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"The 10ish Tools I Install on Every New Mac I Get", by @j9t
https://meiert.com/en/blog/10ish-tools-for-every-mac/
Other suggestion: Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, Evernote, Sublime, Krita (graphics)
The 10ish Tools I Install on Every New Mac I Get · Jens Oliver Meiert
Are there going to be surprises.meiert.com
So uh, the Mac has this interactive fiction client, called Spatterlight. And it’s amazingly accessible! Anyone with a Mac should seriously check this out. It even has Voiceover actions!
#accessibility #macOS #apple #InteractiveFiction #Spatterlight
https://github.com/angstsmurf/spatterlight
GitHub - angstsmurf/spatterlight: Updated fork of Spatterlight
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
https://elective.collegeboard.org/clarence-skip-ellis-computer-science-pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ellis_(computer_scientist)
https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes/season-6/clarence-ellis
Command Line Heroes: Season 6: Dr. Clarence Ellis: The Developer Who Helped Us Collaborate
It’s not easy to learn how to use computers when you can’t actually touch them. But that’s how Dr. Clarence Ellis started his career of invention—which would ultimately lead to reimagining how we all worked with computers and each other.www.redhat.com
#Apple #Accessibility #Voiceover #Mac #MacOS #Safari
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To the #Windows and #macOS users of Mastodon who have tried #Linux and ended up still using Windows or macOS:
What is it about the Linux distro(s) you tried that made it/them unsuitable for your use? If some problem or set of problems was fully resolved, would it be enough for you to be able to comfortably use Linux?
The poll is just a list of possible things that could make Linux difficult or impossible to use for some, please feel free to comment with specifics.
- Too buggy (7%, 8 votes)
- Too unfamiliar (4%, 5 votes)
- Lacking any good alternatives to critical software (19%, 21 votes)
- Lacking critical software, alternatives aren't an option (24%, 26 votes)
- Overwhelming number of choices (3%, 4 votes)
- Incompatible with media I use (4%, 5 votes)
- Incompatible with my computer(s) (6%, 7 votes)
- Simply didn't like it (2%, 3 votes)
- Other (please comment) (19%, 21 votes)
- ...what's Linux? (6%, 7 votes)
In 2024, please switch to Firefox https://roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-2024-please-switch-to-firefox/ #privacy #security #opensource #unix #linux #macos
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.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/man-reader/id522583774?mt=12
#macOS #swift #terminal #zsh #bash
Man Reader
Man 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1QcEHzwlBA
Are you Being Served by Free Software?
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: https://discourse.gnome.org/t/potential-retirement-of-the-macos-ci-builder-for-glib-and-gtk/16198
#gtk #gnome #macos #ci #gitlab
Potential retirement of the macOS CI builder for GLib and GTK
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 (it’s still an x86_64 machine) it’s a shared bare met…GNOME Discourse
How-to: Use Logic's Built In Net Send and Net Receive Plugins
In this video I will explain the AU Net Send and AU Net Receive Plug-ins built into Logic Pro which enable you to pipe audio from an audio track to a MIDI tr...YouTube
Does anyone care deeply about macOS support for GLib? If so, you might want to get involved
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3463
ci: Disable the macOS CI (!3463) · Merge requests · GNOME / GLib · GitLab
It’s almost a complete waste of time at the moment. For several reasons, jobs flakily fail on it more often than they succeed. It’s wasting resources, slowing down...GitLab
Are #apple #macos users here who would want to test one of the submissions to the #game jam for #blind gamers?
It’s the only one that didn’t get any ratings yet, and that’s just sad to see. It looks like a pretty nice blind-friendly 3D stealth system: https://itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-gamers-2/rate/2043905
You want to help #Monal but you can't code?
Just help out translating the app! We have many unmaintained languages only half translated right now:
https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/monal/
Every contribution welcome :)
Monal
Monal is being translated into 35 languages using Weblate. Join the translation or start translating your own project.Hosted Weblate
#Fedimeister is a #Java based #Mastodon client (available for #Linux, #Windows and #MacOS under the Apache #opensource license) with a focus on #writing and #journalism. Features:
* Break long texts into threads
* Scheduled posting
* Hashtag research
* #Twitter quote tweeting emulation
https://fedimeister.onyxbits.de
@fediversenews
@fediverse
If you can write code and always wanted to take part in #GSoC, we'd love to have you on board!
Just pick a proposal or suggest your own project idea and simply drol us an email to info@monal-im.org
Let's move #Monal forward together! 😊
#gsoc #gsoc23 #GSoC2023 #xmpp #ios #macos
(there is text in the fields at right, it just doesn't show)
It's clunky compared to XForward. An entire desktop required and the shared computer is basically useless to anyone else since it won't share a desktop that's not showing on the monitor in the physical space.
Bit of a leap backwards if I'm being honest. Every time #linux copies #Windows or #MacOS I get this sinking feeling that we've just given up being great and are settling for good enough.
Project presentation:
@Monal - Monal is a modern #iOS and #MacOS XMPP chat client
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2023#Monal
https://monal-im.org/
#XMPP #GSoC2023 #GSOC, #Google #interoperability #standards #federation #SwiftUI #Swift #ObjC
https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing-environment-setup/
Sara, do you or anyone else know of a way test VoiceOver on Mac if we don't have access to a Mac? One of the perennial frustrations in the web industry is the assumption we're all on Macs. For many, Macs are well out of our budget ranges, but we still want to do the best we can with the tools at hand. Any advice?
#accessibility #a11y #inclusion #mac #macos #windows #testing
Macstodon is a Mastodon client for 68k Macintosh computers! With it, you can post plain-text toots, view your home and local timelines, and view your notifications!
System Requirements:
- A 68020/68030/68040 Macintosh
- System 7.1 through 8.1
- At least 1.5 MB of free memory
- 32-bit addressing enabled
- Internet Config installed
- an SSL-stripping proxy running on another machine
You can download the latest release from GitHub: https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon
(but please read the Read Me, I worked hard on it!)
And with that, I'm going to take a break from this project for a few days! But do let me know if you've successfully used it!
#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac
GitHub - smallsco/macstodon: A basic Mastodon client for Classic Mac OS
A basic Mastodon client for Classic Mac OS. Contribute to smallsco/macstodon development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
https://appfair.net/
The new major release for #Windows, #macOS & #Linux includes:
🐘 Jumbo spreadsheets with 16k columns
📈 Sparklines in Calc
⏱️ Performance improvements across all modules
Find out more in the announcement 📢 http://collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-office-22-05-introduces-new-features-and-performance-enhancements-combined-with-excellent-interoperability
Collabora Office 22.05 brings features, performance wins, and excellent Interoperability
Enhanced productivity for all users and improved interoperability, make migrating to Collabora Office and gaining data control more easy then ever beforeMarc Rodrigues (Collabora Productivity)
There IS a real 'maximize' action in macOS:
- hold ALT (or option)
- double click the bottom right corner of any app
- thank me later :)
#macos #macostips
Linux Fanboy Reviews macOS: Feels OLD.
Try OnlyOffice, the best open source office suite for Linux: https://www.onlyoffice.com/desktop.aspxGrad a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux out of t...YouTube