From a455ad8087a4968e1c2176f46603890b1dea9a24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:42:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] remove more pages. they're just filler --- site/news/MANIFEST | 2 -- site/news/libera.md | 48 ---------------------------------- site/news/website.md | 62 -------------------------------------------- 3 files changed, 112 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 site/news/libera.md delete mode 100644 site/news/website.md diff --git a/site/news/MANIFEST b/site/news/MANIFEST index 84f1314..e85ef42 100644 --- a/site/news/MANIFEST +++ b/site/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -libera.md libreboot20210522.md -website.md fsf-thank-you.md rms.md rms.ar.md diff --git a/site/news/libera.md b/site/news/libera.md deleted file mode 100644 index ad404f3..0000000 --- a/site/news/libera.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -% Libreboot IRC now operating exclusively on Libera Chat -% Leah Rowe -% 19 July 2021 - -Libreboot IRC now operates exclusively on Libera Chat. The old Freenode channel -has been *abandoned*. You can find instructions for how to connect, here:\ - - -This decision was already made, several weeks ago, but I decided to wait a few -weeks before officially announcing it. Instead, I've been announcing it quietly -on IRC. Enough people have left the Freenode channel that I feel comfortable -making this announcement. Announcing it a few weeks ago would have been risky, -because Freenode has become infamous for hijacking channels and impersonating -their community when they try to move. This decision by the new Freenode staff -made me act carefully. - -If you wish to learn more about the events that took place, simply look up -Freenode, Libera Chat and Andrew Lee online. I have no interest in any of them. -Long story short, the old Freenode staff feared a hostile takeover by Andrew -Lee, the owner of Freenode, who they believed was taking a more authoritarian -stance over the network. As a pre-emptive defense, the staff all left in unison -and formed a new network, named Libera Chat. Most projects have moved there now -and Freenode is a *ghost town* these days. - -I'm not on Libera's side. I'm not on anyone's side. I only care about Libreboot, -and I've concluded that Libera Chat is the superior choice for Libreboot's IRC -needs, going forward. My reasons are as follows: - -* Libera staff is the old Freenode staff. They did an excellent job running - Freenode, and they've never caused me any problems. -* Most other Free Software projects that I care about have already moved off of - Freenode, and most of them to Libera IRC. I prefer to use just one IRC server - -I was initially neutral about the Freenode/Libera *civil war*. I was planning -to have my projects exist on both networks, and bridge them, but I concluded -that Freenode is unworthy of my time. - -What turned me against Freenode was: - -* I don't like that they started hijacking channels when their owners left - Freenode. This is wrong. I initially tried to rationalize it, because so far, - the new Freenode staff haven't wronged *me* personally, but this was selfish. -* Freenode reset its ircd, purging the entire database. This meant that nicks - and channels had to be re-registered. This was completely unnecessary and - demonstrates a complete disregard for the operational security of the users - on the network - -What else is there to say? diff --git a/site/news/website.md b/site/news/website.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0d05f83..0000000 --- a/site/news/website.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -% New Libreboot website -% Leah Rowe -% 18 May 2021 - -You may have noticed: the site has changed! The old website has been nuked from -orbit. The new site is far improved, especially the Libreboot installation -guides. In general, the new website is much cleaner and easier to navigate. - -I'm very close to the new Libreboot release. I spoke of it in a -[previous article](libreboot202104xx.md). - -The work on the new Libreboot release has been done in the `libre` branch of -osboot. See:\ - - -Today, I forked osboot-libre into a new Libreboot repository: `lbmk.git` - -You can see the new `lbmk` repository here: - - -The new release is nearly ready. I'm polishing it up, and will be ready soon -with a glorious new release! - -PS: - -This new Libreboot website is still written in Markdown, but I have *greatly* -improved the static site generator. The static site generator, named *Untitled* -can be seen here in this Git repository: - - - -A website will soon be available for Untitled, hosted here: - (this new site isn't live yet, at the time of -writing this News post for Libreboot). - -♫\ -♫ - -Join us now and flash free firmware! ♫\ -You’ll be free! Hackers, you’ll be free! ♪ - -Join us now and flash free firmware! ♫\ -You’ll be free! Hackers, you’ll be free! ♪ - -NSA can spy on all of us, that is true. ♫\ -Hackers, that is true. ♪\ -But they cannot touch our firmware! ♫\ -That is good. Hackers, that is good! ♪ - -When we have enough free firmware, at our call, ♫\ -hackers, at our call: ♪\ -We’ll kick out the management engine, evermore, ♫\ -hackers, evermore! ♪ - -Join us now and flash free firmware! ♫\ -You’ll be free! Hackers, you’ll be free! ♪ - -Join us now and flash free firmware! ♫\ -You’ll be free! Hackers, you’ll be free! ♪ - -♫\ -♫