Who should be software packaging is a tough problem, I can see the value in #linux distros pushing for better changes downstream, encouraging upstream to change (double click in #KDE) but then I see cases like KeepassXC where the Debian package is now by default broken, actively damaging the reputation of upstream but then I remember #XZ where upstream was left unchecked and hid bad code in plain sight and I go back around in a circle.
Linux distributions should limit themselves to only offering an operating system and no longer deal with (graphical) user applications. Especially now that we have Flatpak.
This would give them more resources to increase the support life of their distributions, which would undoubtedly be much more useful.
Je comprends pas comment quelqu'un a pu valider le fait que sous Linux avec wireplumber, les sorties audio se mettent en veille.
Du coup chaque fois qu'une notif doit arriver via une app, on entend même pas ou à peine la notif parce que le temps que l'audio se réactive et que le volume remonte (il commence à 0) ben on a loupé la notif.
Je sais, pas ça me sidère. C'est vraiment abhérrant comme comportement d'UX. Je croyais que c'était propre à Arch (je l'avais corrigé à l'époque de l'install) mais visiblement sur d'autres distros pareil.
C'est peut-être une question d'économie d'énergie 🤔
Et je me demande s'il ne faudrait pas plutôt améliorer la situation du côté du système de notification. Il y a peut-être moyen de vérifier l'état de la sortie audio avant d'émettre la notification 🤔
I'm trying to save a web app in Epiphany in Ubuntu 24.04. (Epihpany and Gnome 46). I've tried both the Flatpak and Snap versions of the browser and nothing happens. It simply never creates the app. No errors, no nothing. Looked for bugs on it but didn't see anything reported. Anyone else seen this?
I've just tested the Flatpak version (Fedora 40 / GNOME 46) and I can create a web app without any problem. So I don't think sandboxing is the cause of the problem 🤔
Every now and then I think I should go back to using #GNOME because it would be simpler than my own weird mix of Mate and i3 and look a lot nicer, and then I try one of their apps… I just tried out their official Markdown editor and it starts running noticeably slowly (menus don't respond, the rendering preview gets locked up, etc.). This is on a very fast laptop and this is just a text editor. This matches my previous experiences running gnome years ago. Maybe I'll go with something else…
Ou alors, tu passes par Heroic Games Launcher et c'est encore plus simple. Et par la même occasion, ça évite d'effrayer inutilement les windowsiens qui seraient tentés par une potentielle migration…
I've been trying a few Linux distributions (openSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora, Debian, Mint) and I noticed how freaking difficult it still is to install Wine and DXVK.
Come on! It's been how long? Most Windows refugees will want to install Wine. It should be as simple as:
Today, I had to fill in a #PDF form to send to my insurer. I opened it with #GNOME Document Viewer and filled in the various fields without any problem 🙂
Unfortunately, at the end of the document, we have to write our name and sign, but the application doesn't offer any options for adding text and inserting an image 😬
Since everyone praising the functional richness of #KDE applications, I decide to install #Okular. Except that it doesn't let you insert images either. No sooner installed than uninstalled ☹️
So I decided to try my luck directly with #Firefox. And then, a miracle. It's only a web browser, but it allowed me to insert my signature with disconcerting ease. Thanks #Mozilla 🤗 💖
In 2024, as more and more administrative procedures are carried out digitally, it would be nice if the core applications of the main Linux desktop environments could finally handle these situations properly 😕
> Ubuntu est l’une de ces quelques distributions #Linux donnant le « la ». Bien qu’elle soit elle-même basée sur Debian, elle est reprise par de nombreux autres systèmes, dont Linux #Mint.
Hop, j'ai hâte de mettre la main dessus ! Est-ce que je vais réussir à attendre la 24.04.1 avant de craquer ? J'espère mais j'y crois pas trop 😆
Hello les fedigens ! Je m'adresse tout particulièrement aux #geeks#Linux. Je dois changer mon hdd de partitions de données, j'en profite pour faire une réinstallation totale. Fidèle à #Ubuntu depuis 2007, je voudrais changer, j'aime pas snap et cie. Pour ne pas être trop dépaysé, je pensais à #debian, ou #LinuxMint, kekchose de solide, pas prise de tête, à jour, sous #gnome. Pour un laptop gamer de 10 ans d'âge. Usage : Steam, astrophoto, internet...
Votre avis, autre #distro à conseiller ?
La meilleure distribution GNOME vanilla, c'est Fedora Workstation.
Pour un GNOME customisé (avec dock et autres changements pour faciliter la vie, comme peut le faire Ubuntu), t'as le projet Bluefin. Mais leur première version stable ne devrait arriver qu'après Fedora 40.
Debian reste également une valeur sûre.
Quant à KStars ce dernier étant disponible en Flatpak, peu importe ton choix, tu n'auras aucun souci à l'installer.
Linux doesn't mean anything. There are many different desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, Pantheon, Mate, Budgie, Xfce...). Each will offer a different experience and more or less good accessibility, depending on its resources.
Not only does GNOME place great emphasis on accessibility, but because GNOME applications are so much simpler (unlike other desktop environments, there aren't numerous menus and sub-menus with thousands of options), I'm sure they're much easier to use for someone with a disability.
But I'm not blind, so I have no problem believing you. Nevertheless, I'd be curious to know a list of Windows' strong points. As well as the main problems GNOME might have (if you've tested Fedora or Ubuntu, it must have been GNOME).
If you just say that's not accessible at all and that's not true, that doesn't help anyone. It demotivates developers, and means there will be fewer users, contributors, bug reports and suggestions for improvements.
I've tested the problematic examples in the article and everything seems to work on my side (but not being blind myself, I may have missed the main point).
I just think it would be more constructive to acknowledge the progress and point out what's still a problem, what needs to be improved.
One of the advantages of free software is that you can do whatever you want with it, without depending on the goodwill of a company.
So it might be simpler and more efficient to create a new Fedora variant (with BlueBuild), where the screen reader would be activated by default, with better quality synthesized voices, and a list of applications with good accessibility pre-installed.
If free software is far behind, it's only because Microsoft has 166k employees and $211.9 billion in revenue, with an entire team dedicated to accessibility. They have a user feedback team and an army of developers to improve and fix what's wrong. Free software is a small handful of employees and volunteers.
And you can blame me if you want, but at the start of the discussion, we had an assertion that free software was absolutely not accessible (without the slightest detail about what was wrong with it). After a few exchanges, I now have the impression that with a Linux distribution configured from the outset for the blind, the situation would be quite different.
And again, this is free software and we clearly don't have the financial resources of Microsoft.
At some point, if you want things to improve, you have to contribute in one way or another (development, bug reporting, creation of a new specialized distribution, etc.).
I'd like to apologize if I've come across as too harsh during the whole discussion (English not being my mother tongue doesn't help either). I was trying to understand what was wrong, in good faith.
I still regret that we misunderstood each other to this extent, since although I have no disability, I would really and sincerely like free software to be perfectly accessible to everyone.
Why does Mozilla #Firefox default to allowing websites to use persistent storage, and thus consume gigabytes of disk space when few websites actually have legitimate reasons to use the StorageManager? Isn't that both an invitation to fill my disk and a #tracking / #privacy pitfall?
Seems like there's no UI to facilitate selectively cleaning this stuff, i.e. nuking the local storage for all websites "except these few websites" (and without touching cookies), nor do I see a way to require opt-in.
Dans Vie privée et sécurité, Cookies et données de sites, t'as une option Supprimer les cookies et les données des sites à la fermeture de Firefox, ainsi qu'une autre option pour gérer les exceptions, histoire de pouvoir garder cookies et données pour seulement quelques sites.
