Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

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@ajmartinez It's a good question. Given the incompatibilities that are already there between Android and the Linux desktop maybe it won't matter all that much for folks like us. It will likely impact the projects that aim to create a fully free software, Google-less version of Android the most.

You sometimes hear people say Linux (and by extension Open Source) "won" because of how ubiquitous it is in Android phones and IoT devices.

Yet today's release of Google's new OS Fuchsia on Nest devices points to a future where Linux is left behind. This is a future where the dominant OSes on devices are Fuchsia, iOS, and Windows.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/google-launches-its-third-major-operating-system-fuchsia/

I remember when it seemed like the open chat standard XMPP "won" 15 years ago when Google Talk adopted it. It seemed like maybe the bad old days of proprietary chat protocols were over.

Google of course abandoned XMPP and later 5 or so other chat protocols. Today the messaging world is a mess of proprietary protocols and networks all reinventing the same wheels.

Apple's testimony today describes their future for computing. In the name of security, Apple wants to vet (and get a cut from) all software installed on all Macs, not just iPhones. This has always been the plan, but it takes time to boil the frog that is traditional computers.

Also this release seems to have done away with the pip install that was in the OpenSnitch UI post-install script and just pulls in dependency packages, so another big improvement.

There's a new OpenSnitch release candidate 1.4.0-rc.2. This one specifically mentions improved window layouts for Librem 5: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/discussions/415

The phish you warned them all about
The patch they said they could do without
They're in an awful mess
And I don't mean maybe
Please...

Business got breached
they're in trouble deep
Business got breached
they've been losing sleep
But they've made up their mind
they're paying the ransom
Ooh, they're gonna pay the ransom

@pocketvj I imagine it varies with each car and what they integrate into the infotainment system, versus systems like OnStar that can control things like the engine and door locks (and therefore have a more direct connection to other car computers).

IRC wouldn't be IRC without some network having a dramatic schism every few years. It's sort of baked into the life cycle, like a forest fire.

@ajmartinez Maybe one day I'll look into a kit like this for my Ghia: https://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=220&osCsid=c60e66975fff1c66517a58bab4c4eefb

@ajmartinez I'm thinking of doing a similar thing down the road if the situation doesn't improve. By the time I actually need a new car hopefully there will be a few common conversion kits and I can decide which old car+kit works for me.

Now that cars have become rolling smartphones, it's been pretty disappointing to see them copy some of the worst practices from the smartphone world. I wrote an article that talks about some of those problems. [CW: Tesla negativity] https://puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remote-control-car/

Happy Tax Day, for those that observe.

Many people turn a blind eye to Apple's absolute control over products and how they restrict a customer's freedom, because they trust Apple won't abuse that power.

That control takes on a new significance when it's handed over to the Chinese government.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html