Oro "it's flatpak time" 🏳️‍🌈 / is on Nostr

Currently improving Flatpak documentation :ablobcatcoffee:

#GNOME, #Fedora, and #Flatpak

I maintain:
Some flatpak stuff
the (experimental) asahi/mesa flatpak
some more flatpaks

if you couldnt tell i like flatpak

any/all

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Matrix: @orowith2os:tchncs.de

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Last Notes

2023-07-07 02:42:17

It's sad to see a FOSS project look to add (user-controlled!) telemetry and the first thing the community says is "what, so a corporation can mine our data?"
Not all telemetry is bad. Our view of it is just tainted because of its abuse by companies.
Strip personal information, ask the user, and aggregate it.
It's genuinely useful information for developers to have. It's far easier to get information on bugs like this than it is to wait on an issue tracker. You can also see what most people are interested in - performance, workflow, features, etc.

2023-06-21 05:07:13

You wouldn't dereference a null pointer
right? right???

2023-06-19 02:54:28

- reply

this feels just like "are you normal or straight" but it's "are you normal or are you using Xorg"

2023-06-19 02:51:27

Causing chaos by assuming everyone uses Wayland, and needing them to specify if they're on Xorg for any bugs :blobcatnotlikethisgoogly:

2023-06-12 02:25:53

You don't hate Flatpak.
You hate the fact that developers don't need to track down 10 times more bugs, at the *minimum*.
You hate the fact that developers don't need to rely on other people to package and ship their software to end users.
You hate the fact that developers don't need to support at least four different environments, all with different libraries and versions.
You hate the fact that developers don't have to deal with the bullshit that's been plaguing the Linux desktop for the past 20 years.
You hate the fact that developers can feasibly ship their software to end users in such a way that it's sustainable for the long term.
You hate the fact that developers are less stressed and can put more time into making their software better.
#Flatpak #Linux #Flathub

2023-04-27 22:22:57

I saw some stuff about a federated social platform called "Bluesky"; apparently it has user-controlled algorithms, rather than a sequential timeline. *Apparently* it also isn't compatible with ActivityPub, so it's all only Bluesky over there. I don't like that. From what I've heard so far, it doesn't sound very nice, save for the algorithms.
I won't promote platforms like Bluesky unless they're as open as the Fediverse as it stands now. Having platforms be closed off from each other like this is a regression that shouldn't be happening.
Apparently you can't block people either: https://snowdin.town/objects/85fbef59-08e8-4e91-b560-76ece9ffacc0
#bluesky #activitypub #federation #fediverse

2023-04-09 19:41:51

#[0] haters be like I need my compositor to use insecure outdated protocols for window management and an inefficient design and handle rendering and fonts and be network based when I'm only using it on a local machine while also running with root for maximum security vulnerability and not promote secure and modern ways of interacting with my desktop if it can't sandbox files and dbus then it shouldn't need to sandbox window contents either