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by john61 4y ago
Just publish your staff only under your domain on your personal website, like we did in the ninetees.
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by john61 4y ago
There is already some work in progress to replace Office 365 with an free software stack for governments: https://www.phoenix-werkstatt.de
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by john61 4y ago
This is one reason I prefer Debian python packages.
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by john61 4y ago
Maybe the MuditaOS for the Mudita Pure phone based on FreeRTOS is free (GPL) succesor ? https://github.com/mudita/MuditaOS
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by john61 4y ago
Like it or not, RMS changed the world. In my opinion to the better.
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by john61 4y ago
Since this is Hacker News: Stallman's take on in this: Why it is important not to have children. https://stallman.org/articles/children.html
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by john61 4y ago
"Seek out the ones who create and are willing to share knowledge Beware of the 'authorities' who don't themselves create" Exceprt from "Music Poetry" written by Chick Corea
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by john61 4y ago
For example VB6 -> VB.dotnet
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by john61 4y ago
And he is correct that pages and fixed layout do not make sense for electronic media even if printed.
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by john61 4y ago
And it is no fun when the manager of the company developing your proprietary framework decides to tank it because of a change in strategy or the competitor buys the company and stops development. Since you have no source code you are force
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by john61 4y ago
One can learn not only from books, but from all forms of great art and minds. For example: “Music Is a Higher Revelation Than All Wisdom and Philosophy”, L.v. Beethoven
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by john61 4y ago
I am thankfull for all the free software people write and share to make this mess a little bit better world.
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by john61 4y ago
As a pianist I am not surprised. The keystrokes a TUI requires is like a piece of piano music. You can learn the required keystrokes pretty fast and play it very fast, reliable and unconscious. Image a piano played by touchscreen or mouse.
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by john61 4y ago
in sqlite3 it is .schema
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by john61 4y ago
Thank God that I have a car from 1981.
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by john61 4y ago
I think it is shortsighted to look at it with the economics of the past. CO2 emissions change the equation significantly.
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by john61 4y ago
It is also much more intersiting for the biker. On many occasions I met people or interesting art / shops etc. while biking, I would have missing those travling by car or bus. You are much more connected to your environment. You do not
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by john61 4y ago
Free Software needs time. This is a first step and a good one. Much progress is already visible. It will get better over time, because nearly every programmer knows deep inside that a really free phone is really needed. Every personal effor
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by john61 4y ago
There is also https://freedombox.org/ . A pure Debian Blend and also available as appliance. (Olimex A20 SBC)
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by john61 4y ago
My working horse is a X230 from 2011 and I changed keyboard, upgraded RAM und changed HDD/SDD 2 times and upgraded Debian. I plan to install coreboot, erase the Intel ME and replace the fan in summer. My Phone is a Nokia N900 from 2009
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by john61 4y ago
This illustrates what energy waste these cars are. Disgusting in times of climate change.
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by john61 4y ago
I simply refuse to use a lot of those channels. Email is 90% of my communcation, almost everyone has it. People learn that I am responsive only by email.
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by john61 4y ago
I use RemoteSupportTool for years now and it works great. Simple VNC over SSL, with no configuration on the client side. No server necessary. https://github.com/OpenIndex/RemoteSupportTool
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by john61 4y ago
> How does one learn to actually read music, then? The same way millions of musicions before you. By reading music, training, time and patience.
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by john61 4y ago
Vienna even has a national park in the city. (Lobau Nationalpark)
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by john61 4y ago
You can host it yourself. For example with a Freedombox: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Email?action=show&...
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by john61 4y ago
What proprietary Software does this need to support all hardware?
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by john61 5y ago
This takes practice but can work very well. Look at organ or piano players.
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by john61 5y ago
try org-mode
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by john61 5y ago
We make Kefir out of raw organic milk since years and never had any problem.

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