Hacker News Reader

puggsyon A new wave of Linux applications

1. Buy a device, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices#Main . I suggest the PinePhone if you want something with decent power management in the next few months, or PinePhone Pro if you're willing to wait a few months for decent power management.

2. Find good programs on https://linmobapps.frama.io/

3. Figure out what functionality you're missing. Contribute improvements.

Keep in touch with the community at https://linmob.net/

puggsyon A new wave of Linux applications

+1 the migration to libadwaita has been a win for aesthetics according to my taste!

puggsyon A new wave of Linux applications

> What if you don't want the same applications with the same interface modalities on different devices?

In an ideal world, you'd be able to choose from a variety of programs, to optimize for your usecase, all while maintaining data portability/sync.

Convergence is a practical choice to allow contributions to be shared by desktop and phone users.

https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/advantages-of-ph... discusses this.

puggsyon How to make the internet small again

I'm part of a small-moderate sized open source community.

We communicate via IRC/Signal, code via Git, and share knowledge via blogs, Mastodon, and talks.

It feels small and nice.

The fact that the rest of the Internet has grown into a different direction doesn't change that.

The pie is now bigger and largely corporate driven, and I'm okay not being part of that.

Is that so bad?

puggsyon Meta's threat to leave Europe hints at waning big tech influence

"News site's constant negative of ad-competitor Facebook hints at waning news influence."

Don't get me wrong, I don't care for FB's product, but the constant coverage is a bit pathetic.

FB are required to disclose all sorts of low probability risks to investors.

puggsyon BBC Ending support for RSS Podcasts

I mean, is it discoverable via the show's webpage?

puggsyon BBC Ending support for RSS Podcasts

Where is the RSS feed for https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qshd ?

puggsyon Dino 0.3: Video calls and conferences – encrypted and peer-to-peer

Apple has more control over its platform and can ensure video acceleration works for all participants.

Conference calls with a central server are particularly suspectible to "lowest common denominator" issues.

puggsyon Dino 0.3: Video calls and conferences – encrypted and peer-to-peer

The master branch as Dino is not suitable for mobile use, since its UI doesn't scale down. The feature/handy branch is needed.

I haven't seen A/V calls working, but I know compatibility is being worked on. Audio calls will work before video calls.

The Pinephone is a breath of fresh air, but it's not yet ready for casual use by techies.

Pinephone is too slow to be my main phone. I'm looking forward to Pinephone Pro, which is fast enough, being able to reliably sleep.

puggsyon Dino 0.3: Video calls and conferences – encrypted and peer-to-peer

From the article:

"Peer-to-peer calls require more bandwidth than calls routed through a server and are thus not suited for a large number of participants. In the future, we plan to also develop calls via a forwarding server to solve resource issues on the client side and to allow for calls with more participants."

puggsyon Dino 0.3: Video calls and conferences – encrypted and peer-to-peer

I use Jabber everyday to talk to my partner and family. They use https://quicksy.im/

puggsyon Dino 0.3: Video calls and conferences – encrypted and peer-to-peer

Great! Dino is my XMPP client of choice, it's good to see a new release.

My partner and family use https://quicksy.im/ which is an XMPP client that uses their phone number as username, to give it a "convenient as WhatsApp/Signal" feel.

I run the mobile UI branch https://github.com/dino/dino/tree/feature/handy on my Pinephone.