cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/655313

The New DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies. DSL 2024 also has many text-based applications that make it handy to use in a term window or TTY.

The new goal of DSL is to pack as much usable desktop distribution into an image small enough to fit on a single CD, or a hard limit of 700MB. This project is meant to service older computers and have them continue to be useful far into the future. Such a notion sits well with my values. I think of this project as my way of keeping otherwise usable hardware out of landfills.

As with most things in the GNU/Linux community, this project continues to stand on the shoulders of giants. I am just one guy without a CS degree, so for now, this project is based on antiX 23 i386. AntiX is a fantastic distribution that I think shares much of the same spirit as the original DSL project. AntiX shares pedigree with MEPIS and also leans heavily on the geniuses at Debian. So, this project stands on the shoulders of giants. In other words, DSL 2024 is a humble little project!

I came across an NPR Article this morning discussing malware believed to have been installed by China on many small office / home routers across the United States.

National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. alluded to the fact that the US does the exact same thing by advising The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party to "continu[e] operating with confidence, not yielding the initiative, not merely staying on the defensive, but being as strong as the United States has always been"

The vulnerability that was exploited was "outdated Cisco or NetGear devices that were no longer subject to software updates." These vulnerabilities were present because proprietary equipment and software was no-longer being maintained. This is far less likely to have occurred with routers using FLOSS, like OpenWRT. Such routers regularly receive updates for many years after the original equipment manufacturer has stopped supporting them.

Only with FLOSS hardware, software, and shared standards can nation states have digital sovereignty, compatibility, and security. If all sides are using the same FLOSS standards, then they can host their own services without dependence on a foreign tech sector, they can maintain international compatibility, and any vulnerabilities affect all parties equally. Therefore, it is in the best interest of each party to contribute fixes which ensure their own infrastructure is secure, and simultaneously provide security & functionality to each other party.

I made this bot so that users who want to provide a quick summary of the wikipedia article they linked to in their comment can do so just by including a mention of the bot in their comment, and the bot will reply to the comment with the summary.

Currently multiple wikipedia links are not supported.

bot: https://lemmy.world/u/wikibot

I created this bot so people that want to get a summary of the wikipedia article link they have in their comment can just mention the bot and the bot will respond to the comment with the summary of the wikipedia article. (the mention should be in the same comment as the wikipedia article link).

Currently multiple wikipedia links are not supported.

bot: https://lemmy.world/u/wikibot

I spent a decent amount of time making a nice web application to wrap up the functionalities of yt-dlp, makes it really easy to follow content through Jellyfin!

Have a look if you have the chance, I think people could make good use of it: https://github.com/MattMckenzy/ToothPick

cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/kde/statuses/111850874267897737

Plasma 6 RC2 is now out! Ask Us Anything about this release and the upcoming Megarelease in general TODAY, Jan. 31, on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm UTC

This is the final test release before KDE publishes Plasma 6.0, Gear 24.02, Frameworks 6 on February 28.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/

If you would like to find out more, developers of all these things will be answering questions _today_, Jan 31, live on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm. Join us!

https://reddit.com/r/kde
https://lemmy.kde.social/c/kde

@[email protected]
#Plasma6

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11289587

This is the first version of LibreOffice to use Calendar Versioning, and it also comes with numerous updates and changes. See the blog post for details.

Gostei muito do que vi no @opensource #KDE porem devido o costume com pacotes .deb acho que me darei melhor em uma distro baseada no @debian

I've looked under my bed, in our pantry,and even went under the deck, nothing. Please help me find a FOSS android keyboard in which I can have the numbers to the right of the keyboard, like a computer keyboard keypad, even better if it has gifs.. The only android keyboard I know about that has that option is Swiftkey. Being a Microsoft app, you can understand why I'm not willing to use it anymore. AnySoftKeyboard and Florisboard don't have the option,at least I could not find it.

I'd like to play around a bit with an online shop. Nothing professional with proper requirements, just a hobby project. When googling for open source e-Commerce solutions, I can find the usual software. But I don't like open core models, and all the projects seem to want to make some money with an add-on marketplace. And most of the times the basic product seems very limited and they want you to extend it with proprietary extensions to get it usable in real-world scenarios.

Is there a project that does things differently? I mean for invoices I can choose between several platforms that won't push me to buy anything. I just can't find an online shop solution like that. My requirements would be something along: Sells products and keeps track of remaining stock, maybe sells services like online courses and software/pdf downloads. Can generate invoices and ties into payment providers. Maybe generates shipping labels. Isn't too bloated, a small, nice and clean hobby project will do. I'd like to avoid running a Wordpress/Drupal/Joomla underneath it if possible.

I get that companies have different requirements and commercial products are somewhat the obvious thing if you're doing commerce. But there has to be something aligned with the virtues of the free software community. Something I'd like to use to sell Tux stickers and power my Etsy shop with.

As in the title is there an app for the every 20min look at an object 20m away for 20s rule?

Cheers

Hello Lemmy,

invidtui is a TUI-based Invidious client, which can:

• Search for and browse videos, playlists and channels
• Play audio or video from any instance
• View, open, edit and save m3u8 playlists
• Download video/audio in any format
• Authenticate with the preferred instance, and show user feed, playlists and subscriptions

This release contains the following new features/fixes:

Dynamic theming

Themes can now be applied from theme files dynamically within the application as well as from command-line and configuration options.

A demo and instructions are posted here

Channel 'Releases' tab

A new 'releases' tab is added to the channel page, to show new content from channel authors.

Enhanced configuration handling

Configuration handling is now done in the most cross-platform way as possible.

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

It become open source just last week. Currently don't have Linux version but soon it will have. Linux Roadmap issue

Planned work for the 2024 release of Thunderbird.: https://developer.thunderbird.net/planning/roadmap

It's by the devloper of New Pipe x Sponsorblock which is no longer maintained.

I thought I would knock some dust off my drafting skills after a small chat with @captain_[email protected]

Seeing this image on the tutorial made me realize, FreeCAD seems to be a Technical Geometry Super-Suite. It makes sense that CAD would grow to include all of these things. But I thought sharing the initial perspective of some one who hasn't looked at this stuff in about 18 years might be interesting.

Granted I'm not actually familiar with most of this stuff, and none of it from the POV of FreeCAD. If this can deliver 10% of what I'm looking at, I'm in for a treat.

An android messaging app that sends everything as an image where the text is in a blue bubble. All images, baby.

currently using libreoffice draw.

Hi there, first I don't fully understand what is going on with RCS protocol.

Is it a new wallet garden for Google/Samsung/Apple or is it possibly a good move for secure and decentralized communication.

What do you think about this small test app and about the RCS protocol in general ? Is it worth to take a look ?

The official announcement was mentioned in Matrix's blog post:

Next release 0.4.2 should also be published on F-Droid with push support using UnifiedPush.

In other news, thanks to Joshua, NeoChat now supports push notifications based on UnifiedPush.

Interestingly, the Element X issue regarding implementing UnifiedPush, has not been updated, and there is no related merge request that I can find. NeoChat appears to have their changes buried in merge requests.

Hi guys, I'm a blackberry keyone user and I'm pretty much used to. Due it have only 3 gigs of ram I began to use Mini Desktop launcher, that goes only to 40 mb of consumption. My doubt is, there's another lightweight launcher outside the non distraction ones? (Olaunche, ulauncher, mlauncher...)