Mark Moxon<p>My new project is an all-singing, all-dancing version of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a>.</p><p>It's early days, but I'm really enjoying it. So here’s a thread about the wonderful community hardware and software I'm using to port <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> Elite to the Elk. (1/6)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/acornelectron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acornelectron</span></a></p>
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Delta Chat<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/deltachat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deltachat</span></a> Desktop can now run on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and Safari, entirely avoiding <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> and Chromium! It's an intended side-effect of the "porting Desktop to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Tauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tauri</span></a>" effort led by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@treefit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>treefit</span></a></span> which aims to provide a non-Electron packaged version of the Desktop. Here is a video and deep dive into what's working on regular browsers now, and what's missing for a full Web version: <a href="https://delta.chat/en/2025-05-22-browser-edition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">delta.chat/en/2025-05-22-brows</span><span class="invisible">er-edition</span></a></p>
Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog<p>Tauri: Modern alternative to Electron: build native apps with web technologies but not as bloated .<br><a href="https://tauri.app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tauri.app/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electron</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frontend</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> #+</p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/44507/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/44507/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Antimalarial drug enhances effect of aminoglycosides in genetic disorders <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CysticFibrosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CysticFibrosis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DuchenneMuscularDystrophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuchenneMuscularDystrophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Fibrosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fibrosis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mefloquine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mefloquine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microscope</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MuscularDystrophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuscularDystrophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ribosome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ribosome</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
LavX News<p>Harnessing Microsoft's BitNet: A Deep Dive into Electron-BitNet Integration</p><p>Explore the innovative integration of Microsoft's BitNet model with Electron, React, and Astro, enabling developers to run AI chat models seamlessly. This article unpacks the setup process, functional...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/harnessing-microsoft-s-bitnet-a-deep-dive-into-electron-bitnet-integration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/harnessin</span><span class="invisible">g-microsoft-s-bitnet-a-deep-dive-into-electron-bitnet-integration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BitNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BitNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AIChatModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIChatModels</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>Any <a href="https://tux.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> people here?</p><p>I have a huge <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> dataset here, recorded with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a>.</p><p>I would like to play around with it a bit, display densities of radio devices on a map.</p><p>I know <a href="https://tux.social/tags/QGis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QGis</span></a>, is it reasonably easy to import a CSV file there, assign the coordinates to some columns etc?</p><p>Alternatively I know a bit of <a href="https://tux.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>, but <a href="https://tux.social/tags/RStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStudio</span></a> is <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> now, so that could get a hassle XD</p><p>Btw, there is a <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/COPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COPR</span></a> for R-Cran packages, how is the situation on <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a>?</p>
Alexander Heidebrecht<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@typst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>typst</span></a></span> <br>I've been suspecting that something faster and "easier" than <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> (no hard feelings: TeX is enormously old and has lasted really long!) must be possible -- thank you for confirming that.</p><p>I get the utility of web-based collaboration, but ... I really really want a desktop GUI because sending each button press across half the world is *so wasteful*, not to mention privacy issues. The only maintained desktop app costs money, looks spartan and seems to use <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> 🙄</p>
Kiwix<p>📱 Kiwix PWA 3.5.8 is out now! (also available as Electron app for Linux/Windows)</p><p>What's new:</p><p>* Dark/light theme toggle button<br>* Customizable toolbar<br>* Fixed article links bug when switching ZIMs<br>* Security updates & bugfixes</p><p>Available on:</p><p>* Web: <a href="https://pwa.kiwix.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pwa.kiwix.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>* Desktop: <a href="https://kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-pwa/app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-pwa/a</span><span class="invisible">pp</span></a><br>* Microsoft Store (Win10/11): <a href="https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P8SLZ4J979J" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P8S</span><span class="invisible">LZ4J979J</span></a></p><p>For more, see <a href="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/issues/706" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/</span><span class="invisible">issues/706</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiwix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiwix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Offline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Offline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PWA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@janvlug" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>janvlug</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ph00lt0" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ph00lt0</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@nicorikken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nicorikken</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bert_hubert</span></a></span> </p><p>The main issue is the lack of a standardized Webview on <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. <a href="https://tux.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> has <a href="https://tux.social/tags/QtWebengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QtWebengine</span></a>, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> has <a href="https://tux.social/tags/WebkitGTK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebkitGTK</span></a> and they are not "just <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chromium</span></a>".</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> ships a stripped down and rarely updated version of Chromium, which is pretty horrendous, for RAM etc.</p><p>At least for <a href="https://tux.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> apps it should be possible to convert them to webview apps somehow, but for that we first need one.</p><p>On <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>... <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> are tiny</p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>The Blink engine is being used in a lot of places. If I'm not mistaken this is also the engine used in <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a>.</p><p>WebKit in itself can be found everywhere in the open source world, but it is also maintained by <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>.</p><p>But what about <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Servo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Servo</span></a>? The former Mozilla project turned <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/LinuxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxFoundation</span></a> project based on <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a>. There is no Servo web browser in the wild so far, that I know of.</p><p>But in essence, thems the only 3:<br>1. Blink<br>2. WebKit<br>3. Servo<br>4. Gecko (but... <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a>)</p>
TOV<p>There is no native storyboard solution on Linux. The best solution for Linux is <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Krita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krita</span></a> Storyboard Docker. <a href="https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/dockers/storyboard_docker.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.krita.org/en/reference_ma</span><span class="invisible">nual/dockers/storyboard_docker.html</span></a></p><p>The most popular solution is a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> app that uses web technologies.<br><a href="https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wonderunit.com/storyboarder/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and according to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> page, the last update was 3 years ago. <a href="https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/wonderunit/storyboa</span><span class="invisible">rder</span></a></p><p>And every other solution usually recommends using an online service that tends to charge a monthly fee.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/storyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storyboard</span></a></p>
Clemens Brunner<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> apps cannot be resized on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> anymore, at least on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a>. Given that GNOME defaults to Wayland nowadays, I wonder why so few people experience this problem, since it affects VS Code, Signal, Discord, and so on. If you can help, please check out <a href="https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/44543" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/electron/electron/i</span><span class="invisible">ssues/44543</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Graham Perrin<p>Code - OSS</p><p>Visual Studio Code – Open Source</p><p>Paste seems to be bugged in editors/vscode 1.96.4_2 and greater on FreeBSD. </p><p>If you have 1.96.4_1: consider locking it before your next upgrade of packages. </p><p><<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1igc6is/editorsvscode_1964_2_paste_not_working/mde5u33/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comme</span><span class="invisible">nts/1igc6is/editorsvscode_1964_2_paste_not_working/mde5u33/</span></a>></p><p><<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1gzcbbl/electron_and_related_ports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comme</span><span class="invisible">nts/1gzcbbl/electron_and_related_ports/</span></a>> Electron 34 is not yet ported. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/VSCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSCode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a></p>
LavX News<p>Mailspring: A New Era in Email Clients with Performance and Extensibility</p><p>Mailspring, the latest evolution of Nylas Mail, redefines email management with a powerful C++ sync engine and a plugin architecture. With significant performance improvements and an open-source ethos...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/mailspring-a-new-era-in-email-clients-with-performance-and-extensibility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/mailsprin</span><span class="invisible">g-a-new-era-in-email-clients-with-performance-and-extensibility</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Mailspring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mailspring</span></a></p>
Shawn Webb<p>System with 64GB RAM and 64GB swap: Nope, not enough memory to compile <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a>.</p><p>Yet, I can build an OS userland and kernel with less than 2GB.</p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/HashtagLosing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HashtagLosing</span></a></p>
Kiwix<p>🆕 Kiwix PWA 3.5.4 & Electron apps released!</p><p>Our offline-first JS reader now features faster support for Firefox/Android using the Origin Private File System by default, improved file downloads, enhanced dark mode styling for Wikipedia popover previews, and various bugfixes.</p><p>Try it:</p><p>🌐 <a href="https://pwa.kiwix.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pwa.kiwix.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (install from Config in Chrome+)<br>💻 Electron apps: <a href="https://kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-pwa/app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-pwa/a</span><span class="invisible">pp</span></a><br>📱 Microsoft Store: <a href="https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P8SLZ4J979J" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P8S</span><span class="invisible">LZ4J979J</span></a></p><p>Full changelog: <a href="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/</span><span class="invisible">blob/main/CHANGELOG.md</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiwix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiwix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pwa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pwa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electron</span></a></p>
matdevdug<p>Enjoyed this piece by Felix Rieseberg about Electron and things people get wrong about it. As someone who isn't a fan of Electron it's important to address some of the criticism of Electron apps and how web technology is not lesser than more native code. </p><p>My only argument against the success of Electron is I don't think it has anything to do with quality. I think Electron succeeded because it was the cheapest option for companies to ship their apps to multiple platforms, even if the experience was far inferior. </p><p>When a company ships an Electron app, they're saying "we don't care if this is a good experience, we think it's a good enough experience to justify the cheaper development process". </p><p><a href="https://felixrieseberg.com/things-people-get-wrong-about-electron/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">felixrieseberg.com/things-peop</span><span class="invisible">le-get-wrong-about-electron/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electron</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
LavX News<p>Unpacking Electron: Bridging Web Technologies and Desktop Applications</p><p>As Electron continues to gain traction among developers for building cross-platform desktop applications, misconceptions abound. This article dives deep into the rationale behind Electron's architectu...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/unpacking-electron-bridging-web-technologies-and-desktop-applications" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/unpacking</span><span class="invisible">-electron-bridging-web-technologies-and-desktop-applications</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/WebTechnologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebTechnologies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/CrossPlatform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrossPlatform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a></p>
Myrmecological News<p>🆕 Review: In this new post, Alice Laciny comments on the study by Chung and colleagues and talks about the new genus 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑥 gen. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Solenopsidini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solenopsidini</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/scanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scanning</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electron</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/01/21/integrative-taxonomy-uncovers-a-new-genus-and-species/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/21/integrative-taxonomy-uncovers-a-new-genus-and-species/</span></a></p>
bojkotiMalbona<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@manchicken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>manchicken</span></a></span> <br>VOIP numbers do not receive SMS.</p><p>But in any case, Signal has been known to be a shitty option for years:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/779" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/privacytools/privac</span><span class="invisible">ytools.io/issues/779</span></a></p><p>And just today a 15 y.o kid discovered Signal was foolish enough to proxy through Cloudflare, which enabled the kid to denonymize users:</p><p><a href="https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gist.github.com/hackermondev/4</span><span class="invisible">5a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117</span></a></p><p>Regarding <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Lockdownyourlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lockdownyourlife</span></a></span>’s question -- both are terrible options.</p><p>I favored Wire over Signal for years b/c Wire folks did not make the embarrassingly stupid decisions that Signal folks made. Wire did not impose phone number registration. But Wire’s app was shit quality. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> -- need I say more? Ok, i will. Their AOS app was inflicted with designed obsolescence. Buy new phone hardware or gtfo. Then they ditched their desktop users entirely, by accident, and never corrected the accident. Oops. Just one day Wire quit working. But it was a blessing in disguise b/c Wire has the quite nasty defect of silently dropping messages. The sender thinks a msg was sent but the recipient never sees it. It was a chronic problem. It’s worst kind of defect a msging app can have.</p><p>Snikket is the right answer, generally.</p><p>/cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@starraven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>starraven</span></a></span></p><p>----</p><p>(edit) an accurately named “manchicken” replied to this with a hit-and-run chickenshit msg then blocked me so that replies would be blocked. Yet his comment gives poor guidance. So apparently I have to reply to that by editing the msg he replied to. This is my reply:</p><p>A single corp protectionist cloudflare-dependant project masquerading as a non-profit despite pushing walled gardens on people to collect statistics is not what should be built upon or invested in by the community. </p><p>Signal was a shit show from start with phone number reg, neglecting that in many jurisdictions around the world mobile phone subscriptions require registering national ID to phone number.</p><p>If you want to improve the commons and protect privacy, XMPP is open standards, decentralised, and welcomes community efforts. Signal cannot be salvaged. XMPP is where resources should be invested with maximal community benefit.</p>
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