[-] jack@monero.town 25 points 5 months ago
[-] jack@monero.town 27 points 6 months ago

So everything as usual

[-] jack@monero.town 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's not about storage. It's about complexity getting back at you, for example not knowing what caused a problem because multiple programs are stepping on each others feet

[-] jack@monero.town 24 points 11 months ago

Now imagine the new COSMIC desktop environment in Rust on Redox, that would be great

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submitted 11 months ago by jack@monero.town to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

People who use GPLv3 want the code to stay open/libre under any circumstances. If this is the goal, why not use the AGPL instead, even for applications which are not served over a network?

This takes away the possibility that people integrate parts of your program into a proprietary network application, even if this seems improbable. There's nothing to loose with using this license, but potentially some gain.

Only reason I can think of is that AGPL is less known and trusted which may harm adoption.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by jack@monero.town to c/rust@lemmy.ml

UPDATE: I found this issue explaining the relicensing of rust game engine Bevy to MIT + Apache 2.0 dual. Tldr: A lot of rust projects are MIT/Apache 2.0 so using those licenses is good for interoperability and upstreaming. MIT is known and trusted and had great success in projects like Godot.

ORIGINAL POST:

RedoxOS, uutils, zoxide, eza, ripgrep, fd, iced, orbtk,...

It really stands out considering that in FOSS software the GPL or at least the LGPL for toolkits is the most popular license

Most of the programs I listed are replacements for stuff we have in the Linux ecosystem, which are all licensed under the (L)GPL:

uutils, zoxide, eza, ripgrep, fd -> GNU coreutils (GPL)

iced, orbtk -> GTK, QT (LGPL)

RedoxOS -> Linux kernel, most desktop environments like GNOME, KDE etc. all licensed GPL as much as possible

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submitted 11 months ago by jack@monero.town to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Suppose I want my project to have as many contributors as possible. Generally do you think more people are inclined to contribute (upstream) if the code is permissive or copyleft or do you think it doesn't really matter?

[-] jack@monero.town 26 points 1 year ago

Solving merge conflicts or rebasing is not simple

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jack@monero.town to c/linux@lemmy.ml

A friend might let me install Linux on his secondary laptop he uses for university. He's not a tinkerer and wants something that just works.

Linux Mint is known for being very user-friendly and stable. Also easy to get help online.

However, in my opinion Mint seems rather outdated, both with its Windows-like workflow, default icons and look and also Xorg. When I tried it I had some screen stuttering I couldn't resolve, probably due to Xorg.

Instead, Fedora with GNOME is very elegant and always uses the newest technologies. It feels and looks actually nice and not outdated. But I'd have to install media codecs via terminal first which suggests that Fedora is for experienced users. Also university wifi eduroam doesn't work on Fedora for me because legacy TLS connection is not supported in Fedora (at least I couldn't get it to work). I'm at a different uni than him tho, so it might work there. In general, less help on the web for Fedora than Mint.

What do you think? (Btw, KDE is too convoluted in my opinion. Manjaro too, it breaks too often. I will not consider it.)

EDIT: From what I've gathered so far, I should probably install Mint. He can try Fedora with a live usb or on my laptop. If he prefers that then I can warn him that this may be less stable and ask what he wants.

I've only tried Ubuntu-based Mint, but LMDE is more future-proof so it will probably be that.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jack@monero.town to c/i2p@lemmy.world

Today qBittorrent launched v4.6.0 which should support experimental i2p mode. I downloaded this version as a Flatpak from Flathub, but at Settings -> Connection there is no option for i2p mode. Only to set up a proxy, but SAM is not available as a proxy method which i2p uses. I also checked with the command "flatpak run org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent --version" that I'm indeed on the right version.

Do you have any ideas or similar issues?

[-] jack@monero.town 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I2P is a truly anonymous darknet where every user is a node in the network, unlike TOR where everyone is leeching off of the 6000 nodes. I2P also works great for torrenting. I2P is only for accessing I2P sites and not for anonymous clearnet browsing.

I have never tried the mobile version, but here's some info for desktop:

There is a java version simply called "I2P" and there is a C++ one called "I2Pd". Start with the java one, it's easier and has built-in torrent webclient.

Install I2P from geti2p.net and start it. You are now a node/router in the network. To access I2P darknet websites like http://planet.i2p you have to tell your browser to use I2P proxy. You should use a different browser profile for using I2P, on firefox you can create one at about:profiles .

Enable I2P on firefox: Settings -> General -> Network Settings. Set manual http and https proxy to 127.0.0.1 port 4444 . You should now be able to visit eepsites (sites ending with .i2p). Always put http:// manually at the beginning. If it tells you to use jump services because it can't find the site, just click on one of the suggestions.

Torrents are on http://tracker2.postman.i2p . Find one, copy the magnet link and go to the torrent webclient: 127.0.0.1:7657/i2psnark . Add the torrent there. Done, you are now anonymously torrenting.

[-] jack@monero.town 23 points 1 year ago

Torrent via I2P instead

[-] jack@monero.town 25 points 1 year ago

The NYC subway banned dogs on trains unless they fit into a small bag, so this guy trained his Pitbull to sit in a small bag

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submitted 1 year ago by jack@monero.town to c/godot@programming.dev

Why is there a load() at all?

[-] jack@monero.town 147 points 1 year ago

This incident will be reported

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jack@monero.town to c/memes@lemmy.ml
[-] jack@monero.town 28 points 1 year ago

I don't think Xtr and Reddit understood anything

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submitted 1 year ago by jack@monero.town to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Reading Antifragile by Nassim Taleb was eye-opening for me. I turn to the concepts of the book whenever I feel unsure about a decision or opinion.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jack@monero.town to c/anarchism@lemmy.ml

Hey, there is now an Anarchism public group on Nostr. Nostr is a very simple protocol which aims to become the ultimate decentralized social network, already fulfilling functionality of Twitter, Reddit (not very advanced tho), Twitch, Telegram and more. It is also uncensorable.

It is also more anarchist than the fediverse because your identity there is not bound to a server/domain which can be shut down or moderated at any time.

To join the group, you have to search for this ID: nevent1qqs05w7vklg8ewh4g7u8rafp3dsvtcw3j7v9j4v7n4k5fxxewaggjdspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuerpw3sju6rpw4esz9rhwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2assy2425

On Android the app Amethyst is very good. With Nostr, the client handles everything. The servers are just dumb relays which don't need to be trusted. That's why there are a lot of different clients. Each one is implementing different aspects of the protocol and they are always evolving.

If you want to have a peek at the group you can also check here: https://coracle.social/chat/note1lgaued7s0ja023acw86jrzmqchsar9uct92ea8tdgjvdja6s3ymqa579ar

EDIT: There are a LOT of Nostr resources available and you can decide how deep you want to dive into it. A very basic and easy introduction is https://usenostr.org/ . The devs website nostr.com also does a good job of getting the point across. There is an awesome list which can point you to any Nostr related resources like which clients to use and also what other introductory guides are availabe: https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr

Popular clients including web, desktop and mobile are also described here: https://nostr.com/clients

Note that Nostr is very decentralized and that some clients implement features which other clients don’t (yet).

This video can also show you visually how the relationship between clients and relays works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIccRIEr2gQ

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submitted 1 year ago by jack@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town

If I donate XMR to e.g. the developers of a free software project, how are taxes handled? Is the developer assumed to report his profits to the state and handle the taxes or do most devs just keep 100% of the donation?

If it would somehow be made public that I donated x amount to a dev and that neither of us payed taxes, would the dev be taken accountable or me or both of us?

[-] jack@monero.town 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The lemmy network spreads out and gets better the more it is attacked. Perfectly antifragile

[-] jack@monero.town 31 points 1 year ago

Do you have any strong opinions on Richard Stallman? Is it good that he's back at the FSF?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jack@monero.town to c/canvas@toast.ooo

The license is the fundamental reason why Lemmy is and always will be better than Reddit.

Join me at: https://canvas.toast.ooo/#x=195&y=87&scale=20&

Pixel art (.piskel file): https://send.vis.ee/download/c24e7358efc117ef/#OlujMgvV-Xj68y4bOQvJGQ

UPDATE: Let's make a yellow outline around it for contrast

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submitted 1 year ago by jack@monero.town to c/test@lemmy.ml

Or can I ?

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