2026-08-17T03:29:42Z https://nostr.now James Just James https://nostr.now/npub17x29xnltsxdtvjfkjr0rdl90sy472v3s5zrz4j9r707gd5hjk0fq5hsa3m https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/042/879/original/fced8dc69513109e.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/042/879/original/fced8dc69513109e.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspekd38yer6hvnkr2lv2wpxcwh0402zxmcr9gtkjgxuem2pfhylvczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayp0g6w3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ma303r43xwt6g7mucury57lqf9czx552qvat9je3dczd2rkt0rsard4j2'>nevent1q…d4j2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, happy to. TL;DR: customer buys a ton of laptops/workstations/whatever. Plugs them into a network switch. The #mgmtconfig project ( <a href="https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/">https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/</a> ) then does provisioning, initial configuration/setup/customization, and if it&#39;s desired, continued automation.<br/><br/>Customer is happy! Full setup of machine in ~10min. Very simple to use, no need to setup fancy infra to do this.<br/><br/>I have an open source company supporting this work. <a href="https://m9rx.com/">https://m9rx.com/</a> 2026-08-20T05:53:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8jvydm3at0t2cdxtuh3d606pst3nwtcr3zmdxvgjyj4zzqu6p3tczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayyzh9m7 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15f7r5azevg4qynsz9f9l5hgg8eqhntf2thc58kmf0jw8dref50rq3km7wr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:</span> (<span class="italic">npub15f7…m7wr</span>)</a></span> Do your laptops support the linux firmware-attributes API?<br/><br/>$ ls -l /sys/class/firmware-attributes/<br/><br/>Running the above will tell you if there&#39;s something in there.<br/><br/>Please reach out, we&#39;re building laptop automation with #mgmtconfig.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes">https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes</a> 2026-08-20T03:19:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdnlcqknvt689g347agng3lmp8dfdx80r9phl0zsz9rrckwd7xytgzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay6l0jcc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswt88u8yp34ehucxwmndzrmwhta5xgg4aqvvlukn7ecvw4ajl8vycw40pmx'>nevent1q…0pmx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>works for me, sorry :/ if it doesn&#39;t come back I can send you a printout. 2026-08-19T22:19:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs20qgu05xqxgxq4txgqzxwyt6c2u2clhp9np8nzu8mk8qrr56vx5szyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eaysru4a8 Anyone who has a Thinkpad and is interested in getting into the &#34;Advanced Menu&#34; of the BIOS should check this out:<br/><br/><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1vj1udn/how_to_enter_advanced_bios_options_on_gen_1_t15gp/">https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1vj1udn/how_to_enter_advanced_bios_options_on_gen_1_t15gp/</a> 2026-08-19T20:01:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxky7x3mr0lxwwylgvfqrtk5sk6lxrnzfmxnc7d54xq44dparskdqzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eaymkya0z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqsclt2sqn5ucer6qjnc7rns088vqtv7yy08a2433rxl5hg4n95qyt4lvp'>nevent1q…4lvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not 9? 2026-06-16T21:30:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs094p83982r6630rthnh0wu3vyegmj68p866l82lx5vkwumal5d7qzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay5w4c4m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8upray0xadxyhjtyaegrc5pd22788xch8zfe7sh8gm0alshmcgsgj32qwt'>nevent1q…2qwt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All I could really fit into the char limit, but could be more clearly expanded and I&#39;d love to see a government that actually wants to &#34;do it right&#34;. 2026-05-01T06:36:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspc460tth6ee8xc246w2h5husx23907c2577phlmh2yg2e8ed396gzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay4yk3rm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyr4ef64s8q6ch92cnw4vakz4fxjuzy0sqwpny6ncjk03hvnujucll5v8l'>nevent1q…5v8l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read the survey, but TBQH I want to see modern, technologist-designed ideas.<br/><br/>For example a legal mandate from the government that:<br/><br/>* businesses/banks can&#39;t require email or non-end-to-end encrypted messaging<br/>* real 2FA not SMS nonsense<br/>* fines they pay, you get, when businesses lose or misuse your data<br/>* fair access to government/public services without requiring an app from one of two U.S. companies<br/>* minimum data collection required, eg: why DOB?<br/>* etc... 2026-05-01T06:31:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9satvpq9kzmre0graujkuf0qzusx8p5wn47yn2wklcf4q4zrky6qzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayxyjtvk RE: <a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116159602850585685">https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116159602850585685</a><br/><br/>The problem is grapheneos is militantly anti-copyleft which means this doesn&#39;t bode well for the project&#39;s long-term sustainability. I hope I&#39;m wrong but eventually the shoe will drop.<br/>nostr:note1eycjrz4f7yuduules7mrzjj72ujhzkp76gycj04rh6d5dhvtge8qtrunsd<br/> 2026-03-02T20:18:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkzcy772yvajx4gf45mqpjv3e34546ygwdaftmzjuqlk96czc6gczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay3l8mv5 Does <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19ua0a9gu7ggm693nqm6knq3zutckcfde9p6ra7a8fu73xhvy3sgqz253cv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tim Bray 🇨🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub19ua…53cv</span>)</a></span> or any of the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1was0yc6pd7lfxp44mnyldql60mp58qnmu75g4g57y86dcx3k6vhsqcgh5g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CoSocial Community Cooperative</span> (<span class="italic">npub1was…gh5g</span>)</a></span> folks know of any Canadian (or as a backup North American) companies that rent dedicated servers on a monthly basis?<br/><br/>I&#39;ll manage everything myself, just want a place to run a Linux vmhost without any nonsense. 2025-08-23T23:31:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstcn9zdw6zclrrs8pj0y059y2jgh8k8g9qrvyf9w6952tszrsvv3qzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayywug3m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvx4700ep7dchunry8g3nuqlzf9jjyfhqtmfedqvj42n440l008qrz4728'>nevent1q…4728</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not the anti nukers, it&#39;s the government that doesn&#39;t require transparency and safety being the priority. Or did I misunderstand the term anti-nuker? 2025-08-15T20:04:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrgw3wg3medsdv2qppv79lyzxvn3rn00dz0xp98l0md5f3adlspczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eaythdycd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzzegp5m293hcqnadhf7ms3meupy2mgvdzegzdchqr7dpe3z99wgvpggfp'>nevent1q…ggfp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the Star Trek future, nuclear power isn&#39;t controlled by proprietary software and companies that put profit above safety. 2025-08-15T19:58:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrface4nk9eh96x4mln92g8vsvjvxxfsgxkrksv30su3j0e5dsrfczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayj8sgm8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqj9tszcu4q75ragk5vmwkxjc3v8hzx6d2r6drnwt2va45z92e8vcay2wxd'>nevent1q…2wxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Again, I don&#39;t know anything about the attacks, but I can at least do this for you: I&#39;m a mod of r/Linux. If you know of anyone doing harassment, DM me the details, and I can ban them on reddit.<br/><br/>HTH and good luck. I hope you revisit your anti-GPL stance. Cheers! 2025-07-17T01:34:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9g72zdsxu6fxlv0t9x7fe07yh5vz499rwuu08w8csvvstd8exgeczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eaypqfvge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgqm6lld298maurqh7epgwqr8xsrlzd20msjj5qaqr6jxet56dvpqd95wd8'>nevent1q…5wd8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I get it! GrapheneOS is about doing free labour for others, particularly other companies that want their proprietary sauce shipped. 2025-07-17T01:31:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfsvg34w9ywjkml5eyucj7s0w49nand7tp0fp2juajz7e0hs9v7aqzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay3hkucl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgety7nlpkfdcmyuv9nx3g5u3rz78e459wxa9hfuqfmds25ph0hshkd73w'>nevent1q…d73w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, you might be financially successful, but in terms of guaranteeing a non-proprietary ecosystem for end users, it won&#39;t be successful.<br/><br/>Some OEM eventually will want to lock down the user, add some proprietary sauce or so on. 2025-07-17T01:23:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdaee9d50u7n9hy2aj9fuydq78kl7vd0zx73pudtnwhf26q9j4ahqzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayxxpdqm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyva20qx0mlrk0fu7vpg54dyxvtnmkvrnq437xzg4hj72gxlev3ql04sfn'>nevent1q…4sfn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mq406ah8xfcdga4vfsfkxhcjrgq4ay8ueccsvv38ynmmx7f9udest9wwak" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LaF0rge</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mq4…wwak</span>)</a></span> Since you&#39;re the expert in this space and could help dispel some of the FUD and explain the solutions here. 2025-07-17T01:17:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mwdn78vrhl2p5cgrkn8s5jhmjqv83vmr5q38zyutuxhpm9w2v9czyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayj8n6dv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjlpwuzu84v3mqx9qrd7j73pu0kvxysdtw3av77tlwx3h5ztu0zccsrrf6'>nevent1q…rrf6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The people that the GPL drives away, are exactly those who it was designed to protect against.<br/><br/>People that are against the GPL usually have ulterior motives.<br/><br/>I fear as a result of this, the long-term success of GrapheneOS will be limited. 2025-07-17T01:13:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9dn96xj22nyu3svgsf30vk8v48q88wcds6q3ptwr32mnthjl5heszyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayd9ecr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfz6glknc88hl09tkflqfqxtljp7ftaya4840aelxljyugqjy5mwqaa8jt4'>nevent1q…8jt4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are many solutions if you want to ensure long-term freedom and sustainability.<br/><br/>For example, you could dual license as GPLv2 AND GPLv3+.<br/><br/>I think your understanding of the Tivoization clause is incorrect here. You&#39;d not be blocked from making such a device, as long as the _user_ has a way to unlock the bootloader. The manufacturer already can. 2025-07-17T01:08:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8s8x994g2jrg9kvprjfhzut7c3t20zhde6u32xl9lmuwyt0n4jczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eaylqe2ga In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84mkda4ae8cfmspsm38jpy2sf0s49gq4zzp2lpzxcxd4vxh0lv6q9ktgfx'>nevent1q…tgfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree--<br/><br/>If something is GPLv3 an OEM or some party, will not be able to keep the sources private from users. They will be forced to publish them, and this benefits users. 2025-07-17T01:02:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs27v8u5eqdyqutsav4jfyrw6g4xdkcewu6u08gs53xc4thnen3uzczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayh9mwhs <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e7jfjpnsu42u8wlpuza72yv7qqj7n0sux60anx23ev6r6hh9y9ysu8725j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DNA schedule</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e7j…725j</span>)</a></span> I&#39;m not claiming it forces anyone to contribute upstream, it forces an OEM to indeed release the code to the users...<br/><br/>So seeing we agree, why aren&#39;t you using GPLv3? 2025-07-17T01:00:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszxyuj3zrc76948xycu9a93vsmkg42k8nmwey9zmnz3dqyzcrpduszyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay03prr6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstfm5akwk7f8kcl33cekychqfc4k9ssrls6m80wu4kh2qffxuzs0cklg0rk'>nevent1q…g0rk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nothing in my comment precludes that. But forcing the OEM to give back requires copyleft. 2025-07-13T22:14:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2j6exxkd4qjy3hdm2n5jsjkv9lu4p9xlmv727pz7rmqaq0k0k26czyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay9zad2q Been looking deeper into GrapheneOS. Why wouldn&#39;t they prefer copyleft licenses if their goal is to have a Free OS?<br/><br/>Releasing everything as MIT just sets them up for someone well-funded to fork and make a proprietary AI or Cryptocurrency or whatever phone. 2025-07-13T22:11:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz27c2tmae4703slxwql5azg7hhja240ss48fwsmm3gr0us9h33hczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eaydff563 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrxf73xfjgjchh9ehaa8upswgmxelaht49yzpv9344agv5ujmwuschf34mp'>nevent1q…34mp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t know about any of these going ons and tbqh your blog post raises more questions than it answers. Having learned a bit from reading this, I hope some transparency is in order. 2025-04-24T10:25:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4u9darjy57kc65zvylzdtzp4phyyenpxvgpve7998y7mzvednvqzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayz6rcah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgz7faux5kesqek40rlqatxsdmv869qa9xmjyxh9j7jgcl26vqss4fahmh'>nevent1q…ahmh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How much of this goes to etcd for general maintenance and or features that don&#39;t directly unblock some new kubernetes feature? 2025-04-01T12:56:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0glv3yuzuzes4v5cdmrz8ag29hqth057pv502tvwse7nqd5vd9dczyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eay36s4sv My #mgmtconfig talk is TODAY at #CfgMgmtCamp at 14:50 sharp! (B.Con room)<br/><br/>I&#39;ll be giving a different kind of talk today. Less hardcore internals, more &#34;real-production, boring use-cases&#34;.<br/><br/>Come early for the pre-show!<br/><br/><a href="https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DQUHEL/">https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DQUHEL/</a> 2025-02-03T09:57:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6xctf08rp9n8x6p50efxfxet3t7x6lgge4y0y65dat5au5e0ylszyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayf0ye2z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9wgdxjcedw7qr0czp3nv6sng453rug9a482hrft3rh678fucn5sszf68z'>nevent1q…f68z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What? Is there some background about hot pot I didn&#39;t hear about? 2024-12-14T14:17:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9py6g2ufvzwypercrljtk4teucxphgjmu0zm4umtslz76mk2n4rqzyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayxvv3ru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2fhewfrjflg7qmz2u97yqsk5yu95yjs2pc9ls625sujtpsxphwfqs5kjm9'>nevent1q…kjm9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not defending anyone&#39;s behaviour here, but if you don&#39;t think there is horrible behaviour inside these megacorp companies, you are uninformed. The only difference is the open source community is transparent about more of it. Meanwhile, megacorp does lots of evil political stuff which benefits only them. 2024-11-21T10:25:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2pk8t3t79tjzzf8j9u6l87cqxypc26u278d7gx643u4243qu462szyrceg560awqe4djfx6gdudhu47qjhefjxzsgv2kg50elepkj72eayq3257f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8jwuwalqxcjyzk6eeyxuv4avc3ucwz2euxgu52mys9alyfptxgqm85qdz'>nevent1q…5qdz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for sharing! I would genuinely like to know if the salary claims presented in this twitter post are genuine or not. I&#39;m not trolling, just trying to separate fact from falsehood and understand the actual situation:<br/><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/kaepora/status/1828877522072678910">https://twitter.com/kaepora/status/1828877522072678910</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/041/947/475/385/712/original/3a29f1c3b4fba701.png"> <br/> 2024-08-28T22:14:47Z