TeaWithDani

No, SUSE lays off workers because it has been purchased by private equity ghouls and they have been looking to flip it quickly this past year.

Well their personal computer didn’t get hacked.

When you own and run public companies, the damage remains.

Meanwhile, random queer artists have their Instagrams nuked for no discernible reason.

XigmaNAS is a cool project. Branched off TrueNAS a long time ago and is mostly FreeBSD with extra bits. Unfortunately the update schedule is a bit slow and they aren’t keeping up with the latest versions.

I think at this point it would be best to just release the XigmaNAS web gui and tools as packages for FreeBSD.

I liked how easy it was to configure as a USB boot to RAM embedded OS. But I moved to FreeBSD 15.1 to not be using an EOL FreeBSD 14.3 system.

You’d be surprised how easy they are to use. Most are just “next” simulators when it comes to the install.

They are geared mostly to server use, so not much attention is given to spinning up a DE quickly, but even OpenBSD gets a window manager up with a few checked boxes in the install. I think there’s a package you can get on FreeBSD that is just an install script to setup a Gnome/KDE/XFCE/wtv environment in just a few prompts. I believe GhostBSD is meant to be the desktop one with the gui and easy to use installer.

I found all three BSDs Ive used easier to setup than Debian, for reference. Things make logical sense and are fundamentally really simple. Way simpler than Linux in general.

The people who work in the BSDs have genuine love and passion for software. There are different philosophies to each, but they are so focused in ways you won’t see with broader linux projects. They are a great contribution.

-I’ve used FreeBSD and XigmaNAS for my NAS. Would choose over Linux any day.

-I’m going to spin up NetBSD for my Dreamcast. Maybe some other really vintage gear.

-I run OpenBSD on an old 32 bit netbook, because it still comfortably supports 32 bit systems. Linux 32 bit support is inconsistent.

Knowing what salaries are in Montreal, they must have been bumping up against funding partners saying 90k a year for everyone (before other benefits?) is wildly unsustainable.

“noting that the studio is still working toward legally becoming a co-op.”

Its so fuckin cringe how they are still messing around and havent gone coop yet. Its really not that hard. It’s so fishy. Going around saying you are a coop when you aren’t is unethical.

The whole thing belongs to the founders 100% and the coop stuff is functionally theatre as far as anyone is concerned. They own all the IP. None of the workers have any of the legal privileges afforded to them by a worker cooperative, only what the founders decided is “cooperative bahaviour”.

I’ve known these guys since college and when they founded the place. At this point, I think they are posers.

I’m sorry to the people who lost their jobs and that your bosses outsourced it to your peers to fabricate consent.

The first result is always “Why are asking us when you can just google it?”

There’s also been a multiyear trend of dropping ad sales overall, especially with higher quality companies. Meaning they need far more impressions of the same buyers to make ends meet.

They are all experiencing a recession, hidden by the Ai bubble, so the only people buying ads are lower quality scam companies, gambling and other bullshit. These are less sustainable clients that can vanish at any moment.

Ads targetting people who cant afford to buy things are also not super viable.

I believe them in that, in so much as I think they are unable to improve their models anymore. Training expenses have been dropping and model improvements have been unimpressive lately. They kinda peaked early this year.

They won’t train on the open internet, because they won’t train at all.

They already trained on everything and employ virtually no scientific experts anymore. They aren’t seeing the jumps they want so they pretend it’s just too dangerous for the public.

I didn’t say anything about the creator but more the reason the thing exists. Reactionary projects tend to just suck and be full of drama. I’m never surprised when it’s discovered its creators are jerks.

Honestly, you’d be surprised how easy it is to avoid distasteful things and people.

There’s two kinds of projects in FOSS: those made because someone hates something and wants to replace it, and those made by people who love something.

The first is often made by assholes and sociopaths. I try to fill my life with the second kind.

I think you should avoid things created out of hate.

As if they weren’t going to scrape the data anyways.

Its a race to beat Kevin O’Leary’s terrible fuckover of Mattel when he sold his dot com bubble scam to them.

They paid 4 billion (7+ billion adjusted for inflation) and 16 months later sold it for $0 and still took hundreds of millions in losses. lol

Corporate affecting the direction of Linux, directly or indirectly is simply a fact.

Go read the bios of the Linux Foundation Execs and Board of Directors. Ai is often the first thing they mention. Take the CEO or the Chair. BOD includes Microsoft, Oracle and lots of direct Ai stakeholders.

$$$ says Linux kernal serves Ai now. Thats the politics of FOSS non-profits.

Linus has been critical of Gplv3. I dont think he would use Gplv2 again if he could start over.

I wouldn’t even disagree with considering it. Look at how corporately independent the BSDs are… and they are just as capable in most fields as Linux.

I’m unsure which license is the best path anymore. That said the outcome would likely be the same eitherway.

Linux Foundation has financial backers. He’s gotta give them lip service to keep them excited and happy. Anthropic is now a Gold Member. Oracle, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon are all Platinum Members.

FOSS has always been subject to corporate meddling in their governance. There’s a reason we call it Linux and not GNU-Linux. GNU gets no money so GNU goes nowhere.

Linus gives a headline using agents, Linux gets millions to continue doing real work. That’s the game they are playing, for better or worse.

It’s a metaphor.