saf @saf@librem.one

I helped out someone's grandma last night. She wanted me to install MS Teams so that she could join a meeting.

It took half an hour just to get it installed and to open up. I had to leave before I could connect her to the meeting. But she's running Windows 10 on an older laptop and the machine is underpowered for Windows 10.

I am very tempted to format the thing and install Linux.

"Linux is not magic
It's sudo-science" -Carla Notarobot on twitter. 🤣

Linux....makes you feel like....

What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol? | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encryption-protocol-hacker-lexicon/

Use rss..

The trouble users had yesterday launching apps on #macOS isn't just a technical problem, but a moral one. Operating systems should service their users, not phone home to a corporation to see if they're "permitted" to run the program. #Apple

I was inspired to expand this into a full article to give myself a bit more space to talk about the issues:

https://puri.sm/posts/the-general-purpose-computer-in-your-pocket/

Did you know? LibreOffice has an alternative user interface called the NotebookBar! To try it out, go to View > User Interface > Tabbed in the menu...

If you are or are not a #signal user, please consider taking the signal user survey. Signal does not collect analytics on their users to respect privacy and I appreciate them transparently asking for the feedback instead. More information on their blog entry: https://signal.org/blog/signal-research/

Link to survey: https://surveys.signalusers.org/s3/03fb88477ded

Also, if you haven't tried signal in the last year+ they have made significant user experience improvements (new features, ease of use, stability).

I am really loving this app. Whenever I used AppImages before, I had to extract it first to get the icon file (many don't integrate with the system by default) and then create a custom launcher. Now, it's just as simple as making it executable and running it. AppImageLauncher takes care of mostly everything else.

https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher

October News Update:

- New Pine Store

- #PineTab & #PinebookPro LCD shortages

- #PinePhone @ManjaroLinux CE box + image

- PinePhone Qi charging, NFC & keyboard

- #SOEdge AI module-call to action

- #PineCube IP camera now available+ more lenses coming

- #PineTime progress & more

https://www.pine64.org/2020/10/15/update-new-hacktober-gear/

On my work laptop I started using Seamonkey as my daily browser and outlook email client. And what a pleasure it is to use. It's extremely responsive and usable.
However, addons is a mission, because Mozilla just breaks shit left and rigt. Seamonkey is a newer FF fork than Pale Moon, but uses xpi addons like Pale Moon.

#Mobile #Security project « #Precursor : Mobile, Open-Hardware, RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) Development Kit »📱https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor

Secure Messaging Apps Comparison | Privacy Matters
https://www.securemessagingapps.com/

Sharing is caring. But sharing your data is irresponsible and short sighted. Stop it. #deletefacebook #deletegoogle #deletewhatsapp

@dyamon Slax is made exactly for that purpose.

I found this awesome app for the webcam I bought recently. I tried using Cheese but it didn't support H264 or MJPEG and it resulted in the resolution being 640 x 360. (I have an unbranded 1080p webcam.) GUVCview and a few others fared no better.

https://webcamoid.github.io/

Kdenlive 20.08 is out with many great improvements.

https://kdenlive.org/en/2020/08/kdenlive-20-08-is-out/