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I just thought, would Linux's "init" fall under this category with systemd. I am not from Linux background but I've been reading about this recently.
You should read a lot more. The predecessor of systemd was not what you think, and there was not just one. The software is not even "init". * http://blog.darknedgy.net/technology/2015/09/05/0/ * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18823871 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13361168
It was the most reliable, solid mobile phone I have ever had. Battery life is really long, talk quality is very good, screen does not crack when you drop it.
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> I don't think the wearables market is really that valuable. Hasn't the Apple Watch been outselling Rolex etc.? https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-outsold-the-entire-swi...
The watch market must be pretty small these days considering everyone has the time on their smartphone... The only people I see wearing watches are business people who wear suits to work or work outdoors (people in the military). That's only a small percentage of people with a ~$100 product.
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While I agree with your pain points, I would not say XMPP that the protocol isn't any good. - Pidgin: Just take a look at their bug tracker. You will not have any problems finding tickets requesting essential features which are 6 years and older (e.g. Message Archive Management). So unless the Pidgin devs get some done I would not use their client (Gajim is a much better alternative, especially since the 1.0 release…
From the user perspective, Pidgin is pretty much unmaintained at this point, so it's like complaining that old software isn't modern. Also, ejabberd doesn't disable OMEMO by default for quite a long time already.
force_node_config:
## Change from "whitelist" to "open" to enable OMEMO support
## See https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/issues/2425
"eu.siacs.conversations.axolotl.*":
access_model: whitelist
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From the user perspective, Pidgin is pretty much unmaintained at this point, so it's like complaining that old software isn't modern. Also, ejabberd doesn't disable OMEMO by default for quite a long time already.
Actually, they still do (or do again?). Here comes the relevant part from their example config [1]: force_node_config: ## Change from "whitelist" to "open" to enable OMEMO support ## See https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/issues/2425 "eu.siacs.conversations.axolotl.*": access_model: whitelist [1] https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/blob/master/ejabberd....
http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_1... (debian/patches/ejabberd.yml.example.diff)
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Yup unity was what spelled the end for the Ubuntu wave. I think this has been the single biggest mistake they made. I think it will take at least a decade again to bring the linux desktop to the masses. Gnome 2 was perfect for people coming from windows moving over. Gnome 3 is like windows vista. Me personally, I was really disappointed (of course you can install gnome 2 etc). But at the end of the day you just want…
> bring the linux desktop to the masses I am dumbfounded that people still see this happening at some point.
My analogy would be xp -> vista. Alienating core & target users.
Google's Nexus 7 might qualify. A really great tablet at an affordable price that got one minor refresh then was cancelled. I see Palm already mentioned. Neo Geo. Obviously everything I have done was great--too advanced for its time to succeed.
And the Nexus 5 phone. Lightweight, durable plastic body, good hardware, not ridiculously large... I still havent seen a spiritual successor
WebOS. When I used it, I saw it as a blend between Android and iOS. It had the beauty, polish, and responsiveness that I loved on iPhones, but had the developer options and open community that Android had. It was a great product, and it's a shame that now we really only have two choices for smartphone operating system, WebOS being neither.
I recently helped a friend wall mount a new smart TV and when the boot animation displayed WebOS, it made me incredibly disappointed about how far it had fallen.
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I feel the same way about Travis Bean guitars. You can't buy a good TB500, which was a truly great and functional guitar design, on the used market without paying a fortune.
The Electrical Guitar Company makes new aluminium-neck guitars, if that's something you're interested in. https://www.electricalguitarcompany.com/models/