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by pengo 5y ago
I held onto my BB10 Z30 as long as I could. It's still the best phone I've ever owned. In the end as apps began to fail, I bought a Sony XA2 Plus and loaded SailfishOS onto it. It's quite good, but if someone resurrected the
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by pengo 5y ago
We write apps like this in Object Pascal using Lazarus. Think Delphi but open source. We have a suite of framework-specific developer apps for tasks like packaging deployments, managing common database tasks, onboarding new clients etc. The
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by pengo 5y ago
I had a non-technical management role and a business need that could only realistically be met with software. I had no budget and company policy prohibited purchasing or commissioning software anyway. So I thought "how hard can this be
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by pengo 5y ago
We bought our second Synology NAS three years ago, an Intel four bay with SSD caching. It's fantastic. Some of Synology's ancilliary software is buggy or has missing features, but as a backup intermediary (it backs up our backups
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by pengo 5y ago
But I do. I use only Linux on all my computers except a dedicated Mac Mini used for music production.
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by pengo 5y ago
For mobile I'm using Sailfish OS on a Sony Xperia XA2 Plus. Both laptops are running Linux Mint 20.2. No issues with any of these. I have retained an off-line MacOS on my Mac Mini for music production because, although Reaper runs well
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by pengo 6y ago
My younger daughter and I have been making music these last couple of years as sideSister: - https:://sidesister.bandcamp.com/
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by pengo 6y ago
My immediate thought is "why would anyone use Google or Facebook to log into other services?" I understand the desire to consolidate login credentials, but surely it's better to use a password manager than to give additional
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by pengo 6y ago
No. If there are valid reasons to block Parler they've been evident since its inception, and should have been acted on long ago. Blocking Parler right now is political expediency.
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by pengo 6y ago
If you can create your own node on your own server with your own rules, it doesn't matter (so much) if there's a short-term infestation of disagreeables elsewhere.
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by pengo 6y ago
I use Slack, Telegram, Trello and email. Essentially I need channels that run smoothly on all my devices (Linux, MacOS, SailfishOS). I'm watching Slack closely since the sale to Salesforce, and will switch those groups to Telegram or S
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by pengo 6y ago
For me it was very straightforward. I simply told my family I was closing my Facebook/IG account and said I'd be pleased to use an alternative platform if they'd join me. The result was that one of my sons set up a Slack chat
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by pengo 6y ago
I have a high spec phone running Sailfish OS, and I think I have the best of both worlds. With all notifications and push updates turned off it's a useful tool but no longer intrudes. I've set up periods of the day when even phone
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by pengo 6y ago
Yes, you can create great interfaces using embedded browser panes; check out the Forex Smart Tools suite for some I've helped author. But don't discount a solution like Lazarus: sure, Object Pascal is old school now, but it's
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by pengo 7y ago
I stopped reading the article after the second major factual inaccuracy. The author clearly has an axe to grind and is determined facts won't get in the way.
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by pengo 7y ago
I was a Google evangelist until the penny finally dropped and I saw that their business model was a disease. Chrome OS is cool, as are many of Alphabet's products past and future. But I no longer use any Google products or have a Googl
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by pengo 7y ago
Age. Without question, age has improved my problem solving abilities. I no longer expect to come up with an instant solution; instead I get to know the problem as best I can, then go and do something else. My subconscious will eventually de
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by pengo 7y ago
I've bought some specialised software to run on Linux; Reaper by Cockos, for example. I also write native Linux apps and utilities (with GUIs) to speed up common complex development tasks. Because development time isn't free these
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by pengo 7y ago
We have Thunderbird on all our machines; three different operating systems, but a majority are Linux Mint. Startup on Linux is 3s to 6s depending on the machine. All machines have mulitple accounts, from two to six, some use IMAP4 and some
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by pengo 7y ago
You'd be better off obfuscating your existing online data by adding much larger amounts of random rubbish to it. There are browser plugins for that.
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by pengo 7y ago
I had a client move a project to India because he thought it would be cheaper. Eighteen months later he was knocking on my door asking if I could fix the mess. Sadly for me, I tried to help him - I'd have been better to say "no&qu
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by pengo 7y ago
The only strategy I've been part of that has worked in this situation is to set up one person as the gatekeeper and shield the rest of the team from any contact with the client. Pick your gatekeeper with care and give them 100% support
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by pengo 7y ago
I've used Thunderbird on my desktops since it was launched and, despite its shortcomings, find it works well for my multiple accounts. I host my own calendar and contacts services and these integrate well too. The current desktops I us
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by pengo 8y ago
This looks interesting and I'll try it out. I've been using a spreadsheet successfully to store many of these elements: - one row per bar - columns for bar number, chords, patch settings or drum patterns, lyrics, notes Breaking ly
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by pengo 8y ago
From my own experience I'd consider a development environment that lets you cross-compile. c or c++ work and, old hat though it is, I've had good success writing cross-platform utilities in Lazarus (Object Pascal) and compiling fo
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by pengo 8y ago
I installed Linux Mint 19 on my Dell XPS13 when it arrived (it came with Windows 10) and it's not missed a beat: 100% hardware compatibility. I did update the BIOS before installing Linux though. It's the best laptop I've own
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by pengo 8y ago
Simplenote. It would be nice if it allowed me to attach images or other files, but it plays nicely with every device I have, and makes it easy to jot things down. The other tool I use is the Remember app on my phone, but only because it all
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by pengo 8y ago
On Linux here. I have a directory for anything that needs to be backed up. That contains: - Business (plans, invoices, tax receipts etc) - Documents (general non-business documents) - Email (Thunderbird profile folders) - Projects - Clien
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by pengo 8y ago
Buying from Windows Store requires me to have a Microsoft account, so I won't do it. I'm happy to pay for software, and I regularly do so, but directly from the vendor.
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by pengo 8y ago
I worked for a company in the 1990s which had previously had a very bad experience purchasing custom software, and as a consequence had formally restricted the delegation of authority to business unit leaders to specifically exclude ANY sof

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