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  • Historically, it seems like the legality is a bit fluid, and depends on how much money someone is willing to spend to stop you. What the Pirate Bay did was legal in Sweden until the big companies applied pressure and resources to stop them. I wish we lived in a world where laws could be interpreted clearly, but at least it seems like big money can have its way regardless. So, in your hypothetical website scenario, would someone powerful be very upset, or would it not be worth it for them to go after you?




  • The manpages are actually very useful. Read the instructions you are given, and don't skip any part. If it tells you to read afterboot(8), read all of it. Also, common dotfiles have their own manpages. Be prepared that you might find Linux to be a bit of a mess after having used OpenBSD.

    PS. OpenBSD makes a great minimalist desktop. If you need nvidia support or bluetooth, it's just not going to work.


  • pmk@lemmy.sdf.orgtoLinux@lemmy.mlSUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
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    Fedora/Redhat is a good example. It could be argued that the Linux distro scene was different 23 years ago, making it harder to be seen today.

    The thing I'm pondering is what the openSUSE community actually is. Does it exist as a group, or is it separate projects, each doing their own thing... for who? What is the overlap between people in the various distros, overlap in technology used in packaging and QA etc? Is it meaningful to talk about openSUSE as a distinct community separate from SUSE?



  • pmk@lemmy.sdf.orgtoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.mlblahaj
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    4 months ago

    Unicode in filenames can be a bad idea, since there are more than one way to achieve what looks like the same character. So matching patterns could fail if you think it's one way, but it's actually another representation in unicode.


  • pmk@lemmy.sdf.orgtoLinux@lemmy.mlSUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
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    When I hear openSUSE, I think of german engineering and resources from SUSE, with a history of innovating great infrastructure.
    With a new name, distanced from the SUSE part, I'll probably feel more like if this is yet another random derivative created by a small group who might soon lose interest.



  • I'd say (based on his interviews) that he's an old school social democrat who is disappointed in the direction that social democracy has been heading since the 70s. I don't think he's a marxist.

    It's interesting that you call the main character a tyrant, I see him more as a tragic character trying to play by the rules of society, trying to find "something to sell with an extra 0 at the end". I think his story is about realizing the emptiness of this life, and in the end it all catches up with him, forced to confront his failures. To some extent we are all forced to participate in this society, and I feel a lot of compassion for him. Älskad vare den som sätter sig. Älskad vare den som svettas av skuld eller skam.


  • I'm not good enough to give recommendations, but meanwhile some questions might make it easier. What is your budget? Is open source important to you? What's the biggest thing you want to print? Are there any special features you're looking for? Do you want to tinker with it or rather have it "just work"?