2026-08-26T16:31:31Z https://nostr.ae Oliver Geer https://nostr.ae/npub1ldva54k5lep7r0w7489w4z750lmwq0fgeynx4jwwd8jqmmdxt6xs6v9hsy https://cdn.masto.host/floss/accounts/avatars/111/789/167/319/610/822/original/027a801a2c70357c.png https://cdn.masto.host/floss/accounts/avatars/111/789/167/319/610/822/original/027a801a2c70357c.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs866pnfz9g6rc2rlkqyrxc6vza9zc5d93xad5sekcckks6kqjf6nqzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6230tus In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx2q8pcg478w2kmk54tdnsmvfszke53h5zpy9e99w54xmf8wms6jg6fshr8'>nevent1q…shr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good point. That interpretation is more comforting... 2025-02-26T20:53:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy29zr52a2jgvmtzcegrn9ks7jc650qcfpphhhvsge25fjjkpxgnczyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6s27kqc It&#39;s both Valentine&#39;s Day and #iLoveFS Day today, so I&#39;ll share some of the Free Software applications that I have loved using in the past year:<br/><br/>* <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1du2pjsma3dnzk2lepm9l6shexmmlltsjqmdq9xss7lrullepyepqw3f6r3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>EndeavourOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1du2…f6r3</span>)</a></span>, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12xyx7p7xjn9fpfxtrlempsps00r5frq9qzeqzzet2pg4m0ykwvyq3kdtdy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub12xyx7p7xjn9fpfxtrlempsps00r5frq9qzeqzzet2pg4m0ykwvyq3kdtdy</span> (<span class="italic">npub12xy…dtdy</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lxtn3g74rwc94w7pmw76pg838k750w7n6ce0smyvjryk7p23mjzqgn4044" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Debian</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lxt…4044</span>)</a></span> GNU/Linux;<br/>* <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ncyt83v7dhf4u0lec6r0jt93a4rqwauec5eu6wa2azem8ss8w7ls5h3x0q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>KDE</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ncy…3x0q</span>)</a></span> Plasma Desktop and a lot of their apps, especially the Kate editor and Kontact suite;<br/>* <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tgg430m4q5ak0zezsxp4vvglkcu3vxtykyc272khxs4axddh0wxs7hqwzh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LibreOffice</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tgg…qwzh</span>)</a></span> (Incredibly useful);<br/>* <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13gcdc9kmu4zxhjrgek69p5gmujasar75vv80pgmcfv5lrlnrrg4sqwhkve" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mozilla</span> (<span class="italic">npub13gc…hkve</span>)</a></span> Firefox (Linux and Android);<br/>* <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub163hduy0fd2evxcc7298ck4yplx9pege9ne06wgra9h342jcxh5wszvmv0n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mastodon</span> (<span class="italic">npub163h…mv0n</span>)</a></span> and the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wvdjg4pjazamrekslsknpyjg3lnnz7r0cfj3dcparn2xuj8k7pqpw53pp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tusky</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wv…53pp</span>)</a></span> client (Tusky looks good, works well, and is feature-packed but accessible);<br/><br/>🧶1/2 2025-02-14T16:13:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2npmaucwcjakww6m2uptjp02yayht6v6nzlegkgqayzpxqf5zfkqzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g64ptx9l I have been wondering for a while about #Nextcloud&#39;s environmental impact. It&#39;s #FreeSoftware so gives user autonomy to disable intensive features and fights planned obsolescence, but I couldn&#39;t find a mention of the environment on Nextcloud&#39;s website (better than boasting in a misleading way like some do) or any specific data...<br/><br/>...but after a bit of searching I found <a href="https://www.blauer-engel.de/en/products/nextcloud-server">https://www.blauer-engel.de/en/products/nextcloud-server</a>, meaning it&#39;s German-government-certified as eco-friendly within its space. Congratulations <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rk6czmpvny876kqvc4aqseuku3zmnxlphyxs2940g6u59te5m2yq57hv4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nextcloud 📱☁️💻</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rk6…hv4q</span>)</a></span>! 2025-02-03T12:27:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqmz7ghv7wy5h2xxxm59ul8eq75qasqggz9vt3yxkfcflgu5v5tmszyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6v2y4fp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf858agpua8r8ly38q9f5yujznvdkn3dpacqsw97depkmzaep6cyqu3dmjm'>nevent1q…dmjm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That was quite unclear of me. I meant the loss of replies in Mastodon between different instances: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/22608#discussioncomment-4775167">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/22608#discussioncomment-4775167</a> 2025-01-19T18:11:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdtl932028hzttzgy0dtw79d2dvgtd4z5wmk8q2pqtryk5qsaczkgzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g66jjvmp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqj7p7gdnf9s0h7m26e9uzcyvcvaq28jwx6ve9lx8wld67jcrrmqsazd4dp'>nevent1q…d4dp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow - I just infodumped a lot!<br/><br/>(I&#39;ve been reading up on it. Maybe too much.) 2025-01-19T17:36:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqj7p7gdnf9s0h7m26e9uzcyvcvaq28jwx6ve9lx8wld67jcrrmqszyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g626lfpp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsygqzl6ky46dhhhlnsxhxafdq7mprzezfx73dup5kdxrlnzvkj6zc6ycuf7'>nevent1q…cuf7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I must admit that the lossiness of comments is a bit irritating and is a problem that likely needs a solution, but wouldn&#39;t say that lossy federation in general is. It gives users content based on their interests in an organic, user-controllable way, and allows a truly federated platform that is actually practical as well, with relatively low resource requirements (think practicality, environment). 2025-01-19T17:35:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsygqzl6ky46dhhhlnsxhxafdq7mprzezfx73dup5kdxrlnzvkj6zczyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6nzjgwg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpv9jnvc03cmdr7mkjkusex63q9fgdk0a9hzh7sktm4mh0a55d9c99j44l'>nevent1q…j44l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And the practical network-effect reason that it has little reach is that not enough people are on it yet - they&#39;re on other siloed platforms.<br/><br/>That&#39;s the magic of the Fediverse: you can federate with everyone and not give control to a monopolistic force... you can have choice in your platform (Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, Peertube, Misskey, Sharkey, Pleroma, Akkoma, GoToSocial, WriteFreely, WordPress, Micro.blog, ...) without excluding friends, retaining this choice for the future! 2025-01-19T17:33:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyp62hnrn9np9q92s2zw079jgjdupkg55lrkfdwjrkj7hfl0chs7czyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6uee0js In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ana2t2hs2j8nwy676nce3ywqn7s7t2r5jj5ncf45t3mde2n9qnswjw350'>nevent1q…w350</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Relevant - you can change your settings to see all Mastodon posts in Pixelfed: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/106702023829942214">https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/106702023829942214</a> 2025-01-17T18:42:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsys5pdqwer6ax5yhrjg26cavd3n6s7n52qzpm6v9mr8axgnwwk3cczyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6ez8mss In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sx479edg43dp8adp4p6w2095rveytljmru2tenwa9kpc8h8xn7gsx43h2'>nevent1q…43h2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe allowing the Chinese brands to use characters rather than having to concatenate the Pinyin of their names would help (though I&#39;m not sure for international readability)? 2024-12-28T19:37:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvwu7j2lavswq0ftpz8wnla99nk7kvp9dsqu85l7em7mmck8070wgzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6pr03x9 I use <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ncyt83v7dhf4u0lec6r0jt93a4rqwauec5eu6wa2azem8ss8w7ls5h3x0q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>KDE</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ncy…3x0q</span>)</a></span> free and open source software every day. There&#39;s a lot of it, but one example is the ultra-customisable yet easy-to-use Linux/BSD desktop environment KDE Plasma.<br/><br/>I got a drawing tablet for Christmas so decided to make this fanart (CC BY-SA 4.0 Oliver Geer 2024) on Krita, another piece of KDE software (that you can use on many operating systems, not just Linux). By the way, they&#39;re fundraising: <a href="https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024">https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024</a><br/><br/>Also, thanks Linux Wacom for the out-of-the-box FOSS drivers.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/712/754/612/828/681/original/e815c8cc0b4e0124.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-25T09:31:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdtn9qt4j5s0du5t765wgnrzr9fu448080lwfsgf2k7unsrvlh3uqzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6vzsjca #latinoamerica #SoftwareLibre #latam #latampol #FOSS #flisol #askFedi<br/><br/>Estoy investigando el impacto del Software Libre en la economía y soberanía tecnológica en la América hispanohablante*. ¿Hay estadísticas, eventos, leyes, opiniones o proyectos que debería saber?<br/><br/>Ya he investigado FLISoL y las leyes que hicieron obligatorio el SL del sector público.<br/><br/>*(menos los EEUU, y no me permiten incluir países que no hablan español como Brasil - lo siento)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ntwmvc8t074xr6rfshlpkgpkjtesdujhtqtzt9nw5jy7ga5qlfcqm9lqwg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Federico Mena Quintero</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ntw…lqwg</span>)</a></span> [@rikylinux_ar](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@rikylinux_ar">https://mastodon.social/@rikylinux_ar</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rxtwtwdkjqqzkjd3z8f4jdlxkrraqm3g4x7r43re869x435mcyqq67482j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Canaima GNU/Linux</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rxt…482j</span>)</a></span> 2024-11-16T15:38:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrc0n9wx9a60lnhp8en235vrum9wzf4andvuas8g2jkqjpgmdc0vqzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6qaw5ke In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tjd035m4kcayaz2nk8ddjvkzlf40txca68vs83d4zcrl265stls97ep5q'>nevent1q…ep5q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very sensible. As regards the last hashtag, are there actually people who think saying that is part of &#34;boys being boys&#34;?! 2024-11-09T21:27:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf7vkrw5n0ccxl0m0plehyfza2tf72sxguytq8c56sehdadpu8w0szyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6qmaqnh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsygdtel9ke76tl92rf7gweakqwmcmxwn0nqzt5tw80zcn25rhwf6c8m0plj'>nevent1q…0plj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Additionally, to all: if you have the means, please contribute to FOSS software you use, financially, or through bugfixing, promotion, or/and development! I do this whenever possible and it&#39;s the only way these amazing programs have been produced, and how KDE has existed since 1996! 2024-10-31T17:40:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsygdtel9ke76tl92rf7gweakqwmcmxwn0nqzt5tw80zcn25rhwf6czyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g643fhvp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg475galsz826g09qfsezy0fsd80gaqvrerxd6nzuec7n9vxfekgsgzrwhq'>nevent1q…rwhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course - thanks for the quick response. For better or for worse, I always take everything literally and physically can&#39;t seem to do otherwise!<br/><br/>Long live FOSS and welcoming, creative FOSS-dev communities! 2024-10-31T17:28:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs24ggzm0hcs7m3z37lym65zzts8nj4jcvtr5hzhx238dtvdf0ha5qzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g65vrx5l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszejms7xdsa7gam9zp5af4uxdr0t0w3wu8hq637cz6x5a93vg5npgajx4n9'>nevent1q…x4n9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nextcloud / Owncloud / Seafile? 2024-10-31T17:20:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg4fz78f4m8mwvqld2lfeq5lczzjj730cxzlt8apefy8ff2dcvc4gzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g68rxq6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd72jasc98te32pj6wxvch89zdsp8xh6xnvwytgl8e8us2vdrtwhc5tc0jj'>nevent1q…c0jj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love KDE Plasma and personally it often feels better than Windows user-experience-wise, contrary to what one might expect due to its nonprofit, community-led status. Not to mention the customisability/freedom/privacy benefits...<br/><br/>However, I do need to point out here that Windows Recall is (currently) opt-in only so this story would be inaccurate unless the ex installed it on the speaker&#39;s computer. 2024-10-31T17:06:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2u77gla0nzf556t03sydeyh2xjalc5uxxs7t7y9emu8nhscp2sgzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6geqnyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyaspnz2vhmqeyald3my7vwltcym3xqksr0cjrgrj9wlnhv9c2rzgunsrvm'>nevent1q…srvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Regarding the third talk, there&#39;s quite a lot of irritating drama in FOSS!<br/><br/>By the way, there&#39;s a typo in &#34;Birds of a Feather&#34;. 2024-10-31T16:36:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxs63a6v586zy6aukwkn4p8q7rjpkxl2xzlsa8ehvknqage2fda3czyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6us7ppe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrm3jltqknak3gcu30le4tljxqqja6j5ktzxzegmj7hud0rxn7cwswdcv4d'>nevent1q…cv4d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At least it&#39;s been legally dealt with now: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/elon-musk-super-pac-lottery-winner-doj-warning/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/elon-musk-super-pac-lottery-winner-doj-warning/index.html</a> 2024-10-25T08:13:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxq2l9x84l7k6ty67dg7nw5qntlf4p5l02wqpsfvwyswnl8gfeu3szyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6jv48m5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmz3l6dxy4zvftaefd8g7ye2jkez6y0e480emsxg2n4k3kc5ad0qwkec8f'>nevent1q…ec8f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for the suggestions!<br/><br/>I do quite heavily rely on autocomplete but hopefully the language server protocol support in Kate will help with that. It&#39;s probably more lightweight than KDev as well.<br/><br/>It seems that ZSwap is already enabled, luckily! I tried the grep command from <a href="https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-enable-zswap/39945/4">https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-to-enable-zswap/39945/4</a> and it contained &#34;/sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled:Y&#34;. 2024-08-15T13:14:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstn7vq342u84u7qmxdnrtnqtnamvap3gjzhwq0wxvcytzx5qpdw8szyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6z8uzu0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2h7pwykmm9zwt3nxjed2zmj74508p8lf6x53gxaafjddm0at6rwc85q9l7'>nevent1q…q9l7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Web browsing with Firefox works well (luckily I&#39;m not someone who tends to have many tabs open), and YouTube works without buffering but defaults to 360p, the minimum video quality.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t use Steam, but do use VS Code which is also based off Electron. When I run it, the fan always starts. I&#39;ll probably switch to KDevelop and/or Neovim soon if this heavyweight app causes too many problems. 2024-08-15T09:07:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27f08e3crsx3k8fths3a8jrtu045z49vyxelzm35sgkd8mfq4yhqzyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g6tjq64k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgy08es9arejqgu0r0y2ea8znmx2j5hthvc0x5w8axyt68c2eh95cvjvf2m'>nevent1q…vf2m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My current laptop is a hand-me-down Samsung R780 from 2011 which used to be running Windows 7.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve upgraded its battery and changed its HDD to an SSD (it&#39;s so easy with these old models!) but kept the 4GB RAM, and I can use it as a daily driver that I effectively got for free. EndeavourOS and Plasma 6, like yours!<br/><br/>Linux makes hardware sustainability and control of one&#39;s own PC so much easier!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/112/961/602/988/651/274/original/92cefc77b6c9fb53.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-14T17:52:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfhj2avc26e8pygts3np44zkcqltfdjn3fv2mpdk2cu42xxd8ug5szyra4nkjk6nly8cdam65u465t63lldcpa9ryjv6kfee57gr0d5e0g62qa3vv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzvm8ujuqayxl4znrfkfv42g0h8rjxkqq0v2q56mwysztnuup6dc6wfds2'>nevent1q…fds2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, though it&#39;s under developer settings: <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-apps-chrome-os/">https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-apps-chrome-os/</a> 2024-08-11T08:13:18Z