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by commoner 4y ago
I find the screen tearing on X11 to be distracting, and it's definitely a deal-breaker for me. That and X11's comparatively poor HiDPI handling (especially for fractional scaling) encouraged me to switch to Wayland years ago. Most
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by commoner 4y ago
Even though Mozilla's execution leaves much to be desired, Firefox does support a limited number of extensions on Android (including the incomparable uBlock Origin), which is still more than the number of extensions Apple allows Firefo
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by commoner 4y ago
> What may have been missing from it is the ideological bit - for a platform to be truly open - and to be a viable platform!, it can't have a restricted "whitelist". > What's probably needed for full webextension s
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by commoner 4y ago
Fennec F-Droid does have the same extension whitelist by default, but it also supports the Collections workaround that adds access to all add-ons on addons.mozilla.org: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/
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by commoner 4y ago
URL Checker is the shim browser you're looking for: https://github.com/TrianguloY/UrlChecker It also integrates ClearURLs functionality ( https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls ) to let you
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by commoner 4y ago
A competitor having a minority market share is not a justification for suppressing competition. The suppression (Apple preventing Mozilla from implementing features on Firefox for iOS that are available on Firefox for non-iOS platforms) is
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by commoner 4y ago
That was a convenient way to ignore the 800+ people that petitioned for a compact interface option[1] and the many other submissions to Mozilla Ideas, including the proposal to enable all extensions on the stable channel of Firefox for Andr
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by commoner 4y ago
The "Bypass Paywalls Clean (c)" version for Firefox doesn't prompt you for new domain permissions on every update, which is convenient if you trust the developer. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox&
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by commoner 4y ago
Gecko (Firefox's native browser engine) is also a mobile browser engine, and Apple's anti-competitive WebKit requirement prevents browsers such as Gecko-based Firefox from being released on iOS. By forcing the use of WebKit, which
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May Update: Worth the Wait(pine64.org)
3 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments
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by commoner 4y ago
Vouching for Porkbun, which has .com renewals for $9.13/year. The web interface is simple and no-nonsense. I have been using Porkbun for many years for TLDs that Cloudflare Registrar didn't support, and have never had a problem.
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by commoner 4y ago
When you choose a different profile in the Firefox Profile Switcher menu, it opens a new instance of Firefox with the new profile. The add-on experience will be very familiar if you've used Chromium's profile management features.
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by commoner 4y ago
I don't think Mozilla has a recent write-up (blog post) about the Sync Server. The most recent one I found is an announcement from 2020, which explains some of Mozilla's motivations: https://blog.mozilla.org/servic
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by commoner 4y ago
The Firefox Profile Switcher add-on provides an easy-to-use interface that looks just like Chrome's: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc... You'll need to install a connecto
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by commoner 4y ago
The Firefox Sync Storage source code, licensed under MPL-2.0 and fully documented, is right here: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs It includes a Docker Compose setup. Standard directory servers aren&#
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by commoner 4y ago
Some business laptops from Lenovo, Dell, and HP rank among the most repairable laptops. But Framework goes even further by making their parts store and repair guides accessible to everyone: - https://frame.work/marketplace
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by commoner 4y ago
It's nice that Google is releasing something, but the 3 datasets ( https://crowdsource.google.com/about/open-source/ ) only cover only a fraction of the Crowdsource tasks: Food compare: Compare the characte
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by commoner 4y ago
One of the tasks in this app is audio validation: > Audio validation: Listen to a short audio clip and determine if the pronunciation sounds natural in your language. If this is something you're interested in doing, I recommend cont
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by commoner 4y ago
That is absolutely not my experience. During the height of the pandemic, many AliExpress sellers failed to deliver orders. The tracking numbers that some sellers provided showed "delivered" even when the item never arrived. During
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by commoner 4y ago
It's important to keep your personal health data secure and private, regardless of what happens to Roe v. Wade. If you are using Android, Drip is a free and open source period tracking app that keeps your data on your phone: - Drip: h
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by commoner 5y ago
I'd love to see a TrackPoint option, and so would many other prospective customers. https://community.frame.work/t/any-chance-of-trackpoint/1026 Lenovo is doing the opposite of what Framework is doing by sold
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by commoner 5y ago
Centralized social networks only have one instance that is controlled by a single company. Mastodon can be self-hosted by anyone, and any instance can interact with any other instance by default. Any Mastodon user can pick an instance with
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by commoner 5y ago
The instance is the property of its owner, and owners have the right to control their own property as they see fit. Many Mastodon clients allow users to manage multiple accounts, which can be on different instances with different server rul
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by commoner 5y ago
There's also ProtonAOSP, which allows you to choose between no Google services, microG, sandboxed Google Play Services, and bundled Google Play Services: https://protonaosp.org/gapps ProtonAOSP works with root, and the
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by commoner 5y ago
Full report from The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/14/23001790/samsung-online-s...
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Medito: Free and open source meditation app(github.com)
12 points by commoner 5y ago|0 comments
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Russia Recruiting Syrians for Urban Combat in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say(wsj.com)
11 points by commoner 5y ago|0 comments
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February Update: Chat with the Machine(pine64.org)
2 points by commoner 5y ago|0 comments
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by commoner 5y ago
I can confirm that I've upvoted your comment and did not see a change to your karma. However, when I upvote a submission and refresh the page, I always see the submission's points go up. I can't tell whether my comment votes
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by commoner 5y ago
AlternativeTo is useful for finding open source alternatives with the filter feature, even if the software isn't common. Some of the results might not be ideal suggestions, but only one of them has to be relevant enough to make the sea

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