Software – Paolo Redaelli https://monodes.com/predaelli A civil engineer with a longlife fondness for Software Libero Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:14:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 91795679 Il dito e la luna https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/27/il-dito-e-la-luna/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/27/il-dito-e-la-luna/#respond Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:14:04 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=13251 Anche qui guardano il dito e non la luna:

Ubuntu Dice Addio a GNU/Linux: Una Svolta Epocale tra Timori e Opportunità | Tutto Quello che Devi Sapere”

Ubuntu, una delle distribuzioni Linux più popolari al mondo, sta per compiere una svolta epocale: abbandonare GNU/Linux per abbracciare tecnologie moderne,

Non è una questione di “evoluzione tecnologica” e di “rimanere al passo coi tempi”.

Vogliono prendere programmi di base, robusti, che funzionano bene, che da decenni risultano stabili e sottoposti a controlli minuziosi e di comprovata sicurezza con qualcosa scritta ex-novo in Rust, che è certamente un buon linguaggio ma non è la panacea di ogni male.

Inoltre la stragrande maggioranza dei commentatori non colgono la questione fondamentale: non è se siano scritti in Rust, in C, Assembly o Visual Basic cambi qualcosa, ma il fatto che la licenza che useranno, ossia “tipo MIT” permette di re-impacchettare il tutto e renderlo proprietario.

Linux e BSD son nati praticamente negli stessi anni. Linux ha prosperato perché ha usato licenze persistenti, mentre BSD è rimasto di nicchia perché la sua licenza non è persistente, esattamente come la MIT.
Il vero problema è che la maggior parte delle persone non coglie questo aspetto fondamentale.

La General Public License in tutte le sue edizioni rende persistenti le libertà che il suo autore concede a chi riceve la sua opera (il codice). Si dice che è una licenza a permesso d’autore ossia “copyleft” in inglese (letteralmente “permesso alla copia”) con un evidente e voluto gioco di parole in apparente contrapposizione con il “copyright” cioè il diritto alla copia. Le licenze di software libero non copyleft come quelle tipo BSD e MIT non sono persistenti, chiunque può prendere il codice e chiuderlo dentro ad un prodotto proprietario.

Giova una lettura a “Licenze varie e commenti relativi” sul sito della Free Software Foundation

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BSSG – Bash Static Site Generator https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/18/bssg-bash-static-site-generator/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/18/bssg-bash-static-site-generator/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:30:14 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=13137

BSSG – Bash Static Site Generator

A simple, performant static site generator in Bash for personal journals/blogs with 50+ themes, i18n, SEO, parallel builds & more.

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It will not be a Synology! https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/17/it-will-not-be-a-synology/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/04/17/it-will-not-be-a-synology/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:54:33 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=13127 Synology Locks Key NAS Features Behind Proprietary Drive Requirement

Dear Synology… I’m going to buy a NAS. Now I’m sure it will not be a Synology!

Synology Locks Key NAS Features Behind Proprietary Drive Requirement (tomshardware.com) 38

Synology’s upcoming Plus Series NAS systems will restrict full functionality to users who install the company’s self-branded hard drives, Tom’s Hardware is reporting, marking a significant shift in the consumer NAS market. While third-party drives will still work for basic storage, critical features including drive health monitoring, volume-wide deduplication, lifespan analysis, and automatic firmware updates will be disabled, the publication said.

The restriction doesn’t apply to Synology’s 2024 and older models, only affecting new Plus Series devices targeted at SMBs and advanced home users. Synology itself doesn’t manufacture drives but rebrands HDDs from major manufacturers like Seagate, Western Digital, and Toshiba, often with custom firmware that functions as DRM. According to Synology, the change follows successful implementation in their enterprise solutions and will deliver “higher performance, increased reliability, and more efficient support.” A workaround exists: users can initialize a non-Synology drive in an older Synology NAS and then migrate it to a new Plus model without restrictions.

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Firefox inizia finalmente a supportare le PWA – Zeus News https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/03/20/firefox-inizia-finalmente-a-supportare-le-pwa-zeus-news/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/03/20/firefox-inizia-finalmente-a-supportare-le-pwa-zeus-news/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:07:01 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/03/20/firefox-inizia-finalmente-a-supportare-le-pwa-zeus-news/ Firefox inizia finalmente a supportare le PWA – Zeus News

Beh, alleluia!

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You will love Wayfire! https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/03/06/you-will-love-wayfire/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/03/06/you-will-love-wayfire/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:42:39 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=12896 Did you liked Compiz? “Everyone” loved this compositing window manager for the X Window System, with its effects: rotating desktop cubes, windows on fire when created or closed, wobbling when moved…

You will love Wayfire!

Wayfire is a wayland compositor based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.

 

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POV-Ray is released under an AGPLv3 license! https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/02/23/pov-ray-is-released-under-an-agplv3-license/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/02/23/pov-ray-is-released-under-an-agplv3-license/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:30:33 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=12837

Starting with version 3.7, POV-Ray is released under the AGPL3 (or later) license and thus is Free Software according to the FSF definition.

Source: POV-Ray: Download

I totally missed it.

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TheXTech – WohlSoft Team https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/02/12/thextech-wohlsoft-team/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/02/12/thextech-wohlsoft-team/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:19:21 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=12731

TheXTech is a free and open-source game engine for Mario-like platforming games.

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Ventoy https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/01/23/ventoy/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/01/23/ventoy/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:06:00 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=12336

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
With ventoy, you don’t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them (screenshot).
You can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disks and boot them.
x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way.
Most types of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/ChromeOS/Unix/VMware/Xen…)

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https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/01/20/12318/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/01/20/12318/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:57:00 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=12318 Mobile application for Linux Phones in FlatHub

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A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System | GhostBSD https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/01/18/a-simple-elegant-desktop-bsd-operating-system-ghostbsd/ https://monodes.com/predaelli/2025/01/18/a-simple-elegant-desktop-bsd-operating-system-ghostbsd/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:03:20 +0000 https://monodes.com/predaelli/?p=12296 A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System | GhostBSD

Simple, elegant, BSD

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