Jason Self @jxself@social.bobcall.me

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.

I found 9 old hard drives in a box while moving. They range from 500MB to 80GB. I'm going through them them one by one to see what's on them. First one had nothing on it. Looks to have been reformatted. I'm wiping the drive with GNU Shred because I don't recall what used to be on it. Then repeat.

I ate the last of the bread today. As my food supply dwindles I find myself debating on rationing more strongly or risk going outside. #COVID19 #COVID

The Incompatible Timesharing System (ITS) is super weird in a lovable way. Did you know that Puff, the Magic Dragon lives in ITS? In the ITS vocabulary, the idea of a "daemon" is instead called a "dragon" so of course they'd put Puff in there. This is before operating systems got all boring and "professional" and whatnot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incompatible_Timesharing_System