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by commoner 3y ago
I completely agree, Mozilla has made a ton of mistakes with Firefox for Android in the last few years. That's why I'm happy to see Mozilla finally follow through with their promise to expand add-ons for Android and pleasantly surp
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by commoner 3y ago
Give it another try. The current version of Nightly (v122.0a1) from the Play Store has functional sideloading for me after I unlock the "secret menu" in the settings by going to "About Nightly" and tapping the Nightly ic
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by commoner 3y ago
Beeper (Beeper Cloud) is a cross-platform stack that supports multiple messaging systems (not just iMessage) and has been in development for years.[1] This is different from Beeper Mini, which is a recently launched Android-exclusive app th
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by commoner 3y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing. I just installed Firefox Nightly (v122.0a1) from the Play Store and sideloading does work again. After tapping the Nightly logo several times, an "Install add-on from file" option shows up in the settings.
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by commoner 3y ago
This is progress, but Mozilla needs to do more. Firefox for Android still lacks the ability to sideload add-ons, a feature that works on the desktop version of Firefox. This means Android users aren't able to install extensions outside
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by commoner 3y ago
Have you tried writing for Wikinews? https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page Unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews allows and encourages original reporting. You don't need a journalism degree to contribute an article.
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New Outlook is good, both for yourself and 766 third parties(godforsaken.website)
336 points by commoner 3y ago|129 comments
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by commoner 3y ago
Third-party SMS and MMS messaging apps already exist on Android, such as the free and open source QKSMS[1] and Simple SMS Messenger.[2] Signal also used to support SMS and MMS on Android until last year.[3] There isn't a shred of evide
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by commoner 3y ago
Nothing is stopping you from using Messages by Google or Apple's Messages app if you prefer. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt over unnamed "security issues" is not a good reason to prevent other developers from creating clients f
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by commoner 3y ago
You can deregister your phone number from Messages by Google here: https://messages.google.com/disable-chat This is similar to Apple's iMessage deregistration page.[1] Google has been funneling RCS messages through its
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by commoner 3y ago
Excellent. The next step is for Google to release a free and open source way for Android developers to build apps that send RCS messages. Currently, the only messaging app on Android that fully supports RCS is Messages by Google, which is c
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by commoner 3y ago
Cosmic has fractional scaling. I'm not sure about XWayland compatibility. > In Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS, you can scale your resolution by 200%, 300%, or 400% to make these elements easier to see. However, you can also toggle the “Fractiona
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by commoner 3y ago
> Have they announced a potential release date for Cosmic? In May of this year, System76 announced that Cosmic DE would be released in 2024, possibly to be included in the next LTS version of Pop!_OS. > As we develop COSMIC DE for its
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by commoner 3y ago
Ungoogled Chromium is a Chromium-based browser with Google services stripped out. - Project and source: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium - Binaries: https://ungoogled-software.github.
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by commoner 3y ago
For Linux users, Junction is a FOSS browser picker that works just like Choosy does on macOS. These browser pickers are more flexible than selecting just one default browser, and being able to inspect URLs before opening them is a nice secu
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by commoner 3y ago
> it doesn't have automatic updates That's not accurate. LibreWolf has an automatic updater for Windows.[1] On Linux, updates for most applications are handled by the operating system's package manager, and LibreWolf also
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by commoner 3y ago
T-Mobile acquired Mint Mobile in March 2023. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163743380/t-mobile-buys-mint... Even before the acquisition, Mint Mobile was just a T-Mobile MVNO. While Mint Mobile has less
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avbroot: Sign (and root) Android with custom keys while preserving Verified Boot(github.com)
2 points by commoner 3y ago|0 comments
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by commoner 3y ago
> I do however expect for this particular instance, they spent a lot of time finding a particularly wonderful €3 wine - while the vast majority at this price probably are distinctly less good. The article says the opposite: > There we
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Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 minutes when you need it(github.com)
55 points by commoner 3y ago|29 comments
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by commoner 3y ago
An issue has been created to implement support Wireguard-only peers like Mullvad exit nodes in Headscale: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1545 Headscale is a FOSS replacement for Tailscale's
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by commoner 3y ago
That's not a fair comparison. Final Cut Pro's price on macOS has been $299.99 since 2011, and Apple sells a "Pro Apps Bundle for Education" available to everyone that includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and other macOS ap
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Chinese sextortion scammers are flooding Twitter(restofworld.org)
7 points by commoner 3y ago|0 comments
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by commoner 3y ago
I agree that if open source client software requires a proprietary web service to be used, that software as a whole is not open source. That doesn't mean the test of the four freedoms is insufficient, it simply means that the test need
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by commoner 3y ago
Disappointing to see Wired uncritically repeat Meta's deceptive marketing. Llama 2 is not open source because it does not allow unrestricted use. In addition to the "Acceptable Use Policy" and the "700 million users&quot
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by commoner 3y ago
TFA's phrasing is taken from the Free Software Definition: > The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html Telling the user that they ca
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by commoner 3y ago
GitBook hasn't been open source since October 2018 ( https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook ) and software is judged by its most recent version. GitBook in its current form is a proprietary web service. The October 20
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by commoner 3y ago
> So, just because a license satisfies four freedoms doesn't make a piece of software "Open Source". It wasn't clear what your intent was when you presented your example, since it does not actually illustrate your poi
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by commoner 3y ago
We're in full agreement here. It's dishonest to describe software as open source when it is not operational without key components that the developer intentionally made closed source. I would be fine with them saying that the soft
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by commoner 3y ago
Shareware is not free software, since it does not provide users the right to inspect or modify the software. It is also not freeware, since some or all of its features are not available free of charge. https://en.wikipedia.org&#x

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