[Linux-aus] contest proposal

[jon.maddog.hall@gmail.com]

Nathan,

I will add to this.   In private email I have talked with Russell Coker and I would be happy to support this project by pointing to this "corpus of people" and if LCA decides to officially endorse it to point to them too.

In addition, I will reach out to LPI's Board of Directors to see if LPI would be willing to support this through their Personal Development programs, particularly in the DevOP space.

I have started an article for the Linux Pro Magazine on these issues, and would be happy to mention the concepts in that and when you are further along do a follow-up to the actual mechanisms.

Warmest regards,

maddog

> On 01/03/2024 1:17 AM EST Nathan Bailey via linux-aus <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
>  
>  
> To make this more concrete/actionable:
> 1. I think there is a large enough corpus of people who think this is a good idea to pursue it;
> 2. Clearly it will have more weight/value if it's officially endorsed by LCA (which awaits a new council);
> 3. There's no reason we can't develop a full proposal now for council to review/approve when ready.
>  
> At this stage, the following people have put up their hand in some way:
> * John Dalton
> * Hugh Blemings
> * Russell Coker
> * Jonathan Woithe (?)
> I am also willing to contribute.
>  
> Jonathan (or others from council), if there's a preferred format for such proposals, please let me know.
>  
> I have drafted a bare bones proposal and a process in this Google doc http://JohnDaltonHughBlemingsRussellCokerJonathanWoithe.
> (Viewing/commenting is open; if you want editing access, use the 'request' process in the Google doc)
> -N
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 11:29, Cameron Simpson via linux-aus <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au mailto:linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
> 
> > On 01Jan2024 14:14, russell at coker.com.au mailto:russell at coker.com.au <russell at coker.com.au mailto:russell at coker.com.au> wrote:
> > >On Monday, 1 January 2024 13:18:40 AEDT Info via linux-aus wrote:
> > >> Use Firefox as an example. Installing NoScript reduces all overheads
> > >> by
> > >> heaps. Gone is most of the spyware, trackware, and general junkware. Make
> > >> Noscript style controls standard built in.
> > >
> > >What does NoScript break?  We need documentation on this, and maybe some
> > >changes to defaults of OS installs.
> > 
> > NoScripts breaks lots of stuff, largely because many sites (a) are
> > totally dependent on JavaScript for the basics (there are eg
> > news/magazine sites which don't even render article text unless you turn
> > on some of their JS) and (b) some sites, particularly TV VOD sites eg
> > CBS which pull JS from a frankly obscene number of third parties (eg
> > something like 20 different sources for CBS when last I had to visit it
> > some years back).
> > 
> > NoScript lets you enable (permanently and temporarily) various JS
> > sources and also disable permanently (hi facebook and google analytics).
> > 
> > But having a functional web does require one to whitelist some JS from
> > various places for various sites.
> > 
> > I run NoScript in my firefox, and I love it. But there's per-user admin
> > pain.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au mailto:cs at cskk.id.au>
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