Jeremy Soller 🦀

@system76 Principal Engineer, @pop_os_official Maintainer, and @redox BDFL - https://soller.dev

Profile picture and banner: I am wearing a Pop!_OS shirt with multiple computers running Pop!_OS in the background to celebrate the 20.04 release.

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Last Notes

2024-09-01 00:36:38

Thanks Brodie! It is clear you really understand where COSMIC is coming from and where we want it to go. A little negativity will not slow us down!
https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux/113059341804811453

2024-08-31 17:44:23

So, is memory safety "woke" now?

2024-08-15 01:35:01

Legally immigrating to the United States is damn near impossible https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opinion/immigration-us-legal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C04.eJpb.OShaZpNsgk7g&smid=url-share

2024-07-25 13:04:56

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If those symbols are to mean anything, then our country must not provide the tools for genocide!
Israel is operating without regard to civilian casualties and this endangers the United States by association.

2024-07-25 13:01:22

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Conservatives crying over a fucking replica bell. A fucking piece of cloth.

2024-07-24 13:31:35

Not one but two of Lunduke's followers sent me an image of a stereotyped "soyjack" trans woman being lynched by a "gigachad", so far. Yet my support of trans people is "political".
Why can't y'all let people live their own lives without threat of violence?

2024-07-15 15:31:42

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@npub1l3g…vu48 Indeed, that is the plan. It already has many of the COSMIC applications.

2024-07-15 15:19:00

See the excellent work being done by our Redox Summer of Code participant, 4lDO2!
https://www.redox-os.org/news/kernel-11/

2024-07-12 12:10:00

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@npub1vr4…92wq I am hoping to work with them to implement those features in cosmic-text. Harfbuzz by itself is not comparable, as it doesn't provide font fallback, layout, rendering, management of attributes, etc.

2024-07-11 14:01:11

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@npub1hrm…q322 It was verified by Mike Howell: https://x.com/MHowellTweets/status/1811115297203450143?t=Q9uZNab8KhH4TCz6yUzEwA&s=19

2024-07-11 12:18:31

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It is really hard to take the right wing seriously when they are out there literally talking like measurehead

2024-07-06 22:38:21

Feels like the only social media not taken over by brainless AI yet is mastodon:
https://youtu.be/UShsgCOzER4?si=GIMabZJ1hVvpo4iV

2024-07-05 15:15:33

Bevy (@npub1j72…dz9g) has merged cosmic-text integration: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/10193

2024-07-01 17:04:08

Fuck! https://www.qualys.com/regresshion-cve-2024-6387/

2024-06-28 14:29:01

If only Bob Arackama would run for president
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/694/717/432/640/287/original/09baeb334b98936c.webp

2024-06-25 01:07:54

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@npub103a…r3ap Trump would be worse for Palestine than Biden.

2024-06-22 12:34:29

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@npub10qk…v462 @aral@mastodon.ar.al We are now mutually blocking each other. I don't write this for it to reach him, but to reach those folks who are still taking his word as gospel.

2024-06-22 12:23:02

Or maybe, just maybe, Aral is completely missing the point and directing hate at me and my company for being something we are not. Why do you think Pop!_OS has held off on the Wayland transition for so long?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/660/237/122/270/638/original/c20ec2e1d9f5bc15.png

2024-06-21 20:20:27

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@npub1qhg…8mhf I have two children. My youngest is in daycare and my oldest is in public school.

2024-06-20 20:41:09

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@npub13ky…dayl I only use cosmic-term. These apps are meant to fill in most people's needs, I don't expect them to be replaced often.

2024-06-20 11:36:34

I have now blocked @aral@mastodon.ar.al. Take that crap somewhere else, bud. I worked on cosmic-text because Rust projects were way behind on internationalization. I'm no stranger to accessibility projects and I hope to make COSMIC one of the first accessible wayland desktops. I'm not your enemy, but you talk to me like one. Go fight your crusades somewhere else.

2024-06-20 04:12:09

I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. School taught us about heroes: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, the Tuskegee Airmen, George Washington Carver, and many others who lived in our state and changed history through their perseverance.
We were also taught about villains, the constant effort to maintain a society built on injustice where only one kind of people can be lifted up by the effort of all others.
Now, helped by school vouchers and "parental choice", the villains can erase this history.

2024-06-18 21:52:32

cosmic-text 0.12.0 is now released: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-text/releases/tag/0.12.0

2024-06-08 02:57:26

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@npub1qhg…8mhf I think primary selection already works.

2024-06-08 00:35:32

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Please consider donating or purchasing merchandise. Redox OS is managed by a 501c4 nonprofit organization and every donation makes a big difference!
You can read more on the monthly news post here: https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-240531/

2024-06-07 21:20:01

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@npub12dh…q6qy I think it does provide total width, total height, cell width, and cell height.

2024-06-07 20:28:10

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- Terminal multiplexing
Yes
- Sixel graphics support
Not yet
- Font ligature support
Yes
- Wayland support
Yes
- True Color support
Yes
- Written in Rust, C, or C++ not Javascript
Yes
- Decently fast
Yes
- Unicode and emoji support
Yes
- Configuration in simple language like TOML or through graphical menu
Yes
- Intuitive default keybindings
I think so
- Render underline, italic, bold, strikethrough etc properly
Yes
- Scrollback search
Yes

2024-06-06 14:09:38

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@npub1llk…ztah I really hope this is the case. That Boebert has no chance in the general, but still wins the primary, and therefore the seat flips.

2024-06-04 14:37:06

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@npub10gg…a0hf This is why I just have no friends. No friends, no threat vector

2024-05-30 22:23:50

Convicted felon Donald J. Trump

2024-05-30 12:20:09

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Only religion could tell a child they will suffer for eternity for reporting the abuse they experienced.

2024-05-27 22:56:46

In case you forgot that Trump is terrible for Palestinians, in addition to all the other stuff he wants to help do (see Project 2025)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/27/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors/

2024-05-26 16:29:18

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@npub1z64…sxul Most existing engines are really hard to embed. Hopefully servo improves on this.

2024-05-26 15:39:15

I love seeing people go through COSMIC for the first time. It is always useful to see what worked well and what needs adjustment. If y'all have any questions about COSMIC, don't hesitate to ask, I wrote the editor, file manager, store, and terminal.
https://youtu.be/aorVb1SNR7Y?si=5D-hw0bDs3m1R8cC

2024-05-11 14:22:08

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@npub1n5d…wt2g I vote Democrat because at least they wouldn't come after me, a filthy atheist, as one of their first policies...

2024-05-11 13:59:01

I freaking hate politics right now. There is no place for views that aren't hard-left or hard-right. There is no desire for dialog. Most people in reality are not perfect ideological stereotypes. But in spite of that, I see more and more of my online acquaintances falling into line with these sterotypes. Being part of the left leaning FOSS community, usually this means presenting as far left revolutionaries. It is resulting in the split of communities and ejection of good faith participants.

2024-05-09 14:26:53

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@npub1a3p…202p You probably already could

2024-05-08 23:27:35

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@npub1qhg…8mhf I use COSMIC for everything.

2024-05-08 23:21:16

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@npub1qhg…8mhf Both

2024-05-08 19:49:02

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I had to make this a bit messy to fit everything in, I was using the BMC's graphics output.

2024-05-03 15:43:52

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@npub1a9q…x9nu Get me an icon pack and I'll do it!

2024-05-03 15:39:12

Redox OS (@npub1ee4…flp3) running COSMIC
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/377/904/805/370/089/original/ec976f0463e1b79a.png

2024-05-03 14:47:56

COSmac
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/377/703/427/172/841/original/5d9795a824f6102d.png

2024-05-02 02:55:01

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@npub1hlt…ck4e I'll look into this, it is a good time to do it as the theming is pretty stable.

2024-05-02 02:51:52

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@npub1hlt…ck4e Can the module be easily loaded for flatpak apps?

2024-05-02 01:48:06

If you are a #KDE developer, I want to talk to you about:
- How can COSMIC apps better fit in when running a Plasma session
- How can KDE apps better fit in when running a COSMIC session
Please feel free to reply or DM!

2024-04-30 21:58:42

This Month in Redox, a Rust Operating System - April 2024
https://redox-os.org/news/this-month-240430/

2024-04-26 22:33:36

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@npub1lr3…aean Yep, for UEFI aarch64 systems!

2024-04-26 17:54:36

The Pop!_OS aarch64 build server (128 core Ampere Altra) is busy building 24.04 packages...

2024-04-23 13:27:14

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@npub1lrj…vpqe I know you're trying to be funny but I have to ask, how much C code have you seen?

2024-04-19 18:45:25

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@npub1all…xt49 Performance was a major consideration, if you have a chance, try the new one out.

2024-04-10 14:37:44

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@npub12dh…q6qy I doubt even a formally verified programming language could safely launch a batch file on Windows

2024-04-09 19:06:47

Is it possible to simultaneously have complete support for the enforcement of a code of conduct resulting in the removal of a transphobe from a community
While at the same time reminiscing on how I was threatened with CoC bans for a disagreement on technical issues
And how some of the folks who are commenting on this rightful ban were all too happy with pushing for a wrongful one
I still remember.

2024-04-08 19:15:03

Eclipse: casts Blindness
Eyes: roll 1 (critical failure)
Eyes: Blinded

2024-03-31 22:37:18

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@npub1hqn…afyj No proof of who Jia was.

2024-03-31 22:12:16

I'm honestly pretty tired of the more money/more eyes/more time/more something would have prevented the xz backdoor. It is unbelievably optimistic to think the community could just be a little better and that would defuse the efforts of a damn nation state.

2024-03-31 15:43:10

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@npub1lrj…vpqe My favorite part!

2024-03-31 15:12:22

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@npub1qhg…8mhf I hid em: https://twitter.com/jeremy_soller/status/1774417978483777746

2024-03-30 14:32:56

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@npub1h3g…nf7g Not yet!

2024-03-18 12:17:59

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@npub183n…tahh @npub1xuw…xhq5 Yes, workspaces are per display

2024-03-16 23:08:10

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@npub15g0…e07m Take me back

2024-03-09 16:05:05

The party of cringe fearmongers wonders why their state of the union rebuttal was fearmongering cringe

2024-03-08 19:43:30

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@npub1dcw…43jp @npub15lr…p2vs Not yet.

2024-03-06 21:51:07

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@npub1xml…2qh4 What am I gonna use a numpad for

2024-03-06 20:59:01

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@npub1kdr…dfmc It is a pretty fast SPI flasher

2024-02-24 14:46:51

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@npub1wc4…9c6j Handmaid's Tale is about the control of women, the demotion of women to second class citizens by a viciously patriarchal revolution. The handmaids are not even surrogates most of the time, as often the commanders are infertile but because they are male they cannot be blamed in that society. Instead, the handmaids are more like sex slaves for the commanders with the excuse of a religiously themed fertility ritual used as cover.
Rea-life voluntary surrogacy is very different.

2024-02-24 14:32:55

Hey Republicans you can either say life begins at conception and therefore IVF (which usually involves the "conception" of multiple eggs and discarding of most) is immoral or you realize life does not begin at conception and stop pushing this country towards Handmaid's Tale. I'm getting fracking tired of the have your cake and eat it logical fallacies you continue to push past your unskeptical base.
https://newrepublic.com/post/179263/republicans-panic-mode-alabama-ivf-embryo-court-ruling

2024-02-13 14:09:03

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@npub1dw3…kc76 Yes, it is an effect we want to support

2024-02-12 17:09:07

Redox OS Porting Strategy
https://www.redox-os.org/news/porting-strategy/

2024-02-08 18:20:46

cosmic-text 0.11.1 is released, with a new shape-run-cache feature that can drastically improve performance when similar text is shaped repeatedly: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-text/releases/tag/0.11.1

2024-02-07 23:08:49

Multiple buffer overflows in shim allow for bypass of secure boot, potentially even done remotely: https://eclypsium.com/blog/the-real-shim-shady-how-cve-2023-40547-impacts-most-linux-systems/
If only there was a language that could compile for UEFI that can prevent runtime buffer overflows...
Like the one I wrote the Redox bootloader in?

2024-02-03 00:27:54

The Pop ARM64 build server has been upgraded to use a 128 core Ampere Altra and it now beats the dual Epyc 7551 x86 build server on most builds.

2024-02-01 15:03:23

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@npub1h8d…7lz3 This is work in progress software, we will normalize this eventually.

2024-02-01 03:50:41

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@npub1ndk…rp2c That dependency has already been removed.

2024-01-31 22:42:14

I've adjusted the COSMIC editor and terminal to take custom window background colors from the COSMIC theme, when they are using the COSMIC syntax theme. Here's my DOOM theme 🤘.
Keep in mind all software shown is a work in progress
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/852/963/576/573/107/original/e636738d98e23a18.png

2024-01-19 16:11:42

If you want to support Redox OS and expand your wardrobe, please consider buying our merch! https://www.redox-os.org/news/t-shirts-fundraising/

2024-01-16 22:00:11

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@npub1fmt…w0pt
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/767/873/658/375/409/original/d2aa69b67f00a6a9.jpg

2024-01-16 04:54:18

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@npub183n…tahh I disagree, and this is why the themes are fully customizable.

2024-01-16 03:39:59

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@npub15xv…mg00 Thanks for the informed response.

2024-01-11 22:00:17

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@npub1z70…jtuz @npub1z50…uchn Alacritty would be similar to cosmic-term.

2024-01-10 21:22:56

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@npub1her…6c02 Both light and dark mode in COSMIC are contract controlled to be at least AA and usually AAA contrast. I know users who require either dark mode or light mode so it was important to do a good implementation of both. I'm really happy with our light mode design, as the previous Pop theme's light mode was not as well thought out.

2024-01-10 20:25:18

Here's our family of COSMIC desktop applications in dark and light mode. While there is still a lot of work to do, the foundations are strong!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/733/521/516/137/859/original/1fbe2e96e85af658.png
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/733/524/433/356/711/original/c429778435bfd798.png

2024-01-09 05:32:32

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@npub1jv7…mncm @npub186s…54uq Yes, it was Amdahl UTS.

2024-01-07 17:41:38

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@npub1gc8…8u2y It will be building out more features

2024-01-04 21:38:03

I managed to resolve a serious cosmic-term performance issue by doing lazy updates right before drawing each frame, when needed, instead of after every Wakeup event from alacritty_terminal. The result is far more in line with alacritty's performance. Here are the results of catting an 8MB log file and timing it.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/699/836/794/858/659/original/66ec67f1144e3fab.png

2024-01-04 00:31:10

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@npub1wen…aa3k Probably not

2023-12-23 00:07:52

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@npub16zw…afrx There is a general cosmic dark and light theme for everything else and it can be modified in the settings program

2023-12-23 00:04:53

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@npub16zw…afrx The editor already has dracula. I could add it to the terminal. Have to look into the other one. COSMIC will have support for automatic light/dark mode switching

2023-12-22 17:54:37

COSMIC Terminal next to COSMIC Editor both using the COSMIC dark syntax theme
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/625/350/348/341/272/original/5b96b4e954b15bdb.png

2023-12-18 23:58:23

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@npub1fmp…u24a Correct

2023-12-18 21:35:18

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@npub1rza…nlhk Thanks!

2023-12-18 18:52:15

Anyone want a GPU accelerated, Rust based terminal with proper BiDi support and ligatures?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/602/922/780/942/557/original/b63f7756b77b2f04.png

2023-12-15 14:21:16

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@npub1xs8…atqa Eventually

2023-12-09 14:02:40

I am finally 0x20

2023-12-08 21:26:46

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@npub1s08…c9mm @npub1vcl…k6t3 https://fosstodon.org/@soller/111541432807730403

2023-12-07 22:15:15

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@npub1nzv…h76j @npub1vvu…pj6u Firmware flashing of course requires physical access to pass an unlocking prompt on all new models. On previous models it requires root.

2023-12-07 22:13:14

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@npub1nzv…h76j @npub1vvu…pj6u There is no mechanism to change the image, so no logofail, unless you flash your own custom firmware (which the ability to do so obviates the need to take advantage of bios image parsing bugs)

2023-12-02 16:55:23

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@npub1lny…65xd It is an easy cross distro method for installing cosmic but I expect distros to do their own packaging

2023-12-02 13:39:32

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@npub1y9s…mtau Not at the moment but that is something I plan to try

2023-11-30 18:25:17

Got an OLED Steam Deck. Still needs a little external help to keep microSD write speeds high. It gets scorching hot otherwise.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/500/898/280/007/009/original/8fa75056bdb36ad1.jpg