Björn Tantau

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I like it for being a rolling release with quality control. On the one hand I don’t like its restrictive defaults but on the other hand I know enough to work with them and that’s given me a leaner system.

That’s exactly what Threads is. But nobody else wants to play with them.

This is so stupid. I love it!

It makes Corona!!!111

I am very satisfied with my Fairphone 3. I still get monthly security updates. I can easily unlock the bootloader and install any alternative ROM I desire. I can repair any broken part without having to unglue something. But it also seems to be the most robust phone I have used in years. There’s a reason a used Fairphone is as expensive as a new one.

If you really want to go all-in on privacy a Pinephone or Librem 5 would be options but they have their own bag of problems. They are better suited for tinkering.

And regarding the comment on firmware updates of the parts themselves, that is a general computing problem that seems to be the worst with single board computers like smartphones. The solution would be parts with support for open firmware but they are almost impossible to find. I think Fairphone is going a good middle ground. I don’t expect there to be any phone where this is better.

Your choice of desktop environment is totally independent from your choice of distribution. You can always change it to what you prefer.

I bet you could even run KDE Neon (KDE’s own distribution) with Gnome if you wanted to.

I’m always astonished how little some other parents care about their children’s privacy. Schools as well.

I think this has always been there for every user. So that you can have your personal profile. Don’t think it was widely used.

Probably because the dev said that they are preparing a paid version.

There are already 5 or so Android apps for Lemmy, at least 2 iPhone apps and 2 Linux apps on Flathub. Go ahead.

If the available software doesn’t work as you want it to and you have the skill and time to make something you like go ahead. Often enough in the open source world devs of “competing” programs actually help each other.

So in the end you will just make the world a better place with your contribution.

If I didn’t have a Steam Deck already I would still get one.

1. It’s one of few devices with Linux preinstalled.
2. The battery life is better.
3. It’s much cheaper. Especially if you get the discounted 64 GB version and buy a larger SSD.
4. The touchpads, gyro, additional back buttons and Steam Input integration make it much better suited for playing general PC games that would never work on a gamepad.

You can get a personal API key from Reddit and add it to Infinity yourself. You’ll just have to compile it.

Ah, yeah, whenever you took just one cent from traffic.

I recently played Detroit: Become Human for the first time. That’s pretty good, although it’s a little bit more grounded in reality than the usual neon light infested stuff.

And of course there’s the Blade Runner point and click adventure. But I haven’t played that yet.

Reminds me of the time I went from being a PHP developer to being a PHP developer.

That’s not how Github works. You need exactly one issue for a request and can then upvote it. Otherwise the dev might get annoyed.

https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/issues/535

There’s already an issue at https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/issues/535

Just throwing out there that nowadays the only games that don’t work on Linux are multiplayer ones with intrusive unsupported anti-cheat (for support see areweanticheatyet.com) and Gamepass games (and others from the Microsoft store). And VR is finicky.

If you don’t play those you could also go Linux on your gaming PC. Or wait until Windows 10 support runs out and look at the situation then.

I would explain it in terms of Wifi and speed and reach. Wifi is faster than 4G but has shorter reach. 5G is in between. That’s why more antennas have to be built for 5G.

I had my own server and used it for a long time until Android decided that it knows better what background services I want to have running and thus killed the “instant” part of instant messaging.

Since then I’m on Signal and could at least convince most of my friends and family to move there.