Open Source, Tech, Space, and Policy
I am using pretty much the exact same setup I did in 2024 . Let's see who is more efficient in a live session! But first let's take a look at the image sizes: Image size (in GB) 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 6.1 56.42809364548495 317.6705465587045 4.9 78.20735785953177 358.206983805668 3.9 99.9866220735786 391.9873481781377 4.8 121.76588628762542 361.585020242915 3.7 143.54515050167223…
I wrote up a quick proposal for a right to repair system like the EPA sticker when buying a car. The original requestor isn't going to use it so I'm posting here hoping someone runs with it.
I am using pretty much the exact same setup I did in 2020 . Let's see who is more efficient in a live session! But first let's take a look at the image sizes: Image size (in G) 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 Ubuntu Xubuntu Xubuntu-minimal Kubuntu Lubuntu Ubuntu Mate Manjaro 24.1 (KDE) Linux Mint 22 (Cinnamon) Fedora 40 (Gnome) Endless OS 6 5.8 40.565286906228884 237.3745496805519 Ubuntu 3.9…
In 2020 I reviewed LiveCD memory usage . I was hoping to review either Wayland only or immutable only (think ostree/flatpak/snaps etc) but for various reasons on my setup it would just be a Gnome compare and that's just not as interesting. There are just to many distros/variants for me to do a full followup. Lubuntu has previously always been the winner, so let's just see how Lubuntu 23.10 is…
My brother, Nick, just launched a new website/newsletter using Ghost . Ghost is pretty unique in this space, it is: Open Source Backed by a Non-Profit A web publishing platform A newsletter publishing platform A CMS for static sites A member subscription / Patreon replacement Here is Nick's experience with Ghost so far... Pricing and Publishers From a pricing perspective, the platform scales with…
Aside in 2022-05-22. it's not the same.. but there is a renewed push by Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky to show demand for a SmallAndroidPhone . It's currently at about 29,000. Update 2022-02-26: Only got 12 responses which likely means there isn't that much demand for this product at this time (or it wasn't interesting enough to spread). Here are the results as promised: What's the most you would…
Quick thoughts I'd bet the Steam Deck (and other changes) will have the following impacts on Linux overall by the end of 2022. The majority of Linux users will run Wayland over X11. Valve’s Steamdeck is going to double the number of Linux gamers per Valve's Hardware Survey. Flatpak/Flathub will ride the Deck wave - usage will double. Distros will ride the Deck wave - gaming usage will increase by…
Lines of code (LOC) has some known flaws, but one of its advantages is that it lets humans visualize it for a small enough number. For bigger numbers like 100,000 vs 200,000 lines of code it really doesn't help us humans picture it. For big enough changes, you could switch to just compressing the diff and measuring that. That also nicely tracks what developers would have to actually download to…
Where win means becomes the universal way to get apps on Linux. In short, I don't think either current iteration will. But why? I started writing this a while ago, but Disabling snap Autorefresh reminded me to finish it. I also do not mean this as a "hit piece" against my former employer. Here is a quick status of where we are: Use case Snaps Flatpak Desktop app ☑️ ☑️ Service/Server app ☑️ 🚫…
If you are in the USA - Please use my new site KeepSummerTime.com to write to your congresspeople asking for summer time all year long. The USA has an active bill in congress to keep us from changing the clocks and stay on time like it is in the summer year round (also called permanent DST). Changing the clocks has not been shown to have substantial benefits and the harms have been well documented…