Their Matrix chat is very active regarding development and other things. Builds are available on a regular basis. Not sure why you insist on calling it dead if you don’t know or care to know anything. So it doesn’t support your watch, it’s dead? Yet it supports mine, so it’s alive and kicking. ¯_(⊙ʖ⊙)/¯
I have/had a bunch of these books. Some got lost but I have the electronic versions of them.
This is one other book I fondly remember. UNIX For Application Developers. From 1991 I think. I vaguely remember a statement in the intro along the lines of Windows being user friendly but UNiX being expert friendly. :-)
Couldn’t find a better image.
Way back when DOSLinux existed the dev provided a Midnight Commander with a fully loaded F2 menu as well as setup associations. Could literally do almost anything and everything from within the file manager. I later moved the configs over to Slackware and pretty much lived in MC to get things done. At some point the MC code reduced the number of entries in the F2 menu so I would have to rebuild it to remove the limitation.
No longer use it like that today but MC is used constantly for file management locally and remotely (mostly to a Kodi box).
Using OFMs (Norton/Volkov/Midnight Commanders and FAR) has always been easier and faster to use than Explorer-style GUI FMs for me.
Any idea how old that article is? Couldn’t find a date but the mention of Windows 7 tells me it’s not recent.
I still have my netscape.net address (AOL) and all the others (Yahoo, MS Live, Outlook). Also a second GMail address that was created/converted when TheBat service shutdown.
I use Thexyz and Purely Mail for normal use though.
What ROM and what method did you use to install it?
On my ROMs/devices the zip from the link I posted never worked. Since all of my ROMs (custom, not OEM stock) are rooted I just manually placed the overlay apk where it needed to be (usually /vendor/overlay/ and permission set to 644) and then installed Mulch WebView. Reboot for good measure and it was available under Developer Options.
If not rooted then I figure the adb method should work.
The aforementioned Open WebView magisk module, which I’ve used in the past for Bromite, fails to install currently.
If you are rooted with Magisk then you can install an alternate webview. As mentioned the Bromite webview is stalled. Mulch webview (from DivestOS) is regularly updated and has been added to Open WebView module.
I use Mulch SystemWebView Overlay on my ROMs. It is a straight flashable zip but with alternate ways of installing if it does not work (like via adb). A Magisk module is also available. I use Mulch webview on all ROMs including Oreo. I do not run OEM stock so no comments/ideas on that front.
Once the webview is installed and visible it can be updated regularly using your preferred F-Droid client with Divest OS repo added.
Just for tinkering so far. I have a habit of tossing the devices aside for long periods of time when an OS breaks badly. 😁
Technically SailfishOS handles most of the requirements to make the device a daily-driver-in-training. All but one of my Android devices are VoIP now. Getting away from carrier-based stuff (and saving money).
At the moment there isn’t really anything usable on the mobile linux side (SIP, calls via XMPP - I have JMP.chat numbers) that I am aware of. On SFOS that is. Though I can use movim via browser.
Guess it is time I took the devices seriously and try to use them more regularly.
Have the PinePhone and PP Pro. Partial to SailfishOS on both. It has the most smartphone feel if you will. Like with most the camera is pretty much a no go but I rarely use them anyway.
I ditched my carriers about a year or so ago. Ported two numbers over to JMP.chat and all has been good. Contacts integration and using the standard Phone to make calls works well. Agreed, too, the support is great. Nice bunch of folks.
There’s a few guides or articles that might be helpful.
How to Replace Your Carrier on Android Using These Fully Open-Source Tools
Set up your Internet Phone Number (JMP.chat) with Cheogram
Dialer integration is possible using the Cheogram client but the monocles chat client is now based on Cheogram & Conversations so one could use that also. It might have a few extra options/features.