I almost succeeded to set my Librem 5 phone to work as UVC camera for the computer. Things you can almost do yourself on Linux phone are so much fun then propriety app that do them on android.
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10 Comments
squincybones@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 292d
Is this spam?
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org · 13 pts · 292d
I think it's just that Mastodon posts in Lemmy are weird.
Toots don't have titles so it just duplicates the content, and then you have a mess of @ and # tags that don't make sense in Lemmy.
Cross-ecosystem federation is cool but also leaves a lot to be desired.
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 4 pts · 291d
Probably because there is no separation between title and content. If this had been
The first line would've been taken as the title, just like in a commit message.
bhyoram@todon.eu · 0 pts · 292d
@squincybones How is interesting experiment on free HW and free SW phone a "spam" ?
squincybones@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 291d
Some others shared that this is likely a federated mastadon post and that the formatting doesn't get translated well. To me, this looks like a couple of short comments with links to 3 communities, but no specific content related to the comments. Here's a screenshot:
No offense intended.
rikudou@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 292d
Oh yeah, I love playing with Linux phones. I once created a container, installed Proton bridge in it and enjoyed having my mails in the native phone app.
bhyoram@todon.eu · 1 pts · 291d
@rikudou
Here is a successful result
https://todon.eu/@bhyoram/115516460207320433
rikudou@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 291d
Congrats!
Hammerheart@programming.dev · 1 pts · 291d
You 'almost' succeeded? So, it didn't work?
bhyoram@todon.eu · 3 pts · 291d
@Hammerheart at the time of writing that post I almost succeeded. Sometime after that I did succeed and shared screencast. I'm still improving it and considering writing a Rust applications for that.