Jacob Ras

@jacobras
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2026: my Year of the Linux Desktop? Using #Fedora on my #Framework 13 laptop after trying the live OS for a while. Genuinely impressed with how well everything works out of the box, and how more user friendly the #Gnome desktop environment is compared to Windows in its current state.

Made some simple changes to have a task bar instead of top panel, and keyboard shortcuts I'm used to – all easily done without any terminal commands 👌🏼

Mini PDA museum update: made 3D-printed name plates + 2D-printed labels with my own descriptions.
After a long trip from Berlin, via Spain, to NL, today Kodee finally met his new friend Duo 🤓 #duolingo #kotlin
New to the collection: 1998 HP 620LX running Windows CE 2.0. The top right button launches the stylus outwards just enough to take it, quite convenient.
Replaced my Intel i5-1240p with an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. Compilation benchmark on my main project: 60% faster 🚀. The Intel will replace my i5-8259U NUC in the standalone Cooler Master case as build server. @frameworkcomputer
These devices are so cool. #Fold5 and #Flip5. The foldable seems practical (not with this crazy Samsung outer screen aspect ratio, though), yet the Flip also strongly draws my attention. I think it triggers a bit of nostalgia, looking back at older flip phones.

There's a reason these companies are choosing KMP over other cross-platform technologies, like Flutter. I've written a detailed comparison on how these two technologies compare for existing codebases.

https://medium.com/@jacobras/flutter-versus-kotlin-multiplatform-for-existing-codebases-19ff5e53ccbf

Many mobile apps nowadays are using Kotlin Multiplatform to share logic between Android and iOS. I've written a roundup of some of them and what can be learned from their approaches.

https://medium.com/@jacobras/popular-apps-using-kotlin-multiplatform-kmp-in-2023-and-what-you-can-learn-from-them-1f94d86489b7

This is my new Palm m505. I used to have an m130 as a kid and am happy to relive those memories with this one. Only needed to replace the 20-year old swollen battery. @inlovewithpda