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by maheart 10y ago
Android (and Apple) have a relatively rigid development toolkit. For Android you develop using the Java programming language against the Android APIs. The NDK is available, and you can always hack up methods to call the Android APIs from yo
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by maheart 10y ago
Right now, thanks to libhybris[1] you can run glibc compiled systems (i.e. regular Linux, aka GNU/Linux) on top of proprietary Android drivers. [1] https://github.com/libhybris/libhybris
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by maheart 10y ago
This is true, and I hope SailfishOS will one day be completely FOSS, but please have a look at the bigger picture. Here's a comment I wrote about the situation on reddit: --- Yes, I'd prefer SailfishOS to be 100% FOSS, but Jolla i
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by maheart 10y ago
I know you're half-joking, but if this is something you're passionate about, there are things you can do (while there's still alternatives platforms...): 1. Purchase non-Apple, and non-Android devices (e.g. Jolla/Sailfis
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by maheart 10y ago
If you're not satisfied with the "official" devices (e.g. Jolla 1, Intex Aquafish, or Jolla C [if you were lucky enough]), then there are a number of community ports at varying levels of maturity[1]. Otherwise, there's t
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by maheart 10y ago
I'm a big supporter of GNU/Linux on the phone. I don't care if Jolla or Ubuntu don't ever make it as "major" players in the mobile OS world. I'd be perfectly happy with GNU/Linux mobile software that&
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by maheart 10y ago
Debian is much more than just a collection of packages: - It has a social contract, which it follows (e.g. they take software licensing seriously, developers attempt to upstream changes) - It has many, many developers (~1000). That is, the
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by maheart 10y ago
Debian is my favourite OS[0]. I've been using it full time for years: I use it on my desktop and laptop (Debian testing), and servers (Debian stable). I've installed it with big success on parents and siblings computers, and the e
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by maheart 10y ago
Pokemon was a big phenomenon in the late 90s. So the latest interest is really building on a solid foundation established 15 years ago. I'm sure each new game would have helped pull in new fans too.
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by maheart 10y ago
I'm using the first Jolla phone. Note, that if you use the 3rd party port of SailfishOS on your Nexus5, it doesn't come with the Myriad/Alien, Android compatibility layer. The community however has developed and released sfdr
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by maheart 10y ago
> Hopefully, any official releases on third-party phones will be able to include it as well. Yes, while I have no official word (I'm just a fan), I think this will be the case. As long as it's an official port done by Jolla, My
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by maheart 10y ago
I know that Intex will soon be shipping (currently is shipping?) phones with SailfishOS (Jolla's OS). I've been using SailfishOS for almost two years, and I confidently say that underneath the GUI, it is just a regular GNU/Li
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by maheart 10y ago
Haha, hilarious, thanks for sharing. I had to see this for myself. Source: Video, part1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cs8QLnxlU Video, part2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExXDxpBFFR0 The "revel
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by maheart 10y ago
The (L)GPL3 disallows Tivoization[1]. Unfortunately, device manufacturers (including Apple) have avoided upgrading to the latest version of certain software (e.g. Bash, Samba, GCC) to avoid the (L)GPL3. [1] https://en.wikipedia.o
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by maheart 10y ago
I use systemd on my desktop, mobile phone, and servers. I'm paid to maintain Linux servers. systemd is a great addition to the Linux server ecosystem. It's infinitely easier to write a systemd init script that is functionally co
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by maheart 10y ago
I maintain Linux servers. I also write backend/server software. systemd is a Godsend. It's infinitely easier to write a systemd init script, than it is to write a robust init script in shell. systemd (by leveraging cgroups) makes
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by maheart 10y ago
Out of interest, how recent is your experience? SailfishOS has come a long way. I'm using SailfishOS 2.0, and a lot of the shortcomings (e.g. speed, crashing) have been resolved.
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by maheart 10y ago
It's easy to writing bindings for C: Python, Ruby, Lua, Lisp -- all have easy ways to interface with C.
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by maheart 10y ago
> What's the difference between libui and libsdl? The way I understood it, libui is a widget toolkit (e.g. GTK, wxWidgets, Qt, etc) -- while SDL is low-level library to handle drawing, input (i.e. you'd need to implement your o
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by maheart 10y ago
Great to see this. I've been investigating self-hosted team/shared password managers (with basic auditing features). I chose RatticDB[1], but it looks like development has stalled. Passbolt looks like an alternative worth investig
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by maheart 11y ago
I recommend having a look at ntopng. I seem to recall that the package is available in pfSense (however it might not be available in 2.3 -- see the release notes).
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by maheart 11y ago
PySide development was stalled, and its future was uncertain. However, PySide is being developed again for Qt5: https://github.com/PySide/pyside2
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by maheart 11y ago
This is seriously impressive. While the Raspberry Pi is not the perfect hacker-friendly computer, it has done a lot of good. Some reasons off the top of my head: 1. Providing a low cost computer has given many people access to computers. Gi
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by maheart 11y ago
Ubuntu Touch (mobile) is forced to use an older version of the Linux kernel. An overwhelming majority of SoC manufacturers develop drivers for Android's Linux Kernel 3.4 (and I think more recently? 3.10, etc). As per GPLv2 the kernel p
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by maheart 11y ago
I've just had a look at the DragonBox Pyra. It looks like it's going to use a PowerVR GPU (i.e. no FOSS drivers). Can you clarify how a mainline kernel can be run on such a device? I assume PowerVR are written only for specific ke
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by maheart 11y ago
Debian has rules, but it's pretty decentralised. These sorts of things are always going to occur when you're dealing with 1000+ individuals (sometimes with different goals). Debian is not without drama, but a lot of work happens
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by maheart 11y ago
My understanding of the issue, is that the rift is caused by the Debian team creating their own "live" system (see: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804315 ) instead of using "Debian Live
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by maheart 11y ago
> This is somewhere up there with Debian habitually backporting security patches into an ancient version of Apache to the point its a broken unsecure mess, and adding an unapproved patch to ssh that caused it to generate completely broke
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by maheart 11y ago
I'd like to also add: - There is no "Federal Reserve" type entity attempting to influence BitCoin (whether that's a good thing or not, is complicated...) - Privacy (with the help of Zerocoin)
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by maheart 11y ago
Debian[1] and Ubuntu[2] are both working on making ZFS first-class: easily available and easily manageable. [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ZFS-Debia... [2] http://www.phoronix.com&#x2F

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