X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/26aa116686ad6b58928b589710c461d00fa46e86..b6d94dee99ff7c30583e568e1bbc1d574d822fad:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index f9c7ddb6b5..b3387780fb 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,68 @@ https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Some notes from the 2024 LinuxCNC Norwegian developer gathering + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Some_notes_from_the_2024_LinuxCNC_Norwegian_developer_gathering.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Some_notes_from_the_2024_LinuxCNC_Norwegian_developer_gathering.html + Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:45:00 +0200 + <p>The Norwegian <a href="https://linuxcnc.org/">The LinuxCNC</a> +developer gathering 2024 is over. It was a great and productive +weekend, and I am sad that it is over.</p> + +<p>Regular readers probably still remember what LinuxCNC is, but her +is a quick summary for those that forgot? LinuxCNC is a free software +system for numerical control of machines such as milling machines, +lathes, plasma cutters, routers, cutting machines, robots and +hexapods. It eats G-code and produce motor movement and other changes +to the physical world, while reading sensor input.</p> + +<p>I am not quite sure about the total head count, as not all people +were present at the gathering the entire weekend, but I believe it was +close to 10 people showing their faces at the gathering. The "hard +core" of the group, who stayed the entire weekend, were two from +Norway, two from Germany and one from England. I am happy with the +outcome from the gathering. We managed to wrap up a new stable +LinuxCNC release 2.9.3 and even tested it on real hardware within +minutes of the release. The release notes for 2.9.3 are still being +written, but should show up on on the project site in the next few +days. We managed to go through around twenty pull requests and merge +then into either the stable release (2.9) or the development branch +(master). There are still around thirty pull requests left to +process, so we are not out of work yet. We even managed to +fix/improve a slightly worn lathe, and experiment with running a +mechanical clock using G-code.</p> + +<p>The evening barbeque worked well both on Saturday and Sunday. It +is quite fun to light up a charcoal grill using compressed air. Sadly +the weather was not the best, so we stayed indoors most of the +time.</p> + +<p>This gathering was made possible partly with sponsoring from both +<a href="https://www.redpill-linpro.com/">Redpill Linpro</a>, +<a href="https://debian.org/">Debian</a> and +<a href="https://nuugfoundation.no/">NUUG Foundation</a>, and we are +most grateful for the support. I would also like to thank the local +school for lending us some furniture, and of course the rest of the +members of the organizers team, Asle and Bosse, for their countless +contributions. The gathering was such success that we want to do it +again next year.</p> + +<p>We plan to organize the next Norwegian LinuxCNC developer gathering +at the end of June next year, the weekend Friday 27th to Sunday 29th +of June 2025. I recommend you reserve the dates on your calendar +today. Other related communities are also welcome to join in, for +example those working on systems like FreeCAD and opencamlib, as I am +sure we have much in common and sharing experiences would be very +useful to all involved. We are of course looking for sponsors for +this gathering already. The total budget for this gathering was +around NOK 25.000 (around EUR 2.300), so our needs are quite modest. +Perhaps a machine or tools company would like to help out the free +software manufacturing community by sponsoring food, lodging and +transport for such gathering?</p> + + + «Møter vi liv eller død?», pamfletten som inspirerte https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_M_ter_vi_liv_eller_d_d____pamfletten_som_inspirerte.html @@ -720,46 +782,6 @@ copyright industry to control its customers.</p> list of works entering the public domain in 2024</a> is available from the Public Domain Review.</p> -<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my -activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address -<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> - - - - - VLC bittorrent plugin still going strong, new upload 2.14-4 - https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/VLC_bittorrent_plugin_still_going_strong__new_upload_2_14_4.html - https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/VLC_bittorrent_plugin_still_going_strong__new_upload_2_14_4.html - Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0100 - <p>The other day I uploaded a new version of -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc-plugin-bittorrent">the VLC -bittorrent plugin</a> to Debian, version 2.14-4, to fix a few -packaging issues. This plugin extend VLC allowing it to stream videos -directly from a bittorrent source using both torrent files and magnet -links, as easy as using a HTTP or local file source. I believe such -protocol support is a vital feature in VLC, allowing efficient -streaming from sources such at the 11 million movies in -<a href="https://archive.org/">the Internet Archive</a>. Bittorrent is -one of the most efficient content distribution protocols on the -Internet, without centralised control, and should be used more.</p> - -<p>The new version is now both in Debian Unstable and Testing, as well -as Ubuntu. While looking after the package, I decided to ask the VLC -upstream community if there was any hope to get Bittorrent support -into the official VLC program, and was very happy to learn that -someone is already working on it. I hope we can see some fruits of -that labour next year, but do not hold my breath. In the mean time we -can use the plugin, which is already -<a href="https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=vlc-plugin-bittorrent">installed -by 0.23 percent of the Debian population</a> according to -popularity-contest. It could use a new upstream release, and I hope -the upstream developer soon find time to polish it even more.</p> - -<p>It is worth noting that the plugin store the downloaded files in -<tt>~/Downloads/vlc-bittorrent/</tt>, which can quickly fill up the -user home directory during use. Users of the plugin should keep an -eye with disk usage when streaming a bittorrent source.</p> - <p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address <b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>