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if you use WSL1 you have all of GNU and zero Linux for instance
that's why it should have been called GSW (GNU system for Windows)
But the GNU stuff sits on top of WSL which implements(ed) Linux system calls.
How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
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Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#1321 user to suggest running the bulb in the cloud and call it "lightning" 1 user to swear by bulb-as-a-service or BaaS
Light-as-a-service could work... where you outsource all your light switches to an AWS lambda function, and turn them on/off via a subscription based "AI Powered Easy To Use App!" AI powered of course in that it knows when you've entered and exited a room, unlike dumb humans who have problems with this... or something.
This is actually sounding like a perfect startup proposal.
The startup puts a full suite of smart bulbs/switches in your house for free, and then charges you a monthly subscription fee (flat fee + a per-candela-second rate). Sure, there's a large up-front cost for the startup followed by a long amortization period before you start actually making money, but that's what VC is for.
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
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Not so funny with modern IoT, maybe firmware upgrade is needed or restart wireless router :)
Oh you get to control your IOT smart lamps with a command line tool and not a proprietary iOS app with a login gate? Fancy.
My house came with a prehistoric Lightwave setup that lets me send commands to my lights over UDP. Glorious stuff.
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not so funny with modern IoT, maybe firmware upgrade is needed or restart wireless router :)
After debugging configuration error for last 7 days, where even logs didn't help because manufacturer decided to use reference clock from different pin which was not documented officially to be able to do this - moder IoT sucks, because chip manufacturers release documentation as confidential and then firmware is implemented by hardware guys. As a programmer who can design some simple digital circuits, I could very m…
What I’m finding is the components themselves are so cheap ... if you’ve a little knowledge you can rig up your own IOT setup that you actually have control over for pennies. Raspberry Pi is a great place to start.
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#1351 user to suggest running the bulb in the cloud and call it "lightning" 1 user to swear by bulb-as-a-service or BaaS
The cloud-based light-as-a-service product is called "The Sun." It is prone to frequent outages but they are almost always resolved within 24 hours.
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#136Why is GNU/Linux still a thing? What’s the GNU bit of Linux?
Linux runs 1 500 000 000 smartphones shipped annually (Android).
Linux runs 20 000 000 notebooks shipped annually (Chromebook).
BSD is kernel and userspace.
GNU is kernel and userspace, but HURD is not ready.
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#137There was a related thread internal at CSAIL, a few/several years ago, in which, IIRC, a professor wrote lightbulb-changing story as criticism of things RMS was advocating, and then I couldn't resist writing a response story that turned that around.
RMS asked me to post it somewhere, so he could link to it, but the other person's post was important for context and effect. (Also, I was trying to move away from too much open source and societal issues involvement, to move back into a commercial dotcoms/startup track, and there was a danger of getting typecast by associations.)
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#138> The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this joke. Perfect! That strikes me as the real punchline ;-P
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Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
#1395 to say "Can't duplicate. My lightbulb works just fine."
Re: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
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No, GGP didn't count himself, GP pointed that out and also did count himself, so 1301 was correct, but now we're at 1303.
Point of clarification: is the father of the first user actually a GNU/Linux user?
Well he also uses the GNU/Lightbulb, so that's a yes