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Some interesting stats in this article. How much has COVID and other factors influenced our perception of work-life #balance
- "some data indicates it’s much easier for white men to secure funding: one 2019 report showed women-led start-ups as well as those led by minority founders"
- "After several years of trending upwards, employee engagement in the US saw its first annual decline in a decade"
#riseAndGrind #quietQuitting #softLife #bareMinimimMondays #siliconValley
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230417-hustle-culture-is-this-the-end-of-rise-and-grind -
Wow - I hadn't realised how much stuff was stuffed into the Ubuntu Linux/x64 #github actions #GHA runners. Leaves a lot less than there should be for your own stuff (and in our case a docker pull is failing)
https://carlosbecker.com/posts/github-actions-disk-space/
(That article also references the cleanup action available at https://github.com/marketplace/actions/maximize-build-disk-space) -
Also #java users out there should be aware that @fedora 42+ and EL10 based distributions such as @centos Stream 10 and RHEL10 no longer have "non-system" (21) versions of java. But the good news is you can now easily install @eclipseadoptium #Temurin via #EPEL e.g. to install Temurin JDK8:
# For CS10/Fedora # dnf install epel-release
# RHEL10 # rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm
dnf install -y adoptium-temurin-java-repository
dnf --enablerepo=adoptium-temurin-java-repository install temurin-8-jdk -
PLaying with the #OrangePi 5 ... Under full load (A compiler with "make -j9" maxing out all 8 cores) it's drawing just under 10W. The #riscv #BananaPi-F3 (also 8 cores) is in the same ballpark. My laptop that I'm typing this on, which is currently doing very little else and has a system load of 0.58, is pulling 55W from the mains ...
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I love working in #openSource.
I love the process of engaging with others to identify the best solutions for things whether they agree with me or not.
Similarly I love being able to have a voice in things that I wouldn't necessarily have on a closed project.
Anything that hampers #openCollaboration #openCommunication is probably bad for open source.
Encourage lots of voices to contribute ... You don't have to please everyone, and you try not to take it personally if someone disagrees with you. -
It's a shame that people post things like this about OSS.
It's also why the top OSS have commercial companies backing them.
It's also why companies should support OSS that they useAnd the bottom line ... If you believe in choosing alternatives to the big companies, cut them slack and be positive especially if they're not funded. Do you pay for software you use? Do you get what it takes to maintain and develop it?
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Oooh #StarFive now have a Debian/Gnome based image for the @PINE64 #PinetabV ...
https://pine64.org/2025/04/13/april_2025/
Details at https://pine64.org/blog/files/April_2025/PineTab-V_StarFive_Build_Debian_Release_Notes_v1.0.0.pdf
Image is available from https://github.com/starfive-tech/Debian/releases #riscv -
I've only just realised why I sometimes trigger "move tab left" with a keystroke in #Remmina (RDP/VNC connection app) - it's only thr right control key with left and right arrows that does it - not the left which I was trying to reproduce it with ...
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Some good news for today: #macOS14.4.1 fixes the "Apps that include Java may quit unexpectedly" bug #java #openjdk
https://support.apple.com/en-us/109035 -
This week's #riscv news - The Eclipse foundation @EclipseFdn is bringing the #OpenHW group under their umbrella as the "OpenHW foundation"
https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/openhw-group-join-eclipse-foundation-expanding-open-source-risc-v-innovation -
My bank, which I've used since I was old enough to have a bank account, have messed me around so much from a customer service perspective while trying to do an ISA (UK specific tax-free savings account) transfer that I'm genuinely considering not using them any more for my regular banking. Very sad. They used to be great when you needed to contact them ... Staggeringly poor experience over the last two months. #HBOS
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Also a suggestion for companies with stands at #FOSDEM ... Funky shaped stickers area all well and good but if you make them smaller and "tilable" then people are more likely to include yours on their laptop. Also probably less wasteful in the production line ... Here's a talk on the subject I saw in 2015. For some reason there aren't many this shape any more #sticker #hexagon #hexagonal
Yosuke Furukawa: "Hexagonal Sticker as a Service"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KKymGcL0PIk&si=ucvlZZ96kRkdSpe7 -
@Edent +1 (actually a lot more) to this. As well as being a record for myself, it helps newbies get onboard without feeling intimidated y having to interact with "scary people". They can more easily experiment on their own.
Also if I've written doc on something and can point a newbie at it when they do all, I feel I've got something right (unless the doc was particularly hard to find!) so it's a win for everyone!
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"What happens when a tech youtuber [#LinuxTechTips] builds his own #badminton centre with a 14 court hall?" 🏸
Video from the UK's (sadly newly retired) top mixed doubles pair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiopS9IQOJ0 -
Breakdown of where the #alphaOmega security funding is going.
One of the things they're involved with is ensuring that the @homebrew project had end to end attestations which is apparently now live! -
Current status: Having FOMO because I'm not at #EclipseCon this week 😥
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While it's disappointing that they don't post on Mastodon now, the fundraiser from Swiss-based Proton @protonprivacy is a great way to donate to various organisations doing good things for privacy in this industry.
#ProtonMail #PritonPass #ProtonSheets
https://proton.me/blog/2025-lifetime-account-charity-fundraiser -
The music charts in the UK have some stupid quirks designed to stop tracks that the big streaming services have in their curated playlists clogging up the charts #ACR
Taylor Swift "The Fate of Ophelia" has gone 1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-17-24-40
RAYE "Where the Hell is my husband" has gone 4-3-6-5-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-27-48
Can you see where ACR kicked in? As if that wasn't stupid enough AIUI they'll both get a reset this week so both tracks have a good chance of being #1 and #2 again on Friday :eyeroll:
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@ben @Edent It was more entertaining than a Rick Roll! I was mostly assuming it was Terence's premium number as part of a #GetRichQuick scheme ;-)
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Today I'm reading through a fantastic technical book "Mastering Embedded Linux Programming" by @csimmonds and Frank Vasquez which is easy to read and pitched at exactly the level I hoped. Most examples are for the #BeagleBone black (mine will have to come out from its retirement drawer soon!)
This will definitely make it easier than the previous floundering around with my #sbc collection and let me do more of what I want with them!
#yocto #buildroot #linux #crosstool-ng
https://www.waterstones.com/book/mastering-embedded-linux-programming/frank-vasquez/chris-simmonds/9781789530384 -
Today I'm reading through a fantastic technical book "Mastering Embedded Linux Programming" by @csimmonds and Frank Vasquez which is easy to read and pitched at exactly the level I hoped. Most examples are for the #BeagleBone black (mine will have to come out from its retirement drawer soon!)
This will definitely make it easier than the previous floundering around with my #sbc collection and let me do more of what I want with them!
#yocto #buildroot #linux #crosstool-ng
https://www.waterstones.com/book/mastering-embedded-linux-programming/frank-vasquez/chris-simmonds/9781789530384 -
Today I'm reading through a fantastic technical book "Mastering Embedded Linux Programming" by @csimmonds and Frank Vasquez which is easy to read and pitched at exactly the level I hoped. Most examples are for the #BeagleBone black (mine will have to come out from its retirement drawer soon!)
This will definitely make it easier than the previous floundering around with my #sbc collection and let me do more of what I want with them!
#yocto #buildroot #linux #crosstool-ng
https://www.waterstones.com/book/mastering-embedded-linux-programming/frank-vasquez/chris-simmonds/9781789530384 -
Today I'm reading through a fantastic technical book "Mastering Embedded Linux Programming" by @csimmonds and Frank Vasquez which is easy to read and pitched at exactly the level I hoped. Most examples are for the #BeagleBone black (mine will have to come out from its retirement drawer soon!)
This will definitely make it easier than the previous floundering around with my #sbc collection and let me do more of what I want with them!
#yocto #buildroot #linux #crosstool-ng
https://www.waterstones.com/book/mastering-embedded-linux-programming/frank-vasquez/chris-simmonds/9781789530384 -
Today I'm reading through a fantastic technical book "Mastering Embedded Linux Programming" by @csimmonds and Frank Vasquez which is easy to read and pitched at exactly the level I hoped. Most examples are for the #BeagleBone black (mine will have to come out from its retirement drawer soon!)
This will definitely make it easier than the previous floundering around with my #sbc collection and let me do more of what I want with them!
#yocto #buildroot #linux #crosstool-ng
https://www.waterstones.com/book/mastering-embedded-linux-programming/frank-vasquez/chris-simmonds/9781789530384 -
Where do you get your java? And what components go into a JDK that you download?
An analysis by Mark Stoodley covering the different java offerings available today (some of them - including #Temurin by @eclipseadoptium - are easily available from https://adoptium.net/marketplace)
https://developer.ibm.com/articles/awb-where-do-you-get-your-java/ -
Looks like @opensuse [1] are the next company evaluating whether to retain 32-bit Arm support.
Both of the main projects I work in - @nodejs [2] and #Temurin by @eclipseadoptium [3] have stopped building for it in recent releases.How much use are you making of 32-bit Arm systems these days? Is 32-bit still relevant anywhere in 2025? #WorksOnArm
[1] - https://fosstodon.org/@opensuse/114941202303864101
[2] - Stopped at v24: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/58071
[3] - Discontinued since last Java LTS (v21): https://github.com/adoptium/adoptium-support/issues/962 -
Projects such as #Adoptium (#temurin) and #NodeJS rely on infrastructure provided by organisations like @osuosl particularly for pSeries equipment for Linux/ppc64le and AIX, but we also use aarch64 systems hosted by them. They are in need of additional funding for their support staff. Please consider donating to them particularly if you are using OSS on POWER architectures.
https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/