Obsidian won't go full FOSS ever, with their current team.
Have been part of the huge thread about it & they just closed it in the end, complaining about those "FOSS idiots" or something. I just paraphrased it.
Same reason I try not to echo what is too popular here, anyway. Though, sometimes even I fell for that & just repeated what is already everywhere, anyway. :)
Forgot to mention, that I also oppose the concept of using some old laptops forever, just because you can.
I think, it is perfectly valid & should be encouraged(!) to drop support for devices which are at least as big as laptops & yet have clearly less power than a small Raspberry Pi.
Running such obsolete devices is not only a chore & sometimes a safety hazard, but also a waste of energy. We shouldn't waste the amount of energy a very old PC device needs, just to get an old single-core & 1GB RAM performance. Doing this is insane, except you live in a cave & have no other option to do that.
If that were the case though, you probably wouldn't have any internet & power access, whatsoever, anyway.
The guy points out the list of laptops, which lose support on those changes, as if it were a big deal.
No, not supporting some 20 year old laptop is not a big deal. Should be normal.
I'm not saying, Free Software should pull a Windows/Apple & just support the PCs from the past 2 two years.
I'm saying, if you can get a Raspberry Pi for 50 bucks, which is much better than your laptop & uses less energy, then stop demanding support for your obsolete device.
Watched the video & this guy is either heavily biased, as in involved personally in the first Libreboot project, or he's a moron.
He pushes some small issues out of proportion & makes a big deal out of it.
It's natural that, anyone naming their product "GNU" something is getting a cease & desist. It's not like they are evil, it's that you are forced to do it by law, because if you don't send it out, at some point anyone can use your trademark since you allowed this one company to use the name & without sending them a cease & desist.
On the other side, naming your project Libreboot is fine, if it's not a registered trademark or anything. Not sure, if it is, in this case, but still. GNU is a huge thing known around the entire world, while Libreboot is a tough bit deeper in the Free Software rabbit hole.
There's also no such thing as a "hostile fork". If it respects some GPL-like license, it may not be "hostile" or else the License type just wouldn't be good enough to survive in the real world.
The guy in the video really needs to get real & educate himself about such stuff, before ranting about it to his peers & fans.
This feels more like a "I want more views" type of video.
At least, that's the impression I'm getting, when I see this guy for the first time, don't know what he does, how he does & what else he does.
Open Source always wins in the long run. :)
Ah, that's why I sometimes listen to Drum & Bass when programming.
Didn't all your moms tell you to never wear synthetic clothes?
I've been wearing cotton all my life.
Good plan. Keep us updated. :)
There are no ridiculous questions on #Nostr.
Well, except you would ask people to switch back to Twitter... 😜
They just act older than in any other modern country. :)
If you'll successfully launch it on #F-Droid, we can start talking.
Speaking of that, all the TikTok I ever consumed in my entire life is by accidentally looking at someone's phone, when they are waiting & sitting.
Doesn't freedom end, where you begin to hurt somebody else?
All these people hurt me & I cannot even sue them for anything.
That is rather unfortunate. :)
Did you order on discount? There was one recently.
Wow, you hit the nail on its head!
Worst part about it is, that some people think, I'm just egoistic for opposing the utter philosophical concept of charity. :D
Linux is the kernel & GNU/Linux are all operating systems based on Linux.
Keystone says their code is open source but wallet scrutiny says it’s not. What’s the truth? This seems to be it https://github.com/KeystoneHQ/ but I’m not really sure what I’m looking at. Is WalletScrutiny.com automated in some way and it’s an error or is Keystone lying? #opensource #walletscrutiny #hardwarewallets
Good question. Would like an answer, as well. :D