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Pumpkin Nov 10, 2023

I actually have really fond memories of Sabayon, the community was really nice. It also served as a good gateway into Gentoo by giving you a pre-configured usable system, including its binary package manager, but also gentoo’s emerge (not that you should use both at the same time).

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Pumpkin Aug 29, 2023

Yep, I’m in Sweden, 30 and both know how to and do drive a manual car.

Pumpkin Jul 25, 2023

How can I protect my privacy when using Google Classroom

https://sh.itjust.works/post/1713616

How can I protect my privacy when using Google Classroom - sh.itjust.works

Hello everyone, As the title says, I need to use Google Classroom for a class I’m taking with my local school. I didn’t get a choice in tooling unfortunately. I have in my private life cut google out, not having used Gmail in over a decade, using Youtube through invidious, OSM instead of Google Maps, etc. I’m already planning on using either Firefox multiple account containers or a different dedicated browser for school stuff entirely. Is there any other advice you have to protect my privacy as much as possible? I’m in the EU and I know Google is more limited in the data they can collect from educational uses, but obviously I don’t trust Google.

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Pumpkin Jul 12, 2023

My last phone I kept for about 5 years. I had two issues:

software support had ended
the battery was severely degraded

fortunately there was a local shop who’d replace the battery (it wasn’t a fairphone so I couldn’t do it myself). If it wasn’t for the software support I’d have gone that route and would be still using it now. It worked perfectly well for my use case. Unfortunately, I ended up retiring the phone and getting a new one.

Pumpkin Jul 9, 2023

KDE Ships Frameworks 5.108.0

https://sh.itjust.works/post/885199

KDE Ships Frameworks 5.108.0 - sh.itjust.works

Pumpkin Jul 9, 2023

I’ve found this too. Generally if I’m okay waiting for the answer I’ll try and find the relevant lemmy community and ask that question there instead of clicking the reddit links. There are times though I simply need the answer and so of course I do click the reddit link.

Even so, if we all try and ask the questions we have here Lemmy will eventually be the place you find this information

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Pumpkin Jul 8, 2023

I used it a lot, not through Google’s gchat stuff, I ran my own XMPP server. It worked liked lly well, I used the OTR encryption plugin in pidgeon. My work also used to use xmpp for internal chat within the company, however they switched to matrix like 5-6 years ago. Something I’ve since done personally too.

I like XMPP a lot, it worked well, including it being federated.

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Pumpkin Jul 7, 2023

You can see all your rights when flying on the europa.eu website, it’s a really good resource. As Jacob said though, it is 3 hours before you get compensation.

Air passenger rights - Your Europe

Travellers' rights - flight delays, cancellations and overbooking (passengers unable to fly on flight they booked)

Your Europe

Pumpkin Jul 4, 2023

noyb win: First major fine (€ 1 million) for using Google Analytics

https://sh.itjust.works/post/733691

noyb win: First major fine (€ 1 million) for using Google Analytics - sh.itjust.works

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Pumpkin Jun 23, 2023

I've signed, this is really important. Trains are vital for domestic travel, but also really important for international travel, about once a year I'll need to go to another EU country and look for a rail option, often it's not feasible. I really hope this succeeds, flying is unsustainable.