Notices by Thib (thibaultamartin@mamot.fr), page 2

@killyourfm somebody’s been watching the Tech Dweeb 😄

I'm all for a Linux phone and I'm extremely worried about the state of corporate (and governmental) surveillance we're forced to live in.

But I can't trust manufacturers who focus on hardware, don't pick a software ecosystem to focus their efforts on, and don't contribute meaningfully to said ecosystem.

Software alone is a HUGE budget to get a successful phone.

Relying on volunteers won't cut it.

"After all: the price of independence may be high, but the cost of silence is even greater."

@molly0xfff hitting the nail on the head yet again.

https://www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-legal-department/

TIL about @nodebb !

I already knew about Flarum, which looks very much like “a faster Discourse”

@liaizon @stefan

Thanks for your work 🫡

@aaron @altruios @tante

After a 10-year hiatus, I’m back to using RSS to follow news and blogs. It feels so calm and decluttered ☺️

But the fear of missing out is real! What blogs would you recommend for someone interested in

✊ Digital rights, activism & privacy
🌱 Offline-first and local computing
💻 General tech trends
🛠️ Hacking devices to improve them
🥰 Mental health & work-life balance
🙌 Good news

I would be grateful if you boosted this to help me discover more blogs!

#rss #news #offline

TIL about the HardBreak Wiki, a collection of resources to understand and hack hardware.

https://www.hardbreak.wiki/

#hacking #hardware #wiki

I am European. I am horrified by the direction the world is taking. I feel powerless against a class that crushes the world to serve its own interests.

Today I joined a union.

Not because I’m at odds with my employer. They’re treating me well.

I’m joining a union because we need class solidarity. I’m joining a union to protect and rebuild public services. I’m joining a union because democracy is more than voting for representatives.

✊

Are there good music player on Linux, that let you explore your library by artist or genre?

🔄 Boosts welcome to free more songs

#music #localComputing #linux

I was looking for an (ideally) OSS Music Player that is not based on Android, and the Tangara seemed liked a cool option, but whoa it’s BULKY!

https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

@killyourfm if you don’t want your Kobo to phone everything home via Google Analytics (yep they do that), the steps described in this post apply to the Kobo Colour as well. My wife has one, and she loves it!

https://ergaster.org/gear/kobo-clara-2e/

The Light Phone III checks many boxes on my wish list for a better companion device that actually respects its owner.

It's really close to what I want, but there are a few gaps that prevent me from getting it.

And if there's one thing I've learned with the Librem 5 it's that with pre-orders you need to keep your expectations low, and then halve them to get an idea of what you will actually get.

(I'm not asking to be convinced that the L5 was a success, I have one)

https://www.thelightphone.com/lightiii

@killyourfm I'm not daily driving one at the moment but have been for a few years.

Main concerns:

- You never know if the hardware is going to be well supported
- Battery life is much shorter on Linux
- Hardware acceleration support is uncertain. Scrolling a Firefox window can end up being very choppy on Linux and smooth on macOS and Windows
- If you need specialized apps, chances are that vendors don't support Linux.
- Most OSS maintainers struggle, so apps sustainability is uncertain

My current conundrum is that on one hand TUIs are not very approachable for newcomers with their steep learning curve to get the basics done…

…but on the other hand they're often more respectful of people's time and attention because of the terminal's limitation.

I mostly like the direction Mozilla is announcing in this post, but it is really tone deaf.

Branding is like a joke, if you have to explain it it's bad.

And when you talk about empowering people from grassroots activists to government officials… include them?

The only quotes I'm seeing are from self-centered directors and marketing folks. It doesn't inspire confidence at all.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-brand-next-era-of-tech/

☺️ Self-care PSA

You can put the "dreadful news accounts I still want to follow" into a list and unfollow them.

Your main feed will be less depressing, and you can actively browse that list to opt-in to reading about how terrible the world is when you're ready.

Intersectionality is important, but you will not help anyone if you're burnt out from all the misery you're constantly exposed to.

Cars are weapons, and driving licenses must be treated like other weapon licenses.

This morning again an old, angry, reckless motorist accelerated instead of stopping to leave me the priority.

I have a bright yellow helmet and gloves, three blinking lights and a trailer with two kids.

What more can I do to be able to cycle safely on the roads I pay to maintain? Buy a rotating light and a siren?

Look what arrived in the mail this morning! 200 of those bad boys, that I will be distributing at FOSDEM.

Because yes. Tech is political, and free software maintainers are not free labor providers.

#tech #stickers #opensource

@killyourfm year ends are increasingly difficult as I age.

I'll be enthusiastic in the summer, I will find things a bit more difficult in fall.

And I will want to spend my whole winter away from computers, next to the fireplace with a warm cocoa and books. Or go outside, have a walk and enjoy the few hours of sunlight I can get.

Winters are cold, dark, and they suck the joy out of us. Working in winter is an ordeal.

I'm sorry Mozilla but no. I love Firefox, but I'm worried about the direction Mozilla is taking.

I've given already and I'll give again to @thunderbird. I fully trust the team to make good use of that money.

Mozilla slashing its advocacy division tells me it doesn't have its heart in the right place.

Do better.

#mozilla #firefox #openweb