Richard Brown - @sysrich@fosstodon.org (@sysrich) 's Twitter Profile
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@sysrich

Geek, Linux Distro Architect, Photographer. Tweets are my own. also found on Mastodon @[email protected]

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Darren Shepherd (@ibuildthecloud) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And what that is basically assuming you can fork and beat the community. Assuming you will build a new community. Assuming you have the resources to reinvent the wheel. David Flanagan

Darren Shepherd (@ibuildthecloud) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dan Garfield Yeah, this is where people go wrong in OSS. They assume people are acting altruistically and should give freely of their time and resources. When in fact most people are more selfishly doing what interests them for their purpose and then sharing it, often to further their purpose

Richard Brown - @sysrich@fosstodon.org (@sysrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I recently raised concerns about possible data protection violations by an org that aspires to be a UK registered charity supporting FOSS Projects The response was that I should get involved and help them fix it Wouldnt that make me potentially liable for any future violations?

Brodie Robertson (@brodieonlinux) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please don't buy into the "you never need to reboot Linux" meme, if you actually care about security, apply regular updates and reboot your system. Especially for a publicly facing server, every single system accessible with a public IP is constantly being attacked

Lucy Beer (@webtw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I've been using #WordPress for a really long time. Since about 2004 I think. Never have I seriously thought about moving to a different CMS...until today and this BS with blocking WP Engine sites. Matt is an existential threat to WordPress and the community.

Richard Brown - @sysrich@fosstodon.org (@sysrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So what’s the acceptable way of referring to that CMS which is on a rampage burning its own ecosystem? Voldapress? Wordmort? #WPEngine #wp

Trent (@trentlapinski) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just to add some additional clarity to the whole WordPress situation: Matt has publicly stated that WP Engine either had to give 8% of their revenue (which would be tens of millions of dollars per year) to his for profit corporation that’s raised nearly $1 billion dollars in

Richard Brown - @sysrich@fosstodon.org (@sysrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

bcachefs is quickly becoming a case study proving that in FOSS, technical ability can often be secondary to social ability Work well with others or else your code might as well not exist

DHH (@dhh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"That's the deal. That's open source. I give you a gift of code, you accept the terms of the license. There cannot be a second set of shadow obligations that might suddenly apply, if you strike it rich using the software. Then the license is meaningless." world.hey.com/dhh/automattic…

openSUSE Linux (@opensuse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔒💻 #Discover the future of #system management with immutable OS products like #openSUSE MicroOS & Aeon! Emphasizing automation & self-care, these systems revolutionize the "never touch a running system" concept. #sysadmin youtu.be/AqQ2eodtZOM?si…

Nuno do Carmo (@nunixtech) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And for the ones using #Distrobox on #Aeondesktop or #Bluefin (or anywhere else), here's a small new year gift: github.com/nunix/config/b… Luca Di Maio Richard Brown - @[email protected] assemble 😇 The appsvenger Corsair 🏴‍☠️

LaurieWired (@lauriewired) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m not a fan of VLC. It’s got: - huge attack surface (anyone remember the arbitrary code execution from a malformed subtitle?) - bad tone mapping - bad subtitle rendering - high resource usage It's 2025. Use a MPV derivative, or madVR if you want to go wild.

I’m not a fan of VLC.

It’s got:
- huge attack surface (anyone remember the arbitrary code execution from a malformed subtitle?)
- bad tone mapping
- bad subtitle rendering
- high resource usage

It's 2025. Use a MPV derivative, or madVR if you want to go wild.
Hetzner (@hetzner_online) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New on Hetzner: openSUSE & CentOS Stream 10! ✅ openSUSE Linux: Flexible, powerful, now on our #HetznerCloud & dedicated servers! ✅ CentOS Project Stream 10: Latest enterprise Linux for your VPS, packed with new features and enhancements. Built for performance. Backed by reliability. 💻

New on Hetzner: openSUSE & CentOS Stream 10!
✅ <a href="/openSUSE/">openSUSE Linux</a>: Flexible, powerful, now on our #HetznerCloud &amp; dedicated servers!
✅ <a href="/CentOS/">CentOS Project</a> Stream 10: Latest enterprise Linux for your VPS, packed with new features and enhancements.

Built for performance. Backed by reliability. 💻
AlmaLinux (@almalinux) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us in the FOSDEM @[email protected] Distributions DevRoom in Brussels on February 1-2, 2025! It's a unique space where #Linux distro communities converge to share ideas, learn, and grow together: almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-1… #AlmaLinux #OpenSource #fosdem

Luca Di Maio (@lucadimaio11) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hi All! New release of #distrobox is on the way! 1.8.1 brings lots of improvements and refinements all over the place, in pkg manager handling, nvidia integration and in performance department! 💪 Also many many new contributors! 🎉 Check it out! github.com/89luca89/distr…

Richard Brown - @sysrich@fosstodon.org (@sysrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The whole “Rust in the Linux kernel” drama should be a lesson to all in Open Source The technology doesn’t matter Working with other people does Doesn’t matter if Rust is a gift from God, God doesn’t control what gets in the Kernel, maintainers do Technical arguments are moot

Luca Di Maio (@lucadimaio11) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hi! In case you missed, my #FOSDEM talk about creating a #rootless #container manager from scratch is available! We'll talk about the basic principles to build your own container manager, using #lilipod as an example: fosdem.org/2025/schedule/… #opensource #linux #distrobox