Posts by Cloudseer

LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop

Liam if you ever start a magazine I’ll be sure to subscribe

Commodore OS 3 is the loudest Linux yet

Assuming a number of people have put a lot of work into it, so well done for shipping. But the front choice is not for me. Fortunately with it being linux, I suppose it's possible to dial things back a little.

Google makes end-to-end encrypted Gmail easy for all – even Outlook users

Re: Hegseth Warning!!

Time to open-source humor.

Both Haiku and Linux get new FOSS Nvidia drivers

It’s more work to keep a backwards compatible OS with an extended featureset maintained than a minimal one, therefore the developers are the opposite of lazy

Essential FOSS tools to make macOS suck less

Re: But why tho?

If you’re in the music creation scene, ai note taking scene, indie software scene or have a mandated MDM then the Mac is the best fit.

Microsoft makes sweet, sweet music with Windows MIDI Services

Guys MIDI 2.0 is a 2020 revision and the protocol is how almost all music hardware communicates.

Why users still couldn't care less about Windows 11

Unfortunately some orgaan need manager devices and Linux says no on that.

Even Windows 10 cannot escape the new Outlook

What a sad state of personal computing.

Absolute Linux has reached the end – where to next?

Thanks for this brilliant article. There are not a lot of publications and journalists exploring this subject so I’m always happy to discover a new post by yours truly.

Haiku Beta 5 / In tests it's (Fire)foxier / It pleases us well

Webmail?

What language are the native apps written in? Looks like it’s c++

Windows 11 24H2 can run – sort of – in 184MB

> the configuration was most definitely not supported by Microsoft.

I've not heard of anyone who has ever received end-user Windows support from Microsoft?

HMD Fusion: A budget repairable smartphone with modular flair

Re: In 2025

I was confused why would you want to repair a phone that is unsafe to use?

SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system

I remember as a young teenager i spent two or three afternoons trying to get some particular DOS game yo work, but failing due to lack of a few KB of available extended memory. When i finally got it working I ran downstairs to proudly exclaim this achievement. Only to find out on my birthday a few days later my dad has installed an extra 2MB RAM!

Linux 6.12 is the new long term supported kernel

Re: Anyhow, a good reason to use Ubuntu Server.

Snap doesnt do much unless you install programs with it, no?

Elementary OS 8 'Circe' conjures Wayland magic

I would recommend Eddy if you want to stay away from the Terminal so you can click on debs. However the approach of the distrobis to recommend flatpaks and not install debs

LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in

It seems to me linked in should not align itself with ai. After all if jobs can directly shortlist people there is no need for the service.

Chrome dumped support for Ubuntu 18.04 – but it'll be back

> though with the usual disclaimer that the success of this browser retrofit operation comes with no guarantees.

There was a guarantee?

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows

Thunderbird comes installed and has a matrix and irc client, why not stick with it?

Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia

Missed opportunity

Should have named it the miracle maker Wizard of the word, MC Undertaker

'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

Prefer living under a rock these dsys

With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu's never looked so snappy (without the Snaps)

I’d just switch the interface to the Inter font, but this looks really good.

Lightweight LXQt 2.0.0 updates to same toolkit as KDE Plasma 6

Xwayland

How to coax ChatGPT into making better predictions: Get it to tell tales from the future

Re: FFS !!!

Yes, exactly. In a dataset of economic data, a generative AI model could analyze the patterns, trends, and relationships present in the data, such as GDP growth rates, unemployment rates, inflation, stock market movements, and other economic indicators. Once trained, the model could then generate new data points that resemble the learned patterns, potentially providing insights into future economic trends or scenarios.

For example, the model might generate simulated economic scenarios based on historical data, allowing policymakers, economists, or analysts to explore different potential outcomes or make predictions about future economic conditions. This capability can be particularly valuable for scenario planning, risk assessment, and decision-making in various economic contexts.

Flox rocks the Nix box by conquering code chaos

Re: “Declarative” ≠ “Functional”

It manages a declarative yaml file

Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary

I used to run a Mac as my daily driver, I installed a bunch of popular gui automation tools, setup keyboard macros, tweaked the animation speeds, failed to find a satisfying multiple monitor full screen workflow, and waited ages for homebrew to finish updating my open source apps.

For me Linux works more the way I want it, adapted to how I work. Most people don’t sit behind a screen 7 hours a day and don’t share my requirements.

IAB Europe's ad consent popups pose privacy problem

Re: But here in Blighty ...

Browser fingerprinting

Re: Shut it all down, please

The Netherlands also ruled against them.

Miracle WM, a new tiling window manager built on Mir

Would love to have been linked to the wheel? Great article as always.

Forcing AI on developers is a bad idea that is going to happen

There’s nothing substantial here and no one links to jetbrains responses that explain how the product works only with subscription, works on device and your code isn’t used for training.

SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops

It looks like it even supports the Pantheon desktop which makes it a prime fallback distro for elementaryOS, which I’m running as my daily driver.

What's the golden age of online services? Well, now doesn't suck

Re: Ah the good old days

And calls to landlines are 20p/min now on most mobile networks. Regression

Canonical shows how to use Snaps without the Snap Store

Re: Snap usefulness

A benefit is that the program you install with snap cannot access everything in your home directory, quite a benefit. And works when you’re distrobhopping.

GhostBSD makes FreeBSD a little less frightening for the Linux loyal

Software developers are restricted in the features they can add to apps because of app review, default interpreters like Python are no longer included, incrementally more features are linked to subscriptions and Apple IDs, Safari addons must be distributed via the store.

Netherlands digital minister smacks down Big Tech over AI regs

LLMs are not cars, but it's not hard to see how they can influence the people that use it to take decisions that negatively affect thousands of people a day (and lead to early deaths), especially in government.

Microsoft Windows latest: Cortana app out, adverts in

Participation requires trust

The lack of trust in how these voice messages are processed is why I haven’t been using these features. Making them AI based will only increase these concerns. Same with putting ads around personal computing.

MS needs to invest billions in cleaning up its act on user trust first, then maybe we will see some usage.

They might not track user trust however. So the data will be distorted. And then wonder why open source and Apple take their customers and why their mobile strategy isn’t working.