cassidy

cassidy, 4 months ago to opensource

Pro tip: #OpenSource projects are developed by Genuine Real Humans! Before telling tens of thousands of people something “absolutely sucks,” you could, idk, talk to those humans!

I’m not saying you have to fix it yourself (though PRs are welcome…) or even report an issue! Just, like, talk to the people.

You’ll have a more interesting story to tell, at the very least. But you’ll also avoid sending undue abuse to the people behind the project based on your incendiary blog post/video title.

Toastie, 5 months ago to random

Prediction:

-Threads incorporates to fediverse
-All content appearing on threads becomes property of Meta
-Masto posts appear on threads and become property of Meta
-Privacy ruined
-Fediverse ruined

Is there another possible direction this goes?

cassidy, 5 months ago to android

I feel like I post this every few months, but: is there a launcher for #Android AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE to the latest #Pixel Launcher, but lets me use a different search engine?

I love the stock launcher:

• At a Glance
• Combined app/web search
• Very little customizability because good defaults
• Smooth animations/integration w/Recents
• Ability to turn off Google Discover feed
• Simple gestures (⬇️ notifications, ⬆️ all apps)

ALL I want is #DuckDuckGo instead of #Google

#TeamPixel #MadeByGoogle

cassidy, 4 months ago to opensource

If I want to make a nice map overlay (say, like you’d see when attending an event in an unfamiliar city…), are there good open editors that can like, plug into OpenStreetMap somehow? Ideally something you could load into GNOME Maps, but I’d be fine with a web embed or even just exporting as an image.

My current idea is to screenshot the area on a map and overlay in Inkscape, but there’s gotta be something better?

#OpenStreetMap #OpenSource #GNOME #GNOMEMaps

cassidy, 6 months ago to apple

Of course Apple is going to support RCS, they literally have to as it’s the replacement for SMS and afaik required for 5G certification. They dragged their feet to try and pretend they weren’t interested, and the people who suffered most were their own customers who got a crap experience.

This is how Apple weaponizes their own users.

But hey, I guess it is one less barrier for me ever considering using an iPhone? 🤷‍♂️ Now let’s do sideloading.

#Apple #iPhone #RCS #Android #iMessage

cassidy, 4 months ago to linux

Working on a little thing for Home Assistant that I hope to submit to Flathub soon. Not really all that special or complex, but I don't love how PWAs are handled by any browser on Linux, and I want to eventually add some more interesting functionality to the header to make it feel even more native... but this is a start.

#Linux #Flatpak #Flathub #OpenSource #HomeAssistant

cassidy, 4 months ago to random

Android's quick settings is their systray, and carries many of the same problems—especially when app developers, including Google, use the space as a place to stuff yet-another-app-launcher.

cassidy, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to apple

Do you believe that Apple protects user privacy, especially more meaningfully than other companies or tech products?

#Apple #privacy #iPhone #iOS

cassidy, 6 months ago to fedora

It looks like Fedora 39 torrents are live a bit early. 👀 It seems like a good choice for my father-in-law's recently-liberated EOL Chromebook!

After downloading, I've already seeded to a 1:1 ratio; if you have some spare bandwidth, you can join in, too!

https://torrent.fedoraproject.org/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

cassidy, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to SmartHome

PSA: If you're using Zigbee with Home Assistant and find a good deal on eBay for OSRAM A19/A60 bulbs, RUN FAR AWAY!

It turns out these lights/their firmware are trash and will just go offline constantly when too many other devices are routed through them (you know, the whole point of Zigbee bulbs with built-in routing). There's a reason sellers are trying to get rid of them in lots for as low as $2/bulb.

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant #Zigbee

cassidy, 3 months ago to linux

Is this Docker?

#Linux #Tux #Docker #containers

cassidy, 6 months ago to random

Remember when the entire reason for Google Chrome (and the reason for its name!) was that it was supposed to be an extremely minimal view into the web, not bloated with a bunch of unnecessary UI chrome?

I'm sick of web browsers trying to become entire operating systems stuffed full of functionality that I don't want. Thankfully I've been using GNOME Web which is pleasantly minimal, and Firefox which has avoided this for the most part.

https://9to5google.com/2023/11/07/chrome-shopping-insights/

cassidy, 3 months ago to random

People who know things about USB-C Power Delivery… how much could an OS know about the connected charger?

Inspired by https://toot.cafe/@dotproto/111860867592693300, I wonder if GNOME could automatically use Power Saver if the connected charger couldn’t keep up with the laptop’s power demands. 🤔

I guess this could probably be implemented today by noting if the battery is not increasing when connected to power?

cassidy, 8 months ago to opensource

Streaming! YouTube somehow changed the visibility to unlisted, which was not helpful. But if you want to see me work on Endless Key on Endless OS a bit, you can join now!

https://www.youtube.com/live/Z-_YrsoHuUY?si=ovfsj7JDaM3vihxM

#Livestream #EndlessOS #OpenSource

cassidy, 3 months ago to foss

Flathubbers¹ will be at #FOSDEM2024! Read about our BoF session and where you can find us around the event in Brussels this coming weekend. I hope to see you there!

https://docs.flathub.org/blog/fosdem-2024

¹Okay that’s a terrible name, isn’t it…

#Flathub #Flatpak #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #OpenSource #FOSDEM24

cassidy, 5 months ago to random

Pretty wild to me that the mobile platform that has majority market share in the US, doesn’t allow users to install apps from outside of their own tightly-controlled store, requires all purchases to be served through that store with a platform fee, doesn’t allow users to sideload their own apps, doesn’t allow entire categories of apps like browser engines and game streaming, and doesn’t even allow users to set their own preferred apps in many cases is not a monopoly… but Android somehow is??

cassidy, 6 months ago to GNOME

I've started testing the (hidden) light style in GNOME Shell, and I figured out the main thing that bothers me. This first version is more like an inverted style than following the existing GNOME/Adwaita conventions for raised elements.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7153

Give a thumbs-up reaction on the issue if it affects you, but please don't spam the comments.

#GNOME #Adwaita #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

cassidy, 4 months ago to random

Twitter had (has?) a feature where you could coauthor a post. It was pretty cool because you could, e.g.

• Co-announce an engagement/marriage/whatev
• Do some brand partnership thing
• Share a photo of you & a friend in one post

As far as I know, it was treated like any other post from either author; if you followed one, you’d see it in your timeline. One would draft and “invite” the other who could approve it.

I wonder if there’s a place and technical mechanism for that in the Fediverse?

cassidy, 8 months ago to linux

Tada, the app @EndlessOS has been working on for ChromeOS and Windows for some time now has finally made it full circle to #Linux (and thus #EndlessOS) via #Flathub. 🎉

Say hello to Endless Key, the app for curated learning anytime, anywhere.

Learners can explore dozens of educational resources for extended learning. There’s coding, arts & crafts, cooking, STEM, and more available both online and offline.

https://flathub.org/apps/org.endlessos.Key

#EndlessKey #OpenSource #EdTech #KeepAllKidsLearning #Flatpak

cassidy, 8 months ago to linux

I chatted with @BrodieOnLinux on Tech Over Tea!

• My #Linux origin story
• Hubris of new designers (me!)
• Cloud gaming
• #Stadia
• #PlayStationPortal
• #EndlessOS is the secret cabal
• Importance of meeting people behind projects
• #GUADEC
• #GNOME Design
• Origins of elementary OS & Pop!_OS
• Spicy takes

…and a whole lot more! It was a blast, and I’m sure there’ll be shorter clips in the coming days if the two-hour runtime is daunting. 😅

https://youtu.be/iI1y8srvUMc?si=lHBmcD7lArKZp3h3

#OpenSource #design #podcast

cassidy, 8 months ago to apple

Wake me up when Apple supports RCS, simple sideloading of apps, and setting all my default apps to the ones I actually want to use.

While we're dreaming, an unlockable bootloader so I can actually dictate what software runs on my phone would be nice (lol).

#Apple #AppleEvent #iPhone

cassidy, 4 months ago to denver

Do I know any Denver-area photographers that would want to shoot ~3 days of an event on behalf of an open source non-profit? 👀

Hit me up! Feel free to share widely as well.

#Denver #Colorado #OpenSource

cassidy, 4 months ago to random

I own the domain https://flatpak.app and have been hosting an experiment there for a while: short URLs for Flatpak apps.

First, a caveat: I know why Flatpak and Flathub don’t mess with short IDs and have chosen RDNN! And I mostly agree with it. Buuuut…

Is there some value in having a link to:

flatpak.app/dippi

…instead of:

flathub.org/apps/com.github.cassidyjames.dippi?

Also, you can treat it like a search, as non-exact URLs will redirect to a search on Flathub.

#Flatpak #Flathub