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Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns

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      dobey @magnargj
      last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:11

      @magnargj said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

      protonmail bridge or similar, generic solution

      A webapp should work fine for that, and you can use Webber to make it a bookmark on your device. Their client app is also now open source, so it should be possible instead to create a proper application rather than using the odd bridge thing.

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        dobey @Keneda
        last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:14

        @keneda Well, nothing has hardware decoding working in browser. There is some fixes where hardware rendering of video can be done, on some devices, but I think it's not merged yet.

        Android devices do have accelerated decoding in mediaplayer app, though, through the hybris plug-in for gstreamer we use.

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          magnargj @dobey
          last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:15

          @dobey indeed, that is what I'm doing now. But getting those e-mails into dekko would be nice too. I saw someone had done this on mobian, but it was a bit too involved/complicated for me...

          I didn't know it was open, maybe we'll see an app eventually 👍😀

          Volla 22, Xiaomi Mi A2, Nexus5 (backup)

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            Keneda @dobey
            last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:23

            @dobey said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

            Well, nothing has hardware decoding working in browser.

            When you say nothing, you mean on PC too ?

            2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
            2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
            2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
            🇲🇫🇬🇧

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              dobey @Keneda
              last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:28

              @keneda Nothing in the context of running Ubuntu Touch on phones. I don't know if the ffmpeg stuff does hardware decoding on PCs or not, but I think probably it doesn't either.

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                Keneda @dobey
                last edited by Keneda 15 Jun 2021, 18:31

                @dobey said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

                Nothing in the context of running Ubuntu Touch on phones.

                OK that's clearer ^^

                I don't know if the ffmpeg stuff does hardware decoding on PCs or not, but I think probably it doesn't either.

                I imagine you talks here about GNU/Linux PC, because as i remember, on windows, GPU is used in webbrowsers (that's why i was confused by the "nothing").

                2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
                2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
                2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
                🇲🇫🇬🇧

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                  dobey @Keneda
                  last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:38

                  @keneda Well, yes, GPU is used in Linux by browsers too, at least for rendering acceleration. Using hardware decoding if available, in Linux, has always been trickier because it's not something drivers tend to provide, for example, and AFAIK GStreamer and other things don't have decent detection or handling of such things.

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                    Emphrath @dobey
                    last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 22:44

                    @dobey I have extensively used ffmpeg for livestreaming, and with the correct flags, you can force hardware decoding on some architectures, and it drastically decreases cpu usage

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                      Fuseteam @Moem
                      last edited by 18 Jun 2021, 05:35

                      @moem sure that can be done......by someone from the community 😛 most contributors have their hands full hehe. as said the source for the docs is on github; anyone can contribute more to the docs from there 😉 it's made out of mostly markdown files iirc so it shouldn't be too diffy to get into

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                        Moem @Fuseteam
                        last edited by 18 Jun 2021, 06:06

                        @fuseteam said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

                        @moem sure that can be done......by someone from the community 😛

                        No need to 😛 at me, that is exactly what I had in mind. The next time someone comes up and says 'I want to help, what can I do?' this is one of the things we can point them towards. It's nice because there is no coding experience needed.

                        Is currently using an Op5t
                        Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                          Fuseteam @Moem
                          last edited by 30 Jun 2021, 14:10

                          yeah definitely coding is once facet of the work that has to be done hehe

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                            cregox @dobey
                            last edited by 19 Aug 2021, 04:07

                            @dobey in portugal, MMS costs 30 cents.

                            not being able to use MMS is a bonus for me.

                            and pulsesms can do groups without MMS. 😘

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                              cregox @cregox
                              last edited by Lakotaubp 19 Aug 2021, 04:18

                              i wished all phones would run linux instead of f******google android.

                              and global 2g + 3g would be free, accessible everywhere. i don't need 4g or any higher.

                              phone calls and MMS should obviously be free as well, world wide. charge premium for voice quality, video, etc.

                              more to the topic, i wished that smartphones could be turned into "feature" phones, with:

                              • last longing battery
                              • an emergency physical button to call pre defined contacts, including cell tower emergency
                              • 12cm (4 inches) screen at most
                              • light and small enough that it wouldn't break when falling

                              i would keep a 23cm screen one as a backup phone + powerbank ultrabook with screen projection on the other pocket, with the exact same os, everything synced... but only because i work with tech.

                              everyone would have 2 phones.

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                                Lakotaubp @cregox
                                last edited by Lakotaubp 19 Aug 2021, 04:34

                                @cregox Please do not use swear words in your posts. We try and keep this a family friendly place for people of all ages and nationalities. I have taken the liberty to edit your post slightly. Thanks for your understanding.

                                Edit: Forgot to add this. We follow the Ubuntu code of conduct https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct

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                                  cregox @Lakotaubp
                                  last edited by 19 Aug 2021, 09:59

                                  @lakotaubp feel free.

                                  at the cost of our freedom... 🙃

                                  to me, a much better way to handle this is making lists of words per user. everyone can choose their own filters, and how to handle their sensitivity.

                                  and thanks for the friendly warning!

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                                    cregox @cregox
                                    last edited by 19 Aug 2021, 10:03

                                    @cregox in fact, perhaps it would be a great extension for ubports... filter words everywhere!

                                    i would certainly use it.

                                    replace google for g*****. 🤣

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                                      HobanWashburn
                                      last edited by HobanWashburn 9 Oct 2021, 17:27 10 Sept 2021, 17:10

                                      I'd like to see a different windowing system activated when docked so legacy applications will work natively in desktop mode.

                                      I'd like to have a full ports (on the app store) of these apps and utilities
                                      Nautilus or nemo
                                      Libreoffice
                                      Openoffice
                                      Retroarch
                                      Gens
                                      Pico-8
                                      Usbutlils
                                      Steam
                                      Wine
                                      Flash
                                      Java
                                      Anbox
                                      Compiz fusion or something similar
                                      Launch bar editor (to change size and location of the bar icons and text.) //this isnt android we want more customuzation capabilities.//

                                      I'd like someone to build a gui gps calibration wizard with manual location input.

                                      I'd like an app that delivers me a cold beer/coffee per button click with beer/coffee level indicator (this should be a built in feature)

                                      Long press for left click.

                                      Toggle switch for long press in browser to turn off edit fuctions (copy, paste, etc) this makes an issue of a menu displaying when using browser based games that require long presses.

                                      "if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak"-Jayne Cobb

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                                        thousandtopics @HobanWashburn
                                        last edited by 12 Sept 2021, 05:57

                                        @hobanwashburn gives 1 billion unicorn dollars Here, you're more than welcome to start.

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                                          magnargj @thousandtopics
                                          last edited by 16 Sept 2021, 17:47

                                          A nice feature I think, would be automatic toggling between silent mode and sound at specified times. Typically, it would be great if the phone went into silent mode when I start putting the kids to bed in the evening, and stayed silent until I got up in the morning, without having to remember to flip that switch every day! 😀

                                          Volla 22, Xiaomi Mi A2, Nexus5 (backup)

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                                            thousandtopics @magnargj
                                            last edited by 17 Sept 2021, 01:46

                                            @magnargj Turn off kids app, please

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