halm

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[–] halm@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago

This. Any open website with the notification service described in OP is a potential anti-piracy honeypot. And if setting up RSS feeds is too complex, how is it any more so to wait for a ping and then manually download the film?

[–] halm@leminal.space 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it's weird that they insisted all along that K-9 would remain its own branded version of the joint app. Yet according to f-droid, my newly updated K-9 (same app I've used for a decade and a half) is now one of two "Thunderbird for beta testers" listed...

It's still K-9 in my local app menu, the icon is the same, but I guess the Thunderbird project are sort of working out how to manage two differently branded versions of the same app?

[–] halm@leminal.space 148 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah, tech journos...

Ubuntu Touch [is] a great choice if you seek an alternative that prioritizes privacy and open-source ideals.

But

One area that has improved is Google account synchronization. While it's not flawless, it's easier to sync services like Gmail and Calendar than it was before.

🤦 I don't think he fully grasps that Google is the main reason to use a more private OS than (stock) Android.

[–] halm@leminal.space 14 points 1 week ago

Nope. He explicitly only praises battery life in that parapgraph. He experienced some performance issues in his (old) test device:

Ubuntu Touch shines in battery life (at least in my experience). Since the OS is lighter and uses fewer system resources, many users report better battery performance than on Android. Ubuntu Touch is optimized to reduce unnecessary background processes, making your phone last longer on a single charge. However, if you push the OS with more demanding tasks, you may still run into performance issues, especially on older hardware.

[–] halm@leminal.space 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Be very, very afraid of people using search engines or "AI" as some Magic Eightball oracle to give them answers.

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oops, added a suggestion of Simplex before I saw your answer. +1, I guess 🙂

[–] halm@leminal.space 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Simplex chat has a default "private notes" chat which is essentially chatting with yourself as you describe it.

Simplex is available for a lot of platforms and devices, and easier to install and maintain than Nextcloud. I'm not sure if it ticks all your boxes, though?

[–] halm@leminal.space 1 points 2 weeks ago

Probably just the usual f-droid pipeline. Give it until the weekend?

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh! Thanks for reminding me! 😆🎂

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Same. Didn't know about labwc, will look imto it when I switch to Wayland someday!

Did you come off a Crunchbang distro as well? 🙂

[–] halm@leminal.space 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

None. Openbox WM with Tint2 as a rudimentary system bar, Rofi as launcher.

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've been looking at Vosk, but haven't found a good client for their API yet. Anyone else?

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