earth_walker

joined 7 months ago
[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

Like many GUIs it makes it so you don't have to remember and type a bunch of commands to carry out basic tasks. I especially find it convenient for checking logs. But no unique functionality compared to CLI. So it's a matter of preference.

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If we're defining "text" as "SMS, MMS or RCS", Signal doesn't do that anymore. You can only send messages to other signal users. Signal is a great app but you won't be able to reach people with it unless you talk them into using it.

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (20 children)

Using OSS in your product and giving the OSS devs resources to improve their software, instead of trying to take over their project? Did Valve not get the memo that big tech companies are supposed to be evil?? Oh right, they have a monopoly on video game distribution and all of their products rely on DRM.

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Arch isn't unstable. Users mess it up by installing a bunch of random crap from the AUR or fiddling with system files.

SteamOS addresses this by making the root level filesystem immutable and guiding the user to install containerized (flatpak) apps.

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Just share the information that other people need to know and don't share things they don't need to know. Most people on LinkedIn have a worksona anyway, they're not sharing their personal life much

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

Yeah it's total accounts, total monthly active users is more like a million

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

😂🤣🤣

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Right, first it's astronouts- next it'll be all the illiegal aliens voting!!!!

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They can recieve security updates if you use an alternative ROM such as Lineage or /e/OS.

Can you please explain how e/OS/ is insecure?

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've heard a lot of people complain about software glitches and minor hardware issues. These issues may be due to the fact that the Pixel 6 was the first Pixel to use Google's own Tensor chips.

[–] earth_walker@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

Get a Pixel 7 or newer and put Graphene OS on it. Pixels are excellent phones and have good support for custom ROMs. The Pixel 6 has a lot of weird issues that the others don't have, so avoid it. Graphene is the best ROM for privacy AND security, and it is also relatively user-friendly.

Or, if you want an older phone, try a Pixel 3, 4 or 5. They are good phones with an older design style that may appeal to you.

/e/OS (also known as Murena) is also a good ROM for privacy, and supports a broader range of devices.

 

I mocked up a better workflow for video in a mastodon mobile app. I'm not a developer, just a mobile user who wants to stay in their fedi app of choice (currently Moshidon) while enjoying multimedia content and not get booted out to a web browser every time I want to watch a video or listen to a podcast. I still have no idea how difficult or feasible it is to actually implement this concept.

I think it's very important for fediverse mobile apps to support audio and video streaming to integrate with platforms like Peertube, Castopod, Bandwagon (once that gets going), etc.

 
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