●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Monday, February 08, 2021 ●● ● Feb 08 [01:38] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [01:38] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [01:41] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [01:42] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 08 [03:57] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [03:57] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) ● Feb 08 [04:05] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [04:07] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 08 [05:15] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [05:15] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [05:17] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [05:17] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 08 [06:44] schestowitz > Hi; [06:44] schestowitz > [06:44] schestowitz > I recently saw your comment about my movie. Glad you liked it! [06:44] schestowitz I did! [06:45] schestowitz > I wanted to contact you because I think the government and others are [06:45] schestowitz > wrong about Chlorine Dioxide: [06:45] schestowitz > [06:45] schestowitz > Check out my letters to the FDA about it: [06:45] schestowitz > https://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=4084 [06:45] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-keithcu.com | Letter to the FDA About Chlorine Dioxide Software Wars [06:45] schestowitz > [06:45] schestowitz > [06:45] schestowitz > What do you think? [06:45] schestowitz It's really outside my area of knowledge, so we both need to ask people in that domain. [06:45] schestowitz The debate has been polluted by a lot of nonsense, so it's hard to separate fiction from fact. And it's likely that it's all just nonsense, says gut feeling. [06:50] schestowitz > I'm thinking about ways to use eurofsf.org [06:50] schestowitz > [06:50] schestowitz > One option is to delegate by country, e.g. gb.eurofsf.org [06:50] schestowitz > [06:50] schestowitz > Could you be interested in something like that? Could you assemble a [06:50] schestowitz > big enough mob to create the ga@gb.eurofsf.org ? [06:50] schestowitz > [06:50] schestowitz > Nobody can have the title President, there can only be one, the honorary [06:50] schestowitz > life president. [06:50] schestowitz I think creating more "fsf" something would be counterproductive if not abrasive towards Boston's. [06:51] schestowitz At the moment I am trying to think what domain to register/use for the gemini version of techrights, which is up and running but in need of a permanent domain/name. [06:51] schestowitz It's running from my raspi at home, so changing ip for that domain should be fast and simple. Suggestions? [06:51] schestowitz > Bryan Lunduke, formerly of M$, talked about the RPF incident on LBRY / [06:51] schestowitz > Odysee: [06:51] schestowitz > [06:51] schestowitz > https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/RaspberryPiMicrosoftRepo:8 [06:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lbry.tv | Raspberry Pi OS adds Microsoft Repository without user permission [06:51] schestowitz > [06:51] schestowitz > https://odysee.com/@Lunduke:e/RaspberryPiMicrosoftRepo:8 [06:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-odysee.com | Raspberry Pi OS adds Microsoft Repository without user permission [06:51] schestowitz Yes, it's short, but at least it does not downplay it. [06:51] schestowitz "Thanks, SERGE!" [06:52] schestowitz >> http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/lunduke-on-raspi/ [06:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Raspberry Pi OS Adds Microsoft Repository Without User Permission | Techrights [06:52] schestowitz >> [06:52] schestowitz > Nice. He is to the point. Though a few words on valuing software [06:52] schestowitz > freedom underneath the video would also be beneficial. [06:52] schestowitz > [06:52] schestowitz > On the technical side, is an iframe the best way to link to such a video? [06:52] schestowitz I was only using the syntax recommended by that site. Did not scrutinise it. ● Feb 08 [07:03] schestowitz > I'm not sure of the context? [07:03] schestowitz > No context. Out of the blue and stranger. [07:04] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [07:04] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [07:09] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [07:14] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [07:49] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [07:50] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [07:56] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [07:57] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) ● Feb 08 [08:02] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [08:02] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [08:07] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [08:07] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [08:29] schestowitz "Most of today's extra links accidentally got folded into yesterday's file." [08:36] schestowitz " [08:36] schestowitz which client is recommended for geminii? [08:36] schestowitz I'm not seeing any in any of the repositories. [08:36] schestowitz https://gemini.circumlunar.space/clients.html [08:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-gemini.circumlunar.space | Gemini clients [08:36] schestowitz https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/gmni [08:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-git.sr.ht | ~sircmpwn/gmni - sourcehut git [08:36] schestowitz possibly [08:36] schestowitz nah [08:36] schestowitz amfora is a bit better [08:36] schestowitz very different key bindings from gopher though [08:36] schestowitz I do not like their use of space, it should page rather than freeze to [08:36] schestowitz wait for intput [08:36] schestowitz The TR gemini page has no hyperlins. [08:36] schestowitz hyperlinks [08:36] schestowitz av98 not so good either [08:36] schestowitz " [08:36] schestowitz in todo list: making index files for files, this is just a placeholder [08:45] schestowitz Re: simple protest [08:45] schestowitz > What do you think about the message? [08:45] schestowitz > [08:45] schestowitz > I will try this week to convince our Prime Minister, Belgium is a [08:45] schestowitz > small country (keep it for you). [08:45] schestowitz my edit below: [08:46] schestowitz NO Software Patents in Europe via the Unified Patent Court! [08:46] schestowitz We are protesting against software patents in Europe. [08:46] schestowitz Software patents are an insult to our profession, steal our jobs, and are promoting extortion-centric practices like patent trolling. [08:46] schestowitz After Brexit, we are asking our politicians to renegotiate the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and put back the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in control, such that it is again having a say on patent law, and software patents in particular (ex art6-8, veto from the UK and Mr Cameron, pushed by the British patent industry and GSK, a large vaccine manufacturer). [08:46] schestowitz We oppose Germany's move to try to push the UPC treaty into force ('fait accompli') while London is still in the text. [08:46] schestowitz The UPC would raise the court fees for a simple dispute from 600EUR (average of court fees in most EU countries) to 12.000EUR (20.000EUR - 40% rebate for small companies), while the current national systems are already too expensive because of unusually expensive lawyer fees. [08:51] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [08:55] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 08 [09:08] schestowitz NEWS #Hacakaday # Holding A Mirror Up In Front Of GNU/Linux https://hackaday.com/2021/02/07/holding-a-mirror-up-in-front-of-gnu-linux/ [09:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-hackaday.com | Holding A Mirror Up In Front Of GNU/Linux | Hackaday [09:08] schestowitz
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    Holding A Mirror Up In Front Of GNU/Linux
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    Were guessing that we have something in common with a substantial number of our readers in that this post is being written on an open-source operating system. A well-known GNU/Linux distribution provides everything you might expect from a PC, but of course its not the only open-source game in town. A year-old piece from [Unixsheikh] caught the eye with the title Why you should migrate everything from [09:09] schestowitz Linux to BSD, and being naturally curious, it was worth a read. Its interesting enough to talk about here not because of its BSD advocacy, but because of its examination of some of GNU/Linuxs shortcomings. Using and appreciating an operating system shouldnt mean slavish fandom, its worth every Linux user taking a moment to consider its points.

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