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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Stop using gitlab.com for projects - Credit card info required for new registrations (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If your IP (and possible your browser) looks "suspicious" or has been used by other users before, you need to add additional information for registration on gitlab.com, which includes your mobile phone number and possibly credit card information. Since it is not possible to contribute or even report issues on open source projects without doing so, I do not think any open source project should use this service until they change that.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (13 children)

https://codeberg.org/

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I would LOVE to switch to codeberg for work, but my work requires that all data be hosted in the US, so I recently pitched GitLab as an alternative to GitHub, even though it's not perfect.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Wait. Wtf does it need to be US specifically? So the goverment has full access to the data or what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Export controls or legal compliance, most likely. Export controls because the code may be a protected technology, or compliance because the company doesn't have gdpr or some other legal framework.

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