sunweaver @sunweaver@fosstodon.org

@sunweaver unity8 was a so beautiful desktop environment and the possibility to make this available for all the debian-derivated distros is a great opportunity ! Today, ubuntu has given up unity as default so we couldn't miss the possibility to increase the access and the support of lomiri for ALL these distros ! But now for linux, not only ubuntu

Just installed Ubuntu MATE on a second computer. I wish regular Ubuntu had this much polish. Just the welcome screen on it's own gives you a selection of curated software, the ability to change the layout to match different OSs and easy access to help.

I am unemployed. I don't believe I will be returning to academia.

If you or someone you know is looking for a high skilled, highly motivated Unix admin, technical writer, infosec consultant, or tech researcher, please get in touch. Willing to relocate anywhere (after the COVID-19 situation, of course) and work remotely in the interim.

(Please feel free to star and boost.)

You know... I like GNOME 3, but I have the same feelings for it that I have for KDE Plasma. I like Plasma 5, but I still like KDE 3 (Trinity) more. Likewise, I like GNOME 2 (Mate) more than I like GNOME 3.

And honestly, if I *had* to pick a GTK3-based DE, it'd be XFCE, not stock GNOME. I just find it to work a bit better without the intense memory needs that GNOME has now.

In case you are sitting at home and spend a lot of time calling other people like me: You might want to look into #jitsi meet. (https://meet.jit.si/) It is really simple to use and doesn't need accounts or desktop clients.
And in case the servers get overloaded in the next weeks, you can simply host it yourself. I wrote a quick guide that sums up how to get everything running:

https://guides.lw1.at/books/how-to-install-jitsi-meet-on-debian-or-ubuntu

#selfhosting #guides

I need more CLI/ncurses Apps! Dammit!

What are your favourites?

Looks like the #Qt devs are using COVID-19 as an excuse to effectively make Qt proprietary software.

"last week, the company suddenly informed both the #KDE e.V. board and the KDE Free QT Foundation that the economic outlook caused by the Corona virus puts more pressure on them to increase short-term revenue. As a result, they are thinking about restricting ALL Qt releases to paid license holders for the first 12 months"

A year in the software world is eternity, may as well not release it.

Speaking of #Jitsi, has anyone ever tried their #Etherpad integration? #fossmendations

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/wiki/Etherpad-addition-example

Videokonferenz geplant? Bitte weder Skype noch Zoom nutzen! Beide US-Dienste haben bekanntermaßen gehörige Datenschutzmängel.

Stattdessen: Freie Software nutzen wie z.B. Jitsi! Auch viele Messenger haben eine Videoanruf-Funktion, darunter Jami oder Matrix-Clients wie Riot.

Aufgepasst: Wer Jitsi nutzt, muss dem Server-Betreiber vertrauen, weil es dort (noch) keine Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung gibt.