Posts by bojidar_bg@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AtHGuKcr2uPWeCwMgC by bojidar_bg@mastodon.social
       2025-04-18T06:21:47Z
       
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       @awoodsnet The magic is in the package managers: redis moving to AUR means that anyone using e.g. `yay` won't feel the difference, while users of `pacman` that stick to official repositories would just get a warning that the package doesn't exist, yet nothing would be deinstalled. ...that said, still somewhat surprised at the move, given that obviously-proprietary software like Discord exists in the `extra` repository. 🤔
       
 (DIR) Post #AtHGuMQWLjjWEXBXjU by bojidar_bg@mastodon.social
       2025-04-18T14:43:09Z
       
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       @krisfreedom @awoodsnet  Okay, I checked 😅; here's the relevant issue for redis: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/redis/-/issues/1/ - apparently the same happened with MongoDB, when they adopted SSPL.The main issue at hand seems to be licenses that limit the _distribution_ of the software, in ways that make package maintainers potentially liable. Discord is in only because Arch got permission to distribute it (https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/discord/-/blob/main/Permission_to_Distribute.mbox?ref_type=heads), and Vivaldi likewise partners with Linux distributions (https://vivaldi.com/partners/linux/).
       
 (DIR) Post #AtHGuNbtwuQlu7W96u by bojidar_bg@mastodon.social
       2025-04-18T20:24:00Z
       
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       @eliseo01 No offense, but, even if I did stay away from Arch for those reasons, my admiration would still go to software that makes life easier and bearable for humans - even humans that end up using proprietary software.As of today, free software package managers like pacman, chocolatey, or homebrew deliver a thousand times better experience than any competing proprietary solution, and I'd rather celebrate that win, than bemoan the fact that it also makes proprietary software easier to use.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az1o1OmaVxI7p2LpYW by bojidar_bg@mastodon.social
       2025-10-08T23:01:38Z
       
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       As promised, a quickie blog post concerning my recent musical CD purchases:https://bojidar-bg.dev/blog/2025-10-08-despotify/In it, I discuss why I left Spotify, and what I'm going to experiment with moving forward: buying albums recommended by friends.(Bit shorter of a post, but I had to get it out of the way as it was blocking two cooler posts I want to work on 😂)#100DaysToOffload #DeSpotify