@jolla @Codeberg is also at FOSDEM!

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/move-to-european-code-repository/27242

@mathzy I've never had play services or even an alternative like MicroG on my #sailfishos device, since 2013. Turns out I never did "need" the play services. Sure, sometimes it would have been convenient to "just use the app"...

But as long as people work around or capitulate to the play services, without complaining to the ones demanding you to use their shitty app, nothing will change.

I finally tried the Bluetooth-in-Android-container shell scripts to allow Android App Support of #Sailfishos to get access to bluetooth. Still a bit rough around the edges: https://codeberg.org/poetaster/SfOS-Bluetooth-in-AAS

But whoa. It just works, even on my old XA2!

Suddenly I can simply use the #meshtastic Android app to connect to my meshtastic radios via bluetooth.

@jolla do we get this (finally) built-in in the upcoming SailfishOS update?

@Fietsbel Oh, Firefox was just an example, as it is what I use. It has the option top scan QR code to open an URL, and iDeal-QR-Codes are actually just URLs.

I guess any (Android) QR-scanner will do, as long as you have an Android browser installed, to automatically redirect it to the app.

@rraggl @Fietsbel Rabobank does require MicroG to be installed, because it requires play services :(
https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/works-rabobank-app/26440

FWIW, the ASN-bank apps still mostly work without it. QR-code scanning is broken tho, resulting in a nonsense error. I expect that's because they wen the easy way and (try to) use play services for that.

But scanning iDeal QR-codes can be done in e.g. Firefox, which then opens the app, so no big issue.

@sohtsuki Why? exFAT might be appropriate though, for SD-cards.

@madeinjapan Are you the only person at the island? It really looks quiet everywhere!

@buherator Why sticking to a centralized platform, being at the mercy of their whims?

I can't remember when I last released an actual "version 2" of something, but I just did it for my Komplete Konfigure tool!
https://codeberg.org/randysimons/komplete-konfigure

Allows automatic configuration and connecting of the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A-series MIDI controllers on Linux.

Version 2 is a rewrite from Python to #Go. That was a good decision: I have much more fun developing using statically, strong-typed languages like Go over dynamically "yeah whatever"-typed languages like Python.

@chrastecky (and yes, it's the 32-bit version, even though the kernel is 64-bit)

@chrastecky Thanks! Installed via Storeman, and runs fine :)

@chrastecky Thanks! I've been looking into Go lately, as alternative for Python for my projects, so this might come in handy at some point!

The XA2 still uses 32-bit userland on SailfishOS, so a 32-bit version would still be relevant. Is it easy to add it as well on OpenRepos?

@forgejo I wanted to comment on an issue on a repository on code.forgejo.org. But trying to sign in with my @Codeberg account presented me with this "will be able to access and write to everything" authorization popup. That seems a bit... overly broad?

RE: https://floss.social/@forgejo/115650946297108144

@bert_hubert

> The Dutch government has expressed interest in using Forgejo for its national code platform. Currently, they rely on GitHub, but they are looking for alternatives for storing, collaborating and building government code.

That is great news! At least *some* part of the Dutch government is looking to wean off Microsoft.

To be fair, the EULA seems to be related with an update for this game released in March, which does bring fixes and some new features. But why that warrants a new EULA, and if / how that affects me, is unclear.

I wanted to replay Control Ultimate Edition, an offline game, which I purchased(!) and played last year via #steam.

But now I *must* accept a new EULA before I can continue! What kind of Darth Vader BS is this?!

I did not accept it, and asked Steam support about this. And if I can get a refund if I choose not to accept it. We'll see.

But the consequence is that right now I can't play the game I BOUGHT.

This kind of shit made me cancel the streaming services I was paying for.

Bad: hardware companies ignoring #Linux. Good: it's Linux, so much easier to do it yourself.

In this case a Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61 MIDI keyboard. While it works fine as generic MIDI keyboard, configuring the knob and pedal controllers is a Windows and MacOS only thing. 🫤

Someone reverse engineered the SysEx messages to configure the thing, and that was enough to get me going. Now it auto-configures a special template for my #refacedx synth, and others.

https://codeberg.org/randysimons/komplete-konfigure

@tuxedocomputers From your site: "A container like Docker only virtualizes the application and its dependencies, sharing the host OS." That's not correct. A container does not virtualize, it merely separates.

And to run WinBoat, it still uses actual virtualization, as per their site: "Windows runs as a VM inside a Docker container".

Not criticism against virtualization or WinBoat or anything, just pointing out an error in your explanation!

@bert_hubert Da's wel érg spartaans, zelfs zonder de eventuele foto.

Overigens, het is goed zoeken, maar de NOS heeft RSS feeds: https://nos.nl/feeds. Dat is precies wat NedNieuws voor SailfishOS gebruikt. Direct een nieuwsoverzicht, mét foto en meer rubrieken.

https://openrepos.net/content/ade/nednieuws

@gmc Should it be specifically a 8220? Perhaps any MSX2 will do? Like VG-8235, NMS-8245/8250/8255/8280. The latter have a more common amount of 128KiB RAM and double sided disk drive as well.

But with some modern expansions the RAM and diskdrive support might not be that relevant anymore.

Several other brands, like Sony, also had MSX2 computers, common in at least the Netherlands.