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Yes, my first take on the documentation was the same - existing but hard to understand in first proof-read. As I implementing my own sync and token server I really often I was catching myself "hey, you don't have to look into Python code, they really wrote how it should work in docs", especially [0] and [1] pages. There are also few other websites owned by Mozilla, which are very outdated, so also misleading.

Ah, worth noting is about:sync extension [2] and logs stored in the profile directory, which may help you to investigate some issues that might come during development and maintenance.

> Has anyone had any positive experiences with self-hosting the Firefox Sync Server?

I am biased a bit, because I had one very negative experience related to token verification error, which costed me ~4 dollars, before I noticed and I had put service into downtime for some months. However, I am really happy about a whole project. Operational costa are is about few cents per month. It also helped me to write some tools I use on daily basis and preserve knowledge I have learned about serverless applications on AWS.

[0]: https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/latest/storage/ap...

[1]: https://mozilla.github.io/application-services/docs/sync/faq...

[2]: https://github.com/mhammond/aboutsync

Comment · 6 years ago

Could you expand what do you mean by "ChromiumOS vibe" (ELI5)? Do you look for a i3 inside GNOME Shell?

PaperWM[0] is an example of a tiled scrolling (window) manager based on GNOME SDK (Mutter) that runs in GNOME session.

[0]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

Comment · 6 years ago

> Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container to come back home with an empty bucket.

I have born in 90s, but I lived in a block from that era and remember how chute for trash was a nice idea - in winter time I haven't had to leave building to empty the trash bin.

Comment · 6 years ago

> I am still waiting for a Ubuntu Spin that attempts to do this.

You made me curious: what does mean _this_ in your comment? What do you like in ChromiumOS and would like to see in Ubuntu? What is in Ubuntu that you would like to have replaced with a ChromiumOS-like alternative?

Comment · 7 years ago

> Unfortunately, mail delivery is far, far harder than it should be.

However, we still receive spam e-mails to our inboxes.

Comment · 7 years ago

That's actually interesting, but there is some work already done in that area, but Gitea opposed to GitLab is not a company (nor group of $$-oriented people), but just a community-based effort, so I would not expect someone will invest in infrastructure and maintenance. However, it does not deny the fact they actually self-host the experimental/staging area[0] and time have been invested to migrate outside GitHub[1].

[0]: https://gitea.com/explore/repos

[1]: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/1029

Comment · 7 years ago

> This might even become standard for most documentations.

I hope not, because slow, meaningless animation makes me tired and something inside me wants escape that page. Also it affects scrolling, especially noticeable when I am scanning a text instead of reading - you might lose context (note how the presentation reacts on pressing "page-up" / "page-down"). Kindle and all e-reader hates animations[0][1] - any animations (they are just huge black holes for battery). IMHO any documentation SHOULD be able to printed out on paper and sorry - paper is not interactive.

However, I will warmly welcome some interaction in dedicated docs section but it would be great if it could be duplicated as a rich-text article.

[0]: Not saying about the reader mode in browsers (e.g. Firefox)

[1]: Please think also about people that are disabled or use VoiceOver/NarratorMode to be more productive / are just lazy to read text using their eyes :)

Comment · 7 years ago

I have Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox 70.0.1 and every switch/select-box/radio works fine - I can only complain on italics off|auto|on configuration, because it's a bit slow (it does not change immediately, ~2s). I'd try to look into Developer Console first to investigate if all JSes were loaded and they haven't returned any error.

Comment · 7 years ago

There are also TLSense routers[0], which include configurations with Intels i5 [1] or i7. They also claim 7-15W power usage, AES-NI support, microphone/headphones jacks, HDMI, RS-232 and room enough for 16GB of RAM, which is quite unusual in routers.

[0]: https://teklager.se/en/products/routers/

[1]: https://teklager.se/en/products/routers/tlsense-i5-4lan

Edit: I noticed those thanks to link on PCEngines site, which is quite also amazing, knowing a fact TekLager and PCEngines are direct competitors.