This will probably lead to vocal outrage because it's Systemd rather than an alternative project coming up with the solution.
Sudo has long known to have dangerous weaknesses, but it's generally been accepted since sudo solves a bunch of other problems.
If we can fix the problems sudo has, then that's a good thing. Would be nicer if we could split up some of these projects though to stop uber projects.
While I agree that sometimes Uber projects happen, for efficiency or security reasons, I don't think that Mesa is a good example as they have a scope (implement the OpenGL/Vulkan API) and stick to it.
Systemd is already confusing because of it referencing two different projects, and the overarching systemd projects scope just increases on a regular basis without what appears to external observers as a plan.
If I create an open source project I can run it however I want.
I do not have to create a board to manage it, there are plenty that have a single developer doing all the work, like VLC, and like Sqlite they may or may not even accept PRs. It doesn't stop it being open source.
If I do create a foundation, I can fill it with whoever I see fit. If there is a board, then generally they have the last say but there are plenty of projects, like Python used to be, where there might be a board but the founder remains the benevolent dictator for life and will stop them doing stupid things that distracts from the core project. Look at Linux, the project is mostly self maintained but Linus will gatekeep anything that doesn't meet his definition of success.
If my rules for my project is that all board members have to be a furry, then that's my right, and maybe the board of furries will vote to overturn that. Or maybe they won't. But you can't tell me how to run my project, this isn't a democracy.
Of course I'm not entitled to community contributions. Just as a user, you are not entitled to me fixing your big reports.
That doesn't stop it being an open source project, and a lot of developers don't want to deal with a needy community for their own mental health. It was an itch that they scratched.
I'd just like to remind the passing reader that creating an open source project does not entitle you to do whatever you want and tell people to "make their own thing" if they don't like it.
It was literally what you said, even if you didn't mean it to be. And I don't think that being a dictator for your project is necessarily "toxic", I have projects that take contributions and I work on others that do not. Bikeshedding, and horrible politics, are both real things and sometimes for your own sanity, not engaging is the only option because community is not the reason I work on some tasks.
Some projects are just natural candles to moths who will talk to the projects like this:
Nvidia didn't want to play nicely and give standard APIs.
Their work around was other extensions that don't actually do what's needed, but sort of works in some scenarios.
All the GPUs I've used work fine, it's a Nvidia throwing it's toys out the pram situation which should hopefully get resolved as they open source the high level drivers and so the correct APIs can be implemented.
Most of the apps people are using are Electron, which has supported Wayland and the pipewire screensharing for nearly 4 years. However since Chrome/Chromium doesn't enable Wayland by default, Electron won't. Which also means that no one tests it in their apps.
I've had such success just ignoring the apps and using the web client since that's up to date and doesn't require the app builders to enable features.
If this works out, then we won't need specific hardware dedicated to codecs. Buggy drivers can be bypassed as long as the GPU supports Vulkan.
VAAPI could be eliminated since everything is moving to Vulkan.
We can use GPU acceleration on Nvidia without needing to use special hacks for their drivers.
VMs that can have Vulkan pass through will be able to have hardware enabled acceleration.
I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks....
Because unfortunately that wouldn't pass the spouse test.
I mean she could, until she is bored.
Plus this is hopefully a self hosted community, so understands that I don't mind doing a bit of legwork up front to gain an ease of use later down the line.
Does anyone here have a BOOX e-paper tablet? I'm a big fan of e-paper devices—I love my Pebble smartwatch, Kindle Paperwhite, and Light Phone II. I've been eyeing the Tab Ultra C for quite a while, and I am considering the pros and cons. Mostly, I intend to use it for browsing the web and maybe some light note taking and...
Been using Wayland through Fedora for years on multiple systems and its all been transparent. I’m not even sure what “it broke my desktop” could even mean except that you were using KDE, and that has been a buggy mess for a while when using their Wayland fork. That’s not Wayland, that’s KDE as Sway and Gnome have been stable for me for a very long time.
I don’t agree. There are cases with Windows only root kits for DRM, but there are also games that don’t work because of bugs. You see games coming out that barely work on Windows.
I would be interested in understanding how it boots faster considering that systemd init is fairly small and the features of runit is parallel process starting, which is also something that systemd provides.
Are you sure it’s not just that void itself has less crap to load?
This feels like I’m going to have to set up a couple of Arch installs to compare for myself.
With the recent password sharing crackdown, I decided to ditch my Netflix subscription and try piracy. What I miss about Netflix is scrolling through content and finding something to watch. With piracy I need to know exactly what I am looking for....
Architecture In Helsinki is missing the third album on Spotify. There are plenty more, but that’s always the first that pops in my head whenever I’m listening to Indie playlists, Of Montréal comes on and I realise I haven’t heard Places Like This in a long time. Then I remember why, and I either have to dig through my old CD collection or download it.
Some guy sent an email to the mailing list suggesting that could collect stats on whether Fedora runs on spinning rust anymore and if people struggle to find settings.
It’s a proposal, no one has even voted of whether it’s a good idea. And the suggestions also involve you running your own telemetry server instead of using Fedoras so you can see what sort of software is more popular in your organisation.
You are reading far too much into a project that doesn’t have to accept anything that Red Hat suggests.
Sorry, upon reflection that seemed quite strong. However the reason the suggestion for opt-out rather than opt-in is you end up with a self selected group which is basically worthless. The proposal isn’t to hide the opt-out, and in fact have it as part of the setup flow but they are trying to gather useful information.
This isn’t like Microsoft who will send telemetry data back home before giving you the chance to fully remove all telemetry, or Ubuntu sending data to Amazon before you get to uninstall the Amazon lense, or whatever they are doing these days.
They will respect your decision. If not then we can always just leave.
“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”...
“AlmaLinux, as a downstream of RHEL and as a community, has demonstrated our value both to Red Hat and to the open-source community at large. We’re strongly committed to the principles upon which open-source was founded and which the community expects – trust, transparency, honesty, integrity, and mutual respect. In short,...
AlmaLinux … has demonstrated our value both to Red Hat and to the Open Source community at large.
I don’t remember seeing anyone justify what they were doing. I don’t think they need to justify what they were doing, but only because they claim to have done so; Can anyone point me to where AlmaLinux demonstrated their value to Red Hat?
I don’t think they produced anything of value for Red Hat, but again, they were under no obligation to do so.
Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement ( outpost.fosspost.org )
Much ado about "nothing" - Xe Iaso (==Goodbye NixOS) ( xeiaso.net )
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/much-ado-about-nothing/44236...
Are we Wayland yet or Whats missing? ( lemmy.ml )
Curious from people who follow its development closely....
Open-Source Radeon Driver Enables Support For Vulkan Video H.264/H.265 Encode ( www.phoronix.com )
Linux continues to be above 4% on the desktop ( www.gamingonlinux.com )
Microsoft opens a "high priority" bug ticket in ffmpeg, attempting to leech the free labour of the maintainers ( trac.ffmpeg.org )
Microsoft employee:...
Plex for books?
I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks....
Thoughts on BOOX Tab Ultra C? ( shop.boox.com )
Does anyone here have a BOOX e-paper tablet? I'm a big fan of e-paper devices—I love my Pebble smartwatch, Kindle Paperwhite, and Light Phone II. I've been eyeing the Tab Ultra C for quite a while, and I am considering the pros and cons. Mostly, I intend to use it for browsing the web and maybe some light note taking and...
Thoughts on this? ( futurology.today )
Torrent client rankings ( lemmy.basedcount.com )
Fedora 39 beta offers the best-performing Linux distribution I've seen in a long time ( www.zdnet.com )
It either runs on Linux or refund ( lemmy.ml )
Should i switch from systemd to another init system, What are the advantages of using another init system?
I have seen so many times that systemd is insecure, bloated, etc. So i wonder ¿does it worth to switch to another init system?
Pirate Netflix
With the recent password sharing crackdown, I decided to ditch my Netflix subscription and try piracy. What I miss about Netflix is scrolling through content and finding something to watch. With piracy I need to know exactly what I am looking for....
To anyone who thinks music piracy is dead
cross-posted from: lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/726542...
a proposal to add opt-out telemetry in fedora is being discussed on fedora forums ( discussion.fedoraproject.org )
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/782760...
YSK: Signal is a great secure private messenger app comparable to others on the market. ( restoreprivacy.com )
“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”...
AlmaLinux reacts to being called "freeloaders" ( almalinux.org )
“AlmaLinux, as a downstream of RHEL and as a community, has demonstrated our value both to Red Hat and to the open-source community at large. We’re strongly committed to the principles upon which open-source was founded and which the community expects – trust, transparency, honesty, integrity, and mutual respect. In short,...