Perfectly sound logic, I see no flaws with this argument

Thanks, I’ll add VSCode/ium to the arsenal. I tend underutilize VSCode since Kate usually does everything needed by a text editor without all the baggage.

You’re not wrong, but… Yuck

I have no hangups about using Wine for games and Windows only special snowflake apps. But a text editor through wine on Linux just feels dirty xD

That’s neat. I might just steal it (already using KDE)

I already use Meld, yet somehow it never occurred to me to press that button xD Thanks!

I think it’s quite fun :)

Their website is actually really good and well worth a read. It is both funny and poignant.

To quote their “why”:

Q: What is the point of all this? There are two points.

The first is that AB 1043’s definitions are so broad that a bash script and a static website can create a regulated operating system. A law that cannot distinguish between Apple Inc. and a shell script has a drafting problem. A law that sweeps in 600+ volunteer Linux distributions was not written with them in mind. A law that was not written with them in mind but regulates them anyway is not a careful law.

The second is that this law was never meant to be enforced against everyone it covers. It was meant to be enforced selectively. The large platform companies already comply. The small ones can’t. The Attorney General has sole enforcement discretion. A law that gives a single office the power to selectively impose $7,500-per-child fines against any operating system distributor in the state — while ensuring that only the largest corporations can avoid liability — is not a child safety measure. It is a tool for selective prosecution. The children are the justification. The discretion is the product.

We are trying to make the selective part difficult. If the AG wants to enforce AB 1043, we would like to be first in line. We are a clear violation. We are documented. We are findable. We are daring them. If the law is worth enforcing, enforce it against us. If it is not worth enforcing against us, ask why it exists.

That was 3 years ago already?! Shit I’m getting old

Building on top of Unity is a massive risk as made evident by last year’s rug pull incident. And there’s nothing stopping them from trying again

Philips Medical is still Dutch.
Phillips Lights is spun of as Signify, and appears to still be dutch Philips everything-else is sold off

Haha, many moons ago we had ICT as an elective during high school. I had forgotten about that old term

It is, up untill Plasma 6.8 (estimated release early 2027) Plasma can do both direct to X11, or direct wayland with xwayland support for legacy apps.

Great initiative!

(I sadly can’t sign the petition on a account of not being German, but am looking for FLOSS initiatives in Norway)

Pilot project is a good start.

Hopefully they consult with the federal government of Schleswig-Holstein, and the Austriaan Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism on their experiences

I haven’t tried it yet, but came across savr the other day. Looks promising

savr: Read it later. Keep it local. No server needed. — Savr is an app for saving online content to read later. It is file-centric, offline first, future proof, and favors decentralization.

PWA, extension for FF and Chrome , optional sync via Dropbox or own storage

Do you need the pdf to open in Firefox/browser?

If not, PDF-XChange Editor is a pretty good advanced standalone program. It comes in free and paid versions

EDIT: Never mind, just noticed this is the FOSS community. PDF-XChange Editor is not FOSS

Schleswig-Holstein is shaking out to be such a good example of Proven Track Record ™️ for use of FOSS software in public administration, or any large organization really.

Anybody advocating for other public administrations to migrate can point loudly at Schleswig-Holstein that it’s been done before and how to do it right. No more “that would never work” from the proprietary nay-sayers

The bit that’s so perplexing is that in north America they are not “cars” but “light trucks” , yet they can be legally driven on a normal “car” driving licence.

Here “light trucks” are a separate, expensive, license, which is usually only taken for occupational reasons. Which is a good thing, since weight (and securing loads etc) has a massive impact on road safety.

3.5 tonns maximum total capacity right? Or net weight?

So a 3 tonne truck that can haul 1 tonne of goods for a total of 4 tonnes gross weight would be a need a truck license

AMD already spent a significant amount of effort implementing HDMI2.1 in their open driver in such a way that it would be compliment. The suits from HDMI consortium still said No.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected

AMD Linux engineers have spent months working with their legal team and evaluating all HDMI features to determine if/how they can be exposed in their open-source driver. AMD had code working internally and then the past few months were waiting on approval from the HDMI Forum… Sadly, the HDMI Forum has turned down AMD’s request for open-source driver support.

AMD Linux engineer Alex Deucher commented on the ticket:

"The HDMI Forum has rejected our proposal unfortunately. At this time an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation is not possible without running afoul of the HDMI Forum requirements."