𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖓 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖘 @lorendias@qoto.org

@thunderbird I hope it's still compact enough or has a compact mode toggle switch so my 5 accounts with dozens of folders are still easily navigatable on a 4k 43" screen without scaling.

I am highly anticipating this update, will look forward to being another #thunderbird space monkey when it makes its way into the #archlinux #aur -- its been so encouraging to see all the work the last few years.

@gmic glad to include GMIC in my 2022 #foss #donations -- thanks for all the cool work you all do -- I was confused though from the website ( https://libreart.info/en/projects/gmic ) -- is PayPal the only way to digitally contribute still?

It would be cool if people could donate using #opencollective or any of the other FOSS-friendly services on a one-time or monthly basis.

@Ruth_Mottram @pixelfed I just realized #pixelfed has a #apk I can install on #Android from their website. #fdroid store should pick it up, I don't see it on #aurorastore either yet -- I've been anticipating this for a while and first impressions are quite good. Its hard to believe its been 2 1/2 years since I joined pixelfed & the #fediverse already.

@BrodieOnLinux Yes, if it contained the source code for the included packages and was large format like #bluray

Oddly enough my list would be Gentoo, Arch, Fedora/Silverblue and maybe others.

Just thinking about this is bringing back memories of buying boxes of #Mandrake #Linux & #RedHat in box in stores 20 years ago.

@gmic to reiterate, 100% agree these tools need to be offline usable

@gmic to go along with that, now that these technologies are here -- they are here to stay and will either be developed transparently or underground. Banning these technologies in the west will just mean that they are pushed to the east.

I think the term "AI" is misleading as other tech terms like "The Cloud" and "Neural Network" are in that they are euphemisms to drum up investment money and mimics of actual things.

If anything the goal should be to keep as much development in open source and the public domain as possible. GMic does a great job at pushing the abilities of open source effects.

@kjoo Yeah... about that ...

@craftyguy @alf @linmob @tuxdevices @postmarketOS
Currently I'm running "20221123-0638-postmarketOS-v22.06-phosh-18-purism-librem5-installer.img.xz" -- "megapixels-purism" wasn't working and other than that I'm systematically going through packages to see what is available and working

When using a USB Dock and mouse opening apps and getting around is surprisingly quick.

I'm building a list of my favorite packages so I can pmbootatrap my own install image if possible eventually.

So far I much prefer #postmarketos to #pureos -- I am looking forward to trying #gnome for #librem5 #linuxphone too.

Some apps are broken like Gnome Maps, Pure Maps, Gnome Weather and a few "out of bounds" for the screen size in portrait mode. I am not sure if postmarketos needs to update them or what.

#lollypop for music works great. #portfolioand #nautilus for file browsing have improved since I tried them on #pinephone. #giara isn't yet working maybe I need a new version. Also ive yet to setup #tootle. #geary is bitter sweet, it is adequate for email but was hard to setup until I used a mouse. I love #gnomecalculator and #gedit for mobile has grown on me.

I was having trouble setting up #nextcloud -client but maybe when I try again it will work. #nextcloud in #gnomesettings worked fine and populated my contacts just fine.

I wasn't able to get Gnome Calendar working. #firefox -esr worked better than #epiphany but I need epiphany for webapps on the app screen for sites like https://windy.com and https://web.pulse point.org

I'm using #starship console just fine. #pavucontrol

#gnomeclocks is great! #pidgin not so much #rhythmbox not so much as it goes out of bounds.

I've also still yet to find a good video player, a equiv for youtube/newpipe and I have to give gnome-sound-recorder another try for audio note taking.

All in all it has come a long way from my initial research via PinePhone PMOS.

I love that there are also terminal apps like #bashtop too -- I wouldn't even mind having some .desktop launchers in the App Menu to load full screen versions of those and #htop -- certainly there's room for #neofetch ricers to make some cool #unixporn rices -- its going to be an interesting year for the linux phone space for sure -- so glad I finally have a #librem5 to poke around and do some research.

The big setback for me right now is figuring out a good #element client for #matrix -- I tried #neochat but it isn't fetching decryption keys -- #fractal froze -- I have to spend more time poking around.

And then of course as indicated by #purism "most wanted apps" on their website a #signal app of some sort or android version of it on the phone would be really important as SMS and MMS are not really reliable or robust.

More poking to do, thanks for the info about 22.12 -- installing pmos with the wiki was fairly straight foreward, slightly rough around the edges but not even close to hard mode in the #linux world.

@alf @linmob @tuxdevices @postmarketOS this one was pretty straight foreward you just download a image and did it to emmc #librem5 #linuxphone #postmarketos

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Purism_Librem5_(purism-librem5)

@etam good to know, did it fall on its back? Is the screen okay?

@thunderbird I'll bet that font size easy placement will help a lot of people, especially 4k users with large monitors and no scaling.

I look forward to compose being a tab someday and general simplifications, maybe a revamp of the search feature so users can be more effective navigating large mailboxes & multiple accounts.

All the updates this year have been great to put to use! Thank you guys :)