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I see no mention of the core projects which have been maintained and being used for decades. xz, libexpat, openzfs, NetworkManager and way too many tiny project

I see no mention of the core projects which have been maintained and being used for decades. xz, libexpat, openzfs, NetworkManager and way too many tiny projects which glue the entire linux system. That's how you start to reclaim the open internet. Where is pihole, who is trying to debloat the web? Where is dnsmasq, which is most widely used dns server?

Tepix 2y ago
The sovereign tech fund is doing precisely that: Funding critical infrastructure projects. NLnet is also helping in the effort as far as i'm aware, as are some other organizations. Even some companies are chipping in. There is of course always a lot left to do.
- udev4096 2y ago
  From the looks of it, it doesn't seem enough. EU just doesn't have enough money to make this all viable. US is the only country with enough funding resources for quite a lot of critical and over-looked projects
  - zja 2y ago
    Governments employ millions of people, money is absolutely not a limitation.
zo1 2y ago
Also: who is working to usurp the free web and bloat it further. Examples being: DoH, cert-pinning, VMs inside apps (TikTok) and those advertising ID things that Google and Mozilla pushed.
- orthecreedence 2y ago
  Cloudflare?
monade 2y ago
They did provide funding to dnsmasq: https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html And DNSvizor: https://nlnet.nl/project/DNSvizor https://nlnet.nl/project/DNSvizor
- jay-barronville 2y ago
  > They did provide funding to dnsmasq: https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html You just reminded me that I need to make a donation to `dnsmasq`. I rely on it every single day (including for a couple critical projects and it has never failed me) and I’ve yet to donate anything to the project. I feel a bit guilty about that!
  - udev4096 2y ago
    You are not the worst. There are people who take OSS for granted and demand absolutely ridiculous things from the maintainers as if they owe them something

Tepix 2y ago

The sovereign tech fund is doing precisely that: Funding critical infrastructure projects. NLnet is also helping in the effort as far as i'm aware, as are some other organizations. Even some companies are chipping in. There is of course always a lot left to do.

udev4096 2y ago
From the looks of it, it doesn't seem enough. EU just doesn't have enough money to make this all viable. US is the only country with enough funding resources for quite a lot of critical and over-looked projects
- zja 2y ago
  Governments employ millions of people, money is absolutely not a limitation.

zo1 2y ago

Also: who is working to usurp the free web and bloat it further. Examples being: DoH, cert-pinning, VMs inside apps (TikTok) and those advertising ID things that Google and Mozilla pushed.

orthecreedence 2y ago
Cloudflare?

monade 2y ago

They did provide funding to dnsmasq: https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html And DNSvizor: https://nlnet.nl/project/DNSvizor https://nlnet.nl/project/DNSvizor

jay-barronville 2y ago
> They did provide funding to dnsmasq: https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html You just reminded me that I need to make a donation to `dnsmasq`. I rely on it every single day (including for a couple critical projects and it has never failed me) and I’ve yet to donate anything to the project. I feel a bit guilty about that!
- udev4096 2y ago
  You are not the worst. There are people who take OSS for granted and demand absolutely ridiculous things from the maintainers as if they owe them something