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   by niutech 1y ago

   Linux is succesful, it is a base for Android and billions of network devices.
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   by niutech 1y ago

   Kai OS is a moderately successful continuation of Firefox OS.
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   by niutech 1y ago

   Even Linus wouldn't be enough. If anybody could, it would be China and its conglomerates like Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent.
4. 124.▲
   by niutech 1y ago

   You can have Volla phone with Ubuntu Touch, Jolla C2 or Sony Xperia with Sailfish OS worldwide.
5. 125.▲
   by niutech 1y ago

   Not necessarily. In Poland you can do banking with a web browser + SMS code or one-time code card, no special hardware needed.
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   by niutech 1y ago

   Weren't Jolla (Sailfish OS), Canonical (Ubuntu Touch), HP/LG (webOS), Mozilla (Firefox OS), Samsung (Tizen) recognized companies? Yet they failed to break the duopoly. Even Facebook failed with their phone. Who would fight with An
7. 127.▲
   by niutech 1y ago

   OpenHarmony and LiteOS are open source, Harmony OS is partly proprietary.
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   by niutech 1y ago

   By general adoption. It's great that Librem serves you well, just like SfOS for me, but sadly we're a tiny minority. I think KaiOS has the third place in popularity.
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   by niutech 1y ago

   Here in Poland most banks are usable via web browser + SMS for auth.
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    by niutech 1y ago

    There were crowdfunding efforts like: Purism Librem, Liberux NEXX, /e/ foundation, eelo, Ubuntu Edge, Jolla phone. But none were really successful. The closest was probably Mozilla with Firefox OS, now Kai OS. I still own an Alcat
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    by niutech 1y ago

    OpenHarmony is open source. There are also: Ubuntu Touch and Sailfish OS being developed. Actually I am writing this from Sailfish OS. I can login to my bank using a web browser here in the EU. I have Telegram, Signal clients, maps, sideloa
12. 132.▲
    by niutech 1y ago

    There is an ecosystem for Web Components: Polymer, Lit, WCB, ready-built web components at https://webcomponents.org
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    by niutech 1y ago

    No, HTTP compression is widely used (brotli increasingly).
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    by niutech 1y ago

    Check out how bloated is MS Teams web app, for instance.
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    by niutech 1y ago

    I agree. What is more, you can even use HTMZ instead of JS frameworks and Pure HTML Out-Of-Order Streaming using Declarative Web Components: https://github.com/niutech/phooos
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    by niutech 1y ago

    There were solutions like Google Web Lite, AMP HTML or Facebook Instant Articles, but sadly they are mostly gone. There is still reader mode in some web browsers (e.g. Speedreader in Brave) which helps a lot. And of course uBlock Origin (Li
17. 137.▲
    by niutech 1y ago

    Or the OP could just use NotebookLM for free, which has text & video summarization built-in, without need for any trimming.
18. 138.▲
    by niutech 1y ago

    There are already: Notepad3 ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad3/ ) or metapad ( https://liquidninja.com/metapad/ ).
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    by niutech 1y ago

    They could've just shipped YEdit, which is open source: http://www.malsmith.net/edit/ but there is NIH syndrome in MS.
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    by niutech 1y ago

    It has better compatibility with MS Office OOXML format.
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    by niutech 1y ago

    Try ONLYOFFICE Desktop, it is open source and has superior compatibility with MS Office.
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    by niutech 1y ago

    Check out ONLYOFFICE Desktop, it's open source and provides great compatibility with MS Office files.
23. 143.▲
    by niutech 2y ago

    ReactOS could be a long-term alternative OS for legacy controllers of various industry machines based on Windows XP or older with custom drivers.
24. 144.▲
    by niutech 2y ago

    With your hardware try Dillo 3.2.0 instead: https://dillo-browser.github.io/release/3.2.0/
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    by niutech 2y ago

    If you want a lightweight web browser, try: Pale Moon, Basilisk or SeaMonkey.
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    by niutech 2y ago

    Then you can use NetSurf ( https://www.netsurf-browser.org/ ) or Dillo ( https://dillo-browser.github.io/ ).
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    by niutech 2y ago

    There is already a web browser based on Servo engine - Verso ( https://github.com/versotile-org/verso ).
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    by niutech 2y ago

    I've recently compared Ladybird with Servo in HTML5Test and RAM performance: https://fosstodon.org/@niutech/114139183114833935 Servo uses less RAM but its CPU usage is too high. And there is an alternative to Serv
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    by niutech 2y ago

    There is Servo, which is making great progress only from donations.
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    by niutech 2y ago

    And Servo, and Linux, both non-profit. Firefox could also be donated by companies.