> I don't know what you mean by that. I am referring to https://web.whatsapp.com/
> I already tried pop-os Linux has come a long way! pop_os is pretty good for all the purposes OI can't fulfill yet! System76 is very friendly to open systems and source-code. > macos is my first Hope, you're aware how evil Apple is on the open-source side! On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM Andreas Wacknitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 17.08.25 um 01:12 schrieb Atiq Rahman: > > Hello Andreas, > > too complex (eg. signal, visual studio code) > both of these are electron based apps. We don't have an electron js > package on OI ? > > Electron is based on nodejs and chromium. We don't have chromium yet and > thus no electron. > We have only a small number of maintainers. Some people don't participate > regularly but only add one or more packages they want to have. That's > sometimes a problem because usually they need further maitainership because > of environment changes (eg. libraries they use got updated). > > > > or closed source (eg. whatsapp) > Does the web app linking work? On desktop I have always used that, way > more stable and less cranky than a native whatsapp desktop app. > > > I don't know what you mean by that. > > > while macos is my first > > Try a fantastic open-source OS like pop_os instead. Many folks are using > that one exactly for all those purposes. If you're using AI tools for > photos you probably don't need much fancy desktop photo editing apps > anymore. > > > I already tried pop-os but wasn't satisfied. I don't use the photo editing > apps for their AI tools only. I prefer to have full control and use AI > where it seems appropriate for me. Plus I need stability which only the mac > provides. When joining a video conference everything should work and to my > experience that's not the case with any Linux distribution I tried. > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM Andreas Wacknitz via oi-dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Am 16.08.25 um 11:21 schrieb Atiq Rahman: >> >> Hello Stephan, >> > now i just swap the boot discs. Its far easier.... additional boot disc >> (128-512 gb?) >> >> >> Are you using them on a desktop PC or on a server setup? For what >> purposes do you use OI? >> >> I am not Stephan but will nevertheless try to explain my setup. >> I see OpenIndiana as a workstation platform that can also be used as a >> server platform. >> (OmniOS is in my eyes the exact opposite: it's a server platform that can >> also be used as a workstation one.) >> Of course many things are still missing in OI due to lack of resources, >> some of them most probably will never appear on it because they are >> either far too complex (eg. signal, visual studio code) or closed source >> (eg. whatsapp). >> >> I use OI as my secondary operating system while macos is my first. This >> is due to the fact that I want or need to use some software that is not >> available on OI (eg. sophisticated photo editing, tax declaration, video >> conferecing, ...). Of course I use OI on my own home server, too. >> >> I have started to use mixed OS installations on single disks in the far >> past and stopped that when disks became affordable. The following time I >> have been using the multiple disk approach that Stephan mentioned. Partly I >> am still using that but I also have some old workstations (eg. Fujitsu >> W530) which are really cheap nowadays. >> This is my preferred approach today because I can install any OS I want >> to experiment with on them without hesitation. >> Usually all of them run OI, though. That's because I need test platforms >> for fundamental changes which have many implications on other packages. But >> I only need this because I am one of the OI maintainers. >> >> I already tried to explain in a previous reply why OI is my secondary OS. >> Everything else I tried (and I tried a lot) has drawbacks that make me >> prefer OI over them. One important reason is that as a maintainer I can >> change/influence what and how OI provides software easily. It is quite easy >> to become an OI maintainer (I know this for sure as I am in a position to >> add maintainers); I think it's almost as easy as becoming a maintainer of >> your own operating system. >> >> Furthermore, OI as a successor of OpenSolaris, has some mostly hidden >> features that can only be found by intensive use of OI. The typical distro >> hopper who always seeks for a better environment spending his/her time >> installing/collecting operating systems (or simply Linux distributions) >> won't be able to find because a couple of minutes is not enough to find and >> understand them. >> >> Andreas >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> Atiq >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM Stephan Althaus via oi-dev < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 8/16/25 07:50, Atiq Rahman wrote: >>> >>> > FreeBSD has switched around the terms “slice” and “partition”. They >>> are using “slice" for fdisk/mbr case and “partition” for everything else. >>> Thank you for sharing the fun fact! >>> >>> Hi all! >>> >>> Just to share my humble opinion.. >>> >>> Partitioning is a point where i had my 'problems', too. These slices >>> never really burnt in my mind, ('slice 2 is whole disc' - why no. 2??) >>> >>> Especially for new users without solarish bachground a tool that is >>> 'like fdisk' would be handy - i really don't like format and fdisk cause i >>> don't really know what they do :-/ >>> >>> On OI we have "parted", "gdisk" and "cgdisk" which are sort of this, for >>> 'modern' GPT disc labels. >>> That's really great. With UEFI working now flawlessly i don't need >>> anything else anymore. >>> >>> For me, i now use UFEI boot using whoe disc, in one case i did >>> pre-partinioning to create a pool that is smaller than whole disc for later >>> mirroing.., >>> and zfs pools with 'whole disc' devices. >>> >>> >>> ~10 years ago i battled with dual boot setups, now i just swap the boot >>> discs. Its far easier. >>> These some € more for additional boot disc (128-512 gb?) really free >>> spare time to create something more productive. >>> >>> >>> Just my 2 cents, >>> >>> Stephan >>> >> _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
