Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

This week we finally started deploying 0.19 release candidates to lemmy.ml, as a final testing step before release. Unfortunately there are some nasty authentication which we have been attempting to debug all week, without success so far. So it will take some more time to fix this and other issues before publishing the final version.

@rasklyd made Lemmy releases for ARM64 platforms possible. @kroese did the same for lemmy-ui. This means that official releases from Lemmy 0.19 will work on devices such as Raspberry Pi.

@dessalines has been very busy attempting to fix the previously mentioned authentication bug. He also worked on other bug fixes and upgraded Jerboa for Lemmy 0.19.

@nutomic again fixed various problems that were introduced during 0.19 development, to get ready for the release.

@Sleeplessone1917 implemented the frontend for user settings import/export. He also started work on an overhaul of context menus.

Support development

@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    235 months ago

    I see there’s an instance blocking feature making its way into 0.19, nice.

    • m-p{3}
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      95 months ago

      That’s going to significantly shrink down the amount of communities I need to block.

  • @Shatur
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    105 months ago

    Thanks! I enjoy this platform.

    The only thing that is missing from Reddit for me is a mobile-friendly app for GNU/Linux (I used Headlines for Reddit). But browser version is so great, I use it from the phone with no issues.

    • Nix
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      5 months ago

      You could use the voyager web app and make it into a desktop app with a chromium based browser or one of those command line tools that turn websites in apps. https://vger.app

      Photon, alexandrite, and quiblr ui’s i think also work well this way

      • @Shatur
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        15 months ago

        Thanks! Web-version of Lemmy works okay, but maybe voyager web app will be a bit more convenient.

    • @velox_vulnus
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      25 months ago

      Hey, have you tried Lemoa? Personally, I don’t like the design and the UI/UX, but that could be something you might be interested in.

    • Metal Zealot
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      25 months ago

      Christ man, leave a comment or don’t, make up your mind

    • @Omega_Haxors
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      5 months ago

      For curiosity sake, have you contributed to the project?

      • Avid Amoeba
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        35 months ago

        They’ve contributed 3 comments to the Lemmy community!

        • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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          15 months ago

          I’ve always thought it was weird spending time doing things just to say you don’t like them. My mother-in-law does that.

          You think that a person would like not to waste their limited time on Earth.

        • @Omega_Haxors
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          15 months ago

          If you count all the ones they or mods have removed it’s actually a lot more.