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   w96k (w96k@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 06:22:03 JST w96k

   I've installed GNU Hyperbola system on my small netbook

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     w96k (w96k@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 06:27:10 JST w96k

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     What I find kinda funny is their removal policy of PHP:

     https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:philosophy:php_trademark

     While I agree with it, I find it funny because the Hyperbola project uses PHP for:
     - forum
     - bug tracker
     - wiki
     - maybe package list too, I can't find its source

     I use trac written in python, I think it is good all in one solution (wiki, bugtracker, cvs frontend, also can be extended to blog and forum).

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     w96k (w96k@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 06:32:18 JST w96k

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     • Detlev Zundel

     @dzu I've just installed it. I think I continue to use it tty only. Emacs has a web-browser which I use from time to time.

     On my normal setup I use Guix with Ratpoison wm for Xorg, which is lightweight, but as you noticed software like Firefox is not lightweight and many GUI apps are like that. Would be nice to use just 10-15 years old firefox, but packaging old software in GNU Linux world is a bit broken and can be incompatible with newer libraries and compilers in many ways.

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     Detlev Zundel (dzu@hostsharing.coop)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 06:32:20 JST Detlev Zundel

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     @w96k On 512 MiB RAM? Wow. I started to run firefox with systemd-run to get easier memory statistics, and it tells me it is using 5.1 G right now and the peak was at 7.5 G ...

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     Timo Tijhof (krinkle@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 12:35:40 JST Timo Tijhof

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     @w96k

     Seems like someone might be too smart for their own good.

     Consider how unlikely it is for rigorous Debian and OSI to both miss this for 20 years. There's a difference between copyright and trademark licenses.

     There's dozens of discussions/findings one might want to catch up on before concluding to know it. TLDR: It's confusing but proper "free software" upon close examination. Legacy confusion is worth fixing, but legally hard. Maybe one day.