My friend has deployed Phorge for himself and appears to be happy with it.

With all the recent fixes and features, Photon is now my default lemmy client :]

Thanks to @Xylight for starting this project and being so responsive on GitHub (I’m @pbui).

Hmm, sorry fixed now. I’m using a new lemmy client… which apparently is still a bit buggy :|

It’s unfortunate, but the reality is that many of the proprietary services are… free, convenient, and where the people are.

Most projects do not have a lot of funding, so it makes sense to use low cost platforms with the least amount of friction. I think most developers are aware of the risks and trade-offs, but make a pragmatic decision to use these proprietary services b/c the benefits for them outweigh the costs.

Nothing specific in mind, just wanted to get a general sense of how the work is progressing. Thanks for sharing your experience!

COSMIC is looking great! Do you have any comments about the state of the widgets and how those are working?

According to @soller@lemmy.world, they are still evaluating different CPUs… it’s just that Intel provides information publically and so they can release it under the GPLv3 right now:

https://fosstodon.org/@soller/110701645325067411