In Zagreb, I realized my 2021 MacBook Pro M1 is starting to show its age.
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@stefano funnily enough, any person I talk to, who has been using Mac and tried Linux (KDE or GNOME specifically) say that they feel much faster and snappier than MacOS
@leniwcowaty I think it actually is. My mini PC is fast and reliable (using openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE), much more than MacOS.
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@leniwcowaty I think it actually is. My mini PC is fast and reliable (using openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE), much more than MacOS.
@stefano I think (and this is supported by many people I talked to), that the MacOS and iOS animations are what makes them feel slow. I mean sure, the animations are expressive, fluent, great looking... But they are insanely slow. Even comparing the newest iPhone 17 to my Pixel 8, the gesture of swiping up to go to main screen is super fast, near-instant on Pixel, and on iPhone it's a slow fade with icons flying in from all directions. This makes the device feel sluggish
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@NebulaTide OpenBSD devs generally use OpenBSD so it's surprisingly efficient. On a MacBook Pro M2, it gives roughly the same battery life as MacOS (source: @h3artbl33d )
You could try it and see if it's ok for your use case.@stefano @h3artbl33d Sounds very good. I’ll give it a try. My main goal is to become independent of the big players like Apple, Microsoft and the large webhosters. And to avoid systemd and Pulseaudio wherever possible.
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@stefano I think (and this is supported by many people I talked to), that the MacOS and iOS animations are what makes them feel slow. I mean sure, the animations are expressive, fluent, great looking... But they are insanely slow. Even comparing the newest iPhone 17 to my Pixel 8, the gesture of swiping up to go to main screen is super fast, near-instant on Pixel, and on iPhone it's a slow fade with icons flying in from all directions. This makes the device feel sluggish
@leniwcowaty yes, animations are probably a part of it. But I can see that the browser, once loading as soon as I clicked it, now requires a couple of seconds. It's perfectly fine and the machine is stll excellent, but the cheap laptop is still snappier.
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@stefano @h3artbl33d Sounds very good. I’ll give it a try. My main goal is to become independent of the big players like Apple, Microsoft and the large webhosters. And to avoid systemd and Pulseaudio wherever possible.
The major downside of OpenBSD on Apple Silicon is that there is no graphical acceleration (even 360p video playback is troublesome). It does make one hefty SSH machine with a sick battery life - but for daily desktop use it might be a mismatch with your scenario.
I recently learned that Framework is now funding alt-right and facist open source software.
So that leaves us with? System76?
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The major downside of OpenBSD on Apple Silicon is that there is no graphical acceleration (even 360p video playback is troublesome). It does make one hefty SSH machine with a sick battery life - but for daily desktop use it might be a mismatch with your scenario.
I recently learned that Framework is now funding alt-right and facist open source software.
So that leaves us with? System76?
I haven't had the chance to try them yet but my likely next laptop will be from @starlabssystems
They are not open hardware (I think) but do sell a large number of replacement parts which makes me hopeful🤞
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I haven't had the chance to try them yet but my likely next laptop will be from @starlabssystems
They are not open hardware (I think) but do sell a large number of replacement parts which makes me hopeful🤞
@tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @starlabssystems @NebulaTide @stefano
I have their 12" tablet, and I'm very happy both with the tablet and their support.
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@tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @starlabssystems @NebulaTide @stefano
I have their 12" tablet, and I'm very happy both with the tablet and their support.
@seindal @tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @starlabssystems @NebulaTide I had a look at that 12" tablet is quite interesting. I've an old iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard and it's a perfect "small laptop", but this looks even better
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@tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @starlabssystems @NebulaTide @stefano
I have their 12" tablet, and I'm very happy both with the tablet and their support.
@seindal @tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @NebulaTide @stefano
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@seindal @tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @NebulaTide @stefano
Thanks for support. Happy to hear :)@starlabssystems @seindal @tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @NebulaTide and I see they're on the Fediverse - and it's a big plus! 👍
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@starlabssystems @seindal @tyrthecat @h3artbl33d @NebulaTide and I see they're on the Fediverse - and it's a big plus! 👍
If you order something for delivery to Italy, could I sneak some accessories into the order, which gets too expensive if I order them alone?
It's the tempered glass, and the protective case.
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If you order something for delivery to Italy, could I sneak some accessories into the order, which gets too expensive if I order them alone?
It's the tempered glass, and the protective case.
@seindal @starlabssystems sure - but I'm not ordering, for now. I'm just taking notes for my next laptop or tablet 😉
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The major downside of OpenBSD on Apple Silicon is that there is no graphical acceleration (even 360p video playback is troublesome). It does make one hefty SSH machine with a sick battery life - but for daily desktop use it might be a mismatch with your scenario.
I recently learned that Framework is now funding alt-right and facist open source software.
So that leaves us with? System76?
@h3artbl33d and refurbished Lenovo 🤔
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@h3artbl33d and refurbished Lenovo 🤔
Optionally: get them through Minifree, preinstalled with Libreboot and funds the further development.
Also, there is:
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This may be the trickiest yet!
#TrickTrunkThursday
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@Uilebheist @tuxedocomputers thanks
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@oblomov OK, the only one passing my initial scrutiny was @tuxedocomputers - I haven't checked recently, but you might want to have a look and form your own opinion anyway.
I think they ship from Germany, so no particular difficulty getting things to Italy (or to France, in my case).
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#Persone #Gaza #Cisgiordania #Ucraina, etc.
Casa.
Oggi per @repubblica
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@MauroV1968 sicuri che non abbia trovato un cane che lo abbia candidato a gennaio ? c'e' un elenco dei candidati ?
(ricordo capi di governo che hanno fatto la manfrina di dirgli che avevano scritto alla commissione)
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@justtheclaire Don't expect us to be very constant... We would like to. But we both work in tech, so when free, we prefer to spend time with mutual real lives.
We have no plugin for the multilingual, we're based on WordPress site editor.
https://plusbrothers.net/multilingual-wordpress-gutenberg-experience/
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@oblomov I have the one remaining company in my bookmarks somewhere, I'll look for it.
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Anarchici nella transizione (1937-1948). Riflessioni storiografiche nell’80° della FAI
@anarchia
Mentre sono in corso molteplici iniziative in occasione della ricorrenza dell’80° della fondazione della Federazione Anarchica Italiana, da segnalare un impegnativo convegno scientifico (Carrara, 11-12 ottobre 2025), anticipo in sintesi – per i lettori di Umanità
