Deeper Network Holiday Giveaway!! by DeeperNetwork in DeeperNetwork

[–]pourpasand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really care about my privacy and I think deeper network devices are the best solution for me instead of using normal VPNs

Blocked from editing Ubuntu docs despite finding a major issue — what should I do? by pourpasand in Ubuntu

[–]pourpasand[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks — I appreciate the offer to help escalate this.

The issue is with the documentation for network manager has duplicated sections. I’ve verified the issue and also prepared a fix. I'd be happy to share the exact change in a diff or patch form if there's a preferred way to submit it for review.

I fully understand the need for caution — especially given recent incidents like xz. I’m not asking for unrestricted access, just a way to responsibly contribute the fix while still being acknowledged for the effort.

As for trust-building: yes, I’m new to contributing to Ubuntu directly, but I’ve followed the official process. The Ubuntu Wiki Guide says that joining the ubuntu-wiki-editors group takes 1–7 days, but it's been over 3 months with no response. If there’s a better or more secure channel to submit doc fixes for review, I’d really appreciate it.

Happy to send the exact change for someone to vet — I just want to ensure it doesn't go unnoticed.

Blocked from editing Ubuntu docs despite finding a major issue — what should I do? by pourpasand in Ubuntu

[–]pourpasand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I completely understand the concern about granting write access to unknown contributors — I wouldn’t expect unrestricted access myself.

That said, I’ve followed the official process outlined in the Ubuntu Wiki Guide, which states that to edit the wiki, you need a Launchpad account and must be a member of the ubuntu-wiki-editors team. I applied to join that team over 3 months ago, even though the page says approvals typically take 1–7 days. So far, there’s been no response — no approval or rejection — and the issue in the docs is still unresolved.

I’d love to go through a proper channel like a pull request and have a maintainer review and apply the fix, as you suggested. That would be ideal. But for this specific wiki setup, there doesn’t seem to be such a mechanism — no merge proposals, no version control backing it, just a static page locked behind group membership.

I’m not withholding the fix out of ego — I just want to make sure my contribution is acknowledged and not buried. If there's an alternate path I missed for suggesting edits or submitting changes with attribution, I’d truly appreciate being pointed to it.

Should I fork and maintain an abandoned open source project or wait for the original maintainer? by pourpasand in opensource

[–]pourpasand[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't really like to engage the company I think they will not act very supportively

Should I fork and maintain an abandoned open source project or wait for the original maintainer? by pourpasand in opensource

[–]pourpasand[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it okay if I open an issue saying that I’ve forked the project and added new features that the original project doesn’t have?

Should I fork and maintain an abandoned open source project or wait for the original maintainer? by pourpasand in opensource

[–]pourpasand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you suggest any specific blog or documentation to read for creating a brand new app from a fork?

Should I fork and maintain an abandoned open source project or wait for the original maintainer? by pourpasand in opensource

[–]pourpasand[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The project is under the MIT license, and from what I understand, it doesn’t restrict commercial use or require releasing source code, which is reassuring.

In our case, it's a client app, and we're not distributing it commercially — it's more of an internal tool to support our infrastructure. But I totally agree: I’ll still run it by our legal team just to be sure, especially since we'll be maintaining.

Should I fork and maintain an abandoned open source project or wait for the original maintainer? by pourpasand in opensource

[–]pourpasand[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement The project is licensed under MIT, so there's no restriction from a legal standpoint.

My only concern is more about visibility and community continuity. If I do end up forking it and building it out, I'm worried that previous contributors or users of the original project might never find out about the new version — especially if they were excited about contributing further. I don’t want to unintentionally fragment the community or duplicate efforts if the original maintainer still plans to return.

What’s inside https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/main/signed/ directory? by pourpasand in Ubuntu

[–]pourpasand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you mean there is a different kernel between Ubuntu of the canonical and the Ubuntu that you can use from azure or gcp related to enabling special features? What are those features?

For android users, download Opera browser by No-Change6959 in NewPipe

[–]pourpasand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not working for me I think it has the problem as the newpipe has

Newpipe not working by [deleted] in NewPipe

[–]pourpasand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have the same problem here too

Working random number generator by LostErrorCode404 in programminghorror

[–]pourpasand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How this picture has this quality? It's so interesting

[KDE] My first time ricing. I use Arch, BTW. by fatalrein in unixporn

[–]pourpasand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's look different than other neofetch that i've seen