GNU socialtag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:TagTimeline:chromiumNotices tagged with chromiumUpdates tagged with chromium on Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social!https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Nu_uc_lc.svg2024-03-29T04:53:19+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2022-06-13:noticeId=3403290:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> and all other browsers based on #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.3403290http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-06-13T03:09:44+00:002022-06-13T03:09:44+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2022-06-13:objectType=thread:nonce=471cb5c6e4b998afhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2022-03-25:noticeId=3396287:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Use #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span>? Time to update. <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emergency-google-chrome-update-fixes-zero-day-used-in-attacks/" title="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emergency-google-chrome-update-fixes-zero-day-used-in-attacks/" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment" id="attachment-285512">https://nu.federati.net/url/285512</a> [www bleepingcomputer com]3396287http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-03-25T20:14:05+00:002022-03-25T20:14:05+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2022-03-25:objectType=thread:nonce=a1e8bc88e42fbee9http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2022-02-17:noticeId=3393709:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Case in point, in any of the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based browsers, you can turn #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/javascript" rel="tag">JavaScript</a></span> totally on or totally off. There is no option to turn it off for 3rd party domains. <br /><br /> So many sites are #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/javascrippled" rel="tag">JavaScrippled</a></span> these days that turning JS all the way off (without a one-click way to turn it on for one site) is too frustrating for anyone to do. <br /><br /> I did see in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/edge" rel="tag">Edge</a></span> today that I can add sites individually to either a separate Yes to JS or No to JS list. I don't recall seeing it until recently. But that's cumbersome.3393709http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-02-17T01:09:25+00:002022-02-17T01:09:25+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2022-02-16:objectType=thread:nonce=30e98983f4b4cccahttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2022-02-17:noticeId=3393704:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1A lot of us are concerned about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span>, about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/thunderbird" rel="tag">Thunderbird</a></span>, and about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> search deal was first signed. <br /><br /> They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate. <br /><br /> They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span>, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web.<br /><br /> It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources.<br /><br /> Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads. <br /><br /> So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers. <br /><br /> I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron.<br /><br /> Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.3393704http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-02-17T00:48:48+00:002022-02-17T00:48:48+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2022-02-16:objectType=thread:nonce=30e98983f4b4cccahttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-8161-627b-9748-5fc891518726New note by clackeThe saga of trying to build the monster that is Chromium for Android, reproducibly, all from source:<br /><br /><a href="https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issues/378" rel="noreferrer">gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issuesβ¦</a> (Bromite, Chromium degoogled)<br /><br /><a href="https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/3351" rel="noreferrer">gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-β¦</a> (Unobtainium, Chromium all open source, all from source)<br /><br />guix manages to build ungoogled-chromium for GNU and that's hard enough, but for Android it's even trickier. Part of the problem is as usual to disentangle the Play Services dependencies.<br /><br />For now it is, indeed, unobtainable.<br /><br />To even almost-succeed you need over 4 GiB virtual memory for the linking, over 10 GiB disk space for the sources alone and over 30 GiB disk space for the build artifacts. If you are a bit starved for CPU or I/O you're looking at s 24+ hour build.<br /><br /><a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Bromite" class="mention hashtag">#<span>Bromite</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Unobtainium" class="mention hashtag">#<span>Unobtainium</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=UnobtainiumBrowser" class="mention hashtag">#<span>UnobtainiumBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Android" class="mention hashtag">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Chromium" class="mention hashtag">#<span>Chromium</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=FDroid" class="mention hashtag">#<span>FDroid</span></a>3382199http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-10-10T05:35:19+00:002021-10-10T05:35:19+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/clackeclacke<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ clackeclacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πΈπͺππ°ππ<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ https://libranet.de/context/0b6b25a8-8161-627b-9748-5fc891518726http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-27:noticeId=3367621:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://blog.stackblitz.com/posts/introducing-webcontainers/" title="https://blog.stackblitz.com/posts/introducing-webcontainers/" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment" id="attachment-281282">https://blog.stackblitz.com/posts/introducing-webcontainers/</a> [blog stackblitz com]<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/webcontainers" rel="tag">WebContainers</a></span> -- run #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/nodejs" rel="tag">Node.js</a></span> in your browser<br /> <br /> Think #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> is a memory hog? You ain't seen nothing yet.3367621http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-05-27T06:48:23+00:002021-05-27T06:48:23+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-27:objectType=thread:nonce=4ee3952191f1664fhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-09:noticeId=3365702:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1Also: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based browser #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/brave" rel="tag">Brave</a></span> disables #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>βs #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/floc" rel="tag">FLoC</a></span> <a href="https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/" title="https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment" id="attachment-281050">https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/</a> [brave com]<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari" title="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment" id="attachment-281049">https://nu.federati.net/url/281049</a> [www theverge com] notes that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> currently has no plans to implement #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/floc" rel="tag">FLoC</a></span> and that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/duckduckgo" rel="tag">DuckDuckGo</a></span> is already working to block FLoC.<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/edge" rel="tag">Edge</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/safari" rel="tag">Safari</a></span> issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.3365702http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-05-09T03:56:36+00:002021-05-09T03:56:36+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-09:objectType=thread:nonce=51500c201a9fb0f0http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-09:noticeId=3365686:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based browser #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vivaldi" rel="tag">Vivaldi</a></span> says its users "will not get FloC'ed" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1_c3YG4Js" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1_c3YG4Js" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1_c3YG4Js</a> <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/floc" rel="tag">FLoC</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tracking" rel="tag">Tracking</a></span>3365686http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-05-09T00:32:27+00:002021-05-09T00:32:27+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-05-09:objectType=thread:nonce=51500c201a9fb0f0http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2021-02-08:noticeId=3357142:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active.html" title="https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active.html</a> <br /><br /> Hole in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> (and I presume other #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based browsers) already being exploited. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/timetoupdate" rel="tag">time_to_update</a></span>3357142http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-02-08T06:33:55+00:002021-02-08T06:33:55+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-02-08:objectType=thread:nonce=c15bd93f86d8da83http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-17:noticeId=3340616:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Isn't it time for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based browsers to remove #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/flash" rel="tag">Flash</a></span>? Adobe plans to end it in two and a half months.3340616http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-17T04:49:42+00:002020-10-17T04:49:42+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-17:objectType=thread:nonce=b7ec4c5a16ce1f45http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-08:noticeId=3338638:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://loadaverage.org/index.php/user/343975" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="mangeurdenuage">mangeurdenuage</a> I've been using #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/keepassxc" rel="tag">KeepassXC</a></span> and its extensions for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium.</a></span>3338638http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-08T01:57:56+00:002020-10-08T01:57:56+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:loadaverage.org,2020-10-07:objectType=thread:nonce=721f880257a56045http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2020-04-11:noticeId=3298436:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://loadaverage.org/user/343975" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">mangeurdenuage</a> I don't remember #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> taking a psrticulsrly long time to compile, but #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> did seem to take a while. Nothing compares to the week I once spent waiting for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ruby" rel="tag">Ruby</a></span> to compile on a box with a really slow Celeron, 128MiB of RAM.3298436http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-04-11T23:46:42+00:002020-04-11T23:46:42+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:loadaverage.org,2020-04-11:objectType=thread:nonce=7875ce3e82c9c6d3http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2019-12-19:noticeId=3214043:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vivaldi" rel="tag">Vivaldi</a></span> browser changing its user-agent string to masquerade as Google #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> because sites block it. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/vivaldi-to-change-user-agent-string-to-chrome-due-to-unfair-blocking/" title="https://www.zdnet.com/article/vivaldi-to-change-user-agent-string-to-chrome-due-to-unfair-blocking/" class="attachment" id="attachment-253902" rel="nofollow external">https://www.zdnet.com/article/vivaldi-to-change-user-agent-string-to-chrome-due-to-unfair-blocking/</a> [zdnet] #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/brave" rel="tag">Brave</a></span> browser also does this.3214043http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-12-19T16:58:36+00:002019-12-19T16:58:36+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2019-12-19:objectType=thread:nonce=3661940e43585335http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypey/statuses/102575218791838556New comment by strypey<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://niu.moe/@rain" class="u-url mention">@<span>rain</span></a></span> there are free code forks of <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, like <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/abrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ABrowser</span></a> and it's not too hard to maintain them. I'm not aware of a single fully libre fork of <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chrome</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a> and all the forks I know of have freedom issues.</p>3072698http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-08-07T10:27:06+00:002019-08-07T10:27:06+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypeystrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #JugglingstrypeyStrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Jugglingtag:nu.federati.net,2019-08-07:objectType=thread:nonce=b3b9dcca66cda271http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypey/statuses/101948179647638434New comment by strypey<p>AFAICT the core criticism of <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Electron</span></a> (aside for the minor <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/softwarefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> issues it inherits from its dependence on <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a>) is this:</p><p>"Do they build square airplanes so they donβt have to learn about aerodynamics, then just throw on an extra ten engines to make up for it? NO!"<br /><span class="h-card"><a href="https://cmpwn.com/@sir" class="u-url mention">@<span>sir</span></a></span> , 'Electron Considered Harmful'<br /><a href="https://drewdevault.com/2016/11/24/Electron-considered-harmful.html" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drewdevault.com/2016/11/24/Ele</span><span class="invisible">ctron-considered-harmful.html</span></a></p>2873959http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-04-18T16:42:48+00:002019-04-18T16:42:48+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypeystrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #JugglingstrypeyStrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Jugglingtag:nu.federati.net,2019-04-18:objectType=thread:nonce=7748172a67fdade5http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypey/statuses/101430164438998800New comment by strypey<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ecodigital.social/@adfeno" class="u-url mention">@<span>adfeno</span></a></span> <br />> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Matrix</span></a> with it's flagship currently-assumed-non-free <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Riot</span></a> </p><p>I think you're overstating your case here, to the point of misleading people. AFAIK Riot *itself* isn't non-free, it's desktop apps have a non-free dependency; <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Electron</span></a>. Actually Electron itself isn't non-free either, it also has a non-free dependency; <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a>. Actually <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a> itself isn't non-free either, it just has some dependencies whose license situation is unclear.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@deejoe" class="u-url mention">@<span>deejoe</span></a></span></p>2707922http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-01-17T05:04:44+00:002019-01-17T05:04:44+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypeystrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #JugglingstrypeyStrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Jugglingtag:nu.federati.net,2019-01-17:objectType=thread:nonce=d45f9fa183904d92http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2018-12-30:noticeId=2677564:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/alpacaherder" class="h-card mention">alpacaherder</a> My main laptop (6GiB RAM) goes OOM if #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> is the only thing open and I have more than about 5 JS-heavy tabs open. On the other hand, I can have a combined total of 150 tabs in 4 windows with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/palemoon" rel="tag">Palemoon</a></span> and it will run for day without issue.2677564http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-12-30T02:00:50+00:002018-12-30T02:00:50+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2018-12-30:objectType=thread:nonce=b5d2bb755b92fc4ahttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypey/statuses/101260980841414861New comment by strypey<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@jcbrand" class="u-url mention">@<span>jcbrand</span></a></span> not in my OS, or any OS that follows the Free System Distribution Guidelines <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fsdg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FSDG</span></a>, because of it's dependencies on <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a><br /><a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#chromium-browser" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_s</span><span class="invisible">oftware_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#chromium-browser</span></a><br /><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shura" class="u-url mention">@<span>shura</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@z428" class="u-url mention">@<span>z428</span></a></span></p>2659468http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-12-18T07:59:07+00:002018-12-18T07:59:07+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypeystrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #JugglingstrypeyStrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Jugglingtag:nu.federati.net,2018-12-18:objectType=thread:nonce=5a0aa532fae1e7b3http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypey/statuses/101250612061949825New comment by strypey<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@jcbrand" class="u-url mention">@<span>jcbrand</span></a></span> have you looked into <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ionic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ionic</span></a>? It does essentially the same thing, but without bundling most of a <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a> browser with your app. I was introduced to it at the recent <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/coopathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Coopathon</span></a> in Hong Kong. The team I was part of used Ionic (with a <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/horizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Horizon</span></a> back-end) to build an MVP for a cross-platform app for use by foodbanks, in 48 hours.<br /><a href="https://ionicframework.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span>ionicframework.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shura" class="u-url mention">@<span>shura</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@z428" class="u-url mention">@<span>z428</span></a></span></p>2655858http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-12-16T12:02:12+00:002018-12-16T12:02:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypeystrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #JugglingstrypeyStrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Jugglingtag:nu.federati.net,2018-12-16:objectType=thread:nonce=a47c1cd5e05baa68http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypey/statuses/101188607761888374New comment by strypey<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@hexmasteen" class="u-url mention">@<span>hexmasteen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@HerraBRE" class="u-url mention">@<span>HerraBRE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@alexl" class="u-url mention">@<span>alexl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@Blort" class="u-url mention">@<span>Blort</span></a></span> <br />Most <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chromium</span></a> based software can't even be confirmed as <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/freecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCode</span></a> software to the standard required for being listed in the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/freesoftwaredirectory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeSoftwareDirectory</span></a>. AFAIK <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Iridium</span></a> is the only project accepted into the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FSD</span></a> that uses code from Chromium:<br /><a href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Iridium_Browser" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">directory.fsf.org/wiki/Iridium</span><span class="invisible">_Browser</span></a></p>2628867http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-12-05T13:13:41+00:002018-12-05T13:13:41+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/users/strypeystrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #JugglingstrypeyStrypeyFree human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! #Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Jugglingtag:nu.federati.net,2018-12-05:objectType=thread:nonce=763d233001185b42http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2018-08-19:noticeId=2035074:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/zacts" class="h-card mention">zacts</a> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> is ultra bloaty. With several tabs open, it approaches 3GiB of RAM. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/palemoon" rel="tag">Palemoon</a></span>, each with double the number of tabs, together total about 1.5GiB.2035074http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-08-19T03:30:30+00:002018-08-19T03:30:30+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2018-08-19:objectType=thread:nonce=1b6c97f67f2375ca