Jason Self @jxself@social.bobcall.me

Freedo, the mascot of Linux-libre, takes a vacation. Happy holidays.

Source: https://jxself.org/git/?p=freedo.git
(License: GFDL-1.3-or-later)

This seems a great idea: https://howwegettonext.com/the-black-mirror-writers-room-teaching-technology-ethics-through-speculation-f1a9e2deccf4

There's a ! in the shell script's `if then`. I didn't even notice it. No wonder I'm having problems, since it's trying to match when the condition's **not** true. D'Oh!

I've been experimenting with conlanging. It seems fun. And so, using my conglang, I say: hukahan kakwa

Happy anniversary to linux-libre-firmware (a repository that contains free firmware for use with GNU Linux-libre). The first commit was 1 year ago today. https://jxself.org/git/?p=linux-libre-firmware.git

I've started building Linux-libre kernel packages for RISC-V,
starting with version 4.19.1:
https://jxself.org/pipermail/linux-libre-announce/2018/000020.html

Information about using the repository can be found at
https://jxself.org/linux-libre/

Turned the heater on for the first time this season.

It's morning already?

#GNU #Linux-libre 4.18.11-gnu, 4.14.73-gnu, 4.9.130-gnu, and 4.4.159-gnu is now available in my APT repository.
https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
Enjoy!

I bought a package of cheddar cheese sticks at the store. They're tasty.

Not only did Linus Torvals take time off to try to improve things he now describes the community as "a morass of nastiness".
To the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45664640

Happy 35th birthday, GNU Project.
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.en.html 🍰

The boy cat is so polite. When I'm sitting at my desk using the computer and he wants to sit on my lap he'll stand on his hind legs and use one of his front paws to do a double-tap on my arm or side to get my attention. Then he waits for me to move the chair around to make room, rather than just jumping onto me (or the desk) without warning.

New system hostname: rochester. It's an x60 from eBay. Continuing the tradition of naming my computers after cities, the box says it was shipped from there so that's the name.