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Tux Machines
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 24, 2023,
updated Apr 24, 2023
> One of the oft-repeated benefits of Mastodon is that it’s decentralized. If some billionaire takes over your instance, you can just move to another one whereas with Twitter, you’re stuck.
> That’s cool. And different than Twitter. But is it really that different?
> It seems like the biggest question in that scenario is: how long will the Mastodon instance, which suffered a hostile takeover, remain alive?
> Because if you can’t get your content out. Or if its URLs don’t stay alive for very long, you’re pretty much in the same boat as you are with Twitter — at least as I understand it.
> Researchers who use the University of Michigan’s Finding Aids site for descriptions and other information about archival collections are in for a new, improved user experience. The library’s homegrown system has been replaced with ArcLight, an open-source system widely used by academic libraries and archives. [...]
> I am honored to yet again receive a peer bonus award from Google. This is a Google program for which persons like me can be nominated by Googlers and as a result receive grants.
> I try to teach them about the philosophy of free software and the movement behind it and how they are basically advocating for the same principals I fight for and I see the pride in their eyes.
> I, now, am seeing the motto of our movement. I now see “free software, free society” in practice and I see it by my own eyes how free software, its philosophy, and programs built under free licenses are actually working and taken in action to help people fight for their rights and freedom and let me tell you something, I’ve never been more proud of myself and every single person in this community.
> Great stuff! This moves us closer to having a fully functional wscons console on virtual machines in those specific environments too. We will be watching further development closely.
> Hello, friends. Many organizations and teams still use Jabber/XMPP servers for their internal communications. To take advantage of it, you need a stable and secure client. Today, we will meet Dino, which is a Modern XMPP Chat Client.
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