Posts by deobald@fantastic.earth
(DIR) Post #AuTIpCFgzCABniTO4m by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-05-24T03:00:13Z
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this week's #gnome foundation report is late, so it didn't make it into https://thisweek.gnome.org/but here it is!https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/24/2025-05-23-foundation-report/
(DIR) Post #AubJL2m2mSx4vKel7o by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-05-29T14:35:19Z
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hello #gnome folks! if you are interested in supporting @Endof10 (and hopefully you are!), there are now some assets you can use in social media:https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Engagement/engagement-assets/-/tree/main/Social%20Media/End%20of%2010once you have a local repair cafe planned, i strongly recommend getting *out of your bubble* ... people on mastodon know about #endof10, and they're already running linux. or openbsd or haiku or something.go out into the world. make a tiktok. post to instagram or wherever your great-aunt sees your vacation photos.
(DIR) Post #AubZMKMAUcOB0mBfnM by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-05-29T01:12:08Z
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if you've been thinking about running in elections for the gnome foundation's board of directors, this weekend is a good time to post your candidacy. tuesday is the deadline.i wrote a blurb you might want to read if you're not sure what sitting on the board entails:https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/21/join-the-gnome-board/
(DIR) Post #AuoqTU9AiOhRg8aPc8 by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-06-05T10:51:55Z
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who's the boss in a 501(c)3?the membership.i had a call with a friend who is executive director of another 501(c)3 and he drew me this picture for his org. i think it's a helpful reminder that the foundation serves the project.that's the whole reason we're here.
(DIR) Post #AvFlekWAKYWYxCXFrM by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-06-18T11:27:08Z
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@BrodieOnLinux @forteller i haven’t seen the video but it’s probably useful to fencepost my role as e.d. - i’m not here to push the project in a particular direction. neither is the foundation. we perform a support role. the one thing i can say is that in my short time here i have heard quite a few maintainers talk about project governance and leadership — there is work happening in that space with the intention of improving technical stewardship. the ideas i’ve seen discussed (dig through issues and you’ll find the conversations - i’m on a phone rn) are sensible and i think would help smooth out both internal and external design discussions. but it’s worth acknowledging that such a thing is a policy decision and governance takes time. set expectations accordingly. i am. 😉
(DIR) Post #AvfnCjUQRreB34Gq8W by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-01T00:46:58Z
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@BrodieOnLinux bandwidth. setting up financial infrastructure is non-trivial and every change we make needs to be tested and verified — not just technically and in terms of payment processor(s), but also socially. we will not be providing half a dozen donation methods. i’ve only seen this request from one or two users so far and it doesn’t tilt the scales enough to justify the implementation. the monthly recurring revenue is also much more predictable than yearly, so it’s also more valuable to cash flow predictability. the fees are identical, less $3.30/year regardless of frequency, using our current payment processor, so the fees argument isn’t a valid justification, despite everyone constantly bringing it up with no evidence or context. :pa few people have suggested liberapay and we’ll look at it! but at the moment the immediate goal is to support more countries and currencies.
(DIR) Post #AvfrW8JKmuj7Lfaa5g by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-01T01:35:19Z
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@BrodieOnLinux 2 - :nod:3 - point me to the comment where i misspoke about fees?4 - i know people who work at stripe, i know their code and infra is rock-solid, i understand their business model, what they support, and what they don’t. i can’t say the same for liberapay yet … so it requires a ton of research on our end before it will have my buy-in. we can get there. it won’t be soon. if you know hackers i should talk to who want to walk me through their impls, i’m happy to do that.
(DIR) Post #AvgAQyfv5HMr93PNo0 by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-01T05:07:16Z
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@BrodieOnLinux $3.60 - $0.30 = $3.30 am i missing something haha
(DIR) Post #Aw0kf0aHkicyOdJhhI by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-11T03:27:24Z
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@BrodieOnLinux how. were. there. SO. MANY. COMMENTS
(DIR) Post #Aw0r8jdJwLMKEhIJt2 by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-11T03:25:41Z
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@Fenrasulfr @BrodieOnLinux @pnutzh4x0r yeah, this. $1.00/mo would lose $0.32 in fees... it's kind of diminishing returns, at that point.brodie's video (and the comments) tell me we really need a yearly option, though. :) $10/yr is cool because the fees are negligible on $10
(DIR) Post #Aw5GYitEbKYywj4Bl2 by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-12T13:55:00Z
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open source maintainers, i encourage you to follow daniel’s wonderful example here. i sincerely hope many of you do end up with support contracts in place. not holding my breath, but it’s not a crazy thought to imagine corporate users paying for support. i hear some of them do it all the time. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/11/cybersecurity-risk-assessment-request/
(DIR) Post #AwLaibH39Y5DlrerTs by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-21T04:22:59Z
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last week’s @gnome foundation report is out:https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/21/2025-07-18-foundation-update/
(DIR) Post #AwNwJAYrv3n4zXBvEW by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-22T04:20:06Z
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i'm trying to run this #debian trixie install as vanilla #gnome as possible. the only things i've changed so far are: caps => ctrl, turn off power saving anythings, install a hindi keyboard.what do people use for their dotfiles in this day and age? i feel like my 15-year-old symlinks thingy is probably not the right tool anymore, but i'm missing some git aliases i really need.
(DIR) Post #AwOBZt2RoxaSseSLNw by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-07-22T10:19:05Z
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@lanodan i also use evil operating systems so this wouldn’t fly for me
(DIR) Post #AxiI0eSypenGByXqM4 by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-08-31T01:25:46Z
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@BrodieOnLinux what the...https://youtu.be/W6AjpItyqns?si=_gJnYUaBXn0rZnB6&t=357@cassidy is this where you got it from? possibly even subliminally, somehow?https://www.youtube.com/live/Z7F3fghCQB4?si=yxUhOmI-XCtuKPLD&t=1137
(DIR) Post #AytJKDWlvvGsZcldYW by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-10-05T06:09:37Z
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i've been thinking about code of conduct committees a lot recently, and i'm increasingly of the opinion that @thelinuxEXP has the right idea here:https://youtu.be/iMqpm2Ahmt0?t=1181how on earth is cocc/mod behaviour less transparent than full-blown court proceedings in cases where the effects are devastating to someone's career or mental well-being?a lot of people make a *really* big deal out of code of conduct training, as if a weekend seminar (or, god forbid, a 4-hour workshop) were somehow tantamount to a law degree. it isn't. when shit gets serious, real lawyers and police get involved.lawyers and police have real accountability.it's very weird to me that so many free software projects have somehow allowed themselves to install a self-appointed judge dredd. of *course* that's going to be full of bias and inevitably weaponized.codes of conduct are essential. but self-appointed committees need to be rethought or the nixos situation will just keep happening.
(DIR) Post #AyyzUDjVBz3hyHyRAu by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-10-07T20:44:04Z
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@matk @thelinuxEXP i think that depends on the community.first, and as an outside example, i volunteer with a (non-foss) nonprofit which has an extended community not unlike nixos or gnome. in this community, if someone sees someone else breaking the code of conduct, they speak to them directly. the rule of thumb is "speak to that person about the infraction no more than 3 times before escalating."not everything needs to work this way, but many f/oss communities would benefit a *great deal* from a process that specifically involves, like, communicating.from what i've seen, there is a tendency for people to skip that step entirely and immediately jump to escalation. it's a bizarre kindergarten of running to an authority figure as a first step, instead of trying to puzzle out the problem ourselves first.
(DIR) Post #AyyzUE3M0AwExrGI7M by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-10-07T21:06:15Z
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@matk @thelinuxEXP assuming direct reconciliation is attempted, but isn't possible, then the extent to which transparency is applied is again dependent on the community ("how transparent do *we* want to be about these things?") and the specific situation.i get the impression nick is mostly referring to coc violations which happened in public, like on a forum, chat, or social media. then there probably isn't a great deal of secrecy required — at least not within the community's private/internal spaces. people have already seen it.if the violation happened in a private space, then perhaps those two people just shouldn't talk to each other alone or in private spaces. part of the problem, in my opinion, is using the language of court proceedings. "the accused" / "the victim" / "the abused" are weird terms to apply to pretty basic, everyday interactions under evaluation by non-professionals. when we find ourselves cosplaying as lawyers, our communities' coc processes have probably overstretched themselves.
(DIR) Post #AyyzULgFdxDCcWVxDc by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-10-07T21:19:57Z
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@matk @thelinuxEXP i'm not suggesting there will be a perfect solution for every community. a very low-trust community may require additional secrecy, or vice-versa.but i was laughing to myself the other day that there are code of conduct committees out there who don't even tell someone what infraction they've been accused of... even the street judges at least told people what crime they'd committed before shooting a grenade at their car. 😜
(DIR) Post #B20CNsCsNjlRmx2sDY by deobald@fantastic.earth
2025-12-05T08:22:38Z
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if, like me, you can't shake your coffee addiction, i highly recommend shaking it up instead. try adding oat milk so you can enjoy both the appearance of mud and the flavour of mud.