It’s such a big deal that I really don’t know what the heck are features like “port to GTK3”, “improve animation features” and such doing in front of it in the roadmap pointed out by /u/eXoRainbow. I wished the GIMP guys could hear of this. I’d tell them that the Layers box (or an eventual nodes view) is almost as important as the viewport itself.
#linux #gimp #open-source #open_source #freedom #nondestructive #non_destructive #feature #gtk #competition
In stark contrast to proprietary software, open source does not — cannot, even — die. Yes, it can be disused or rusty or fusty, but as long as anyone is interested in it at all, it lives and breathes. Even should the interest wane to nothing, open source software survives still: its life as machine may be suspended, but it becomes as literature, waiting to be discovered by a future generation.
http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/2017/09/04/the-sudden-death-and-eternal-life-of-solaris/
#oracle #solaris #open-source #open_source #free_software
Jan was saying that the pull request has to be immediately approved, even if it breaks the code. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdyOOGwSdbs
This is also about so called “instant gratification” which our limbic system likes so much.
#social_architecture #community #programming #open-source #barcampevn #barcampevn17 #software
in the wake of this post and comments.
i accept that free software is often far behind it’s proprietary analogues. we, the society must learn to not take it for granted.
we must pay to the creators to support their work. we must hire developers around us to contribute our desired patches. we must set up bounties for necessary features.
thus we will encourage development of free software.
because free doesn’t mean free-ware, it’s not as free beer but as free speech.
software requires investments like tree requires water.
#free_software #free-software #libresoftware #open-source #open_source #freeware #development #investment #bounty #software #freedom
open source linux compatible hardware for 22 euro
github page
#linux #hardware #open-source #board #olimex #programming #design
This could be the biggest advance in camera design for a decade
#open-source #camera #freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnQUQZGRjjw
#Open-Source #Telecommunications #Infrastructure #network #mesh #serval #servalproject #freedom #p2p
Do you remember Napster? We're still seeing the impact of the original peer-to-peer file (read: music) sharing program today. According to Paul Gardner-Stephen, the power of music labels has diminished dramatically as a result of these kinds of activities. In fact, has been re-distributed to the people.
“The democratisation of online music is one example where the internet has eroded the monopoly power of music labels returning some portion of that power to the general public, without bankrupting those enterprises.”
Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen
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Paul has explored what is essentially a #Napster equivalent that will compete with the #mobile telecommunication giants. He believes that the advent of powerful, programmable, #portable digital #devices (e.g. #smartphones) are a key factor in this eventual #democratisation of mobile #telecommunications
[բնօրինակ սփիւռքում(եւ մեկնաբանութիւննե՞ր)](https://spyurk.am/posts/ebfa862a5c8763aa)
No. I worry because there is open and #free source like #GPL, and then there’s open but a little less freer #CDDL, for example. It might be handy to know how tight the chains are held on their #proprietary or not-so-proprietary code. We saw how wonderfully CDDL worked for the #ZFS and the related lawsuits. I don’t see how simply being #OSD - compliant should be enough for me to prostrate myself at the alter of #open-source software, especially with the likes of even #Microsoft, #Oracle and others buzzing around trying to find ways to cleverly call something open while slipping in a poison pill if you do your own thing in the open. http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=962391&postcount=33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnQUQZGRjjw
#Open-Source #Telecommunications #Infrastructure #network #mesh #serval #servalproject #freedom #p2p
Do you remember #Napster? We’re still seeing the impact of the original #peer-to-peer file (read: music) sharing program today. According to Paul Gardner-Stephen, the power of music labels has diminished dramatically as a result of these kinds of activities.
I always use “bindist” USE flag in my #Gentoo installations. That’s why my #chromium was not able to play #h264 videos - this codec is used by #vimeo. H264 support also have been removed from #chrome and #mozilla #firefox won’t support it, as it is non-free. Also, binary builds of chromium in #Debion cannot be done with #h264 support because then those #binaries won’t be redistributable. And it seems the only way to watch #vimeo in #browser is to build non-redistributable #chromium yourself. Of course, Gentoo simplifies this task enormously. Also, this is yet another example of how #open-source differs from #free-software, obviously. I forgot to mention that #flash is not an option for me.
Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the ACLU’s Speech Privacy and Technology Project, said he was excited to see a company like #Silent-Circle visibly competing on #privacy and security but that he was waiting for it to go #open-source and be audited by independent #security experts before he would feel comfortable using it for sensitive #communications. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/10/silent_circle_mike_janke_s_iphone_app_makes_encryption_easy_governments.single.html via @{Dr. Roy Schestowitz ; schestowitz@joindiaspora.com}