Adil Arif @adilarif@librem.one

@erikwesselius @thomholwerda contrary to popular belief, GNOME isn't trying to hurt anyone with libadwaita. Every GNOME app was and will always be made for GNOME (except those who eventually decide not to), so nothing's changing on that front.

Before libadwaita, there was libhandy, which is essentially libadwaita for GTK3. Before libhandy, GNOME desktop-specific widgets were part of GTK, even though GTK also had its DE-agnostic equivalent widgets. So, what libhandy and libadwaita achieve is decoupling these GNOME desktop-specific widgets into its own collection of widgets specifically for the GNOME desktop.

In other words, libhandy/libadwaita literally made GTK *more* platform-agnostic by splitting itself. If anything, GTK was literally a "GNOME-ification of GTK" before libhandy and libadwaita happened. These platform-agnostic widgets are still and will remain available in GTK, and make apps that (theoretically) fit well on all desktops. A few examples of apps using GTK4 without libadwaita are Transmission and experimental versions of Inkscape.

Lmao. Just use Linux.

Fedora Linux 40 is HERE! Check out all our latest variants for desktop, server, and more.

New features include:
* @kde Plasma 6
* @gnome 46
* Fedora Atomic Desktops (rebrand for Silverblue et al)
* PyTorch / ROCm
* And more!

Learn more and try Fedora 40 today! https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Gnome #KDE

Today's the day 🥳✨🌈

The new home page layout is live on https://flathub.org now, including:

- Banner with 5 featured apps (updated weekly)
- App of the day
- New group for trending apps
- Tabbed section with trending, popular, new and updated apps

This has been almost a year in the making, including tons of work on documentation, backend, frontend, and the actual metadata in apps. Special thanks to @razze and @tbernard!

#flathub #flatpak

This #EarthDay we're taking a moment to highlight the incredible work that our environmental partners do daily. As 1% for the Planet members, we support them to secure a future for people and our planet.🌎 ➡️ http://col.la/ed24

Half the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny phytoplankton in the ocean.

A billion people depend on coral reefs for food and income.

11% of the earth’s surface provides all the food we eat.

3% of the water on earth is freshwater - and we can’t live without it.

The earth doesn’t need us: we need it. That’s why every day is #earthday!

We are grateful to the many experienced developers who reviewed proposed changes, the early adopters who tried out early access builds and reported issues, and the dedicated professionals who provided feedback on the OpenJDK mailing lists.

#OpenJDK #JDK22 #JavaTogether

I'm giving my talk today at #OSSummit about my work on a new accessibility stack for GNOME and other free desktop environments: https://sched.co/1aBO1

What people think being "rich" is:

• Luxury vacations
• Designer clothes
• New sports car
• Big house

But it's all debt, not wealth.

Being wealthy is:

• High-quality friends
• Time freedom
• Good health
• Investments

Real wealth can't always be seen.

Stop being fooled by the illusion of wealth.

For three days, Al Jazeera followed three families in Gaza to document how they are coping with hardly any food.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/3/26/they-scream-in-hunger-how-israel-is-starving-palestinians-in-gaza

@palestine
#Gaza
#food
#starvation

4 years ago we began helping the non-profit @gnome promote their #opensource desktop software with short animated videos. The production window is often tight, but we try to have fun. This one went live today. Enjoy! 🍿

#Fedora #Linux 40 Beta Cleared For Release Next Week

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Beta-Next-Week

Illegal settler activity on Palestinian land

@palestine
#WestBank
#settlements
#outposts

“Netflix has switched by default from G1 to Generational ZGC on JDK 21 and later, because of the significant benefits of concurrent garbage collection.

“More than half of our critical streaming video services are now running on JDK 21 with Generational ZGC, so it’s a good time to talk about our experience and the benefits we’ve seen.”

— @dannythomas, https://netflixtechblog.com/bending-pause-times-to-your-will-with-generational-zgc-256629c9386b

#OpenJDK #Java

#climatechange #climatedenial

🌎 Join us from anywhere in the world! The WildFly Mini Conference is virtual, so you can attend from the comfort of your own home on March 6, 2024. 💻
https://www.wildfly.org/conference/
https://www.youtube.com/live/_8g1rZ80u2A
#RemoteConferences

Wikipedia downgrades CNET’s reliability rating after AI-generated articles

Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/wikipedia-downgrades-cnets-reliability-rating-after-ai-generated-articles/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Docusign just admitted that they use customer data (i.e., all those contracts, affidavits, and other confidential documents we send them) to train AI:

https://support.docusign.com/s/document-item?language=en_US&bundleId=fzd1707173174972&topicId=uss1707173279973.html

They state that customers "contractually consent" to such use, but good luck finding it in their Terms of Service. There also doesn't appear to be a way to withdraw consent, but I may have missed that.