Actually, if anything, that makes it trustworthy because Saudi would like the regime to stay so that they can stay out of the oil markets and keep the prices high.
No one on earth has so far managed to get xdg default apps work on Linux. I've been failing since 19 years personally. If you've really succeded then congratulations!
> No one on earth has so far managed to get xdg default apps work on Linux.
I've only been using Linux for a few weeks but what am I missing here?
I set a bunch of mime types in `~/.config/mimeapps.list` which are assigned to desktop apps and they all open perfectly with `xdg-open` or when I launch them through a file manager.
For me currently, when trying to open a `text/markdown` file, there's a disassociation between what my file manager (Caja) runs (own bin/emacs script; was under the impression it was auto-creating a .desktop file), what mimeapps.list have (emacs.desktop), and what `xdg-open` runs (Firefox for some reason).
> also of note, we (mostly) don't allow ~/Desktop as the download dir for security reasons
This isn't an XDG issue. It's a chromium engineers being silly pricks that think they know better than the power users who obviously went out of their way to create such a configuration. Also I bet it would work if you set your XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to ~/Download/
It's when I want to use a non-systemd, no-DE environment that xdg-stuff becomes very annoying, but that's usually because applications assume a certain setup rather than any fault of xdg. eg. Wayland is very stupid about requiring a certain xdg setup to run at all.
On the same note, its hilarious that right now twitter of all the websites on earth has the best fake news detection mechanism in community notes but it's also the single website everyone wants down. I remember before Elon took over, there were daily hitjobs on facebook but just yesterday people were cheering threads having 150M MAU.
I buy Apple products because in my opinion, they work on my behalf to protect my interests better than the other options available to me.
I think they have been leading in this area and by virtue of competition have pushed other vendors to do the same. I can’t imagine Android based devices would be nearly as privacy focused today if it weren’t for users moving to the Apple ecosystem in search of better security.
That is likely true and I was in that game for awhile but tired of the effort required and the limited hardware that would be fully functional and reliable as a production device.
With Apple it’s just easier and I can focus on other areas of life and just use my phone as the tool it is rather than spending untold hours making everything work.
Truth be told there was a time in my life when I actually enjoyed fiddling with that but I got my fill and am on to other priorities. There is only so much time in the day.
Because by and large they’ve spent the last decade building features that have allowed me to preserve my privacy from companies who’ve spent the last decade trying to pry into my personal life.
Not OP, but Apple tends to be a lot more straightforward in how they make their money. Their products cost more for the same technology, but in return they try their best to provide me with a good experience (to keep me buying their overpriced products). I don't blame those who go with option of Android, but I personally prefer to just pay a set, known amount of money up front.
Only having to deal with Apple's BS is likely better than being at the whims of all the dominant players. The latter creates a race to the bottom with no hope of improving the ecosystem.
I think that's the main reason iOS is slowly eating Android's global market share, and why it remains the market leader in the US. As bad as iOS is for privacy and respecting user choice, Android is worse in practice. There's an argument that Android's openness benefits the end user, but it falls apart in practice: almost all third party apps (and certainly the ones that other people force you to use) depend on Play Services, which is a giant pile of surveillance capitalism and battery drain.
Having said that, I'd like to be able to toggle my iPhone into EU mode and sideload a few things.
I thought that until I tried to switch back to Android, and found that there simply aren't good alternatives to the preloaded iOS software. Try replacing Notes with an E2E-encrypted alternative that supports collaborative editing, for example. I hit a half dozen things like that.
So I was really eager to try it out myself, and I did boot into windows but I'm stuck at https://imgur.com/a/HdrYsdZ for 2 hours and even after reboot somehow the situation remains same ... :-(.
Anyway, good luck. I hope your product succeeds because it such a thoughtfully nice touch and might be useful for people like me.
Wondering if you'd be creating a Linux port anytime, maybe on steam if piracy is an issue ...
It seems, you've an issue with Microsoft Store in your Windows. Too bad. I'd love to hear your feedback on the app. Thank you for the kind words! Maybe you'll try downloading the app again in the future... That'd be great! Even though creating a Linux version of the app is almost the same effort as cretaing a new app from scratch, I hope I'll do that one day.
Are you collaborating with others or assisting others in similar projects in other fields? I've been thinking how rapidly india is industrializing and the middle class is getting rich and considering the difference in my electricity bills in winters and summers ($7, 55 kwh vs $80, 640kwh ), I was hoping there were air conditioners which were more open and user accessible. The goal here might not be preventing wastage of ACs but of having only one AC that could power multiple rooms non concurrently thus minimizing energy waste.
He probably meant text. Which is what I had in mind when I asked the question too. Text is way cheaper than audio and you can opt in audio after an text ice breaker.
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