It actually looks really cool. I ran Lineage for a while and it was great, but I do enjoy projects that don't fully degoogle as well and give a more "modded" experience
I can understand why all the other things would be listed here, and I would understand if sexuality in general was considered inappropriate for children, but why homosexuality in particular? This is strange to me....
I remember filling OARS out for one of my apps. Maybe I'm naive and it's a step needed for mass adoption, but it feels like a solution looking for a problem.
Flatpak saved my ass when I super broke my Arch upgrade but didn't have time to fix it before work. I ran using only Flatpak apps for like 6 weeks because they were the only thing that worked
Trying to set up snapshots is what broke my system. Not sure what the issue was exactly, but BTRFS was reporting a different amount of used space than there actually was, and my snapshots started recursively backing up until everything died
Next time I install Linux I'm going to use Ext4 and snapshots out the gate
Honestly, I'm kind of tired of complicated stuff. I just want a fs that works and is easy to do recovery operations on when it doesn't work. My SSD is big enough
Small in-window dialogs in QtQuick-based software have gotten a visual overhaul to remove everything not visually necessary, which gives the text and buttons more focus (Carl Schwan, Frameworks 6.3. Link 1 and link 2)
I used to use Protonmail and VPN, but one day my password just randomly stopped working and I lost access to everything. Switched over to Tutanota and Mullvad and have had zero issues since.
Lmao you're right. Removed the first part. It came to look like an ad because I posted my first thought, then came back with my second one and appended it.
As far as the password goes, to this day I have no idea how it happened. I don't want to admit I use the same password for everything, but ye know.. it just stopped working for Proton one day.
As someone who ran BTRFS for years, I'm personally switching back to EXT4. Yes, the compression and other features are nice, but when things go wrong and you have to do a recovery, it's not worth the complexity
When booting into a live CD, mounting the various subpartitions is super annoying.
When your disk space hits full, things break uncontrollably because different programs don't have a consistent measurement of how much space is left.
When shrinking partitions, you can lose data if you shrink it too much. I'm not talking about forced overrides of any configs, I'm talking about things like KDE Partition Manager.
All of these things can be excused one way or another, but at the end of the day I just want a stable filesystem that doesn't lose my docs.
I have been messing with my raspberry pi 400 and stumbled across box86. This program converts x86 calls to arm. And it works pretty well, i got the orginal pvz (disk verison) running through wine and box 86!...
The OnePlus Watch 2 has 2 chips, and basically runs a lightweight OS while keeping the hungry one in very very low power, and only powering it up when necessary....
Reminds me of my previous job where our LLM was grading things too high. The AI "engineer" adjusted the prompt to tell the LLM that the average output should be 3. I had a hard time explaining that wouldn't do anything at all, because all the chats were independent events.
Anyways, I quit that place and the project completely derailed.
For example, I'm using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it "friendlier" for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be "the universal operating system"....
I mean if you're using something like Firebase on Android, the network calls get bundled with Google Play Services and you have no idea what that's sending up
As someone who loved Manjaro and installed it everywhere, the whole thing is (was?) amateur hour run by clowns. Drama, bugs, but lots of opportunity to contribute if you were equally blind.
It's probably not gonna happen, but it's great that this discussion is happening at all. Maybe it'll encourage Gnome to improve their customizability, which seems to be the main advantage point of KDE
I felt that way before meeting a GNOME dev. Their target audience is the whole world of users who either don't already have a computer or don't know how to use one. They don't want people customizing their apps. They don't want a calculator named anything other than "Calculator". They're target audience is the 2B users that we don't currently interact with.
Stats aside, I can't help but laugh anytime people suggest Lemmy is dying off or failing. Aussie.zone didn't used to exist, and Lemmy.ml used to have like.. one post a day? And it would be some tankie nonsense like "I'm a Russian living in Ukraine - Russia isn't going to invade Ukraine, it's all Western propaganda"
In addition to everything listed here, there’s something big that I can’t mention yet since it’s not 100% merged yet, but only 95%! Hopefully next week. 🙂 So stay tuned for that!
The backdoor wasn't in the source code, only in the distributed binary. So reproducible builds would have flagged the tar as not coming from what was in Git
Literal politics. Rarbg had project members volunteer to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war....... For both the side of Russia, and the side of Ukraine
Drama. Contributing takes a lot of time and effort. People get attached to their ideas and contributions. When people start drifting apart and fighting, third parties have to play politics to keep people happy and working towards a common goal
Nah it's a real project that's continuing Yuzu's work, but only half their project is continuing the emulator. The other half is sticking the middle finger to Nintendo, and doing that requires being really obnoxious and loud.
Suyu is a pun for "Sue you", which Nintendo would love to do
I'm in a bit of a productivity rut and whilst I suspect the issue is mainly between the keyboard and chair I'm also interested in what (FOSS) tools there are that people find effective....
Wine 9.9 Released ( gitlab.winehq.org )
Release notes...
Thoughts on LMO Droid? ( lmo.framer.website )
I discovered this recently, I think it's a fork of Lineage? Some stuff they list is already part of Lineage but some seems extra...
Why FOSS projects are using proprietary, privacy invasive infrastructure?
As you can easily notice, today many open source projects are using some services, that are… sus....
oars (OpenAgeRatingsService) in appdata.xml files: why "sex-homosexuality"?
I can understand why all the other things would be listed here, and I would understand if sexuality in general was considered inappropriate for children, but why homosexuality in particular? This is strange to me....
Wayland usage has overtaken X11 ( lemmy.world )
Source: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server...
What open-source software would you like more people to know about?
This week in KDE: our cup overflows with cool stuff for you ( pointieststick.com )
Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain ( restoreprivacy.com )
Building a secure Operating System (Redox OS) with Rust (Interview) ( www.youtube.com )
Very interesting and understandable explanations of low level architecture and filesystems, namespaces, userspace, kernel functions, drivers etc....
Which file system do you recommend for Linux?
Just a simple question :...
Are we Wayland yet or Whats missing? ( lemmy.ml )
Curious from people who follow its development closely....
KDE Berlin mega-sprint recap ( pointieststick.com )
Box86/box64 is frickin dope rpi400 ( sh.itjust.works )
I have been messing with my raspberry pi 400 and stumbled across box86. This program converts x86 calls to arm. And it works pretty well, i got the orginal pvz (disk verison) running through wine and box 86!...
Wine 9.7 released ( gitlab.winehq.org )
The Wine development release 9.7 is now available....
Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?
Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!
What about a linux phone that has a full Android OS sleeping in parallel? Like OnePlus Watch 2 that runs 2 OSs at the same time.
The OnePlus Watch 2 has 2 chips, and basically runs a lightweight OS while keeping the hungry one in very very low power, and only powering it up when necessary....
Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 ( mastodon.gamedev.place )
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/51faa0ca-2b47-4eba-bc8c-d9edabba5ca9.png
Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 ( jlai.lu )
What could your distro learn from another distro?
For example, I'm using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it "friendlier" for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be "the universal operating system"....
Fairphone Fairbuds launch with replaceable batteries, titanium drivers and ANC ( www.notebookcheck.net )
Goodbye EndeavourOS ARM ( endeavouros.com )
Team-Kodi PPA officially retired, switches to Flatpak ( kodi.tv )
Wine 9.6 Released ( gitlab.winehq.org )
The Wine development release 9.6 is now available....
This week in KDE: real modifier-only shortcuts and cropping in Spectacle ( pointieststick.com )
A screenshot of KDE's spectacle application showing the reintroduced cropping tool
AMD's Longtime Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Advocate Retires ( www.phoronix.com )
Fedora proposal to change default desktop to KDE ( fedoraproject.org )
Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade ( www.neowin.net )
I don't think people on this sub use it, but it's great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.
This week in KDE: looking forward towards Plasma 6.1 ( pointieststick.com )
backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise ( www.openwall.com )
Free software wisdom ( pointieststick.com )
KDE Plasma 6.0.3, Bugfix Release for March ( kde.org )
I often get bored of the Fediverse, but I'm doing my best to stay here.
I've been off and on with the Fediverse for sometime now. It's a relatively friendly place full of fellow nerds, but with a few caveats.......
GitLab confirms it’s removed Suyu, a fork of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu ( www.theverge.com )
What Linux "Productivity" (ideally FOSS) tools do you use?
I'm in a bit of a productivity rut and whilst I suspect the issue is mainly between the keyboard and chair I'm also interested in what (FOSS) tools there are that people find effective....