PaX / Grsecurity enforced memory safety via kernel edits on all programs including C programs 26 years ago. More than a quarter century ago this problem was solved. Then in 2017 or 2019 or so they decided to violate the Linux and GCC copyrights by adding a “no redistribution” clause (and a choice of venue clause too) that runs counter to the ban on additional terms in the copyright license memorandum of Linux and GCC (gpl). Bruce Perens then noted this copyright violation and then Grsecurity (Open Source Security) sued him for libel and then lost and had to pay Bruce’s court and attorneys fees. Grsecurity argued in front of the appellate court that adding this clause is not a copyright violation: the judges just seemed to shake their heads in the video not buying it. However the issue was libel and not federal copyright. Linux had previously entered the security biz with nsa Linux: thus the fair use exception in the more recent Oracle/Google Supreme Court case does not necessarily help Grsecurity. Linus refuses to sue and anyone that asks on the lkml is censored and banned. There are auto spam filters to prevent all discussion. RMS also refuses to do anything. Programmers believe that a patch doesn’t have to obey the copyright of the parent work and constantly claim that if you just distribute a diff file you can do as you please. They ban you if you point out that a diff is an annotation and is a derivative work and the US Copyright office says the original copyright owner has the right to control derivative works. They then call you a myspginist when you point this out and say you’re insane and will never be a lawyer etc.
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7 hours ago “They would be glad to have you as a maintainer: put up or shut up”: This is not true. The Linux kernel would NOT be happy to have a random hobbiest or hacker as a contributor: in fact today they rarely allow it: nearly all kernel programmers are paid employees today. Linux’s Code of Conduct explicitly forbids the type of communication style that hobbyists and hackers engage in. Hackers are NOT permitted to contribute to the kernel any longer: go try it: your code will NEVER EVER be accepted these days. So stop being a disingenuous liar. The last hacker derived code that existed in the Linux kernel was reiserfs: it was removed because the current people who have effected a conversion upon what was once the property of hackers: did not like reisers beliefs and actions during a custody dispute: the code worked till the day it was removed: and then the current usurpers entryists and thieves mockingly said they freed up 100kb for wallpapers. Just as they mockingly say go fork it when they then ban anyone who tries from all the platforms they and the companies they are employed by control
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@TheDrzin69 6 hours ago Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS. Stop acting like a cult leader when it comes to legacy Linux.
@KYLE-zo4bm 15 hours ago no better than windows at this point
@MegaMan1999 16 hours ago It was never about being a “selling” point of Linux. Content creators saw it as an opportunity because it gets them more viewership and subscribers. 6 2
@sxkb 15 hours ago You do know that people have been saying this about Linux since years before Youtube and streaming was a thing, right? 4
@uksuperrascal 14 hours ago Try Tiny Core Linux 1
@Tall_Order 9 hours ago It's because the people running the Linux kernel and major distros are actively and purposely sabotaging it in favor of shareholders from rival companies. All the good developers were either canceled or moved away from it. All that remains now are useful tools, and I don't mean that in a good way
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@KingMingPlaceofPlaces 15 hours ago So "AI" is no different than a lazy developer. "System old I don't want to mess with that, I don't know the language, understand the hardware, it's now COOL, so we need new system" "Why Learn COBOL system working decades perfectly , replace it with RUST :-) "
@leekuncoins6347 16 hours ago let move on and fork and keep you owned customers, they will target their AI lover, we also have set of customers not loving AI ---fork fork fork 1
@Yw0n12 2 hours ago (edited) LINUX IN LOBBY AMERICAN = UBUNTU = LINUX FUNDATION = PREJUDITIAL . BAD BAD BAD :/
@ashishkhatri2771 15 hours ago My question is since there are so many forks of Linux, why does it matter if some of them remove support? Surely plenty of them are keeping the legacy alive? I don't know much about Linux though. 1
@MauDaFaca 6 hours ago Just replace Linux... its demonstrated that its a walking corpse
@donaldswanson9647 14 hours ago (edited) they better not drop support for my trusty 6502. aint no way im paying for a new high falootin ai chip. it used to be just for nerds but now its for everybody and everybody is different from just nerds. the nerds refused to spend any money ever. meanwhile everybody else was buying a new windows computer monthly. had ai not identified the bugs we would have been happy. ignorance is bliss. this is why we cant have nice things. if they empower us to keep our old stuff then us versus them kicks in and we refuse to pay them for their work. somebody pays linux developers and you showed us pictures of them because it certainly isnt you or
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@FirstDagger 15 hours ago SteamOS will save us probably. 3
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@Jake-hl7lm 15 hours ago It's like these morons don't understand that their Linux direction turns it into Windows Vista so what are we now going to have -- Linux "Vista"? 😂 1
@DM-fw5su 14 hours ago Where are these people who are experiencing clear AI disasters? That has not been my experience but I'm for you to stay away from AI and work on reducing your disasters, maybe there is a common factor there.
@michaelsanchez1361 5 hours ago The problem of those people in this comment section are yapping about Linux dropping old hardware support but no one step up to the kernel devs and maintainers and telling them that they actually using those old hardwares as daily driver
@JDManring 10 hours ago I think it is a great thing. Those that don't like it are welcome to fork it. Create a Linux focused only on old hardware.
@jacekkurek2859 14 hours ago (edited) The stated reason is that some LLM may discover bugs in an unused piece of code, not that their LLMs are somewhat harder to use because of this code but sure go on. So this has as much sense as it would have even if the Kernel stance was "no ai use in kernel code".
@PaulHenning84 8 hours ago Bryan are you going to die on the hill of Pentium 1 era 3COM ISA drivers in the kernel? Because I'm not. Youre wrong. And youre putting out these videos because youre chasing the algo.
@GregoryAlbright-t3p 16 hours ago (edited) This is getting comically stupid. Go buy an old raspberry pi 4 and run Linux on it. You are wasting electricity running that old 386. 1 10
@WormsByCurtis 16 hours ago he might need a parallel port for an old piece of workshop hardware 4 1
@GregoryAlbright-t3p 16 hours ago Just use the parallel port on the pi 2
@momentomori1747 16 hours ago (edited) Let's save money on electricity by buying a new piece of hardware, a parallel port hat for that hardware ($150 all in for a 4b 4G + the hat, cheaper variants are out of stock on Ada fruit), and ignore the fact that you now rely on your software supporting arm instead of widely supported x86. Not to mention the environmental impact of producing new hardware and then creating e-waste. 9 7
@GregoryAlbright-t3p 16 hours ago @momentomori1747 It will take about 2 months to save enough money on electric that even the much more modern pi 5 becomes more affordable. Also, there is no such thing as e-waste, it all gets recycled. 1 6
@Studentertøser 15 hours ago @GregoryAlbright-t3p “Recycling” is a propaganda term invented by industrialists to encourage people to buy new stuff. Very few things in general can truly be recycled and mostly end up in landfills. 5 1
@GregoryAlbright-t3p 15 hours ago @Studentertøser I worked in waste stream management many years ago now, This is wrong. Every little bit of stuff that is not landfill that has some resale value gets removed from the trash stream. Your electronics can go straight in the trash guilt free. 1
@crank1985 15 hours ago @GregoryAlbright-t3pAnd 3 years to fix all software needed to use, including abandoned and not forked libraries that weren't ARM compatible...
Great idea. I know a machine operated by Windows 95. Because there is no newer software for it... 3 3
@GregoryAlbright-t3p 14 hours ago @crank1985 Sounds like you are doing it wrong. 2
@crank1985 13 hours ago @GregoryAlbright-t3pScientific obsolete equipment with proprietary drivers modifying the obsolete SCSI card before system fully boots is one The other widows 95 was the other. I don't even known the types and configuration of the ports.
It's too expensive to replace or tinker with.
But hey, let's try by trial and error to convert it to ARM... When error means 70% chance to break it...
Progression fir the sake of progress...
Heard that before. Over 120 mln people died, because some people in power had that idea... 1 1
@GregoryAlbright-t3p 12 hours ago It sounds like it is not that important if there is no money to replace it.
@ArgýncenGáel 11 hours ago Do not update to 7.x kernel. Go back to 6.18. 1
@cybergodkek6618 16 hours ago Linux was never good, and it's will die soon. good 2 1
@karlkessler6017 15 hours ago That's not true. But Linus allowing his project to be a dumping ground for Rust and AI is a surprisingly nonchalant way to have all his hard work reduced to trash
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@CoryEbenestelli 3 months ago It's all coordinated. Forcing age verification is just another attack vector. We need another Stallman.
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@garophelaus 3 months ago I fear I'll soon have to start maintaining my own distro because everyone is going insane. 169 5
@tin2001 3 months ago But then you won't be able to tell everyone you're an Arch user 😂 9 1
@linuxguy1199 3 months ago Buildroot 5
@whatilearnttoday5295 3 months ago They'll probably brigade you and call you a PDF file until you include a Code of Conduct giving some 3rd party power over your creation. 2 1
@IparIzar 3 months ago @tin2001 "I run my own custom distro" has more weight than "I run something others made" tbh 1
@starshade7826 3 months ago @whatilearnttoday5295I have reached the point where every accusation is an admission of guilt.
@justincoleman9946 3 months ago "Harassment is when I get my feewings hurt" 160 1