Some business closed. They gave me away a server machine. I installed Fedora Silverblue on it for work and to feel a unified GNOME desktop experience. I liked the latter. Except for Software Center, which has been unreliable, so I end up using Flathub + Flatpak CLI instead.

The package management experience though, not so much. You have to use three package managers: flatpak for GUI apps, dnf inside toolbox for CLI programs and rpm-ostree for system-wide things.

#fedora #silverblue #gnome

I'll continue the excursion to Fedora for a bit longer, but I have a feeling that the machine will become another Guix System in the end.

#gnu #guix

Happy 34th birthday to the Linux kernel!

On this day, August 25th, we celebrate 34 years since Linus Torvalds announced his new toy project. What started as a small, personal project has grown into the powerful Linux kernel, the heart of countless devices worldwide.

Its success is a good reminder of the power of opensource collaboration and the global community of developers who have contributed to its growth. Thank you, Linus, and thank you to everyone who has made Linux what it is today!

@nixCraft There should be a #nobel price for #gnu and #linux. But I am not sure in which category.

Happy 34th birthday to the Linux kernel!

On this day, August 25th, we celebrate 34 years since Linus Torvalds announced his new toy project. What started as a small, personal project has grown into the powerful Linux kernel, the heart of countless devices worldwide.

Its success is a good reminder of the power of opensource collaboration and the global community of developers who have contributed to its growth. Thank you, Linus, and thank you to everyone who has made Linux what it is today!

@nixCraft

Historical, indeed.
...and thanks Stallman for #GNU:

Without GNU there'd be nothing open for Linus to start with or contribute to in the first place.

Imagine where we'd be at without those decisions back then?

Forced to either choose Windows or ... ? oh. Without #FOSS/GNU and #Linux, Apple would not exist anymore - and there'd be no Google too.

Wow. Thanks everyone doing GPL to provide choice and hope for all of us!