I'm excited to start a new chapter of my life tomorrow. I will be starting a new job working at an excellent company with excellent benefits and a comfortable wage. It also has nothing to do with Linux distributions. I have asked, and been granted, clearance to work on open source software during my off … Continue reading Really leaving the Linux desktop behind
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Mozilla finally disavows Discord
mhoye's new blog post on the future of Mozilla community chat came out last week. He notes about Discord that "their active hostility towards interoperability and alternative clients has disqualified them as a community platform." I am very thankful that the Mozilla brass have realised this, as I pointed out in an earlier installment. Kudos … Continue reading Mozilla finally disavows Discord
Speaking with authority
I've just spent the better part of three hours arguing on IRC about Let's Encrypt clients. After speaking with two others, I realised that nobody who I spoke with before knew their facts were facts. Different people all told me various incorrect information, such as: No ACME client supports doing a manual DNS TXT record … Continue reading Speaking with authority
GitHub and IPv6, three years later
Three years ago, I wrote Going IPv6 native without IPv4, which noted all the services I couldn't access over IPv6. After all this time, there is some good news, and bad news. First, the good news: BitBucket, Savannah, and Launchpad all support IPv6 now! Now, the bad news: GitHub still does not. This has actually … Continue reading GitHub and IPv6, three years later