https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/category/foss/Recent content in FOSS on Ulveon's ThoughtsHugoen-IESun, 21 Apr 2024 19:34:09 +0100https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/p/2024-04-21-microsoft-doesnt-love-linux/Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:34:09 +0100https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/p/2024-04-21-microsoft-doesnt-love-linux/<p>Some time ago, Microsoft <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/2015/05/06/microsoft-loves-linux/">announced a surprising shift in stance</a> [<a href="https://archive.is/jHKOO">archived version</a>] with their newfound affection for Linux. This marked a notable departure from the era of Steve Ballmer, whose approach was <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/">considerably more hostile</a> [<a href="http://archive.today/swg2o">archived version</a>] towards competing operating systems, including Android and Linux, and the GPL license.</p>https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/p/2024-01-06-federated-social-systems-on-irc-xmpp-and-matrix/Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:34:09 +0100https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/p/2024-01-06-federated-social-systems-on-irc-xmpp-and-matrix/<p>One of the most important features of decentralised social networks based on open standards is that they are much easier to own and control, while also being highly intercompatible between software versions, clients, and maintainers.</p>