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.
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
How do you like it next to htop?
Btop is kinda like htop but with the advantages that I mentioned
It def looks cooler, whatever that’s worth
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and suddenly I’ve found something new to install. Thank you for the screenshot!
That’s really neat, and in the Debian main repos.
Gnu Guix. By default Guix uses only free libre software, but there are ways to install it with a non-free kernal. Systemcrafters has a guide (this is what I used) as well as non-guix (guix repo for non free software).
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…
Never used nix but it’s goals are similar to guix. Worth checking out if you ever get extra hw.
A more private and secure messenger than WhatsApp, signal and telegram, like simplex
You could check out Wire, Session, and Threema etc.
Signal and Simplex are also pretty good.
Along similar lines, I’d say Snikket. I feel XMPP often has quite a bad reputation based on the user experience from 10 years ago, but it’s come such a long way and projects like Snikket make it very easy to get started.
https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/HEAD/docs/real-time-communication.md or https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-messaging might have information useful to you, or if they don’t but you find better solutions for your needs please let me know!
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That… Was what you asked for. Things you hadn’t heard of. Now you’re in the lucky 10,000.
Telegram just claims to be private, but they can’t prove it with technical means, instead they rely on the narrative that they are not data brokers. All the while they have strong connection with suspicious parties like the UAE, and from time to time publish weird announcements like the tucker carlson interview that is also said to have contained a far right dogwhistle
Telegram isn’t encrypted by default btw! If you want that, I’d recommend Matrix, Signal or WhatsApp (in that order imo)
Defintely agree here. Glad that Signal finally allowed users to stop connecting their phone numbers to their accounts but man, I wish there was something else.
Typst, Nix, Git, Blender
You think Git and Blender are unknown?
Being unknown was not a premise in the question.
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IPFS - An uncensorable distributed file sharing technology which is wonderful for file or site hosting
Uncensorable? Seriously doubt it.
Resilient to censoring? Believable.
Recently they officially added a module to censor stuff on an individual instance basis…
Lemmy
Never heard of it…
Rust
No one ever talks about Rust…
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.
Can I update Fedora without it breaking? Also… KDE? GNOME is a stable, polished and professional DE, none of which KDE is.
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?
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.
Do you just go around looking for KDE users to argue with?
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.
…So you do go around looking for KDE users to argue with. Sounds like fun.
If I were to do that, KDE would personally manifest physically and apologise for its existence. I do not do that yet.
ubuntu touch, its actually at a usable state
I kinda wanna try this, Google is messing up the android open source project to a point I don’t really want to tolerate
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
Good to know! I will have to wait
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.
Isn’t it common nowadays to use Unified with ntfy?
I tried ntfy, it is great
You’re welcome. It’s my main battery drainer, but ntfy is nothing against every messenger running in background all day.
Not common enough, when you look at the small list of apps that support it
But you get the most needed notifications, signal, matrix, telegram, nostr, mastodon.
Most of them, that’s fair. But I do see a distinct lack of email apps supporting it.
Vorta is a great program for backing up files. Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Open street maps
MusicBrainz Picard
Amazing music tagger and batch renamer, for those of us who still have all our music as files.
DietPi, for setting up an SBC (ie raspberry pi) with common server software. very good for a first-time self hoster like myself.
Can you share what most folks use DietPi for? I searched but found mostly only installation videos.
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
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.
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 :)
More people should code Csound. Doesn’t matter if you’re musically inclined or not. Just do it. Make weird noises. Have fun!
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.
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.
