Congrats to the @thunderbird team and especially @cketti on the Thunderbird Android release! 🎉

It's been a while since the Prototypefund [1] days and me complaining about the white icon background during 36C3 and being responsible for the pink icon background about an hour later [2]. (Which caused a steady supply of angry users after this was released as a stable version 1.5 y later.)

Sorry but not sorry😅.

[1] prototypefund.de/project/jmap-…
[2] github.com/thunderbird/thunder…

add background color to adaptive icons by Bubu · Pull Request #4411 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android

This adds a desaturated version of K9-Mails envelope color as the adaptive icon background color. This should look a lot better than a plain white background. Also slightly enlarge the icon shape. ...

^GitHub

#curl source code age, raw line numbers

Next I'll see if I can make a version where the early code stays at the bottom of the graph.

howtogeek.com/mistakes-beginne…

10 Beginner Linux Command Line Mistakes:

- Assuming You Know Your Location
- Reckless Use of Elevated Privileges
- Skipping Package Updates Before Installing
- Unintentionally Overwriting or Deleting Files
- Confusing Path Types
- Ignoring Built-in Help Resources
- Not Using Shortcuts to Speed Up Navigation
- Dismissing Error Messages and Logs
- Neglecting to Make Backups Before Making Changes

Each item above is explained in the article & how to avoid it.

#linux

10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make With the Linux Command Line (and How to Avoid Them)

Avoid common Linux command line mistakes with these tips.

^{Richard Dezso (How-To Geek)}

Starlink Mini review: super compact and light, can be powered by a small power bank, installs quickly at new locations, but Wi-Fi range is sometimes a concern (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

theverge.com/24275688/starlink…
techmeme.com/241030/p31#a24103…

Starlink Mini review: space internet goes ultraportable

SpaceX’s Starlink Mini satellite dish provides fast battery-powered internet with low enough latency that can be set up quickly in places 4G and 5G don’t reach.

^{Thomas Ricker (The Verge)}

I've been recently tinkering with #Python to build myself a better RSS feed experience with Youtube and GitHub feeds.

hamatti.org/posts/i-built-cust…

#blogging

I built a custom RSS hydrator for better GitHub and Youtube feeds

Youtube and GitHub RSS/Atom feeds didn’t quite offer the experience I wanted so I built a web service that takes in a feed, hydrates its contents with more useful stuff and outputs a new feed.

^{Juha-Matti Santala}

Q&A with scientists Charley Kline and Bill Duvall, who sent the first Arpanet message in 1969, on what the internet has become, lessons from Arpanet, and more (Scott Nover/BBC)

bbc.com/future/article/2024102…
techmeme.com/241030/p8#a241030…

'We were just trying to get it to work': The failure that started the internet

On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed.

^{Scott Nover (BBC)}

Dear Fedi, we need your help!

On Monday, the University of Utrecht announced that they would shut down six bachelor studies, including the 'bachelor of arts' ("BA") Celtic Languages and Culture.
Current students will be able to finish their study, but from 2026 on no new students are to be accepted.

This was shocking news to receive.
We will not go down without a fight, though!
We started a petition to stop it! (see the end of the toot if you want to skip all about why it is bad to loose Celtic in Utrecht.)

The Celtic BA at Utrecht University is unique in the Netherlands, and rare worldwide. Moreover, being able to study Celtic here in the Netherlands, away from the political context you have when you study it in Ireland, for example, allows us to bring new insights, because we can see it all from a slightly different perspective, which is very valuable for the whole field of Celtic studies.
It should be no wonder then, that the department of Celtic studies at Utrecht University is internationally respected.
The Celtic department also delivers important contributions to the field of Celtic studies that are much-needed worldwide.
Therefore, it would be disastrous to lose this beautiful and culturally important bachelor, that celebrated its centenerary just last year!

Hence, I emplore you all to sign this petition to save Celtic!
chng.it/tBwmVpYqMF

It is also possible to write a letter or email wherein you write why it is so important to keep the Celtic bachelor, to the Rector Magnificus of Utrecht University, who has to vote together with the 'rectores' of all other Dutch universities about the dissolution of the Celtic bachelor.
If you decide to write a letter or email, the staff of the Celtic department would love to receive a copy.

Written letters can be directed to:
Professor dr. Henk Kummeling
Universiteit Utrecht
Bestuursgebouw
Heidelberglaan 8
3584 CS Utrecht
The Netherlands

Emails can be directed to:
h.kummeling@uu.nl

You can send the Celtic staff a copy by:
Adding their email address in the BCC, or emailing a scan of your letter:
keltischezomer@uu.nl

Alternatively, you can send a physical copy to @drnike, Aaron Griffith, or Natalia Petrovskaia, at
Trans 10
3512JK Utrecht
The Netherlands

There exists an example draft for letters, if you would like to see that, please ask me!

#CelticStudies

Red de Opleiding Keltisch/Save the Bachelor Celtic!

^{Nike Stam (Change.org)}

Fighting Fascism. #vote #DemocracyIsOnTheBallot

BREAKING

Former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Vice President Harris

#ArnoldSchwarzenegger #Trump #politics #electionday #elections2024

Víte co to je #jokgu? Je to sport příbuzný s #nohejbal, který vznikl paralelně v Jižní Korei. Hraje se 4v4 s menším míčem a nesmí se hrát za sítí ani blokovat. Další porovnaní a reportáž z návštěvy českých hráčů u Jihokorejců najdete tady:

youtu.be/nFFTKXX7TYc

JOKGU FESTIVAL 2024

Dokument z Jižný Korey z ČESKÉ TELEVIZE

^YouTube

MacOS 15.1 brings a nice handful of bug fixes to Apple’s audio system, which will benefit users of all of our products. See this post for full details, then update your Mac to 15.1.

weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/10…

I am told that this solution is currently only for low vision users at this time. I have not investigated this.

Delta introduces flight map for flyers with visual impairment: Travel Weekly travelweekly.com/Travel-News/A…

phoronix covers my work on OpenPaX, a patch to restore userspace W^X and some other common sense functionality from PaX: phoronix.com/news/Edera-OpenPa…

this patch is the cornerstone of the new “alpine hardened” project, which is intended to produce a spin of alpine which is similar to the old grsecurity days of alpine.

OpenPaX Announced As "Open-Source Alternative To GrSecurity" With Free Kernel Patch

Enterprise security firm Edera today is announcing OpenPaX that they promoted in their advance press notice as a 'new open-source alternative to GrSecurity.

^{www.phoronix.com}

Devastating scenes of piled-up cars in #Valencia, #Spain today after yesterday’s historic flooding. A year’s worth of rain fell in a few hours with a peak of 500mm.

#weather #wx #ClimateChange

🔥 Release Time 🔥

📨 Quick Actions for Email Notifications
🎉 Calendar Updates to Celebrate Birthdays!
🎨 Tinted Colors on iOS
📱 Import vCard Contacts on Mobile

Check out all improvements: tuta.com/.../release-actions-n…

The wait is over! Our first stable release of Thunderbird for Android is out NOW! Find out what's new, where to get support, and how to download it in our release announcement.

And to everyone who contributed via beta testing, giving us feedback on K-9 Mail, localizing, thank you. :) Your community team work has made the dream work.

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/t…

#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdForAndroid #OpenSource

Thunderbird for Android 8.0 Takes Flight - The Thunderbird Blog

Thunderbird for Android takes flight today! Find out what's new in the first stable release, where to download it, and how to get started!

^{Philipp Kewisch (The Thunderbird Blog)}