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lproven

9,040 karma · joined December 30, 2013

Tall dark black-clad atheist skeptic biker SF fan; writes, mainly about computers, for a living.

# Work

Currently the FOSS & cloud correspondent for the Register.

https://www.theregister.com/Author/Liam-Proven

Work email: lproven+hn@sitpub.com

# Personal

Comments here (or anywhere else, unless otherwise stated) are personal opinion and not on behalf of any employer.

Based in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Quick info:

https://about.me/liamproven/

Personal blog:

http://lproven.dreamwidth.org/profile

Tech blog:

http://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/profile/

Socials:

https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven

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Comparing and contrasting 9 different free/open software licenses

geraldew.wordpress.com·2 pts·lproven·
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Redis tightens its license terms: FOSS developers gotta eat

theregister.com·1 pts·lproven·
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CSG (Citrix+Tibco) is failing to honor its (A)GPL obligations, say critics

theregister.com·10 pts·lproven·
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Firefox 124 improved on Android and Macs plus adds keyboard navigation of PDFs

theregister.com·27 pts·lproven·
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Linux kernel 4.14 gets a life extension, thanks to OpenELA

theregister.com·1 pts·lproven·
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Raspberry Pi OS 5.2 is here, with kernel 6.6 and tweaks to new Wayland desktop

theregister.com·5 pts·lproven·
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Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary

theregister.com·1 pts·lproven·
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Fedora 41's GNOME to go Wayland-only, says goodbye to X.org

theregister.com·2 pts·lproven·
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Trying out Microsoft's pre-release OS/2 2.0

theregister.com·57 pts·lproven·
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The world's favorite daemon, systemd, is coming to PostmarketOS

theregister.com·2 pts·lproven·
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The GNU project nearly adopted the BSD kernel before Linux existed (2005)

groklaw.net·2 pts·lproven·
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The pros and cons of some other Arm Linux distros for the Raspberry Pi 5

theregister.com·16 pts·lproven·
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Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7

theregister.com·1 pts·lproven·
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Lightweight Windows-like desktop LXQt makes leap to Qt 6 with version 2.0

theregister.com·2 pts·lproven·
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KDE Plasma 6.0 brings the same old charm and confusion

theregister.com·2 pts·lproven·
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FOSS replacement for Partition Magic, Gparted 1.6 is here to save your data

theregister.com·2 pts·lproven·
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Why the Unix/Linux directory structure is the way it is (2010)

lists.busybox.net·1 pts·lproven·
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Miracle WM, a new tiling window manager built on Mir

theregister.com·2 pts·lproven·
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The Mikado Filesystem: an experimental RPC filesystem running over gRPC [pdf]

arxiv.org·2 pts·lproven·
0

A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs

theregister.com·12 pts·lproven·
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Top reasons to move from CentOS to RHEL (according to Red Hat) are a 404 page

theregister.com·11 pts·lproven·
0

Systems Software Research Is Irrelevant (Rob Pike, 2000)

doc.cat-v.org·3 pts·lproven·
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Forgetting the history of Unix is coding us into a corner

theregister.com·93 pts·lproven·
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Damn Small Linux returns after a 12-year gap

theregister.com·15 pts·lproven·
2

The history of Digital Research's Gemdos for the Atari ST (1986)

cd.textfiles.com·43 pts·lproven·
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Progman is a simple X11 window manager modeled after Program Manager from Win3

github.com·3 pts·lproven·
0

RIP John Walker, Hacker Diet author and sponsor of pre-Web hypertext Xanadu

theregister.com·3 pts·lproven·
0

PiStorm Turbocharges Vintage Amigas with the Raspberry Pi and Emu68

theregister.com·3 pts·lproven·
0

HoRNDIS MacGyvers your Mac to get online with Androids

theregister.com·1 pts·lproven·
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Crunchbang++ vs. BunsenLabs: Lightweight rivals, based on OpenBox and Debian 12

theregister.com·1 pts·lproven·
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