2026-03-13T20:11:42Z https://yabu.me Nick @ The Linux Experiment https://yabu.me/npub1mvjccz7u8d3yuc8k0p49mp3zlaxng7etc0gxf5kcvlumngfj4gts6hr582 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/368/853/original/af8ed1b8f4209619.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/368/853/original/af8ed1b8f4209619.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstevwz4fqn3u9mpx7scrff36fsjhw6zyp20hunn964fky7nq6ygvgzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwwwevv6 Here is this week&#39;s #Linux and #OpenSource news video!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5sGzxxdiM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5sGzxxdiM</a> 2025-08-23T08:02:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstuyr32vgnxa0f3pk9569xhur9cupad0uvzqz48763ycqvnmej9mqzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwypawxp It&#39;s been a while since I did a little roundup of cool #Linux apps and utilities, so here is a selection of 16 tools I either use, or plan on using, or can just recommend:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqvkpkhv3_8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqvkpkhv3_8</a> 2025-07-03T09:41:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxakra74e3nncevy2lkup6zyyzkwcee6v5eam8m5gp0rzpvntjufgzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwdgcsua In this week&#39;s #Linux &amp; #OpenSource News video, there&#39;s an X.org fork surrounded by some pretty weird controversies, we have Denmark beginning the switch to Linux and Open Source, and Google making changes to Android source code&#39;s release that will definitely make custom ROMs a lot harder to build:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWlAKTDrWwY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWlAKTDrWwY</a> 2025-06-14T09:25:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvazyn2x9xuh04paaqgwj2vy692vrynryghxts38hxax7mcgahtczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw9ske4f I did a few benchmarks to see if the #Linux desktop environment you&#39;re running on your system has any impact on the actual performance, and resource consumption of your system, and made a little video out of it!<br/><br/>I used Top, Geekbench, Unigine Heaven, and did some battery life testing, all on #Fedora 42 beta, on the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kj4mzqk3nl3erljncfv4kz6c385kkwpcsq20kv3yyhrpn0e39kgszy4my6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>SLIMBOOK (Official)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kj4…4my6</span>)</a></span> Evo 14, here are the results, and the conclusions:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rPdeiCugXo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rPdeiCugXo</a> 2025-04-09T12:15:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq2stfanec22tj0smeqn5rdf7n4ykqydn9x2420h3jsg2zj259haczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwy4kdlg GIMP: makes incredible progress towards being an amazing image editing tool<br/><br/>People: « the name has a kinky or bad connotation in one language, and there are no screenshots, WTH.»<br/><br/>Priorities. They’re important. 2025-03-18T08:43:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8rlkfzr5xahhz84sdlr025tfx8ve0ynu56450n469c39swyu5ugzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw20un7p I’ve been contacted by someone close to the #Mozilla story. They’ll gather some more info and we’ll record an interview to shed light on how this came to be, and what’s being done to try and improve things at Mozilla from the inside.<br/><br/>Stay tuned! 2025-03-05T19:08:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpsgpgjcgew79supr9w3xfxgyq62dhrsme9cga2qqashfftvnayczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwr3aqmd Quick, less edited video to talk about the #Mozilla and #Firefox issue with their recent terms of use, and lackluster explanations:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2OM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2OM</a> 2025-03-05T12:25:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0j88dcnw789ych0wtzjm20rz02wz67mx296p0x3mu8l3rl0ymurczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwxr9ksk Here is this week&#39;s #Linux &amp; #OpenSource News video!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM7kafmrlm8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM7kafmrlm8</a> 2025-02-22T10:40:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst8763u8umt7m84h8kgc77tf47p2hu0vk2vfs0l66jae6g4xa9f7qzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwj5wrey Time for a new poll on the channel, this time on how much, or how little you customize your desktop experience!<br/><br/><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr9rDWwdqSwnC9LeGcY_9XSHkGH-0YERbb7YzC5wZSskyJKw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr9rDWwdqSwnC9LeGcY_9XSHkGH-0YERbb7YzC5wZSskyJKw/viewform</a><br/><br/>I moved to Google Forms for this one, as Nextcloud Forms didn&#39;t let me split things into sections depending on a previous answer. Still no personal data collected on my end.<br/><br/>As always, I&#39;ll make a video about the results, to see whether desktop defaults are sane, or if people change them :)<br/><br/>Share it widely to make sure it&#39;s as representative as possible! 2025-02-19T09:25:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs95njtm66r048558nrxsppjcnuxus6v6fnx60cafmrpekutfx0lugzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwlg4lee Time for this week&#39;s #Linux and #OpenSource News video, with some weird stuff happening...<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwHpZDm6F4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwHpZDm6F4</a> 2025-02-15T11:48:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstw87xygl3wqef7wt757sdv0s3eh82mgk2fzahqreqn3z0sgm9e4gzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwnvrewf Meta: « We don’t like moderation, we think it’s censorship, so we’re going to let everyone say what they want ».<br/><br/>People post link to Pixelfed as they leave the soon to be Twitter-like cesspool of fake information and hate.<br/><br/>Meta: « let’s censor links to other services like Pixelfed ».<br/><br/>Very coherent stance there, Zuck. 2025-01-14T10:07:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsylussnpcxjf8ewrxulp0dypx6kxqr8gjc2kemwvq5jeatcv477dczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw0zpqye #archlinux gets $600K in funding (from the usual German foundation, of course), #Firefox drops Do Not Track and #Flathub is being separated from the #GNOME foundation into its own entity: time for the #linux and #OpenSource News video!<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/NVdq8JNtk5E">https://youtu.be/NVdq8JNtk5E</a> 2024-12-14T15:46:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2kcageyqzmf3x670zn7ea8j4ld25kv0yatrlmq7mzvt4x4cjfftczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw08z8tx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6fxqkrwegtp6xavtj6ft5tf0un60axg0frjl646ajpqfwh9pfugehq3z2'>nevent1q…q3z2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you 😁 2024-12-01T08:03:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgk0r79lrm9dk8s6xatt94hlnyu8p4cjkudwwfrfrqmukaz3kd8zqzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwsx4wg4 Here is this week&#39;s #Linux and #OpenSource News video!<br/><br/>It&#39;s my birthday today, so I&#39;ll leave you to it and go enjoy some free time :)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JQGGQIVlxY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JQGGQIVlxY</a> 2024-11-30T15:47:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqj3hlpdu7qyscyxmws0lheegq36qg6jta8suh6ffd29mqwa373kgzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw9p08u5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswy5w2jdqm5f55fy7xc5g9uuhdthhl2g3t6pvrqytp64pq8kh886gl8r55c'>nevent1q…r55c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Haha yeah, we’ll see. Ergonomics isn’t an exact science; and doesn’t always work for everyone: AirPods fall out the ears of a fair few people, the PS4 controller was a nightmare for some, and some think the Xbox one controller isn’t good, the Duke managed to get into production, etc..<br/><br/>It can be an awesome controller for a bunch of people, and a nightmare for others :) 2024-11-28T12:01:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqfptwrrap9d7l3t7havgyylkx68jra73l3cat45ua5asre5mnpvszyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwrm8047 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptpypctyzwzrpcp86pu970y4tuz6splhy2tj4k5hukzn7u29sfxsyh9gm3'>nevent1q…9gm3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dépends on how inclined the grips are. They look kinda straight down to me, which means the wrists won’t be rotated in the right portion for the thumbs to lay naturally on the sticks, but we’ll see!<br/>There’s also the issue that my thumbs often bump into one another with symmetrical sticks on a PS controller, because the sticks are too close 2024-11-28T10:29:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4l07ktuqzvqj9e39mzvg4uxf0jf48772cz6p2ujylug352cq2vczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwvpqkxs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsez4gw0crle4jacc8rva48gd5ssq6tzktg65pxctv977jn6cmcg4v5njc'>nevent1q…5njc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The deck is fine, because the grips are horizontal and straight, and the sticks very close to the sides of the device, so the thumb rotation is natural.<br/>On that controller, it seems like the opposite 2024-11-28T10:28:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx0zfrqz4exyl7rmp3q3et0hsfgwqew3hkxsawqc9l6az65txz9tqzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw9mne3d Peertube mobile app (first version, not finished, all usual disclaimers apply!<br/><br/>If you like Peertube, my channel’s link is in my profile on Mastodon, give the app a test, and give <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12k0pgpwq4axaxe86xkestt6czawktqytn9sxj2mmqdzw245lrqxsrwe2sz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Framasoft</span> (<span class="italic">npub12k0…e2sz</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17gpggzugvgzurngs7gxl2kkw4kd7mlrqj4qvklhjxdlexp0yev2s6x7p4g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PeerTube</span> (<span class="italic">npub17gp…7p4g</span>)</a></span> some feedback!<br/><br/><a href="https://framaforms.org/peertube-mobile-application-release-candidate-1731599644">https://framaforms.org/peertube-mobile-application-release-candidate-1731599644</a> 2024-11-21T09:57:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjs6ljz4qv3jvq3lt9c3c2l3k45krlk4xy78mmnj8chd3fpk9hvqzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwsfqhrw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2u3sf9hr48wk5n7v0w3mkvfrzpds98cpkw6sl3p6ha7mn944phasqspjpu'>nevent1q…pjpu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They’ve explained it in various discussions. Some people think it’s weird, I don’t: they relicense the drivers once they upstream them, but these drivers are basically staging work that isn’t necessarily ready to be put in the kernel, and might not be accepted as-is. Gpl3 lets them make sure they control when these drivers are proposed for inclusion in the kernel.<br/><br/>In the meantime, it’s open source, and it can be compiled by any distro and added in any repo 2024-11-15T06:17:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs093nn7k44kg96k48ym8tyyvtk7hhdss9u6eyeey4g9khf8dauvcqzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw5jscd5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9l2ca7ftu5d40hzvs4whxpd6cm6zg2cjy2gmac25rz3293scmz3gdnrxjv'>nevent1q…rxjv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And still, people will vote for the person who will harm them more. They call the opponent a socialist, when only socialist policies would help with redistributing wealth. <br/><br/>They vote for the ultra capitalist candidate to fix the problems capitalism creates. That’s the sad part. They’re shooting themselves in the foot. 2024-11-06T09:34:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrh9ffqwxjnrrg6edhh4eyx27udkwkgj7s2saj0c9dmwertjvv64gzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw0lg20x « But, Nick, you’re not a US Citizen, this election doesn’t affect you ».<br/><br/>Do you know how shit the internet has become since Trump was elected the first time? Do you know how fast and far the quality of online interactions has dropped since that orange fascist opened the gates to let all the trolls from under the bridge?<br/><br/>Anyone who makes content that has even 2% of political notions (and FOSS is definitely political) will be confronted to more brainwashed maniacs and bigots. 2024-11-06T09:17:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyh7us6t6tmgkj3trpyn8djetx5s37qgm2yh2ngcle3s73w7jyz7czyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwa4s62u With more and more games moving to anti-cheat solutions without enabling #Linux support (GTA V and Space Marine 2 being 2 very recent examples), with the #SteamDeck looking a bit underpowered for recent AAA games, #Valve&#39;s rating system being untrustworthy to buy anything, and our gaming market share falling down a bit, Linux gaming is starting to look a bit unhealthy.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s discuss!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWDMUjry5OM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWDMUjry5OM</a> 2024-10-03T15:13:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9pgvn5kagt2ldslf3vpzpw7m9v3rly86yn9yu7luzd3h0xxqu8aczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwhp5njv Time for this week&#39;s #Linux and #OpenSource News! <br/><br/>I&#39;m currently getting my butt handed to me in a game of tabletop Warhammer 40K, so you&#39;ll have to watch it to know what&#39;s in it (hint: KDE&#39;s goals, Plasma 6.2 beta, Apple getting a 14 billion USD fine...)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lrv7VRqreI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lrv7VRqreI</a> 2024-09-14T15:17:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqr0trmxkp3w8z70382lwmnh8azu06me2wjp75xc6wchakug8fueqzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwwufplj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93zy8yshgfefspd574y5gcn4mlzqc55wh5tm043cr9qnntp8zmvc2t3j3t'>nevent1q…3j3t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. And when the left actually starts shouting that this is not ok, all they have to say is « oh look at how unstable they are, they just want to damage our institutions, they can’t cooperate ». 2024-08-28T07:40:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrqk3w3crjcvjjptcymr9tttgk3n6e6fsagus9ntgmpt99ref6eczyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw2w4gwc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy69j7c377hxuqm5xs5xvhrfg6l09sfv63csrm9wrp94z35qh93uggu4yzx'>nevent1q…4yzx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is extremely frightening to see this man casually dismiss the party and program most French people voted for.<br/><br/>The French Republic was created with very few anti-authoritarian protections, under the assumption that most people wouldn’t vote for a despot. Problem is, people can turn into despots, and now we see the issue: Macron will build a Frankenstein government to make sure he can pass his anti-social policies. Heinous. 2024-08-28T06:19:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs05uw5wfulm5syrz0d97thwh5zgttpc62kezjxgdprlh78lcvp0zgzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw602gxr Time for this week&#39;s #Linux and #OpenSource News video!<br/><br/>I&#39;m neck deep in boxes, trying to unpack my stuff in the new flat, so you can watch it to see what it&#39;s about!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uou5cazzP7w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uou5cazzP7w</a> 2024-08-24T15:19:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrswhzvl22ehs5t8p9es6y82wuy4qmtcgudhlr6e0x42693rathygzyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pwm3m3zg To anyone wondering why videos aren’t on the Peertube channel anymore: apparently, it’s an issue with the yt-dlp library used to sync from YouTube to Peertube. The instance I use is affected, and plenty of other VPS users seem to have the same problem.<br/><br/>The gist of it is: Google reports the library as a bot, and thus the sync can’t be performed. So, for now, videos will be on YT only, until this can be circumvented.<br/>Sorry for the inconvenience! 2024-06-22T13:58:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrk6drclg38p4rggzq9g94jgagpp6af79h0nfltfxzg6wvc0ph68szyrdjtrqtmsakynnq7eux5hvxytl56drm90paqexjmpnlnwdpx24pw0vj3l8 Today, I learned that diversity, equality and inclusivity is apparently a bad thing, and will kill a project? (From the comments under my latest news talking about #GNOME’s 5 year plan).<br/><br/>So, wanting people to feel comfortable contributing to a project is bad and woke now? Serisouly, what do they put in these people’s water? They’re going insane. 2024-05-26T06:09:19Z