Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

So I’m not surprised by the decision to remove Flatpak from Ubuntu flavors and prevent them from including it—it’s a “competing” tech that virtually everyone in the Linux space who isn't Canonical has rallied behind, after all. You wouldn’t want to make it easy to install 2,000 apps from indie devs and big names alike via Flathub, or to use the unique and compelling ecosystem of elementary AppCenter, or to get the very latest straight from GNOME.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/ubuntu-flavors-no-flatpak

#Ubuntu #Flatpak #Snap

Years ago elementary was approached by Canonical to become an official Ubuntu flavor. “All” we had to do was offer Snap out of the box. We debated it—being able to offload some additional infrastructure concerns was attractive—but we realized it helped Canonical more than it helped us, and we had chosen Flatpak for all of its benefits as covered here:

https://blog.elementary.io/elementary-appcenter-flatpak/

#elementaryOS #Ubuntu #Flatpak #Snap

"Ubuntu is drawing an ideological line in the sand that no-one has asked it to make."

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/ubuntu-flavors-no-flatpak

#Ubuntu #Canonical #flatpak

「 In a surprise move, Ubuntu developers have agreed to stop shipping Flatpak, preinstalled Flatpak apps, and any plugins needed to install Flatpak apps through a GUI software tool in the default package set across all eight of Ubuntu’s official flavors, as of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release.

As far as Ubuntu is concerned, only deb and snap software is intrinsic to the ‘Ubuntu experience’」

#Ubuntu #Opensource

Mark, we don't need to witness further shitfication, just sell it to MS already.

People are leaving one star reviews on IMDB for The Whale on the premise that sinners deserve to suffer. These homophobes hide behind the fake guise of conservative christianity. If you want to be a c##t Sonny, don't hide behind the words of some archaic farmers, come out and say 'I'm a spiteful little c#nt with the brains of an amoeba, and an impending marriage to my cousin.' Unlike you, we don't judge. Even if you are a cu##. Scratch that, c##ts are useful.
#Stop #Homophobia #HomophobiaKills

#Ubuntu #Linux Flavors/Spins Will No Longer Be Able To Install #Flatpak @FlatpakApps By Default

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-No-Flatpak-By-Default

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1628356152269447173

Don’t support a fascist takeover of FL. Go elsewhere this winter.

Ubuntu flavors have decided to stop including #Flatpak by default https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/ubuntu-flavors-no-flatpak #opensource

When you fire so many developers you finally decide to open source the code of your #BirdSite company to see if the good #FOSS people will work for you for free.

Sure, I can't wait to fix your disaster. Maybe you can sit a bit while I create my merge request...

@resist_fascism West Virginia Governor trying to ban NPR & Press. Be wary USA 🇺🇸madness is afoot.

Why you shouldn’t trust AI search engines.

Last week was the week chatbot-powered search engines were supposed to arrive. The big idea is that these AI bots would upend our experience of searching the web by generating chatty answers to our questions, instead of just returning lists of links as searches do now. Only … things really did not go according to plan. 

🔗 https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/14/1068498/why-you-shouldnt-trust-ai-search-engines?

#ai #artificialintelligence #search #searchengine #chatGPT #Bing #Microsoft #OpenAI #AIChatbot #Google

How does #StackOverflow even function?

I have a solution to a hot and pressing #ubuntu display issue, but I'm not allowed to post it because my account is too new.

Excellent community strategy. Novel approach to attracting contributors.

Or maybe I'm just spoiled by the fantastically friendly #Drupal community...

Want to list just directory names on a #Linux and #UNIX-like operating systems? Try these tips https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-list-just-directories-or-directory-names/

The #macOS Ventura 13.2.1 this is what you get when you click on the "More info…” button. No release notes. Trillion-dollar company.

#macOS Ventura 13.2.1 is just pathetic.

@lolzac @dmnelson @scriptingosx Yes, but #Apple has been slowly making good on the deprecations announced in #Catalina (2019): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-catalina-10_15-release-notes#Scripting-Language-Runtimes

• Deprecated #Python 2 in #Monterey and quietly removed #PHP (2021): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-12_0_1-release-notes#Python
• Completely removed #Python2 in Monterey 12.3 (2022): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-12_3-release-notes/#Python
• With #Ventura (2022), running `python3` prompts you to install the #Xcode Command Line Tools to get it. It's not part of the core #macOS anymore.

The writing's on the wall.

Ever been using your #Mac when a window suddenly enlarges to fill the screen? This is a designed feature of #macOS that is incredibly easy to trigger accidentally – and one that is thankfully easy to switch off too. https://tchlp.com/3Eu2H76

One positive thing about social media is that it has helped to make ex-Christians somewhat more visible. I can relate to many of their stories. It is nice to be able to find others and realize that we aren't alone. Seeing others also has a normalizing effect. Maybe some who haven't left will realize that there are other options besides staying put.

#ExChristian #atheism #SocialMedia #humanism

Another day in #macOS Ventura hell. This time, I followed instructions on how to rebuild the Spotlight Index. Which subsequently completely bricked Spotlight Search. This... from a trillion dollar company. It's just pathetic.