Gamliel Fishkin  ☑️ @gamliel@linuxrocks.online

In GNU/Linux, both

ls / -lah

and

ls -lah /

work, with same result. In *BSD, only the second one works. I think, GNU/Linux is more handy than *BSD. Is not it?

#sh #shell #Bash #Linux #GNULinux #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Comparison of two conferencing programmes: BigBlueButton vs Jitsi
https://www.capterra.com/web-conferencing-software/compare/162664-162665/BigBlueButton-vs-Jitsi

#BibBlueButton #Jitsi #Internet #network #networking #messaging #messenger #chat #chatroom #class #classroom #conference #conferencing #video #audio #voice #VoIP #presentation #streaming #recording #free #libre #software #freesoftware #libresoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #cloud #SAAS #desktop #online #webbased #windows #Linux #GNULinux #mobile #Android #iPhone #iPad #compare #comparison

In these days, we sign the letter to support Richard M. #Stallman.
https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ (Unfortunately, at #Github. But it is a good doing to sign this letter.)
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20210402110415/https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

But #LineageOS, #Mozilla, the #Tor Project and some other organizations signed another letter, against Stallman.
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20210402110825/https://rms-open-letter.github.io/
They betrayed the #freedom of #software!

#RMS #GNU #FSF #supportRMS #Linux #GNULinux #softwarefreedom #freesoftware

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threema#Reception
… #consumer organisation… evaluated… #Threema, #WhatsApp, #Telegram, #BlackBerry Messenger and #Line. It considered the #security of the data transmission between clients, the services' terms of use, the transparency of the service providers, the availability of the source code and the apps' overall availability. Threema was the only app rated as 'non-critical'…

Now it opened source code. But why is it for #phones and not #desktops? When #Linux?

#Wikipedia #FOSS #FLOSS

For an attention of Ubuntu users. If you have a file /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news make it inexecutable:
sudo chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news

Information here is from https://mathstodon.xyz/@JordiGH/103681503057892942 thanks to @JordiGH

#Ubuntu #Linux #chmod #motd #privacy #tracking

Here is a screenshot of my Gopher site opened in Lynx.

#Gopher #site #SDF #Gopherclub #Freeshell #eyebleach #Lynx #browser #text #Bash #sh #shell #Linux #Unix #brain #screenshot #screenshotsunday

$ lsb_release -ds
Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
$ uname -a
Linux gamliel-desktop 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
MATE
$ uptime -p
up 2 weeks, 4 days, 17 hours, 35 minutes

#Linux #Debian #matedesktop #uptime #screenshotsunday

An #intellectual #computer #game 2048 is a gymnastics for the #brain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048_(video_game)

It is available in the #repository of #Debian as #packages:
* 2048-qt
* gnome-2048

My #best result is on the #screenshot.

#Linux #gaming #videogame

I installed and configured SOCKS5 proxy on VPS. And I have set up Firefox to proxy DNS queries via my SOCKS5 proxy. I do not use DNS over HTTPS.

#proxy #SOCKS5 #VPS #server #Firefox #DNS #HTTPS #DoH #Cloudflare #sysadmin #Linux #opensource #freesoftware #software

If you liked #Gnome2 but dislike #Gnome3, MATE Desktop Environment is for you (the word "mate" here is not English but Spanish). It is available in many Linux distributions.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(software)
Official site: https://mate-desktop.org/

#Gnome #MATE #matedesktop #Linux #desktop #GUI