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14 votes
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Oil 0.8.pre4: The Biggest Shell Programs in the World
7 votes -
Recommend FLOSS games
I'd like to ask for recommendations for FLOSS (Free/Libre, Open-Source Software) games, playable on Linux or Android. I saw an old thread on this topic, but it's over a year old, so I thought it'd...
I'd like to ask for recommendations for FLOSS (Free/Libre, Open-Source Software) games, playable on Linux or Android. I saw an old thread on this topic, but it's over a year old, so I thought it'd be okay to ask this year. Genre-wise, I'm pretty open. RPG, adventure, FPS, RTS, TBS, 4x, puzzle, sidescroller, platformer, single-player, multi-player, online, offline... whatever. I would prefer not needing to have original (commercial) game assets.
Fine print: I do like a good FPS, but, having played commercial titles on PS3 and PS4, I've found that the FLOSS FPSes I've tried just don't hold a candle to them. Also, I prefer having a short TTK (think: hardcore mode, R6S, BFV), and every FLOSS FPS I've tried has had a long TTK.
I've already played:
Linux:
- Wesnoth
- 0 A.D.
- roguelikes (currently have an active character in Angband)
- Ur Quan Masters
- Minetest
- bzflag (long ago)
Android:
- SuperTuxKart
- Pixel Dungeon
- Andor's Trail
- Mindustry
- Pixel Wheels
- Vector Pinball
- Minetest
- Wesnoth
- HyperRogue
What I haven't played, but might check out:
- FreeOrion
- Endless Sky
- Glest, MegaGlest
- Warzone 2100
- Zero-K
- KeeperRL
- OpenRCT2
- Oolite
24 votes -
password, the typing game, has been updated
Play it now. Alternatively, visit the repo. password has been updated to v1.1: the game now starts after you press [Space] you gain points for victories (score is not saved between reloads) UI is...
Alternatively, visit the repo.
password
has been updated to v1.1:- the game now starts after you press
[Space]
- you gain points for victories (score is not saved between reloads)
- UI is a little nicer
v1.2 planned features:
- adjustable difficulty, via either or both of password length and time per round
- zen mode: longer rounds, no score tracking, calmer UI
- persistent personal high score you can compete against
I almost feel like this is not worth an update, but people have been curious and supportive of the game.
You can see all planned features in the issues section. Suggestions on gameplay and visuals are welcome.
EDIT: updated hosted version to not reset score on loss (only resets when you start over).
13 votes - the game now starts after you press
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password: a game about key presses and reaction time
A simple web game I made to combat depression. To play, go here. Warning: the game starts as soon as you enter the page. To view source, visit the GitHub repo. How to play: Press the keys you see...
A simple web game I made to combat depression.
To play, go here. Warning: the game starts as soon as you enter the page.
To view source, visit the GitHub repo.
How to play:
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Press the keys you see before yourself. The key turns green if it's been "solved".
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Once all keys are "solved", you start a new round automatically.
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If the timer runs out before all keys are "solved", the game is over. Press
[Space]
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There's no score. Play whenever and for as long as you like. Quit whenever you've had enough.
25 votes -
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Libravatar - A free and open source alternative to Gravatar
8 votes -
Lilliputian: A Mobile Client for Tiny Tiny RSS
17 votes -
The happinesses and stresses of full-time FOSS work
8 votes -
FreeBSD is an amazing operating system
19 votes -
Andrew Gallant (burntsushi, author of ripgrep) discusses his personal history and relationship with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
18 votes -
Anyone here running a Pleroma instance?
11 votes -
Redox OS: Real hardware breakthroughs, and focusing on rustc
14 votes -
Re-Licensing Sentry
24 votes -
Firefox to hide notification popups by default starting next year
22 votes -
The sad saga of Purism and the Librem 5 (Part 1)
19 votes -
Looking for advice on a CI / regression testing platform
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice regarding how to set up a basic CI regression / testing suite. This isn't my full time job, but a side project my group at work wants to spin up to... shall we...
Hi all,
I'm looking for some advice regarding how to set up a basic CI regression / testing suite. This isn't my full time job, but a side project my group at work wants to spin up to... shall we say, give us a more real time monitoring of functionality and performance regressions coming out of the underlying software stack development (long story).
As none of us are particularly automation experts, I was looking for some advice from my fellow Tilderinos. Please forgive me if any of the below is obvious and/or silly.
A few basic requirements I had in mind:
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Can handle different execution environments: essentially different versions of the software stack, both in docker form and (eventually) via lmod or some other module file approach (e.g., TCL), and sensible handling of a node list.
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Related to one, supports using the products of builds as execution environments. Ideally we'd like to have a build step compile the stack and install it to a NFS from which we can load it as a module.
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Simple to add tests. Again, this isn't our full time job -- we mostly want to add a quick bash script / makefile / source code or the like to the tests when we run into an issue and forgot about it.
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Related. We should be able to store the entire thing as a git repo. I have seen this to some extent with Travis, but my experience with Jenkins was... sub-par (is there a history? Changelog? Any way at all of backing up the test config?).
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Some sort of post-processing capabilities. At a glance we need to be able to see the top line performance numbers for 20-30 apps over the different build environment. Bonus points if there's a graph showing performance vs build version or the like, but honestly a CSV log file is good enough.
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Whatever CI software we get has to be able to run this locally. Lots of these are internal only numbers / codes. FOSS prefered.
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A webui for scheduling runs / visualizing results would be nice, but again this could be a bash script and none of us would bat an eye.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
7 votes -
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OpenBSD 6.6
10 votes -
In 2019, multiple open source companies have changed course and their licenses to try to protect their businesses—is it the right move?
10 votes -
First Librem 5 phone rolled out!
25 votes -
Epic Games supports Blender Foundation with $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant
32 votes -
Mobilizon reaches its funding goal with 10 days left
6 votes -
Introducing Matrix 1.0 and the Matrix.org Foundation
7 votes -
aerc: Email Client for the Terminal
17 votes -
South Korea's government will switch to Linux over cost concerns
9 votes -
/e/ (formerly eelo) started selling phones today
13 votes -
Librem announces Librem One
18 votes -
OpenBSD 6.5 Is Released!
11 votes -
Redox OS 0.5.0
14 votes -
Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~sixty markets
21 votes -
Announcing the release of sway 1.0
16 votes -
Why OpenBSD Rocks
16 votes -
Regarding EGLStreams support in KWin
6 votes -
Riot.im: The Big 1.0
32 votes -
Oil: Success With the Interactive Shell
9 votes -
sr.ht is now sourcehut
17 votes -
Switching from Linux to BSD: What do you miss?
There seems to be a trend lately of people switching over to BSD operating systems. Having read some blog posts on the matter and now given the recent system-d controversy, I'm genuinely curious...
There seems to be a trend lately of people switching over to BSD operating systems. Having read some blog posts on the matter and now given the recent system-d controversy, I'm genuinely curious to give FreeBSD or OpenBSD a go as my main OS.
For those who have switched over to BSD, what are some problems you've encountered and/or what are some things you miss?
31 votes -
Wine 4.0 Released
28 votes -
Bash-5.0 release available
17 votes -
Project Code Rush - The beginnings of Netscape/Mozilla
19 votes -
Six Years of Space Nerds In Space – a video overview of a co-op StarTrek-like space sim game
4 votes -
Haiku OS R1/beta1 has been released — first non-nightly release since 2012
33 votes -
Has anyone used FreeCAD, Kicad and other ffos software?
The recent post on foss software got me thinking about viable foss alternatives, particularly non programming related. I just came across FreeCAD and am wondering if anyone has experience using...
The recent post on foss software got me thinking about viable foss alternatives, particularly non programming related.
I just came across FreeCAD and am wondering if anyone has experience using it, how it compares to Solidworks, Autodesk, Rhino or Catia?
I was shown Kicad at uni by a ladtech and was very impressed, way easier and more flexible then whatever microchip software they where teaching.
On a broader level what other professional ffos alternatives do you guys know about?
Is anyone using this stuff on a professional level or is it more hobby at the moment?
15 votes -
Thoughts on Free And Open Source Software
What do y'all think of FOSS software. How do y'all think more people will care about FOSS software and make the switch? Is it lack of information? Lack of caring? Lack of convenience?
31 votes -
What if app stores were federated?
I've been thinking a lot lately about the future of software and where native apps and the web will reconcile and I had the idea that what if "the next OS" had a OSS federated app store that...
I've been thinking a lot lately about the future of software and where native apps and the web will reconcile and I had the idea that what if "the next OS" had a OSS federated app store that people and organizations could host themselves, but the system still used the app store model that pull app/program listings from all the installations online? This could apply to mobile or desktop computing, or even any of the other platforms (see windows store system compatibility).
11 votes -
GnuPG can now be used to perform notarial acts in the state of Washington
15 votes -
Are there any visually appealing FOSS dialers for Android?
I found a few but they all look somewhat ugly in my opinion. I want to use a privacy oriented dialer but I really don't want to trade aesthetics for that.
8 votes -
Leaving Apple & Google: /e/ first beta is here
14 votes -
Getting started with qemu
9 votes -
/e/ first beta soon to be released
9 votes -
castling.club: play Chess via Mastodon (ActivityPub)
10 votes