The most requested Vertical Tabs will make an appearance in the upcoming Firefox. The feature can now be turned on in Nightly itself without the need to rely on third-party extensions or separate Nightly builds.
Currently using Sidebar Tabs. I have gotten used to grouped tabs, which is something I don't want to give up. I've mapped Ctrl+Space to open and close it, which is super satisfying.
I switched from Sideberry, which was cool since it is so configurable, and that it can store and recall entire lists of links. I think this is a nice alternative to bookmarks, because it gives you a sort of link manifest, that you can even export.
Mozilla's attempt seems... lackluster in comparison, but it's still under development. So eh. Thinking of going Librefox, Waterfox or even Floorp - though that would be like going ESR.
Black history month has passed and gone. Pride month is in full effect. One wonders what marginalised group will be put on the chopping block, the next witch to be burned at the stake, the next symbolic month that celebrates their plight....
According to Bain in Toronto, a reliance on funding from corporations and the Canadian government has made pride festivals and other major LGBTQ+ organizations, like Egale and Rainbow Canada, beholden to those funders....
I challenge you to go live in Gaza and pretend you're Palestinian...
See how stupid that sounds? Though you're probably so delusional, you think you'd be fine, running around safe and protected areas within Israel screaming "WHERE'S THE APARTHEID?!?!!' Not only that, but your ignorance of geopolitics needs to be broken down as well.
"basically every Muslim country"... oh, you mean the middle east? That place that keeps getting invaded and overthrown? Why did we invade Afghanistan... again and again? Thank you the three stooges of western geopolitics , the US, France and Britain - the tag team of degenerates in fancy suits. Why was the democratically elected government of Iran overthrown? Oh right, the only thing worse than liberalism, SOCIALISM. Let's help install a a very socially conservative Ayatollah instead... also, let's destroy Iraq and install yesmen - y'know, for oil. Surely that's not a bad idea... it's like Yosemiti Sam shooting and being pushed back over, and over, and over again, as western society takes another geo-political black eye.
And you wonder why they go against western ideals? It's that problem where sovereignty doesn't mean shit the second you step over the border, and after DECADES of meddling and destroying economies, literally colonizing a place, the entire region becomes authoritarian nationalist, and you go "lol Muslims"?
Bro, go back to school. Stop being retarded with your smooth brain. Learn what the word "precedent" means in a social historical context. Unless, y'know, you ignore it for a specific purpose...
"Uh, but they are authoritarian nationalist based on religion, but not the authoritarian nationalism based on religion that I want". I bet there is no LGBTQ persecution in Israel by nationalist, orthodox Jews... right... right? Or here in the west? No? "No, it's the mozlems".
To conclude: either everyone is free, or no one is free. Any exception is some authoritarian mental gymnastics bullshit by smooth brained westerners who got skullfucked by instituonal parties - and then, and then having the balls to pretend they are fighting against authoritarianism...
Stfu, bro. You can shove your ignorance, fear mongering, dehumanization and dog whistling straight up your hypocritical, delusional ass. We got healing to do, and you are against that movement - mostly because you won't seek therapy instead of doing stupid hot takes online.
Here's a kind reminder that the Russian state is not the Russian people and there are plenty of examples throughout history of people being complacent. There are very few examples of a state so corrupt as Russia, where politicians, oligarchs and literal mafia have a hidden understanding and the system of law is just a dog and pony show.
That being said, empower Russians in diaspora, here in Europe and in the US, that seek to depose Putin, that seek to inform the Russian people. I'm saying Russia needs it's own IRA and certain buildings need to go boom, not because Ukraine, but because of Russians.
Be their ally, and for God's sake, don't use fucking Telegram to communicate with them.
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
Hvor mye vil du vedde på at den mellomvaren er sånn 80% åpen kildekode og 20% kode fra selve firmaene? Samtidig har dem sikkert donert null og niks til disse prosjektene.
If Mozilla implementing "AI" (or machine learning) to localise language models and translations, then I'm all for it.
If Mozilla moves closer to SaaS, I'm jumping ship to another browser, preferably one that's not based on WebKit or Blink.
However, despite the loud cries of cynics, the jaded and haters alike (or the "realists"), I'm still optimistic about the future.
If this restructuring means Mozilla more quickly qualify for funding because they localise training models and open source it all, then I'd say Mozilla is a threat to the likes of Microsoft - and that's a good thing.
With each passing day that is less and less true. Ask any Hong Kong patriot. Even though China technically hasn't annexed them, the Hong Kong leadership leans closer towards Beijing every day. I wouldn't put it past Hong Kong intelligence "doing favours" for Beijing.
The Hungarian government's invitation to Chinese police officers to patrol in Hungary poses a threat to European security and in particular the freedoms of Europe's Chinese diaspora....
It's an ancient political tactic of "I was just defending myself". What was it the Nazis said about Jews? Oh right, they were just "defending themselves".
You mean liberals are crooked... so both the democrats and republicans... one is neo, the other classical... both imperialistic :D Yeeeey Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Raegen were liberals...
So yeah, definitely corrupt. Vote third party, or vote for electoral reform. If not? Stop complaining.
In this episode of Zed Decoded, Thorsten talks to Mikayla, who's been leading the effort to Zed working on Linux, about the Zed's Linux version and how it's taking shape
I've been waiting for this. Been using Kate on Windows and Linux, which is great, but running Zed is just so lightweight. It's like a truly open source Sublime Text.
On a side note, since GDPR was established, services have arrived in Europe later than it would in the US or some other places. But I'm guessing the coming regulation will just be more of the same, like local hosting, only for GPU and NPU processing this time around, but who knows.
Because they were taught that what's going on in Gaza is a bad thing throughout their lives, only for parents and politicians to say "it's complicated" when footage reveals the simple, brutal, horrible reality.
Cognitive dissonance is a bitch. Shout out to people who remember when they first got disillusioned.
"But I have unplugged it... yes, several times... I'll try again... oh, it works now... now to my real problem, Windows now asks me for a 64 character code..."
I think we have to step back once in a while to get a wider perspective.
Both GNOME and Plasma are not just simply desktops. Oh no. They are entire stacks, complete with SDKs, for the user and desktop applications to use. They are orchestrated collections of libraries, services and apps, that together combine to make huge projects.
All of this requires contributions, all of this requires developer time. And in this economy? Open source is taking a kick to the pants.
You also got feature creep and tech debt galore, as well as needing to replace various bits and pieces when things become outdated, deprecated and unmaintainable.
Let's put it plainly though: there's a reason GNOME is reorganising, and why it's all about the money, dum-dum-didi-dum-dum. I think that it would be great if GNOME managed to restructure to facilitate more developer time, because the lofty goals they have set means having to put some elbow grease in it. The same goes for KDE.
Yes, it's the funding issue again. It's all about prioritization. With the economy being what it is, money doesn't stretch that far anymore either.
With all this in mind, I think we should all show some appreciation for the good work of the folks who make GNOME and Plasma. We are given two great options, with each their approaches, that show us what true competition looks like, and they are really giving it their all - despite what some people may be saying.
European intelligence agencies issued a major warning and accused Russia of “plotting violent” acts of sabotage across the continent as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate....
Seeing that user Flatpaks are installed in the home folder, I see this as an interesting strategy. EXT4 still beats BTRFS in certain read/write benchmarks. My only problem being that you lose provisioning.
I don't see a lot of people talking about this here, but BTRFS subvolume provisioning is probably the best reason to use BTRFS - and BCacheFS - not just CoW or snapshotting.
The old way, of having a set beginning and end of a partition, is like caveman technology to me now. Subvolumes are here to stay and I am happy about that.
If I need to do a little distrohop now, even though I wouldn't (rpm-ostree rebase go brrrr), all I'd do is delete an recreate the "@" subvolume (or the root subvolume) without touching another partition or subvolume. All storage space is shared between subvolumes, basically, removing that boundary distinction between them, so I get to keep the files, permissions and meta data in my "@home" and my "@var" subvolumes, even though I get rid of the old "@" to replace it with a new one.
Therefore the idea of having storage that is reliant upon partitioning, ordering sectors one after another, having to defragment and keep strict separations between them is absolutely archaic to me. I'll gladly take a slight performance hit just for the convenience of avoiding all that.
Don't blame the Americans. They don't see that we have our own slow crawl in a race to the bottom. The EU has recognised it and pays lip service, but that organ-grinder gotta spin, spin, spin...
...but yeah, regulation wise Europeans get a ton more representation. In the US representation means which talking mouthpiece is going to serve the instituons today, and then they go do a lil insider trading - as a treat.
Of course Apostrophe is on top of the list, especially with 3.0. The new preview mode is awesome for actual markdown work, but for me Apostrophe is just the best non-distractive text editor for the GNOME desktop - if not for the entire Linux desktop.
This is what people misunderstand. The question is what effect will it have regarding to how certain governments, organizations and companies deal with ICC law. It's not a question of getting Netenyahu arrested, but adding more precedent on file to continue pushing divestment.
If the verdict is passed, it's up to anyone who can use it to weaken the Isreali government and strengthen the Palestinian government, by adding it to the pile of legitimate reasons to cut funding.
So yeah, it's up to government and people in general - as per usual.
How I date ( jlai.lu )
Vertical Tabs can now be enabled in Firefox Nightly and are movable to the right side ( windowsreport.com )
The most requested Vertical Tabs will make an appearance in the upcoming Firefox. The feature can now be turned on in Nightly itself without the need to rely on third-party extensions or separate Nightly builds.
The unsung genius of MLK
Black history month has passed and gone. Pride month is in full effect. One wonders what marginalised group will be put on the chopping block, the next witch to be burned at the stake, the next symbolic month that celebrates their plight....
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com )
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West...
Norway to send $ 258 million to bolster Ukraine’s air defense ( euromaidanpress.com )
‘Opposition and rage’: queer groups challenge Pride to divest from Israel ⋆ The Breach ( breachmedia.ca )
According to Bain in Toronto, a reliance on funding from corporations and the Canadian government has made pride festivals and other major LGBTQ+ organizations, like Egale and Rainbow Canada, beholden to those funders....
What Will Life Really Be Like After The Internet Gets Incinerated? ( tomcox.substack.com )
Russian woman traveling to the US through Mexico complains that everyone hates Russians. ( streamable.com )
https://files.catbox.moe/wj1kog.mp4...
New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds ( bgr.com )
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
Regionernes udgifter til it-licenser eksploderer: Stiger med 50 procent på fem år [paywall] ( www.version2.dk )
Flere europæiske lande [Norge, Irland, Spanien] anerkender Palæstina som selvstændig stat ( www.dr.dk )
Politiken har fundet 51 kendte danskere i manipuleret pornografisk materiale via Google: »Jeg kan slet ikke forstå, hvorfor det overhovedet kan lade sig gøre« ( politiken.dk )
Canadian-made Roshel Senator MRAP that hit an anti-tank mine. All Ukrainian soldiers on board survived without injuries. ( sopuli.xyz )
https://defence-blog.com/senator-mrap-saves-ukrainian-soldiers-from-mine-blast/
Mozilla Foundation Welcomes Nabiha Syed as Executive Director | The Mozilla Blog ( blog.mozilla.org )
also: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/why-im-joining-mozilla-as-executive-director/
UK charges three with working for Hong Kong intelligence as cases against Chinese and Russian spies mount across Europe ( www.aljazeera.com )
The British police have charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service....
Vladimir Putin set to transfer Sergei Shoigu from Russian defence ministry ( www.bbc.com )
Excerpts of interest:...
Gabe Newell, the Man Behind Steam, Is Working on a Brain-Computer Interface ( futurism.com )
Chinese police activity in Hungary 'a significant risk to EU security', group of European lawmakers warns ( www.reneweuropegroup.eu )
The Hungarian government's invitation to Chinese police officers to patrol in Hungary poses a threat to European security and in particular the freedoms of Europe's Chinese diaspora....
Israel Rejected a Cease-Fire. The Media Isn’t Telling Us. ( jacobin.com )
Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations ( breachmedia.ca )
Zed editor: Linux when? ( zed.dev )
In this episode of Zed Decoded, Thorsten talks to Mikayla, who's been leading the effort to Zed working on Linux, about the Zed's Linux version and how it's taking shape
MFW it's dark outside and I'm hungry and kinda cold and lonely and I just wanna come in for snacks and blankets but the human doesn't let me in. (rule) ( pawb.social )
Sauce...
Add Gemini AI to Ubuntu Desktop with this GNOME Extension ( www.omgubuntu.co.uk )
Israel's priorities ( lemmy.ml )
Russian T-80 tank is destroyed by a "TOW" ATGM missile fired from an M2 "Bradley" IFV. ( streamable.com )
https://t.me/brygada47/704...
Why have student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza gone global? ( www.theguardian.com )
Ceasefire and divestment calls have spread beyond US campuses, with more expected as Rafah offensive begins...
Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone — happens on both clean installs and reinstalls ( www.tomshardware.com )
KDE Plasma needs stability ( www.youtube.com )
Australian helicopter forced to take evasive action after Chinese fighter intercepts with flares ( www.abc.net.au )
Multiple European intelligence agencies accuse Russia of plotting sabotage across the continent ( www.firstpost.com )
European intelligence agencies issued a major warning and accused Russia of “plotting violent” acts of sabotage across the continent as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate....
Which file system do you recommend for Linux?
Just a simple question :...
EU says three Chinese electric vehicle makers have not supplied sufficient information for its anti-subsidy investigation, warns it would "use evidence available elsewhere to compute tariffs" ( www.euractiv.com )
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#146 Editing Markdown · This Week in GNOME ( thisweek.gnome.org )
What would ICC arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu mean for Israel? | Inside Story ( www.youtube.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15110900...
It's a good investment ( discuss.tchncs.de )