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chrisg,

@DichotoDeezNutz @jaykay Saving to a network drive OTHER_THAN proprietary US mega corporations would be essential for me (eg SFTP, WEBDAV)

A mobile client is vital. I use mobile devices 95%

darth, to linux
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  • chrisg,

    @darth
    There is in system settings a section called online accounts.

    In Gnome this functionality is coded by Gnome devs and it works.

    In KDE this functionality is delegated to an obscure badly maintained third party piece of code. It hasn't worked for years.

    If you make your way to the KDE bugzilla you find KDE devs berating you for not having the fixed version of this obscure library, instead of just fucking fixing it.

    A wholly unsatisfactory attitude in my opinion.

    https://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings/Online_Accounts

    chrisg,

    @lemmyvore @helenslunch
    This is a show stopper for me on any of the big name 'encrypted' platforms, Proton, Tuta et al - impossible to import/export data. Moving from one silo'ed walled garden to another arguably worse one is anathema.

    The thing that sucks the least for me is to pay to host my own email/contacts/calendar/storage via open source apps in a privacy friendly jurisdiction e.g. Hetzner

    Going full DIY at home is not practical.

    dgar, to random
    @dgar@aus.social avatar

    Just binged a couple of seasons of MasterChef and realised I need to up my game.

    Follow me for more recipes.

    chrisg,

    @dgar 🤣

    Daojoan, (edited ) to random
    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar

    After Substack's decision to platform Nazis, I deleted my newsletter and my account and made a clean break.

    I'm now publishing my work on tech, economics and humans on a platform I control.

    In a year where I've already lost 30,000 followers by deleting Twitter, this is a tough one.

    Unless my paid subscribers resubscribe, I'm down $500 ARR and paying $400 in hosting fees.

    But it's worth it to stand by my values.

    Subscribe (free) here or sign up as a patron!

    https://joanwestenberg.com/subscribe

    chrisg,

    @Daojoan
    Hi Joan,

    Good on you for your brave move off those platforms. I left also.

    Thanks for enabling an RSS feed on your blog. Much more efficient than the fire hose of social media.👍🏻

    Looking forward to checking out some of your essays.

    chrisgeidner, to random
    @chrisgeidner@journa.host avatar

    NEWS: SCOTUS will not immediately hear the case over Trump’s immunity claim in connection with the Jan. 6-related federal charges he faces in DC. The DC Circuit, however, has already expedited the appeal to be heard there in early January.

    chrisg,

    @LaNaehForaday @chrisgeidner To an outsider looking in, the US legal system seems to prostrate itself to the god 'process' so this isn't unexpected.

    chrisg, to auspol

    Supermarket workers go on strike: ‘All we want for Xmas is a living wage’

    https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/supermarket-workers-go-strike-all-we-want-xmas-living-wage

    Filani, to Palestine Arabic

    The courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza turned into a mass graves after the Israeli occupation forces killed hundreds of Palestinians and prevented the transportation of their bodies to bury them.


    @palestine

    chrisg,

    @Filani @palestine
    Deeply distressing.

    chrisg, to climate
    decryption, to random
    @decryption@aus.social avatar

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  • chrisg,

    @decryption This Spotify 'wrapped' thing has a distinctly unpleasant Facebook 'status' vibe about it for me.

    chrisg,

    @decryption I just reinstalled Spotify. Oh I see what it is now, my bad. Yeah, its fun 😉

    liztai, (edited ) to Evernote
    @liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

    This could be a controversial opinion, but I think we should pay for tools like #Evernote. I would happily pay for #Obsidian if it's a payment per download thing like the old days, but I definitely do not want to pay a subscription fee*.

    • I mean for the software, tho I understand why the sync functionality needs to be a subscription.

    https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/27/evernote-pushes-users-to-upgrade-with-test-of-a-free-plan-limited-to-only-50-notes/

    chrisg,

    @liztai
    Absolutely agree Elizabeth. I long ago hit the wall of subscription fatigue. I look for apps that allow me to make use of my existing cloud/local storage for syncing. I feel more comfortable knowing where my data is and In all cases I find apps that include syncing to proprietary storage to be extortionately priced.

    gamingonlinux, to random
    @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social avatar

    Stop arguing over the best Linux distro

    Ubuntu is great
    Arch is fun for tinkering
    Fedora is good for workstations
    Mint is good for newbies
    Manjaro
    Pop!_OS has a cool interface
    EndeavourOS is interesting for easy Arch installs

    chrisg,

    @ljrk @gamingonlinux

    Historically, Arch devs have always been hostile to anything remotely user friendly even to the point of knowingly breaking the distro (more than once) and leaving users to figure out a solution. Historically Arch forums have been characterized by a sneering eliteist RTFM culture.

    Of course any derivative which seeks to ease installation, maintenance & general usage is utterly repellant to these folks.

    It may come as a surprise but not everyone values being autistically knowledgeable of the deepest, most intricate workings of [insert name of personal computer operating system].

    Cheers

    Kabbaway, to sydney
    @Kabbaway@aus.social avatar

    An acquaintance of mine had several loved ones arrive yesterday as part of this group. Warmest welcome to everyone who has made it out of Israel so far, and best wishes and safest travels to those still being subjected to this deplorable culmination of decades of oppression at the state of Israel’s hand 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

    “Dozens of fleeing arrive at Airport after federal government offers temporary visas” ~ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-25/palestinians-fleeing-gaza-arrive-in-sydney/103149208

    @palestine

    chrisg,

    @Kabbaway @palestine Thank you!

    chrisg,

    @LeFantome @Macaroni9538

    Ubuntu 23.10 & Fedora 39, both running Gnome of all things (eye roll) run just fine on my late 2009 iMac (iMac 10,1)

    • nb : Fedora 39 has an installation bug. Installing Fedora 38 minimal then upgrading to 39 is the simplest solution. Kudos as usual to Canonical for shipping a trouble free install on Mac.

    #linux_kernel #linux #mac #ubuntu23_10 #fedora39

    topher, to firefox

    Hey @mozilla, how can I have this page as RSS?

    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/

    (I couldn't find any RSS or atom links in the HTML source)

    cc @firefox

    chrisg,
    theconversationau, to auspol

    The PM's message at Labor's national conference was: you shouldn’t expect the government to do all you want all at once.

    This conference has been "docile, compliant, and highly managed with approved speaking lists", writes @michellegrattan.

    https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-albanese-is-determined-to-keep-labors-eyes-firmly-focused-on-a-second-term-211740?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1692312608-1

    chrisg,

    @theconversationau We all knew the conference would be a highly stage manged wank fest. The real interest is what is going on outside...

    theconversationau, to NewZealand

    With an inflation rate peaking at just 4.4%, Japan seems to be getting something right about managing economic pressures.

    How does it do this, and should New Zealand revisit its own strategies?

    @MasseyUni
    https://theconversation.com/japan-has-gone-its-own-way-on-fighting-inflation-can-nz-learn-from-a-global-outlier-210618?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1692248042

    chrisg,

    @theconversationau Thanks to Michael Most for this critique of the orthodoxy. We need fresh MP's in our parliaments who are not blinded by ideology

    Tusky, to random
    @Tusky@mastodon.social avatar

    If you have , do alternative fonts in apps help with the reading experience?

    If yes, are Atkinson Hyperlegible or OpenDyslexic useful fonts to use with ? Are there others (that are freely redistributable).

    The attached screenshots show what this would look like.

    Please boost for reach.

    Using Atkinson Hyperlegible font
    Using OpenDyslexic font

    chrisg,

    @Tusky Atkinson ✅

    linuxmint, to random
    @linuxmint@mastodon.social avatar

    Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Xfce released!

    https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4541

    chrisg,

    @linuxmint The Xfce release is an object lesson to other distro's on how to do it right. I'm greatly impressed by the low ram usage, sparkling performance and exceptional polish.

    I'm really starting to warm to steady incremental improvements.

    Well done lads 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    fosslife, to linux
    @fosslife@fosstodon.org avatar

    .@SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux and will maintain a RHEL-compatible distribution without restrictions https://www.fosslife.org/suse-forks-red-hat-enterprise-linux

    chrisg,

    @fosslife @SUSE The strangest decision they've ever made. Why not focus their energy & money on improving their own software?

    Cloaker, to auspol

    APH could do a much much better job of getting people involved in public discourse. A cheap idea:

    1. Livestreams of the chambers on YouTube via ABC. Parlview sucks and feels an age older than is comfortable, this would be cheap as infrastructure wise and would allow people to see what Parliament is doing each day.
    chrisg,

    @Cloaker just not 'question time'. Please not that farce!

    show, to opensource
    @show@mastodon.transportevolved.com avatar

    A way to keep older electric cars like the original Nissan LEAF happy for many years to come?

    Must be #OpenSource #EV #Affordable https://youtu.be/UiM0JQC4C0c

    chrisg,

    @show

    Software and guides for upgrading LEAFs to bigger and newer batteries GitHub - dalathegreat

    https://github.com/dalathegreat/Nissan-LEAF-Battery-Upgrade

    omglinux, to linux
    @omglinux@mastodon.social avatar

    CrunchBang++ 12.0 Released, Based on Debian 12 (Still Supports 32-bit) https://www.omglinux.com/crunchbang-plus-plus-12-released/

    chrisg,

    @omglinux I notice a steady stream of distro's rebasing off of Debian now. The decision to offer decent firmware support as part of the install was obviously popular.

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