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JRepin

@JRepin@mstdn.io

INFJ. Software engineer at Cosylab, working on space and astronomy projects. Living in Slovenia🇸🇮, Europe🇪🇺. GNU/Linux, free software, open source enthusiast, KDE contributor, pirate party member. Astronomy is my hobby. Lover of scotch whisky, tea and good food. Like to travel a lot and read books (especially about philosophy, psychology, science and economy). Can’t live without music (mostly classical, reggeaton, reggae, dancehall, rap, hiphop). I’m a hopeless romantic with a naughty mind.

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ottaross, to macos
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I've used #MacOS for my day-to-day work for a good 35yrs. I've had a couple of brief clusters of years where I had to use a Windows at work (but still had MacOS at home).

I've installed #Linux on many old machines to extend their lives a bit, sorting through distros, finding one that would work on limited resources with good results. Fun stuff.

But I'm curious to ask a QUESTION about new computer purchases…

JRepin,
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@ottaross @governa In Europe we also have @slimbook

tante, to random
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If the whole Windows Recall thing scares you and you are looking for options: For many people Linux just does the trick. If you need a browser, some office stuff, maybe a bit of image/media management, Linux absolutely got you covered. It probably will be annoying or something might be broken but that is the same with every operating system.

But before you install something, maybe have a chat with someone who knows a bit more about it to help you navigate the choices and to ensure that your workload is actually supported on Linux.

But it's no longer an OS just for experts. You can do almost anything graphically and a lot of shit just works.

JRepin,
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@svenjacobs @tante For a rolling release distro Tumbleweed is one of the best. They do a lot of QA testing before letting packages in so it is quite stable for a rolling release distro. It has snapper nicely integrated with btrfs file system and if something would go wrong with an update you can simply revert to old snapshot. YaST configuration tool allows to make a lot of configuration from the graphical user interface. Most of the rest is nicely covered by KDE System Settings.

EUCommission, to random
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Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

Today, we launched our new Mastodon instance. It will ensure a privacy-focused space to engage with and get the latest from our Commissioners, departments, and the official voices of the Commission.

We want to thank @Mastodon for stewarding us and helping us make this possible.

Fostering European digital players is vital to our strategy for a stronger .

This is a unique opportunity to grow the community even more. Let's get there!

JRepin,
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@EUCommission @Mastodon Great to hear this and also I hope you would do a lot more more to promote Mastodon and do more to encourage people to move from closed surveillance platforms run by pro[to]fascist sociopaths to open privacy and freedom respecting platforms like this.

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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Well, this is a transcendent level of evil: Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its competitor's users.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

It's a reminder that VPNs have their own risks, beyond technical ones if operated incompetently -- namely, that you have to trust the VPN company itself.

UPDATED to reflect which users were being spied on.

JRepin,
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@dangillmor And abusive and harmful way of doing business is exactly why we should block/defederate Threads/Meta here on Mastodon/Fediverse
https://fedipact.online/
@FediPact

FediPact, to FediPact
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meta just showed off threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time

"during the fediforum conference, meta demonstrated what it might look like to toggle on fediverse sharing and post across multiple platforms"

https://www.theverge.com/24106231/threads-fediverse-demo-meta-fediforum

JRepin,
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@FediPact The team might have good intentions, but their bosses/owners and the parent corporation Meta absolutely don't. And we know well whose way it is in the end. Too bad the team does not see this or maybe they choose to ignore it which is even worse.

JRepin, to conservative
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How the military keeps its CO2 footprint secret
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Q2ZUrzGohCI

"It's almost impossible to pin down how much the military emits globally. We are talking about a sector with a budget of 2.2 trillion dollars using helicopters, tanks, ships, fighter planes. And none of these CO2 emissions have to be reported. This is a story about one of the biggest blindspots of climate change and what we can do to change that."

slimbook, to kde
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The KDE Slimbook V, first laptop 💻 with Plasma 6, has arrived!

Make the most of KDE's upcoming desktop thanks to the KDE V's AMD 7840HS CPU, AMD 780M GPU and beautiful 16'' WQXGA (2560 × 1600) screen, all packaged in a stylish sleek aluminium chassis.

https://kde.slimbook.es/

@kde

The KDE Slimbook V, first laptop 💻 with Plasma 6, has arrived! Make the most of KDE's upcoming desktop thanks to the KDE V's AMD 7840HS CPU, AMD 780M GPU and beautiful 16'' WQXGA (2560 × 1600) screen, all packaged in a stylish sleek aluminium chassis. https://kde.slimbook.es/ @kde

JRepin,
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@slimbook @kde Awesome, and it is all AMD, including the graphics, Damn, so tempted to replace my KDE Slimbook I

astro_jcm, to opensource
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Your periodic reminder that Stellarium is an amazing planetarium tool. Free, #OpenSource and very easy to use. There are desktop apps, mobile apps and a web version.

https://stellarium.org/

#astronomy #foss #science

JRepin,
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@astro_jcm Stellarium is absolutely a must-have astronomy application. One of the two I install as soon as possible. The other one being equally awesome free and opensource @kde KStars:
https://kstars.kde.org/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Software #Astronomy #Astrodon

JRepin, to KDE Slovenian
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🧵 1/n

Tudi v Sloveniji bomo praznovali mega izid :kde: KDE (@kde) Plasma 6 in ostalih KDE-jevih programov 6. generacije

Rezervirajte si ponedeljek, 📅 4. marca (19h – 21h+), se vidimo v 📍 Računalniškem muzeju (@muzej) v Ljubljani.

Več tukaj:
🔗 https://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/Parties/KDE_6th_Megarelease#Ljubljana
🔗 https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b11f41ce-9edf-4863-a015-8dabd64fef5b

Pofočkajte se, da vemo koliko hrane kupit

♻️ Hvala za izpostavitve/booste 🙏


JRepin, to random Slovenian
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Super način za obeleževanje praznika kulture: pomagajte pri slovenjenju svojega priljubljenega odprto-kodnega programa.

S svobodno in odprtokodno programsko opremo nam ni treba biti odvisni od usmiljenja nobenega BigTech fevdalca in klečeplazenja pri njih, da bi imeli svoj ljubi program v slovenščini.

Danes prevajam KDE-jeve programe
https://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=sl

Pa vi?

kde, to kde
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Help us reach our Supporting Members goal 🥅!

We want to sign up 500 KDE Supporting Members before Plasma 6 is released in February. We have already reached more than 💯.

Let's give it a push!

https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

If you would like to donate just once, that's great too!:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/

@kde

JRepin,
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@kde
Done 👍 Proud to be a supporting member of 💙

@kde

BrodieOnLinux, (edited ) to linux
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Simple question: Do you daily drive or ? Let me know what desktop in the replies.

JRepin,
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@BrodieOnLinux Wayland with KDE Plasma everywhere

JRepin, to Facebook
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Another excellent talk by Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) on why , / X and similar for-profit platforms suck so much and are getting even worse. And what to do about it.

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4

JRepin, to skateboarding
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A black&white video of a woman skateboarding down a straight road near a sea. She is moving away from the camera and moving and turning, like dancing. The camera is following her. In the background the song "Con te partirò" performed by Andrea Bocelli is playing. White flakes are falling down as if it is snowing.

Is it possible to show the name of Firefox tabs in the KDE volume mixer?

As shown below, it appears that all Firefox tabs are just named “Firefox” within the volume mixer. This doesn’t exactly make differentiating them very easy. Is it possible to make the volume mixer show the names of the tabs instead? If not, is there any feature in the works for this that anyone may be aware of?...

JRepin,
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@Kalcifer
I miss this too. It should be possible because it is shown in the Audio System Settings. There is also a bug open for this improvement: 453629 – Show full window titles on Applications tab, as the KCM does
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453629

JRepin, to opensource
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✅ Plane and hostel booked

Less then two months remain until seeing all the cool gearheads at Akademy this year. Can't wait.
⚙ https://akademy.kde.org/2023/

P.S. I have an empty bed at main hostel (Stay Hybrid), if you're still looking for a roommate

JRepin, to apple
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Apple is carrying out one of the largest thefts in history. Its tax avoidance schemes have cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. One Apple shell company alone claimed $30 billion in income. It has no physical address & no employees—and it paid $0 in corporate tax.

The Biggest Heist You’ve Never Heard Of: Apple’s Double Irish (With a Dutch Sandwich)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stSdQjch5Ws

JRepin, to Astronomy
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Finished my first week working for where our department is working on and projects for (European Space Agency) and (European Southern ). We're using my favourite tools like C++, Qt and . Can't get much closer to perfection, or as the Japanese would say, 😀 In particular, I'll be working on the control software for 39-metre - Extremely Large planned to be finished in 2025, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-10fipc27w

JRepin, to internet
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"After everything that has been going on with the privacy crisis and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg going to Washington to speak with members of Congress, I felt that this video was timely. I think social media can be good but we must be careful with how we use it."

You Will Wish You Watched This Before You Started Using Social Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmEDAzqswh8

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