingdom ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Tux_Machines_Now_Hosted_From_the_United_Kingdom.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Tux_Machines_Now_Hosted_From_the_United_Kingdom.gmi ∎Sep 22 19:47
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Linux Foundation Rejects Linux Too (GNU/Linux an Afterthought at Best) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Linux_Foundation_Rejects_Linux_Too_GNU_Linux_an_Afterthought_at.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/09/22/Linux_Foundation_Rejects_Linux_Too_GNU_Linux_an_Afterthought_at.gmi ∎Sep 22 19:47
techrights-secThrowing rocks in a glass house ;) we have not gotten TR back up and running yetSep 22 19:47
techrights-sec:/Sep 22 19:47
schestowitz-piright, i told her thatSep 22 19:50
schestowitz-pishe was a lot less happy then me about that arrangementSep 22 19:50
schestowitz-piand hearing what your partner feltSep 22 19:50
schestowitz-pishe said,Sep 22 19:50
schestowitz-piwomen's instictsSep 22 19:50
schestowitz-pisometimes we must listenSep 22 19:50
schestowitz-pigoing to rest for a bitSep 22 19:50
techrights-secsame here, but will tidy up local backups first, making sure that all the scriptsSep 22 19:50
techrights-secare syncedSep 22 19:50

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