skierpage

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by skierpage 9y ago
Sure, this stalwart who works on putting Ubuntu Phone on other devices wants to keep Unity 8 alive: https://plus.google.com/110699558853693437587/posts/7RHujp9u...
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by skierpage 9y ago
That's exactly what Unity 8 in Ubuntu release N.NN was going to do. The converged apps, the latest version of Unity, the new Mir display server, all running on the desktop as well as the Ubuntu Phone builds. The problem was, N.NN kept
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by skierpage 9y ago
KDE's Plasma shell uses Qt QML to make flexible layout apps that work with touch and keyboard+mouse, just like Ubuntu Phone/Unity 8. Plasma Mobile is KDE's attempt to leverage that into an open source phone OS. Canonical didn
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by skierpage 9y ago
KDE's Plasma Mobile? Like Ubuntu Phone/Unity 8 it's also using Qt QML to build flexible layout apps that support touch and keyboard+mouse. https://plasma-mobile.org/
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by skierpage 10y ago
> I think only protocols could give some control to the users for the longest time. They do. If you run your own web or blog server you can provide resources at HTTP URLs forever. The server cost is dropping to zero either by running it
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by skierpage 10y ago
> It is odd they do not use URLs (or URIs) with 'upspin' scheme. Yes it is. An Upspin file path like ann@example.com/dir/file is not obviously part of any scheme. If Upspin takes off, all the automagic parsing of p
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by skierpage 10y ago
> Will the general public learn your email address? Yes, if you store ann@example.com/dir/file and share the file path publicly then the valid email address "ann@example.com" leaks out. If you own your own domain then