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Andromxda OP , 1 day ago

Check out this comment lemmy.world/comment/10442269

Andromxda OP , 1 day ago

That’s exactly what I used. You can change the theme in the settings. I hate their default green theme, so I changed it to the standard Nitter theme.

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

Go ahead and join LibreTube’s Lemmy community: !libretube

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

Just find a good instance like piped.adminforge.de or host your own

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

Not FOSS

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

It’s in the IzzyOnDroid repo: apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/…/io.freetubeapp.freetube

And you can also get it from GitHub through Obtainium

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

SkyTube Extra has Google Cast support, but make sure to download it from GitHub (e.g. through Obtainium). The F-Droid version doesn’t have the cast feature, because it depends on a proprietary Google library, which is not allowed on F-Droid.

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

There’s also invidtui, which uses the Invidious API. You can simply use it with your favorite video player (e.g. mpv or VLC). Invidious is also very light on resources, so you could host your own instance. Even locally on your machine using Docker. Or go with youtube-local.

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

SkyTube Extra has Cast support

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

SkyTube Extra has Cast support

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

SkyTube Extra has Cast support

Andromxda , 19 hours ago

Tubular is actually the successor to NewPipe x SponsorBlock. It’s made by the same developer.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

There are a few GitHub issues on the Lemmy repo to integrate video support:
github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2318
github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2249

Andromxda , 2 days ago

It’s not the “AI nightmare”, it’s a nightmare of capitalism, proprietary software and user-hostile behavior by a greedy, profit-extracting Big Tech corporation.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

It’s not just Linux, but free & open source software in general. And it’s not just desktop PCs that are plagued by this corporate spyware, it’s much worse when looking at the mobile device landscape. The only real solution for mobile devices is GrapheneOS with FOSS software installed from the F-Droid marketplace. Browsers are also under attack by proprietary software corporations, Google just intentionally broke adblockers on all Chromium-based browsers, so they can generate more ad revenue. Last year, they tried to push a proposal that would have massively extended their monopoly on web browsers (WEI). All the streaming services are screwing their users over and increasing the subscription prices while making the content library smaller. It’s such a fucking scam, and it’s almost sad to see how many people are dumb enough to fall for it.

Andromxda , 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

several of our suppliers have been pressured to offer Linux support

We just got our first oscilloscope with Red Hat preinstalled.

This is so cool. Really great to hear. I wish more companies and other institutions would do this. They have to realize that using Microsoft software won’t benefit them in the long term, and actually start pressuring hardware vendors into pre-installing Linux.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Lineage and GrapheneOS don’t rely on Google Play services. It’s your apps that depend on this proprietary bullshit. That’s exactly why we need to grow the Android FOSS app ecosystem. We already have FOSS app marketplaces like F-Droid and Accrescent, and Obtainium allows us to download APKs from GitHub releases, as well as many other sources. There are many great FOSS apps that work just as well or even better than their proprietary counterparts. Some of my personal favorites are Breezy Weather, AntennaPod, Thunder for Lemmy, Aegis for 2FA, Standard Notes, LibreTube for YouTube, Xtra for Twitch and Translate You. There are alternatives for basically any Google service. We have UnifiedPush for notifications, OpenStreetMaps for maps and navigation, various serach engines like DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Mojeek and others (Android now even asks the user what search engine to use, instead of selecting Google as the default). There’s an improved fork of Signal called Molly, which has a FOSS variant that doesn’t use any proprietary Google libraries, it supports notifications through WebSockets instead of relying on Google’s FCM and they even have an option for UnifiedPush.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Apple Silicon machines are also much quicker to wake up from hibernation

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Or you can import the “I don’t care about cookies” list: www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/

Andromxda , 2 days ago

I don’t understand people who choose the Windows option, like wtf, make an install USB yourself and activate it using a $2 key from ebay or just crack it using massgrave.dev. Linux is still the best option tho.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Yeah KDE is sooo much better, I don’t understand how people use GNOME

Andromxda , 2 days ago

That kinda reminds me of my job, except that we build the unserviceable hardware and install Windows, as well as our proprietary software. Then we charge our customers shitloads of money for technical support. We’re a government contractor btw

It’s actually a pretty nice company (from an employee standpoint), we use a lot of Linux internally, as well as other FOSS software. But porting our products to Linux is hopeless, we have decades of C++ code that either relies on Windows APIs directly, or on our custom libraries that rely on Windows-specific stuff.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Well, not always: arstechnica.com/…/richard-stallman-leaves-mit-aft…

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Yes, Microsoft is such a trustworthy company, they will definitely respect your opt out. 100% sure about that, I mean, they would never spy on their users without telling them. God damn, how foolish do you have to be to believe in this bullshit?

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Your average Joe Schmoe probably has no idea that different operating systems

But I don’t think that these are the people buying a Framework Laptop

Andromxda , 1 day ago

AI is a cool feature, which makes a great excuse for proprietary corporations to spy on their users. I’d say it’s one of the best opportunities for an excuse of the last few decades. Only 9/11 was a better excuse to put everyone under corporate/government surveillance.

Andromxda , 1 day ago

Brave apparently wants to do that, but it’s not a great long term solution. The feature should actually be supported upstream, that’s why Firefox is a much better option, and a better base for a fork to create a new browser.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Oh yes, because proprietary software created by greedy, user-hostile, profit-extracting Big Tech corporations can always be trusted. Microsoft would never steal people’s data without telling them about it.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Windows 11 market share has been going down, while Linux market share has been going up by a few percent. I doubt that people are going back to an older OS. But even if that’s the case: These Windows 10 users will eventually have to find some other OS, as Win 10 won’t get security updates after 2025. Sure, not all of them will switch to Linux, but I’m sure that a notable portion of them will.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

You fucking troll

Andromxda , 2 days ago

I highly recommend Bottles, Lutris and ProtonUP-Qt. Maybe this wiki page, this guide or this video can help you.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

That does actually look interesting and might revolutionize parts of the Fediverse, ngl. Is it open-source?

Andromxda , 2 days ago

There’s not that much that you have to do. Just take the code, put a FOSS license (e.g. AGPLv3 or BSD 3-clause) on it and publish it.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

And after 10.15 they switch to 11, 12, 13, 14

Andromxda , 2 days ago

What shortcuts are different? Basically most of web browser shortcuts are universal, e.g. Ctrl/Cmd + L to focus on the URL bar, F5 or Ctrl + R to reload, Alt + Left/Right arrow to go back/forward, Ctrl + D to bookmark, Ctrl + T to open a new tab, Ctrl + W to close a tab, etc. I’ve been using these for decades across different browsers, god damn they even work in Apple’s Safari

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Reopening closed tabs should be the same, Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + T

Andromxda , 2 days ago

I highly recommend the Lemmy Universal Link Switcher user script, installed through Violentmonkey. It makes everything so much easier and more enjoyable. It basically rewrites every Lemmy link to a link that’s specific to your home instance. I.e. it allows you to click any Lemmy link, and it will open up on your home instance. This also means that you can just go to some other instance, explore the communities and easily open them on your home instance to subscribe to them. It also works with posts, e.g. if you see a post that you want to comment on, it will redirect you to the same post but on your instance, so you can use your account and interact with it.
Btw lemmyverse.net also has an option to set a home instance, making it easier to subscribe to communities:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/3ff29d42-7759-48a6-a3f4-ff1298cdc1c7.png(This feature even works with Kbin/Mbin)

Andromxda , 2 days ago

I’ve been waiting for something like this. A FOSS, federated TikTok alternative that doesn’t send my data to the Chinese and doesn’t sell it to data brokers sounds pretty great.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

I hope they support UnifiedPush

Andromxda , 2 days ago

So do I, but I don’t have Google play services on my phone.

Andromxda , 2 days ago

That’s really cool to see!

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Does Tubular support SponsorBlock for PeerTube videos?

Andromxda , 2 days ago

Mbin is a much better fork of Kbin

Andromxda , 2 days ago

I’d say kbin.run is the flagship instance (yes it’s an mbin instance although it has kbin in the name), I think it’s run by one of the mbin developers

Andromxda , 2 days ago

kbin.run is the most popular one of these and has the most generic sounding name, therefore I declare it the flagship instance lol

Andromxda , 1 day ago

Check out Root BSD on YouTube (or on Odysee or PeerTube!). He has quite a few interesting videos about various BSDs, and he actually uses OpenBSD on the desktop. Zaney’s older videos are also about BSD, nowadays he mostly covers Linux, but I still like his videos. I also like Joshua Stein’s blog jcs.org, he’s an OpenBSD developer and has some pretty interesting posts. He’s also on Mastodon: @jcs