I remember a time where #foss was synonym of openness and interoperability. This is less the case these days. #systemd gobs up every functionality it can. You could run @kde with another window manager, not anymore. #wayland requires WMs to be compositors. Not saying things were necessarily better before, but it's not an evolution I am happy with... 🤷♂️
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Imagine if more of our so-called #FOSS "leaders" had the backbone to stand up and lead like this.
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #noAI
“I am proud to say that as part of our new union contract, Current Affairs recently adopted one of the strictest anti-AI policies in the publishing industry. No text that is AI-generated may be published in our magazine. No AI-generated art may be used as a Current Affairs illustration. When you read Current Affairs, you are going to be reading the thoughts of a human, and seeing the results of human artistry.”“Why We’re Banning AI”
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Why We’re Banning AI
We urgently need to protect human thought and creativity. Our magazine is committing itself to remaining handmade. Ensure every publication you support does the same.Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs)
Yesterday, as I sat here, using a laptop running on Free software written and maintained by volunteers, to connect, by means of a secure tunnel formed by Free software written and maintained by volunteers, to multiple servers, all running Free software written and maintained by volunteers, to apply patches prepared urgently by volunteers to resolve security vulnerabilities, I felt *incredibly* grateful for every single one of those volunteers, who makes the fact that I could do *any* of this possible.
Thank you, genuinely.
OpenBSD Developers Reject Uutils Coreutils — uutils, a Rust-based open-source coreutils reimplementation, was rejected by OpenBSD over GPL licensing and compatibility conflicts with their BSD distribution.
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#FOSS
OpenBSD Developers Reject uutils Coreutils Port Over Licensing and Compatibility Concerns
A proposed port of the Rust-based uutils coreutils reimplementation sparked heated debate on the OpenBSD mailing list, with project founder Theo de Raadt and senior developers rejecting it as unnecessary duplication that introduces behavioral incompa…Marta Kowalska (LavX News)
Did I already rant, that I can't believe, that all 'asciifiy' algorithms. Just change ö->o, ä->a, ü->u and we all have to just live with that in Germany. This is the wrong replacement. ö->oe, ä->ae, ü->ue is true. I recently had to work with it for reasons and it drives me mad. Not even the big romanification libraries that handle Chinese, Japanese etc. Do it correctly and now it like that for 30-50 years and nobody can be bothered to fix it. For my own apps I always do a first pass now. #foss
Nice work Switzerland! 👏👏
European governments are starting to support alternative mobile app stores, such as @fdroidorg , for their government-built apps.
Next up, government issued (fair)phones for civil servants that come with an open OS and open app store? 🚀
parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/su…
#digitalsovereignty #opensource #foss #mobile #fdroid #eupolicy #switzerland
#Fread 1.10.0 版本已经发布，以下是更新日志：
- 新增 AI 翻译
- Feeds 流支持加载缩略图
- 优化沉浸式浏览体验
- 优化 AI 设置
- 修复一些已知问题
#Mastodon #fediverse #Opensource
#RSS #FOSS #Freesoftware
github.com/0xZhangKe/Fread/rel…
Release 1.10.0 · 0xZhangKe/Fread
What's Changed New Features Added AI-powered translation for Mastodon and Bluesky posts, RSS feeds, and full RSS articles. Added translation settings for configuring AI-powered translation. Impro...GitHub
"But here I am, with [this arsenal of smallpox and nerve gas] for the past [century]. I’m not comfortable with it, but the utility is just too great for me to take a principled stance here. I like it, and I want it, so I’m using it. Maybe that’s morally questionable, or worse. But, as I said: here I am."
We're at the stage of cultural decline where we just publicly announce our amorality.
I want to denounce him, ridicule him, but who has the rhetorical powers to execrate this individual more than he has just willingly done to himself?
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Made a blog post sharing useful settings for making pixel art in Krita.
pixelglade.net.au/blog/posts/2…
#pixelart #ドット絵 #krita #FOSS #linux #illustration #indieweb #blog #blogging #smallweb #rss
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I have replaced Xlibre on Devuan, and I had an impressive performance boost! Luanti is working at par of Freebsd port, still with some gap in some circumstances.
I used X11 also on FreeBSD and luanti, and the gap I think is tackled on the Kernel. I should put Xlibre also on Freebsd and check how performs.
Also finally I don't perceive microstruttering anymore.
Xlibre is not hot air, no matter what have you heard.
#linux #freebsd #luanti #pcgaming #minecraft #FOSS #videogame #videogames #xlibre
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All Modern Digital Infrastructure
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My current desktop.
Devuan GNU/Linux 6, OpenRC, XLibre and XFCE4. Nothing particularly modern or flashy, but stable, light and made to my liking.
#Linux #Devuan #OpenRC #Xlibre #XFCE #FOSS #OpenSource #DesktopScreenshot #FreeSoftware #Screenshots
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Subject: Lightweight FOSS web browser
There aren't many realistic FOSS alternatives to the Firefox and Chromium families of web browsers. Most actively developed #FOSS browsers are forks or spoons of one or the other. The exceptions, such as Ladybird and WebKitGTK MiniBrowser, typically aren't far along in development [e.g. Ladybird] or are limited in scope [e.g. MiniBrowser].
However, I compiled and tested a lightweight #Qt6 #browser named #Dooble today and I'm pleased to report that it works well for general browsing. As one test, this post is being made using Dooble.
The primary limitation that I've noticed is that most videos won't play. In general, the browser is usable even on modern and/or high-JavaScript sites such as LinkedIn and Google News.
Dooble doesn't support uBlock Origin, but it does support domain-level blocklists in AdGuard format. Other features include tabs, cookie management, search suggestions, #Gopher support, custom search engines, CSS and JavaScript injection, low dependencies [aside from Qt6], and multiple security measures. The GitHub link for the browser is:
github.com/textbrowser/dooble.…
GitHub - textbrowser/dooble: Dooble is a scientific browser. Minimal, cute, unusually stable, and available almost everyware. Completed?
Dooble is a scientific browser. Minimal, cute, unusually stable, and available almost everyware. Completed? - textbrowser/doobleGitHub
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FediSuite: Alle Fediverse-Accounts im Griff
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#adminforge #FediSuite #Fediverse #foss
FediSuite: Alle Fediverse-Accounts im Griff - adminForge
FediSuite ist eine kostenlose Open-Source-Plattform zum Planen von Beiträgen, automatischen Aufteilen langer Posts in Threads, Verwalten vondominion (adminForge)