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should fix all of this. None of the large "tech" companies would exist without the GPL, except Apple. Apple has avoided GPL/AGPL code like the plague. They stick with BSD/MIT-type licenses. Roku uses BSD code too. Some FOSS funding https://itsfoss.com/open-sourc...

The AGPL requires that code changes be provided back to the community, even if they aren't redistributing the code (cough google/facedbook/tweeter).

TiVo was really lucky their solution was tightly coupled to hardware. I have 2 TiVo devices which are effectively paperweights due to the FCC allowing CATV to change from analog "Cable Ready." They cost me about $1200. Thanks FCC.
Facebook, Twitter, Google are all built on GPL code. I'm certain they've giving about 0.000001% of that code back. A few years ago, google was earning $400/yr for every gmail account. Would you pay $400 to google for what they do? I wouldn't.

Apple runs the CUPS project. I don't remember the license on it. I don't mind that OSX and iOS are built on BSD. The license allows it and the people working on BSD-licensed code understand.

OTOH, imagine how much better F/LOSS would be if commercial users had to fund back to the project based on the income derived from that code. $50 helps. $500 keeps the maintainers excited and going to local conferences. $5,000 would make a huge difference. $100,000 even more. As income increased, the F/LOSS projects would get more funding too. Cap the highest payment to be $200K
Little guys pay just a little.

And while not necessary, wouldn't it be nice if roku and apple paid the BSD project (and contributing projects), "something"?

We really need a way for average people to pay $10/yr that gets shared across all the F/LOSS projects being used in an effective way. Using popularity contest might be a start. I'm just afraid that the bigger GUI projects would get a disproportionate amount of funding since end-users know about them. The libc guys deserve lots of love too. Less ad hoc funding would be nice. Imagine if 50% of Linux users funded just $12/yr each. 4 cups of cheap coffee a year. https://itsfoss.com/open-sourc... has some options where we can each help.

should fix all of this. None of the large "tech" companies would exist without the GPL, except Apple. Apple has avoided GPL/AGPL code like the plague. They stick with BSD/MIT-type licenses. Roku uses BSD code too. Some FOSS funding https://itsfoss.com/open-sourc...

The AGPL requires that code changes be provided back to the community, even if they aren't redistributing the code (cough google/facedbook/tweeter).

TiVo was really lucky their solution was tightly coupled to hardware. I have 2 TiVo devices which are effectively paperweights due to the FCC allowing CATV to change from analog "Cable Ready." They cost me about $1200. Thanks FCC.
Facebook, Twitter, Google are all built on GPL code. I'm certain they've giving about 0.000001% of that code back. A few years ago, google was earning $400/yr for every gmail account. Would you pay $400 to google for what they do? I wouldn't.

Apple runs the CUPS project. I don't remember the license on it. I don't mind that OSX and iOS are built on BSD. The license allows it and the people working on BSD-licensed code understand.

OTOH, imagine how much better F/LOSS would be if commercial users had to fund back to the project based on the income derived from that code. $50 helps. $500 keeps the maintainers excited and going to local conferences. $5,000 would make a huge difference. $100,000 even more. As income increased, the F/LOSS projects would get more funding too. Cap the highest payment to be $200K
Little guys pay just a little.

And while not necessary, wouldn't it be nice if roku and apple paid the BSD project (and contributing projects), "something"?

We really need a way for average people to pay $10/yr that gets shared across all the F/LOSS projects being used in an effective way. Using popularity contest might be a start. I'm just afraid that the bigger GUI projects would get a disproportionate amount of funding since end-users know about them. The libc guys deserve lots of love too. Less ad hoc funding would be nice. Imagine if 50% of Linux users funded just $12/yr each. 4 cups of cheap coffee a year. https://itsfoss.com/open-sourc... has some options where we can each help.

LMGTFY https://itsfoss.com/apt-vs-apt...

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The fact that parties like apple like to race forward and break compatability for their own benefit does not mean it benefits anyone else. In fact, it makes them unreliable and depending on them ought to count as irresponsible.

If by Apple you also mean all of Unix (which OS X is based) practically then yes, Unix, BSD, and Linux operating systems broke compatibility with their transition to 64 bit. The end of 32 bit Linux is approaching as well.

They've saved millions of euros only to now switch apparently just for political reasons, costing them 90M to switch to Windows: https://itsfoss.com/munich-lin...

Then that simply changes the question to why didn't the reporter comment on the fact that ALL PRESENTERS at the open source conference used a MacOS?

Your trying too hard too make an excuse, it is quite common for conference organizers to get a a podium with VGA/Audio jack at the podium for presenter laptops.

If you clicked on the link provided you would see that the person in question was seen using a MacOS TO CREATE THE SLIDES, not just present them.

It doesn't matter what OS they need in presentation. A presentation technology (to create/display/etc.) is irrelevant to the content. The main purpose of the summit is not about how to do a presentation or slide show technology. However, it is quite a common behavior of humans that like to nit-picking on everything that they do not have a hand on it, so that they can feel better of themselves. This situation is a good example.

and if you hit the windows only button.
Windows 100%

But that still doesnt answer my original point - which is these are all BS numbers when most linux desktop browsers report windows as their OS to avoid useragent problems. and pretty much all of China (who have more internet users - mostly on linux, than the US population) isnt in the statistics. So how exactly do you measure it?

https://itsfoss.com/linux-nati...

The "It's FOSS" link has a tweet claiming he was spotted creating the presentation slides on a MacOS laptop.

Then that simply changes the question to why didn't the reporter comment on the fact that ALL PRESENTERS at the open source conference used a MacOS?

Your trying too hard too make an excuse, it is quite common for conference organizers to get a a podium with VGA/Audio jack at the podium for presenter laptops.

If you clicked on the link provided you would see that the person in question was seen using a MacOS TO CREATE THE SLIDES, not just present them.

"Once hooked, consumers are robbed of choice, milked for profit, deprived of privacy and made the subjects of stealth social engineering experiments."

Now that you know it's addictive, you can simply not use what they are offering. Of course if you are already hooked then you should leave them behind. If that means quitting social media completely, you quit that shit. If that means not using Android or iOS then get a smartphone that lets you choose a libre mobile OS or *gasp* don't use a smartphone. Hell, if that means going off the power grid you go invest in some solar panels and batteries, dammit! ;)

If you don't like your situation, you change it, you don't sit around and cry about it.

The dropping of 32-bit for Linux is what actually made me angry.

What? When do you imagine that happened?

A year ago, Canonical announced plans to drop 32-bit Ubuntu. 18.04 will ship no 32-bit kernel, and 18.10 will ship no 32-bit system libraries.

I can still run 32 bit binaries on my 64 bit Ubuntu system.

This is true in 18.04 and earlier, but in 18.10 and later, you will have to run 32-bit Linux in a virtual machine on 64-bit Linux. Running two kernels and a VMM requires more RAM than multiarch, which means more thrashing swap on machines with swap or more OOM kills on machines without swap. And many devices running 64-bit GNU/Linux still max out at 2 GB, unable to recognize larger SODIMMs plugged into a machine's sole RAM slot. Or would you recommend putting swap on an external RAM drive?

You mean this Brazil?

It's a fair guess that they will run Linux as the kernel on their supercomputers since Linux is on around 99.6% on all supercomputers in the world but it may be possible that other parties are lobbying behind the scenes.

"But I need Windows for..." *SMACK!* NO! You don't!

LOL! You should typeset it. The Gimp works really well, although most popular Live distros have it by default.

But I still like this one for anime fans and this one for dog lovers . :-)

Preamble:

Just started using linux Mint - with no internet connection only one CUBE runs well on http://itsfoss.com/cube-lets-i....

Long story short Charter.com hacked me, keylogger (firewall caught that one) and much more
all because they thought I owned them $100 (I had auto payments setup). Cell phone number was reused and flagged.

Turned off the system and now in the process of using linux chntpw capturing what they did, and will send it to the appropriate people.

My windows era is over.

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Haven't played any games with Linux yet, but have every intention of going to the Steam or SteamOS and playing what they have available.

I have an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, reading the article I'm going to be doing rather well. While it may not of come out on top other than Performance Per Dollar, it can handle all that was tested; each at least above 60 FPS lowest 90, and all at very low temps.

@jones_supa: "Ubuntu 6.06 was my favorite. These days it's quite buggy distro. For example, on most laptops the brightness adjustment in Unity desktop goes in multiple steps as the backlight event has multiple listeners. Why don't they take care of such a simple and obvious thing?"

Deciding from the inability of Unity to set the brightness on laptops, that Ubuntu as a whole is a buggy distro, is sure one huge leap. Did you try any of the online solutions for your backlight problem. Did you post to any of the forums. If so what was the response?