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Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> 1.26.5 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultimediaFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaFramework</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gstreamer.freedesktop.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Slatian<p>Any thunderbird developers in my bubble who would like to help the xdg-utils out by investigating and fixing a bug? :drgn_pleading: </p><p><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1980843" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1980843</a></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/thunderbird" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thunderbird</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/freedesktop" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/xdg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xdg</a></p>
RenézuCode<p>Sorry, but The <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> development model FAILED: Too many bugs &amp; regressions: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/bRDHV45g5Q8?si=B__DX0ZWD2v8WHHF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/bRDHV45g5Q8?s</span><span class="invisible">i=B__DX0ZWD2v8WHHF</span></a></p>
R1 Open Source Project<p>NetworkManager 1.54 released with support for per-device IPv4 forwarding, updated nm-cloud-setup for OCI baremetal setups, loopback configuration support in nmtui, and NVMe Boot Firmware Table support in the builtin initrd-generator</p><p><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/1.54.0/NEWS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.freedesktop.org/Network</span><span class="invisible">Manager/NetworkManager/-/blob/1.54.0/NEWS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/networkmanager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkmanager</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/linuxnetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxnetworking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedesktop</span></a></p>
Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)<p>In case some of you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flatpak</span></a> security/permissions sandboxing enthusiasts have particular areas of interests within the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> portals, I have now created GitLab issue triaging labels for what seem to be the most prominent ones, that you can use or subscribe to for selective notifications :blobcatcoffee:<br><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-/labels?search=portal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-des</span><span class="invisible">ktop-portal-gnome/-/labels?search=portal</span></a></p>
daltuxOuvi dizer que estão pedindo <b><i>gerenciadores de tarefas</i></b> na <a href="https://snac.daltux.net?t=tersoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TerSoftware</a>? Que tal :xfce: <b><a href="https://docs.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-taskmanager/start" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">xfce4-taskmanager</a></b>? :podeConfiar: :guri:<br><br><a href="https://snac.daltux.net?t=xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xfce</a> <a href="https://snac.daltux.net?t=taskmanager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taskManager</a> <a href="https://snac.daltux.net?t=gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://snac.daltux.net?t=freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a><br>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PipeWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipeWire</span></a> 1.4.7 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PulseAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulseAudio</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JACK</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JACKAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JACKAudio</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALSA</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdvancedLinuxSoundArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdvancedLinuxSoundArchitecture</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundServer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundSystem</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AudioLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AudioLinux</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VideoServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoServer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VideoSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoSystem</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VideoLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoLinux</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultimediaFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaFramework</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a>) <a href="https://pipewire.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pipewire.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> 258 RC1 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SystemAndServiceManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemAndServiceManager</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InitSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InitSystem</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InitDaemon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InitDaemon</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LSBinit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSBinit</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SysVinit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysVinit</span></a>) <a href="https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/</span><span class="invisible">systemd</span></a></p>
knoppix<p>Wayback 0.1 released 🧱<br>An early preview of the new X11 compatibility layer atop Wayland components—aimed at being a drop-in Xorg replacement by 2026 🖥️<br>Backed by freedesktop.org, Wayback uses wlroots &amp; Xwayland to run full X11-only desktops on Wayland</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@XOrgFoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>XOrgFoundation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.1-Released" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.1-</span><span class="invisible">Released</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wayback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayback</span></a> 0.1 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaylandCompositor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaylandCompositor</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XServer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XorgServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XorgServer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XOrg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XOrg</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XFree86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFree86</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XWindowSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XWindowSystem</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisplayServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisplayServer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowServer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowManager</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://wayback.freedesktop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wayback.freedesktop.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Slatian<p>The <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">xdg-utils</a> now have a Gitlab CI scaffold to test for regressions automatically. :drgn_sparkle: </p><p>For that to fully work though the scripts need to fully pass shellcheck in the first place, help here is appreciated! :drgn_pleading: </p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/shellcheck" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shellcheck</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/xdg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xdg</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/freedesktop" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a></p>
​izzy<p>hot take, I feel xorg is here to stay despite its supposed technical flaws. i don't buy the propoganda that FDO is trying to "kill" it. they still maintain it, albeit with no new features, plenty of projects such as xenocara work with them and upstream fixes as need be. also, x11 is pretty dang featureful as it is tbh. besides, that enrico weigelt guy is certainly not "saving" anything considering his development track record.</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/xlibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xlibre</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xorg</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/xenocara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenocara</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedesktop</span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> 1.26.4 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultimediaFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaFramework</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gstreamer.freedesktop.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> 1.27.1 (dev) has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultimediaFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaFramework</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gstreamer.freedesktop.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> 1.26.3 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultimediaFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaFramework</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gstreamer.freedesktop.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> 1.24.13 (old-stable) has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultimediaFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaFramework</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gstreamer.freedesktop.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libinput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libinput</span></a> 1.28.901 (1.29 RC1) has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InputDeviceManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InputDeviceManagement</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EventHandlingLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EventHandlingLibrary</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaylandCompositor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaylandCompositor</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XOrg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XOrg</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a>) <a href="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wayland.freedesktop.org/libinp</span><span class="invisible">ut/doc/latest/</span></a></p>
Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PetPeeve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetPeeve</span></a>: I hate that "Music" is one of the standard home folders on desktop computers. I love music, but I want it to be "Audio" -- not all audio is music (plus "audio" pairs better with "video"). When was this default established, in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> X 10.0, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WinNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinNT</span></a>, earlier? (I think NextStep or BeOS might have had a "Sounds" folder.) Now, seemingly every <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> uses this default: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> environments (<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a>), are there any exceptions? Like the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DesktopMetaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesktopMetaphor</span></a> itself, we're stuck with it, even though it chafes.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GUI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UserInterface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserInterface</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OldManYellsAtCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldManYellsAtCloud</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnreasonableExpectations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnreasonableExpectations</span></a></p>
Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)<p>Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu Hustle" movie is a great metaphor for "FLOSS middleware &amp; apps" software development communities sometimes, especially the amount of animosity <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> developers have to cope with.</p><p>In this scene we see:</p><p>1. A crowd of users complain, the signal-to-noise ratio deteriorates<br>2. Upstream dev tells them to shut up &amp; send a MR<br>3. Two distro packagers try to "fix" the issue in their corner</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7NMH78ex0E" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=v7NMH78ex0E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaintainerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaintainerLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flatpak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KungFu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KungFu</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDesktop</span></a> having to setup <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anubis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anubis</span></a> &amp; close registrations really shows how toxic certain folks are... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114742632970945770" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1147426</span><span class="invisible">32970945770</span></a></p>