Also didn't @EUCommission mandate #Compatibility & #Portability between these #Platforms?
- Like wasn't that one of the points behind #DigitalMarketsAct?
Also didn't @EUCommission mandate #Compatibility & #Portability between these #Platforms?
Just a quick update on my search for a qualitative data analysis tool that works with Linux:
I found a list of tools and am checking them one by one.
If you have any experience of using any of the tools mentioned in the list, especially in a Linux environment, I would love to hear from you!
https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-free-qualitative-data-analysis-software/
What's your experience with /e/OS 3.0 and apps compatibility, for those of you using it? In particular, with notoriously difficult ones like banking apps or national ID apps (SwissID, I'm frowning at you)?
Have things improved compared to the previous version? Have you found solutions to incompatibilities?
On #fvwm #xorg #windows #compatibility
With all the recent bullsh^H^H^Htalk about #xorg, I realised an interesting historical piece of information. As early as 1999, fvwm (and not twm, from which fvwm is based) supported a raised-over-unmanaged workaround.
Specifically, it was for the following XServer implementations:
"Hummingbird Communications Ltd."
"Network Computing Devices Inc."
"WRQ, Inc."
It looks as though there was a bug in these servers, where a raise of the windows was needed:
https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3/blob/6000175467fada5d5329f2ecf9e1c0b99937b3ce/fvwm/stack.c#L1038
From what I can tell:
Hummingbird Communications Ltd were acquired:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_Ltd.
Netwrok Computing Devices Inc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computing_Devices
Defunct, but they did purchase some dumb terminals (TekXPress ) from Tektronix
WRQ Inc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group
I could find no further information other than the paragraph or so mentioned here.
If anyone has any additional information on the #XServer used and its quirks, I'd love to know.
This has been a piece of #fvwm history for over 30 years so I'd love to hear from anyone who has further insight, please. :)
(6/X) Migration update: Moving from Windows to Linux!
After 4 intense days, I’m pausing the move as I’ve run out of time. The biggest hurdle is migrating my research data. As a research librarian working on systematic reviews, I rely on reference managers and qualitative analysis tools, but I am struggling with compatibility issues — for example, EndNote/Atlasti (Windows) vs. Zotero/ Taguette (Linux).
#EndOf10 #Linux #Compatibility #ResearchTools #OpenSource #Technology #AskFedi @zotero
This is awful. I'm backing up my research data from EndNote + Atlas.ti because I can't use them on Linux. I tried switching to Zotero and Taguette, but the data migration process is problematic: I lost groups with Zotero and Taguette doesn't support QDPX file import.
Does anyone know of a QDA tool for Linux that supports QDPX file import (Project Exchange Format for Qualitative Data)?
#EndOf10 #Linux #LinuxMint #ResearchTools #QDA #QDAsoftware #Compatibility #OpenSource #Technology #AskFedi
Interesting & somewhat annoying discovery of the day
Mastodon, for some inexplicable reason, does not support AVIF images
My automated blog posts which use AVIF featured images don't show images when posted here & manually adding the images to the post on mastodon directly doesn't work
I find it odd that the universally accepted web friendly format is not supported here
You'd think anything thats reduces storage & bandwidth pressures would be welcomed
#Development #Guides
How to choose your Baseline target · An approach to adopt newish web features for your users https://ilo.im/1646dl
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#Audience #Baseline #Compatibility #Interoperability #RUM #WebAnalytics #Website #Browser #WebDev #Frontend
SteamOS 3.7.8 Brings Official Support to Non-Steam Deck Devices: https://boilingsteam.com/steam-os-3-7-brings-official-support-to-non-steam-deck-devices/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #gaming #steamdeck #steam #steamos #lenovo #legiongos #rogally #compatibility #pcgaming #handheld #amd
Top 1000 Games on Steam: 71% Working on the Steam Deck in May 2025: https://boilingsteam.com/top-1000-games-on-steam-71-percent-playable-on-the-steam-deck-in-may-2025/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #gaming #steamdeck #proton #steam #steamplay #stats #top1000 #compatibility #may2025
Valve's mobile PC verification system is growing up.
Valve announce SteamOS Compatibility ratings, an extension of Steam Deck Verified for more devices
@wolf480pl So yeah, I think that everything has compromises to some extent.
I chose #Linux as basis for @OS1337 because it solves the #driver problem for me and I know it. I'm just complete shit with #NetBSD which may arguably be the better option targeting low-end systems, but that'll again result in more pain and frustration getting other #apps ported over when I can't just say: "Target linux-#i486 and statically compile in all your dependencies" to any 3rd party as starting point.
5 Signs You’re in a Healthy Relationship | Therapists Tehrina & Joel. This is my fave YouTube channel! Bonus #caturday appearance in video :)
I aspire to a fulfilling, secure, loving relationship like this someday!
Spring to Quarkus Without the Rewrite Headache:
Your Guide to 10 Essential Bridge Extensions
https://myfear.substack.com/p/spring-to-quarkus-without-the-rewrite
#Quarkus #Java #Spring #Compatibility
Is your phone eSIM-compatible? Find out quickly by checking for the EID! This article explains what it is and how to find it on your iPhone or Android. Check it out!
https://esimdb.com/blog/how-to-check-esim-compatibility/ #eSIM #tech #travel #compatibility
tl;dr if USSD *#06# => EID eSIM
else
#Firefox - time to say goodbye, at least for now...
I've been using Firefox for years now, ignoring the fact, that it's objectively the worst performing #browser out there. With lacking #compatibility, outdated #dependencies, multiple unresolved #bugs. All of that was irrelevant, I wanted to support Your goal of making #Internet more #privacy respecting, a safe space.
Sadly, looks like it ends now. The biggest (and only) advantage goes away, and so do I. But I hope I can go back some day...
A program is portable to the extent that it can be easily moved to a new computing environment with much less effort than would be required to write it afresh.
— W. Stan Brown
If it's not an API, it's an implementation detail.
A nicely-phrased distinction: “On the technical side, I want to stress that there’s no such thing as an undocumented API (or private API). By definition an API is something that’s meant to be called by apps. Things that aren’t APIs are implementation details. And when you use that term it’s easier to evaluate your choices.” — Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Which is all too reminiscent of a common outcome among apps:
"With a sufficient number of users of an API,
it does not matter what you promise in the contract:
all observable behaviors of your system
will be depended on by somebody.” — Hyrum's Law
Platform providers would usually prefer to follow the model “Everything which is not allowed is forbidden" while developers are fond of "Everything which is not forbidden is allowed”.* The former avoids breaking quite as many apps and can deeply annoy, err, limit app developers, while following the latter makes non-breaking platform changes difficult to impossible, and increases support and testing.
At the intersection of those two models is app instability, angst, and architectural limits.
And yes, there are inevitably cases where API designs are just broken, or where the designs reach their architectural limits, and those then either stymy further work, or might get incompatibly un-broken, or preferably get replaced in parallel with better and more capable designs and the older APIs deprecated and removed.
How you design replacements for your API limits is part of your design too, but a part frequently ignored. As are app upgrades.
Limited API designs I've met have included an eight-byte password hash buffer, and APIs featuring 32-bit addressing for storage and memory.
*I'll leave any discussions of Misters Dillon and Cooley for another time.
If you're looking for software to create and maintain a copy of your #music files in other formats, be it for storage on #portable devices, #format #compatibility or #streaming, then you might be interested in that piece of #software I wrote :
https://framagit.org/atom/AtOM
It's #GPL, and should run on #Linux (tested on Debian Bookworm and Trixie), #MacOSX (looking for testers), and #WSL (looking for testers).
#statstab #272 Different meanings of p-values
Thoughts: A riveting (& confusing) discussion on the definitions & properties of p-values. W/ guest appearance from some big names in stats, from all camps.