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  • Been using Tumbleweed as well. May I ask if you encountered these 2 issues:

    1. Copy 1Gb movie to flash drive, says it’s done in 10 seconds. Try to remove the flash drive, still in use. Turns out it’s actually still copying.
    2. Send some files, whatever the size, even 10Mb, to the trash and it takes a minute per file.

    Stumbled upon some github issues saying that it’s a longstanding problem (since 2009 even), but I can’t believe that people put up with it for so long without fixing it.

    I’m not even thinking of changing DE but this is annoying to say the least.






  • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.workstoPrivacy@lemmy.mlAny opinions about Filen?
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    17 days ago

    Here are my Filen testing notes from a couple of months ago. It’s a habit of mine so I don’t forget why I discarded some options.

    • It’s impossible to upload anything through the Win app. You can only set up sync folders where you need to place files. Through the web app, however, you can upload both folders and files.
    • The desktop app disappears as soon as you switch to another app, and you have to launch it again by clicking on the shortcut.
    • You can’t access data in the cloud via a virtual drive or anything similar.
    • In short, it’s unusable for my use case.

    Edit: Be aware that according to Matt@lemdro.id, the above issues have been rectified in the meantime, so you should give it a go before deciding.



  • Independently of the Mozilla team, yes.

    However, my understanding is that, if Thunderbird were to become hugely profitable, the Mozilla Foundation would benefit financially, though indirectly.

    The organizational structure:

    • Mozilla Foundation = parent organization
    • MZLA Technologies Corporation (which owns Thunderbird) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation
    • Mozilla Corporation (which produces Firefox) is also a subsidiary of the Foundation

    When Thunderbird moved to MZLA Technologies Corporation in January 2020, this was specifically done to allow Thunderbird to “collect revenue through partnerships and non-charitable donations”.

    As a wholly owned subsidiary, any profits generated by MZLA would ultimately flow back to its parent organization, the Mozilla Foundation.

    In the end, that revenue would probably go to all the smart investments we’ve seen the Mozilla Foundation make over the previous years. 🙄







  • My mentor at my first job was a mid-level dev 10 years younger than me. He was an all-around great and knowledgeable guy. When he’d get asked for an estimate on something without proper details in the ticket, he’d reply that a spike was needed before any kind of estimate, and that’s how it would usually proceed.

    Sometimes, however, the PM would insist on an immediate estimate. My mentor would then, without hesitation, reply: “8 points” (a full sprint in our company).

    “But why that long when you don’t know the details?”

    “Exactly. Give me a spike to find out, and then it could be less.”

    None of us other devs contradicted him, junior or senior, because we understood where he was coming from. Needless to say, I learned a lot from him including how not to kill myself so someone else could get a tap on the back.