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We're almost there: we're just $2206 short of the new member contribution goal to get a $10,000 match - and the deadline is tomorrow! Please help us get there: https://u.fsf.org/2dp https://status.fsf.org/attachment/41544
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@cwebber I also get CPU noise from frequency scaling (not even comparable to the brightness noise, though) and a little bit of noise from the fan, more noticeable when it's docked (maybe from how the sound echoes). It's otherwise pretty quiet.
Do you experience problems undocking? I don't run GNOME either (i3 on a plain X11 session, GuixSD), and I'm pretty happy with the convenience. I wrote a simple shell script using xrandr to handle the monitors when docking/undocking/plugging/unplugging.
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Our members are the engine that powers the FSF, and a very generous donor is helping us encourage new memberships by matching all new member donations up to $10,000 until 12/9. So if you're on the fence about becoming a member: why not do it today? https://u.fsf.org/2dp
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@dthompson And you might guess where I happened to read your toot. (...and it's called a "toot")
I for one enjoy your "quality content".
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@bobjonkman Interesting. That makes me wonder if the best way to resolve this issue is to replace both the inverter _and_ the panel itself.
But I don't really want to spend that money when I just bought the X200.
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@kkebreau Ah well I'm both sorry to hear that and relieved to hear that. :) Thanks for replying.
@cwebber you have an X200 right? Do you experience any high-pitched noise when reducing the screen brightness?
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#X200 users: has anyone noticed a very loud high-frequency noise coming from the inverter when the monitor brightness is below max? It's not CPU frequency scaling noise---I hear that too. I'm unfortunately rather sensitive to high-frequency noises. I'm having trouble determining if this is a common issue with X200s.
If so, has anyone tried replacing the inverter, and had success in resolving the issue? I don't want to spend the money if it's not going to work. But I want to figure out something. Even if that involves hardware hacking.
On the upside, I do have #GuixSD running and everything's going pretty well!
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...my wife is watching TV and I just saw a commercial for #Firefox, advertising speed.
I never expected to see an FF commercial. Fascinating. If only we had people willing to donate money for informational commercials on a brief introduction to the values and benefits of software freedom, directing them to fsf.org or gnu.org, or a site that's specifically designed to serve as a landing page for that commercial.
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@dthompson I'm disappointed to hear about the difficulties. The Tor Browser hackers are going to have to address this as well.
I'm cheering you on over here!
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Yesterday I had a long-awaited meeting with two lawyers and the CIO from my new employer (who purchased my previous back in April) regarding our releasing of certain software under the GPLv3+. This follows a previous, fairly deep discussion a number of weeks ago with one of the lawyers. Despite their unfamiliarity with software and copyright (we are not a software company), the CIO and lawyers approved our current arrangement. We will continue to release free software under the GPLv3+, and one of the lawyers will work with me on starting to formalize a procedure for doing so with projects going forward.
I'm relieved, because had this gone in the other direction, it would have been a nail in the coffin for me---this issue is deeply important to me, which I made clear. I structured a lot of my personal time and research around these projects knowing they would be free/libre, and they would not otherwise exist.
And it's a nice demonstration of the benefits of corporate use of the GPL as copyright holders. In this case, Copyleft made my job pretty easy: competition wouldn't be able to make use of our projects without releasing code, which made the legal department much more comfortable.
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The @FSF's call for sessions for #LibrePlanet2018 continues until Wednesday, November 9th. LibrePlanet is one of the only places where I feel like I legitimately fit in with the group---where I'm with others with whom I identify on the most fundamental level. That's the reason I chose LP to try out public speaking for the first time two years ago---something I had wanted to do for years, but could never bring myself to do.
If you are passionate about free software, or maybe even just have a valuable perspective to share, LibrePlanet is looking for everyone from hackers to organizers, teachers to librarians. One of the most lasting impressions I received at last year's conference was with someone who wasn't even fully familiar with free software---he just came to check it out and see what others had to say. Everyone has something interesting to say, and everyone can leave a lasting impression.
So if you've been looking to maybe share your experience with others, consider submitting a proposal! Let's make this year's LibrePlanet even better than last. More information is here:
https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions
If you're looking to see what others have done in past years, media from last year's conference can be found here:
https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/tag/libreplanet-2017-video/
See everyone at LP2018. :)
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@orbifx Yes Savannah's mailing list support is useful. I think both GitLab and GitHub support interacting with issues/MRs via email, but that's not at all the same. Many unfortunate choose GitLab or GitHub _in place of_ mailing list collaboration.
With regards to cgit: it doesn't look bad to begin with; I just wanted it integrated cleanly into my website to use as my projects page. You can clone using it, yes, but it's a full web interface for browsing the repo as well (and downloading archives).
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@bjoern I don't want to give the impression that I'm giving less consideration to your point. I think we're pretty much in agreement on all points overall, but each of us is putting more emphasis on the one we are more familiar with and have put more activism/advocacy into.
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@dthompson Did you end up getting the flesh-detecting one? If so, I'm not impressed. ;)
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@orbifx I was able to get cgit integrated well into my site theme- and layout-wise, but it has some pain points. I may end up having to modify cgit itself for some things; it's a bit rigid, and all of its logic is tightly coupled with HTML rendering.
I like Savannah. Others don't because it's not "sexy" enough. Not modern. Which is an unfortunate reason. I do have Savannah for another non-GNU project, but that's just to make a statement. Since I have my own webserver, I don't really need a host.
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@bjoern Non-free JavaScript can be replaced---it's served on the client, so you can exercise the freedom to modify it. The userscripts community has experience doing this. But as you note, it's not very practical; my LP2016 talk was all about this problem and some suggestions on how to solve it. (https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/collection/restore-online-freedom/)
So while a full stack is indeed necessary, I agree, non-free JS is a complete non-starter to the point where I can't even _collaborate_ with people using those communities. If a project is using SaaSS for their work, they are sacrificing their freedom (not the four freedoms---different kinds), not me. If I choose to contribute to project Foo, it doesn't matter to me if they're using gitlab.com or hosting their own GitLab instance---I can't modify it no matter what. But that's okay for me, because it's the _project's_ tool, not my own.
I can collaborate with a project on GitLab no matter where it's hosted (https://about.gitlab.com/2015/05/20/gitlab-gitorious-free-software/). I can't collaborate at all on GitHub, though, because I'd have to run non-free JS. I recently submitted a patch for a Minetest mod on GitHub and I had to paste the diff into the body of an issue---I couldn't create a pull request or upload a file! (But I think there's a CLI I can use with their API; haven't tried it yet.)
Of course, proper federation would solve this problem entirely, if I could collaborate using my own instance. :)
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@bjoern s/SaSS/SaaSS/
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