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Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
From: -hh
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:57 UTC
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Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:57:03 -0400
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On 9/23/24 7:42 PM, vallor wrote:
> Seems like there isn't much Linux advocacy going on.[*]
>
> Maybe that's because, Linux just works, so much so that
> it's even a bit boring.

Indeed, it has done well as the convergence OS for digital appliances.

Personally, I've just picked up some new home automation devices
(product line is "YoLink") which probably have the Linux kernel inside.

I'm planning on doing a factory reset to start fresh on one of the more
complicated ones .. in talking with their tech support, it seems that
there's a lot of extra goodies baked into the hardware device that's not
reflected the same on their mobile App, which might be the source of my
initial setup glitches.

In any event, my preference is to drive its programming controls fully
through the mobile App, and use the "push the buttons" programming on
the device only if it doesn't behave as the documentation says its
supposed to.

In semi-related news, found that a recently arrived neighbor has some
skills with Raspberry Pi, such as having reflashed his Wyze WiFi cameras
to break them off of their network ($$) to run them locally.

-hh

Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:57:03 -0400, -hh wrote:

> Personally, I've just picked up some new home automation devices
> (product line is "YoLink") which probably have the Linux kernel inside.

If they have Linux (or any other GPL code), then they are obliged to have
contact details (e.g. links on a website) as to where you can get the
source code.

While I was looking up info on my TP-Link router, I was quite pleased to
see they had a note on their website as to whom you could contact if you
felt they were not living up to their GPL obligations.

Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
From: -hh
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Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
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On 9/23/24 9:09 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:57:03 -0400, -hh wrote:
>
>> Personally, I've just picked up some new home automation devices
>> (product line is "YoLink") which probably have the Linux kernel inside.
>
> If they have Linux (or any other GPL code), then they are obliged to have
> contact details (e.g. links on a website) as to where you can get the
> source code.

I really don't care all that much about what OS is in such appliances,
but named what it was, so that the hardcore fanboys can go run & check.

-hh

Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
From: vallor
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:09:18 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <vct3fu$2tic0$18@dont-email.me>:

> On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:57:03 -0400, -hh wrote:
>
>> Personally, I've just picked up some new home automation devices
>> (product line is "YoLink") which probably have the Linux kernel inside.
>
> If they have Linux (or any other GPL code), then they are obliged to have
> contact details (e.g. links on a website) as to where you can get the
> source code.
>
> While I was looking up info on my TP-Link router, I was quite pleased to
> see they had a note on their website as to whom you could contact if you
> felt they were not living up to their GPL obligations.

We have the "NAV" package in our Subaru Ascent, and in
the menus it includes licenses -- including the GPL, for
one of the libraries it uses (JPEG, iirc).

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