Notices by neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop), page 32

@gcupc +1

@Greg Thanks, doh, of course! Don't know why but I had always had them in my head as 'for servers'. Would you recommend one over another for a personal setup?

@darius Cool I have a dotfiles repo too for basic config files but this looks like a step up, nicely thought out and with an ansible playbook - thanks!

I'm 100% for moving away from centralised silos.

That said, can't lie, whenever I see a link to a project that looks cool, to find that the link is something like git.mysupercoolsite.net:3000, I click with nervous anticipation and wait with fingers crossed for it to actually load...

I do a bunch of post-install steps every time I do a fresh install of a distro.  (I like to do a fresh install semi-regularly as a kind of low-key disaster recovery run-through...)

It might be package installations, pulling various config files in from a git remote, restoring documents, changing app settings, etc.

Thinking what's the best way to automate all that?  I guess probably a shell script should get me pretty far.

Listening to an episode of Libre Lounge from a few months back, fascinating to hear about the two recent vectors that compromised projects via npm.

Both supply chain attacks, one a compromised build and the other a kind of social engineering hijacking of a no-longer-maintained repository.

https://librelounge.org/episodes/episode-2-thanksgiving-npm-and-malware-in-free-software.html

Watching Debian install, hundreds/thousands of packages, it's pretty awesome to think how much totally free, unfettered software that represents.

Huge respect to all those contributors over the years, what an achievement!

Oh wow, choosing to pull in GNOME has turned this net install into a bit of a marathon.

@celesteh I can imagine so. Definitely much bigger than I've been to before.

I don't believe we do but perhaps we should!

Live coded music and visuals? In the British Library? Alright then!

#london #algorave

Dangit, my media endpoint stopped working.

#indieweb

"Free software is a prerequisite for privacy. (It's not a guarantee, but it's a prerequisite.)"

Libre Lounge: Episode 15: At Libre Planet with Sean O'Brien

https://librelounge.org/episodes/episode-15-at-libre-planet-with-sean-obrien.html

"Free software is a prerequisite for privacy. (It's not a guarantee, but it's a prerequisite.)"

Libre Lounge: Episode 15: At Libre Planet with Sean O'Brien

https://librelounge.org/episodes/episode-15-at-libre-planet-with-sean-obrien.html

Debian testing net install iso is 327Mb.

Etcher, an app to burn it to USB, is 107Mb.

Hmmm.

Don't remember this from history class

#london

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, actively ramping up the use of fossil fuels with AI and machine learning.

Maddening.

https://gizmodo.com/how-google-microsoft-and-big-tech-are-automating-the-1832790799

NHSX is a silly name but

"Every project developed within the NHS to be released as Open Source."

sounds pretty good.

"When procuring solutions, the NHS will be expected to consider Open Source products on a level playing field."

That's a bit weak. I'm betting vested interests put the kaibosh on anything stronger.

But definitely interested to see where NHSX goes.

https://www.thehtn.co.uk/2019/04/04/nhsx-to-mandate-health-tech-standards/

NHSX is a silly name but

"Every project developed within the NHS to be released as Open Source."

sounds pretty good.

"When procuring solutions, the NHS will be expected to consider Open Source products on a level playing field."

That's a bit weak. I'm betting vested interests put the kaibosh on anything stronger.

But definitely interested to see where NHSX goes.

https://www.thehtn.co.uk/2019/04/04/nhsx-to-mandate-health-tech-standards/