I switched from Addy to unbox.at . It’s the same software but hosted by adminforge.de, and you can use the full features for free (and donate as you find it useful). This includes utilizing your own domain.

I don’t know if you can use the official Google Play version of Addy.io to manage it, but the F-droid version works perfectly with Unbox (and the web interface is identical). Highly recommended.

Yes, correct. I wrote the wrong thing.

Even if we put aside enshittification, who is asking for these features? I never did; I just want a plan that has password, TOTP, and Passkey management + sharing. If people want all that extra stuff, like email masking, secure sending, and gigantic attachments, let them pay $20 a month year and let the rest of us have a $10 plan with just password management + sharing.

This seems like some executive losing the plot of what this software is to people.

I’ve seen their explanation once. From what I can recall, it’s to expose the existence of other instances. Many people join .world or .ml, not realizing that the point of the Fediverse isn’t to join the biggest or first instance you can find.

You might enjoy this video/series: https://youtu.be/yawlonjLp4c

I’ve been trying to get my audio working the way I want (instead of everything just going to the default sink), and it’s been helpful.

I thought text selection was handled via keyboard. Also been a hot minute since I first learned about this, and not using that buffer has not exactly been a common discussion point, since being able to reuse text is typically a desirable trait!

Joking? Or the ideas of a mad genius? (h/j)

https://loss32.org/

I thought this was an old feature of Linux (maybe Unix?). Highlighted text gets copied to the buffer, which is useful when you’re on the command line (because Ctrl+C ends the current process).

I don’t know how you’d change this, but maybe that can give you some clues on what to do.

This seems pretty cool. I have an old Android tablet I’d love to try this on, but it’s got pretty weak stats compared to more contemporary devices; I wonder if this could work…?

But with https://unbox.at/ to make it harder for companies (and maybe certain governments) to tie you to your inbox. Also, it’s just generally helpful for managing spam and promotional garbage.

Yeah, if it has a .gov top-domain at this point, I just treat it like a conspiracy theory website on the dark corners of the Internet.

Also, has anyone gone to the website about the new guidelines? It’s a nightmare to try to navigate. It does that thing where it has flashy animated scrolling, so you can’t tell if there’s more, what’s coming next, where to find a specific piece of info…

It feels like it was made by somebody’s nephew who knows how to code fancy JavaScript stuff but doesn’t know shit about good UX design.

Same with CachyOS, but Loss32 isn’t just trying to run an on-demand emulation layer within your DE, it’s trying to be the always-on default. It’s ambitious, to be sure!

Similar ideas but different approaches. ReactOS is trying to essentially reverse engineer Windows, whereas Loss32 is going to run literally everything in Wine.

I’m kind of excited about this one, because it’s likely to uncover issues in Wine and upstream any improvements they make.

Wait, they are? I thought I was going crazy and missed a big shift in the latter’s project goals! Thanks for pointing that out

I’ve done this with an old Pixel (partly to wipe the phone, and partly as a hope that if it’s refurbished/resold, the new owner will have Graphene). If you can read and follow a recipe, it’s virtually stupid-proof. I don’t remember having to know anything for which the directions didn’t specify or offer explicit directions.

I run both CachyOS and Bazzite. They have graphical stuff for the initial load screens, but I’ve seen their text-based loading screens from time to time for troubleshooting purposes, and I don’t recall seeing Tux either.

I’m curious who sees Tux when they boot up.

I appreciate your cynicism, but I’m not personally inclined towards it. I think what it will ultimately boil down to, which you alluded to, is how the law is enforced. If they get fined as a first measure but then get taken to court for a second failure by California’s attorney general and get subsequently bankrupted, it might stand as an example to others.

Or maybe they’ll still say the potential risk is still worth it. I dunno. We’ll just have to see how this goes, but it’s still better than the current options, which are:

• Trying to navigate deleting your own data, staying on top of it, and hoping they’re actually deleting things.
• Paying a private company to do it and hope they’re not just pocketing your money.
• Doing nothing and getting butt-fucked by surveillance capitalism.

None of those are great, so I’m hopeful this is the start of something better.

That’s a good point. You’d have to know your intended user. Somebody who only uses flatpak probably doesn’t need to worry about anything, but if they want to start layering, they’d run into problems on a major version change.

Honestly, if someone wants the ease of Windows but isn’t tech savvy enough to figure out “typical” Linux, I’d just point them to Aurora. Fedora atomic, easy system upgrades, easy rollbacks, nearly no downtime due to backup images.

Android integration sounds interesting though.

It’s probably just Waydroid, but rebranded.