Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one
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@koherecoWatchdog @eliasr That's fair. I didn't really have a better word at hand to use for it and "abuse" is too extreme, especially since, as you say, we didn't publish any restrictions or policies. Maybe "unexpected use" ?
To be fair I wasn't just thinking of this case when I wrote that (although I didn't make that clear in my reply) but was also referring to a lot of the gitlab spam that our administrators have had to deal with as well.
@eliasr I totally agree and that was the kind of thing we were going for originally, not expecting (perhaps naively) that it would be abused.
@koherecoWatchdog @aral @lvdd_ @purism @0 By the way I agree that having outside repos like that on source.puri.sm is confusing and I admit that until now I didn't realize we allowed it. I believe this is simply an oversight in permissions we granted people who requested accounts so they could file bugs and contribute to *our* projects.
It's something we are looking to address now because we don't intend source.puri.sm to be an open-access repository ala Github.
@koherecoWatchdog @aral @lvdd_ @purism @0 Thanks for pointing this out. To my knowledge no one who works at Purism is involved in that repo so you should treat that file as the opinions of the owner and not necessarily of Purism.
Keyboard purists: "Having a slightly smaller shift key on a laptop keyboard is a dealbreaker."
Also keyboard purists: "I remapped my caps lock to esc, and switched to modified dvorak in a week."
His lack of faith's disturbing me (and I)
I used the Force so he can't breathe (he can't breathe)
When he told you that I killed your dad, Obi Wan lied
I'm your father, join Dark Side.
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Like the latest fashion,
Like a spreading disease,
Devs will login all the way to production,
Getting root shells with the greatest of ease.
Pentests staked out your whole network locale,
And if they pop your Jenkins then it's all over pal.
If one dev exploit gets a shell in Linux,
They're gonna bash it up, slash it up, hack it up, prod's not up.
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Here comes libadwaita! Read about our plans to make GNOME apps and GTK 4 even better, and about the future of libhandy: https://adrienplazas.com/blog/2021/03/31/introducing-libadwaita.html
New #vanlife hack: instead of buying drinking water for trips, using a Lifestraw Flex to filter water from van's fresh water tank into a gallon bottle. Tank is probably fine to drink, but this gives me extra peace of mind, and a way to get drinking water in an emergency too.
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After 18 years with the Free Software Foundation, I've decided to resign my position as executive director, effective at the end of a transition period. We'll be sharing further details, including information about that transition, and a few more words, in the coming days. It's been a humbling honor to serve this institution, and to work alongside the FSF's staff, members, and volunteers over the years. The current staff deserve your full confidence and support -- they certainly have mine.
@ajmartinez Yes. I actually ordered a shorter cable and a right-angle USB-C adapter so it sits flush and there's less slack.
Testing out a generic 360 degree-style laptop dock, which seems to work pretty well with the Librem 5 out of the box!
When my dad passed away I forwarded his mail to my address so I could settle his affairs. Two years later and I still get mail marketing addressed to him every week (today it was literally for life insurance). Even death isn't enough to stop advertisers.
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#Convergence aka #Desktop mode works fine on both #smartphones for light tasks. But what is "light"? This is where they differ.
#Librem5 (left) smoothly plays two videos simultaneously (one of which is 60 fps), whereas #Pinephone is struggling with single 30 fps video.
Why? Librem 5 has 30% faster CPU clock speed, 140% faster RAM standard, roughly double the GPU performance. More details: https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-phones.
#innovations #gadgets #tech #Librem5vsPinephone
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Librem 14 Security Features
"The Librem 14 was designed based on a long wishlist we made to build our dream laptop. When we first announced the Librem 14 we stuck to the features we knew for sure would be part of the first revision."
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So I spent the last few hours on taking pictures of cats with the rear camera of my Librem 5. Yep, that's my job now. #librem5 #gnu #linux #mobile #cat #caturday
All credit for the camera support goes to Dorota, Martin and Angus: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-next/-/issues/44#note_148408 @merge @purism
Oh you know, just printing from my Librem 5 phone to a printer it automatically detected and configured over the local network. No big deal...
When you share a Linux Journal article you wrote to help someone, and realize it's 12 years old...
We just watched a documentary about art forgery with my 8-year-old son, and now my wife is explaining extradition treaties as she tucks him in. #parenting
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