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[-] fajre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Classic: modern policies, prehistoric execution.

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago
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I’ve been thinking about transparency and security in the public sector. Do you think all government software and platforms should be open source?

Some countries have already made progress in this area:

  • Estonia: digital government services with open and auditable APIs.
  • United Kingdom: several open source government projects and systems published on GitHub.
  • France and Canada: policies encouraging the use of free and open source software in public agencies.

Possible benefits:

  • Full transparency: anyone can audit the code, ensuring there is no corruption, hidden flaws, or unauthorized data collection.
  • Enhanced security: public reviews help identify vulnerabilities quickly.
  • Cost reduction: less dependency on private vendors and lower spending on proprietary licenses.
  • Flexibility and innovation: public agencies can adapt systems to their needs without relying on external solutions.

Possible challenges:

  • Maintenance and updating of complex systems.
  • Protecting sensitive data without compromising citizen privacy.
  • Political or bureaucratic resistance to opening the code.

Do you think this could be viable in the governments of your countries? How could we start making this a reality globally?

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I self-host forgejo, it’s one of the easiest systems I self-host.

But which features other than a plain git repo are you looking for? That will mostly determine your options. There are tons of git repos, and even just a plain git repo on a server with an ssh tunnel is enough if you don’t need anything beyond that.

My main goal is to stay independent from big tech and have full control over my data, but I’m still new to programming (2/8 in Software Engineering).

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Fun fact: you didn’t have to reinstall; you can actually boot up a live usb and chroot into your install to fix things.

That’s what I tried! But I couldn’t do it! I should have asked for help.

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I’m sure you could have fixed it with GRUB Rescue. It’s slightly annoying, but it isn’t that hard to get booted from that. Once you get it to boot then you can fix things.

Don’t give up so quickly next time. It’s useful to learn how to fix it instead of just accepting failure and resetting everything.

Yeah, man, I even went into live mode to try to undo what I did, but I still couldn’t manage it (I should have looked for help). But since I have backups of everything and my dotfiles, I didn’t worry too much (though I was pissed, I won’t lie).

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I have my system select the default option really quickly, so I don’t see GRUB. This makes it tempting to not do that, but I think I’ll accept the convenient option instead of the cool option still.

On mine, it’s already set to boot into Arch automatically. It shows in the bottom right corner: “Joining world in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.” It’s really cool, man!

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

That is kind of awesome.

I wish Debian’s default Grub theme was less ugly; I know I could change it (and I have on other installs, but I’m quite lazy about theming these days. Part of it is I have a laptop that I rely on for college and don’t want to risk any theme glitches, so I keep its Debian install as vanilla as possible.

The first time I tried doing it (alone, without watching the video), I broke the system ;(, had a boot problem, so I had to reinstall everything again.

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The background (versions) and the yellow text change with each reboot :D

https://github.com/Lxtharia/minegrub-theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgeouYCwGI4

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yes, codeberg, and it’s going to be decentralized soon when forgejo implements federation

amazing!

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

@fajre @Codeberg ist “a non-profit, community-led organization that helps free and open source projects prosper. Our services include Git hosting (using @forgejo ), Weblate, Woodpecker CI and Pages.”

interesting man, i'll try!

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

OMG, I didn’t know this site, thanks man!

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Brave has already had several leaks and a history of selling data, that’s why I switched to LibreWolf.

[-] fajre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

No, because the people hiring and the people working with you will be using GitHub.

maybe not! Life isn’t just work.

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