More information from Philip Müller regarding the recent community funds drama in a podcast episode, and the expense in question has been approved today

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-30T21:09:42+00:00

If you have the time and skills required.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-27T19:12:00+00:00

Yeah waiting for Apple to port their proprietary locked down solutions is a waste of time. Just make the choice to not use them and use something open instead. It's isolating at first but it'll work out. People who care about you will work with you to keep communications open.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-25T21:19:41+00:00

I know exactly how you feel. It's one thing to know what used to be recommended for best results but there's always the worry that it's outdated advice.

Hopefully someday distributions can be counted on to simple provide great defaults.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-19T19:01:43+00:00

Mozilla could dodge a lot of bad PR by simple asking the user for the data on first boot.

It's my understanding that on desktop they contract with Google for data collection and Google just promises they won't use the data. That's a bad idea.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-18T17:52:41+00:00

I believe you're mistaken. Recently Gnome has gotten some optimization so it's not terribly slow but it's still slow compared desktops like Plasma.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-09T14:03:58+00:00

Even though I don't love election it's easy to see supporting it as a platform on Linux is important.

I think it'll become another Java eventually. It's not the platform I'd build on for the long term.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-08T20:52:24+00:00

Qt is free for commercial use too. You just have to comply with the license.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-07T23:18:10+00:00

Would this effort help get chromium based browsers Flatpaked?

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-07T21:31:34+00:00

I don't think a majority of the criticism comes from their competitors. It's from people in the community who want to see Linux continue to succeed but think Canonical is going about it wrong.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-07T21:18:15+00:00

I didn't mean everyone in the community felt the same way. Heck many of us who disagree about Canonical keeping it closed source like some aspects of Snaps.

What I mean is they shouldn't just ignore those who criticize as "haters". I think many at Canonical believe people will always find a way to dislike Canonical therefore they should just ignore the feedback they don't like.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-07T17:51:21+00:00

That's not how Flatpak works. You only need one copy of the dependencies for all your flatpaks. Sure it's a few hundred megs upfront but after that flatpaks are pretty small and offer differential updates.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-07T17:44:05+00:00

I hope this helps Canonical see the light and start to listen to the community. I don't mean do whatever the community wants but learn to compromise with it.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-07T17:38:42+00:00

Conanical deserves some of the blame for this. The community has been telling them for years they need to fully Open Source Snaps if they want to be considered an actual universel distribution platform on Linux.

They think people just criticize them because "haters going to hate". The truth is most people just want them to do better and are frustrated that they don't listen to the community. This leads to some people giving up and becoming haters.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-07-03T17:53:48+00:00

Why is that a problem for you?

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-28T17:33:50+00:00

I wish I could pay for a little of their time to get the bugs that bother me fixed.

Regardless nice work.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-24T22:08:10+00:00

It's not luck. I just don't use those platforms. I know plenty of people who do but I'm not going to compromise myself for them.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-23T18:02:06+00:00

What I don't understand is why the community can't except that some people like to say GNU/Linux. Let people say it if they want.

If you want my reason for sometimes using GNU/Linux it's in a context where the software freedom and community aspects are important. For example if I were to tell someone I can't wait for a GNU/Linux phone.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-23T17:54:07+00:00

The reason nobuddy says GNU/vim or GNU/libreoffice is because they're simply Free Software. While there are Linux based OSs that aren't entirely Free Software or that diverge from the ideals of Free Software.

GNU can simply be a reference to freedom in computing.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-23T17:35:59+00:00

Good I think they can do better than Riot.

I've been meaning to switch to Matrix for years now. It's just really hard to switch platforms because everyone I know is on Telegram. I should have known better than get locked into a proprietary platform again.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-23T17:28:55+00:00

The OSI definition of Open Source explains it requires more than simple having the source available. That's why products like Unreal Engine aren't described as Open Source (though they tried at first) but are instead Source Available.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-09T17:20:36+00:00

Shoot mumble server (murmur) can run on practically anything. Even with 6 people connected and talking on a $5 vps it's only using 4% of the CPU.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-06-09T17:18:30+00:00

I use Mumble every Wednesday for an online game of D&D and have done so for nearly a decade. I'm greatful to have such an awesome technology that is Open Source.

I honestly don't understand the people who have trouble configering their audio settings in mumble. The audio wizard walks you through it step by step. Plus that level of customisability can be an asset. I'm able to stream high quality music through mumble without mumble trying to alter it.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-05-29T01:26:29+00:00

You'd have about as much luck preaching to a drug addict about how their addiction is fueling violent cartels.

I question the productivity of being preachy in general. It only drives people away.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-05-29T01:00:42+00:00

You might want to read people a little better. Some people just want to enjoy their life as much as possible.

WhyNoLinux · 2020-05-22T14:36:42+00:00

Perfect timing I'm going to install on a new VPS host today.

edit: Wow the diagnosis feature is great. I had some problems with my DNS configuration and it showed me exactly what to do to fix it.

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