@hobbitswife#IceCubesApp is one of the best mastodon clients out there. I’ve tried @ivory initially and while it is an outstanding app, its layout reminds me too much of #Tweetbot and I like how refreshing UI in @IceCubesApp is. Plus I do appreciate #FOSS projects and how amazing open source apps can become.
You know, after last night, I've thought about it. And I'm just not gonna even concern myself with Linux besides WSL anymore, probably until KDE is fully accessible. Why? Because Linux needs developers, and users with tons of time to put in, and then keep up with, and poke, issues on Git forges. And you know what? I have a full time job. I was not born with the Python docs or JavaScript handbook or Rustations' Guide to Living, in my hands. I wasn't made to code. Maybe I could have been if I'd kept to it when I was in high school. But not now. Too busy. Too tired. And you know, there are plenty of developers on Mastodon. If they need my help, they freaking know where to reach me. And yeah, I know there are people who are scared to death of asking the blind person something, in fear of offending or something. Tough. Ask and you'll get answers. You know, I went to the developers of System76's new desktop environment, and asked if I could help with any accessibility stuff, and they were like "Sure yeah when we get to the UI stuff." I signed up for their Mattermost instance. I took time out of my day to talk to them. And that's what I get. Not "Thanks for volunteering. Here's what our current accessibility stack works with, anything else we need?" Cause of course the UI is where you start with accessibility, not at the beginning when designing what the UI will do /s. Oh hey lookie, Easy-effects. Anyone use that? https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects/issues/1168 They need help that I can't provide. Oh hey here's another one, Doom Emacs! https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/issues/4256 Oh Manjaro Linux! https://github.com/manjaro/release-plan/issues/208. Point is, I tried all that. From a distro to Doom Emacs to apps, they need developers, not more blind users. But I've spent far more time on this post than I'd planned, and today is gonna be a great day of using Windows and iPhone, cause damn they work at least.
Switching back from #obsidian and #logseq to #emacs and #orgmode (+#orgroam) feels like a step from someone else's home into a thriving forest: such a rich eco-system! Found #systemcrafters an invaluable resource to get quickly from vanilla emacs to something which exceeds or is on par with the alternatives in all aspects that matter: configurability, extendability, control, speed, resources, android support via #orgzly, themes, #foss, local first, future proof,....
"Our track organizers put together an incredible list of tracks including FOSS For Education, #OpenSource AI + Data, Science of Community, #FOSS in Daily Life and much much more."
French-German startup The Exploration Company is building the first European #space capsule to be privately funded. Their modular spacecraft, called Nyx, is being designed to carry cargo and ultimately humans, be reusable and capable of being refuelled in orbit, and "launcher agnostic" meaning it won't be tied to using any single rocket vehicle. It will #FOSS its operating system, and a demo flight to #Earth orbit is planned for 2024: https://www.exploration.space/nyx
Seit ich #GrapheneOS laufen habe lerne ich täglich neue Dinge. Was mich etwas erschreckt sind Berichte zu Sicherheitsmängel im #Fdroid - besonders im offiziellen Client, aber auch in moderneren wie #Droidify aufgrund der zugrunde liegenden Architektur. Der angehängt Artikel ist da meine Hauptquelle.
Ich bin jetzt testweise dazu übergegangen, #FOSS Apps per #Obtanium zu beziehen. Das ist sozusagen ein fancy RSS Reader, der die Github Quellen auf Updates checkt. Bisher funktioniert das gut, auch wenn die Einrichtung aufwändig war.
Aber auch da bin ich mir unsicher: Ist das wirklich sicherer, als den Droid die Arbeit machen zu lassen?
I find it strange that #BlueskySocial wanted to create their own protocol just because the existing ones weren't "good enough". Who's to say everything will always stay the same? We've been having development in every major protocols throughout the history of the Internet, look at http for example.
No, I think they know they won't get enough money or control in any other way than to develop their own. The openness is just a facade here. #ActivityPub#Fediverse
@rolle This is not uncommon in #FOSS. People create a new thing instead of improving an existing. It doesn't necessary has to be bad. See #Gnome, #KDE, #I3, #XFCE, etc. It might make progress slow to have people working in different things for the same porpoise but it might also bring new benefits and choice. I'm not sure if it's good or bad, but it's how it is
Battling Linux this weekend. Got a new laptop which I understood was certified for Ubuntu.
After swapping out hard disk and memory, I read the fine print on certified message.
"Pre-installed in some regions with a custom Ubuntu image that takes advantage of the system’s hardware features and may include additional software. Standard images of Ubuntu may not work well, or at all."
Weird certification that does not work with standard install. WIfi is not working at all.
@raucao if you wonder what the "problem" is? It's that for the last 40 years the domanet ideology has been neo-liberalism which has proven to be a #deathcult, look at #XR movement for factual information on this.
All the #dotcons are made as an image of this ideology and its also imbedded in different ways in all #FOSS projects unless people knowingly think in different non #mainstreaming ways.