Posts by teatime@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #9upCgIPeTuV2rfhjua by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-05-08T04:01:15Z
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@mike Good post. Smart-home, smart-phone, smart-watch, smart-speaker etc seem mostly about data gathering. The focus clearly shifted from building actual useful products, to data gathering devices where the usefulness is just there to ensure people use it enough so it can get more data. And most of the product design these days isn't what is good for the user, its just based on what the previously gathered data told developers is most addictive/viral/attention-sapping.
(DIR) Post #9uts8PJNIazB7d8CPo by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-05-10T09:59:23Z
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#screenshotsunday I have the dock on the left due to a second small monitor arranged below primary.
(DIR) Post #9v1h9MHMyqiY3q2c8e by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-05-14T04:40:05Z
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@mike Thanks for another post. I have to say I am quite enjoying them. They don't even have to be super deep or meaty. I am a SW dev but relatively new to FOSS culture, self-hosting and privacy. I suspect that many others are too. Anyway I had vaguely heard mention of Mycroft before but didn't look too much into it. After reading your post though, I learned that the activation word can customized. This is an EPIC feature so I might try it! FOSS has little marketing so needs word of mouth
(DIR) Post #9vEMtaBRUw1ZEOQkwC by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-05-20T07:24:35Z
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@mike Open source dev tools have outpaced proprietary in many areas and a lot of it doesn't work well natively in Windows. Most devs I know are on MacOS, because its at least "unix-like" with a real terminal for working with open source, and perceived as a friendly packaged product compared with DIY Linux, or a hokey WSL setup in Windows. Rapidly developing WSL is MS's reaction to this issue.
(DIR) Post #9w9jvdH0lTgTDQYLAG by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-16T23:41:03Z
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@mike Its kinda vague but I think its designed to eliminate reboots by checking and applying important updates to the running kernel in real-time. I find I still need to update my other sw separately (e.g. using apt), and sometimes that might require reboot anyway. Don't quote me on this, but I also heard somewhere that the login is used to ensure one user is not running livepatch on more than 3 PCs or servers, as that would mean you need to pay for a commercial license.
(DIR) Post #9w9lbVWG5IPpHdDS1g by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-16T23:59:01Z
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@kev Even though I am not left handed, I much prefer ambidextrous mice so that I can switch hands to avoid fatigue. I use a logitech g pro which not only has ambidextrous shape, but the thumb buttons can be physically moved to either side of the mouse by popping off the cover. The mouse is expensive but I like the minimalist design, extreme response, high battery life, and ultra light weight
(DIR) Post #9wC1bhlMMyezHQUiES by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-18T02:08:43Z
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@mike @PINE64 My daily driver is a Dell 2-in1 tablet/laptop of similar form factor but with high laptop specs (Intel i7, 16GB ram, 500GB nvme). So far I found Ubuntu Gnome have put at least some thought into tablet touch screen functionality, without sacrificing desktop kb/mouse usability. KDE less so but anything can be customized. Could be a bit heavy for the PINE though? I would be interested to see what distros would work both in performance and usability.
(DIR) Post #9wGFKfprnrXe4ZCzPk by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-20T03:01:18Z
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@mike I use a similar DIY "seamless VM" approach for running Skype for Business and MS Office 365 on Linux. I have a Virtual Box launcher that immediately loads up a debloated Win 10 (LOL yeah... I am going to hell for "violating copyright" according to MS) VM with Office and Skype installed. The VirtualBox extensions allows seamless window resizing, drag and drop of files and shared clipboard with the VM. Anyway, lets hope any Parallels-Chrome thing flows down to help Linux proper as well.
(DIR) Post #9wKxy8a69asOKW8cbo by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-22T09:39:53Z
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@kev If you are like me and just hate the idea of typing 2 passwords when cold booting, try this: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/user-autologin.html.en. At least then I only type the encryption password to boot, which to me feels waaaay better and much the same as having a TPM like me old Windows surface pro did.
(DIR) Post #9wL0XzD4foOzbAagDI by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-22T10:08:54Z
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@kev Yep, you still enter the password for everything else like screen lock, login after logging out, sudo etc. It only bypasses the first login after boot.
(DIR) Post #9wO8LSkGRMMZs0gfqK by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-23T22:20:43Z
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@mike MacOS is not bad. You can download for free and install it with native performance virtualization on any PC with AMD PCIe graphics. The move to ARM would break this. Apple Watch remains a fashion item with bloated features that aren't very useful (LMAO at hand washing detection). iOS is fairly meh, just like Android. To me, phones became a distraction to be minimized. Ultimately, I can never use any of these things as they cannot achieve the customization level I am now used to.
(DIR) Post #9wQYmCNpTgoT50iTHk by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-06-25T02:25:58Z
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@mike Well not truly "free".. you will be violating Apples toc, but so far they don't actively stop you. The ISOs can be downloaded freely from Apple if you have access to a Mac or from alternative sources. Have not tried myself but there are a number of tutorials:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipxJJhDPHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnpEOo3GJAI like some aspects of the MacOS UI and sometimes it gives inspiration about how to customize my Linux.
(DIR) Post #9zjubjFmnN318XAgSG by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-10-02T04:06:35Z
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@mike The new Edge is not bad, but that's because its nothing to do with Edge/Explorer or anything else "Microsofty"... its actually built using Chromium like most browsers so think of it as "Microsoft Chrome". It even allows installing any Chrome extension. Either way I don't use it because its instrumented with Microsoft spyware and there is no Linux version yet (coming next year).
(DIR) Post #9zkKrRAqNenuVN0igK by teatime@fosstodon.org
2020-10-02T09:00:45Z
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@kev iPhone 3G was my first smartphone and I used ios for about 6 years before changing to Android. I avoided Apple apps, as at the time they seemed to have stronger lock-in and difficulty exporting data. This made it very easy to change to Android and even back to iOS if I wanted. Most iOS users I know who thought about switching claim they cant because they now rely on the Apple apps which are not on Android. Its like Windows users say they cant use Linux because all their sw are on Windows.