SFOS is doing fine. I've been using it as my daily driver all year on my Nexus 4. I occasionally boot LineageOS nightlies, just to see how things are coming along. Android feels hostile, clunky, and slow by comparison.
US law is stringent about what constitutes libel, and it can be hard to prove it.
Yep. It's very hard to win a libel case in the US, and that's a good thing.
To win a libel case in the US, the plaintiff must show (to a preponderance): 1. The statement was false. 2. The defendant knew it was false. 3. The defendent's statement was malicious in intent or egregiously reckless. 4. There were actual quantifiable damages. Merely feeling insulted is not enough.
The high standards here are very intentional. It's to prevent jerks from screaming "libel!" to silence their critics, which would chill discussion on matters of great public interest.
(Note: the POTUS should go fuck himself for suggesting any changes. It ain't broke. Don't fix it.) (Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.)
If the domain name isn't part of the [content of] requested page then it should require explicit permissions to access it.
You know, there's an extension for that: Request Policy.
Or you could use the all-in-one solution uMatrix. It gives the user control over cookies, css, images, media files, scripts, XHR, frames, and other requests, by domain. It allows for conveinent whitelisting, blacklisting, and greylisting of domains as well as resource types. It even comes with lists of known-to-be-hostile domains which are blacklisted by default.
This functionality should be included by in all browsers. It would be included too, if the browser vendors considered the "user-agent" to be an agent of the user, instead of the ad companies.
"Not so bad huh? Here's some highlights from last week's rehabilitation... And who could forget that wonderful finish by rehab officer Tylenol Jones! And tomorrow night looks even more better! Word is that Beef Supreme himself might come out of retirement!" -- Formica Davis
Can you use the FFUpdater app available in F-Droid? It's not automatic, but you can always run it before you begin a browsing session.
Besides, new Firefox releases are widely-reported, including right here on slashdot. It's not really a Sisyphean task to stay updated on your own. The calendar for major releases is published far in advance.
There is also fennec-fdroid available from fdroid's archive repo. It's up-to-date, but not in the main repo becausereasons.
GNU Icecat is also available, but hasn't been updated since March.
Firefox really is a much better browser than the stock browser in LineageOS. I find the benefits of FF vastly oughtweigh the minor annoyance of keeping it up-to-date.
Has anyone tried to install something like GNURoot Debian and an X server on an Android tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard and then try to run desktop applications? How well does it work?
Yes.
It works reasonably well, depending on your hardware. It seems slower on newer versions of Android.
Bottom line, I guess: PulseAudio in 2017 _just effin' works_.
Just effin' works? You gotta' be effin' kiddin' me.
Pulse is _barely acceptable_ if you ONLY deal with stereo. If you're using 5.1, or better yet, 7.1, you are sooooo fucked.
1. Pulseaudio has "enable_remixing" enabled by default. This effectively ruins stereo content when played back on surround hardware. It sends L to L, SL, BL, and C. It sends R to R, SR, BR, and C. Do you see the problem here? C=L+R. Bonus, it will also synthesize a LFE channel for you. LFE=L+R lowpassed at 200hz.
This can be disabled in the config file. I've never seen any pulseaudio manager with an option for it.
2. ZERO of the about 40 linux games which support surround in my steam library actually work properly in 7.1. (This might be steam runtime's fault). It invents channels that don't exist in a 7.1 configuration. Instead of SL and SR, there is a Front-Left-of-Center and, Front-Right-of-Center.
If remixing is disabled, you will have no output on SL and SR. If remixing is enabled, you will have incorrect output on SL and SR (A mix of the front and rear channels).
3. If you're trying to set up 5.1 over optical SPDIF, may god have mercy on your soul. Good luck getting it to output 5.1 DTS. I was only ever able to get stereo, but I hear it's doable.
1. Can I open Chrome in it and watch netflix / other streaming services that people watch?
Who cares? Netflix has been working in Linux-native Chrome for over a year now. There's no need to mess with Wine.
2. Can I download Steam on it and play a library of games without running into driver issues?
Most D3D9 games (and also the relatively-rare OpenGL or Vulkan titles) work fine. If you have a problem with any of them, it's usually an issue with 3rd-party DRM. D3D11 support still has a long way to go toward getting playable results.
F-Droid, Google Play, and their own direct download link all seem to still have 50.1.0. Clicking the "check for updates" on the "About Firefox" screen says "no updates available".
Last week, a friend on facebook posted a link to wwww.google.com/amp/ $ARTICLE_URL and it confused me. I didn't understand why they were linking to google instead of $ARTICLE_URL.
I have never seen an AMP site, because on mobile, I only surf with Firefox + Desktop by Default and Phony addons, and with Phony's user agent set to "Desktop Firefox" (For some sites, you gotta' use both). I've hated "mobile" sites so much for years that I've been avoiding them since before Google rolled-out AMP.
Honestly, Firefox for Android is the only thing that makes mobile browsing tolerable for me. All the mobile browsers I've ever seen on every "Mobile" OS are just absolutely fucking horrible. Firefox for Android is the least horrible. I tried Desktop Firefox on Ubuntu Touch, but Xmir has too many nasty bugs to be usable.
I doubt it's hardware, so wiping the drive and installing Windows or Linux from a fresh ISO should get you back to lotion pounding again.
But what about other computers, such as iThings or Android computers? I can't find the text of the bill anywhere. Would these be covered? It can be quite difficult to replace the OS or remove pre-installed applications on these computers. "Fuck it, I'll just switch to SailfishOS" isn't an option for most computers which can fit in your pocket.
Private companies and organisations are free to enact their own codes of censorship for using their services. This is just as censorious as having a dress policy. You use their services, you abide by their rules of censorship. It is absolutely censorship.
FTFY You don't have to be a government to be a censor.
I tried to use Uber with one. The app let me create an account, but when it actually came time to get a ride, Uber wouldn't take my prepaid. Even though it had several hundred dollars on it, and I had the $20 first-time-user credit, and my ride was only expected to cost $12 (meaning I shouldn't have been expected to pay anything anyway), the app refused to let me book a ride, citing "There is a problem with your card, please use another."
So, I just called a real taxi and paid cash. Then, I uninstalled the Uber application.
I think they don't want to do business with a card that can't be overdrafted.
I would have liked liked to be an Uber customer, but they simply refused to take my money. Fuck 'em. Now they're rolling out invasive tracking. Fuck 'em again. Of course, their whole "we're not a taxi company, so we don't have to deal with licenses and permits" shtick is nonsense. Fuck 'em some more.
I was not affected by this bug. Thankfully, my USB hub is also not working after the anniversary update, so plugging in my Kindle was unable to crash it. I'd make a video to prove it, but the update also broke my webcam.
All that stuff is working fine for me on Arch though. I had only booted Win10 because I wanted to play the new Deus Ex, but since it looks like a Linux port is likely coming soon (Thanks Feral!), I guess I'll just keep not using Windows, and play the game in a few months.
The real winner hear was the one or two corporations doing super computing with PS3s. They likely have that info
Since they were never destined for gaming, they likely also never installed the update and never lost any functionality. If not for obsolescence/power expenses, they could still be chugging along right now. Sony could easily justify refusing to pay them, because they never harmed them.
The only proof required should be proof of ownership of a PS3 which was manufactured before they removed the OtherOS feature. A serial number should suffice.
The full retail purchase price should represent the actual damages. Sony should pay 3x that, because their actions were performed knowingly and willfully.
The executives responsible should face criminal charges.
If it puts them out of business, good. Fuck 'em. They're a bunch of criminals and thieves and they should go out of business.
A huge share of web browsing is now done on smartphones, tablets and even chromebooks where Firefox is a complete non-starte
Firefox for Android is a non-starter? I've never had any trouble launching it.
Firefox is arguably the best browser available for Android. It certainly sucks, but all the others suck even more. At least some Firefox extensions are supported on Android (we have uBlock, but no uMatrix), compared to the complete absence of them on Chrome.
Even though FF for Android is the best, it really does suck quite a lot. Sadly, the only way to run a decent browser on Android is with a desktop Linux in a chroot, where you can use desktop Chromium or FF.
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SFOS is doing fine. I've been using it as my daily driver all year on my Nexus 4. I occasionally boot LineageOS nightlies, just to see how things are coming along. Android feels hostile, clunky, and slow by comparison.
You could have just replaced your wife's Nexus 4's modem firmware.
The 33-107-hybrid firmware works for me. I get 35-40 mbps on T-Mobile on my mako.
Bonus: Set your TTL to 65 on tethered devices to avoid throttling.
uBlock Origin is working fine for me right now on FireFox 57 nightly.
US law is stringent about what constitutes libel, and it can be hard to prove it.
Yep. It's very hard to win a libel case in the US, and that's a good thing.
To win a libel case in the US, the plaintiff must show (to a preponderance):
1. The statement was false.
2. The defendant knew it was false.
3. The defendent's statement was malicious in intent or egregiously reckless.
4. There were actual quantifiable damages. Merely feeling insulted is not enough.
The high standards here are very intentional. It's to prevent jerks from screaming "libel!" to silence their critics, which would chill discussion on matters of great public interest.
(Note: the POTUS should go fuck himself for suggesting any changes. It ain't broke. Don't fix it.)
(Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.)
If the domain name isn't part of the [content of] requested page then it should require explicit permissions to access it.
You know, there's an extension for that: Request Policy.
Or you could use the all-in-one solution uMatrix. It gives the user control over cookies, css, images, media files, scripts, XHR, frames, and other requests, by domain. It allows for conveinent whitelisting, blacklisting, and greylisting of domains as well as resource types. It even comes with lists of known-to-be-hostile domains which are blacklisted by default.
This functionality should be included by in all browsers. It would be included too, if the browser vendors considered the "user-agent" to be an agent of the user, instead of the ad companies.
"Not so bad huh? Here's some highlights from last week's rehabilitation ... And who could forget that wonderful finish by rehab officer Tylenol Jones! And tomorrow night looks even more better! Word is that Beef Supreme himself might come out of retirement!"
-- Formica Davis
Have you tried the "releases" section on their github page?
https://github.com/mozilla-mob...
Can you use the FFUpdater app available in F-Droid? It's not automatic, but you can always run it before you begin a browsing session.
Besides, new Firefox releases are widely-reported, including right here on slashdot. It's not really a Sisyphean task to stay updated on your own. The calendar for major releases is published far in advance.
There is also fennec-fdroid available from fdroid's archive repo. It's up-to-date, but not in the main repo because reasons.
GNU Icecat is also available, but hasn't been updated since March.
Firefox really is a much better browser than the stock browser in LineageOS. I find the benefits of FF vastly oughtweigh the minor annoyance of keeping it up-to-date.
What about the Desktop by Default addon for firefox?
Has anyone tried to install something like GNURoot Debian and an X server on an Android tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard and then try to run desktop applications? How well does it work?
Yes.
It works reasonably well, depending on your hardware. It seems slower on newer versions of Android.
Bottom line, I guess: PulseAudio in 2017 _just effin' works_.
Just effin' works? You gotta' be effin' kiddin' me.
Pulse is _barely acceptable_ if you ONLY deal with stereo.
If you're using 5.1, or better yet, 7.1, you are sooooo fucked.
1. Pulseaudio has "enable_remixing" enabled by default.
This effectively ruins stereo content when played back on surround hardware. It sends L to L, SL, BL, and C. It sends R to R, SR, BR, and C. Do you see the problem here? C=L+R.
Bonus, it will also synthesize a LFE channel for you. LFE=L+R lowpassed at 200hz.
This can be disabled in the config file. I've never seen any pulseaudio manager with an option for it.
2. ZERO of the about 40 linux games which support surround in my steam library actually work properly in 7.1. (This might be steam runtime's fault). It invents channels that don't exist in a 7.1 configuration. Instead of SL and SR, there is a Front-Left-of-Center and, Front-Right-of-Center.
If remixing is disabled, you will have no output on SL and SR. If remixing is enabled, you will have incorrect output on SL and SR (A mix of the front and rear channels).
3. If you're trying to set up 5.1 over optical SPDIF, may god have mercy on your soul. Good luck getting it to output 5.1 DTS. I was only ever able to get stereo, but I hear it's doable.
1. Can I open Chrome in it and watch netflix / other streaming services that people watch?
Who cares? Netflix has been working in Linux-native Chrome for over a year now. There's no need to mess with Wine.
2. Can I download Steam on it and play a library of games without running into driver issues?
Most D3D9 games (and also the relatively-rare OpenGL or Vulkan titles) work fine. If you have a problem with any of them, it's usually an issue with 3rd-party DRM. D3D11 support still has a long way to go toward getting playable results.
I run FF on Android. It's terrible, but it's better than everything else, thanks to uBlock Origin, and Desktop By Default add-ons.
On desktop, I run Chromium.
If Google would enable extensions on mobile Chrome, I'd drop it in a heartbeat, but they don't.
Did they really roll out Firefox 51 for Android?
F-Droid, Google Play, and their own direct download link all seem to still have 50.1.0. Clicking the "check for updates" on the "About Firefox" screen says "no updates available".
Last week, a friend on facebook posted a link to wwww.google.com/amp/ $ARTICLE_URL and it confused me. I didn't understand why they were linking to google instead of $ARTICLE_URL.
I have never seen an AMP site, because on mobile, I only surf with Firefox + Desktop by Default and Phony addons, and with Phony's user agent set to "Desktop Firefox" (For some sites, you gotta' use both). I've hated "mobile" sites so much for years that I've been avoiding them since before Google rolled-out AMP.
Honestly, Firefox for Android is the only thing that makes mobile browsing tolerable for me. All the mobile browsers I've ever seen on every "Mobile" OS are just absolutely fucking horrible. Firefox for Android is the least horrible. I tried Desktop Firefox on Ubuntu Touch, but Xmir has too many nasty bugs to be usable.
I doubt it's hardware, so wiping the drive and installing Windows or Linux from a fresh ISO should get you back to lotion pounding again.
But what about other computers, such as iThings or Android computers? I can't find the text of the bill anywhere. Would these be covered? It can be quite difficult to replace the OS or remove pre-installed applications on these computers. "Fuck it, I'll just switch to SailfishOS" isn't an option for most computers which can fit in your pocket.
Private companies and organisations are free to enact their own codes of censorship for using their services. This is just as censorious as having a dress policy. You use their services, you abide by their rules of censorship. It is absolutely censorship.
FTFY
You don't have to be a government to be a censor.
prepaid CC FTW
Nope.
I tried to use Uber with one. The app let me create an account, but when it actually came time to get a ride, Uber wouldn't take my prepaid. Even though it had several hundred dollars on it, and I had the $20 first-time-user credit, and my ride was only expected to cost $12 (meaning I shouldn't have been expected to pay anything anyway), the app refused to let me book a ride, citing "There is a problem with your card, please use another."
So, I just called a real taxi and paid cash. Then, I uninstalled the Uber application.
I think they don't want to do business with a card that can't be overdrafted.
I would have liked liked to be an Uber customer, but they simply refused to take my money. Fuck 'em. Now they're rolling out invasive tracking. Fuck 'em again. Of course, their whole "we're not a taxi company, so we don't have to deal with licenses and permits" shtick is nonsense. Fuck 'em some more.
I was not affected by this bug. Thankfully, my USB hub is also not working after the anniversary update, so plugging in my Kindle was unable to crash it. I'd make a video to prove it, but the update also broke my webcam.
All that stuff is working fine for me on Arch though. I had only booted Win10 because I wanted to play the new Deus Ex, but since it looks like a Linux port is likely coming soon (Thanks Feral!), I guess I'll just keep not using Windows, and play the game in a few months.
Turkey is a sovereign nation. They can name their cities whatever they want. Quit trying to tell Turkey what their own cities are called.
It's nobody's business but the Turks'.
No. Just shut up and don't take it. Just move along to a topic which interests you.
The real winner hear was the one or two corporations doing super computing with PS3s. They likely have that info
Since they were never destined for gaming, they likely also never installed the update and never lost any functionality. If not for obsolescence/power expenses, they could still be chugging along right now. Sony could easily justify refusing to pay them, because they never harmed them.
The only proof required should be proof of ownership of a PS3 which was manufactured before they removed the OtherOS feature. A serial number should suffice.
The full retail purchase price should represent the actual damages. Sony should pay 3x that, because their actions were performed knowingly and willfully.
The executives responsible should face criminal charges.
If it puts them out of business, good. Fuck 'em. They're a bunch of criminals and thieves and they should go out of business.
A huge share of web browsing is now done on smartphones, tablets and even chromebooks where Firefox is a complete non-starte
Firefox for Android is a non-starter? I've never had any trouble launching it.
Firefox is arguably the best browser available for Android. It certainly sucks, but all the others suck even more. At least some Firefox extensions are supported on Android (we have uBlock, but no uMatrix), compared to the complete absence of them on Chrome.
Even though FF for Android is the best, it really does suck quite a lot. Sadly, the only way to run a decent browser on Android is with a desktop Linux in a chroot, where you can use desktop Chromium or FF.
... And then it reposted your comment under your username instead of AC.