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  • Advice: Is the Tado wired thermostat V3 a good idea?

  • Thank you so much, this is very helpful information! What kind of features am I missing out on using it locally? Setting and measuring the temperature sounds to me like a pretty feature-complete thermostat. :) To clarify, I don't actually need any Apple hardware/software to use this, Home Assistant just pretends to be HomeKit connecting to the Tado USB bridge and provides free control from its interface?

  • F-Droid TIL thread: What's your favorite obscure feature in an F-Droid app?

  • The navigation app Öffi, which shows public transport times and journeys, has a whole map feature where it renders the journey if you turn your phone to landscape! I'd been using it for months when I found out by accident, made it even more useful.

  • Video and screen sharing server suggestions

  • I often have performance issues with Jitsi ("video has been turned off to save bandwidth"). Might this be down to which instance I use? Perhaps it's time to self-host.

  • Google just broke all third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required.

  • FUTO are the ones changing the meaning of words. The Open Source Definition has existed for a long time and clearly explains what it means. While Grayjay is "source available", and that's good, it definitely is not open source.

  • Google just broke all third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required.

  • Grayjay is not open source though.

  • Cirrus app dev informing the app will stop working on certified android devices in '26/'27

  • Thank you so much for the kind words! It's indeed a bad time to be an app delevoper. At least the framework I use is portable-ish, so the work won't be fully lost.

  • Cirrus app dev informing the app will stop working on certified android devices in '26/'27

  • I'm going to look into adding this to my app https://git.allpurposem.at/mat/Sudoku Indeed I do not agree with this, so it will become unavailable when the terms go into effect. I will look into making it available for Linux Mobile.

  • Super Mario Bros Remastered open source fan project brings an impressive remake to PC

  • Is there a downvote button on Lemmy? My app only shows upvote.

  • Why is it so hard to get friends to leave Discord, WhatsApp, Instagram, and others? Anyone else feel this?

  • It seems I didn't communicate my reason for having Instagram well enough. I don't have access to the "feed" or following people (it won't load unless I accept some terms, which I won't). I have an account with the messaging function bridged to my Matrix account, which lets me receive messages and (when it works) reply to them to organize moving to a better platform.

    It's the best solution I found if I want to keep contact with people I meet when going out or traveling. Phone numbers barely work (I still can't call or message any German numbers, never found out why), and everyone I meet has Instagram. I just give them my username, they can add me easily, and then later over Instagram direct messages we figure out how to get them signed up for Matrix or Signal.

  • Why is it so hard to get friends to leave Discord, WhatsApp, Instagram, and others? Anyone else feel this?

  • I'm personally trapped on Discord and Instagram.

    Discord is required by my workplace, so no way of getting rid of it until everyone decides to move to something better. I have some friends on it too, but most of them also made Matrix accounts when I explained I won't be very reachable on Discord (I only open it when necessary; and it doesn'r run on my phone since they rewrote the app in JS). I have Instagram as a way to people I meet during travel or events to "add me" easily, and then we can figure out a good way to communicate afterward. I'm not too bothered by having it as I don't use it daily or anything.

  • PSA: If your controller rumble isn't working in Silksong, then try forcing Proton in the game's properties on Steam

  • I work at a game studio that provides Linux-native builds of our game. I don't speak for them but in my opinion this gives us an opportunity to take advantage of Linux features such as better input systems, performance, dev tooling, and in the future maybe APIs like Wayland. While the Windows build does work via Proton, it's limited to what Microsoft allows us to do with the Windows API. We also have to use a non-standard-compliant compiler (msvc) and overall maintaining a Windows build damages code quality, performance, dev speed, and end user experience. Our Linux userbase is already small enough, imagine if all our players started using the Proton version. It'd become impossible to justify spending as much time on the Linux builds as we do, and they would probably stop being available. So, although I see WINE and Proton as a net positive, I fear it will slowly kill Linux development and eventually all games will be limited 100% by what MS decides, despite technically playing them on a free platform.

  • PSA: If your controller rumble isn't working in Silksong, then try forcing Proton in the game's properties on Steam

  • Yes, but OP makes it sound like the Hollow Knight issue is not fixed either. I didn't even know HK had rumble, but I def felt the Silksong haptics when I played it at Gamescom. I wonder how we can make Team Cherry aware of this, or whether they are already aware?

  • PSA: If your controller rumble isn't working in Silksong, then try forcing Proton in the game's properties on Steam

  • Thanks for the info. That's a shame, I really want to use native builds when available. Especially since Silksong runs so well. Is there any hope for a fix, even if unofficial?

  • Linux phones are more important now than ever

  • Interesting! Maybe it's worth switching banks, at least once I get the courage to move to Linux mobile.

  • Linux phones are more important now than ever

  • None of my banks (a couple French and Belgian ones) seem to support anything but auth via app. Can't log in on my computer without my phone.

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

  • I'm personally really excited for Linux phones and want to move to one relatively soon. They've done amazing work on the experience of using them. What I'd really miss, based off of talking to folks and trying them at conventions, is:

    • battery life. My Pixel 3a lasts over a day on Android, likely much less on pmOS
    • UnifiedPush for notifications. I only see a Matrix client listed as WIP. Every other app (Fediverse, Signal) I would have to keep running in the background
    • Notifications while in sleep mode. Looks like we don't have "Doze Mode" from Android, so only calls & SMS work while asleep
    • Fingerprint sensor. More of a QoL but I kept my phone model specifically for the ergonomics of the sensor on the back, and being able to scroll with it. Communication with the sensor is not yet figured out

  • No, Android is not doomed. No, Android is not as bad as iOS. It takes 5 clicks to opt out of Gservices. If you are unable to do that, theres Degoogled Phones. Your Bank? Theres cheap used Phones.

  • While degoogling is accessible right now, what worries me is that all of these projects are 100% dependent on Google's whims because they use Android as the upstream. Same reason why I don't use Chromium browsers: yes, they can patch over things, but they can't fight the direction of the upstream project and they are powerless if the upstream stops publishing commits / source, like Google seems to be moving toward. Additionally, what "the big distros" aka stock ROMs do to prevent FOSS apps being installed means a much much smaller potential userbase for them. I develop an Android app, and (while I don't have analytics) I don't find it unlikely that at least half my users are on stock roms that would lose access to my app with this policy. It's much less motivating to develop something when I know less people will benefit, and especially knowing I'm supporting only custom roms that are 100% beholden to Google. Degoogling is a good first step. I've been on Lineage for many years now. But I believe that the step that will truly make us independent is moving to Linux phones.

  • Ecosia and Qwant team up to launch an independent search index, challenging Google & Bing

  • Cool! Perhaps I'll give Qwant another shot. Thanks for sharing :)

  • Ecosia and Qwant team up to launch an independent search index, challenging Google & Bing

  • Very cool, but this is old news from 2024. I wonder how they're doing now.

  • Hyprperks: a new 5€ official subscription to support Hyprland development.

  • Cool! Hope it works out.