Hacker News: nechuchelo

New comment by nechuchelo in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

nechuchelo — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:33:42 +0000

> gnome-session-shepherd

Very nice, hope they can get it working.

> Has KDE committed not to hard-depend on systemd in the future? I would be glad to discover that.

I was reading somewhere some KDE developers were saying that while some of the components (like plasma-login-manager) might depend on systemd, the core Plasma will not. They're the only major DE remaining on FreeBSD after all.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

nechuchelo — Tue, 26 May 2026 11:58:50 +0000

Can it still? IIRC Guix still has GNOME 48 while GNOME said they'll be increasing they dependence on systemd after version 49 or 50[1]. I'd be happy if Guix can support future version as this seems like an end game distro for me, and I'm (slowly) looking into moving there but my understanding is I'd need to stay with KDE Plasma in the long-term.

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/1025560/

New comment by nechuchelo in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

nechuchelo — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:27:27 +0000

While I think systemd is a great init system (as well as some other components under the systemd umbrella), I really dislike when components up in the stack hard-depend on it. We can't use GNOME, plasma-login-manager, and soon Flatpak without systemd.

Maybe systemd should have been an API + a spec instead of an unportable implementation.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Apple unveils new accessibility features"

nechuchelo — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:44:44 +0000

Looks like some of the features might use on-device models. They mention subtitle generation works on-device.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Apple unveils new accessibility features"

nechuchelo — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:33:25 +0000

This looks like a genuinely useful application of LLMs.

I wish more companies focused on how they can help humans instead of replacing us or squeezing us as hard as possible in the name of productivity.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust"

nechuchelo — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:08:53 +0000

This should be the top comment in the whole thread. AI is not the point, the PR is just not of a good quality.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Ubuntu 26.04"

nechuchelo — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:43:30 +0000

Same on my Framework Desktop. Looks like it works only with a limited number of TPM chips for now.

New comment by nechuchelo in "MacBook Neo"

nechuchelo — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:52:48 +0000

For a someone looking to switch from a M-series MacBook to a Thinkpad, which one would you recommend? Preferably not of a diminished quality, so I can daily-drive Ubuntu without missing Apple.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Radicle 1.6.0 – Amaryllis"

nechuchelo — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:53:18 +0000

I’m wondering why most FOSS projects choose Codeberg which is another (although FOSS aligned) centralised forge instead of something like this.

New comment by nechuchelo in "The VPN panic is only getting started"

nechuchelo — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 05:11:27 +0000

My parents didn’t monitor what I was doing on the internet when I was growing up in 00s. I saw a lot of shit and wasted a lot of money on GPRS and WAP portals. I learned from my mistakes and I’m glad I did. I wouldn’t want to monitor everything my children do either.

New comment by nechuchelo in "This Month in Ladybird – October 2025"

nechuchelo — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:15:23 +0000

If they were happy with using an existing browser engine, they wouldn't be writing one from scratch

New comment by nechuchelo in "Safe C++ proposal is not being continued"

nechuchelo — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 06:35:51 +0000

I do want C++ to be a safer language, but I don't think inheriting the Rust safety model is the way to go. It is in a way revolutionary but has major downsides like inability to deal with cyclic data structures without clumpsy workarounds.

I don't want to play with a plastic sword, just put it in a sheath.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

nechuchelo — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:20 +0000

Glad I still have time to cancel my Pixel 10 preorder. Fuck google

New comment by nechuchelo in "How I code with AI on a budget/free"

nechuchelo — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 03:47:39 +0000

Yes, you can. IIRC both for the assistant/agent and code completions.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Everyone knows all the apps on your phone"

nechuchelo — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 08:04:14 +0000

I do and deny it access to contacts. Everything works fine.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Greg K-H: "Writing new code in Rust is a win for all of us""

nechuchelo — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 23:56:43 +0000

Nice to hear fuchsia is still being worked on. I was a bit concerned given there were no new changelogs published for half a year.

New comment by nechuchelo in "Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15"

nechuchelo — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:21:43 +0000

I was on by default for me, both after the macOS 14 -> 15 upgrade and after installing macOS 15 cleanly. I wonder if they ask for consent in some regions only.

"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us yet Again

nechuchelo — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 03:54:43 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet-again-2/

Hacker News: nechuchelo

New comment by nechuchelo in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Apple unveils new accessibility features"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Apple unveils new accessibility features"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Ubuntu 26.04"

New comment by nechuchelo in "MacBook Neo"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Radicle 1.6.0 – Amaryllis"

New comment by nechuchelo in "The VPN panic is only getting started"

New comment by nechuchelo in "This Month in Ladybird – October 2025"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Safe C++ proposal is not being continued"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

New comment by nechuchelo in "How I code with AI on a budget/free"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Everyone knows all the apps on your phone"

New comment by nechuchelo in "Greg K-H: "Writing new code in Rust is a win for all of us""

New comment by nechuchelo in "Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15"

"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us yet Again

New comment by nechuchelo in "NixOS: Declarative Builds and Deployments"