Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
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All platforms that don’t have public API access will require a way to relay that information, but I was talking about the difference in how the messages are relayed. Matrix bridges work fundamentally on each platform/protocol having its own room and relaying the messages through the bridged room instead of the user as XMPP does. That’s why you can relay the same messages to multiple rooms on Matrix, but can’t do the same on XMPP.
Why is JSON better than XML? It’s more modern, sure, but from technical perspective it is not objectively better right? Not something worth switching protocols for.
XML is unnecessarily complicated. By trying to cram everything into the spec, it’s cumbersome and hard to parse.
You mention XMPP has transports as opposed to Matrix bridges. I thought they give you roughly the same outcome. What’s the difference?
The goal is the same, but the way they archive that is different. For transport to work, you need an account on each platform you are using the transport on. It relays the messages through that account by mimicking the client. While bridges work by relaying the messages between rooms and not specific users.
My understanding is limited, so if you are interested, please do your own research.
Google killed XMPP momentum. And while Matrix has many issues it needs to figure out, especially the development being almost exclusively supported by a for-profit company, they seem to slowly (very slowly) work towards more independence.
Matrix did some things right. Going with JSON spec instead of XML, having Element as uniform cross-platform client, offering bridges as a way to stay connected with your family and friends without needing to convince them to move (XMPP offers transports, but they function entirely differently) and offering end-to-end encryption by default.
XMPP in true open source fashion doesn’t have any uniformity from user perspective. Different ways to do the same thing on different clients, different clients on different platforms. That is a benefit for a savvy tech nerd, but it’s a huge inconvenience for a non-techie family member or friend.
If your old laptop has a VGA port, you can get a VGA to HDMI adapter (with audio). Something like this (double check they support audio and have correct male/female ports since they are directional).
Yes. And by general I mean they don’t specialize in a particular category of content, but allow everything.
Most private general trackers have various software from reputable uploaders. I would avoid most public sources unless you know the upload is from 1st party uploader and not re-upload.
Most of the gaming performance advantages with SteamOS 3.5 tended to be in the lighter-weight (CPU bound) game titles while the GravityMark ray-tracing run showed some improvements worth noting there too.
Based on their conlusion I guess it really depends on the game in question.
It’s a lot worse at the moment. Doesn’t combine results from multiple sites, doesn’t support Google results and lacks support for any configuration. It’s also manages to not have a button to go home after a search.
Eternity does support Redgifs.
While it is a nice idea, as it currently stands it is pointless. You need to define each of the nefarious purpose listed or it will fall under individual jurisdictions and judge interpretations.
Also don’t even bother submitting to OSI as it will be rejected based on their OSD.
There was at least one fork attempt, that died in 24 hours.
Signal. Works both on mobile and linked to desktop.
It should also work on Element Web, but not desktop clients.
I mean they were never against it in this case. They asked to make a specific change and instead of doing that the author just closed the PR and then proceded to say how it will never get merged…
https://alternativeto.net/software/ticktick/?license=opensource
Super Productivity has some integration limitations, but generally been working great for me.
Anyone else remember Mozilla promising to open source Pocket 6 years ago?
As a result of this strategic acquisition, Pocket will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Mozilla Corporation and will become part of the Mozilla open source project.
Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/mozilla-acquires-pocket/
P.S. Sorry for out of topic comment.
https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore