toniglandylDec 11
Rafael Pérez 🌱

Out of the following operating systems, which one do you use the most, not at work, but in your free personal time?

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#poll #os #computing #fediverse

GNU Linux or UNIX
62.3%
MacOS
22.9%
Microsoft Windows
13.1%
Other, please comment.
1.7%
Poll ended at .
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Show threadmcSlibinasDec 9
@rperezrosario linux + android.
Show threadRoger MooreDec 9
@rperezrosario
I would have to look carefully to see if I use GNU/Linux (my PC) or Android/Linux (my phone) more. Probably my phone.
Show threadMcTwistDec 9
@rperezrosario Windows for gaming; Linux for all else. I tend to homelab and programming a lot when I don't game.
Show threadCameron BoschDec 9
@mctwist Have you tried Proton for gaming on Linux?
Show threadMcTwistDec 9
@cameron_bosch Yes, it works quite alright. It's kernel-level DRM that forces me to use Windows.
Show threadQoleDec 11
@mctwist @cameron_bosch
We're looking at you, Rockstar GTA Online... 😑
Show threadCameron BoschDec 11
@qole @mctwist The funny thing is that one uses Battle-Eye, which can work under Linux and Proton, but of course Rockstar disabled it and gaslit fans into thinking otherwise.
Show threadQoleDec 11
@cameron_bosch @mctwist
I've heard different versions; some people say that the Linux version is the same as the Windows version, and some people say that the Linux BattlEye is different, and it's not sufficiently kernel-level for Rockstar.
Show threadCameron BoschDec 11

@qole @mctwist The funny thing is that I've never heard of cheaters in GTA Online. I'll bet Microsoft said something like they did to Hitachi with BeOS.

And they never refunded users of GTA Online who were affected, which, well, isn't that illegal!?

Show threadCameron BoschDec 12
@qole @mctwist It's not even a game that people cheat in like Fortnite and such. It's just an out of touch decision that reeks of Microsoft hush money.
Show threadJeremy ListDec 17
@mctwist @cameron_bosch Among the few decisions I've agreed with Microsoft on recently is apparently they're planning to remove a lot of the stuff needed for most implementations of kernel-level DRM to exist.
Show threadMcTwistDec 17
@jeremy_list @cameron_bosch Completely agree. M$ sometimes realize their mistakes.
Show threadJBrickelt963 ✊(Ο†)🚩Dec 9

@rperezrosario actuellement en phase d’expΓ©rimentation sur un PC annexe avec Linux Mint.

Pour tester l’expΓ©rience et les logiciel accessibles (certains que sur Linux) avant une transition peut Γͺtre en fin 2026 ^^

Certains logiciel (6 ou 7 sur les 20 principaux) n’ont pas encore d’équivalent pour moi sur Linux.

Show threadAdrien PlazasDec 9
@JBrickelt963 @rperezrosario Par curiositΓ©, c'est lesquels ? Je suis sous Linux depuis tellement longtemps que j'ai presque aucune idΓ©e de ce qui se fait ailleurs.
Show threadJBrickelt963 ✊(Ο†)🚩Dec 10

@KekunPlazas MyPhoneExplorer qui n'est pas open source mais ne semble pas commercial.

Il est tout en un pour la synchronisation des contacts, SMS (+programmable), bloc notes, todolist, calendrier et dossiers/fichier du tΓ©lΓ©phone. Et caster d'Γ©cran.

Ensuite ShareX que j'ai rΓ©cemment dΓ©couvert en remplacement d'une version crackΓ© de FastStone. J'ai bidouiller avec Spectacle KDE et FlameShot sur Linux.

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Show threadJBrickelt963 ✊(Ο†)🚩Dec 10

@KekunPlazas Pareil pour l'explorateur de fichier pour l'instant je jongle entre Nemo et Dolphin de KDE.

Le premier Γ  la mΓ©moire de chemin. Si A contenant le dossier B et dans B le dossier C. En passant du dossier C au B ou A
On voit encore A>B>C. Bon c'est un dΓ©tail.

Le seconde offre l'aperçu visuel. Et sur W* Files est un remplaçant open source qu'on aimerait aussi sur Linux.

Aussi Ant Renamer hyper puissant pour le renommage de masse. Plein l'option pour le renommage le masse.

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Show threadJBrickelt963 ✊(Ο†)🚩Dec 10

@KekunPlazas Γ‡a c'est pour les principaux. UtilisΓ© couramment. Pour les usages spΓ©cifiques cela dΓ©pend.

Notamment PDF24 pareil free mais propriΓ©taire. Ne semble pas collecter de datas.

Que Γ§a soit compression, crΓ©ation de facture, fusion, sΓ©paration le PDF ou ajout de filigrane tout y passe ou presque.

Globalement c'est l'accommodation et du confort. Mais dans le taff Γ§a peut Γͺtre un +.

Captvty pour download les Γ©missions TV seul moyen suggΓ©rΓ© : Wine comme Docker pas encore rΓ©ussi avec.

3/3

Show threadAnthony RabineDec 10
@JBrickelt963 @KekunPlazas des cas d'usages fort intΓ©ressants ! Je ne comprends pas ton besoin en synchronisation par logiciel par rapport Γ  passer par Internet ? Et pourquoi synchro les SMS ?
Show threadJBrickelt963 ✊(Ο†)🚩Dec 10

@arabine le logiciel a l'avantage de pouvoir passer Γ  la fois par wifi, cΓ’ble USB et Bluetooth.

Je le trouve par exemple trΓ¨s pratique pour le transfert de fichier (mieux que W*) et le calendrier c'est celui de mon tΓ©lΓ©phone qui lui peut-Γͺtre Γͺtre connectΓ© via internet ou non.

Pour les SMS, Γ‡a peut Γͺtre pratique dans le travail. PlutΓ΄t que de sans cesse prendre son tΓ©lΓ©phone, c'est comme si on passait par une messagerie instantanΓ©e.

On Γ©vident les distractions.
Que le nΓ©cessaire de travail.

Show threadAnthony RabineDec 10
@JBrickelt963 oui je rΓ©ponds Γ  mes SMS via kdeConnect pour ma part.
Show threadJBrickelt963 ✊(Ο†)🚩Dec 10

@arabine ah oui bien sûr KDE est très utile ^^ et c'est l'une des choses sympa de KDE.

Mais je crois pas avoir vu qu'on puisse le faire après que la notifications soit fermé.

Comme dit c'est le tout en un qui est pratique. Avec KDE parfois je me demande aussi si les fichiers que j'envois sont bien arrivés. Sur MyPhoneExplorer je n'ai jamais eu ce problème.

Donc quelques ajustement Γ  avoir et le test d'autres outils en complΓ©ment pourquoi pas ^^

Show threadDeniseDec 9
@rperezrosario
Since we did not have the time to change it, we still use Windows 10 (though not 11 as long as possible), but we want to change to a linux distribution in the future. Windows will only be on a VM or a second/third ssd, so we can use it if a program really only works on windows properly.
Show threadGarrett LatimerDec 9

@rperezrosario MacOS, with a healthy side of Linux on the laptop.

If CELSYS would port CSP…

Show threadbebatjof πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈDec 9
@rperezrosario android?
Show threadunawarewolf 🐺Dec 9
@rperezrosario
Careful, you might see a "65% of people use linux?!?!?!" youtube video soon with polls like this lol.
Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 9

@rperezrosario I hope not too pedantic, but are you including phones?
...mostly driod linux kernel, some people with iphone (derived from NextSTEP project) kernel .

If you search the whole of london, there may be one exec using a windows phone.

Show threadDominikDec 10
@channelOwen @rperezrosario What about us Linux Phone weirdos? I heard there's dozens of us!
Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 10

@chrastecky
I had one in the past, but i needed to update the battery and it broke.

There is vast friction on services like whatsapp. My network doesn't live in the this little slender ivory tower, even if I do,

Show threadAshwin DixitDec 16

@channelOwen @chrastecky

What's the skinny on Linux phones?

I am in the market for a phone, and ready to jump out of the walled gardens of corporations, into the world of #DigitalSovereignty and #Privacy

Also, I have always wanted to say, "I have a kill switch."

Is it too much to plug in display/storage/keyboard/mouse into the phone and use it as an IDE for development?

Any recommendations? Thanks in advance! πŸ˜ƒ

Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 16

@purrperl @chrastecky
The company I got mine from exported to the EU via Spain, used the mobile version of Ubuntu, and went bust/ stopped retailing.

I like the idea of same OS on phone, and ability to do `apt update` on it.

Show threadAshwin DixitDec 16

@channelOwen @chrastecky

I am eyeing the Jolla phone with interest. Looking for a phone with a Linux distro that is entirely free, and has no proprietary code.

Maybe the world goes to Linux in your Pocket, and largely bypasses the world of mobile apps, as native Linux apps are now first class apps on your phone.

One docking station with all peripherals, and one Linux phone/tablet.

Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 16
@purrperl
If you get that rolled out, could you update about if the phone OS can drive a standard 1900x1280 screen ~ I think phone video RAM might not scale to that...
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 16

@channelOwen

Wireless screen-casting has been a thing for a while now.

Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 16
@purrperl . . . . I was using a feature called that, mac -> a wall screen in a meeting room in 2014
Ja, "a while"
Show threadDominikDec 16

@purrperl @channelOwen Jolla does have some proprietary code, namely parts of the UI, their Android VM solution and some MS Exchange addon.

Lately they've been open sourcing more and more parts, so the UI might be fully open source one day.

Show threadAshwin DixitDec 16

@chrastecky @channelOwen

Hopefully, they won't go the way of many other projects with good intentions, which they abandoned on the way, taking without giving back, and effectively becoming yet another closed system, chasing money.

examples: macOS, Ubuntu, ChromeOS, Android etc.

ALMOST free. Free any day now. Free, except.

If you can't tweak any part of the OS, if you can't recompile your OS from scratch and run a custom copy, then it's not really free.

Hopefully, SailfishOS does better.

Show threadDominikDec 16
@purrperl @channelOwen I mean, given they started with all their apps closed source, they're going in the right direction.
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 16

@chrastecky @channelOwen

I suppose. Though it would be neat to have a Debian-based mobile distro that stays true to Debian-like principles of software freedom.

Just as all wizards are not good wizards, all Linux companies are not good companies. Some become surveillance companies like Google. 😜

Show threadKing_DuckZDec 16
@purrperl @channelOwen @chrastecky last time I used Sailfish it was just a custom GNU distro, so Linux, gcc, bluez... Going by memory
Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 16

@purrperl @chrastecky If i wanted another, I would look carefully a FairPhone ~ these will allow end-users access to parts.

You probably can plugin a kill-switch to a fairphone πŸ˜ƒ

Show threadDominikDec 16

@purrperl @channelOwen SailfishOS is really a mobile OS, not a desktop reskinned as a phone. From what I've read it's also the only Linux phone OS that can be a daily driver unless your needs are very limited.

Getting your IDE to work is definitely possible, but there most likely aren't any ready made packages, you'd be on your own to compile it.

If you know Linux, you can do pretty much anything (I recently packaged Proton Bridge for SailfishOS, for example), it just might be a bit harder.

Show threadKing_DuckZDec 16
@chrastecky @purrperl @channelOwen like, Linux kernel, X11 or maybe Weston these days, a custom DE designed for touch screens, your usual directory structure and there you go, non-desktop gnu for your phone. Really it's the DE that makes all the difference. The rest is drivers (that may dictate the kernel's version) and specific kernel build settings
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 17

@duckz @chrastecky @channelOwen

As it happens, text=based GNU/Emacs is basically all I need. vim in a pinch.

No graphics-based UI, like Xemacs.

No need for touch screen features.

VS Codium is also a useful DE, though it's optional.

Show threadKing_DuckZDec 17
@purrperl @chrastecky @channelOwen mate if you're going to pull out your keyboard and Emacs each time you need to make a phone call, that's quite next level, but go for it I say! :)
Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 17
@duckz @purrperl @chrastecky
Its Emacs there will a be a 6 finger chord to:
- a: answer call
- b: reject and SMS an apology
- c: somehow answer with number withheld
- d: print best time of day to call XYZ international number
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 17

@channelOwen @duckz @chrastecky

Hahaha! I meant, no need for touch screen features, while I'm using the phone with peripherals plugged in, as a programmer.

For normal phone use, of course you need the touch screen. πŸ™‚

Show threadKing_DuckZDec 17
@purrperl @channelOwen @chrastecky aww shame! I was really picturing you trying to decline a call with "I'm on the bus call you later" :D BT keyboard under your arm always paired for those really urgent calls you can't afford to miss!
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 17

@duckz @chrastecky @channelOwen

Just occurred to me that if any mobile Linux distro supports Docker, then you're home free.

Set up Debian, with a web server, and development tools, all inside a Docker container, for a fully functional web development environment.

Show threadOwen BeresfordDec 18
@purrperl
did you see this? https://itsfoss.com/linux-phones/
previously posted by @vladimirvc
Looking for Linux Phones? Here are Your Options

Linux phones could be the future to replace Android or iOS, but what are some of your options to give it a try?

It's FOSS
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 18

@channelOwen @vladimirvc

Thanks!

The FuriPhone looks like just the thing for me!

https://furilabs.com/shop/flx1s/?ref=itsfoss.com

FLX1s

The FLX1s from Furi Labs runs a fully optimized Linux system called FuriOS, packing a lightning fast user interface, 3 hardware switches for microphone, camera and modem/gps, and a privacy centric approach like no other. FuriLabs is ready to protect your data and keep you connected and secure at all times. Long term support and an unmatched price point. Get your hands on one today. Dimensions & Weights: Phone: 170mm x 76mm x 8mm : 201g Box: 180mm x 90mm x 28mm : 120g Total: 180mm x 90mm x 28mm : 321g See our shipping details. Read some reviews, also in the below tabs, or some external reviews.  

FuriPhone FLX1s Linux Phone
Show threadAshwin DixitDec 16

@channelOwen @chrastecky

I stopped using Meta's platforms, including fb and whatsapp.

There is plenty of material out there about the tangible harm these platforms do. And Zuck appeared before congress like a contrite little schoolboy, "Ooops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut Billion dollar deals to sell out all my user's data illegally and manipulate the elections. My bad!"

Don't feed the thing that feeds off of your clicks, engagement, and mentions.

Show threadπŸ’™πŸ©·πŸ’œBrettπŸ‘πŸ‰πŸ§Dec 9
@[email protected] OpenBSD
Show threadMaddad β˜‘οΈDec 9

@rperezrosario

Love to see that Linux is leading....πŸ˜€

Show threadity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCKDec 9
@rperezrosario other, mostly Linux and BSDs, no GNU.
Show threadKing_of_OooDec 9

@ity @rperezrosario

What distro? Chimera Linux, Alpine? I can't think of many non-GNU distros, though I wish there were more.

Show threadity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCKDec 9

@King_of_Ooo @rperezrosario there's a few GNU programs in there (glibc and coreutils), but most stuff is compiled with clang (everything except like one annoying package that I am too lazy to patch that hard depends on gcc)

I have been meaning to migrate to musl or newlib at some point.

And it's Gentoo, I don't really wanna hear about q66's sweetheart (Chimera Linux), or any of q66's projects for that matter

Show threadKing_of_OooDec 9
@ity @rperezrosario What is wrong with q66 or their projects? I am ootl.
Show threadity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCKDec 9
@King_of_Ooo @rperezrosario I just don't like her (met her IRL), and her technical competency is a bit questionable at times
Show threadMorten KjeldgaardDec 10
@ity @rperezrosario Linux itself is GPL2, in other words GNU. So are the majority of the major and minor functions of the OS.
Show threadity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCKDec 10
@mok0 @rperezrosario lmao