As much as I like FOSS it’s significantly harder to fund.
With proprietary you keep the source code, ship the app, collect data & sell it, and charge for a premium /subscription. They then use that money to fund talented devs and give them deadlines to make good software.
With FOSS it’s largely contribution work by people who work on it in their free time. They use donations or paying for enterprise support, and if they do add a subscription service / premium version you can just modify the code and get it for free.
That’s largely why FOSS software is behind, what’s the direct incentive for someone to make it good?
Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.
Are you guys fine with these new shenanigans from Github. I found a bug and wanted to check what has been the development on that, only to find out most of the discussion was hidden by github and requesting me to sign-in to view it....
Honestly I don’t think there’s a truly good git hosting website right now.
GitLab works if you wanna get away from Micro$oft but the UI is all over the place. Every other alternative either has an infinitely worse UI or charges money to use
Nova has a monopoly on quality, nothing even comes half close.
However, a decent FOSS launcher is Lawnchair, use the latest builds from github actions, it works fairly well and can allow for basic home screen customization, folder customization and custom icons
Learn coding from YouTube videos/books/etc whatever you prefer
Break the information you learn down into small, applicable chunks. For example: How do you add heading in HTML? Use <h1> tag.
Write that information down. Handwrite it, don’t type it. This is because handwriting things helps you memorize it a lot better. Focus on what you write and try to understand what its doing and why it was designed that way.
Use the information in small projects, using the stuff you wrote as a reference. Those small projects can be like “simple python script that uses a for loop to print text”, aka simple things you don’t release to the public and solely exist for practice
Revisit the stuff you learned after a couple days aka try making the same projects again or a new project that uses the same concepts.
Using this pattern I’ve been able to learn things much faster than most others. It’s based on a lot of tricks people use for memorize things better, such as writing things down and spaced repetition.</h1>
Previously this would be OnePlus, but it looks like their newest phones aren’t rootable. I used to have a Xiaomi phone for this also, are they still good?...
LunarVim is great but I really think its better to make your own config and spend the initial investment of getting that set up.
You’ll understand the editor better and because of that can configure it to exactly how you want, and integrate things you regularly use into it (such as plugin features and bash functions) and also learn some Lua along the way
18+ I'm giving her all she's got, Captain! (lemmy.world)
I like giving oral so much, more then intercourse even....
Why Microsoft is a national security threat (www.theregister.com)
The fix is scheduled for the next release (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Image text: “Fact: 90% of Linux users switch back to windows right before all their problems are about to be fixed”
Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. (mashable.com)
Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.
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Are you guys fine with these new shenanigans from Github. I found a bug and wanted to check what has been the development on that, only to find out most of the discussion was hidden by github and requesting me to sign-in to view it....
The first Apple-approved emulators for the iPhone have arrived (www.theverge.com)
Old is stability (lemmy.world)
I'm reminded of this after the hoopla at the Northern Border died down (lemmy.ca)
Bless their little hearts as they also blamed Canada again…
Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)
It's not fair (startrek.website)
Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start Surgery (www.bloomberg.com)
Best Nova Launcher substitute?
I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.
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Skeletor is a doomer (startrek.website)
HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price. (lemmy.world)
Maybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lot (lemmy.world)
Who's the Android manufactured to go to for root / custom roms?
Previously this would be OnePlus, but it looks like their newest phones aren’t rootable. I used to have a Xiaomi phone for this also, are they still good?...
So? (feddit.de)
What open source solutions do you use or want to use?
Inspired by tools like Grafana that I just discovered, what other cool open source tooling do you use?
Huawei phones are saying that the Google app is a virus (9to5google.com)
The power of GNULinux (lemmy.world)