Free Software life

The state with Pete these days if you were wondering…

[@6.28]

and yet if this guy stops working, the internet collapses

[@vaisakhkm783]

😔 That's a sad reality

[@oknolombarda2913]

@@vaisakhkm783 in reality developers of critical opensource software live in humane conditions, at least

[@szhzs6121]

@@oknolombarda2913 yeah like russian jail ekhem corejs ekhem

[@alex_lll]

Nah, it won't, not anymore

[@quantumastrologer5599]

Imagine a world where decent living was guaranteed and people were encouraged to self-development/expression (within the bounds of social norms ofc). Yeah, that could put the sapiens back into the homo pessimus.

[@thatotherguy4245]

"Welcome to the temple of innovation. Why is there a roach in here?"

[@charlieking7600]

Because it came from free and open sores (Yeah, I repeated the joke about Richard Stallman eating something from his foot).

[@MultiPoiu]

It is a real world manifestation of a bug, try to catch it !

[@purplep3466]

@@charlieking7600 omg delete this comment

[@andrewkibor9581]

"I can't really live in any humane conditions right now because if I convert any more of my crypto to fiat, I'll be in a 90% loss", harsh reality for some of us too.😂😂

[@user-cx6ec2kp6u]

Plot twist: this wasn't a joke video but an actual introduction to our guy

[@chrisburgdorff588]

"It's not the time anymore where you combine two API's, put in a Bootstrap dashboard, put in a bunch of blockchain and cloud keywords and sell it for ten million. Nowadays you need to at least have AI in it too."💀

[@michelepiocurci7924]

He didn't have to go that hard 💀

[@Zeronote13]

“You have to hustle hard to live under humane conditions” - damn so true

[@bluesteelbass]

IRC only, natural selection. 🤣

[@thommccarthy1139]

This one got me

[@FourOf92000]

I've never felt so personally attacked by something I wholeheartedly agree with

[@ZiziKarma]

You make hilarious videos. Keep them coming please!

[@sayan1122]

As an Arch user (btw) & a ThinkPad enjoyer (btw), I find the last part strangely relatable. 😂

[@michalsvihla1403]

How did you get used to the ctrl location?

[@lycomedes]

@@michalsvihla1403map caps lock to ctrl

[@romanmakarov4973]

This is actually the big thing with FOSS, despite it being free you have to sell it to succeed. Sometimes selling something for free is harder. I agree that such people who lives for FOSS are like cultist or fanatics, because it's irrational self-sacrificial approach, but that's why they deserve more credit. Except the fanboys, they are just annoying.

[@Akab]

Being irrational is human, we should stop treating ourself like robots👍

[@itsafroggytime]

i think a good balance is offering a paid license for commercial/enterprise entities, and a free license for individuals; that way the maintainers aren't completely left without compensation.

[@thesenamesaretaken]

​@@itsafroggytimethe enterprises just create an in-house fork, rebrand it, and offer it as a SaaS app

[@ThemexiCanbakis]

The Arch cult is hilarious!

[@elliotphoenix]

Btw I just want to let you guys know that I use arch

[@Xerion567]

I use Arch, btw

[@discomallard69]

Hi, I use Arch too, if anyone was wandering

[@unknownseriesmax]

I use Arch as well

[@nopalfi1409]

Yeah i use Arch too, btw

[@CubeApril]

Watching this makes me hope that we get to see a video from a mechanical keyboard enthusiast sometime soon.

[@paultapping9510]

THOCK THOCK THOCK

[@jeromeglick]

Why do you need anything inferior to a real full-travel-stroke keyboard when it can last so long? I've used mine for 22 years. Also my original DELL by Microsoft ball mouse (although the left-click is starting to get a little flaky this year.)

[@GSBarlev]

3:45 Yeah, I already assumed that based on the ThinkPad. Very much appreciate the pairing of the IBM OEM keyboard, btw (neighbors must love that). This guy is living the dream. ♥ Rats notwithstanding 🐁

[@mickvangelderen3745]

"But that's what happens when you.. live in capitalism. You have to hustle hard, to live under humane conditions. " 🤣 gold

[@wristocrat]

Your videos are so unique but so incredibly spot on while also being absurd

[@OppaHansi]

"We lost power.." *shrug* :D

[@remsee1608]

This is what its like writing free software

[@GSBarlev]

Unless your work is related to Wayland or WINE, in which case I think you're rolling in some much-deserved Steam store gift cards these days.

[@kunns123]

@Gilad Barlev hey quick question, how do you stay up-to-date with what goodies / gifts programmers can get by contributing to different software?

[@GSBarlev]

@@kunns123 I don't know that there's a central registry, but I've definitely seen projects post "bounties" for contributions.

[@kunns123]

@Gilad Barlev Ah, so it's more of "just keep following the projects / respective dev spaces". Cool thanks!

[@grapy83]

That was freaking brilliant!! 🤣🤣

[@guilherme5094]

I'm laughing and crying at the same time👍!

[@_DRMR_]

The problem of Free Software is not that you don't make any money, but that people expect "Free" to mean that you don't have to pay for it ;) (hint to the unknowning: Free Software can totally be commercial)

[@alexhiatt3374]

How would that work? If you can just download and run the source there's no reason for people to pay for it outside of optional donations

[@_DRMR_]

@@alexhiatt3374 What do you think the percentage of users is that would compile software from source? Paying for the convenience of officially supported binaries is a pretty good trade-off for most people.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

I charge for my time developing software for in-house use and providing support, on top of a Free Software stack. Some of that Free Software is my own.

[@TheUnkow]

You can sell cd's, usb's or anything else containing that software. You can build your own stuff based around that software and in some licence cases directly upon that software. You can make a proprietary OS and sell it while ONLY inclusing FOSS components inside. You would be selling the combination of such packages in such case.

[@nyny]

It's hard for me to say, but this is anonymous nets anyway. I am nearly this 'free software bro'. My childhood dream was to be a great programmer. There was considerable trauma - alcoholic parents, abuse, etc. Was taking honors programming classes but literally almost failing every other class. Had no fund, no path into college. People were telling me you go to college to learn the software, and that 'hacking' to learn wasn't appropriate. I was defeated inside, accepting that I'd have to sacrifice my dreams. Then I discovered the Debian way, and I put my heart into it. If it was successful, I would have an opportunity to learn how to use a database! Fortunately it was successful. Unfortunately, it has still been unbelievably difficult.

[@nyny]

@@Batwam0 It has been feast and famine. The skills opened a viable path for sure. I've worked on some incredible projects and taken some really great opportunities. Other factors, I never quite found a solution to and more $$ really couldn't solve. It is a bit lonely at a certain level of success, as most peers have a completely different frame of reference in which they see the world. Some (not all) also seem to take it personally when a peer is self taught, and it becomes more evident as the career progresses.

[@Kalasklister1337]

@@nyny Keep it up man. My suggestion is to look for positive communities that support you and forget about the elitists that try to pull you down. Academic success does not matter at all if your code is better.

[@radicant7283]

You're my hero

[@FlabbyTabby]

@@nyny Almost all devs are self taught, technically speaking. I sure didn't learn Android app development in college.

[@YuriG03042]

so you are saying you are part of a cult

[@incremental_failure]

This is comedy but it's also my life. Cockroaches, food delivery and Arch inclusive.

[@beispiel]

Cool as always! Your videos make me happy

[@andrewgr144]

Late to the party, but that was absolutely hilarious. Kudos to everyone involved.

[@mattwilliams1844]

Unicomp bucklespring keyboard enthusiast, Arch using Rust programmer here, this video is spot on.

[@elbjorno]

This one was good my guys! Love it

[@sergioortiz7288]

😂 "Natural Selection"

[@dotprodukt]

This was me trying to explain free & open source software in the 90s.

[@5omebody]

okay there's a 50% chance i get cancelled for this but... surprisingly relatable - use artix (arch is too mainstream + systemd is bad because everyone says it is + s6 is an _absurdly_ solid piece of software) - i don't use irc, i only have a websocket chat server where http + websocket + the server itself + mimetype detection are written in pure lua - bouncers? channels? nicknames? that's for the weak - this is a joke please don't cancel me (not invented here syndrome is a heck of a drug) one major difference i'd like to point out: - sunlight is a big no no, where i live at least. - if it's shining onto the screen you can't see anything - if it's shining on the rest of the room you can't see anything

[@wisher77]

Just started using arch recently and I love it. I don't even care if it's a cult ;)

[@GSBarlev]

Same. I also don't get how it can be a cult when the whole point is customization. It's not like we have arcane rituals or holy texts that demand strict adher *Oh I forgot about the Arch Wiki and explicitly the Installation Guide.*

[@cylemons8099]

@@GSBarlev Just skimmed the installation guide; looks like a normal set of instructions to me. I don't see what is ritualistic about it?

[@GSBarlev]

@@cylemons8099 Oh, the guide itself is fine. The issue is that any time you have a problem with an Arch install the first question anyone will ask you is "Did you follow the install guide?" and if you say you followed, say, a KZbin tutorial, the way they'll treat you *you'll wish* that they'd burn you at the stake instead.

[@alexbf4724]

Are you me!? Hahaha this one was really good.

[@jarco5000]

This video is so funny! Can't stop laughing...

[@remsee1608]

I have watched this video a dozen times now and just noticed the quote is "do i seek attention from a leadear Richard Stall-"

[@whatisamodel8252]

"at night?" too real

[@Sakari_369]

Lolled hard at the "irc only, natural selection" part :D

[@Spookyhoobster]

Didn't think I would reflect on all my life choices today. What a curve ball.

[@itsafroggytime]

I'm gonna go donate to some of my favorite FOSS developers now...

[@exception05]

This apartment looks so USSR style. This is basically a typical apartment of many post-USSR programmers childhood.

[@davidgustavsson4000]

I use Arch, and this was really funny.

[@TheDavrock]

That was true many years ago, nowadays most software developers work on free software because they are paid for the job

[@Peak_Stone]

finally some representation

[@theodorealenas3171]

Ouch. Is this future me?

[@guilherme5094]

Nah, this is the present us.

[@willful759]

Great video! I use arch, btw

[@neostark24]

That first video title was good too

[@ShimonDanilov]

“I fought in Vim - Vim war”

[@kitastro]

1:10 Police sirens

[@zukaro]

I feel this.

[@mattgarelli1371]

Sometimes hit too close

[@ssstudent123]

please make one on chatgpt 🤑

[@jon_009]

Bet you cant write this gem with ChatGP

[@anonl5877]

Stallman developed GNU using a proprietary Unix kernel. By that logic, using social media to promote free software is acceptable.

[@alirezazamani9748]

Do a futurist next!

[@PySnek]

Please do Rust, Zig or Nim :D

[@Nickname863]

Livin' the life.

[@sporefergieboy10]

You have the same desk as me

[@franciscovelasco5422]

As a steam deck user I guess I’m part of the cult now

[@ajzack983]

please do Interview with flutter developer

[@MobiusCoin]

Are you gonna do Rust next?

[@jacksonsardello3959]

Sounds like you need some better PROCESSES

[@asdfbeau]

IRC ONLY.

[@simonzeeberg]

Spot on haha :-§D

[@johnbruhling8018]

Yeah I know that person! We ❤ U

[@flygonfiasco9751]

True story of the Moq guy

[@erayagdogan3389]

As I am trying to develop my first open source mobile application I think I see my future here.

[@MrLordFireDragon]

So I have no idea what the website linked in the description is but it seems cool. I fully support independent platforms for funding content and so on, but I...uh...have no idea what that website is? Like there isn't an 'about' page or anything like that. Unless being intentionally obscure and undocumented is a part of the joke, I'd suggest maybe making it a little more accessible lol. Or maybe make a video describing it. If I get a better idea of what it is I'll consider joining.

[@5omebody]

looks like it's vimeo's version of youtube subscribers. and it's kinda sorta mentioned in the first line of the description, "our vimeo OTT channel" (OTT means streaming video over the internet instead of over satellite/cable, apparently) for the kids that don't know what vimeo (and dailymotion) are, they're other, pretty old, video sharing websites. (yes, services other than youtube did exist back then)

[@Propherex]

Hahaha, btw I'm also using Arch 😏

[@BusinessWolf1]

2:21 that's why laptops have batteries

[@kiwihuman]

"ok maby it is a cult"

[@wherami]

Too true

[@jamesfrederick2044]

Which is best: Arch or FreeBSD?

[@landmimes]

void

[@whoami6876]

OpenBSD

[@freemasry-gr8hw]

FreeBSD, + they FreeBSD is not a linux distro, I use FreeBSD because its more minimal, its fast, it has amazing documentation, good package management, good community, clean code, fun, fun, fun

[@cold-water-gamedev]

I too use -arch- android, btw

[@programmersarealsohuman5909]

yay

[@davidbakin1953]

Putting "interview with a 21st century emacs user" behind paywall to encourage subscriptions: The ultimate coercive clickbait! But sign me up!

[@Xerion567]

I'd be more inclined to sign up if this was on Patreon

[@daninspace9009]

Maybe you want to pin this comment. Also great video XD

[@klimmesil9585]

Gitcoin will save us! For real, gitcoin can be a sane way of funding OSS based on contribution quality. Hopefully we develop a good system in the future

[@4otko999]

>irc only, it's natural selection it is a work of natural selection indeed

[@insu_na]

it me 😭

[@juice2]

If I know it's a joke then why am I so sad 😢

[@mynameismichael123]

Basically your entire fanbase, including me

[@bany512]

ok, maybe its a cult 😂

[@CompanionCube]

this guy must be hilarious to hang out with

[@DoorThief]

$state

[@justsomeonepassingby3838]

TLDR: rant that went from "i use arch btw" to "use my superior arch" I used arch too btw. But Alpine is overall superior. No systemd, uses musl instead of glibc, runs everywhere and in any configuration, needs less resources, and has updated packages and a community repository without the rolling breaks that arch advertises as a feature. And unlike arch where i have to read at least 2 pages of documentation to understand how something work before installing and configuring it, Alpine has pre-configured packages and install scripts for everything (like xorg-setup-script if i want to install xfce), so everything is 10 times faster to setup.

[@jawadmansoor6064]

this is so sad, somebody help him please

[@yt-is-mal]

This guy sounds almost the same as me.

[@MichaelBattaglia]

I use WindowsFX which isn't a cult...

[@gdefrei]

I use artix a gnu + linux distribution with a REAL init system

[@ZawWLwin-jo7dc]

"Maybe it's a cult" - famous last words before burned at stake

[@netcrns]

same dude

[@themore-you-know]

Bro, why you do me that way ?

[@nomadshiba]

yes

[@rectangle7368]

Same

[@abubow]

I do use arch tho

[@nshelekhov]

I use arch for example 😂😂😂😂 Btw

[@jeromeglick]

"Stay in this cheap place" you mean free place? Because I can't even afford a place like that right now.

[@ZoraAlven]

yeah, and “right now” is for more than a 5 years 💀

[@NimbusAbi]

next video ai enthusiast

[@JeremyHelm]

3:11 there is little trust in the guy who's developing free software

[@nidalbakir4720]

Why I'm so sad if this is a humor video 😢

[@CaliburPANDAs]

Still waiting for the AI video...

[@Ciubix8513]

I use Arch btw

[@theplaymakerno1]

Even though I appreciate the effort this man makes and will always be his fan, this one wasn't as funny as most of his other videos. I am waiting for part 2.

[@absalondebarvac3715]

Well it's hard to make fun of Robin Hood