the_crab_man

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if you could standardise a file format for a specific task what would you pick and why in c/[email protected]
[–] the_crab_man 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% this. Much more readable than JSON, YAML or other custom formats.

Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks in c/technology
[–] the_crab_man 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe stop using Windows?

Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users. in c/[email protected]
[–] the_crab_man 50 points 1 year ago (27 children)

For casual users that only need a web browser, a mail client and an office suite, Linux is a great replacement for Windows.

In Germany, dozens of people are in 'preventive detention' because they might otherwise engage in climate protests in c/[email protected]
What is your favorite terminal emulator. in c/[email protected]
[–] the_crab_man 1 points 1 year ago

Alacritty with tmux 👍

Musk's interference to protect Russia allowed Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, and resulted in the deaths of civilians including children - Zelensky advisor. in c/news
[–] the_crab_man 5 points 1 year ago

He did not disable it, he refused to enable it in that region.

Musk's interference to protect Russia allowed Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, and resulted in the deaths of civilians including children - Zelensky advisor. in c/news
[–] the_crab_man -4 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Starlink wasn't enabled in that region to begin with.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] the_crab_man 25 points 1 year ago

How is Snap's sandbox better than Flatpak's?

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I wish KDE apps hardcoded their Breeze theme (self.linux)
 

I use both GNOME and Plasma and various apps from their ecosystems. When using Plasma, GNOME apps look out of place, as they hardcode their Adwaita theme, but they don't suffer from contrast issues and are perfectly usable. When using KDE apps on GNOME on the other hand, the contrast is terrible, the apps look very ugly and are barely usable to the point I wish they hardcoded their Breeze theme so they would work as well as they do on Plasma. I wish KDE apps were more resilient when it comes to theming, so they wouldn't break completely when installed on the "wrong" desktop.

Elon Musk Threatens To Sue Anti-Defamation League For X’s Lost Ad Revenue in c/news
'Kids Online Safety Act' will deliberately target trans content, senator admits. in c/technology
[–] the_crab_man 42 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It should be the parents' job to regulate what kind of content their children consume on the internet, not the government's.

No web browser offers a good out of the box experience. in c/[email protected]
[–] the_crab_man -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No browser will ever tick ALL your boxes.

Why not? Is it that hard to NOT include bloatware in your browser and respect XDG Base Directory? As for content blocking, the code is already there because extensions make use of it, just integrate it into the browser UI and use uBlock Origin's block lists.

No web browser offers a good out of the box experience. in c/[email protected]
[–] the_crab_man 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Web browsers handle the most sensitive information about a user, so I would never trust a proprietary browser.

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No web browser offers a good out of the box experience. (self.linux)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by the_crab_man to c/[email protected]
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I feel like there is no web browser with a sane default configuration that I can recommend to other people. All browsers are preconfigured in a way that harms the privacy of their users or include services that no one wants such as Pocket and BAT.

Here are my problems with some popular browsers.

  • Mozilla Firefox: Pocket integration, no ad-blocking without extensions.

  • Brave: Everything related to crypto. Also its start page is horrible.

  • Chromium: No ad-blocking without extensions and soon Manifest v3 will cripple all content blockers.

Now, these suboptimal defaults wouldn't be such a big problem if the configuration files were easy to backup and restore and respected the XDG base directory specification.

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Should UI frameworks have separate files for UI and application code? (self.programming)
 

Do you prefer to use UI frameworks which make a distinction between UI files and application code (e.g. Qt, GTK, Angular) or do you prefer to define the UI in the application code (e.g. Flutter, Jetpack Compose, React)?

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What developments in the Linux world are you looking forward to the most? (self.linux)
 

Personally, I'm looking forward to native Wayland support for Wine and KDE's port to Qt 6.

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Why do we need tiling window managers when we have tmux? (self.linux)
 

I used to use Sway and I found tiling to be useful only when using multiple terminals. Tmux allows me to have tiling functionalities for terminals while having a full desktop environment for all other applications.

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People who have switched from vanilla GNOME to KDE Plasma: did you try to emulate GNOME's workflow on Plasma? (self.linux)
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