Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

Turns out love was a zero interest rate phenomenon

it's cute when websites think I would turn off my ad blocker rather than just leaving the page

Whenever you see the words “ads”, “cryptocurrency”, “blockchain”, “web 3”, or “AI”, just replace them with “farts” and you’ll know whether you want them or not.

“Can the fediverse survive without farts?”

Yes, perfectly well.

“Will farts replace people?”

I hope not.

“The European Commission embraces farts.”

That’s unfortunate.

“This new startup wants to improve your life with farts.”

I’m good, thanks.

#SiliconValley #BigTech #farts #buzzword #bullshit #ads #adtech #blockchain #ai #web3

A new #GTK stable release is out! Lots of changes for 4.12:

- list views can have sections
- accessibility improvements
- multiple fixes for the Vulkan renderer
- better support for GLES2 in the GL renderer
- fixes for Windows and macOS
- new support for various texture formats

and tons of bug fixes.

Ever wondered why the websites in browser demos always look so good? Spoiler alert: It's because they're all fake!

Try going to https://hchs.school, https://mmmhome.io, or any of the other domains in the screenshots below, none of them exist.

Feels emblematic for the state of the web in general. Real websites are so full of popups, toolbars, and other cruft that people create their own to make their browsers look presentable.

Over the last week we have been battling a DDOS attack which is now largely mitigated. Please excuse any disruptions or slowness you may run into.

phosh 0.30.0 is out 🚀📱:

The major change is switching #phoc to newer #wlroots but there's more fixes and improvements.

Check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.30.0/

#phosh #librem5 @purism #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux

1️⃣ /2️⃣

A year ago I started working on supporting GL Textures in the rusty @GStreamer Paintable @GTK Sink and now its merged 🎉
This should dramatically reduce the CPU usage consumed and allow for zero-copy rendering when used with hardware decoders.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs/-/merge_requests/588

The countdown is on! A merge request has now been opened in Mesa for #NVK, an open-source #Vulkan driver for #NVIDIA hardware. https://col.la/nvkmesa #OpenSource @gfxstrand

Zorin OS 16.3 is out, with an updater for major versions, up to date apps, and a newer kernel:

https://blog.zorin.com/2021/08/17/2021-08-17-zorin-os-16-is-released/

"We need Drones with Thermal Imagers specifically for us deminers, because the Mines heat up on a sunny day, and they show up on the drone’s imager really well"

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230724-metal-detectors-are-no-use-challenge-of-removing-landmines-slows-ukraine-counteroffensive

GPU accelerated preview on the #librem5 with #megapixels :D

Starting into my third week, and my #pinetime is at 48% charge. #infinitime v1.13 has been an amazing release.