Notices by nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social), page 23

@patricus wordpress hosting business that makes billions every year using open source version of wordpress software

There is this war going on between WP Engine and Wordpress co-founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg. He called WP Engine a "cancer" and accused it of profiting from WordPress without contributing to development of the CMS. Now, WordPress org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/wordpressorg_denies_service_to_wp #opensource #wordpress

@malte70 😈

SQL tips and tricks https://github.com/ben-n93/SQL-tips-and-tricks #developers #dba

@breiter haha.

CrowdStrike boss apologises for global IT outage https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23k4yyjxp3o Is that enough?

Winamp source code released
https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp

#OpenBSD now enforcing no invalid NUL characters in shell scripts https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240924105732 #Unix

@j i love it 😍 time to boost the idea

@Shanitoba is naan made of wheat flour or general purpose flour?

@drakenblackknight True. It was more like a lighthearted post from my side.

@boelder haha. that is crazy.

I joined Mastodon in 2017. I've got around 5k posts to my name. Someone joined Mastodon last year and has already made 50k+ posts. Are you plugged into the Matrix, my friend? 🤔

Quantum Leap Research and #FreeBSD Foundation to Invest $750,000 to Improve Laptop Support and Usability https://www.morningstar.com/news/globe-newswire/9234109/quantum-leap-research-and-freebsd-foundation-to-invest-750000-to-improve-laptop-support-and-usability #Unix

The Ferranti Mark 1 was the first commercially available general-purpose computer. Here is Alan Turing's 1950 manual for the Mark I electronic computer in PDF format https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-4-pdf/k-4-u2780-Manchester-Mark-I-manual.pdf #computer #history

20 years of Canonical #Ubuntu #Linux https://ubuntu.com/20years Long-time Linux user, currently on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Daily driver for managing VMs, K8S, Docker, etc. on AWS and other providers. Ubuntu is a great intro to Linux, with a rich dev experience. Congrats to Canonical. Keep it up the good work.

Blocking non-business email domains such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and co? What could possible go wrong?

Sometimes, you read the documentation, maybe a blog or random forum post, and get things working at work. You have no idea how it works. You just open the config file, set values, and boom, it starts working. Achievement unlocked, and so is the ignorance.

@gimmechocolate I deleted it. I don't want to be part of such issues. Sorry about that. You never know what devs or communities do outside. It looked so nice, and I thought people would like it.

Hyprland + #Linux = Awesomeness. Go here to learn about using and installing Hyperland on your Linux or BSD desktop https://hyprland.org/ Enjoy!