Sebastian Krzyszkowiak @dos@librem.one

@monster@defcon.social @maryjane @drewdevault Doesn't matter. For a single broken distro package there's a dozen of apps that benefit from distro-wide updates that weren't taken care of in flatpaks. Both approaches come with their own benefits and problems and they cater to different needs; it's not up to you to decide that one of them is "superior".

@monster@defcon.social @maryjane @drewdevault This is *exactly* what we have repackagers for. It *is* for the distros to decide and to guard users from app developers if necessary, and that's why we as users choose to trust distros like Fedora or Debian as those act in behold of the user rather than app developer. This whole mess shows exactly why the flatpak model, while solving *some* use cases, is not the answer for everything.

@foone Just got a weird SMS...

@mcc Also, such adapters are pretty much never bi-directional. They're used to connect a USB-C source to HDMI/DP sink, not the other way around. You can't easily connect a screen with USB-C socket to a device with DP or HDMI socket.

@mcc As a rule of thumb, if a USB-C adapter doesn't explicitly mention Thunderbolt or USB4, it's doing DP alt-mode. If it does, it usually can work both ways.

(some cheap no-name chinesium may mention it anyway despite not having anything in common with it, but that's another story...)

@protman @mcc HDMI alt-mode doesn't support multiple screens with a single port. DisplayPort alt-mode does (with recent enough DP version underneath).

But that doesn't matter, because HDMI alt-mode never existed in practice 😜

@mcc @protman Pretty much nothing supports or ever supported HDMI alt-mode, it was dead on arrival. Video over USB-C is either DisplayPort alt-mode (DP over USB-C cable, can be converted passively) or DP over Thunderbolt/USB4 (encapsulated in their respective data protocol).

@djlink Waaay too fast!

@becomethewaifu Makes sense, thanks! It wasn't clear that it's only needed with SB enabled.

@mcc Why does installing non-free drivers require Secure Boot to be configured in the first place? 😬

@Luigi311 Note that the default L5 pipeline is quite limited when it comes to image quality (it prioritizes usability), you can get much further with longer processing or some manual touches - see https://social.librem.one/@dos/111115692731898723 and https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-photo-processing-tutorial/

@razem Mają profile na fedi?

@thcrt The more you look at it the worse it gets.

@KinmenRisingProject @awai @gecko @tootbrute @purism The only way to have people follow your governance is either:
a) to pay them; or
b) to find someone already aligned with what you want to do, and with ability to do so.

Everything that happens for free comes from b). It can lead to strong structures based on volunteer work and mutual trust, but it's *inherently* chaotic, especially when the community is still relatively small.