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  • Over a month of Linux, my thoughts compiled

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  • no the vpn I was using didn't have a native app, so I was looking for alternatives. It uses v2ray, and v2raya wasn't working. Clash verge works though, so it's all good!

  • some thoughts after using the iOS 26 developer beta

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  • no, they didn't talk about that in WWDC so I'm pretty sure that's not a thing (yet). I haven't tried yet though, I'm not sure.

  • Over a month of Linux, my thoughts compiled

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  • Yeah, I'm open to trying KDE some time in the future

  • Over a month of Linux, my thoughts compiled

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  • fedora workstation :D

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    Over a month of Linux, my thoughts compiled

  • some thoughts after using the iOS 26 developer beta

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  • hopefully apple does something in between the beta and public release to improve this! But turning everything transparent was always going to be a hit on battery life...

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    some thoughts after using the iOS 26 developer beta

  • Apple announces iOS 26 with Liquid Glass redesign

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  • Using the developer beta and my phone runs quite hot. Of course, it's a beta so they'll probably reduce the effects to make it less of drain on performance and battery life. There is a reduce transparency toggle which does help a bit, esp. for readability. Hopefully when iOS 26 is released there's an obvious option to reduce transparency.

    My opinion on the "liquid glass" is mixed. Some parts look pretty cool. The apps (Mail, Photos, etc.) use it quite well, with only some parts are transparent making readability a bit better. I really like the change to the search bars being at the bottom, makes the phone more one-handable. Safari doesn't look too good in my opinion, the glass effects are a bit much. The camera app just hid all the buttons, which is a bit annoying. You can have it show flash and live photos toggles in settings, which is good.

    The lock screen effect with the "3d" photos is very cool, but the phone runs extra hot when it's enabled so I turned that off. The glassy clock is pretty cool and there's the option to make it normal again if you select "solid". Swiping up from the lock screen makes a weird glass effect with the edges distorted and lots of rainbow fringing, which looks a bit odd. When you swipe down you can see the home screen app icons until it's all the way down, then they all pop out of existence and the background is replaced. Bit jarring. Similar effect with swiping up, background changes with no transition, but the apps appear in an animation this time. Weird. I'm assuming this is probably a bug with the beta, at least I hope it is...

    Onto the home screen. I think the "liquid glass" themes make the tinted icons look a bit better than just colour on black, I like that bit of customisability. I still do not get the "clear" icons, it quite literally is transparent and you can barely differentiate the icons. You can always swap it to the default, but there is still some annoying glass effects on app icons where it clearly isn't natively built (I'm guessing the glass effects is applied to all icons automatically incl. third party apps, but it doesn't look too great with some of them). The app folders look terrible though and the reflection/refraction is really distracting. The pop ups when you select text is especially annoying, popping up a huge bubble. I'll need some time to get used to that vs just clicking right to share, translate, etc. The control center is not very nice to look at but it works fine.

    Overall, in places where it's used tastefully (in a lot of Apple's apps, for instance) it works quite well if a bit distracting. I like the lock screen and home screen customisation and the ability to change it to "solid". The glass effects are still quite distracting though. The reduce transparency toggle does help a bit with readability, but it's annoying that it's buried deep in accessibility settings. Not very accessible at all. The lock screen 3d effect is cool but is a bit subtle, and it makes the phone uncomfortably hot. There are still plenty of bugs, but that'll hopefully be fixed in the public release. I like the option for the tinted icons but do not get the clear icons. Camera app isn't too functional, just hiding everything isn't better than before! The iOS 26 beta is quite fun, if very buggy, and the liquid glass works in some places but doesn't work in all places.

  • a little game about travelling to a black hole (it's finished now!)

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  • I mean that’s fair. I might get to doing that at some point

  • Firefox 139 hides homescreen option to disable ads

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  • I like floorp, it's very customisable!

  • a little game about travelling to a black hole (it's finished now!)

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  • “Production” to describe multiplication?

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  • that makes sense. But then you have words like “differentiate” (find the difference between vs multiplying the coefficients by the indexes and reducing the indexes by one) but I guess it’s because the math “differentiate” isn’t really used by people who don’t so math (whereas something like addition or multiplication is used in everyday tasks)

  • “Production” to describe multiplication?

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  • whoops maybe I should havw worded it a bit differently

  • “Production” to describe multiplication?

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  • oop ok. Wait, production is a word for multiplication? never knew that...

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    “Production” to describe multiplication?

  • Helping choosing the right linux

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  • as a recent linux “convert” running fedora workstation, it works fantastic :D

  • a little game about travelling to a black hole (it's finished now!)

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  • I'm not done with it yet! It's mostly complete, this weekend I'll probably polish it up a bit. The deadline for this project is monday, so it should be done by then :D

  • a little game about travelling to a black hole (it's finished now!)

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  • honestly, the little decorations (grasses, flowers, rocks) turned out REALLY NICE. I also think the dialogue UI looks cool too.

  • Programming @programming.dev
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    a little game about travelling to a black hole (it's finished now!)

  • Shots fired

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  • vscode is actually a pretty decent code editor for my needs. I use VSCodium which is basically the same thing except lacking support for a few proprietary extensions (most notably the Microsoft C/C++ extension, so I use clangd instead which for some reason was way easier to set up with copr repo on fedora than either on windows or with flathub on fedora...)

  • I want to move out from Ubuntu and use something else.

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  • I recently installed Fedora on my own 2-in-1 flippy laptop, and it works well. The screen rotates when I rotate the device, touchscreen works, and the stylus works as well.

  • Your favorite font for terminal and GTK/QT apps?

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  • For me my favourite monospace fonts are B612 Mono, Oxygen Mono, and Fira Code/Mono. Currently I use B612 in vscodium and Oxygen in the terminal

  • An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense

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  • we do not live in a perfect world and we will not live in one in the forseeable future...

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense

  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    A tool to compare different sans-serif fonts?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    A community for sharing experiences of switching FOSS/open-source/no big tech/more private/whatever

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    dude using the terminal for installing/removing programs is AWESOME

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    howdy facial recognition with fedora workstation 42

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    (RESOLVED) Network is slow after installing Fedora

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    What's a good, beginner-friendly distro that allows for easy switching between GNOME and KDE?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    Need help self-hosting Radicale!

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge?

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    my new experiences with KDE Plasma and GNOME!

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    Democratic wages??? edit: never mind, it was a terrible idea that has many large holes

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    How are the blatant anti-competitive practices of Apple just…allowed? How is this even possible?

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    3D printed buttons for ps4 controller