[-] freeman@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

The button isnt there anymore but the functionality is more hidden without the name Copilot under "advanced settings" or sth. I read that somewhere.

[-] freeman@feddit.org 27 points 4 days ago

Its well known that Google Maps shows different names/borders depending on where the user accesses it from

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by freeman@feddit.org to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

I am aware that there was some dispute and I am using CoMaps since then. Today I discovered (thanks @naja@feddit.org !), that Organic Maps has routing for Public transport, a feature I miss dearly on CoMaps.

Now I wonder: Has Organic Maps a bigger, more active community of devs? Should I switch back to it? Or are both equally actively developed, only with different priorities?

[-] freeman@feddit.org 43 points 2 months ago

lets stopp enforcing the dmca already! we need to listen to the EFF and C. Doctorow

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submitted 2 months ago by freeman@feddit.org to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/66706376

nothing new imo, but now we are even surer

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submitted 3 months ago by freeman@feddit.org to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

Cross posted from https://feddit.org/post/30838291

Social media’s impact on society and citizens clearly shows the need for change. Europe has a strong ecosystem of social companies and a deep well of expertise in designing and operating social protocols. We are building on this to move away from large monopolistic platforms with their authoritarian governance and editorial positions, and are joining forces to establish a diverse and resilient information infrastructure in Europe. Together, we will protect people and institutions from interference by these platforms. What’s more, we will bring thousands of jobs and billions of euros that social media generates to our continent, to circulate that revenue in our own thriving business ecosystem.

From this perspective, open European platforms and protocols such as the Fediverse (Mastodon, PeerTube, or Mobilizon), the Atmosphere (Eurosky, Flashes, Tangled, or Web Tiles) and Private Messaging systems (like Matrix or XMPP) are complementary solutions for Europe, with shared common goals.

[-] freeman@feddit.org 38 points 3 months ago

you severely underestimate how big of a project this is. I got into homeservers a few years ago and still dont trust myself to open anything up to the internet. and a mailserver is very likely getting targetted, getting flooded with spam and at the same time has to have good uptime to be useable and practical. I think you should do this: Host something small first, like a PiHole oder AdGuard. Then maybe an arr Stack or Home Assistant. After that Immich/Ente and then a Website. Id you did at least one or two projects I mentionned you will be able to judge for yourself if you are ready for a own mailserver

[-] freeman@feddit.org 38 points 3 months ago

Samsungs stakeholders cannot capitalize on the whole 8-fold growth, as a part of that goes to the workers who actually produce the goods. If you really want a catch, thats the only one I can think of.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by freeman@feddit.org to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

Cross posted from https://piefed.zip/c/buyeuropean/p/1499353/tap-a-public-transport-stop-to-see-transit-routes-on-the-map-bookmark-labels-no-longer-ove

Organic Maps has a useful new Public Transit feature now. I really hope the CoMaps community will develop something similar soon. Video

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by freeman@feddit.org to c/opensource@programming.dev
[-] freeman@feddit.org 258 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You have to realize, what exactly Anthropic refused: To extend the current contract to two things:

  • Autonomous Weapons (AI deciding on firing weapons to kill humans)
  • AI-powered mass surveillance of american citizens

refusing those two things makes it to be the only AI company that is ""radical left"". Now Google, OpenAI or Grok will do what Anthropic has done already, plus mass surveillance plus AI-killcommands

[-] freeman@feddit.org 52 points 9 months ago

Good luck.

If Excel ever gets replaced, then we know that we overcame Microsoft.

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The "Bundeskanzlei" is already switching to opensource solutions and will keep in contact with Army Chief Süssli.

[-] freeman@feddit.org 42 points 11 months ago

Or a proportional voting system, that doesnt produce a two party situation.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by freeman@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

tldr: For Linux adoption it would be better for devs to focus on 2 ("main") distros which are very similar to Windows and macOS and then 2-3 further ("big") distros which give a bit more room to experiment. All the other distros create confusion and analysis-paralysis for the user who wants to switch or wants to help others to do the switch.


Edit because some people got emotional and I was being imprecise: Disclaimer: I dont want to dictate any foss dev, I understand that "Linux" isnt a company. By "Linux" in this post I only ment the desktop OS for personal and work use.



(sorry for the long paragraph, i ranted and brain dumped the idea)

I see a problem: Even "stable" distros like Debian and big and "fully developed" DEs like KDE or GNOME arent ready for the majority of the users switching from windows. Missing software compatibility and the need to fall back on the commandline are just some of the problems. The biggest one is the confusion for the average user: They google "install Linux" and then need to do research for at least 30minutes, figuring out which of the popular distros is the right one for them. If decided, then (depending on the distro) they then have to choose the DE.

Its a sinilar problem to the adoption of the Fediverse: You are expected to decide what instance you want to be part of. This makes it also very hard for a linux enthusiasts to convince/help install a distro for a family member, as you dont know their preferenced or how they use their Win/Mac machine. So either you as an expert have to observe and then do research on what distro+DE fits the usecase or the enduser themselves need to distro-hop, which is obviously not happening.

Now you are thinking: But just install Linux Mint and they probably do most of the things in their Browser anyways.

But in my experience the switch of potentially the browser, the mail-client and ontop of that the OS is a pretty tall ask for an average end user. So the whole switching thing becomes a multi year operation where they first switch the software they use to FOSS one. Which is a tall order and it makes it even harder to explain and convince someone. Heck, it already takes multiple days to get my grandma up to speed after the change Win10 -> Win11, because some buttons moved and the context menue looks different.

Now my utopian idea: If there were only a handful of popular distros+DEs, one could map them on a 2D-plane or even on a spectrum of "fixed, you have to adapt" to "flexible, you have to adjust the settings". Mac users could switch to a distro which is quite fixed (comparable to macOS). This fixed distro should out of the box be close to the mac experience. With windows the same.

Very very rough prototype of the spectrum to visualize my idea. I dont know enough about it but tried anyways:

flexible <Arch + Hyprland>

<Debian + KDE Plasma>

Windows 10

<Linux Mint + Cinnamon>

MacOS

<Debian + GNOME> fixed

If then most of Linux Devs (from Kernel to distro to UI to software) mostly focus on the 4-5 main distros, then they would get more stable and they could be made to behave closer to their proprietary counterparts.

This then could make the switch from Mac/Win so much more easy because:

  1. The distro is closer to the old proprietary OS. So the enduser just has to learn other "new" software, the OS doesnt demand a learning curve but just replicates the Win/Mac experience.

  2. The decision which distro to use is easier, as there are the main ones which are easy to choose because they are distinct from one another.

Disclaimer: No, i am no expert, I probably dont know enough of the technical side, I just wanted to share the enduser experience. Obviously there will always be countless distros by enthusiasts who tinker with their dozends of dev-friends for their personal-perfect distro. There will always be the people who deliberately do some frankensteined distro, and I am not here to forbid any of this. The confusing diversity of all the options is just not helping the wider public.

[-] freeman@feddit.org 47 points 1 year ago

Wow, as a swiss resident this comes across rude. Dont get me wrong, its nice to see politicians in discourse with the people but the guy just kinda said: "Hello, I have a question and now I have another quite hard to answer political question."

I'd have said: "May I ask you something politics related?" And then accepted a No if the politician wants to have a quite ride.

Behaving like this is going to encourage private travel in a car.

[-] freeman@feddit.org 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I tested Gnome and KDE Plasma5 in the last year. KDE Plasma is in my opinion the first DE which is comparable with Win/MacOS. It looks modern, is pretty much feature complete and as an average user its nice to have useful apps preinstalled (calculator, libreoffice, firefox and so on), but no bloatware.

Its just a bit more customizable than windows, which is perfect and also not fiddly and a pain. It certainly has a handful of quirks, like Windows does, but you get used to them.

If I have to set up elderly relatives with a computer, I'd strongly consider a KDE Plasma Desktop

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Banger

[-] freeman@feddit.org 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Several people already got arrested, as the capsule hasnt gone through the medical/clinical testing required and because the gas used, nitrogen, isnt allowed to be used in this way medically. A few days ago a Bundesrat (member of the federal executive) just called it illegal. Now we will see, if the (cantonal, then probably the federal) judicative branch says the same.

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My favorite feature: The Team-Mode, where you and friends can battle it out. Great when hanging around with a bigger group of friends, you can split up for a set amount of time and see, who gets the most points.

I am not affiliated with the app, but really enjoy it and thought that you guys might like it as well. Have a nice day!

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