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[-] Andy@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago

For me: Wezterm. It does pretty much everything. I don't think Alacritty/Kitty etc. offer anything over it for my usage, and the developer is a pleasure to engage with.

Second place is Konsole -- it does a lot, is easy to configure, and obviously integrates nicely with KDE apps.

Honorable mention is Extraterm, which has been working on cool features for a long time, and is now Qt based.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago

So far, this isn't much of anything.

Telegram already closes public channels reported for copyright violations.

Some excerpts from this post:

Compared to other platforms, we do not see the seriousness of Telegram to cooperate.

. . .

In May 2023, progress appeared to be going in the wrong direction. Telegram was reportedly refusing to cooperate with the Ministry of Communications and Digital on the basis it did not wish to participate in any form of politically-related censorship.

. . .

With no obviously public comment from Telegram on the matter, it’s hard to say how the social platform views its end of what appears to be an informal agreement.

Telegram will be acutely aware, however, that whatever it gives, others will demand too. That may ultimately limit Telegram’s response, whatever it may be, whenever it arrives – if it even arrives at all.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 19 points 2 years ago

I'll just second the suggestion that KDE Plasma is worth a try, as it's very adaptable once you know what you want. You don't need to install any addons for the functionality you describe, just open the Shortcuts settings, KWin category, and have at it.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No Zsh support for now, and maybe no user fonts?

And a warning: it's got telemetry on by default.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 27 points 2 years ago

PSA: As is commonly recommended, watch the director's cut if you can, especially if it's your first time. The main difference is that the regular release has a voice over in the beginning explaining a lot (too much).

[-] Andy@programming.dev 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

EDIT: I was thinking of a different distro than OP's


I think I know which distro you reference (are we keeping it a secret for good reason?). If it's the one I'm thinking of, I've also reached out to admins about toxic messaging in the forums, and the response was hostile, dismissive, and disappointing.

Unfortunately, despite being interested in some technical aspects of the distro, I doubt the sanity of some of the team, and don't want to deal with their hostility either.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago

Apparently it goes toward sending customers "Liberal Moron" shirts instead of their requested designs, and also illegally underpaying employees. So... I doubt it.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

Since you ask (why not?), check the current top comment. I didn't know about it until today.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

Here in New York City folks were distributing free bagels to the homeless. Out of concern for the food safety aspect of it all, our government helpfully disrupted the work and dumped bleach over the bagels to protect the needy from potentially unsafe food.

When the authorities finished their good work, the hungry folks proceeded to eat bleach-tainted bagels.

Governments don't need to be red to do awfully stupid awful things.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

Many of us don't praise or want titlebars controlled by apps individually, and there are more reasons to keep them separate than just backward compatibility, FWIW.

But if you haven't checked it out lately, you may want to look at the MauiKit/Nitrux stuff.

[-] Andy@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Some of my favorites:

  • Launcher: Niagara
  • Rom: LineageOS
  • Browser: Firefox (with DarkReader and uBlock Origin)
  • Reddit: Relay (is this ending?)
  • HackerNews: Harmonic
  • ~~Lemmy: Jerboa (haven't tried alternatives)~~
  • Podcasts: AntennaPod (haven't tried much else)
  • Identify stuff: LeafSnap (plants), SoundHound, Merlin (birds!)
  • Books: Moon+ Reader Pro
  • Barcodes: Catima
  • Computer stuff: KDE Connect
  • File stuff: Material Files and ZArchiver
  • TTS: @Voice Aloud Reader
  • Passwords: Bitwarden
  • Icons: Crayon or Viral
  • Keyboards: MS SwiftKey, maybe someday FlorisBoard, sometimes Hacker's Keyboard
  • Scrobbles: Simple Scrobbler
  • Video: VLC and NewPipe
  • Weather: Weawow

EDITS:

  • Lemmy: Liftoff
  • Chat: Telegram
  • Email: Delta Chat?
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