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heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•[yt-dlp or compatible] What are your favorite/best configuration tweaks?English
4·2 days agoIt doesn’t contain AI-generated code (unlike deno, Node, and bun); or at least, it didn’t the last time I checked.
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•[yt-dlp or compatible] What are your favorite/best configuration tweaks?English
7·2 days ago--cookies /path/to/cookies.txt --js-runtimes quickjs
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Linux@programming.dev•STOP OMARCHY - Boycott Tech's Far-Right BackersEnglish
3·2 days agoAlso check out Fashware and Weird Little Guys Of FOSS, on which the extended list was based.
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Linux@programming.dev•STOP OMARCHY - Boycott Tech's Far-Right BackersEnglish
1·2 days ago?
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Linux@programming.dev•STOP OMARCHY - Boycott Tech's Far-Right BackersEnglish
24·2 days ago- FUTO
- Louis Rossmann
- Richard M. Stallman
- Jacob Appelbaum
- suckless
Fuuuuuck…
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Audacity 4.0 is finally out!English
192·12 days agoAI bullshit, too.
The Tumblr post I got it from said it was a balloon that got loose…
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Linux@programming.dev•Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choiceEnglish
8·15 days agoI’m suggesting the BeOS successor.
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Linux@programming.dev•Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choiceEnglish
132·15 days agoHaiku, anyone?
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Wizards@lemmy.world•Recently lost my orb, my familiar is helping me find itEnglish
12·17 days agoGirl’s literally V=⁴/₃πr³
This is generally a bad idea unless you have a very specific threat model, as it makes your house stand out from the ones nearby, and may even then attract more unwanted attention.
See also: Streisand effect
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•PSA: Trilium Notes (FLOSS alternative to Obsidian) is now heavily AI coded with ClaudeEnglish
3·18 days agoI gave up on notes platforms like this a couple of years ago. I just have a bunch of well-sorted Markdown files that I edit with nano on desktop and Markor on mobile.
Mr. Hector (the concierge) in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
Updating my shit in Termux:
# update via apt wrapper pkg upgrade # update yt-dlp yt-dlp -U # update everything in ~/.src # (in this case, just ksh93) gr ~/.src cd ~/.src/ksh bin/package make bin/package install /data/data/com.termux/files/usr
Ah, yes. The OS with an innit system, UKUI (United Kingdom User Interface) or MATE (you wot mate‽), and british (bloody ridiculous interactive terminal input shell).
heliotrope@slrpnk.netto
Linux@programming.dev•What Software Do You Use? INCLUDING OPERATING SYSTEMEnglish
6·23 days agoI have several machines, a few of which I plan to reinstall sooner or later, so:
# System Distro: Devuan GNU+Linux, Void Linux, NetBSD, Alpine Linux (near future), Guix (near future) Init System: OpenRC, SysVinit, Shepherd (near future) Window Manager: cwm, Fluxbox, Xfce, river-classic (near future), *TBD* (near future) Shell: ksh93 Terminal: Alacritty, Sakura, foot, Xfce Terminal Terminal Multiplexer: dvtm Application Launcher: (WM builtin), rofi Notification: dunst, Xfce Notifier Compositor: Picom, XCompMgr, wlroots, Xfwm Panel: Polybar, fbpanel, Xfce Panel, *TBD* (near future) Audio: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS # The Web Web Browser: Tor Browser, Librewolf Chat: Discord, Signal VPN: IVPN # File Management File Browser: Midnight Commander, Nemo, PCManFM, Thunar File Sharing: Syncthing, netcat, (physical disks) Torrent: KTorrent, Deluge Git CLI: Game Of Trees, Git # File Creation/Modification Text Editor: nano Code Editor: nano LaTeX Editor: TeXStudio Image Editor: GIMP, GraphicsMagick Video Editor: OpenShot, ffmpeg, blind Audio Editor: Tenacity, KWave, ffmpeg Document Editor: OpenOffice, nano # File Viewing Music Player: qmmp Media Player: MPlayer Image Viewer: imv Document Viewer: Zathura # Utility Screenshotter: scrot, grim Video Recorder: SSR, wf-recorder Color Picker: gpick, GIMP, (custom script I keep losing) Default Apps: XDG Dotfile Manager: `cp -r ~/.* /path/to/disk` Network TUI: nano, nmtui, nyx Bluetooth TUI: bluetoothctl Volume TUI: pactl, alsamixer, mixerctl Disk Analyzer: Baobab Wallpaper: Nitrogen, swaybg Markdown Renderer: glow # Gaming Game Launcher: Steam, PrismLauncher # Productivity Flashcard: (physical cards)I also plan to run Haiku on one of my older machines, but I can’t write down its components (e.g. init system, audio server), as it’s more monolithic than NetBSD or GNU/Linux.
To transfer files using netcat, it’s:
# Replace 1337 with any port number you like nc -vl 1337 > file # On recipient nc -N 192.168.X.X 1337 < file # On senderOf course, things like compression and encryption need to be done beforehand; but one would hopefully use other means to transfer such files.

(InfoSec vs. PrivSec, perhaps?)
Depending on your drivers, you could give Guix a go. It’s not for everyone; but it’s decent, solid, and I used to run it on a 32-bit machine with 3GB of RAM.
If you do require nonfree drivers, there are guides to set it up using Nonguix; but I don’t know how well that works (I am yet to try it).













Actual GIMP splash screen from 2010:
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