Viber is something which I have not tried recently but offline chat backups.
Yes, this is about viable WhatsApp replacement for me and my friends.
Messaging app that stores downloaded media in user accessible place?
Most of the messaging apps are "secure" hence save their data, downloads in locked space. They do allow one to save a particular image or file anywhere but it is a manual process not practical if I want to access all images I received in the last 5 years.
WhatsApp has been good for me in this regard because it saves them in a user accessible directory. But recently WhatsApp has made it impossible to use offline as backup because it refuses to read from it in a new phone. Only Google Drive backup is allowed.
Is there any other app which allows storage in a user accessible location?
[Distro] How to access all packages in Fedora KDE?
Fedora KDE version does not seem to have all packages available through Discover.
How can I see all software from Fedora repos?
Thanks, I may try it sometime. I have a Neon installation in one of my partitions already.
KDE Neon ISO but set up already for development?
I am just a regular Linux user with a bit of additional interest in customizing. I can install things from the store, change settings in the GUI comfortably etc.
Occassionally there are things I am looking for are not available already but could be with few simple tweaks. For eg. right now I am looking for an analog clock widget different from the standard one already available. I need to reduce its size and/or change its background.
I believe this could be done by changing the clock source and building a new clock.
Currently I am not knowledgeable enough to do that and also with insufficient free time to learn everything. I would try if there is a standard pre-built ISO configured to this need with all tools pre-installed.
Is there such an option available?
It was just a thought for organising menu options. On second thoughts I realise it was not much.
Only thing I can think of right now is that creating communities and also adding instances should be more easily findable.
I was looking for it in this sequence: Create reply -> Create post -> Create community.
I did not even think that creating community could be admin level. Anyway I am on Lemmy World so it will not be an issue for me. Thank you.
Location of it could be in the right menu for Profile as you said.
And this is giving me another thought. Is it a good flow if the locations are based on flow of information eg. Voting on a post, Replying to a post, creating a post, creating a community are all information outflow activities. Subscribing to a community, adding an instance are all information inflow activities.
How to create a community with Raccoon?
I am looking to create a new community but am not able to figure out how.
I feel like your ideas are on point. Please continue.
Have you checked the official website of WhatsApp? You can only restore local backups if you are on older Android versions. On newer Androids it is only Google backup.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/6181521285295518/?helpref=hc_fnav&cms_platform=android Nowhere will you find reference to local backup other than this. And my experience confirms it.
You might have succeeded because you and I might have been part of A/B testing but this is going to be the future.
I think they do create a local backup for uploading to Google but do not restore from local backup.
No it does not do it now. Only option is cloud restore. I have done it last week.
Volume Control (Simple volume control application without unnecessary features) https://f-droid.org/packages/com.punksta.apps.volumecontrol/
How did you use it? They no longer allow restoring from local backup AFAIK?
In my case it is just for the present session. At least let me play Solitaire while the updates are running. And I always shutdown at the end of my day or end of updates hence uptime is not an issue for me.
Are offline updates going to be the future?
I use PCLinuxOS as my primary Linux OS. They are a bit conservative to adapt new updates until they are sure of stability because of rolling nature. KDE is still at 5 there. Heard about Neon and wanted to try KDE 6. I find that they have adopted Windows style approach to updates where we need to reboot to apply the updates and we cannot do anything on the system while the updates are processing. Recently managed to install Fedora because I heard that their EFI is secured or something and can survive clobbering by Windows updates in a dual boot setup. But they also seem to have gone with offline updates.
Are offline updates necessary due to them using SystemD or is the Linux world in general moving in this direction?
[Bug] Share as file not working for images
I am not getting anything on selecting share as file for images. If I select download, it just says operation completed successfully but I don't know where it went actually.
1.12-xxxxxpre version of Raccoon.
Why do I lose my Linux entries from UEFI boot?
I dual boot Windows 10 and Linux. Whnever Windows freezes or boot gets interrupted etc. I lose access to Linux because UEFI offers only Windows as boot options. On checking EFI partition still has rEFInd and PCLinuxOS entries needed.
I wonder why it cannot see them?
Ah, more money!
I believe it is still better due to raw material availability?
Open them elsewhere is also true for text files I guess.
Compared to this what is the advantage of binary form? I thought log files being text was a no brainer.
Is journald still binary? That alone made me turn away. I am using PCLinuxOS hence am systemd free. Stopped reading up on it.
Strangely sparse clock widget choices
In the KDE store I find only one analog clock widget with day or night colour theme choices. There is one other strange steampunk or something such clock design.
Is it very difficult to design such widgets or nobody uses an analog clock?
Can I without knowledge of programming take the existing clock (called Community Design) and modify it easily? If yes, what is the method?
FEATURE REQUEST - Image share enhancement
Presently when we open an image we get 2 options at the top. Either download or share. Share produces a link to share the image.
Can we have options to (a) share the link (b) share the image itself (c) share both? I am not sure if the last one is even possible!
The Impossible Heir [E01-06]
This is the most idiotic show I have watched in recent times. There is no flow, things happen randomly, horrible characters.
Dark mode comment chain clarity
In the dark mode comment chain indentation is not quickly obvious. Can you please either increase indentation or make the left comment marker lighter?
Edit: Fixed by the dev with an option in settings to change comment bar width.
Bulk delete SMS matching search string
I am looking for a way to delete 1000s of SMS from my service provider pertaining to calls with zero charge. However there will also be some important messages from the same sender. So I cannot delete the whole conversation.
The best option I have seen so far is SMS Organiser but it limits me to only 25 messages at a time.
Is there any other SMS app that can let me do this in one go?
Clicking YouTube links in WhatsApp opens in strange minimised player mode
Earlier it used to be thus for random links but almost any YouTube link in WhatsApp if clicked leads to the playback happening in a small minimised window at the bottom with the main window almost blank under it. I can pull the video up to the top where it will play in portrait mode but won't rotate to landscape. No comment section seen. !YouTube links open in minimised fashion
