KDE is hiring a developer with a focus for Plasma Mobile!

I figure this could also be a place for discussing what are some things you'd like to see in Plasma Mobile? Frankly, hoping to organize ideas to formulate possible work items or goals to suggest to KDE.

What happened?

So 2 days ago I was getting back on my family desktop, but I noticed that Windows was slow, like VERY slow. I hear the hardware making decently loud noises all the time

Ok, then it's a great opportunity to switch to Linux!

No! You see, it's a family desktop and it's been there for 10+ years, which means if I install another operating system, 10 years of familiarity will be vanished! Even if I choose a distro with a Windows-like UI, the apps supported there aren't garenteed to be recognized by my parents! Maybe they could tolerate Firefox and mayyyybe Ungoogled Chromium, but that's about it

Ok, did you asked your parents?

I told them I thought about it. My mom doesn't use it for personal stuff at all and my dsd uses it for YouTube, word, excel, etc, so nothing too crazy. OnlyOffice (and LibreOffice from what I heard of) does support Microsoft's file types. I asked them if they could toleratebthe alternative software. My dad said he would think about it. Currently, he said that we don't have a USB with big enough storage space to fit all the data in to backup and restore on the new OS. But my parents are surprisngly open when it comes to my personal discsions. So, hope isn't yet lost

Conclusion and solutions

It's a gray area for now. Idk if my parents could tolerate Linux Mint, but if they could, that's a massive win. If I could figure out how to dual-boot, then it's a possible middle ground. Another possible middle ground is running Windows within Virtual Box for my parents. Best case scenario: The open-source alternatives are good enough for my parents' use cases

Lemmy know about your opinions down in the comments

So I was just looking at my artwork on my 13 year old family desktop and found out that Libreoffice was on the homescreen. I was SH9CKED to see that since me and my family probably didn't even know a single bit of Libreoffice

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76545241

Requirements

1. FOSS
2. No, minimal, or human-checked AI code
3. Free-to-use
4. I'm asking for FOSS PROVIDERS, not proprietary providers with FOSS clients
5. Not under authoritarian juristiction
6. At least one independent security audit
7. Lightweight
8. Low on memory

Optional things:

1. Self-hostable
2. Environmental ideals
3. Under European juristiction
4. Not hosted on Github

Suggest MULTUPLE providers as I seek to decentralize the services I use ad much as possible

Requirements

1. FOSS
2. No, minimal, or human-checked AI code
3. Free-to-use
4. I'm asking for FOSS PROVIDERS, not proprietary providers with FOSS clients
5. Not under authoritarian juristiction
6. At least one independent security audit
7. Lightweight
8. Low on memory

Optional things:

1. Self-hostable
2. Environmental ideals
3. Under European juristiction
4. Not hosted on Github

Suggest MULTUPLE providers as I seek to decentralize the services I use ad much as possible

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76492244

Degoogle setup part 3

Previous part: https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/54095201

(Changelog at the bottom)

Universal prefernces:

1. Lightweight
2. FOSS
3. Resource-effeciency
4. No or human-checked vibecoding

Nice-to-have but non-garenteed features:

1. Eco-friendly (by using the money for environmental purposes DIRECTLY)
2. Decentralized
3. Complete independence from original service. Use frontend or client if possible
4. Self-hostable
5. Offline-capable
6. Not hosted on Github (eww Microslop product)
7. Hardware sustainability

Avoiding alternative software developers (or companies/cooperations):

• Proton
• Mullvad
• Tuta
• Mozzila
• Signal
• FUTO

De-Boogle

Boogle Search:

1. SearxNG
2. Marginalia
3. YaCy

Boogle Chrome:

1. FREE Browser (Obscure)
2. Librewolf
3. Tor Browser

Boogle Mail:

• Service provider - Custom domain, Thundermail
• Client:

1. FairEmail
2. TutaNota
3. Thunderbird

Boogle Maps:

• Modified PWA - Gmaps WV
• Map data - OpenStreetMaps
• Public transportation data - Transitious
• Navigation client - CoMaps

Boogle Gemini:

1. Duck.ai
2. Ollama

Boogle Play:

• Repo:

1. F-Droid
2. IzzyOnDroid
3. Obtainium

• Client - Aurora Store
• Client for repos:

1. Droid-ify
2. ObtainX

YouTube:

• Platform:

1. PeerTube
2. Odysee

• Frontend - Invidious
• Frontend instance:

1. materialio.us
2. ytchocolatemoo.com
3. Self-hosted

• Client:

1. FreeTube
2. PlasmaTube

Boogle messages:

2. Fossify Messager
3. NovaDial

Boogle My Files:

1. Fossify File Manager

VirusTotal

1. Veto
2. Hypatia

Android - GrapeheneOS

Android Auto - Phone stand for car

De-Microslop

Windows:

1. CachyOS
2. Linux Mint

Office (or "Microslop Copilot 365"):

1. MA Office
2. LibreOffice
3. OnlyOffice

De-Meta

Facebook and instagram:

• Platform - Mastodon
• Client for platform - Smither

WhatsApp - SimpleX Chat

De-ByteDance:

TikTok - Loops

CapCut:

1. LibreCuts
2. Kdenlive
3. Shotcut

Hypic (photo editor):

1. Pocket Paint
2. Pinta
3. Inkscape
4. GIMP

Gaming

• Minecraft:

1. Luanti + Mineclonia
2. Cubys

• Universe Sandbox - Cosmogon

• Space Engine - Celestia

• Territorial.io - OpenFront

• Tetris - Block Drop

• Wordle - Code Word

• Friday Night Funkin - Etterna

• Geoguessr - GeoGuessLite

General internet:

Domain name system:

1. Adguard DNS
2. NextDNS
3. Quad9

Network tunnels:

1. Manual Wireguard VPN tunnel
2. Manual OpenVPN tunnel
3. Tor Network

Proxy:

1. HTTPS Proxy
2. SOCKS5 Proxy
3. Orbot

(not really related for De-googling or opensource but mpreso for de-bloating) File types and codecs (wheneber possible):

.png/.JPEG:

1. .webp
2. jxl

.exc:

1. .ods

.mp4:

1. .webm
2. .VP9

.mp3:

1. .OPUS
2. .m4a

Other:

Reddit:

• Platform - Lemmy
• Platform instance - reddthat.com
• Platform client - Voyager
• Frontend - Redlib
• Frontend instance:

1. saferreddit.com
2. self-hosted

SearxNG search rssult sources:

1. DuckDuckGo
2. Brave
3. Qwant
4. StartPage
5. Ecosia
6. Mojeek
7. GOOD

Github:

• Repo:

1. Gitlab
2. Codeberg

• Frontend - Gothub (no chosen instance yet)
• Client - Octolab (Gitlab-only)

New additions:

1. Privacy Flip
2. Shizuku
3. Canta
4. EnforceDoze
5. SaverTuner
6. Wine
7. Virtual Box
8. Librefind
9. sustysubs.net
10. Yagni Launcher
11. LTE Cleaner
12. SquirrelDisk

Main sources of help:

1. YouTube videos and comments
2. Lemmy comments and posts
3. Reddit comments and posts
4. sustysubs.net
5. Librefind
6. Possibly PeerTube in the future

Useless reccomendations for me:

• Termux

On the sidelines of comsideration:

• WizeStream (NewPipe fork)
• Flow (YouTube client)
• Skylib (Bluesky frontend, unlikely to actaully use)
• YT-dlp

Could use reccomendations for:

• Linux file manager
• Linux non-cloud-based photo gallery
• Linux malware scanner
• Long-term Linux distro if I find my beginner-friendly distros a bit pale in the future

Remaining questions:

• If you tested or use QubesOS, how's the experience?
• Do you use a non-Linux-based FOSS operating system (like ReactOS)? If so, how's the experience?
• If you used SailfishOS, PostMarketOS (or NuraOS) alongside GrapheneOS in your lufe, how's the experience?
• Any alternatives I missed?
• Any other software categories I missed?
• Any other new additions that I missed?

Changelog (NOT TOO IMPORTANT):

(Somewhat) Important changes

• Added "No or human-checked vibecoding" to Universal preferences
• Added "Not hosted on Github" and "Hardware sustainability" to "Nice-to-have but non garanteed features"
• Added note to "Eco-friendly" (Nice-to-have but non-garanteed featueres)
• Added "Signal" to "Avoiding alternative software developers"
• Replaced "Posteo" with "TutaNota" in Email clients
• Added "Public transportation data" with "Transitious" as the service
• Added "Odysee" as a new altermative platform to YouTube
• Replaced "Nobara" with "Linux Mint" as an alternative to Windows
• Added "Shotcut" as an alternative to CapCut
• Replaced "Galaxy Engine" with "Cosmogon" as an alternative to Universe Sandbox
• Added "Geoguessr" with "GeoguessLite" as the alternative
• Added "reddthat.com" as Lemmy instance
• Added "Voyager" as Lemmy client
• Added "SearxNG search results sources" with DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Qwant, Ecosia, Mojeek and GOOD
• Added "Octolab" as Gitlab client
• Added "Squirreldisk" as a new addition
• Added "Main sources of help" with YouTube, Lemmy, Reddit, sustysubs.net, Librefind, and PeerTube
• Added "YT-dlp" on the sidelines of consideration
• Added "Linux malware scanner" to "Could use reccomendations for
• Asked about the SailfishOS and PostmarketOS (or NuraOS) experience

Changes you might notbcare about:

• Added changelog
• Added link to the previous part
• Added thumnail
• Updated format

Previous part: https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/54095201

(Changelog at the bottom)

Universal prefernces:

1. Lightweight
2. FOSS
3. Resource-effeciency
4. No or human-checked vibecoding

Nice-to-have but non-garenteed features:

1. Eco-friendly (by using the money for environmental purposes DIRECTLY)
2. Decentralized
3. Complete independence from original service. Use frontend or client if possible
4. Self-hostable
5. Offline-capable
6. Not hosted on Github (eww Microslop product)
7. Hardware sustainability

Avoiding alternative software developers (or companies/cooperations):

• Proton
• Mullvad
• Tuta
• Mozzila
• Signal
• FUTO

De-Boogle

Boogle Search:

1. SearxNG
2. Marginalia
3. YaCy

Boogle Chrome:

1. FREE Browser (Obscure)
2. Librewolf
3. Tor Browser

Boogle Mail:

• Service provider - Custom domain, Thundermail
• Client:

1. FairEmail
2. TutaNota
3. Thunderbird

Boogle Maps:

• Modified PWA - Gmaps WV
• Map data - OpenStreetMaps
• Public transportation data - Transitious
• Navigation client - CoMaps

Boogle Gemini:

1. Duck.ai
2. Ollama

Boogle Play:

• Repo:

1. F-Droid
2. IzzyOnDroid
3. Obtainium

• Client - Aurora Store
• Client for repos:

1. Droid-ify
2. ObtainX

YouTube:

• Platform:

1. PeerTube
2. Odysee

• Frontend - Invidious
• Frontend instance:

1. materialio.us
2. ytchocolatemoo.com
3. Self-hosted

• Client:

1. FreeTube
2. PlasmaTube

Boogle messages:

2. Fossify Messager
3. NovaDial

Boogle My Files:

1. Fossify File Manager

VirusTotal

1. Veto
2. Hypatia

Android - GrapeheneOS

Android Auto - Phone stand for car

De-Microslop

Windows:

1. CachyOS
2. Linux Mint

Office (or "Microslop Copilot 365"):

1. MA Office
2. LibreOffice
3. OnlyOffice

De-Meta

Facebook and instagram:

• Platform - Mastodon
• Client for platform - Smither

WhatsApp - SimpleX Chat

De-ByteDance:

TikTok - Loops

CapCut:

1. LibreCuts
2. Kdenlive
3. Shotcut

Hypic (photo editor):

1. Pocket Paint
2. Pinta
3. Inkscape
4. GIMP

Gaming

• Minecraft:

1. Luanti + Mineclonia
2. Cubys

• Universe Sandbox - Cosmogon

• Space Engine - Celestia

• Territorial.io - OpenFront

• Tetris - Block Drop

• Wordle - Code Word

• Friday Night Funkin - Etterna

• Geoguessr - GeoGuessLite

General internet:

Domain name system:

1. Adguard DNS
2. NextDNS
3. Quad9

Network tunnels:

1. Manual Wireguard VPN tunnel
2. Manual OpenVPN tunnel
3. Tor Network

Proxy:

1. HTTPS Proxy
2. SOCKS5 Proxy
3. Orbot

(not really related for De-googling or opensource but mpreso for de-bloating) File types and codecs (wheneber possible):

.png/.JPEG:

1. .webp
2. jxl

.exc:

1. .ods

.mp4:

1. .webm
2. .VP9

.mp3:

1. .OPUS
2. .m4a

Other:

Reddit:

• Platform - Lemmy
• Platform instance - reddthat.com
• Platform client - Voyager
• Frontend - Redlib
• Frontend instance:

1. saferreddit.com
2. self-hosted

SearxNG search rssult sources:

1. DuckDuckGo
2. Brave
3. Qwant
4. StartPage
5. Ecosia
6. Mojeek
7. GOOD

Github:

• Repo:

1. Gitlab
2. Codeberg

• Frontend - Gothub (no chosen instance yet)
• Client - Octolab (Gitlab-only)

New additions:

1. Privacy Flip
2. Shizuku
3. Canta
4. EnforceDoze
5. SaverTuner
6. Wine
7. Virtual Box
8. Librefind
9. sustysubs.net
10. Yagni Launcher
11. LTE Cleaner
12. SquirrelDisk

Main sources of help:

1. YouTube videos and comments
2. Lemmy comments and posts
3. Reddit comments and posts
4. sustysubs.net
5. Librefind
6. Possibly PeerTube in the future

Useless reccomendations for me:

• Termux

On the sidelines of comsideration:

• WizeStream (NewPipe fork)
• Flow (YouTube client)
• Skylib (Bluesky frontend, unlikely to actaully use)
• YT-dlp

Could use reccomendations for:

• Linux file manager
• Linux non-cloud-based photo gallery
• Linux malware scanner
• Long-term Linux distro if I find my beginner-friendly distros a bit pale in the future

Remaining questions:

• If you tested or use QubesOS, how's the experience?
• Do you use a non-Linux-based FOSS operating system (like ReactOS)? If so, how's the experience?
• If you used SailfishOS, PostMarketOS (or NuraOS) alongside GrapheneOS in your lufe, how's the experience?
• Any alternatives I missed?
• Any other software categories I missed?
• Any other new additions that I missed?

Changelog (NOT TOO IMPORTANT):

(Somewhat) Important changes

• Added "No or human-checked vibecoding" to Universal preferences
• Added "Not hosted on Github" and "Hardware sustainability" to "Nice-to-have but non garanteed features"
• Added note to "Eco-friendly" (Nice-to-have but non-garanteed featueres)
• Added "Signal" to "Avoiding alternative software developers"
• Replaced "Posteo" with "TutaNota" in Email clients
• Added "Public transportation data" with "Transitious" as the service
• Added "Odysee" as a new altermative platform to YouTube
• Replaced "Nobara" with "Linux Mint" as an alternative to Windows
• Added "Shotcut" as an alternative to CapCut
• Replaced "Galaxy Engine" with "Cosmogon" as an alternative to Universe Sandbox
• Added "Geoguessr" with "GeoguessLite" as the alternative
• Added "reddthat.com" as Lemmy instance
• Added "Voyager" as Lemmy client
• Added "SearxNG search results sources" with DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Qwant, Ecosia, Mojeek and GOOD
• Added "Octolab" as Gitlab client
• Added "Squirreldisk" as a new addition
• Added "Main sources of help" with YouTube, Lemmy, Reddit, sustysubs.net, Librefind, and PeerTube
• Added "YT-dlp" on the sidelines of consideration
• Added "Linux malware scanner" to "Could use reccomendations for
• Asked about the SailfishOS and PostmarketOS (or NuraOS) experience

Changes you might notbcare about:

• Added changelog
• Added link to the previous part
• Added thumnail
• Updated format

I heard that SailfishOS is a good Linux mobile distro. Does anyone use it? How's the experience?

DISCLAIMER!!!

I have NOT done any proer research in all of this. Every bit of info provided in this post is only what I stumbled across, so I am open to be corrected. Otherwise, take all of the info in this post with a grain of salt

This post is NOT written by AI

Usually I don't wanna talk about things like this, only to my personal connections, however this will affect my journey to Degoogling. I am, by no means, a new Degoogler, however I am new or completely unfamiliar to many aspects of it (like self-hosting). The community on Reddit has gone through a civil war on whether Proton has or has not been too evil as of lately

What happened?

(Not so) Recently, Proton's CEO has been using more and more AI code. From what I heard of, they aren't using humans to check the vibecoding. Also, I've heard that as times Proton has been exposed for not actaully providing the respect for privacy they claim to have

Why it matters

One aspect for Degoogling is trust. If there's an open-source app out there that suddenly adds telemetry even tho they claim to be provate, that breaks trust. The Proton community has not been to fond with AI slop, and the (not so) recent actions of Proton didn't help. This means Proton isn't tooooo trust-worthy in my opinion

"oH, bUt It'S jUsT rEdDiT bEiNg ReDdIt"

I know, but this is wayyyy more serious than the other types of drama. And besides, Twitter (X) had it wayyy worse from what I've heard of. I, myself, am not a fan of AI slop either, and I would at least check if the vibecoding is checked by actaul humans

Ok, but why?

Some people say it's not that bad, others say it is. I am open to any final corrections. If I am misunderstanding something or just blatantly wrong, tell me in the comments

I've tried to do research and found games that exist, but not many opinions on them. I don't wanna rely on one singular opinion just to find out that the game is for them but not me. Classicube ie too simple. Cubys is like Minecraft's Arch, and Luanti with Mineclonia seems the most promising, but have done the least research from. Eaglercraft isn't fully open-source liscense-wize, Android java launchers like Mojo use too many resources, and PC launchers require a Minecraft install and a Microsoft account. I don't wanna just straight up pirate the game directly either. How are your experiences woth those complete alternatives?

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76256590

I've tried to do research and found games that exist, but not many opinions on them. I don't wanna rely on one singular opinion just to find out that the game is for them but not me. Classicube ie too simple. Cubys is like Minecraft's Arch, and Luanti with Mineclonia seems the most promising, but have done the least research from. Eaglercraft isn't fully open-source liscense-wize, Android java launchers like Mojo use too many resources, and PC launchers require a Minecraft install and a Microsoft account. I don't wanna just straight up pirate the game directly either. How are your experiences woth those complete alternatives?