Wow, Linaro. that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. They were the ones to optimize Android builds during the IceCreamSandwich days and just last day I was wondering if there were any third party optimization project still out there. All the best to them.

https://libreddit.kavin.rocks/r/Android/comments/usuym/linaro_build_optimizations_that_can_make_ics_30/

uBlock Origin is a must. Then Stylus with a global-dark userstyle. Very light on resource than Darkreader.

I bought Designer last year as a one off. But there’s no point in mastering it anymore. That’s just going to suck you more into their ecosystem, then a subscription, then raising price, and then whatever they want.

seems like the profanity filter messed up the link.

If he likes RTS, Project Celeste is a revival of Age of Empires Online by the open-source community. And you can install it on Linux with Lutris.

• Gadgetbridge - If you have compatible fitness/smart watch. keeps data local
• OpenTracks - Tracking your run/walk/hikes. keeps data local
• Organic Maps - Offline Maps and navigation
• Feeder - RSS reader
• Syncthing-fork -Syncing files across devices
• mpv-android - Fast no frills video player.

All available on F-Droid

Anyone know what kind of minimum requirements does it need for reliable performance? I couldn’t find them in their docs.

the bot is just posting old news again. 🤦‍♂️

Elizabeth Warren sends terse letter

“We’re getting a bad reputation for facilitating the war against civilians, time for some positive PR. someone pass this on to the guardian”

There are a lot of “open source enthusiasts”, but not enough “open source contributors”

I use a TTS extension which reads out text using the system’s TTS engine. I forgot the name but it’s very handy for reading or reviewing text.

Amazon only operates in 58 countries, so it’s basically useless for everyone else. But the company they acquired (fakespot) seems to do more than amazon, but that still does not make it worth packaging it with the browser