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fragileone

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    Comment #29112432

    It was rumoured to be stolen for a long time, but the original developer of SS13 (Exadv1) said in an interview that no theft took place, and he'd voluntarily given the code to fell…

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    Comment #28546925

    See spectrum-os for a combo of both

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    Comment #28527941

    HW acceleration on Linux was fixed about a year ago https://9to5linux.com/firefox-81-enters-beta-gpu-acceleratio...

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    Comment #28524371

    HW acceleration on Linux was fixed about a year ago https://9to5linux.com/firefox-81-enters-beta-gpu-acceleratio...

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    Comment #28505180

    No, there's a "Think 25" rule where if the person looks above 25 you don't have to check.

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    Comment #28494910

    I run these games via GeForce NOW. There's no way I'm installing kernel-level proprietary monitoring software.

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    Comment #28444372

    It's a peer-to-peer video client, with part of it's data being directly shared (similarly to torrents) and part via a blockchain. This makes it highly resistant to censorship and t…

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    Comment #28444166

    Any reason why you think groups shouldn't be able to have private chats?

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    Comment #28430316

    Exploiting psychology on a mass scale like this means that the only solution will be government regulation.

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    Comment #28424046

    With PeerTube there's Sepia Search [1] which allows searching for videos across all instances. All federated networks basically need open-source, centralised search engines like Se…

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    Comment #28391888

    > American citizens may have freedom of speech, but they find themselves with vanishingly few public forums in which to exercise it fully. Well put. As we've also seen from numerou…

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    Comment #28391581

    Every bank app is different. I'd advise getting a cheap phone which supports LineageOS (ROM with the widest device support) and see if it works there first. You can also try Lineag…

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    Comment #28390537

    https://grapheneos.org/build#reproducible-builds

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    Comment #28390515

    A cryptographic hardware key does not allow tracking you in the same way that Google Play Services does 24/7. GrapheneOS doesn't connect to Google servers unless you opt for it to.…

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    Comment #28390263

    Doesn't this mean it would lose Thunderbolt support?

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    Comment #28390225

    They've already stated their goal is to enable P2P Matrix in the midterm.

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    Comment #28378916

    A question to those dismissing the author: would you help a family member sign up to some random app that tracked their keystrokes, sent them highly targeted ads, sold their person…

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    Comment #28378834

    Numerous Android phones can run mainline Linux and many more can run a Android-based ROM. What's wrong with buying a phone with commercial Android then getting flashed with somethi…

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    Comment #28343898

    You're moving goalposts. First you claimed that this wasn't censorship, now you're saying okay it is but it's fine for them to do so here. Censorship is unacceptable in private mes…

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    Comment #28326247

    AppImages are a common format for commercial apps which avoid package managers. The fact that package managers exist doesn't produce any "big cost" for using these instead, except …

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    Comment #28314056

    Even the Steam Deck is just a Arch Linux device, so you can install any games store like Epic or Origin or GOG on there if you want. Unlike the Google Play Store which gets special…

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    Comment #28312926

    Been using it for about a decade too. Syntax highlighting, quick capture and mobile reminders are still on my wishlist, but so far it's still better than all other competitors for …

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    Comment #28312408

    The Afghanistan army gave up rather than fight the Taliban, despite having far superior firepower and manpower.

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    Comment #28300976

    Is there an equivalent setting or app for Android?