Notices by :nfld_tri: CowMan 🇨🇦 (cowman@nfld.me)

@bmacDonald94 doubt it. There is a linux desktop program, but it links and syncs to the mobile app.

I dunno, I don't imagine it is signal - I don't have anything google (microG on android), works fine, I wouldn't have a google account to sign in with. :athink:

@bmacDonald94 Did you try the apk from their website?

https://signal.org/android/apk/

The store version uses google cloud messaging to notify when there is a new message. Website version doesn't have this dependency, however it is polling based so will be harder on the battery life.

In both cases, Signal does still use Cloudflare for (encrypted) message passing.

Web apk can't be updated via stores, only by that link; but can confirm, does work without google anythings (play services etc.)

Mild, sunny day. Suppose it can't last ... storm coming the weekend.

[ #nlwx #yyt #Newfoundland #Sun #Storm ]

A friend took a time lapse of the eclipse (also as posted to r/StJohnsNL/), pretty neat!! The view is actually opposite the sun, but hardly mattered for the clouds.

[ #Elliston #Eclipse2024 ]

One of the kids wanted to try #linux, and I happened to have an old T420 kicking around, so downloaded a #LinuxMint cinnamon edition, dd'd to a USB key, and set about doing some teaching.

Which, there wasn't really much to do. We were like 5 minutes on the install process, where little needed explaining.

Not zero, as there were LVM/ZFS/encryption choices to be made, but no need to delve into partitioning or anything to get it done.

It's such a different world from my first go (#Redhat 5.2).