Notices by codesections (codesections@fosstodon.org), page 16

I've just gotten my father to switch to #linux—on the condition that I provide some remote tech support for any issues that come up. I'll set up ssh access, but do y'all have any recommendations for remote desktop software for Linux?

@chris hi and welcome to #fosstodon!

(I use Hack as my primary programming font, by the way—thanks so much for it!)

@alexbuzzbee

> Imagine having to include "coordinated nuclear attack" in your threat model.

Don't we all, more or less?

@bob This link ^^^ had considerably less Terry Pratchett than I expected.

@craigmaloney

I strongly disagree.

…not about the band, but about grits. Good, stone-ground grits can be great without any butter at all! (Well, ideally they'd have cheese, but I feel that isn't in the spirit of the point. But even entirely plain, they can be pretty great if the texture is just right.)

@yeahno @lawremipsum

The "visa mastercard" bit is a nice touch. They couldn't even pick one!

@brandon The https://hub.fosstodon.org/funding-usage/ website lays out the basics: we get nominations, create a shortlist, and then all the supporters vote

^^^ potential conflict of interest alert: I've made a few small Mastodon apps (https://t5.codesections.com/ https://mastodon-de-mob.codesections.com/) and might make more in the future. Although none of my apps are currently accepting donations, I do stand to gain from normalizing the idea of giving back to the Mastodon/fediverse community. I don't *think* this has biased me, but I wanted to mention it.

@fosstodon Since we we all use Mastodon (and presumably all like it!), my thought is that one of our top funding priorities should be contributing to this corner of the fediverse as a whole.

I'm thinking of Mastodon itself ( @Gargron does great work!), but also all the other #FOSS apps/projects that make this experience possible.

@tusky, #pinafore, #brutaldon, amaroq, and #toot all come to mind, and I'm sure there are others.

What do y'all think about that suggestion?

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Hey all #fosstodon folks! What do y'all think fosstodon should do with the funds it's saved up to donate to open source projects?

As @fosstodon posted about the other day, we've hit the 6-month buffer point, so our community will need decide fairly soon.

I've been thinking about it (just personally—I'm not speaking as part of the fosstodon team and haven't talked with anyone else), and here's my view:

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@kensanata @juliobiason

I'm embarrassed to admit—I've actually never used rsync. I haven't been as good with backing things up as I should be, and I've got a NextCloud instance (and git server) on my Raspberry pi, so I've never had the occasion to. But I plan to change that soon for an upcoming project where I'll want some old-school data syncing

@brandon

When I first read that ^^^, I read "this site" as referring to Fosstodon. You had me scared there for a minute, buddy!

Why is it that I have to look up the syntax for `scp` *every* time I use it? So many commands stick in my head but for some reason, that one just won't.

(See also https://m.xkcd.com/1168/ )