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Mad props to @camelCaseNick for successfully implementing the first phase of @philippsauberzweig's proposed solution for GNOME Calendar's general layouts and formfactors design overhaul (see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1332), a project that has been in the work for many months to solve https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1007 !

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/542 has landed in the main branch, you can now try it out in the nightly flatpak version.

#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #UX #LinuxMobile

Update top-level wireframe design for an adaptive calendar (#1332) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

The mockup for the adaptive version of our calendar application was last updated two years ago. Since then, significant implementation progress has been made, along with...

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Markus Göllnitz May 20

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Cassidy James

May 20

Look, I *really like* the idea of machine learning and actually really want to use ML features that make my life easier/better. Autocorrect/keyboard suggestions? Yeah I’m a fan. Text to speech? Convenient and accessible! Stunning photos from a tiny sensor? Yes please! Categorizing my photos or extracting text from screenshots? Great, useful!

But I do not want to “chat” with an LLM, doubly so when every interaction is keylogged and then used to train more planet-burning BS-spewing.

#ml #ai #llm

Markus Göllnitz Apr 7

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vkc (Veronica Explains)Apr 7

There's a *huge* difference between "I would like [software] better if they did [idea]" vs "[software] is bad unless the devs do [idea]".

Unless you're the dev, you should take some time and think about how you word that sentence!

Markus Göllnitz Apr 7

pabloyoyoista Apr 7

After many months, we finally have an upstreamable path for merging /usr in postmarketOS and hence Alpine! Still lots of work to be done, I just ruined one of my test installations LOL. But it's so cool to see it become real: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/6389

#postmarketos #alpinelinux #linuxmobile

Draft: The /usr merge!!!! (!6389) · Merge requests · postmarketOS / pmaports · GitLab

Do NOT test this unless you know what you're doing. There's a non-negligible risk of data-loss. Depends

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Markus Göllnitz Apr 5

A bank I'm with made a release of their app requiring an Android version newer than my seven-year-old Huawei P8 lite 2017 is running. I'm locked out of my account since older versions of the banking app aren't supported and it's the second factor for online banking.

(a) Thanks for not notifying me. You know that unsupported updates are hidden by default?
(b) Thanks for pushing me finally to look for Linux on Mobile friendly alternatives. I hope you understand, it's probably with another bank.

Markus Göllnitz Apr 4

I've always had a small list of features I've deemed important for easing switching to Matrix (e.g. third-party identifier resolution like finding contacts by phone number). Recently, more and more groups around me made the switch.
Scrap it! The single most important missing feature, Imho, is invite codes / invite links for otherwise private rooms. Not being able to send a link to everyone that should join the new room adds soooo much friction.
#Matrix

Markus Göllnitz Mar 20

GNOME 48 is out, @pabloyoyoista, @FineFindus, and I celebrated it. With pizza. 🎉🍕 Great to see what this release brought us. 🙌
We did so after revisiting and merging quite a number of things, so we're off to a good start …

#GNOME #GNOMEHH #gnome48

Markus Göllnitz Mar 14

Pedro Sader Azevedo Mar 14

This saturday, I'll host the GNOME Internship Preparatory Bootcamp.

It will be an online event for those who are planning to apply for Google Summer of Code and Outreachy internships. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the programs, hear from past participants, and join Q&A sessions with mentors and organizers.

📅 March 15th (Saturday)
⏰ 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
📍 Join here: https://meet.gnome.org/rooms/tl3-fsa-gyb-arq/join

Please help me share this so we can reach as many aspiring interns as we can :)

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Markus Göllnitz Mar 12

Last week, I improved Papers' code around link previews. You'll get in Papers upcoming release. Want me to tease what to get in 49?
We were meeting, as we regularly do:
So, at the same time, @FineFindus, sitting across from me … completely rewrote the thumbnailer … of course in Rust.
All that, while @pabloyoyoista worked on improvements for the context menu for annotations. (Based on @tbernard's¹ great mock-ups for it.)

¹ for clarity: not present

#GNOME #GNOMEHH