𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖓 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖘 @lorendias@qoto.org

@RL_Dane @array @sotolf @theavidhorizon@fosstodon.org what's your terminal?

@CryptoBot If you don't have access to the #opensource code your "property rights" are immaginary

@lunearity Android can't really be fully degoogled, especially if you are doing it on Google Pixel hardware. You really don't want the modem soldered on to the same board as the CPU either if you care about such things which is 99% of devices out there.

The only way to win is to not play. Move back to pocket computers & dumb phones. Get a m.2 modem or LTE or something that can ACTUALLY run mainline linux without a million mystery binary blobs and disconnectable m.2 Bluetooth/WiFi/Modem

@grueproof Thunderbird version 100+ is really good and has gotten a lot of attention these last 2+ years.

Some people may also like MailSpring as it's more of a layman's tool https://getmailspring.com

For webmail roundcube is in pretty good shape

#email #mail #thunderbird #mailspring #webmail #roundcube

@neglesaks@mstdn.io I always say no to smartphone questions -- no I don't even like phones yet alone want to spend any time on one.

One thing that I think we've lost over the last 20 years is "audio cues" #linux #foss #kde #gnome #opensource -- the desktop used to give a lot more audio feedback as to the events & status of events.

Empty the recycle bin? It had s simple audio cue play

Copy a folder? You have a audio cue to communicate success.

New email? Cue AOL charming & cringy "You've got mail.wav"

OS Startup? You feel like you are getting excited to get something done withe Windows XP - 7 and early 2000s Ubuntu startup sounds.

I think this principle could be taken so much farther -- perform a #rsync Why not have a audio cue for both Success.ogg and Failure.ogg -- or what about #polkit password verification, you are multi tasking on the phone or doing something in your office -- having a cue to redirect your attention to that you need to enter a password would be helpful.

Same thing goes for #pacman #yay and #paru in #archlinux

There are times you are compiling a program and it needs extra privileges to install but you don't notice it -- it would make a huge difference if we had a hook system and could Enable/Disable audio cues & notifications -- that would be a huge improvement.

I could really see this also bringing a lot of value in #linuxphone space, with #ubuntutouch #postmarketos #sxmo and others.

Its really hard to know what your missing when its been so long since you had it.

Plug in a USB Flash Drive? Audio Cue

Connect / Disconnect your phone to your computer? Audio Cue

Remote SSH Connection logs into your machine? Notification & Audio Cue.

With the right sound packs there is so much room for improvement -- #steamdeck #steamos v3 does a good job with this too giving subtle cues as you navigate the UX, startup, shutdown, etc...

@splitshockvirus CISCO Certified Network Assistant? The reading behind that class is obnoxious big time.

@ribalinux I was unaware there is now a distro with the same name as https://amarok.kde.org how strange.

@yhancik@octodon.social honestly not the worst GeoCities I've seen, the content is, but it could use one of those right to left text scrolls that is in #HTML spec and fly's by obnoxiously fast and a 256 color #GIF background of stars or something making the text unreadable. Maybe throw in some obnoxious fonts and tables that exceed 100% of the viewport too lol

Can I subscribe to hashtags on #mastodonapp #fediverse ? I would really like to be able to subscribe to things like #mechanicalkeyboards #linux #steamdeck and many other content feeds.