It really depends on how you judge being smart. Imagine if you have wings instead of arms and hands, and a beak instead of a mouth. What would you be able to achieve as an organic entity? I’m not sure there’s an easy answer on this. I think some animals are smarter than humans, but they just have different bodies, so that’s not a fair comparaison to judge on what the human specy has achieved as a whole.
Yes, I asked too fast. It was quite easy to find out. Thus said, those are complete reforge of the UI, so that’s a lot more work.
Thank you for your work :) I’m not sure I’ll have time for this, but I’ll try to check what I can improve on the UI.
Especially if my goal is to move to linux to reduce battery drain!
Anyway, thank you. I’ll try waydroid and postmarketos with qemu to get around with it :)
How does Waydroid works with background apps? Is it possible to launch a foreground app with waydroid then close it and discharge waydroid (to avoid battery drain) ?
Do you use it? What are the drawbacks?
Thank you for the insight! I’ve added this to my rss flux.
I have another more pragmatic problem : I don’t know any way to use Whatsapp or Signal without an external android phone linked to it. I don’t have the incentive to spend my time improving support if I know I could not use it in everyday life.
EDIT : Thus said, I’ve just read the situation improved with Flare (client for Signal) and Whatsapp Web, which both doesn’t require an active phone connection. Only at registration (which is still a problem).
Exactly! You can use it as a WM or as click-click env!
Oh I’d love to dive into improving device support, but it is somehow quite frightening to me (and I’m otherwise an experienced dev).
I don’t open everything at startup neither, and to be honest, I almost never use the dock neither. WIN + write the first letters is more efficient. That’s why I love Gnome, you can use shortcuts for everything. It is clean, still extremely powerful. I used i3/sway for long, and then realized I could do everything the same in a much better polished desktop environment :) There’s also extensions like “search light” if you don’t want to have the menu full screen when searching (I used to use that, but I don’t need it anymore).
I had the same issues as you at first. The answer is that you don’t use the dock mode when working. Only at startup to organize what you want to do. Even when launching apps, Firefox is docked at first place so WIN + 1 launch it.
Then, it’s mostly Alt + Tab / Alt + ² and spread your work on workspaces (use Ctrl + Alt + Left / Right, Alt + Shift + L/R, Win + Shift + L/R). Your brain will be used to it in no time :) And when you’re tired and just want to use the mouse and relax, you can still do! Also, I disable animations and set night light the whole day to reduce the eye strain!
Using Gnome needs that you try a different workflow. Use the Windows way if you’re afraid (by adding a panel and a menu), but once you’ve settled, try to understand why it was designed that way and how to use it properly. For the first months, I was using a dock / panel, but since years I use only caffeine (to keep the screen awake when I need) and workspace indicator (because Debian is still at Gnome 43 and quick workspace switch was introduced in Gnome 45). Gnome is by FAR the desktop where I’m the most productive and I’ve tried them all over the years.
Use virt-manager (with KVM). Learn how to install guest tools, then enjoy the performance!
Activate it as shown in the comments!
Have you checked the flags in wpa_supplicant? Some routers have non-default encryption schemes.
From my notes, use these USE flags as a test: net-wireless/wpa_supplicant wps wep ap fasteap eap-sim tkip uncommon-eap-types
I’m pretty sure this is your problem :)
Obsidian, it’s not open-source, but it’s not locking you down, and it’s exceptionnally well written.
Switch to Debian and you’ll be fine :)
For links, I use Pocket (you can use Wallabag, but I find the interface not efficient at all). For files, you can sync a folder with syncthing (but you only switch it on when you want a quick sync, otherwise keep it off for battery). If you just want to put some file on your phone, install FTP server (free) from F-droid and switch it on when you need it (there’s even an optional switch on quick actions). Use Filezilla or any file browser (if on Linux) to exchange your files. Remember to switch the server off once finished, because FTP is not a secure protocol.
Nextcloud was too slow and bloated for me. I used Seafile for years and it was fine, but at some point I went to some more simple setup : sftpgo to share folders (sftp, dav) and syncthing for the folders I want to sync between devices. You can also set ignore lists in syncthing to ignore large dirs. Keep it simple stupid 😅
I agree with this! Maybe US citizens should set a fox as their president! It would be more wisely ruled then.