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I am proud to announce that r-ts-mode is now available on GNU ELPA and as such, it can be installed directly from any Emacs installation.
The package provides tree sitter functionality for syntax highlighting, indentation, R standard typos, function search and semantic navigation. The major mode has the possibility of being used with ESS but it can also be used independently.
It represents a big milestone for the

Does WSL turn Windows into GNU/Windows?

daily affirmations:
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for python2.7... python2.7
checking for --enable-universalsdk... no
checking for --with-universal-archs... no
checking MACHDEP... linux2
checking EXTRAPLATDIR...
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for --with-icc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for …

O frabjous day, a new emacs version!
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00760.html
I have a staggering amount of preparation for the upcoming semester that I really need to do. I am wondering whether I should actually try to do tha…

Grand coverage of on @… by Jake Edge of Timothy Samplet's talk at FOSSY about bootstrappable builds, The Full Source Bootstrap, Trusting Trust, GNU Mes, GNU Guix and Germ.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1088279/

I've noticed access to fsf.org and gnu.org through Tor (e.g., torify, onion browser) is unreliable. As in the connection is often refused.
I'm not sure if this is a recent change at the content end, perhaps due to this: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/blocking…

Bin vor kurzem durch Zufall drauf gestoßen, dass das BSI vor längerer Zeit eine Live-CD namens BOSS (BSI OSS Security Suite) mit securitytools angeboten hat. Der Download lag auf der Domain bsi-bund-download[dot]de https://web.archive.org/web/2005062123364…

Did the duf programmer(s) do this just to piss off those of us who suffer from mild OCD?
#duf #linux

from my link log —
An introduction to canvas in Emacs.
https://monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html
saved 2026-08-23

RE: https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn/117197155183747117
LWN is raising its subscription prices for 20% to make up for the inflation of the last 5 years.
If you don't know it yet:

So I created a simple guide to use GNUPG. Take a look and feel free to provide any feedback (for improvements or any reviews)
https://netizens-corner.neocities.org/content/compendium/gpg4humans-INTRO
Also; if think more of such simplistic guides shou…

In the early days, the Free Software community necessarily(?) and grudgingly depended on proprietary software, such as the operating system, the C compiler, the shell, and set out to fix this asap, creating GNU and Linux, working to achieve freedom and autonomy.
It seems that the "Open Source" movement in the late 90s already threw some of that progress away by depending pragmatically on proprietary software and happily buying "technically excellent" hardware that n…

#TIL that #GNU #patch has an `-i` argument. So you can do:
patch -i foo.patch
instead of:
patch < foo.patch

from my link log —
Emacs arbitrary code execution on file open, again.
https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html
saved 2026-08-22

RE: https://floss.social/@igalia/117211713144116872
Finally had to look it up:
What is the G in GStreamer anyway?
I get refered to GLib.
https://docs.gtk.org/glib/index.html 👈
Great, so... What is the G in GLib? 🤔
Aha, it's part of GTK/GNOME!
GTK, originally the GIMP (GNU is not UNIX is not UNIX... Image Manipulation Program) toolkit, is built on top of GLib.
https://wiki.debian.org/GTK
GTK is maintained by GNOME, originally the GNU Network Object Model Environment.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/2000-usenix-annual-technical-conference/gnome-project
Okay, so what are network objects?
https://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs296-2/papers/network-objects.pdf 🧐
Woah! 😵‍💫

My daughter was advised/encouraged by their teacher to take a Linux (sic) command line course.
She was enjoying it until she unexpectedly hit a paywall at chapter 4 (of 6).
Can you recommend a free as in freedom GNU/Linux command-line course or tutorial?
#askfedi #dtv

#TIL that another way to make #tar (GNU and libarchive) create an empty archive is to pass a file and --exclude that same file.
tar -c --exclude=README.md README.md

🎜 GNU's Not Unix 🎝 😉
A filk song by Daniel Kelly
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