Jason Self @jxself@social.bobcall.me

Got my flu shot. Doing my part for herd immunity.

I just realized that my APT repository for Linux-libre is 9 years old this month.
https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
#linux

I was reading how an asteroid will come close by the planet on election day. It's so Trump can hitch a ride and go back home?

Ah ha; the moment has arrived. The uncompressed kernel source code for 5.9 has reached 1GB. #linux #bloat

https://opensource.microsoft.com/

Ah, well at least now they explicitly call out that they're in the "Embrace" phase. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Does anyone plan to watch the launch of Perseverance and Ingenuity on Thursday? I understand the launch will be streamed live via NASA TV.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

I like my GNU/Linux distros to be boring and uneventful. Specifically: Releases that happen at 2 - 5 year intervals and where package version numbers are frozen in time on release. This lets me work on the things I want to work on and not spending my time on fixing the distro. Can't remember where I heard this one: "The bleeding edge is stained by the blood of the users."

Oh, derp. I'm so stupid. I thought "Oh I should apply package updates and then after doing so I stupidly restarted the computer that was doing kernel stuff. As I saw the SSH connection close in the other window I immediately thought "Wait, what? Oh yeah; I was using that computer." Now to start over...

I am currently building Linux-libre for amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, or1k, powerpc, ppc64, ppc64el, and riscv64. Should I add anything else? https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ #linux

GNU Linux-libre 5.7 (the freedom-respecting version of Linux) is now available in my APT repository: https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ Enjoy! #linux

I'd like to thank someone -- who asked to stay anonymous -- with donating 2 build servers for Linux-libre. You know who you are.

http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/

It's Monday. Go make a programming language.

If they love it so much where is the Windows 7 source code that was asked for? :)

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Microsoft-Pres-On-Open-Source

https://www.fsf.org/windows/upcycle-windows-7

An odd sight: A golden number 5 just floated by within view of my window. It was a balloon. Someone must have lost it. Number 5 is alive?

This made me smile: https://invidio.us/watch?v=nmUXntGlqFI
Stay safe.

RE: "i.MX8M is the most open and best documented chip we could find"

Even compared to i.MX6 which did not need the proprietary software junk?

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/imx8m-comments

The original stated goal https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform/updates/re-introducing-reform was "deliver more performance and usability to you, at a better thermal/power envelope"

Maybe change "most open and best documented" to "i.MX8M is the most performant chip we could find"?

I left my desk behind. I've had it for over 25 years. It's been a nice solid and dependable desk over the years. But it's also big and heavy and so I avoided moving it to the new home by buying a new one. But the new one isn't as big and as nice as my old desk. Now I wonder: Will I miss my old desk? Do I miss it currently?

My roommate called to say he's out of the old apartment now and that I can call the leasing office to let them know. Moving out of the apartment after 22 years feels like the end of an era.