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You can't execute a Flatpak bundle directly. You need to install it, then run it. Try:

  flatpak install --user Downloads/nyxt.flatpak
  flatpak run engineer.atlas.Nyxt


Why does Flatpak insist on being so unwieldy? Every time I see it being used, I can't help but think it just looks clunky compared to... basically every other option.


you have to install it from a repository before running it. much like a normal package on Linux. to me it makes sense. you can update all your packages at once this way


It was based on Telepathy https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/. None of the built-in backends for XMPP, SIP, Skype and cellular calls used libpurple. (A libpurple-based backend could be installed from the community app repo.)


I wish Telepathy got more popularity, it seemed to be a better architecture than Pidgin/libpurple with the protocol support in separate processes etc.


Well, me too, having spent the best part of half a decade working on it! But I broadly agree with Rob McQueen's assessment of how the architecture turned out to be fatally flawed. http://web.archive.org/web/20210427061305/https://mail.gnome...


The crashes I still experience in libpurple backends today still lead me to prefer the Telepathy architecture.


They are built by Flathub, just like the vanilla Chromium build on Flathub.

Here is the most recent build logs for x86_64 https://flathub.org/builds/#/builders/12/builds/8123 which I found from the GitHub green-tick status icon on the latest commit on https://github.com/flathub/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChrom....


Thanks


Flatpak's "document portal" is a FUSE filesystem.


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Endless develops Endless OS, a Debian-based operating system that brings a powerful desktop experience to all. Designed for emerging markets, where access to computers and the internet are limited, it combines ease of use with a wide variety of free, powerful software for learning, productivity and recreation, making it the perfect fit for families everywhere.

We don’t just ship a comprehensive set of standard desktop apps (web browsing, office productivity, media production, games etc), but also what we call “knowledge apps”, which provide offline guidance for all manner of areas including cooking, water sanitation, health, exercise, and more. It's easy to support and relatively resistant to malware because the base OS is released as a read-only atomic snapshot using OSTree with sandboxed applications distributed with Flatpak. https://ostree.readthedocs.io/ http://flatpak.org/

We're hiring in a few areas: design; distributed systems (the offline content pipeline); DevOps; Linux distro tooling; Linux kernel; QA; and more. The team is itself distributed around the globe; some of these roles are based in our San Francisco or Taiwan offices, while others are elsewhere or remote.


Phenomen Films | London, UK | ONSITE | Frontend / Full-Stack Developer

Phenomen Films is an independent film production company currently working on DAU, a film project conceived and directed by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy. Shot over several years in Russia and the Ukraine, DAU is now post-producing in London. The setting is 1938-1968 in the Soviet Union. We have 700 hours of material (all shot on 35mm) out of which we are making feature films, TV series and a slate of science and arts documentaries, as well as a multi-media project.

For the media project, we have been working on a web application to let viewers explore the raw, unedited footage (using time-based annotations compiled by a team of analysts) and interact in real-time with other viewers. The footage and annotations are stored using a slightly-customised instance of an open-source video archive platform, built with Django, PostgreSQL and friends.

We're looking for a frontend (or front-leaning full-stack) developer to focus on, well, the frontend: iterating on the current design, informed by user feedback, towards an immersive and intuitive navigation system. You'll need strong web frontend development skills (HTML, CSS, ES6). Some UX design experience would be very helpful. One or more of the following would be great, but not at all essential:

* Experience with Django and PostgreSQL (for the archive platform)

* Experience with search, multimedia, real-time communications, or recommendation systems

* Experience with data analysis in Python using pandas, scipy, and friends

* Some Linux sysadmin skills

* Strong opinions about any of the above

This could be a full-time or part-time position, depending on your situation and availability. Most, if not all, of the work will need to be carred out on-site.

Contact recruitment@phenomenfilms.com to apply for this position.


It might be interesting to take a look at PostgREST: a similar idea, though only for PostgreSQL. http://postgrest.com/


did a PR to update the readme, didn't notice that this was mysql/maria limited... had to read the package.json.

Thanks for the link to a similar option for PostgreSQL


This is using sequelize as ORM so it should work with PostgreSQL too. I just haven't configured it yet.


Does sequelize present PostgreSQL metadata the same way as MySQL?


According to their docs it should: http://docs.sequelizejs.com/en/latest/ I think it is only a matter of configuration and driver used. I did not have a chance to try it out with PostgreSQL though.


Are you thinking of Manatee? http://hackage.haskell.org/package/manatee


YEEESSS! Thank you. I tried searching on and off for a while now. I owe you more than an upvote!


Vault – https://getvau.lt/ – is basically the same idea, taken much further: it lets you control the character classes used in the generated password, and the command-line version can save per-site settings if you choose.


I second this. I have used this solution since I first saw it and it works perfect. The source is open so I can host my own version and it is all done in javascript. I think this is the most secure way do to this.


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