The truth is that Ubuntu touch (and arguably luneOS) is the already daily driver ready fully open source gnu/Linux OS, we don’t have any real numbers on how many devices run ubuntu touch (as we don’t track anyone period) but based on the download numbers and people in our telegram channel, we definitely have well over 5000 active daily users![…]
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Sway. A Wayland replacement for the i3 window manager
The latest trends on *nixporn are tiling window managers, gaps between windows and rounded corners. So, the most used rice system to get a lot of ‘likes’ is using i3-gaps, a fork of i3 that provides gaps and, also, rounded corners for window rendering. Tiling window managers are popular lightweight alternatives to full desktop environments like KDE or GNOME, they[…]
Read moreHow to write an 8-bit emulator with Rust and WebAssembly
Writing an emulator has been on my programming ‘bucket list’ for a long time now. My earliest programming experiences were on early 8-bit microcomputers, and I’ve always enjoyed returning to writing code that is close to the ‘metal’. My initial idea was to write a Atari 2600 VCS emulator because its architecture is absolutely fascinating. However, that architecture also makes[…]
Read morePaperWM. GNOME with scrollable tiling of windows
PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It’s inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. The basic idea of PaperWM is: you want to keep using Gnome (because all kinds of things Just Work in Gnome) but you also kinda wish you were using a tiling window manager. It’s a[…]
Read morePublic Domain Day. Works from 1924 are open to all
On January 1, 2020, works from 1924 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee. These works include George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, silent films by Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and books such as Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, E. M. Forster’s A Passage to[…]
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