GNU MediaGoblin 0.5.0 "Goblin Force" Released

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GNU MediaGoblin 0.5.0 "Goblin Force" Released

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 5, 2013 @05:35AM from the livin'-on-a-prayer-halfway-there dept.

paroneayea writes "MediaGoblin 0.5.0 Goblin Force is released with a slew of new features: authentication plugins including OpenID and Mozilla Persona support, a new notification system, a new "reprocessing framework", and more! The project is also making progress towards its long-awaited federation goals via the Pump API, as used in pump.io. Rockin'!" (If the name doesn't ring a bell, Wikipedia helps: MediaGoblin is "a free, decentralized Web platform (server software) for hosting and sharing digital media.")

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Now with all those dead features. by jellomizer · 2013-09-05 05:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Lets bundle all the unpopular GNU products together to make one really unpopular one and try to make it sound like the greatest thing sense sliced bread.

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1. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Ant+P. · 2013-09-05 06:12 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  and try to make it sound like the greatest thing sense sliced bread.
  Good luck to them in doing that while they're still giving their high-profile work ridiculous neckbeard titles like "GNU Media Goblin", "GNU SIP Witch", "GNU Tools Cauldron" (the GNU prefix is required; one or more of their devotees will show up and throw a shit fit over it in public if you omit it).
  It's like the FSF want to embarass the FOSS world into avoiding them and the ideals they're preaching; they're like a church offering libre enlightenment but the only entrance is through a municipal sewage tunnel with no catwalks.
2. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 06:13 · Score: 0
  
  Lulz, you are on Slashdot poor bot. You are literally the only one here who has had the sex, let alone left their parent's basement.
3. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 06:15 · Score: 0
  
  Sucks for you. I only have 6 more years until I'm a wizard.
4. Re:Now with all those dead features. by QRDeNameland · 2013-09-05 06:38 · Score: 1
  
  #slanegirl, is that you?
  
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5. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Nerdfest · 2013-09-05 06:49 · Score: 1
  
  Right, because things like "Spotify" sc ream out "streaming media". Those names are fine, or at least there are many worse example.
6. Re:Now with all those dead features. by mcgrew · 2013-09-05 07:23 · Score: 1
  
  You think FOSS has a monopoly on idiotic names?
  FOSS may have GIMP, but Microsoft has WiMP and WinCE. But software names are far less stupid than automobile names.
  I just saw a truck in the parking lot with the trunk emblazoned "Toyota TRD". I had to do a double take, Toyota Turd? That's what it says in txtspk.
  How about the Dodge Startus, er, Stratus? The Chevy Nova? "No va" is Spanish for "doesn't go." Worse yet is the KIA. What damned fool named a car company the military acronym for Killed In Action??
  How about Nestea? Yassah, I'm gonna love me some o'thet Nasty!
  Does your town have an oriental restaurant named the Dynasty? Come on, I'm going to eat in a restaurant named "die nasty"??
  
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7. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 07:41 · Score: 0
  
  False, Spotify is immensely better because it doesn't include 'Goblin' in it's name.
8. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 07:50 · Score: 0
  
  Don't worry, I'm sure he regrets having sex with you too. Pro tip to the guys thinking of tapping a crazy girl's ass: I know you want to get your dick wet, but it's not worth it.
9. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 08:12 · Score: 0
  
  Everything after the 2nd line is totally irrelevant because they're not software.
10. Re:Now with all those dead features. by neminem · 2013-09-05 08:42 · Score: 1
  
  http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
  http://spanish.about.com/cs/culture/a/chevy_nova.htm
11. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 09:20 · Score: 0
  
  So if they change the name to FediaSpoblin is that better? No Goblins and it starts with the same letter as Facebook@!
12. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 15:59 · Score: 0
  
  You think FOSS has a monopoly on idiotic names?
  No, McTroll, but they have more stupid names than any other company or organization, hands down. Oh, and by the way, if you're going to list some names you thing are stupid, try spelling them correctly. (i.e. Stratus)
13. Re:Now with all those dead features. by cupantae · 2013-09-05 22:11 · Score: 1
  
  "TRD" does remind me of turd, but all the other examples are absolutely ridiculous.
  WIMP is not a product, and it's the only word you can make out of those letters. It's memorable. I think it's a lot better than PWIM.
  It's not Wince, it's Windows CE. Kia is not Kay-eye-ay, it's Kee-ah.
  Nestea: interesting. I have never thought of that. Dynasty: not interesting. In fact, the thought of being more reminded of "die nasty" than actual dynasties tells me you need a better education.
  
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14. Re:Now with all those dead features. by mcgrew · 2013-09-05 23:34 · Score: 1
  
  Chevrolet did reasonably well with the Nova in Latin America, even exceeding its sales projections in Venezuela. The story of the Chevy Nova is a classic example of an urban legend, a story that is told and retold so often that it is believed to be true even though it isn't. Like most other urban legends, there is some element of truth in the story (no va indeed means "it doesn't go")
  ReÃr, es gracioso. Si, yo hablo poquito Espanol. I didn't say they couldn't sell them.
  
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15. Re:Now with all those dead features. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-06 01:57 · Score: 0
  
  Why are so many reading-handicapped people at slashdot these days? "But software names are far less stupid than automobile names."
ftpd by You're+All+Wrong · 2013-09-05 05:49 · Score: 1

heck, get all modern and fancy, and serve that directory of files using httpd instead.

Yet another "yet another..." ...

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1. Re:ftpd by Fwipp · 2013-09-05 06:19 · Score: 1
  
  Does anyone actually _use_ MediaGoblin? Their wiki lists a couple of sites, but they all seem a lot more "I installed this to try it out" and much less "this serves a need for me."
2. Re:ftpd by Dishwasha · 2013-09-05 06:53 · Score: 1
  
  That's what's great about MediaGoblin being a GNU project. People have the freedom to never use it.
feature bloat by themushroom · 2013-09-05 06:03 · Score: 1

> i live everyday of my life wishing i didnt make that huge life changing mistake.
You chose the wrong software vendor.

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Worst.name.ever by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 06:06 · Score: 0

Seriously, "Media Goblin" sounds like something which eats my files.
1. Re:Worst.name.ever by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2013-09-05 08:04 · Score: 1
  
  Or the nasty click of death that would occasionally eat up my ZipDisks.
  
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OpenID by brianerst · 2013-09-05 06:12 · Score: 3, Informative

Ironically OpenID support is announced the same day that myOpenID announces it's shutting down.
(Yeah, I know, OpenID is all over these days, but it's still funny/sad.)
1. Re:OpenID by rimugu · 2013-09-05 06:37 · Score: 2
  
  Aren't we confusing OpenID witn MyOpenID ? It seems OpenID is live and kicking.
2. Re:OpenID by brianerst · 2013-09-05 06:42 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, myOpenID is just an implementation of OpenID. That it was sort-of the first and most open version is the ironic bit - GNU MediaGoblin is mostly going to have to rely on closed implementations (Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc.) of the standard to do the actual authenticating.
3. Re:OpenID by mcgrew · 2013-09-05 07:29 · Score: 1
  
  I was going to try it out but I couldn't get in the site. It didn't seem slashdotted, it just seemed to not work. Now I see why.
  
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Thanks Editor. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 06:12 · Score: 0

Had no fucking clue what a 'Media Goblin' is, other than the fact that it must be GNU-related because it's got an incredibly shitty name.
Seriously, branding exists for a reason. Media Goblin sounds like something that steals (and/or defecates on) my files.
1. Re:Thanks Editor. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 06:45 · Score: 0
  
  You're not a nerd.
  Please move to a site which is sympathetic to "branding" and all that shit.
Ever heard of by sobolwolf · 2013-09-05 06:28 · Score: 0

don't look a gift horse in the mouth? Say thanks or just STFU. Maybe it's not the best it can be, but it is free and maybe, just maybe there is some hot source code under the hood that may fuel something you may laud in the future. Now run along and make something better or, as most of you couldn't code for two shits, go use instagram or some other spyware disguised in pretty UI.
1. Re:Ever heard of by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 07:50 · Score: 0
  
  You just summed up exactly why people don't use free software. Because instead of taking criticism and comments, you get fucking defensive at step one.
  Most people don't give a shit about why it's free, how they can view the source code. They just want something that works, that isn't named like it's going to rape your files.
  Free software has a reputation for telling users to fuck off or fix it themselves, as if everyone is a programmer. If you don't want people to use your software, don't fucking code and promote it to begin with.
2. Re:Ever heard of by sobolwolf · 2013-09-06 05:24 · Score: 1
  
  You call this and the other nasty posts "constructive criticism"... hmmm. Fuck off or fix it for yourself, that's right... or, heaven forbid, pay someone that has a clue to fix what you don't like. Buy your own fuckin' beer for once.
De-centralized? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 06:40 · Score: 0

How does it support decentralized operation, anyone know. I am curious.
The website doesn't go into much detail.
1. Re:De-centralized? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 09:03 · Score: 0
  
  How does it support decentralized operation, anyone know. I am curious.
  The website doesn't go into much detail.
  I suppose it could work like opera unite.
So.... by FilmedInNoir · 2013-09-05 07:05 · Score: 1

I use this to make the pr0n sites and then I'm getting rich? Right?

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1. Re:So.... by Minwee · 2013-09-05 08:07 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, the future is in Goblin-Pr0n, and you're just the person to make it happen.
Gobblin Force... by Dogtanian · 2013-09-05 08:05 · Score: 1

"Goblin Force" sounds like either (a) a really goofy, family-oriented fantasy movie that's the favourite of the kid who always gets beaten up in middle school (*), or (b) a pornographic movie that has absolutely *nothing* to do with mythical creatures.

(*) Partly because he's the kind of kid geeky enough to like "Goblin Force" and partly because he was naive enough to actually *admit* that "Goblin Force" was his favourite film.

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will they be laying siege to my dwarf fortress? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-05 12:30 · Score: 0

Will the Goblin Forces be laying siege to my dwarf fortress?
Wiki of Things? Blog Platform? by Jonah+Hex · 2013-09-05 15:57 · Score: 1

I already use Wordpress for posting articles, but I'd rather have something that allows me to have a more open wiki structure to ideas, scripts, etc. So is this a blog/media/wiki all in one? Or should I just try bolting a wiki onto my wordpress and hope they support using a single user database some day. (it's been a while since I've checked into Wordpress/Wiki integration so that may already have happened) - HEX

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1. Re:Wiki of Things? Blog Platform? by wertigon · 2013-09-06 01:33 · Score: 1
  
  Not quite.
  Imagine Youtube. You post videos, right?
  GMG is like Youtube. Except, you don't only post videos. You post one item, which can be any number of different media - an article or "blog post", a song, a video, a 3D-rendered image, a video game... Anything. People may comment on this item to say "Wow, nice job" or "Eww that sucks!"
  Now, further imagine that all files are hosted on your own equipment.
  Now, further imagine that there are thousands of these servers, and they all speak to one another, and they never require you to sign up for anything in order to comment and create "video responses" and whatnot. Sounds good yet?
  
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2. Re:Wiki of Things? Blog Platform? by Jonah+Hex · 2013-09-07 08:54 · Score: 1
  
  Sounds interesting, but not for my wiki style needs. Thanks for taking the time to respond in such depth. - HEX
  
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3. Re:Wiki of Things? Blog Platform? by riondluz · 2013-09-07 15:40 · Score: 1
  
  Obliquely alluding to the potential of this or any FOSS app to de-cathedralize a social media site by having p2p circles of association that is secure, private as one wants, self-maintained and owned and hopefully has a plug/module for dydns or like; only makes a wooshing sound below the din of /. aspies and critics.
  Tho the point on naming is wisely taken. Goblins, daemons, zombies.... oh my....
  
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