Windows is the most popular OS by a huge margin and undoubtedly the default desktop OS for most. That don’t mean it has to be the best option out there.

I prefer simplicity and Synapse does not seem to offer that…

What is the reason you pick Synapse for the backend?

Aren’t there simpler to use implementations?

Relying on X for documenting history is problematic in itself

Very good article!

I bought all of their albums on Bandcamp for $1 when they had a deal going.That was to good to pass up.

Also got a couple albums on vinyl 🤟

Feels good to have sent some money they way after they dared to ditch Spotift 🙏

I’m sure they’ll find a way to make it worse and more expensive than before. They never fail to do so. Line must go up.

How non-organic are those stickers?

What would happen if you just tossed the peel in organic waste with the sticker on?

Okay, does this use a common crypto currency, or how do the node owners “profit” from upholding the service?

If it has its own cryptocurrency, where can they spend it?

Where does the reward come from?

Who pays the node maintainers for keeping stable nodes online?

Would you mind elaborating?

But then how do you pay the content creator?

I agree with the text, but it is very repetitively written

Check Forgejo out, they are currently working on federation through ActivityPub. Might be something for you.

https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo#what-does-forgejo-offer

Why are they pushing for Bluesky and not ActivityPub services?

This is great news!

Mint is my choice of weapon when it comes to desktop Linux and I have been eyeing the Framework 13 for quite some time now.

NixOS is exactly what you want.

You declare your configs in a way that you can just copy them to another computer and it willbe configured the same way.

I’ve never tried it my self, but I might for my next machine.

No, I think you are misunderstanding my poor explanation.

Your emails are encrypted at rest on their server regardless if you use the web client or IMAP through the bridge.

The thing is that the encryption layer must happen at some point in time when you communicate with their API:s. In the web client this encryption is built-in. IMAP on the other hand does not support this type of end to end encryption, so the bridge adds this layer for you.

So you communicate unencrypted locally between your email client (Thunderbird for example) and the Protonmail bridge that you have installed locally on your computer. Then Protonmail bridge encrypts and decrypts all emails for you. So to your email client, it seems like a normal email server, but in reality everything is encrypted.

(Standard “encrypted email” disclaimer: Your emails are not encrypted in transit unless both parties, sending and receiving, are set up for encryption. Email is otherwise not end to end encrypted in transit)

Imap and end to end encryption are not possible at the same time.

Bridge exposes an IMAP interface but encrypts everything as Proton would, had you used the web client.

It solves a technical limitation.

Most, if not all, of those hired as a software developers at any of these companies has loads of other jobs they could take. The only thing setting them apart is the size of the paycheck.

For less in-demand skills I get your point though.

This is the real answer