Apple: spaceship šø
Microsoft: glass tower š¢
Linux: basement... still runs the internet š§š
Root access > real estate.
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#Linux #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #UserFreedom #Freedom #Tech #Technology #AI #OS #MacOS #Meme #TechMeme
@feld Heh yeah I mean in the interfaces I use I don't even ever see anything for a passphrase hint, though I do often install stuff like libpam-pwquality at work to stop users from making their passwords stuff like just their username again but maybe with a 1 after it.
This just seems especially galling from an OS that pops up a bazillion "you sure?" popups when trying to install anything and keeps all services in such an immutable system image you can't even really disable them, which is salient to why I'm on this cursĆØd system right now. A friend's 2017 iMac has become prone to hangs and outright OS crashes; as far as I can tell, it's just that somewhat-contemporary #MacOS is just too heavy for the mostly-HDD fusion drive in it, but there seems to be no way to calm down the OS enough to ameliorate that.
Love LibreOffice development? Want to turn your passion into a paid job? We are The Document Foundation (TDF), the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice.Open Source JobHub
Windows market share in Germany drops to 69.78%, down nearly 10 points in a year š
Meanwhile, macOS rises to 19.59%, driven by user demand for privacy & seamless integration š
Linux more than doubles to 5.49%, reflecting growing interest in open-source, secure, and flexible systems š§
#Linux #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #UserFreedom #Freedom #Tech #Technology #AI #OS #MacOS
After reading this thread, I don't want a new Mac anymore. I do wish there were posts like this going over Android and Windows' accessibility frameworks, but I'll take what I can get.
applevis.com/comment/188396#coā¦
#apple #accessibility #VoiceOver #MacOS #mac #blind
I know this subject is somewhat overused, but I have some thoughts that I can't help but want to discusse with the people in here.www.applevis.com
Monal 6.4.11 (Build 1040, PR #1416) released.
To see the complete list of bugfixes and improvements, check our releases page: github.com/monal-im/Monal/releā¦
#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging
Properly open links in external browser, if configured to do so Fix accidental reordering of chats when opening a chat Fixed display of back button in omemo keys view Fixed display of back button i...GitHub
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/perpā¦
#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux
Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
Join this course to learn how to use the terminal in macOS with VoiceOver. During this course, you will learn how to navigate the terminal, and use the Mac with nothing but text. We are excited to have you in this free and interactive course.Techopolis Courses
Developers, please be careful when installing Homebrew. Google is serving sponsored links to a Homebrew site clone that has a cURL command to malware. The URL for this site is one letter different than the official site.
Note: Google allows the ad sponsors to specify an URL that will be displayed on the ad (original brew.sh here), but the click takes you to the malware domain brewe.sh.
#Apple #HomeBrew #Google #MacOS
![Fake website "brewe[.]sh" which looks just like the original but distributes malware](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/628782 "Fake website \"brewe[.]sh\" which looks just like the original but distributes malware")
Monal 6.4.9 (Build 1019, PR #1360) released.
To see the complete list of bugfixes and improvements, check our releases page: github.com/monal-im/Monal/releā¦
#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging
Fix rare crashes on app startup Don't lock up app on close Improve internal logging Fixed background crash Revert christmas/winter special Fix crash on incoming non-spec-conformant LMC Make xmpp ga...GitHub
Celebrating our first anniversary, our next #NixOS meetup is scheduled for Wednesday, December 18 at the Mathematikon in #Heidelberg. For the first time, we are separating our Nix and Rust meetup, so be prepared for another announcement of our Rust anniversary meetup.
No matter if you use #Nix 
or #Lix 
on #Linux or #macOS, everyone is welcome to join us.
Pizza and drinks will be provided. If you plan to join us, please register for the event here:
rheinneckar.events/events/2f36ā¦
One year after our first Nix & Rust meetup, we are meeting again in Heidelberg for our first anniversary! š Note that for the first time, this meetup is only about Nix and NixOS, the declarative package manager and Linux distribution.rheinneckar.events
Super nice #macOS related fixes upcoming in #LibreOfficešŖā¤ļø
macOS dictation had a problem where dictated text would only show, once you make a pause speaking. That was inconvenient as it is much easier to gather your thoughts when spoken text appears immediately.
Another issue that has been ongoing for many many years was, that when you scrolled the sheet in calc and while scrolling was still ongoing pressed cmd for some operation, the zoom level would change. This extremely annoying behavior is no longer.
Both fixes done by #PatrickLuby of #NeoOffice - we should all thank him!
Will take some time for those to trickly down into stable, but 25.2 will bring those fixes for sure.
dictation: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163764calc scroll: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151423
@libreoffice
DEVONtechnologies develops DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research.DEVONtechnologies
Monal 6.4.5 (Build 982, PR #1258) released.
To see the complete list of bugfixes and improvements, check our releases page: github.com/monal-im/Monal/releā¦
Appstore install links:
apps.apple.com/app/id317711500 (iOS)
apps.apple.com/app/id163707850ā¦ (macOS)
#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging
āThere has never been a better time to get into XMPP, a free public chat network no one controls or owns. Monal is a fast and user friendly way to use XMPP. Just download the app, login or register and you are ready to chat in minutes.App Store
Chrome on the Mac uses less battery than Safari
It's one of the most pervasive common wisdoms shared all over the web, no matter where you go - it's one of those things everybody seems to universally agree on: Chrome will absolutely devastate your battery life on the Mac, and you should really be using Safari, because Apple's special integration magic pixie dust sprinkles ensures Safari sip
I forget what the Dramaā¢ was that caused me to stop using Bartender on #macOS, but I've been happily using Ice as a replacement github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
Today I just got Software Update message for the latest version, and it warms my heart because it adds #accessibility support
Whenever you see a good app adding or improving accessibility support, please share the news. We need to normalize adding accessibility to all apps.
1 year ago I switched from Mac to Linux for professional UX design work. In this article, I explain as simply as possible:
- Why I switched to Linux
- How you can do the same.
I cover design-specific concerns like:
- How to use Apple devices like the Magic Mouse in Linux
- Which design tools are available and how to install them
- How to find help if you get stuck
chris-wood.design/resources/liā¦
#Design #UXDesign #UIDesign #Linux #MacOS
My experience with moving from Mac to Linux for professional UX and UI design work and how to make the switch yourself.Portfolio
We are pleased to announce that we got selected in another funding round by the EUās NGI via the @NLnet Foundation @NGI0 Entrust Fund to work on some important features in Monal: nlnet.nl/project/Monal-IM-UI/
In short this consists of the following tasks (in no special order):
Implement Dialpad, Rewrite Chat UI, Implement Message Reactions, Rich Replies and Stickers, XSF work and a documentation of Monal's internals
Over the years, I have scoured the internet for various versions of the Mac HIG PDFs. Here is my collection so far.
Some neat ones include HIGs for Mac OS 8 & a preliminary Mac OS X version from the Public Beta.
These HIGs contain general desktop guidelines that still apply today & that you can't find in the modern HIG.
Please retoot! Everyone should read these.
iCloud: icloud.com/iclouddrive/03elmPnā¦
DB: dropbox.com/scl/fo/gziho6zcerbā¦
#Mac #HIG #Macintosh #UIUX #UserExperience #macOS #MacHIG #MacOSX
Some time ago I have written an article about interesting way to use Strings in #Swift. If you wish, feel free to take a look and tell me what I did wrong.
nunonuno.micro.blog/2024/05/01ā¦
#programming #apple #iOS #macOS
Today I want to discuss strings in Swift Hello everyone. I am trying to reinforce my knowledge of some interesting topics by writing about them.nunonuno.micro.blog
Got very excited by @matt demo of AccessKit integration in #GTK
AccessKit is a cross-platform abstraction for accessibility infrastructure written in Rust.
His work will bring a11y support for GTK on macOS and Windows as well as for the new accessibility architecture on Linux code-named "Newton".
github.com/AccessKit/accesskit
blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2023/10/2ā¦
#GNOME #rustlang #accessibility #a11y #Linux #Windows #macOS
UI accessibility infrastructure across platforms and programming languages - AccessKit/accesskitGitHub
If you use brewās curl on macOS, are you really using it? I installed and had curl setup a couple of years ago. Today it appears that curl was now pointing to Appleās version, which has this issue (daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/03/08ā¦). Looks like brew doesnāt add a symlink for curl to /opt/homebrew/bin. Running `ln -s /opt/homebrew/opt/curl/bin/curl /opt/homebrew/bin` resolved the issue.
"The 10ish Tools I Install on Every New Mac I Get", by @j9t
meiert.com/en/blog/10ish-toolsā¦
Other suggestion: Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, Evernote, Sublime, Krita (graphics)
Are there going to beĀ surprises.meiert.com
So uh, the Mac has this interactive fiction client, called Spatterlight. And itās amazingly accessible! Anyone with a Mac should seriously check this out. It even has Voiceover actions!
#accessibility #macOS #apple #InteractiveFiction #Spatterlight
github.com/angstsmurf/spatterlā¦
Updated fork of Spatterlight. Contribute to angstsmurf/spatterlight development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Do you, or have you ever, used a graphical user interface? If you use #Windows, #macOS, or any version of #Linux with a window manager or desktop environment, you can thank Dr. Clarence "Skip" Ellis.
Dr. Ellis worked at Xerox PARC, the research organization that developed the modern GUI. Icons, windows, the mouse, Ethernet-based networking, laser printing - all of these (and more) came out of PARC. Dr. Ellis led the team that created Officetalk, the first program to use icons and the Internet. He got his start at 15 years old showing a local tech company how to reuse punch cards, which was a game-changer back in 1958.
Oh, and he was also the first black man to earn a PhD in Computer Science.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #ComputerScience @blackmastodon
elective.collegeboard.org/clarā¦
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarenceā¦
redhat.com/en/command-line-herā¦
Itās not easy to learn how to use computers when you canāt actually touch them. But thatās how Dr. Clarence Ellis started his career of inventionāwhich would ultimately lead to reimagining how we all worked with computers and each other.www.redhat.com
In 2024, please switch to Firefox roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-202ā¦ #privacy #security #opensource #unix #linux #macos
This December, if thereās one tech New Yearās resolution Iād encourage you to have, itās switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefoxās market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important.āRed Pandaā by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.
1. Privacy
Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. Thereās been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they donāt even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.2. Browser engine monopoly
Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being āactiveā. Browser engines are the bits that take a web pageās code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If thatās the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.Itās happened before
In the early 2000ās, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. Theyād use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its āGeckoā engine.
Firefox is actually really good
If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. Itās fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. Iāve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.So please, help save the web by using the best browser out there. Itās an easy thing to do, and it makes a big difference.
roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-202ā¦
Man Reader - my Mac app for reading Terminal command man pages - has finally had its long awaited update. The new version is now waiting for review.
Currently, Man Reader costs USD 4.99 or the local equivalent. I will be increasing this to USD 9.99 when the update is released, so if you want to save some money, buy it now and get the upgrade at half-price.
itunes.apple.com/app/man-readeā¦
#macOS #swift #terminal #zsh #bash
āMan Reader allows quick, convenient and easy access to the man pages on your system, useful for programmers, system administrators and tweakers.App Store
Interesting to see #gnome post about their #macOS CI builder issues the day after I posted a video about "understanding who your open source constituency is".
It's pretty clear that macOS users are not Gnome's constituency. Fine. But it also goes to show just how much #inkscape, #gimp and other Free Software downstream must also not be their constituency because we're so misaligned on this topic and there's no discussion about our relationship with gnome
Original Video: youtube.com/watch?v=w1QcEHzwlBā¦
This is a off the cuff discussion which is a response to some other videos about the whole RedHat news more recently. But looking at it from a the thousand m...YouTube
If you have experience maintaining a GitLab CI runner on macOS, and you wish to contribute to building and testing GLib and GTK on macOS, please join the GNOME Infrastructure channel to help maintaining the macOS server provided by the GNOME Foundation, otherwise we will have to retire it. More details on Discourse: discourse.gnome.org/t/potentiaā¦
#gtk #gnome #macos #ci #gitlab
The GNOME Foundation has been sponsoring a hosted macOS CI runner for a few years, but the admins are now planning to retire it for a couple of reasons: the hardware is getting long in the tooth (itās still an x86_64 machine) itās a shared bare metā¦GNOME Discourse
