Notices by Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)

Imagine shipping a Linux app in 2026 solely as a .deb file that only works on Ubuntu/Debian and that users have to download and install as root.

If only, idk, there was an app store…

https://flathub.org

@killyourfm ummmm come say hi to me and @micahilbery and @ahoneybun?? You're basically in our neighborhood!

@killyourfm @micahilbery @ahoneybun next time you gotta hang out in Denver for the day before heading up to a 14er. 😅 My family would always do Casa Bonita to acclimate when we were traveling from sea level 🤣

TIL Anakin basically has a Steam Deck in Revenge of the Sith.

#StarWars #SteamDeck

@Fragglemuppet it looks like a Portuguese cinema-related tag!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/116655058624456803

I think this is part of what drives me crazy with LLM-powered code review: too often it feels like they’re following the US counterintelligence strategy for simple sabotage. Except I’m the target.

@dalias @bagder I’m sorry, what? Either you fundamentally misunderstand the service agreement or are being intentionally misleading.

I’d been using Fedora Silverblue for forever, but have been dabbling with Bazzite recently. I don’t really game on my PC, but there were some niceties from Universal Blue or Bazzite that I wanted.

Buuut I’m getting kind of annoyed with some of the UX changes that Bazzite makes from stock GNOME. The shell extensions I can disable, but I keep finding things: fonts and window switching (alt+tab) behavior are the most recent.

#GNOME #Linux #Bazzite #UniversalBlue

I’m fine with other changes, like using Bazaar by default and the way updates are handled.

Should I just go back to Silverblue, or is there a stock GNOME Universal Blue image that would make sense to use? What would the less-visible differences be?

Also, would it be a terrible idea to rebase from Bazzite to a stock GNOME uBlue image (if it exists) or Silverblue? I’ve successfully rebased between images before but it’s been a while. 😅

@homeassistant this is the best part; it enables HA server admins to pull a harmless little prank on their family members for the day. I had sworn off April Fool’s this year, but this I actually enjoy.

Nicely done. :)

I’ve had a social media app design in the back of my head for like a decade now and just have never had the time or skills to actually try building it. I think once @moshidon is released with the latest upstream Mastodon changes, I might actually take a stab at it!

It would basically be a strongly opinionated configuration of Moshidon with a couple of very small affordances added. I’ve never done Android development, but customizing an existing app seems a lot easier than starting from scratch.

Namely, I want to strike the balance between Google+ Circles (using Mastodon Lists) and not making users do shit work. I haven’t used Facebook platforms in ages, but it might be similar to the concept of “close friends” from Facebook/Instagram?

The focus would be on making it easier to keep up with the people you care most about, cutting through the noise.

Basically: tag accounts as VIP and they’re the ones you always see in your default feed; make it simpler to add accounts to lists, and just automatically show lists as timelines you can swipe between.

I like to follow a lot of accounts (and that’s especially helpful on the fediverse!), but I’m tired of “no algorithm” (actually just a “reverse chronological” algorithm) meaning I mostly see people who post a lot, and don’t see people I care more about who post less.

Right on the tail of GNOME 50, something else exciting is coming from GNOME very soon… 👀

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource

I just discovered the band “Save Face” and their album “Another Kill for the Highlight Reel” reminds me SO MUCH of a 2000s—2010s pop-punk artist but I cannot place it. Anyone else hear it?

YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIytVziuYd47L0Krjg_WMW0hAPRbVmnB0

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/another-kill-for-the-highlight-reel/1581067768

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/39YX5r0mg91HGw2scZLm3x

#music #rock #altRock #popPunk

@plwt yes that's them. Thanks!

@soatok @hazelnoot this is when I love @hailey.at’s Bluesky labeler…

@forteller huh, this stumped me. I figured Shift+PrntScr would still work, but it doesn't. It's not ideal, but you can record the screen, then open the resulting recording and use the menu item (or Ctrl+Alt+S) to take a “screenshot” or frame grab from the video.

TIL Inkscape has built-in zine templates! You can design the individual pages and then it lays out the print layout automatically. Neat!

#TIL #Inkscape #OpenSource #Zine