original_reader

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Depressing or Hopeful?

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It's not like Firefox doesn't collect user data at all. Vivaldi is hard to seriously fault in that area.

Unfortunately, Firefox lacks some features that make it a little clumsy at times. But for general use it is great. I keep it installed and use it almost every day because I believe in the browser engine and the need for diversity in that area. It's just not for every need. At least not for me. That's where Vivaldi and Edge have to help.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I'd venture out there and say Vivaldi in functionality and customisation.

Privacy probably not, though Vivaldi does quite well.

Sadly it's a Chromium browser.

Edit: a simple comparison.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Chromium - and thus Google - dominates the Internet way too much. This causes trouble and has the potential to cause a lot more trouble in the future.

This has been discussed many times before, of course.

 

Help to improve the OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete!

This app finds incomplete and extendable data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as markers. Each of those is solvable by answering a simple question to complete the info on site.

The info you enter is then directly added to the OpenStreetMap in your name, without the need to use another editor.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You don't watch other shows. You start over with Star Trek.

😁

 

And he did it brilliantly!

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Discovery had it's moments.

From a Star Trek universe perspective it hit way too many lows, though. This is just my opinion, of course. I found it hard to sit through some episodes. The actors are generally great, but there is too much cheap dialogue (listen to some of the Season 2 and 3 "Picard" dialogue in comparison!), underdeveloped characters, statements like the above that were written without even considering how they might age... well, this was discussed ad nauseam in many places, so I'll stop the rant before it starts.

Thank you Discovery for showing us what doesn't work. Other shows learned from you.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, if you want to relive the glory days, here you go.

Reply here with a screenshot or PM me when you're done, please. 😁

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In all fairness, nothing beat Windows 8 on tablets. The touch controls were fantastic. Was disappointed when 10 got rid of them.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

highly anticipated Windows 12

Microsoft wants to make the taskbar appear to float above the desktop by separating it from the desktop and rounding off the corners

Who gets excited about that!?

Plus, all the (always online, storing everything we say, type and look at) AI features should be looked at critically and not with high anticipation.

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In the past, we would type something like site:reddit.com into a search engine to get to the resource we needed. In the meantime, I have already found a few useful tips on Lemmy instances by using the Lemmy search. But since all Lemmy instances are named differently, a simple site:lemmy won't work well in a search engine.

Do you see a solution for this? Or do we leave this to the search providers to figure out?

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Solus didn't die. Source: Solus Blog

Thank you for your suggestion of Tumbleweed (I assume you are writing about). Checking that out as well.

 

With the latest release of Solus, I feel I should ask. I have had my eye on this particular distro for some time now. I even did a test installation about two years ago, but it didn't feel as complete as I needed it to be.

I am looking for a solid, beginner-friendly rolling Linux distribution for general use. Multimedia, gaming, coding etc. Do you recommend Solus? If so, why? Why not? Looking forward to your thoughts.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you expand on this? A source would be great here to properly debunk this.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's actually quite liberating to switch it off every now and then and just go about ones business without it.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'll do you a few better. Others have done it before. Here are some examples of excellent posts on the subject. Search Lemmy a bit and you'll find many more.


A website that lists quite a number of Android FOSS apps:


And here is an entire community dedicated to that topic:

 

Which one is recommended? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Are there better alternatives?

Links:

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Do you agree? Why? Why not? Do you have an alternative suggestion?

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