Is it for mail, programming, irc, usenet, website, etc? I’m just curious what other people do when they log into sdfeu.
I’m currently using it for FOSS project related mail, trying to use it for website, and am wanting to do a gopherspace/gemini capsule version of said website once setup.
Cool :) What type of FOSS project is it? Is it your own project or part of a bigger project?
To directly answer your questions: My own, as of right now it is only a rust port of a static site generator I made in python. More as I figure out how to move my projects and their commit histories over to Codeberg without doxxing myself as my old address is my dead name.
To satisfy my brain’s compulsion to add so much extra context and detail to a simple answer: I kind of became even more pissed off recently with all of the corporate shenanigans being pulled across the tech sphere and cancelled a lot of subscriptions and thanks to the AI stuff, switched from GitHub and GitLab to Codeberg, which is another nonprofit. My public commits on GitHub and GitLab were attached to my GMail account, which I no longer use after almost 15 years partially due to transitioning and changing my name. On Codeberg I’m using the anonymous email feature which I like, however, I do not think that will work well if I contribute to other projects on other platforms. I’m not entirely sure how that system works and don’t want to find out the hard way. I also feel like my SDF-EU inbox provides a lot of value, being dead simple to use, being a fairly familiar .org, and I’m pretty certain my mails aren’t being scraped by the server operators. The domain is also easy to remember, and the tight storage restrictions will force me to delete mails, resulting in better storage management and opsec practices!
In all seriousness, SDF(EU) is, in my opinion, a pretty good community to associate a FOSS account with. By going with Lifetime ARPA+MetaARPA, I’d be directly supporting a community rather than a corporation, and 30 years is a long time for a community to be incredibly active so I feel confident that the money goes to a good cause. All of the subscription money I’m now “saving” on big tech is being redirected to all of the FOSS foundations and projects that I’ve been using throughout my almost 25 years on the Internet, as well as towards the Mastodon and Lemmy instances that I use.
That got kind of long, I’m looking forward to typing these kinds of things in a blog as soon as I can be bothered to figure out what is causing this HSTS error 😂
I see. I don’t know much about static site generators, but I remember at one point I found out that the plan9 website was generated from troff source. I tried to do something similar but never managed to get it to work. Maybe also because I’m not good with troff. Do you use markdown or something similar as input?
I feel the same about many of the services we use. It’s a balance between convenience on the one hand, and freedom/privacy on the other. I’ve been back and forth over the years with this. Had an ubuntu phone when they came out, and even something like copy/pasting wasn’t working well. There are so many options now, but it’s hard to break out of habits when the habits are comfortable. I’ve been thinking about switching from GitHub too. Really I just use it as backup, I don’t use different branches and merging etc. I wish I knew how to use it better though.
A random idea: Could the SDFEU be a place for skill sharing? I bet the combined knowledge of all the SDF users is impressive, maybe there could be like workshops or themed collaborative how-to writing, with the goal of increasing FOSS-ness and promoting non-commercial technologies in the internet age? I wonder if anyone would be interested in something like that.
I use a combination of markdown and HTML to write, as it gives me the most flexibility. I like using Jinja with python most because it lets me template pretty much anything, even code itself. Sometimes I’ll use it to make my Obsidian notes pretty for sharing. I’m using minijinja at the moment.
I didn’t know that Ubuntu made a phone! I’ve had my eyes on the PinePhone Pro for a while. I just can’t justify the cost because WhatsApp 🤮 is the dominant messaging app in my country and the web version stops working sometimes.
I feel you on git. I do the same for backups and minor changes. Most of my repos are only one branch, which isn’t really good practice. I’ve used the gitflow workflow in the past and found it intuitive. I just couldn’t commit (lol) to the habit. SDF hosts a Gitea instance, except it seems that sign-ups are closed. There might be something in one of the menus on the shell with instructions on how to sign up.
I would love for SDFEU to be a place for skill sharing. There is so much ancient knowledge, and reading
manpages is incredibly time consuming and daunting if you’re a beginner, especially if you have no idea where to start. I (somewhat) recently had a conversation on Mastodon with someone who usessedto generate their static site and my mind was blown. I never would have thought to do that, and I’ve since used it to clean up some of my own generated code in my Godot projects. Learning from the masters is the best way to learn!
I don’t recall exactly what I used it for, but one day, out of the blue, my account was deleted. Maybe due to a dormancy policy?
I think that’s where I discovered some radio related stuff, like a streaming radio and a schedule where people could sign up to broadcast at certain times. But I only tinkered with it every few months or so.
I heard about someone else getting deleted from SDF without reason. They were a digital rights activist so maybe SDF had something against their movement.