soulfirethewolf

soulfirethewolf, 3 days ago

Yay the torment Nexus is now faster

soulfirethewolf, 17 days ago

Why YOU should write a Wayland compositor

I don’t really know how to do that

soulfirethewolf, 18 days ago

That’s why it’s important to build a personal security and privacy model and a good idea of what you are and are not willing to give up. Instead of blindly chasing after the things that everyone else does. Since for most people, that idea of living in a forest is usually unobtainable

soulfirethewolf, 25 days ago

I personally think you should just allow cookies indefinitely. There are honestly so many bigger risks from phishing and other forms of social engineering that as long as your family isn’t leaving their computer unlocked in a public place, I wouldn’t say there’s really too much of a risk in leaving cookies enabled.

I apologize that this doesn’t exactly answer your question, but I’d like to suggest an alternative. I’d like to also ask, is your family using a password manager by any chance? And if so, are they making use of passkeys on supported websites. Many modern websites, including Google and Facebook, support them. And they require virtually no interaction aside from unlocking the password manager. It’s still a form of two-factor authentication, but it’s far more convenient than anything out there.

I also don’t really think you should try to force Linux on people who aren’t particularly comfortable or familiar using it.

I worry they’ll get frustrated to the point that they’ll go out and splurge on new macbook air when they already have a perfectly functional laptop with functional OS.

If you’re worried that they’re going to go and do that, then Linux might not serve their needs. Linux might be a fully functional desktop system, but it’s also one that isn’t an out of the box experience either. There’s certainly been a lot of improvements, But I don’t think that any Linux Desktop Environment is ever going to reach the same level of intuitiveness as something like Windows or macOS. I would certainly love to see it that way. But I think it’s just an issue of the people who actually use it.

I understand looking out for family and ensuring they don’t spend excess amounts of money. But you also shouldn’t take it upon yourself to try and dictate how your family uses the computer either. Linux wasn’t built as a commercially supported desktop operating system with years of full-time researchers studying topics surrounding human computer interaction with a multi-million dollar budget. It was built to be a free as in freedom alternative to the mainstream systems that are available (I personally call it “The problem solving platform” for this reason) by a loose knit group of volunteers who love computers and know a lot about them. Most people who use a computer use them to do work, and not really for promoting a personal agenda.

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t try to get your family members to use Linux, I’m just saying that you shouldn’t force them. You should put their best interests first that can help them.

I’m sorry to go on such a long rant about this. I just see a lot of people who I believe to vastly overestimate the willingness of others in certain places. And the whole part of “worrying about someone spending their own money” just kind of struck a red flag to me.

soulfirethewolf, 27 days ago

Needs more material 3

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

Aside from the fact that it’s owned by alphabet, what’s so bad about .xyz?

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

I hope this means a US release is soon

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

If it wasn’t a joke, perhaps it might actually get them somewhere at this point

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

Chromium is still open source. And it can still be deviated from. Different for the sake of being different seems ridiculous.

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

I don’t hate copilot but I seldom use it enough to justify having a taskbar button for it

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

Stick to the walled garden. There are monsters out there.

Okay, have fun inside!

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

And this is probably where Google makes a lot of its ad money

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

Honestly, as long as it connects wirelessly and can quickly switch between devices in a single click, I’m fine. I mainly own the pixel buds pro

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

I hope Mastodon will incorporate this

soulfirethewolf, 1 month ago

Suits the brand just right given how many edges they’ve sanded off the software

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

Lol why even download a Bible app when you could get an ePUB?

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

I’m pretty sure you would be able to opt out of this. Just like the rest of Find My Device.

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

Pretty nice.

Side note though, do people here actually read the articles here? It’s pretty obvious this would be a part of FMD. iPhone has already been doing this for years

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

Personally with XMPP, I think it’s right now because of the lack of decent looking clients (especially on iOS), as well as a lot of the same friction that people have suffered with mastodon.

Also, Signal is built towards a completely different audience that places privacy first over modern messaging features (things like API’s, sending messages through voice assistants, etc.). And for SimpleX, I’m not really sure if sharing a QR code/link with someone else is the best route to go in UX just to message a friend

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

I always feel like whenever someone complains about fedi not being fully decentralized because they perceived too many instances as being held under a single place, they miss the point a little bit in terms of prioritizing infrastructure over user governance.

Aside from the potential disasters happening at them, it just really doesn’t feel like a problem if most people are hosting an instance on a popular cloud platform. These are companies that are just providing infrastructure, and as long as you aren’t trying to abuse their network or spread anything that they consider to be harmful, they won’t really care.

Instances operated under Home and business ISPs aren’t particularly immune to this either. And can still cut off an instance if they decide to.

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

Aside from being a bit Annoying with its branding, what has Vivaldi done?

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

Their ads are still far less invasive than Edge or Firefox (and especially the latter). As far as I know the default links are all just typical paid defaults. And yeah, it’s irritating that the ad blocker has those defaults and that they won’t open source more of their stuff. But I still think it’s far better than what other browsers have going currently

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

Almost all of those are developed part time as hobby or side projects. They aren’t built on the same scale as other commercial browsers, and a few of them aren’t even trying to.

Also, these are all browsers that are deliberately privacy focused, and are made towards a different audience than Vivaldi. Not to mention that advertising isn’t always inherently privacy invasive. It’s just intrusive.

soulfirethewolf, 2 months ago

I would definitely agree. I would say that UI and UX are pretty important in open source.