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screenfreeze / deskcon-desktop

Integrates your Smartphone in your Desktop
GNU General Public License v3.0
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according to the news the lead developer was found dead in his car #23

Closed RonnyPfannschmidt closed 4 years ago

Xylemon commented 9 years ago

What? I need some proof before believing this...

RonnyPfannschmidt commented 9 years ago

https://blaulichtreport-saarland.de/2014/11/vermisst-andreas-wilhelm-27-aus-schwalbach/

and according to his site http://screenfreeze.net/about/ hes ANdreas W. from schwalbach, and doing comp sci the town is rather small is the margin for error seems small, im not sure what to do

have you seen anything new from him after 09.11.?

Xylemon commented 9 years ago

I sent an email to "help@screenfreeze.net" but never got a reply. I figured it was just because the author was busy. I sure hope the author dying isn't the case here for the absence. Is there anyone who knew the author personally who could confirm whether he's alive or dead?

RonnyPfannschmidt commented 9 years ago

as far as i can tell on google maps the authors hometown is a very small one, im not as optimistic as you, and i wonder how to handle and how to work on things

RonnyPfannschmidt commented 9 years ago

due to data protection laws the local police wont tell me if its the same person, until this ticket is closed invalid i'll assume the worst happened

kennux commented 9 years ago

It is true, he died at the 9th November 2014. I have been working with him for the past half year and our company took over his website http://www.screenfreeze.net

Xylemon commented 9 years ago

@kennux This is very saddening news, my condolences. Thanks for the confirmation.

haraldkrischner commented 9 years ago

That's shocking and sad. :-/

csvan commented 9 years ago

Saw this though HN...very sad news indeed :( Condolences to his friends and family.

nash-ye commented 9 years ago

Condolences to his friends and family.

EvgeniiFrolov commented 9 years ago

Oh, that's bad.... So sorry to hear this...

RonnyPfannschmidt commented 9 years ago

@kennux thanks for the confirmation Condolences to his friends and family.

Also any idea how his projects will continue (i wanted to start working on deskcon)

EvgeniiFrolov commented 9 years ago

Condolences to his friends and family. What was the cause?

@RonnyPfannschmidt it would be great if anyone could continue this!

RonnyPfannschmidt commented 9 years ago

@EvgeniiFrolov i dont have the time take the project as lead im hoping someone is willing to step up

kennux commented 9 years ago

I think one of you should step up as a new lead developer, fork this repository and go on with development in the new repository.

tristan-k commented 9 years ago

I would really appreciate further development. There are similar projects coming http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/03/new-app-brings-android-notifications-to-the-gnome-desktop

topyli commented 9 years ago

While I'm glad there's a more "official" GNOME effort towards this, they really are nowhere near deskcon yet. Last I heard, the developers didn't even know deskcon and linconnect exist, or even kde's well established framework. But yeah, this should be core GNOME stuff.

LuccoJ commented 8 years ago

@topyli plus the fact that it seems to be Bluetooth-based is a bit of a deal-breaker. These apps are useful when the phone is away from the computer, like, more than Bluetooth-range away. That's why DeskCon and similar systems used Wi-Fi, not Bluetooth...

RonnyPfannschmidt commented 4 years ago

closing to get if off my plate on github