Yes, sorry, I had overlooked that. That’s why I recommended Lufi afterwards.
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Yes, sorry, I had overlooked that. That’s why I recommended Lufi afterwards.
Oh, over the Internet, not just the local network … then maybe Lufi?
for example this instance: https://upload.disroot.org/
Works well, but not particularly fast with large amounts of data (up to 2GB possible)
KDE-Connect? https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
It works very well for the data exchange between Linux, Android, iOS and Microsoft devices. https://apps.kde.org/kdeconnect/
Of course, it can do a lot more, it’s a bit oversized for just data exchange
Q4os with Trinity desktop really needs little RAM and runs fast even on old devices. The desktop is a bit old-fashioned, but ok. You may also try lighter browsers, perhaps Palemoon.
But 4GB is actually not that little, almost all distros can run well with it, especially rather slim ones like Debian lxqt. maybe it’s really due to the hdd.
The development of UAD has been stopped/paused. The fork Universal Android Debloater Next Generation continues it
I don’t know, I have very good experiences with the Antennas. It (almost always) delivers the expected content. Do you perhaps have a keyword that is also (part of) an instance name?
Then it would have to be added as an excluded word.
The topic of the instance only really plays a role in Mastodon. With Sharkey and most other Fediverse software, there are much better features for structuring the content you are interested in. In Friendica, for example, via the channels and in Sharkey, Misskey and its other forks with the Antennas / News Picker
The first paragraph of a post sent from Mastodon (or Akkoma, Misskey etc.) to a Lemmy community will appear in Lemmy as a headline. The character limit is 200 characters, only if it is longer will it be cut off. The post itself is displayed in full. However, only one image is federated, for example.
“But if any M post mentions that L community, the post will get boosted by the community’s M account, so everybody who follows will get a notification.”
That’s not quite right: The Lemmy community boosts the post to the timeline, but not everyone who follows it from Mastodon (or Friendica, Akkoma etc.) receives a notification. The post then only appears in the timeline. You can set whether you want to receive a notification about new posts/boosts from an account
I don’t know the size, but Organic Maps may be rather small
There is also Fediverse software that has integrated ListenBrainz: Sharkey (Misskey-Fork) has the feature “Federated Backgrounds and Music status - You can add a background to your profile as well as a music status via ListenBrainz, show everyone what music you are currently listening too” https://activitypub.software/TransFem-org/Sharkey/-/blob/develop/README.md?ref_type=heads
You can use GoMap, which has a quest mode. I had done a bit of research on alternatives for ios for this article (in German): https://gnulinux.ch/mitarbeit-bei-openstreetmap-viel-lesen-um-alles-richtig-einzutragen-oder-fang-einfach-an There are some screenshots.
“Possibly the best alternative to StreetComplete for iOS users at the moment is Go Map!!!: For some time now, the app has also offered a “Quest” mode, which is probably the closest to StreetComplete in terms of appearance and functionality. The Quest brings “some StreetComplete flair for iOS users” The Quest mode in Go Map!! must first be activated via > Display (map icon) > Overlays > Quests (thanks to ThoZick for the tip). In addition to the quest mode, Go Map! can also be used for more advanced editing.”
Other alternatives are OSM-Go and MapComplete, which run as a PWA (see also in the linked article)
Here is a little user guide for Firefish: https://thefedi.wiki/firefish/user/home
Misskey is a relatively old Fediverse platform (older than Mastodon, since 2015?). It is relatively widespread in Asia, especially Japan. Calckey was a fork of Misskey developed since 2021, which aimed to be more oriented towards European needs (e.g. a less manga style). In summer 2023, Calckey was renamed Firefish.
The servers: I think “alpha” is maybe the dev version and “beta” the older stable version? at least Firefish.social has alpha. Edit: Alpha =version 1.0.5, Beta = 1.0.4, without specification = 1.0.3 - this is how it looks after exemplary matching with Fediverse.observer
This is perhaps not representative it’s just random infos that reached me. I am not in the Firefish community or even sect, but only have a test account on a small instance as a supplement. I only have a relatively large number of contacts to other Firefish users, who in turn help newer users get started with Firefish. And there is very often the recommendation to avoid the “flagship” instance, also with reference to the recommendations of devs. I had also followed Atomicpoet for a while, but there was a bit too much input, so I rather heard from Kainoa or Calculator.
That was mentioned in the article, that firefish.social is not recommendable and does not run stably. Have you looked at other instances? There is a selection on the JoinFirefish page and there are many more instances.
"In the end, what firefish/calckey/misskey shows is that the fediverse doesn’t need to merely be either a twitter or instagram or reddit clone … it can be many things often combined in different ways. Many have kinda forgotten (or worse never realised) that that can be the case largely because of how stagnant big social platforms are. "
This statement by @maegul@maegul@lemmy.ml is a very important sentence for me. It reminds me of a statement that a participant at a Fediverse meeting said: “Maybe the Fediverse shouldn’t be sold as a substitute product like ‘vegan sausage’, but as something in its own right.”
(transl./ original in german: “Vielleicht sollte man das Fediverse nicht wie ‘vegane Wurst’ als Ersatzprodukt verkaufen, sondern als etwas Eigenständiges.”)
Thank you for your articles @deadsuperhero@deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml , which show that!
Thank you for your answer. I hadn’t realised before that you yourself are the author ;-) So it’s a really good article, I just selectively quoted the aspects that I see differently or have experienced differently.
I don’t use Firefish that much yet. My main account is in Friendica and I would like to move my Mastodon account to Firefish, but the lack of federation with Lemmy (or other groups like Friendica forums) is still holding me back. However, I have had very good experiences with the Antennas in particular and have also heard of many good experiences with them. I get a lot of content there that is usually appropriate and not covered by subscribing to hashtags. Lemmy accounts/communities cannot yet be followed from Firefish, but I get content from Lemmy via the News Picker. You might have to ask Firefish experts what the problems could be.
I am perhaps a bit sensitive to the topic of the flagship instance, because it reminded me of all the discussions about Mastodon-social and their onboarding process, which pushed their instance very aggressively, which in my opinion had negative effects for the Fediverse (centralisation) and for the users of this instance (very slow, lack of moderation, spam bots, etc.). When I have heard from Firefish users about performance problems, it was always users of firefish.social (or previously calckey.social), never from other instances. But that is of course a subjective impression.
On the subject of apps, it was also difficult that the “Mastodon” app pushed itself so to the fore. Many who enter the Fediverse via this app do not even know that 1. there would have been other instances than Mastodon.social 2. that they are in the Fediverse and also communicate with many users who do not use Mastodon 3. that there are many other apps they could use.
Very often questions like “Help, x and y don’t work, I can’t find that etc.” come up and very often it turns out that it really doesn’t work in this official app (but in all the others). In any case, Firefish doesn’t need an app like this. But of course it would be great if there were an app that really included the Firefish-specific features. In my opinion, an app as an end in itself has no added value when the PWA is much better. I think the Firefish project should therefore prioritise the stable functioning and further development of the existing functions rather than the development of its own app. But I can’t really comment because I don’t really need any apps (for the Fediverse).
I hope that the proper group / community federation will come soon. In any case, the devs wrote to me once about the question, saying that it is planned.
Does anyone know if / how well the federation between Iceshrimp and Lemmy works?
-❔ How are posts from Lemmy (with headline + URL) displayed on Iceshrimp?
-❔ Can you find Lemmy posts in Iceshrimp by searching for the URL?
-❔ Can you follow Lemmy communities from Iceshrimp?
-❔ Can you post to Lemmy communities from Iceshrimp?
The first three points work with Sharkey (one of the Misskey/Firefish forks), but unfortunately posting does not.