@katzenberger

What? "Is already making its way into #Debian"?

On the debian-legal mailing list, everyone is welcome to discuss any legal issues related to Debian.

Is anyone of those discussing #ageVerification even member of the Debian project?

At least nobody of them uses their debian.org mail address.

"#AgeVerification", aka the "Think of the children!" Rider of the Infocalypse, is already making its way into #Debian.

The amount of compliance in advance is truly breathtaking, with dutiful enablers of #fascism already discussing implementation details.

See e.g. this discussion on the debian-legal mailing list:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00000.html

#AgeAssurance

About a year ago I installed #Debian #Linux on a 10 year old #iMac. Now I am running Debian Trixie at the current version.

Although that worked, UI always felt a little sluggish, and after the latest update I sometimes had crashes of the window manager for example when playing FreeTube video.

Now, after reading a post on Mastodon where someone else had problems with a lagging UI, I did what was recommended: Switch to #X instead using #Wayland.

UI is fast now, second monitor works as it should when locking the screen.

I would have thought, that Wayland should be better and more performant as the newer solution aiming to replace X server, but 🤷

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Sudo est en danger, et tout le monde s'en moque !
Sudo en danger : l'outil qui fait tourner Linux repose sur les épaules d'un seul homme.

Todd C. Miller : trente ans de maintenance en solitaire...

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Sudo is in danger, and no one cares!
Sudo in danger: the tool that runs Linux rests on the shoulders of one man.

Todd C. Miller: thirty years of solo maintenance...

https://www.journalduhacker.net/s/cakbhb/sudo_est_en_danger_et_tout_le_monde_sen

#Sudo #OpenSource #Linux #Security #Debian #Fedora #LinuxMint #Ubuntu #Solus #Gnome #KDE #Xfce #openSUSE #Securite

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Sudo est en danger, et tout le monde s'en moque ! Todd C. Miller : trente ans de maintenance en solitaire... Sudo en danger : l'outil qui fait tourner Linux repose sur les épaules d'un seul homme.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@freexian/116158237473352799

Hiring your first dedicated sales manager in a company composed of technical experts is a significant challenge, but one that we are willing to tackle. If you know someone with that profile, and that values free software and #Debian, please reach out to them and share this offer to work at #Freexian.

New on // foss.events: MiniDebConf Winterthur 2026 by Volunteers on 29-30 August 2026, a #hybrid event happening in Filasez in #Winterthur, #Switzerland and #online on the Internet

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/08-29-minidebconf-winterthur-2026.html

Connect via official hashtag(s): #MiniDebCampWinterthur

Call for participation is running until 15.06.2026

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #debian

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Logo/Banner of MiniDebConf Winterthur 2026

@gajim

It's in #Debian 14 #forky (#testing) now!

I wanted to test Playwright on my Arch Linux, but that software is a pain to install (which is rare on Arch), even with the AUR package. It's built for Debian-based distributions, and installing dependencies is a mess.

I was thinking about using Debian in a chroot, then I remembered the Distrobox project, which uses Podman with deep integration. This was a perfect use case for it, and it works super well. Kudos to the people involved!

#Distrobox #Playwright #Arch #Debian #Podman

#Debian CDE in your browser.

https://debian.com.mx/

@onepict @demoographics

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At the moment, it seems, that #AI generated code cannot be #copyrighted, It's always #publicDomain, as pointed out by @pluralistic. From that angle, there is no problem for Debian.

If copyrighted or #copyleft code has been copied by an #LLM before, we cannot tell conclusively.

And, finally, how about using a #freeSoftware AI, such as #Lucie?

https://debconf25.debconf.org/talks/117-apt-install-lucie-from-source-lucie-the-fully-libre-llm-you-can-build-hack-and-trust/

I would love to "just say no" to #genAI, but I don't think #Debian can do that 😞

@onepict @demoographics

#Debian has a very strong stance of #freeSoftware, indeed, but #LLM is orthogonal.

There is no common understanding in the project about other aspects of #ethics. We have non-#vegan food at our conferences, we work with Google and Microsoft in many ways, we pay for #flying etc. which some people consider unethical.

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@onepict

@demoographics is entirely right with all they wrote to the mailing list. But we (not only #Debian, rather all larger free software distributions) are in an unpromising position: The #Linux #kernel itself does contain #AI generated code already or will contain such code RSN. We also cannot rule out, that other relevant upstream projects will take a #genAI friendly policy regarding code contributions. No matter, if we like it or not: We cannot exclude #LLM generated code categorically.

I'm thankful to @demoographics for pointing out the costs to the community that's happening at the moment with LLMs.

As a Debian user, I do hope the community doesn't accept code contributions from LLMs.

#Debian

https://wikis.world/@demoographics/116126703870967374

Debconf 27 will be held in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. #debconf #debconf27 #debian #linux

DebConf27 to be held in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2026/02/msg00026.html

use #Debian they said, it is stable they said

am I the only person whose Debian stable + KDE is constantly having all kind of weird problems??? this feels so much like unstable beta software 😭

🍥 Debian Linux Is Going Through A Crisis // @BrodieOnLinux

https://youtu.be/ldoHviThNqQ

#debian #linux #opensource

I figured we needed a #Debian version of #XKCD2501 :-)

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The XKCD-2501 meme, two stick-figure characters in dialogue: "Source packaging is second nature to us Debianites, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows v3.0 (Quilt) patches-unapplied" "And DEP-14, of course" "Of course" Footnote caption: Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildy overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.

Debian thanks all the contributors building and nurturing the FOSS ecosystem and wishes everyone a very happy "I Love Free Software Day" https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/ #debian #ilovefs #02

@Oleksii @danish_akhtar7 @jehan_monnier

I use SIP, too — for calls to/from POTS! Both Ekiga and Linphone were pretty good, but got dropped from #Debian 😞 Now I use Twinkle and will try Gnome Calls, again.

TTBOMK, #Monal by @Monal used to have one or the other known issue with A/V calls. Sth. with timing, IIRC? Maybe it's fixed now.

The call for proposals for MiniDebConf Kanpur is open and the deadline is just 10 days away! We are also inviting sponsors to help make the event happen. If you are interested to be a sponsor, please check out https://kanpur2026.mini.debconf.org/about/become-a-sponsor/ #debian #DebianIndia #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfKanpur

@ben @ianthetechie

I'm mainly using #Gajim by @gajim on #Debian desktop and #Dino by @dino on my #Mobian smartphone.

I don't run Android or iOS, but friends use #Conversations_im by @daniel on the former and #Monal by @Monal on the latter. Or their respective #Quicksy flavours, which are slightly easier to onboard for less tech-savvy people.

#Jabber

Meet @debian at @fosdem2026 next weekend! Our booth will be at building H level 1. And Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader, will give a talk titled 32 years of Debian: how a do-ocracy keeps evolving https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/H3KFYZ-32_years_of_debian_how_a_do-ocracy_keeps_evolving/ #debian #fosdem #fosdem2026 #01