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  • Gitea is not fundamentally different than Forgejo, Forgejo is just a better fork of it. Better in terms of: more contributors, more users, dogfooding (Gitea is built on Github 🤦).

    But yes, GitLab is like the Mac of Git forges: everything is included, doing everything their own way, vendor lock, very expensive. There is a community edition but serious users will run into its limitations and it does not integrate neatly with external solutions.

    Forgejo is IMO the Linux of Git forges: low on resources, expandable, hackable, stable.



  • F04118F@feddit.nltoLinux@programming.devGNU is more than genius software
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    15 days ago

    Is this a joke? Everyone on the Fediverse has been talking about the outrageous name of the latest GNU Parallel release, and that it is hosted on a Nazi-run blockchain.

    Here it is for the downvoters: GNU as a warm inclusive community.

    GNU Parallel release named “rape gang inquiry” after a project by a farn-right UK politician. That’s not a “random headline”, that’s a dog whistle.

    Second sentence of the release page: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2026-06/msg00000.html

    It is available for download at: lbry://GnuParallel:4

    lbry is a blockchain founded by Jeremy Kauffman, who:

    • called for governors taking measures against COVID spread to be tortured in Guantanamo Bay
    • stated that he wanted “less democracy,”
    • campaigned multiple times for child labor to be legalised
    • posted on X that "Anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American hero.
    • has criticized the end of apartheid in South Africa

    And more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kauffman





  • Shoutout to FerretDB doing God’s work.

    Putting data from apps that were built for MongoDB into Postgres.

    https://github.com/FerretDB/FerretDB

    And their lived experience trying to help the MongoDB ecosystem by building an open standard for document databases:

    In 2021, we founded FerretDB with a bold vision: to return the document database market to its open source roots by creating the leading open source alternative to MongoDB, built on Postgres.

    For years, we tirelessly advocated for an open standard. We built a popular product, collaborated with Microsoft to open source DocumentDB, and held high-level meetings with cloud providers and stakeholders to make the case for a standard that is similar to SQL, but for document databases.

    In 2023, a MongoDB VP reached out to me. On a Zoom call, we were threatened with a lawsuit for building a compatible product. Being called a thief by a leader of a (then) $35B company was a moment of stark clarity on MongoDB’s opinion about our work and the need for a standard. At the end of that call, I told them the industry would inevitably come together to create the open standard they refused to provide.

    Their response? “They would never do that. They are our trusted partners.”

    Today, the market has spoken. The Linux Foundation has announced the adoption of the DocumentDB project [1] to create an open standard with MongoDB compatibility, the exact thing we were sued for earlier this year. [2]

    This is a monumental win for developers and enterprises everywhere. It validates the years of work we’ve poured into this mission.

    It is also telling that MongoDB’s SSPL license has been abandoned by Elastic or Redis, the two prominent companies who were initially in favor of MongoDB’s attempt to redefine open source. All clear signs that MongoDB’s behavior is not appreciated by developers. […]

    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/farkasp_in-2021-we-founded-ferretdb-with-a-bold-activity-7365677216912859136-jNNJ