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 Wow, Framework Computer @frameworkcomputer just announced a RISC-V mainboard for their 13" laptop chassis: https://frame.work/blog/introducing-a-new-risc-v-mainboard-from-deepcomputing This is an exciting step forward for high-quality open hardware laptops! The FSF @fsf just posted an interview with me about the role of community in free software projects: Wait till they learn it's just me talking to 100 of my closest sock puppet accounts... 😸 In all seriousness, I'm looking forward to giving a keynote about this topic at LibrePlanet 2024 next week! Emacs fans, welcome @karthink to the Fediverse! You may know him from his many useful articles and Emacs packages like the following: https://karthinks.com/software/fifteen-ways-to-use-embark/ https://karthinks.com/software/avy-can-do-anything/ https://karthinks.com/software/batteries-included-with-emacs/ https://github.com/karthink/popper Give him a follow!  If you've got questions about Emacs, Guix, Guile, or other related topics and want a friendly place to ask them, come check out the new System Crafters Forum! https://forum.systemcrafters.net Things are a little bare for now, so feel free to come introduce yourself and tell us about something cool you've been working on lately :) More information in the news post: https://systemcrafters.net/news/new-system-crafters-forum/
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Here's a really useful project for those creating Free Software or other works under copyleft licenses: https://reuse.software/tutorial/ REUSE Software is a tool that checks all of the files in your project for license details so that everything is clearly marked. Naturally it works for code but it also covers binary files like images or music! Great for projects like websites or games with a lot of assets. Anyone know of any Europe-centric remote-first software companies or non-profits that are worth working for? Feel free to send me a direct message if you don't want to respond in public! Long term, my goal is to make Scheme appealing to a wider audience, primarily through tutorials and demonstrations. Obviously there are plenty of Scheme developers already, and even more thanks to Guix, but I still don't think the language gets the admiration that it deserves.
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@daviwil In my very subjective opinion, one of the problems would be choice paralysis and kinda related to that the lack of enough standardisation.  @daviwil To me it’s not so much about “admiration”: I’m convinced Scheme is a great vehicle to achieve programming literacy and, beyond that, emancipation. More tutorials, demos, etc. are definitely the way to make progress!  Today I'm spending some time writing up an outline for a new guide and video series about Guile Scheme! The goal is to teach anyone (even programming beginners, if possible) how to use Scheme as a language for building personal tools (scripts, etc) and managing their system via Guix. Guix itself won't be covered in depth, but the features of the language used commonly in Guix will be! What would you like to see covered in such a series?  @daviwil A clearer guide of all the goodness in the Guile Library. This is usually hidden inside the Guile Library Reference. At the same time, I'm not sure this will fit a format like yours. @daviwil how to set it up with #Emacs to get completion and lookups and instant documentation. For system scripting languages like elisp or even #bash there's so much content, both built-in and online, on how to build out. Yet from what I've experienced trying to jump into guix, guile code is a lot more "paste it in, if it breaks go back" than those which is unfortunate. Or is there already a great tutorial I've missed? The new System Crafters website is now officially live! I'm really happy with how it turned out, but this is only the beginning! Work on the comprehensive written guides about Emacs and Guix will begin next week. Check out the news article about it here: https://systemcrafters.net/news/new-systemcrafters-site/ I also just sent out the first System Crafters Newsletter so check your inbox if you signed up for that!
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 @daviwil looking forward to this (tho I admit I am a 1.5x-2x after stream watcher) This morning (Feb 5) at 8:30am UTC I'll be giving a virtual talk called "An Introduction to Guix Home" at FOSDEM 2023! I'll give a general overview of Guix and then show you how to use Guix Home to manage your user-level configuration with the power of Scheme! There will be a live Q&A on Matrix right after the talk in case you have any questions. More info here: 🔴 On today's #SystemCrafters stream, we'll take a look at the Sway compositor for Wayland and discuss the benefits of using it. We'll also spend some time writing a Guile Scheme library that will enable us to configure Sway interactively at the REPL! Join us LIVE at 4PM UTC on YouTube or Twitch: - https://youtu.be/zx_wItkicKE #emacs #guix #guile #gnu #linux #freesoftware #sway #wayland 🔴 On today's #SystemCrafters stream, we'll attempt to build a custom Guix distribution with a pre-configured desktop environment. We'll try it out by building a VM image that enables you to boot directly into the default configuration! Join us LIVE at 4PM UTC on YouTube or Twitch: - https://youtu.be/yiPC4GotNXA |
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