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Nikhil

@unsungnovelty@mastodon.social

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♥️'s #OSS #OSM #unix / #linux, 🚲 & 🖋️

Websites @ Salesforce India

Previously:
👉 Full Stack Developer @ HMI Tech,
👉 IT/Security, Data Analyst @ Mapbox,
👉 QA - @ tech_mahindra.

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Joined September 10, 2023

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Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · May 16, 2026

Replying to @quinn@social.circl.lu

@quinn@social.circl.lu I have been trying to find the original meme of this tweet for a long time. The search still continues. :(

Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · May 12, 2026

Replying to @mid_kid@fosstodon.org

@mid_kid@fosstodon.org Thank you. This is what I would've liked to have when I started using Linux. I had to go through a ton of distro hopping before finding a productive distro to do serious work. Which is also why this is a framework and recommendation - not a review. Cos different people uses Linux for different usecases. My recommendations try to cover most of the usecases. Not all. :)

Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · May 12, 2026

Replying to @mid_kid@fosstodon.org

@mid_kid@fosstodon.org Thanks for reading! :) One clarification. I didn't mean that Independent distros will last longer from the project's POV. But user's installation POV. Independent distros wont get effected from external decisions like point releases. If Ubuntu pushes something, Linux Mint will not have voice all the time. As for rolling releases, there r no other mainstream OS where using latest stable software is considered bad. MacOS, iOS, Android or Windows. It creates insecure, buggy experience.

Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · May 11, 2026

Replying to @mid_kid@fosstodon.org

@mid_kid@fosstodon.org @ethorsoe@sauna.social @stuartl@mastodon.longlandclan.id.au @mgorny@social.treehouse.systems I'd like to think that I've attempted to be reasonable. Am curious to know what you think about https://www.unsungnovelty.org/posts/01/2024/a-linux-distro-recommendation-framework-and-my-picks-for-2024/

Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · Mar 20, 2026

@exT0LI@beige.party @bloor@bloor.tw My comment was just a joke.

But TIL! 🤔
Never heard it pronounced it that way though.

As for .gif, it's pronounced as jif as in giraffe as per the creator of the file format. That should ideally settle it... but nooooooo.. Internet has opinions 😄

Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @bloor@bloor.tw

@bloor While we are at it, let's also get to the bottom of gif vs jif as well??!!

Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · Feb 22, 2026

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#meme #SundayPost #scoobydoo

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Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · Jan 26, 2026

RE: @_r_netsec@infosec.exchange

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Nikhil @unsungnovelty@mastodon.social · Dec 09, 2025

RE: @bagder@mastodon.social

Wrote about this recently as well. We don't want Source Available to become the standard. Its not gonna help - https://www.unsungnovelty.org/posts/10/2025/oss-and-sas/

#sourcewashing #OSS #OpenSource #SourceAvailable #SAS

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