Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora:

Software Engineer. Linux systems aficionado and developer in Fedora, Mageia, and openSUSE. Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift at
Red Hat, Inc. Ex Senior DevOps Engineer at Datto, Inc. Views are my own.

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2024-07-04 13:25:18

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@npub1tjg…gye3 I firmly disagree with the practice of intentionally breaking people at EOL. I'd like for us to stop doing it, but I have no power to do anything about it.

2024-06-10 08:29:16

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@npub183n…tahh https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizzling_(computer_graphics)

2024-06-04 08:19:42

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@npub183n…tahh That's been a thing for a while. It stops the countdown to give you time to make a selection.

2024-05-02 02:53:19

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@npub1ptm…2xku Sure. It could be done as a Flatpak runtime extension or baked into the Qt runtime like QGnomePlatform was.

2024-05-02 02:43:21

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@npub1ptm…2xku Yes.
The old QGnomePlatform is one: https://github.com/FedoraQt/QGnomePlatform
Another is the one KDE itself uses: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-integration

2024-03-22 01:28:59

Today is a new day... @npub1xv8…2cal is now accessible from the Fediverse! #FediverseThreads
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2024-02-11 20:48:12

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@npub1034…fpua @npub1zvx…q4tx @npub18yv…xxyn The question you need to ask yourself: "is OCI the right mechanism to do operating system image delivery?". Based on the answer, different technology paths emerge.
Remember that RPM-OSTree didn't do it either originally, and in large part adopted it because RPM-OSTree's native image distribution format is difficult to support for mirrors and CDNs.
Since the MicroOS model enshrines client-side composition of systems, UBlue-style layered images are not as important.

2023-12-14 03:25:31

I recently got the full brunt of someone complaining at me for RHEL RPM packaging "breaking" things for portability of an RPM to FreeBSD. But that led to a question: is there any platform evolution work going on in the BSD camps, such as improvements to FHS, systems/software management, hardware support, etc.? The few times I've poked at some BSDs, it seemed like nothing ever happens...
But perhaps that's just ignorance. Any BSD folks following me know if there's such stuff done in their camps?

2023-09-01 20:29:02

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@npub1qhp…tkpv Huh, okay. I expect it would work once switched on. It's handled by libinput.

2023-09-01 20:25:25

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@npub1qhp…tkpv Why would it? It doesn't support finger input, only pen input.

2023-09-01 20:16:07

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@npub1qhp…tkpv Wait, what touchpad part?

2023-09-01 20:13:58

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@npub1qhp…tkpv Hmm, I guess the touchpad part would be useful. Depends on how it is exposed to the OS. If it's not "weird" and shows up as a HID device, then it's a boon for Linux since it'll Just Work(tm).

2023-09-01 20:02:42

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@npub1qhp…tkpv The only reason to do so as a Linux user would be if you felt you needed to double the number of pressure levels (Intuos is 4096 while Intuos Pro is 8192). All the other features are effectively meaningless since they require their custom software.

2023-09-01 19:50:14

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@npub1qhp…tkpv I have the non-Pro version: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/wacom-intuos
Depending on the questions, I may be able to help.

2023-08-30 12:50:32

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@npub1tjg…gye3 @npub12lc…e4yu Tying your open source contribution accounts to corporate accounts is a great way to get unexpectedly locked out when you suddenly aren't employed there anymore.
I have always refused to use my corporate email address as my primary email address for open source work precisely because of that. Sometimes I've done contributions on behalf of an employer, and then those contributions will have a corporate email attached. But my actual account? No way.

2023-08-24 14:15:47

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@npub18yv…xxyn @npub17aj…dzxl DRBD + Btrfs is a solid combination in my book.

2023-08-18 22:45:56

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@npub18yv…xxyn It is more than fine to run Kubernetes clusters as pets. You just need to have a good disaster recovery system in place for the workloads. If you don't have that, nothing will save you.

2023-08-12 17:48:31

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@npub1h8r…e2tc @npub18yv…xxyn It's just like Mongo years ago, they really looked at OSS as a way to build a "freemium" business. Turns out, that doesn't usually work.

2023-08-09 16:05:34

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@npub1ta5…xcmp @npub18yv…xxyn I'm only reluctantly on IRC. I'd be happy to sever ties completely if Fedora's `zodbot` was ported to Matrix already.