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janneke🌱  

@fsf @conservancy @fsfe #GNU Mes 0.24 released, closing the gap with Stage0: the Full Source Bootstrap is here!

The @GuixHPC package graph is now rooted in hex0, a 357-byte binary & ASCII-equivalent github.com/oriansj/bootstrap-s

@fsf
@fsfe
@conservancy
@nixos
@NGIZero
@reproducible_builds
#reprobuilds #gnutools #NLnetFDN

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Ludovic Courtès  

“Keeping one’s home tidy”:
guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2022/keep

This intro to #Guix Home 🏡 explains how it goes beyond mere “dot files” so you can configure and recreate your home environment anytime, anywhere.

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Mike Gerwitz  

@civodul GNU is "peace and quiet" for my kids because of that game.

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Christine Lemmer-Webber  

I gave two talks at FOSDEM this year. Both of the recordings are now up!

Lisp, but Beautiful; Lisp for Everyone (co-presented with @mlemweb) fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event
Spritely Goblins Comes to Guile: Distributed, secure, asynchronous programming fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event

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Ludovic Courtès  

We've just published the Guix-HPC annual report!

👉 hpc.guix.info/blog/2022/02/gui

See how we support #ReproducibleResearch workflows, from core #Guix work to #SoftwareHeritage support to #Jupyter integration and more.

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Ludovic Courtès  

“Tuning packages for a CPU micro-architecture”
👉 hpc.guix.info/blog/2022/01/tun

Or how Guix’s new ‘--tune’ option allows #HPC users to get SIMD optimizations without giving up on #reproducibility.

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Ludovic Courtès  

#EmacsConf talk by Andrea Corallo on #Emacs 28 native compilation through libgccjit is exciting!
emacsconf.org/2021/talks/nativ

Amazing how much was achieved in little time.

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Mike Gerwitz  

@civodul I write a lot of Rust at work, with lsp-mode, which is quite heavy, especially on dozens of active buffers. This branch of Emacs (which I compiled using guix) has been a huge quality of life improvement and I have had no stability issues over the 6+ months I've been using it. I am profoundly appreciative of the time and work put into this.

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Ludovic Courtès  

Slides of my #PackagingCon talk earlier today: “The Packaging Grail”

👉🏻 git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix

#GNU #Guix #FreeSoftware #Packaging #ReproducibleBuilds #Bootstrapping

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Software Freedom Conservancy  

We were granted almost all of the #DMCA exemptions we applied for last year! Read more about how you can now install alternate firmware (like OpenWrt) on your routers and freely investigate your own devices for #FOSS license compliance. sfconservancy.org/news/2021/oc

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Mike Gerwitz  

@isharefreedom @alcinnz @fsf Software can both respect your freedom and be malicious. Or malware could slap on a license tag that LibreJS recognizes, even if it's false, so that the code runs.

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roptat  

I got a working #kotlin compiler built with #guix! If you recall, this is a dependency I need to build #gradle, the build system used by #android apps and many others.

Don't get too excited though, it's only the first of a very long bootstrap chain. That kotlin I built is from 2012, the last that did not require kotlin to build.

This is all thanks to the excellent work done by Emmanuel Bourg, at github.com/ebourg/kotlin-boots, on top of which I bootstrapped all other dependencies.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

Everyone's heard that "network effects" are how Facebook grew its user-base - but now the FTC is homing in on how "switching costs" let Facebook hold those users hostage.

eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/face

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Free Software Foundation  

Watch video from #LibrePlanet 2021: “Adopting free software ideals” with Mike Gerwitz: u.fsf.org/3dx See all LP21 videos on PeerTube at u.fsf.org/pt-2021!

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Mike Gerwitz  

@resist1984 @fsf Last I was aware, we were in need of volunteers to go about making the necessary changes for the update. I suspect that's still the case.

I'll inquire (off-list).

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Mike Gerwitz  

@resist1984 @fsf This is a volunteer effort. I was part of the team that set it up many years ago, but I haven't had time since then. And while this was created in collaboration with the FSF, authority over it falls to GNU.

If you or others are interested in participating, please send a message to lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo. If you don't hear anything there, send me a message.

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Software Freedom Conservancy  

Projects such as #GCC, #glibc, & gnulib are considering ending #copyright assignment to #FSF. We urge everyone to think carefully what this means for the future of #copyleft, #GPL enforcement, and the software freedom of downstream users. sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/ju

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Mike Gerwitz  

@cwebber @mlemweb While I cannot personally relate to your experiences, I can't help but be inspired by them and the example you both set for others; the support and guidance you provide to others; and, as importantly demonstrated in this photo, the essential support you have for one-another.

It's beautiful, and I'm happy for you both.

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Mike Gerwitz  

@mlemweb @cwebber @fossandcrafts I love this idea!

I have too much going on to be able to join in the near future, though I hope to see these continue, and maybe one of these times I'll be able.

Have fun!

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Mike Gerwitz  

I was rather surprised to see this positive outcome regarding the :

eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/van-

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