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    PiRATA avatar PiRATA 2 years ago | link | on: Neighbourhood social platform

    Perhaps, Mozilla Hubs? https://github.com/mozilla/hubs

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      judson avatar judson 2 years ago | link

      This is a VR app - are there any of the features there that OP asked about?

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        PiRATA avatar PiRATA 2 years ago | link

        Sorry. *Hubzilla (https://zotlabs.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project)

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      yaaase avatar yaaase 2 years ago | link | on: What software do you dream about, but do not have time to do yourself?

      I’d like an operating system I can run on a laptop that I can:

      • leave plugged in without the battery swelling
      • run google hangouts, zoom, goto meeting, and whatever other video conferencing tools I need for work and family
      • run slack
      • run 1password (or another non-lastpass password manager)
      • use a real package manager on
      • program in ruby, go, java, python, c, etc without horrendous amounts of pain

      I guess Ubuntu is my best bet? I still have yet to find a single linux-using coworker who can reliably join google hangouts video calls though (and I have no control over what video tool I use for work, but I CAN control my OS)

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        PiRATA avatar PiRATA 2 years ago | link

        Give Parrot OS a try.

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          kivikakk avatar kivikakk 2 years ago | link

          I’m guessing macOS is not on the cards?

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            jfb avatar jfb 2 years ago | link

            I mean, this is a Macintosh?

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              yaaase avatar yaaase 2 years ago | link

              I’m specifically frustrated with my nearly $3000 2018 macbook pro which has a swollen battery and cannot simultaneously handle a video call, slack and my IDE. I do recognize I’m being grumpy though.

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                jfb avatar jfb 2 years ago | link

                lol fair enough.

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                  vakradrz avatar vakradrz 2 years ago | link

                  To be fair, that’s probably an issue with the video calling software, Slack, and your IDE. Though IDEs at least have an excuse for eating some resources.

                  My tip is to use Slack in a browser tab if you can, though this doesn’t allow you do call through it.

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              hoistbypetard avatar hoistbypetard 2 years ago | link

              I run Fedora on a Thinkpad and carry an iPad for slack and other text/video conferencing tools. Oddly enough, I landed here out of frustration with Apple laptops released since 2016. I’d been happily using Mac laptops since the ’90s, prior to that.

              The only place Fedora falls down for me (for the items on your list) is the reliability of conferencing tools. I’d say the ones you list are fine for me about 80% of the time, but soaking up the rest is worth the cost of the low-end iPad I use to do it. Hangouts/Meet, Zoom, Goto Meeting, Teams, etc. all work well there. Plus the camera is better and slack sucks less on iPad than anywhere else I used it. Slack and Discord don’t chew battery there they did on Mac and Linux, either.

              My non-lastpass password manager of choice is Bitwarden, fwiw. It did a decent job importing my large, very heavily used, 11-years-old (all my passwords since 2007!) 1password database, but there were quite a few empty entries to clean up after initial import.