FOSStastic
@fosstastic.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Passionate #Linux user since accidentally overwriting #Windows with @opensuse in 2010.
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After using #grapheneos for a couple of years, I have finally taken a deep dive into its past controversies. What a ride (through archives) that was in the last couple of weeks ...
But the main questions I actually wanted to answer were: How is GrapheneOS structured today? How much is its […]
But the main questions I actually wanted to answer were: How is GrapheneOS structured today? How much is its […]
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mastodon.social
January 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
After using #grapheneos for a couple of years, I have finally taken a deep dive into its past controversies. What a ride (through archives) that was in the last couple of weeks ...
But the main questions I actually wanted to answer were: How is GrapheneOS structured today? How much is its […]
But the main questions I actually wanted to answer were: How is GrapheneOS structured today? How much is its […]
I always find it entertaining when people only consider distros like Mint or #ubuntu as "beginner" #linux distros.
I actually had the most success with converting tech-savvy (young) people by recommending them #arch. Sure it's a steep learning curve at first, but for tech-savvy people it can […]
I actually had the most success with converting tech-savvy (young) people by recommending them #arch. Sure it's a steep learning curve at first, but for tech-savvy people it can […]
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mastodon.social
January 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Signed up on #bluesky to give it a try.
I concluded that it doesnt't work for me. Half of the accounts I follow on the #fediverse are not there, including almost all Threads accounts. There is also no way to follow hashtags. Overall it feels more isolated than here. I think they should […]
I concluded that it doesnt't work for me. Half of the accounts I follow on the #fediverse are not there, including almost all Threads accounts. There is also no way to follow hashtags. Overall it feels more isolated than here. I think they should […]
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mastodon.social
January 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Signed up on #bluesky to give it a try.
I concluded that it doesnt't work for me. Half of the accounts I follow on the #fediverse are not there, including almost all Threads accounts. There is also no way to follow hashtags. Overall it feels more isolated than here. I think they should […]
I concluded that it doesnt't work for me. Half of the accounts I follow on the #fediverse are not there, including almost all Threads accounts. There is also no way to follow hashtags. Overall it feels more isolated than here. I think they should […]
People around the world are advocating for tolerant societies.
Unfortunately this sentiment doesn't seem to exist when it comes to the decision of not wanting to own a #smartphone or not accepting the terms and conditions of #apple or #google.
I believe that we shouldn't exclude people from […]
Unfortunately this sentiment doesn't seem to exist when it comes to the decision of not wanting to own a #smartphone or not accepting the terms and conditions of #apple or #google.
I believe that we shouldn't exclude people from […]
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mastodon.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
People around the world are advocating for tolerant societies.
Unfortunately this sentiment doesn't seem to exist when it comes to the decision of not wanting to own a #smartphone or not accepting the terms and conditions of #apple or #google.
I believe that we shouldn't exclude people from […]
Unfortunately this sentiment doesn't seem to exist when it comes to the decision of not wanting to own a #smartphone or not accepting the terms and conditions of #apple or #google.
I believe that we shouldn't exclude people from […]
I can't really overstate how much I miss small, lightweight phones.
I just held an #iphone 5C in my hand and it was absolutely amazing! They could even put the power button on top and the tactile home button is so satisfying to press!
The #googlepixel 5 I was using previously was my absolute […]
I just held an #iphone 5C in my hand and it was absolutely amazing! They could even put the power button on top and the tactile home button is so satisfying to press!
The #googlepixel 5 I was using previously was my absolute […]
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mastodon.social
January 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I can't really overstate how much I miss small, lightweight phones.
I just held an #iphone 5C in my hand and it was absolutely amazing! They could even put the power button on top and the tactile home button is so satisfying to press!
The #googlepixel 5 I was using previously was my absolute […]
I just held an #iphone 5C in my hand and it was absolutely amazing! They could even put the power button on top and the tactile home button is so satisfying to press!
The #googlepixel 5 I was using previously was my absolute […]
Are there any tools to sync contacts and calendars with #android and #kde that don't require selfhosting?
Is there anything actively maintained that syncs to a file/folder or something that end-to-end encrypts the data to a cloud server?
At the moment I use #nextcloud on my #homeserver for […]
Is there anything actively maintained that syncs to a file/folder or something that end-to-end encrypts the data to a cloud server?
At the moment I use #nextcloud on my #homeserver for […]
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mastodon.social
January 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Are there any tools to sync contacts and calendars with #android and #kde that don't require selfhosting?
Is there anything actively maintained that syncs to a file/folder or something that end-to-end encrypts the data to a cloud server?
At the moment I use #nextcloud on my #homeserver for […]
Is there anything actively maintained that syncs to a file/folder or something that end-to-end encrypts the data to a cloud server?
At the moment I use #nextcloud on my #homeserver for […]
My #mastodon homeserver blocking arbitrary people and instances has brought back all the memories of why I left the #fediverse last time ...
There is just no replacement for #rss feeds. With RSS everyone can make their own decisions on who to follow.
Following someone does not necessarily […]
There is just no replacement for #rss feeds. With RSS everyone can make their own decisions on who to follow.
Following someone does not necessarily […]
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mastodon.social
July 29, 2024 at 8:45 PM
My #mastodon homeserver blocking arbitrary people and instances has brought back all the memories of why I left the #fediverse last time ...
There is just no replacement for #rss feeds. With RSS everyone can make their own decisions on who to follow.
Following someone does not necessarily […]
There is just no replacement for #rss feeds. With RSS everyone can make their own decisions on who to follow.
Following someone does not necessarily […]
PSA: If you use the recently released Fossify keyboard, DO NOT REBOOT your device without switching to another keyboard first.
Otherwise you might not be able to decrypt/unlock the device. You might have to do a factory reset to regain access and therefore loose whatever data (e. g. pictures) […]
Otherwise you might not be able to decrypt/unlock the device. You might have to do a factory reset to regain access and therefore loose whatever data (e. g. pictures) […]
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mastodon.social
July 25, 2024 at 7:13 AM
PSA: If you use the recently released Fossify keyboard, DO NOT REBOOT your device without switching to another keyboard first.
Otherwise you might not be able to decrypt/unlock the device. You might have to do a factory reset to regain access and therefore loose whatever data (e. g. pictures) […]
Otherwise you might not be able to decrypt/unlock the device. You might have to do a factory reset to regain access and therefore loose whatever data (e. g. pictures) […]
Does anyone know if there is a way to only show apps in F-Droid that are signed by the upstream developer and filter out all apps that are signed by F-Droid?
With Flathub you can do something like this, e. g. you can choose to only show "verified" apps […]
With Flathub you can do something like this, e. g. you can choose to only show "verified" apps […]
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mastodon.social
July 20, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Does anyone know if there is a way to only show apps in F-Droid that are signed by the upstream developer and filter out all apps that are signed by F-Droid?
With Flathub you can do something like this, e. g. you can choose to only show "verified" apps […]
With Flathub you can do something like this, e. g. you can choose to only show "verified" apps […]
Reposted by FOSStastic
Ads on the web don't actually *need* user tracking. Browsers don't *have to* cooperate with those who want to surveil us.
July 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Ads on the web don't actually *need* user tracking. Browsers don't *have to* cooperate with those who want to surveil us.
@popey That's the same nonsensical claims that some Debian fans always provide: "But Debian has more packages"
Sure, but Debian's numbers are inflated due to how it splits its packages.
The only relevant metric for me is: Are the apps I actually want to use available?
For Snap I have to […]
Sure, but Debian's numbers are inflated due to how it splits its packages.
The only relevant metric for me is: Are the apps I actually want to use available?
For Snap I have to […]
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mastodon.social
July 8, 2024 at 1:28 PM
@popey That's the same nonsensical claims that some Debian fans always provide: "But Debian has more packages"
Sure, but Debian's numbers are inflated due to how it splits its packages.
The only relevant metric for me is: Are the apps I actually want to use available?
For Snap I have to […]
Sure, but Debian's numbers are inflated due to how it splits its packages.
The only relevant metric for me is: Are the apps I actually want to use available?
For Snap I have to […]
@popey When Steam for Linux came out it was exclusive to Ubuntu. 12 years later and Ubuntu is just a mere ~11 % of Steam users.
Am I really in the wrong if I find this extremely concerning for Ubuntu?
If we assume (!) that Steam users are mostly home users and younger people, this means that […]
Am I really in the wrong if I find this extremely concerning for Ubuntu?
If we assume (!) that Steam users are mostly home users and younger people, this means that […]
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mastodon.social
July 8, 2024 at 11:42 AM
@popey When Steam for Linux came out it was exclusive to Ubuntu. 12 years later and Ubuntu is just a mere ~11 % of Steam users.
Am I really in the wrong if I find this extremely concerning for Ubuntu?
If we assume (!) that Steam users are mostly home users and younger people, this means that […]
Am I really in the wrong if I find this extremely concerning for Ubuntu?
If we assume (!) that Steam users are mostly home users and younger people, this means that […]
Is it possible to configure a system-wide KDE Plasma wallpaper?
With GNOME you can easily do this by creating a keyfile: https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/dconf-keyfiles.html.en
Is there something similar in KDE? I've looked at the Kiosk documentation, but didn't find […]
With GNOME you can easily do this by creating a keyfile: https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/dconf-keyfiles.html.en
Is there something similar in KDE? I've looked at the Kiosk documentation, but didn't find […]
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mastodon.social
July 7, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Is it possible to configure a system-wide KDE Plasma wallpaper?
With GNOME you can easily do this by creating a keyfile: https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/dconf-keyfiles.html.en
Is there something similar in KDE? I've looked at the Kiosk documentation, but didn't find […]
With GNOME you can easily do this by creating a keyfile: https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/dconf-keyfiles.html.en
Is there something similar in KDE? I've looked at the Kiosk documentation, but didn't find […]
@DiogoConstantino
> Debian
Snap isn't even properly sandboxed on Debian. It shouldn't be used on such distributions.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947325
The only distributions were snapd supports strict confinement are Ubuntu and its derivatives.
This is yet another […]
> Debian
Snap isn't even properly sandboxed on Debian. It shouldn't be used on such distributions.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947325
The only distributions were snapd supports strict confinement are Ubuntu and its derivatives.
This is yet another […]
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mastodon.social
July 5, 2024 at 10:14 PM
@DiogoConstantino
> Debian
Snap isn't even properly sandboxed on Debian. It shouldn't be used on such distributions.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947325
The only distributions were snapd supports strict confinement are Ubuntu and its derivatives.
This is yet another […]
> Debian
Snap isn't even properly sandboxed on Debian. It shouldn't be used on such distributions.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947325
The only distributions were snapd supports strict confinement are Ubuntu and its derivatives.
This is yet another […]
The installer is a particularly good example of how to not do software development: Rewriting perfectly fine pieces of software that worked for decades and would have done their job for a couple more years and replacing them with something not feature-complete and not well-tested.
When they […]
When they […]
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mastodon.social
July 5, 2024 at 7:03 PM
The installer is a particularly good example of how to not do software development: Rewriting perfectly fine pieces of software that worked for decades and would have done their job for a couple more years and replacing them with something not feature-complete and not well-tested.
When they […]
When they […]
@alxlg
> It is a well established thing in software distribution.
Not really. Only some use it, like Android or Flatpak. Others use completely different identifiers.
Android at least makes use of it by preventing the installation of malicious duplicates from different sources via app signing […]
> It is a well established thing in software distribution.
Not really. Only some use it, like Android or Flatpak. Others use completely different identifiers.
Android at least makes use of it by preventing the installation of malicious duplicates from different sources via app signing […]
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mastodon.social
July 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM
@alxlg
> It is a well established thing in software distribution.
Not really. Only some use it, like Android or Flatpak. Others use completely different identifiers.
Android at least makes use of it by preventing the installation of malicious duplicates from different sources via app signing […]
> It is a well established thing in software distribution.
Not really. Only some use it, like Android or Flatpak. Others use completely different identifiers.
Android at least makes use of it by preventing the installation of malicious duplicates from different sources via app signing […]
@alxlg Or was the idea to prevent conflicts between publishers that want to use the same name for their app?
So instead of "text-editor" and "gnome-text-editor" you now have "org.example.text-editor" and "org.gnome.text-editor"?
But why is this suddenly such an important problem and what's […]
So instead of "text-editor" and "gnome-text-editor" you now have "org.example.text-editor" and "org.gnome.text-editor"?
But why is this suddenly such an important problem and what's […]
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mastodon.social
July 2, 2024 at 4:49 PM
@alxlg Or was the idea to prevent conflicts between publishers that want to use the same name for their app?
So instead of "text-editor" and "gnome-text-editor" you now have "org.example.text-editor" and "org.gnome.text-editor"?
But why is this suddenly such an important problem and what's […]
So instead of "text-editor" and "gnome-text-editor" you now have "org.example.text-editor" and "org.gnome.text-editor"?
But why is this suddenly such an important problem and what's […]
I have tried to make a list of criteria I use to select a #linux distribution:
- automatic updates
- disk encryption with manual partitioning
- disk encryption without LVM
- fixed release (predictable breaking changes)
- graphical notification about a new release
- graphical upgrade to a new […]
- automatic updates
- disk encryption with manual partitioning
- disk encryption without LVM
- fixed release (predictable breaking changes)
- graphical notification about a new release
- graphical upgrade to a new […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 2, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I have tried to make a list of criteria I use to select a #linux distribution:
- automatic updates
- disk encryption with manual partitioning
- disk encryption without LVM
- fixed release (predictable breaking changes)
- graphical notification about a new release
- graphical upgrade to a new […]
- automatic updates
- disk encryption with manual partitioning
- disk encryption without LVM
- fixed release (predictable breaking changes)
- graphical notification about a new release
- graphical upgrade to a new […]
A decentralised solution (Syncthing) is significantly more reliable than something centralised that is dependent on a single computer.
Package updates for the host system also tend to cause issues from time to time. E. g. recently Podman changed the default network mode within the Fedora 40 […]
Package updates for the host system also tend to cause issues from time to time. E. g. recently Podman changed the default network mode within the Fedora 40 […]
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mastodon.social
July 1, 2024 at 1:57 PM
A decentralised solution (Syncthing) is significantly more reliable than something centralised that is dependent on a single computer.
Package updates for the host system also tend to cause issues from time to time. E. g. recently Podman changed the default network mode within the Fedora 40 […]
Package updates for the host system also tend to cause issues from time to time. E. g. recently Podman changed the default network mode within the Fedora 40 […]
Question to the #fediverse: Does anyone know a #serverless solution to sync calendars and contacts between devices (e. g. #android and #thunderbird) that is actively maintained?
I use #syncthing to sync files between all my devices. Maybe there is something file-based to combine with […]
I use #syncthing to sync files between all my devices. Maybe there is something file-based to combine with […]
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mastodon.social
June 30, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Question to the #fediverse: Does anyone know a #serverless solution to sync calendars and contacts between devices (e. g. #android and #thunderbird) that is actively maintained?
I use #syncthing to sync files between all my devices. Maybe there is something file-based to combine with […]
I use #syncthing to sync files between all my devices. Maybe there is something file-based to combine with […]
If you're affected by the new terms from #adobe, please don't switch to yet another proprietary alternative.
Please consider switching to #opensource software and donating the subscriptions to these projects.
Unlike with proprietary software, your investment isn't lost if the project goes bad or…
Please consider switching to #opensource software and donating the subscriptions to these projects.
Unlike with proprietary software, your investment isn't lost if the project goes bad or…
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 7, 2024 at 7:09 AM
If you're affected by the new terms from #adobe, please don't switch to yet another proprietary alternative.
Please consider switching to #opensource software and donating the subscriptions to these projects.
Unlike with proprietary software, your investment isn't lost if the project goes bad or…
Please consider switching to #opensource software and donating the subscriptions to these projects.
Unlike with proprietary software, your investment isn't lost if the project goes bad or…