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@peterg75 @_elena Intrigued by various recent mentions of #Phanpy wrt #Friendlica, i tried it last week in one of my Linux pc browsers, with one of my Friendica accounts. I was very disappointed & abandoned the experiment quite soon, once i realised that it would cost me much of what i enjoy about Friendica when drafting posts, ie, the iconised formatting tools, & the preview window. Was i wrong; does Phanpy still support those & i'd somehow looked in the wrong place? 🤔🤷‍♀️

@rasterweb I have abject contempt for #LLM / #AI, & have steadfastly refused to knowingly use it anywhere under any circumstances. Nonetheless, as i observe the fediverse's / interwebz' response to this dubious, indeed maybe regrettable, Mozilla decision, it seems to me that oft-repeated statements like...

forcing us to use AI

...might be just a wee tad OTT. It's a toggle, a simple toggle, in the Settings / Preferences UI, & it's disabled by default. This does not constitute "forcing" us, afaict.

@constancies @kde @vanillaos Nice timing!

akademy.kde.org/news/2024-09_a…

One way to achieve the desired level of integration is to control the entire software stack, right down to the operating system. This is also in the works for KDE, as Harald Sitter is working on a new technologically advanced operating system tentatively named "KDE Linux". This operating system aims to break free of the constraints currently limiting KDE's existing Neon OS and offer a superior experience for KDE's developers, enthusiast users, and everyday users.
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KDE Linux's base system will be immutable, meaning that nothing will be able to change critical parts of the system, such as the /etc, /usr, and /bin, directories. User applications will be installed via self-contained packages, such as Flatpaks and Snaps. Adventurous users and developers will be able to overlay anything they want on top of the base system in a non-destructive and reversible way, without ever having to touch the core and risk not-easily-fixable breakage.
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This will help provide users with a solid, stable, and secure environment, without sacrificing the ability to run the latest and greatest KDE software.
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As the proof of the pudding is in the eating, Harald surprised the audience when he revealed towards the end of his talk that his entire presentation had been delivered using KDE Linux!

#KDE #Plasma #Immutable