Notices by Nick @ The Linux Experiment (thelinuxexp@mastodon.social)

Since #Google #Chrome decided to limit developers and users in terms of what extensions they can run, and how good they are, I think it's time to place that browser where it belongs (in the bin), and replace it with anything else, since everything else is better.

Here is a look at some popular browsers, and some new ones I hadn't tried and that suitably impressed me:

https://youtu.be/JaTRtAwL5e8

Peertube mobile app (first version, not finished, all usual disclaimers apply!

If you like Peertube, my channel’s link is in my profile on Mastodon, give the app a test, and give @Framasoft and @peertube some feedback!

https://framaforms.org/peertube-mobile-application-release-candidate-1731599644

Damn, that BcacheFS developer is really unhinged. It’s not just « The rules don’t apply to me », he’s now going « waah waaah codes of conducts are ruining FOSS »…

The only reason CoCs are needed is because of people like him. They’re not silencing YOU, buddy, you’re creating THEM. Learn to be an adult, and everything will be fine.
Funny how the most toxic people always are the ones trying to say community is the most important part… newsflash, you’re ruining these communities, not CoCs.

@cameronbosch They’ve explained it in various discussions. Some people think it’s weird, I don’t: they relicense the drivers once they upstream them, but these drivers are basically staging work that isn’t necessarily ready to be put in the kernel, and might not be accepted as-is. Gpl3 lets them make sure they control when these drivers are proposed for inclusion in the kernel.

In the meantime, it’s open source, and it can be compiled by any distro and added in any repo

And if someone says « but he won the popular vote », I will scream.

Yes, that’s the problem. The problem isn’t that this fringe dictator spewing conspiracies and lies every single time he speaks has SOME supporters.

The problem is that regular, normal people also were convinced by his crazy shit. That’s the problem. Normal people are now falling for this scam, again. More people now think this shit is fine. Preferable, even. That’s what difficult to swallow. Humanity is moronic.

That’s not even talking about how the US tends to reflect what happens in the rest of the world. All the crazy conspiracies and imbecilic notions that Trumpists have?

They also arrive in Europe about 3 to 5 years later. We have people fighting against « woke » in France now, even though it was never a real thing in the US, and even less so in France.

We are already going down, fast. This will harm the entire world by ricochet. This election is a blow for humanity as a whole.

@EUCommission « I warmly congratulate fascism, disinformation and Russian interference for their victory ».

That’s not it, try again and rephrase that.

« But, Nick, you’re not a US Citizen, this election doesn’t affect you ».

Do you know how shit the internet has become since Trump was elected the first time? Do you know how fast and far the quality of online interactions has dropped since that orange fascist opened the gates to let all the trolls from under the bridge?

Anyone who makes content that has even 2% of political notions (and FOSS is definitely political) will be confronted to more brainwashed maniacs and bigots.

I finally got a review unit for the latest #AMD version of the @frameworkcomputer Laptop 13.

It was the DIY edition, so I even got to put some of it together, installed #Fedora 41 on it, and performed a few tests.

Here is my thoughts on this excellent device and how well it runs #Linux:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt3fxVIFb3A

Time for this week’s #Linux and #OpenSource News video:

https://youtu.be/WMT_LqqrYSA

With more and more games moving to anti-cheat solutions without enabling #Linux support (GTA V and Space Marine 2 being 2 very recent examples), with the #SteamDeck looking a bit underpowered for recent AAA games, #Valve's rating system being untrustworthy to buy anything, and our gaming market share falling down a bit, Linux gaming is starting to look a bit unhealthy.

Let's discuss!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWDMUjry5OM

I decided to take a look at what’s new in the second alpha of the #Cosmic Desktop from @system76, and it’s a bunch of nice quality of life that they’ve implemented in there !

Also, the format of the video is a bit different, let me know if you liked it !

https://youtu.be/srXzV0hkjXI?si=FALKJsJNu_2KlAYG

First day of my side gig as a teacher today! Let’s see if I have any sort of talent for this or if I’m one of these dreadful, unintelligible fools!

I can’t say enough how much I love @BrodieOnLinux videos to get a deeper dive on any of the issues and things happening on Linux.

I provide an general overview of most of these same topics, but whenever I want the complete details to build a more informed opinion, some fact checking, and making sure I don’t talk out of my butt, Brodie is THE source I go to.

@Mabande @aral Exactly. And when the left actually starts shouting that this is not ok, all they have to say is « oh look at how unstable they are, they just want to damage our institutions, they can’t cooperate ».

@aral It is extremely frightening to see this man casually dismiss the party and program most French people voted for.

The French Republic was created with very few anti-authoritarian protections, under the assumption that most people wouldn’t vote for a despot. Problem is, people can turn into despots, and now we see the issue: Macron will build a Frankenstein government to make sure he can pass his anti-social policies. Heinous.

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

I'm neck deep in boxes, trying to unpack my stuff in the new flat, so you can watch it to see what it's about!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uou5cazzP7w

And here is this week's audio podcast:

https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/microsoft-broke-linux-dual-boots-google-coerces-reviewers-gnome-47-beta

As always, follow it @tlenewspodcast or from any good Podcast client!

@killyourfm They changed the smell?? 0/10 won’t buy

@killyourfm That smell has never left my Deck, and I still catch myself sniffing it like a weirdo 😅