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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ytc1</a> <a href="https://mas.to/@DenOfEarth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DenOfEarth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aka_pugs</a> I know.And espechally in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ScientificComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScientificComputing</a> a lot of researchers loved working with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SunMicrosystems</a> and when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oracle</a> took over that relationship got sour'd instantly due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oracle</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CEO</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LarryEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LarryEllison</a>...-> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114682503920794745" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114682503920794745</a>One of the big successes of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sun</a> was that they basically declared a unilateral "ceasefire" in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IP</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Patents</a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>. Whereas Oracle didn't seem willing to honour that.<ul><li>Without that cooperative atmosphere we saw <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenOffice</a> devs literally forking off into <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@libreoffice</a> and projects like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illumos</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openzfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@openzfs</a> scramble to save what was OpenSource'd and also rescue that.</li></ul>Obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> with it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPLv2only</a>-Kernel and most of it's Userland could not get 'closed-sourced' like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSolaris</a> which instantly got stomped out by Oracle as they wanted to sqeeze <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Solaris</a> for profits and milk their clients in typical Oracle fashion...<ul><li>Which is sad because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> breeds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innovation</a> and a lot of stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zones</a> in Solaris really were at their time really forcing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KVM</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bhyve</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSDjails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BSDjails</a> to up their game for good.</li></ul>Now granted, I do know someone who for most of their life made their money dealing with the intricacies of setting up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/postfix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#postfix</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sendmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sendmail</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/courier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courier</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MailServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MailServers</a> on Solaris and if I ask said person about that they give me a kilometer stare, so OFC like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SysV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SysV</a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unix</a> systems Solaris and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SunOS</a> really are one of the reasons <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> won the "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorkstationWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkstationWar</a>" and why - if anyone - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> won the last "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnixWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnixWar</a>"...<ul><li>Still I do am sad that I declined that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sysadmin</a> position at a leading research center I'm not at liberty to name and I do know there's OFC still some critical infrastructure running even older Solaris servers...</li></ul><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1/114689337148586939" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1/114689337148586939</a>

OpenTechLinux Moves to Remove System V File SystemLinux developers are planning to remove the aging System V (SysV) file system from the kernel. SysV, once widely used in early Unix systems, is now largely obsolete, with modern alternatives like ext4 and XFS dominating. The removal aims to streamline the kernel and reduce maintenance burden. While some legacy systems may still rely on SysV, its relevance in modern Linux is minimal.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SysV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SysV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kernel</a>

Christian Brauner 🦊🐺We've removed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reiserfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reiserfs</a> and now we're removing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sysv</a> <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/log/?h=vfs-6.15.sysv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/log/?h=vfs-6.15.sysv</a>The code removal continues.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fs</a>

Axel ⌨🐧🐪🚴😷 | R.I.P Natenom<a href="https://chaos.social/@cherti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cherti</a>: <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Debian</a> Unstable on most desktop-ish devices. Debian Stable releases on all servers.An occasional <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Kali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kali</a> (Debian Testing based) here and there and, if I really need some of their Python stuff, Raspberry Pi OS (Debian derivative on armhf, add-on repo on arm64), despite I clearly prefer Debian on the Raspi, too.Also one IPv6-only <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Devuan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Devuan</a> VM at <a href="https://ipv6.social/@ungleich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ungleich</a> for getting a feeling for Devuan. Still prefer <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SysV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SysV</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenRC</a> on Debian. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/nosystemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nosystemd</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SailfishOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SailfishOS</a> (RPM-based) on the mobile phone.

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