CafeFrog
@CafeFrog@lemmy.cafe
Alt of ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
- Comment on Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment" 2 hours ago:
I’ve never used Instagram, so I wouldn’t know how it compares, but Movim looks like this, which is very Discord-like to me.
As I mentioned in my previous comment, the only thing missing from Movim is collections of rooms under a single group/channel, which the developer is actively working on.
- Comment on Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment" 4 hours ago:
Matrix because it seems like the most logical choice - largest platform that’s federated/decentralised and has end-to-end encryption.
Personally I’ve had consistent problems with messages not un-encrypting in Matrix, requiring frequent re-sending of messages. I’m also not a fan of how much Metadata is shared across the Matrix network even with encryption, nor am I fan of the group who developed and funded it, or the willingness of the Matrix/Element team to sell their services to law enforcement.
Movim has all of the same features as Matrix without those downsides, if you’d like to give that a try instead.
- Comment on Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment" 4 hours ago:
The fascist noose is tightening the world over thanks to proprietary big tech. We have to escape now while we can to open-source alternatives.
Currently the best (in my subjective opinion) self-hostable, encrypted and federated (like lemmy/piefed) alternative is Movim.
It offers 90% of the features of Discord, including group video calls, group texts, and even screensharing with audio (must use a Chromium based browser currently to share the audio). The only feature missing is discord-style rooms, which the dev is currently working on to release as fast as possible.
It doesn’t even require an email to create an account, and runs right in your browser, so it has an extremely low barrier to entry. Give it a try with a friend to see if it can meet your needs! :D
For a more complete guide to swapping proprietary apps for safe open-source ones, I suggest referring to this post: lemmy.cafe/post/18663514
- Comment on Discord's Disturbing Ties to Global Surveillance | ID Verification, Palantir, & Thiel 13 hours ago:
The fascist noose is tightening the world over thanks to proprietary big tech. We have to escape now while we can to open-source alternatives.
Currently the best self-hostable, private (encrypted) and federated (like lemmy/piefed) alternative is Movim.
It offers 90% of the features of Discord, including group video calls, group texts, and even screensharing with audio (must use a Chromium based browser currently to share the audio). The only feature missing is discord-style rooms, which the dev is currently working on to release as fast as possible.
For a more complete guide to swapping proprietary apps for safe open-source ones, I suggest referring to this post: lemmy.cafe/post/18663514
- Comment on FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like? 1 day ago:
And we could limp by with an XMPP room for chat and then a link to a Jitsi or Mumble or something when it’s time to do something. But there’s something tight about having the “just call” button right there, tied to the chat you’re already in, and in being able to see “huh Alice and Bob are playing GAME right now. I should pop in!”
XMPP can do actually that with the Movim client! It’s able to do group voice calls, group video calls, screensharing (now with audio as long as you’re using a chromium based browser), and even has a blog functionality built in :D
- Comment on 1 day ago:
As I said, the discord-style server/rooms are currently being worked on. After which, it should functionally be pretty much 1:1 with Discord. The only thing it’d be missing is the Forums feature, but instead it does have a pretty cool blog feature :)
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Movim does, and recently landed screen-sharing application audio too (must use a chromium based browser for now).
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Of all the discord clones, this one does look promising I must admit, especially since the dev has mentioned they’d be open to incorporating federation and some encryption abilities down the road. The GPL license is a good mark, and the dev seems pretty chill. Downside is that’s it’s still very rough and in more of a polished alpha state. The dev mentioned they’re about to release a major refactor of the codebase, which they hope will fix the sluggishness the server is experiencing after an influx of new users from the Discord dumpster fire.
Personally, I’d still suggest Movim over Fluxer at the moment.
Movim already has a proven, scalable back-end (XMPP), it’s already federated, already provides good encryption, has 90% feature parity with Discord such as Chats, group video calls, screen-sharing with audio (requires chromium browser to share audio for now), its made in the EU, and it’s ready right now, not some time in the future (if Discord users fleeing discord try Fluxer, they’d be likely to bail on it due to the current bugs and just go back to discord). The Movim developer is also currently working on adding in discord-like channels and rooms.
But that’s just my 2 cents. Fluxer is one to keep an eye on for the future, though.
- Comment on Slrpnk.net is down 1 day ago:
Pinging @Five@lemmy.cafe so you know we’re gathering here :)
- Comment on Lemmynsfw is down, possibly forever. The server is still serving images and videos though - if anyone wants to archive do it now! 1 day ago:
Isn’t that just another centralized reddit clone like Voat? The top/most active communities also aren’t promising… Right-libertarians and Ancaps 😒
Not sure how that would be better than just spooling up another lemmy/piefed instance that allows for NSFW. The big advantage of federation is that the rest of us can continue on even if some instances like LemmyNSFW falter, where as if you ever decided to shut down goatmatrix, that’s it, all of it is gone.
- Comment on Slrpnk.net is down 1 day ago:
Sometimes I try to force myself to imagine it’s just a friendly gang of frogs body-slamming some lily pads out in the garden pond, but the illusion is shattered when I realize even frogs need to sleep.
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 2 months ago:
I’m just working with Adobe maybe to my own detriment haha.
I’ve also not followed anything on the gaming side, I heard it’s way better than what it once was
It truly is! In some cases (with AMD cards) it can even out-perform windows. For the most part most games just work without tweaking thanks to Proton being integrated into Steam, but unfortunately competitive online games with anti-cheat can be a no-go if the devs haven’t enabled Linux support (still, even there we have some surprises, like Hunt Showdown enabling it).
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 2 months ago:
Davinci Resolve supports Linux natively nowadays, and the FOSS video editor Kdenlive is actually pretty impressive now as well.
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