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smileyhead OP ,

Having to use systems that swing to more closed solutions is going to degrade security in more places.

smileyhead ,

DisplayPort is super easy to convert to HDMI and the adapters are cheap. The other way around is not so easy.

smileyhead ,

DRM is not to stop pirates, but to show investors and licence holders you are trying to stop pirates.

smileyhead ,

Isn’t it beautiful that when someone try Mac and some Windows software is not available the reaction is “oh well”, but on Linux they try very hard and immediately reach for tutorials trying to install it?

smileyhead ,

I want this author to make some comic with someone tickling him ^_^

smileyhead ,

And second vertical monitor for reading error logs.

smileyhead ,

Slowing down web development good, but not like that.

smileyhead ,

😑👏

smileyhead ,

Every Matrix protocol server, excluding some experimental or internal for a company ones, are federating? And it’s not an app as you can choose an app, the protocol defines client<>server spec too.

smileyhead ,

Unfortunetly no. Can be shown when you reset the encryption keys, relogin and see that times of messages, who you are talking with and even reactions are visible. But I know for reactions and replies they are working on it.

smileyhead ,

It’s different, because not being forced to use their app and have WhatsApp account to still talk to someone there?

smileyhead ,

Yep, all the EU done is forced websites to have consent if the website want to process personal data. There are many analytics that does not process IP address or fingerprint and so does not require consent banner. Be annoyed on the websites, not this law.

smileyhead ,

Whatsapp runs on all devices

Nope. Android, iOS, Windows and Mac are not all devices. And web versions are far from ideal (some may suggest expanding web capabilities, but please don’t).

smileyhead ,

Okey

smileyhead ,

As EU dropped their app from the list of gatekeepers, they have no need to adopt abandoned protocol laying around and pretend to be open like Google do.

smileyhead ,

The benefits are there, some of ideas out of my head:

Better networking for administrator, access to /etc/hosts file, not being tied to a single VPN slot.

Using old mobile phone as a simple server, having access to firewall tools and normal remote control.

Installing simplier graphical interface for eldery people.

Lifetime updates for many system components that are not device specific.

Simple backups and cloning with standard tools like rsync or borgbackup instead of Google Drive. Also backing up whole system.

Everyone can add a feature, you can make a difference, no need to mess with Google’s Android developing pipeline.

Making native apps for mobile and desktop at the same time, no need for bloated web-like abstraction layers.

Apps made in Python, C, Rust… No need to fit into Android SDK. And no forcing Android SDK and Android Studio!

Customizations of the interface look via CSS files (Phosh have it to some sort).

Someone give more ideas?

smileyhead ,

Try to compile just the Android SDK yourself. No one even knows if this is possible (if all the source code needed is there).

smileyhead ,

You can’t even compile any of those FOSS apps without running propietary build of Android SDK. No one managed to build current versions of Android SDK from the source code yet.

Android is like one big blob and changing anything in it require giant effort. Meanwhile making new feature for a Linux phone with common Linux tech stack is super easy and any mid-tier developer can change something in Phosh for example.

smileyhead ,

Which one? Android SDK source is under Apache licence, but binaries are under EULA. There were some efforts to properly package it under free licencje, but currently no one do it.

As for Android being giant blob, maybe not the best word but it really is barely available to change. If I want to add a new feature to the UI, I need to build whole ROM again and deal with Google’s developing platforms. While on Linux you can get the code for a component from some GitHub/Codeberg and modify/reinstall just that component.

smileyhead ,

This is a problem with the current industry, smartphones are conceptually no different than any other computer. It’s Qualcomm not publishing proper documentation and tools, propietary bootloaders, drivers being baked as Android packages, no specification how main processor can talk to a modem…

smileyhead ,

Steins;Gate fans:

smileyhead ,

HTTP?

smileyhead ,

Only a matter of time when Chromium operating subsystem start to be incompatible with Firefox.

So, all those years creating “web standards” are for nothing, as turned out with too many standards no one is able to implement them, leaving only one existing browser to still operate. We won’t even know if websites are compatible with a standard anymore, because Chrome interpretation might me different from any other.

smileyhead ,

Factorio! Yeah, I always wanted to try multiplayer with someone of my friends, but never ever anyone wanted to even try the demo.

smileyhead ,

And what protocols do they support?

smileyhead ,

HTTP, serving properly tagged semantic HTML file, with optional styling via CSS, and if you really want JavaScript for animations and live updates.

Thank you.

smileyhead ,

Disclosure: I did not have any business myself.

Maybe it will be worth considering starting with spreadsheets? They are super super flexible and what have been done for years. You would have time to see what scope and needs you have for more dedicated and automated system down the road. Switching ERP software is very painful and time consuming, while importing spreadsheet to ERP is basic transition.

smileyhead ,

I have a way for you both:

Give two solutions, one short-term and second long-term.

smileyhead ,
  • Switched to Linux years ago
  • Sometimes I need to help a friend or do professional work for someone else’s komputer
  • I am annoyed about some stupid Windows thing I have to deal with
  • People tell me to switch to Linux
smileyhead ,

Then don’t bother and don’t give a solution. Or at least say “I don’t know if there is a short-term solution in a form of simple switch, but I know if we switch from Windows in long-term there won’t br such problems ever again”.

smileyhead ,

You’re right, sorry for that. This is what I would give as an advice, you can give whatever advice you like, I shouldn’t write this in such imperative form.

Looking for Magisk module or mod to grant all permissions automatically to all apps.

Like in title. Modern Android permission system is really annoying. It assumes I do not trust installed apps and I believe was made to promote loose installing of whatever crap like loyalty cards apps, while I only install a couple of trusted apps all from F-Droid. Such module would enable faster installation of the systems and...

smileyhead OP ,

Android is unfortunately the only stable option for mobile OS now.

As for the permission revocation thing, just turn it off. 🙄 As far as I know there is still no global switch for that?

smileyhead OP ,

Is there a global switch? I only have the option for disabling this for every app separatly.

smileyhead OP ,

Can you give me any example scenario of the attack?

smileyhead OP ,

This permissions I have on for my browser anyway, also I still need to click “install” on the popup here regardless of permission switch. And with my idea I was thinking about normal permissions, not special ones.

smileyhead ,

Or like others speculate, to not allow third party browsers to do PWAs.

smileyhead ,

Some suck just more.

smileyhead ,

Maybe there will be some positives at the end of the day? PWAs were mostly used to distribute proprietary obfuscated webapps and bloating up the web standards and browsers. Or maybe I just miss the days of web being a framework to publish interactive documents and not a base on which WebKit and Chromium try to achieve feature parity with Android.

Self hosted open source simultaneous multiuser password safe with .deb or .rpm and an end user webui/android app

I’m looking into different self hosted open source multiuser password safes and while there are many options I haven’t found one with a .deb or .rpm install - only a whole bunch of docker compose....

smileyhead ,

Vaultwarden is simpler to selfhost implementation of Bitwarden server fully compatible with it’s apps.

ArchLinux have the server in official repos.

For Debian (.deb) I have found this unofficial repo: github.com/gvtulder/vaultwarden-debBe mindful it suggests stupid installation method by downloading and executing the install.sh script directly, you may want to read it yourself before install.

For .rpm I haven’t find any repositories that are actively maintained, but you may have more luck.

smileyhead , (edited )

I am from Mastodon / ActivityPub bubble. Can someone explain me the benefits of Bluesky / AT protocol?

smileyhead ,

So nothing to keep an eye on considering an overwhelming amount of cons of Bluesky.

smileyhead ,

Bluesky:

  • Protocol is maintained by the same people who make the app and is developed on GitHub.
  • Instance that was the only one for such amount of time is hosted on Amazon AWS, with domain bought on Google Domains. Does not support IPv6.
  • Mobile app is not distributed on any of the open app stores, just Google Play and Apple AppStore.
  • Weak non-copyleft license not protecting the software from turning closed source and not making users sure they actually use open source version.

Wow, such decentralization.

Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)

Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use...

smileyhead ,

Will I be able to export/import a PassKey from a device?

smileyhead ,

Same can be said for someone using Linux for years and switching to Windows. Not all tools are there, habits needs to change.

I think people commening under posts like that mostly know that switching operating system is not the same as changing desktop wallpaper. They are not saying it’s easy, just that it’s easier for most than they think.

smileyhead ,

Just because some group is more in need of some feature, why limit this feature to just them?

Lyft made a system of saving someone’s gender and searching by gender. And then instead of a toggle called “search drivers based on my gender”, created “search only for woman drivers”. This is the pure sexism, not people complaining about including everyone.

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