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[ssokolow]

Makes sense. Thanks. ...

[ssokolow]

At present, my configuration is using QGtkStyle to consistently use the Lubuntu style (GTK+ 2.x and 3.x but not Qt) on a desktop that's mostly KDE with...

[ssokolow]

I like the concept, but implementing it as a platform plugin rather than a widget style is a deal-breaker for me.

As I understand it, you...

[ssokolow]

I'm still left wondering what prevents Nouveau from reverse-engineering the mechanism the official binary drivers use to upload firmware and then writing...

[ssokolow]

It's more about the architecture of the system as a whole. If you've been around long enough, you might remember what a struggle it was to get some applications...

[ssokolow]

That's something I've been noticing since the KDE3/GNOME2 era. It's not that one is buggier than the other, it's that their approaches to testing reveal...

[ssokolow]

Why not just repost them? Not everybody wants to go searching back for the specific post in question, while you already know it because you wrote it....

[ssokolow]

Same reason X11 has properties like WM_CLASS and WM_WINDOW_ROLE... to give the compositor reliable primary keys for indexing into its store of persisted...

[ssokolow]

This time, the "secure" actually is to your benefit. It's about ensuring that screen capture can only be done with your consent so programs...

[ssokolow]

It's not about being free of blobs, it's about the ME/PSP being un-audited closed-source software running at higher privilege than my OS itself.
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[ssokolow]

It's been mentioned occasionally in Phoronix articles over the last year or so.

As for their rationale, I suspect it has to do with how much...

[ssokolow]

*poke* Unapproved comment?

[ssokolow]

What you're looking for is Flatpak. (Formerly xdg-app, from Freedesktop.org. The same collaboration of DE developers that brough you things like D-Bus...

[ssokolow]

Last I heard, they were planning to work with the Wayland dev community to develop a successor GBM and EGLStreams to satisfy both parties, similar to...

[ssokolow]

I'm aware of those and I said "x86-based" because I also play games. The point is that I'm probably going to have to maintain two separate systems...

[ssokolow]

True. The FSF drew the line at "if it can be updated, it should be open-source".

I draw the line at "If it's closed-source...

[ssokolow]

I honestly did expect the dirty interpretation... but then my memory seems fixated on the idea that "vibrator" cannot possibly be the proper...

[ssokolow]

Ahh, not as interesting for me then. I rely on a very heterogeneous mix of applications from various desktops, so I suppose I'll just stay on X11 longer...

[ssokolow]

Waaay too much UI.

The first thing I looked up when I switched from MPlayer to MPV was osc=no and my libmpv creation is basically some custom...

[ssokolow]

I prefer the way .desktop files resolve this:

1. There are separate "Name" (eg. Files) and "GenericName" (eg. Nautilus)...