It would be nice to see the current trend of ever-increasing software bloat turn around in favor of better efficiency. Reducing our power consumption and replacing our hardware less frequently would definitely help the environment.
If new versions don’t make it to F-Droid, they might as well not exist for me. There are only a couple of apps that I find important enough that I’ll spend time manually building/pulling/installing, and a Lemmy reader isn’t one of them. Thanks for the tip, though.
You’ll have to trust an additional party when getting your apps, and updates are often a couple days behind.
I know how it works, and in this case, that’s fine with me.
F-Droid has an excellent track record; better than many developers have. And I’m not addicted to having the latest versions of everything on the day they’re released. In fact, not immediately jumping on the latest versions has saved me from nasty bugs more than once.
So it could still be considered less secure than N.
It could be, or it could not be. Depends on the particulars, and on the needs of the individual.
Mind, I’m not going around presuming to tell other people what’s better for them, as one or two others in this thread are doing. I’m just stating what’s a good fit for me.
Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant....
Well, yes, that’s why I asked. Some newcomers to linux find Plasma more familiar than GNOME et al. Having it preinstalled can help them get comfortable faster, with less effort.
The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding down a program that gives $30 monthly broadband discounts to people with low incomes, and says it will have to complete the shutdown by May if Congress doesn’t provide more funding.
I’m completely for shutting down the affordable connectivity program
The ISPs should have to provide the service at a minimal rate to same said families and also offer 100/100 minimum service to anyone
Maybe reverse the order of those ideas, so as not to make the lives of people who are already struggling even harder.
in the regions they operate.
ISPs would then have an incentive to avoid operating in poor neighborhoods. Mitigating that could be tough, given that internet service deployments are already patchy in many places.
Another approach might be municipal broadband, which big ISPs have been lobbying against for ages, often successfully.
EDIT: Thanks y’all! I got this working by installing mutt and configuring it with my Gmail info. Please note the warning from u/jherazob below–if this were something mission critical I would not want to rely on this solution....
Your current approach of talking raw SMTP is likely to be more hassle than is worthwhile, and since the days of permissive SMTP servers are long gone, might not work at all.
Since you appear to be using an Debian-based Linux distro, I suggest this approach:
If you don’t specifically need exim, consider replacing it with the lightweight dma package (DragonFly Mail Agent): apt install dma
Configure dma (or exim) to use your ISP’s SMTP server as a smart host. (Or the Gmail SMTP server if your ISP doesn’t provide one.)
Use the /usr/sbin/sendmail command (which comes with dma or exim) to send messages from your scripting language of choice.
If you prefer to receive messages as SMS, note that most major mobile carriers maintain an email-to-sms gateway for this purpose. Some web searches will probably lead you to the one for your carrier. They usually accept email at an address like 123456789@sms-gateway.example.com
[Meta] There seems to be a downvoting bot around here. Every thread and every single comment has at least one downvote. Is there any way to fix this?
KDE e.V. is looking for a project lead and event manager for environmental sustainability project (ev.kde.org)
Call for Debian projects and mentors in Google Summer of Code 2024 (lists.debian.org)
Lutris Release v0.5.15 [non-native game manager] (github.com)
Fix some crashes happening when using Wayland and a high DPI gaming mouse...
More US pharmacists can now prescribe birth control and soon, prescriptions won’t be needed at all for some (www.cnn.com)
Access to hormonal birth control — such as birth control pills and patches — is getting major changes in 2024....
The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)
Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study says (edition.cnn.com)
Discord to lay off 17% of staff (www.shacknews.com)
Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization (www.cnn.com)
Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant....
When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux?
geteilt von: lemmy.world/post/10533836...
FCC plans shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program as GOP withholds funding (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding down a program that gives $30 monthly broadband discounts to people with low incomes, and says it will have to complete the shutdown by May if Congress doesn’t provide more funding.
OpenWrt One - celebrating 20 years of OpenWrt (forum.openwrt.org)
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TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism (en.wikipedia.org)
Can I email or text myself through Python or bash?
EDIT: Thanks y’all! I got this working by installing mutt and configuring it with my Gmail info. Please note the warning from u/jherazob below–if this were something mission critical I would not want to rely on this solution....
Mouse filmed tidying up man's shed every night (www.bbc.co.uk)
8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates (slrpnk.net)