Post AT6zEKDCHA3tPyY9Ca by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AT6z7kVs5eZaxk9IfI by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T17:26:50Z
       
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       I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as fediverse, is in fact, GNU/fediverse, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus fediverse. fediverse is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT6zEKDCHA3tPyY9Ca by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T17:28:00Z
       
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       Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called fediverse, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.There really is a fediverse, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. fediverse is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system,
       
 (DIR) Post #AT6zFVsWNxUbtHRgFU by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T17:28:13Z
       
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       but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. fediverse is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with fediverse added, or GNU/fediverse. All the so-called fediverse distributions are really distributions of GNU/fediverse!
       
 (DIR) Post #AT704Xv4YXWizQyOUy by loehwe@social.tchncs.de
       2023-02-27T17:37:27Z
       
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       @calculsoberic Source: DALL-E https://labs.openai.com/
       
 (DIR) Post #AT78ydfh9m5qgB2RqS by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T19:17:13Z
       
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       the reason this came to mind is I'm writing a blog post about mastodon vs. fediverse and trying to give some good examples 😺
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7DHZshs8DoF8PWqG by HauteEsoteric@mastodon.social
       2023-02-27T20:01:00Z
       
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       @calculsoberic WILL YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE TO ME I AM DYING I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS PLACE AND I AM NOT AT ALL SURE I LIKE IT. Sorry for the all caps but for real what’s the difference 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7DHaLQ9NBrgBqSbA by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T20:05:29Z
       
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       @HauteEsoteric Have you heard of ActivityPub? https://activitypub.rocks/ - it's one of the "protocols" that is designed for networks like Mastodon but is also used by others like Misskey, Pleroma, PixelFed, and Akkoma. The "fediverse" is made up of all those different social networks because they are "federated" (on interconnected servers). It's similar to how someone on gmail can email a person on protonmail and they can talk to one another.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7DOd4AQg2y9E8LsO by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T20:06:45Z
       
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       @HauteEsoteric if you click on the little "globe" icon in the upper left corner, it shows the "federated timeline," which displays posts from all the instances you're connected to.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7DUtKuqlzGLWxCqm by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T20:07:54Z
       
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       @HauteEsoteric questions? :flan_laugh:
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7I4ESmgzHjp2k2We by HauteEsoteric@mastodon.social
       2023-02-27T20:59:06Z
       
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       @calculsoberic Yes but I’m slowly learning. If I stick around here long enough I’m sure I’ll learn. But since I’ve gotten reported more in one week than years on Twitter I’m thinking I’m too much of an agent provocateur and people on this site might be too you know “progressive” to be open to independent or opposing thoughts. Too bad. We’ll see. Thank you though. ♥️
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7MVVGqi5ePaLPzuq by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T21:48:51Z
       
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       @HauteEsoteric we're a little less strict over here if you need a 2nd home 🏡
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7MgzKLIlVFzMWqDA by HauteEsoteric@mastodon.social
       2023-02-27T21:50:56Z
       
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       @calculsoberic Where are you? Where am I? How do I get to where you are from where I am?