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danielfgom

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    Linux Mint looks to fork more GNOME Apps because of libAdwaita

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  • Gnome Foundation likes to think of themselves as the pioneer in DE's and the default choice for Linux. Which was true for a long time. Cinnamon and Mate run Gnome, for example. I'm not sure about XFCE.

    If you're THE leading DE project at least try to accommodate those DE's that depend on your code or meet with them to inform them well in advance and discuss the best options for those DE's.

    In other words, work together for the good of all users instead of doing your own little thing in the corner and leave the others to deal with the mess you made....

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  • No. It's deliberately breaking backwards compatibility to force other projects that use that code to either look bland like Gnome or stop making their DE's.

    That's bad for FLOSS and Linux users

  • What would an ENSH*TTIFIED Linux distro look like? [video]

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  • Purposely breaking backwards compatibility knowing full well that other FLOSS DE's rely on it is enshitification of the worst kind.

    We all lose in the end.

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    Dropbox dropped the ball on security, haemorrhaging customer and third-party info.

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  • They've been dodgy since day 1.

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  • The enshitification of Gnome continues until it be it's own little isolated thing and previous gnome code will have to be forked to make progress that users actually want.

    That will probably go for gnome apps eventually. The Mint guys might have to rewrite all the bloody apps to work with gnome 3....🤦

  • What would an ENSH*TTIFIED Linux distro look like? [video]

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  • To quote Clem, head of Linux Mint: "At a time where GNOME applications are less and less designed to work anywhere else than in GNOME, a project like XApp is extremely important."

    Libaidwata breaks backward compatibility with older gnome versions and amongst other things doesn't allow theming natively, so the Cinnamon team are going to have to fork off and maintain the older code which works so they can continue to have theming and stuff with Gnome apps.

    Gnome seem to like doing the opposite of the Linux philosophy which says interoperability should always be a priority so that the code can be shared as freely as possible.

    I can't tell whether they are stupid or lazy over at Gnome. It's not enough to strip the DE down to nothing but now even the code that worked with previous, gnome still widely used, is being dumped.

    They are a little island unto themselves.

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  • We have this already. It's called Ubuntu + Gnome

  • Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling

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  • I use Linux at home exclusively (Linux Mint Debian Edition).

    Don't need Windows for anything but when I worked Enterprise IT the move to Windows 10 was a massive pain but we finally got it working and it wasn't too bad as an OS. There is no reason why you'd want to upgrade.

    As for home users, from my experience people don't like change. If you move a single shortcut on the desktop , they are lost and panic .

    So changing the entire look of the UI is not something people want. Plus Windows 10 auto update borked some windows 7 systems so users with that memory won't be keen to repeat it by upgrading to 11.

  • Huawei's woes really were just a flesh wound – profits just soared 564 percent

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  • No it's not that. Huawei has a very good name in China and new models sell out in minutes.

    Thanks to the US ban Huawei hands had to put a lot of work into making their own OS, ecosystem and CPU chips.

    And they've managed to pull it off. They have some very clever people working there.

  • Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’

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  • Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’

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  • The only staff who need firing is Sundar. Google and android should have been easy better by now but he made them stagnant.

    Android is still the best mobile os but it could have been even better under better leadership. Plus they could have enabled and experimented with the OEM's to allow for additional hardware buttons, button remapping, a native Dex on all Androids, official gcam port to all OEM's so they don't need to make their own camera algorithms and even the cheapest droid could have had flagship level cameras.

    And we haven't even touched on software yet....

    Fire his useless ass

  • The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco

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  • Grey suits. Where have I seen that before?🤔

  • So now what distro are we running for LTS desktops?

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  • Linux Mint Debian Edition

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    Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry

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  • Did you not see him type into Yahoo who the major shareholders are of the companies in question? And the results? It was very clear.

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    Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry

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  • I saw a documentary recently where they show how virtually all the worlds brands are owned by BlackRock as the largest shareholder.

    BlackRock has 4 major shareholders: Rothschild's, Du Pont, Rockefeller and one other I forgot. Rothschild's holds the larger share.

    The same Rothschilds who boast about creating the state of Israel.

    Whatever you use, Apple, Google, Coke, Pepsi, Amazon, Boeing, Airbus, whichever car you can name, they basically own it. And all your money goes to them.

    It's near impossible to escape their grasp. So don't waste your time unless you self host at home or find truly independent alternatives.

    https://stopworldcontrol.com/monopoly/

  • Will antivirus be more significant on Linux desktop after this xz-util backdoor?

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  • Nope. In Linux the typical action is to immediately get a fix out ASAP and be done with it.

    Plus it's unlikely that AntiVirus would actually make any difference. Even in Windows many things go undetected. All it does is bog down your system

  • Your first distribution

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  • The very first one was Fedora but it seemed very bare and I had no idea how to get apps etc.

    So I switched to Ubuntu and used that for a while before distro hopping.

    Now I've settled on Linux Mint Debian Edition

  • Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip

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  • You'd be surprised. I think the governments of the world do as they wish, secretly. As long as no one finds out..... But who knows really?

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  • In my experience my default browser is always used, Firefox. And I disabled Chrome.

    For anything secure I'd always open it in Firefox and never use the in app browser just in case.

  • Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip

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  • Well it makes sense. Hamas often pose as civilians to get the enemy off guard and then pull out an RPG.

    Israel needs some way to be able to pull them out of a crowd. Especially if civilians are to be protected.

    Anyway it's not like most western countries aren't already doing this, they just haven't told us yet. But there's an awful lot of cameras around Europe now and I'm sure they must have facial recognition tech.

    And of course there's China who doesn't hide it it all.

    Eventually it will be worldwide if it isn't already.

    Edit: I'm not saying I endorse it, it's terrible, but my point is that they can kind of justify it with their allegation that Hamas dresses as civilians. Also that, very sadly, this is a worldwide trend which will most likely only get worse because the "elites" behind all this world system (and the genocide in Gaza) seem to be succeeding in pushing through their plans.