Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going. -- "You" means "anyone", not you specifically.

On 11/16/2019 02:31 AM, Nala Ginrut wrote: > Linus Tovalds had derided developers for decades, but no one > jump out to force him to step down. There have been strong concerns about Torvalds' language and the working environment around kernel development. -- https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/

Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going.

I disagree that they betrayed RMS. I still like the Guix contributors, probably even more now. Your systemd statement is confusing because they made their own service program called shepherd. On 11/13/2019 01:14 PM, nipponm...@firemail.cc wrote: > After them stabbing RMS in the back, who would be

Re: Coreboot vs Libreboot - GNU: Please use Coreboot without the blobs (compile time option). - CoreBoot Dev weighed in. - Translations

This gossip is complete spam or at least off topic! On 11/07/2019 10:37 PM, gameonli...@redchan.it wrote: > I will now explain the ideas which the proud White American Man, who > is the coreboot developer, means to convey: > > He feels that you on the coasts are all homosexuals who should be > ph

Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew

On 10/12/2019 05:19 AM, Jean Louis wrote: > https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman "In short: Stallman made some technically-correct-but-utterly-tactless comments" Here are the comments: “deceased AI ‘pioneer’ Marvin Minsky (who is accused of assaulting one o

Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew

On 10/11/2019 04:43 PM, Alexander Vdolainen wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/11/19 11:16 PM, Kete via Discussions about the development of the > GNU system wrote: >> On 10/10/2019 05:02 PM, Jean Louis wrote: > ... skipped ... >>> Well I don't see it that way. I se

Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew

On 10/10/2019 05:02 PM, Jean Louis wrote: > On October 10, 2019 8:29:06 PM UTC, Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Jean Louis wrote: >>> What is point in backstabbing of RMS? I asked and never got answers >> but FUD. >> >> To get rid of him, of course. Why to ask for obvious answer

Re: GNU Guix 1.0.0 released

Thank you for making it to version 1! After 7 years, I'm still excited about this GNU distro with the latest versions of software, vanilla packaging, system settings in a file, and rollbacks. I look forward to using it for my personal computing and network services. -- https://emailselfdefense.f

Re: What to call Guix

On 12/16/2014 12:20 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: Guix is an innovative experimental approach. This leads me to think of calling it an "avant-garde distribution". Perhaps "The GNU Project's avant-garde distribution of GNU/Linux". What do people think? How about /Pioneer/?

Re: What to call Guix

On 01/16/2015 04:31 AM, Nala Ginrut wrote: On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 08:53 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Then what about “GNU System Distribution”? GSD similar to BSD? How about GOD (GOD is One of Distributions) That is funny but seems too controversial for a name. Good point about /Berkeley Sof

Re: What to call Guix

I would like to suggest the name “GNU Software Distribution”, as I believe it has none of the problems the other suggestions have. I like it! me too

Re: microkernels (was x15)

On 2014-12-17 5:43, Olaf Buddenhagen wrote: On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 02:43:20PM -0500, Kete wrote: >>Smartphone users would benefit from this x15 * much less code taking up crucial space on the device Microkernel architectures actually need more code for the same functionalit

Re: What to call Guix

On 2014-12-16 17:52, k...@freefriends.org wrote: FWIW, I have a personal aversion to the term "next generation". It's like Star Trek or Windows NT. Perhaps "The GNU Project's avant-garde distribution of GNU/Linux". "A GNU/Linux distribution from the GNU Project" (or "by" instead of "from"),

Re: The future of mobile computing.

On 2014-12-13 5:00, Olaf Buddenhagen wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:04:39AM +0100, Garreau, Alexandre wrote: [...] you tend to use it more passivally as a consumer than actively as a producer (interface made for that): That comes naturally with the form factor -- you can't really do anyth

Re: x15 (was: The next step of GNU in pure technical perspective)

On 2014-12-12 18:54, Olaf Buddenhagen wrote: Hi, On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:10:26PM -0500, Kete wrote: Smartphone users would benefit from this x15 Why smartphones in particular?... -antrik- First, I want to repeat what RMS said about the modem that makes the actual telephone calls

Re: The next step of GNU in pure technical perspective (was: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?)

On 2014-12-09 10:53, Omar Radwan wrote: it would make it very difficult and counter productive to write a clone, so what? and that time and effort would be most useful hacking in the HURD repo. They actually do squash Hurd bugs when they do not have enough time to develop x15, and this is

Re: The next step of GNU in pure technical perspective (was: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?)

On 2014-12-08 19:24, Omar Radwan wrote: So he is planning to rewrite all the HURD interfaces and make it more POSIX compliant? Its taken like 20 years to get HURD where it is right now. And back then there where full time developers working on it. http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/m

Re: The next step of GNU in pure technical perspective (was: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?)

On 2014-12-08 18:59, Omar Radwan wrote: since it's not a drop in replacement mach, but a derivative , how is it expected to be used with HURD. As HURD is only usable on mach. It's not meant to run on Hurd: it's planned for a hurd clone http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/deficien

Re: The next step of GNU in pure technical perspective (was: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?)

Smartphone users would benefit from this x15 .

Re: Hurd

I just want to interject that microkernels are very important and that the monolithic Linux in particular is a massive amount of device driver, filesystem and other code that should not run at the most critical system level. That is a vulnerability, and any bugs are easily missed. When spotted,

Re: A GNU Distribution

On 04/07/2012 06:39 PM, Michael J. Flickinger wrote: There's a very large potential gain from having a "GNU distribution", even if it's running the Linux kernel, Well, it would run GNU's /version/ of the Linux kernel.

Re: A GNU Distribution

On 04/07/2012 06:20 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: With Nix, how does the shell search for an executable? It searches PATH for the right executable. What dirs does it find them in? Is it true that /bin does not exist as we are used to? If it's true, how is it different and why? It l