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Idesmi··on An update on Mozilla's terms of use for Firefox
Librewolf is Firefox plus minor patches.

Palemoon is based on an outdated fork of Gecko.

Falkon uses QtWebEngine, which is Blink.

Idesmi··on An update on Mozilla's terms of use for Firefox
> the people who understand Mozilla's true principles have long since moved on by this point

Where to?

Idesmi··on 'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised
Not just freedom of living and work, but things even more basic: Have you tried crossing the border with Germany or Austria by train? You'll most likely get a mini deportation squad on board, despite all agreeing to Schengen Convention.
Idesmi··on I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back
Icecat is Firefox.
Idesmi··on F-Droid Fake Signer PoC
Hey. As someone who cries tears of joy when I see the software I support succeed, I share the sentiment.

(I am just trying to push the visibility of your comment ;) )

Idesmi··on F-Droid Fake Signer PoC
> CyanogenMod

Has been dead for 8+ years. LineageOS is its own thing by now.

> anyone who cares has already taken shots at Android and iOS

LineageOS is based on AOSP, plus some modifications that do not affect security negatively.

Idesmi··on Autodesk deletes old forum posts suddenly
It's not like the forbid mirroring. The problem is simply the size of it: around 100 petabytes.
Idesmi··on Apple to pay $95M to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping
It's a company with shareholders. Also they don't even hide that they sell some information for ads targeting.
Idesmi··on Siri "unintentionally" recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
If you are on Android there are ways to ditch Google altogether.

For instance, I am perfectly sure that my phone is not listening on me. Also, I see no ads whatsoever.

See:

- https://lineageos.org

- https://microg.org

- https://adaway.org (or similar)

Idesmi··on Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source
You can manage Firefox updates from Obtanium itself.
Idesmi··on 18 Months with a Framework 13
I managed to enable S3 sleep on a modern laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 6800H by using Smokeless UMAF: https://github.com/DavidS95/Smokeless_UMAF/
Idesmi··on Linux 6.11 Released
As far as I remember, there is some automated testing before release but very limited in scope.
Idesmi··on Linux 6.11 Released
6.10.5 fixed all my amdgpu issues.
Idesmi··on DOJ claims Google has "trifecta of monopolies" on Day 1 of ad tech trial
> Personally, i would prefer a model of "user pays", as it aligns incentives the most.

If you are willing to pay 100€ for a 1h train ride, that is.

Subsidies allow public transport for everyone.

Idesmi··on Microsoft formally deprecates the Windows Control Panel
Don't submit to the whims of a private company. Use Free Software.
Idesmi··on MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5
Unfortunately, where I live, people bring their trash to the dumpster. And it's illegal to take stuff out of it…
Idesmi··on Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains [video]
These guys are my heroes.
Idesmi··on Making IRC better
The matrix.org server is slow.
Idesmi··on Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online
He was abandoned by his biological parents first, and then by the foster ones too.

> As Edwin stood on his doorstep, Ruud turned him away with a heavy heart.

> “Come on,” Edwin pleaded. But Ruud was at the end of his tether. “We can’t,” he said. “I’m sorry.”

> Edwin left with a backpack. His parents had no idea where he’d go.

Idesmi··on Combating abuse without backdoors
Typo at “[…] European of Court of Justice to invalidate the Privacy Shield.” Change to “European Court of Justice to invalidate the Privacy Shield.”
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