How Apple Devices Can Work Better Together with Continuity Features applevis.com/guides/how-apple-…

“On Elephants,” from fellow GNOME Foundation Director (and long-time, valued contributor) Allan Day

blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/04/2…

As noted by Allan, the post is his personal view and not an official position of the GNOME Foundation board. That said, I personally feel like it includes important context and is well worth a read.

#GNOME

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@brainblasted oh... Is it written somewhere? Reading on the CoC procedures, there's the "Final warning, temporary ban, or removal from leadership" option, which seems to fit the official announcement about removal of Sonny from Board of Directors and all committees. But nowhere can I find the duration of the temporary ban.

Source: conduct.gnome.org/committee-pr… (under "Evaluating a report")

Late last year I supported the Kickstarter for JetKVM. This device is a tiny little IP-KVM solution. It’s basically a refined package of everything involved in a PiKVM. Connect HDMI & USB from a computer-to-be-controlled, and Ethernet. Then the web interface on the JetKVM device allows that device to be remote controlled using just a web browser from anywhere there’s IP connectivity.

mgraves.org/2025/04/new-gear-j…

⏲️FINALLY: Google has announced that, later this year, you'll be able to set schedules for Nest thermostats via the Google Home app!

This announcement comes as Google ends support for the 1st & 2nd gen models.

Details👇

androidauthority.com/nest-ther…

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 2 added apps:

* CClauncher: a minimal launcher, forked from Clauncher but entirely rewritten in Kotlin 🛡️
* SysAdmin - Linux Server Management: Manage servers on the go via SSH 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:

Predatory capitalist CEOs might want to meditate on this a bit.

Link: abovethelaw.com/2025/04/health…

Personally, I'd say a jury full of people whose friends and families have been murdered for profit are exactly the right kind of jury.

You know, a jury of our peers, just like it says in the Constitution. If you have to hunt for exceptional people, whose lives are unusual, they're not our "peers."

#Luigi #Healthcare #MurderForProfit #USHealthcare #Law

SelfPrivacy 0.13.0 is out now, and it finally brings Single Sign On support, powered by Kanidm under the hood.

New servers will have it enabled by default, but for existing ones there are some caveats: please read our blog post for more info: selfprivacy.org/blog/2025/04/2…

We've also added a new service to our catalog: the to-do app @vikunja. It supports SSO out of the box.

This release is made possible thanks to the support from @NGIZero, thank you very much!

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Hiring for Flatpak Automation


The desktop team in Red Hat has another open position. We’re looking for someone to work on Flatpak automation, for someone who enjoys working on infrastructure. Although the job description states 2+ years of experience, it’s suitable for juniors. Formal experience can be replaced by relevant open source contributions. Being onsite in Brno, Czech Republic is preferred, but not required. We’re open to hiring good candidates elsewhere, too.

If you’d like to know more about the job before formally applying, don’t hesitate to contact me on Mastodon, Signal, Matrix (@eischmann at fedora.im), or email.

#Flatpak #job #redHat

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onsite would be a clear no-go for anyone I know who's even remotely talented, even if they were within communting distance.

  • Corporations forcing people to socialize is cringe af. Either one has a good culture and people want come together or not.

Not to mention it's ableist af to any non-neurotypical or disabled person.

  • This ain't like TechSupport onsite at clients' datacenters or plumbing where it makes sense to have personnel onsite to be able to reach clients AFAP.

It's not a matter of money either. I did reject a position paying 50% higher... All I'd care is getting legally employed under German law for healthcare and tax reasons.

  • Still wishing only the best of luck and success at filling said vacancy!
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I understand, but the policy isn't something I can directly influence. However, it's a very soft preference. Our engineering has always been very distributed with many people working remotely, especially the desktop team where most people work remotely. I don't think it's a major obstacle. If we have two very similarly qualified candidates, we may prefer the one who can be in Brno, otherwise we'd just pick the better one no matter where they work from.

Right, so. Chrome is a horrible browser with a huge marketshare. It's well known that it spies on its users. They've recently decided that ad-blockers are bad so they released a new version of the add-ons system so ad-blockers can't work as effectively. Google has used it to forece through its own standards and practices despite anything that happens in the W3C standards body. Right, okay. So Chrome must die.

But how to kill it?

…..

WAIT! I have a great idea!

theverge.com/policy/655975/yah…

Heard OrCam is ditching low vision products?
Not true.
“We’re still active, still innovating, and not going anywhere.”
Here’s what’s really going on.
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=nfuJt7fLEt…

I added to my reading queue this four-part aricle series on the history of the personal computer "to trace where the personal computer came from and where it went". The title of one of the parts seems intriguing: "Interactive Computing: A Counterculture".

technicshistory.com/a-bicycle-…

#PersonalComputer #retrocomputing

My last post got more than 1k boosts! Thanks everyone! 👉 I decided to share one of my paid resources here on Mastodon for free so that everyone can have a look at my educational paper circuit projects and how my workshop kits look. Feel free to download and/or #retoot
These color-changing mushrooms are a fun party trick for grown-ups or an easy educational project for kids aged 7 and up.
And here is the super secret download link :-) voltpaperscissors.com/secretdo…

#libraries #papercraft #electronics

We love #Linux ! 😍

That's why we offer FREE desktop clients for all major distros🧑‍💻👉 tuta.com/blog/desktop-clients-…

What's your favorite distro? If it isn't listed below, let us know in the comments!🐧

  • Ubuntu (25%, 137 votes)
  • Debian (26%, 142 votes)
  • Arch (23%, 125 votes)
  • Fedora (24%, 131 votes)
535 voters. Poll end: 8 months ago

PureOS Crimson Progress Update 🚀

Since July 2024, we’ve built a strong foundation—now climbing the stack!

March highlights:

• Faster USB charging
• Smoother touchscreen
• Speedier storage access

First alpha release coming soon.

Learn More Features Here: puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-d…

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Small correction: The crimson suite was created in 2023 already. See e.g. this librem5-base upload: source.puri.sm/Librem5/librem5… and lots of packages were uploaded afterwards. There was a stall in between but the foundations for crimson are about 1y older.

💫 The time has come: a new Delta Chat Desktop release is ready to be tested 💫

Version: 1.57.0 (which is the release candidate for 1.58.0, if it works well).

Highlights:
🎤 record voice messages
👤 new profile view design
🖼️ improved image messages (less border, you now see more from the image)

support.delta.chat/t/help-test…

#deltachat_desktop

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From the link you provided! Its the only download available on that page as far as I can see. I found the instructions quite confusing actually. ...~test 1.57.0 for release 1.58.0 with a 1.59.0 core...

"Please checkout & test the new Desktop Prerelease 1.57.0 before we publish the final release 1.58.0"

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This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perp…

#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux

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Pohled na naši planetu kamerou z ISS ve 4K ? .... ale jistě řeklo kouzelné sluchátko 😎
youtube.com/watch?v=fO9e9jnhYK…

The process of importing the #EV is finally over. It was pretty smooth on the Czech side except for a little drama at the technical inspection. Since I was buying it from an official dealer, I just checked the VIN code on the windshield, but the technical inspection needs to check the one sealed in the chassis and they couldn't find it. I had to call the German dealer and they had to ask the mechanics. It was under the carpet in the back of the trunk. 😅

#electronicvehicle #emobility

Making Accessible Audio Software – Perspectives of a Blind Music Producer Trey Culver & Adam Wilson
youtube.com/watch?v=JeyWnToyd1…
#Accessibility #coding #programming #software

I'm pondering adding a --location-mode flag to #curl and I could use your feedback!

github.com/curl/curl/pull/1654…

#curl