sesivany

sesivany, 3 months ago to linux

#Linux shitposting

sesivany, 8 months ago to bluesky

It seems that #Bluesky is getting some traction, so it's good to summarize the facts:

• it's centralized (99% of users on one instance),
• it has insufficient moderation,
• it's not easily publicly browsable,
• it has terrible terms of service (you grant them broad rights to all your content).

The only thing that makes it different from X in principle is that it's not run by a mad man (yet)... Ah, I forgot it's Jack Dorsey's project, nevermind.

sesivany, 6 months ago to fediverse

The #ActivityPub plugin for #Wordpress is an absolute game changer when it comes to reader engagement. I published a #blog post yesterday and it already has 8 comments and 7 of them are from #Fediverse. The total number of comments is actually much higher, the plugin doesn't handle reactions to comments yet.
Meanwhile the blogpost has received 4 views from #LinkedIn and 2 from #Facebook.

sesivany, 1 year ago to mastodon Czech

I keep hearing that #Mastodon is not likely to replace #Twitter. To that I say: so what?
I've been contributing to the #Linux desktop for the last 15 years not because it's likely to replace #Windows, but because providing people with free desktop is the right thing to do.
I use and support Mastodon not because it's likely to replace Twitter, but because it's a social network done right.

sesivany, 6 months ago to firefox

The just-released #Firefox 120 for #Android opens up to add-ons. There are already 50 of them available and the number should grow quickly as more add-ons get verified.
I've installed #Ghostery to get rid of cookie pop-ups. What a relief.
If you are not using Firefox on Android, I highly recommend giving it a try. It's been my daily driver for years and it's gotten really good and no other relevant mobile #browser has such a wide variety of add-ons available AFAIK.

sesivany, 8 months ago to mastodon

The feature in #Mastodon 4.2 I was waiting for the most is #ExclusiveLists.
Now I can follow high-volume accounts such as reporting from Ukraine and not have my home feed flooded with it. 👍

sesivany, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Trains Czech

Prices on #RegioJet #trains are from different times. Cakes for €0.4, coffee for free, beer for €0.7...
I remember an interview with the founder and CEO where he was asked why they sell food and beverages on trains so cheap. And his answer was: we're in the business of selling tickets, not in the business of catering, we don't intend to make money on it. #traintravel #train

sesivany, 2 months ago to security

My mother-in-law just called me and asked if she should invest in the "new Bitcoin". She saw a video on FB where a famous Czech actor praised it on a talk show. Clearly a deepfake scam.

And she would definitely do it if she didn't have me. Some time ago I defended ad blockers as tools of online security and this is a real-life example that it's really the case.

Until Google, Meta and others get their act together, their ads should be blocked.

#adblocker #deepFakes #security

sesivany, 7 days ago to RSS

I keep reading that #GoogleSearch changes are killing small sites. They are indeed.
Last year I figured that the only way to keep my blog somewhat relevant was to strengthen the direct commucation with readers. I bet on #RSS and #ActivityPub.
Year over year, Google traffic share went down from 46% to 25% and direct traffic share went up from 37% to 54%. And the total traffic is up!

sesivany, 1 month ago to random

#Gcompris is a great educational tool for kids. Our 4 year old daughter is used to touch screens and I just couldn't find a way to teach her how to use the mouse. Gcompris managed to do it in 30 minutes.
She is also learning letters, basic math, etc. in the process.

sesivany, 11 months ago to linux

Paper Plane (formerly Telegrand) is a really nice #Telegram client. It still misses a lot of features of the official client, but if you're fine with that, it gives you really great native experience on #Linux. And it works great on phones, too!

You can find it in the beta channel on #Flathub.

sesivany, 3 months ago to bluesky

It's safe to say now that #BlueSky isn't going to make a revolution. User growth has basically stopped at 5 million (less than 1/2 of what #Fediverse has), the number of active users is also lower and declining.

The key difference is that #Fediverse has proven to be fine in this "small" mode while Bluesky is VC funded (hence the "go big or go home" approach). Let's see what the investors will do once they realize it's not even remotely a Twitter killer.

sesivany, 2 months ago to puns

A #pun for good night.

#dadpun #puns #punsofmastodon

sesivany, 8 months ago to fedora

I maintain computers with #Fedora #Linux for more than 10 people (family, friends...). This is the oldest installation: ThinkPad X201, Fedora installed in 2013, it has gone through countless upgrades, always smoothly.

sesivany, 1 year ago to linux

We recently hired @tyrylu to work on #Linux desktop #accessibility (mostly #GNOME stack) and coordinate our renewed efforts in this area.

He just joined #Fediverse. If you care about Linux desktop #a11y, make sure you follow him.

sesivany, 7 months ago to random

#Hetzner offers #Nextcloud as a service (called Storage Share) with a 1TB of storage for only €5.11/month. That's a really nice price for a privacy-respecting, Europe-based personal #cloud.
They also offer a 1TB of just storage for 3.89/month in case you already have an instance of Nextcloud and want to expand its storage capacity.

sesivany, 1 year ago to random

#Firefox 114 brings a feature I've long waited for: support for #FIDO2 keys with PIN.

That allows me to connect to our #egovernment through #MojeID with the highest level access. \o/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/114.0/releasenotes/

sesivany, 8 months ago to macos

A 2009 #Macbook got a second life. It had #MacOS Sierra (EOL 4 years ago) installed and was terribly slow with it. The original hard drive replaced with SSD, memory upgraded from 4 to 8 GB, #Fedora #Linux (#Silverblue) installed and it's a decent laptop again.

An opened Macbook with a new SSD drive Apacer.

sesivany, 1 month ago to maps

If you're exploring #OpenStreetMap like me and openstreetmap.org is too heavy for you, try #OSMapp (https://osmapp.org/). It uses #MapTiler. It's fast, looks nice and works great on the phone, too. 👌

#OSM #maps

sesivany, 1 month ago to random

"It appears that the upstream kernel endeavor on Rocky Linux may be gated to their commercial customers as opposed to making all the assets freely available and just gating their commercial support."

Where is my surprised face... oh, here it is: 😯

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rocky-Linux-Upstream-Kernels

sesivany, 9 months ago to linux

I'm really surprised by the interest in my :linux: #Linux #Desktop Migration Tool. Although it has fairly basic functionality in its initial release, people are interested, some even enthusiastic.

If it was a product, I'd say I've discovered a market opportunity. 🙂

https://codeberg.org/sesivany/linux-desktop-migration-tool

sesivany, 11 months ago to mastodon

My take on the current wave of new users on #Mastodon.

https://blog.eischmann.cz/2023/07/04/mastodon-roste-pre-ocima-dil-druhy/

sesivany, 5 months ago to random

When our 4-year-old daughter was told that Little Jesus (our equivalent of Santa) was always watching her and deciding whether to bring her presents under the tree, she replied that it wasn't OK to be watched all the time and that she didn't let anyone do that.

I never thought of it that way as a child. A child of the GDPR age.

sesivany, 11 months ago to linux

Mobile #Linux at #DevConf_CZ. I've added my OnePlus 6 to the collection. Thank you, @jmlich, for running the booth.

honzajavorek, 10 days ago to random Czech

Používají nadšenci v Česku spíš #OsmAndMaps, nebo #OrganicMaps? Máte s nimi někdo nějaké zkušenosti?

Je to použitelné jako alternativa komerčních map? A pokud používáte nějaké komerční (Apple, Google, Seznam), tak které vám nejvíc pro pohyb v Česku vyhovují a proč?