• nickwitha_k (he/him)
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    61 year ago

    More of a couple of features. Python venv makes it much easier to work with third-party libraries. That said, the standard library is fantastic for everything from parsing json to subnetting to quick regex searches.

  • @[email protected]
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    231 year ago

    btop is a TUI (or TTY) resource monitor and management tool

    • Very intuitive and easy to use
    • Highly configurable
    • Supports mouse
    • Option to filter processes
    • Theming support
    • hungrybread [comrade/them]
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      51 year ago

      Woah, definitely need to check this out. I wanted to slap guix system on an old laptop but had issues with proprietary drivers, very curious to see what workarounds people have had luck with. Otoh I barely touch this computer, and NixOs is running fine on it…

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Never used nix but it’s goals are similar to guix. Worth checking out if you ever get extra hw.

    • aname
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      111 year ago

      IPFS - An uncensorable distributed file sharing technology which is wonderful for file or site hosting

      Uncensorable? Seriously doubt it.

      Resilient to censoring? Believable.

    • chirospasm
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      131 year ago

      Love me some Jitsi. The app, and website, make it easy to just start a secure, anonymous call with pals. No weird AI models running in the background like Teams or Zoom.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Can I update Fedora without it breaking? Also… KDE? GNOME is a stable, polished and professional DE, none of which KDE is.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        The fact that the company Valve went with KDE instead of GNOME for there popular linux device seems to indicate that it is at least stable. I could get some user testomonies on /c/Linux about KDE if you want?

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Valve went with KDE not because it is stable, but because user interface can be customised with it catering to gamers. GNOME is more rigid and stable. The exact same reason goes for Arch, quickest firmware and kernel updates to leverage maximum performance per watt and to buy maximum time for optimisation. Arch is not known for stability in the way Debian/Ubuntu LTS are known.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          No, I shit on their delusion when they claim KDE is the best and most stable DE. It is like saying the second to finish the race has finished first, which is illogical.

          • ElectricMachman
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            31 year ago

            …So you do go around looking for KDE users to argue with. Sounds like fun.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              If I were to do that, KDE would personally manifest physically and apologise for its existence. I do not do that yet.

  • Felix
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    151 year ago

    ubuntu touch, its actually at a usable state

    • Boomkop3
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      51 year ago

      I kinda wanna try this, Google is messing up the android open source project to a point I don’t really want to tolerate

      • Felix
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        31 year ago

        dont expect to daily drive it yet ive had an issue with random powering off and there isnt volte support yet which is required for carriers that have dropped 3g. VOLTE is coming though

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    211 year ago

    Universal UnifiedPush support so we can manage our own push notifications through something like NextPush on your Nextcloud. At that point I could completely remove Google Play Services from my phone without much trouble.

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    91 year ago

    MusicBrainz Picard

    Amazing music tagger and batch renamer, for those of us who still have all our music as files.

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    DietPi, for setting up an SBC (ie raspberry pi) with common server software. very good for a first-time self hoster like myself.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Can you share what most folks use DietPi for? I searched but found mostly only installation videos.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        TLDR it’s a Debian/Linux image that comes preconfigured for raspberry pis and other small single board computers.


        Firstly, it’s quite minimal for a “full featured” Linux distro, reducing RAM and CPU usage which are usually in high demand on SBCs. But it also doesn’t remove stuff that a typical linux user needs, so no weird configuration to get your regular suite of apps running.

        Secondly, it has a library of utilities for managing your computer from the command line. Such as common raspberry pi configuration, setting up and managing cron jobs, services, DDNS, VPNs, disks, etc.

        Thirdly, it has its own “repository” of applications, which are really just regular Debian packages but with extra scripts to configure said software for the typical user. Stuff like, installing and configuring a database, webserver, python, php are all done alongside your software setup, and it “just works”.


        It’s usually used for hosting services like Plex, Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and other utilities with minimal effort but it’s really just like any other Linux and you can do whatever you like to it.

        dietpi.com if you wanna read about it from the devs

    • 🐍🩶🐢
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      31 year ago

      I use this on all on my Pis. It just works. I like the text config file for headless installation and how you can even add scripts to run on install too.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Yeah it’s nice to have a “IaC-lite” setup for stuff. Could definitely do an involved install but for my use case its not too involved :)

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    More people should code Csound. Doesn’t matter if you’re musically inclined or not. Just do it. Make weird noises. Have fun!

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    31 year ago

    Collabora Office. It’s a free LibreOffice fork for iOS/iPadOs. I stumbled across it when I taught regular expressions to my pupils and only had MS Office at hand, on the school computers, which is crap at searching for pattern matches in documents. Libre Office is really good at that. And all my pupils have iPads and they could use Collabora Office.

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    111 year ago

    I am surprised that no one mentions this.

    Firefly III this is an amazing financial tracking and budgeting tool that literally saves me so much time and money, I even donate monthly since it’s so good and essential to me that I think it’s only fair that the developer gets something back.