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16 votes
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The new Windows Terminal
22 votes -
Amazon Has Gone From Neutral Platform to Cutthroat Competitor, Say Open Source Developers
5 votes -
OpenBSD 6.5 Is Released!
11 votes -
Do you enjoy programming outside of work?
I have found this to be a semi controversial topic. Its almost becoming a required point for getting a new job to have open source work that you can show. Some people just enjoy working on...
I have found this to be a semi controversial topic. Its almost becoming a required point for getting a new job to have open source work that you can show. Some people just enjoy working on programming side projects and others don't want to do any more after they leave the office.
Whats your opinion on this? Do you work on any side projects? Do you think its reasonable for interviewers to look for open source work when hiring?
16 votes -
The Cloud and Open Source Powder Keg
4 votes -
The culture war at the heart of open source
14 votes -
Open Source Doesn’t Make Money Because It Isn’t Designed To Make Money
13 votes -
Why OpenBSD Rocks
16 votes -
Why open source projects don't charge (while keeping the code open)?
I'd gladly pay a reasonable price for professional packages/support for programs like Emacs/Melpa, Debian, and Xfce. As a user, I empathize with the complaints by developers that are constantly...
I'd gladly pay a reasonable price for professional packages/support for programs like Emacs/Melpa, Debian, and Xfce. As a user, I empathize with the complaints by developers that are constantly overworked. Even if this doesn't generate enough money to pay for everything, it might be enough to hire someone to handle the issues and communities, something that clearly drains their efforts, especially because programmers tend to prefer technical challenges rather than dealing with people.
I understand that many projects accept donations, but I think providing an actual reward (even if its something minimal, like an updated package instead of having to build it from source) might be a good way to get resources and avoid developer burndown.
11 votes -
Extract clean(er), readable text from web pages via the Mercury Web Parser.
8 votes -
Timeliner: A personal data aggregation & personal data backup utility for Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc…
9 votes -
Redis Labs’ Modules License Changes - Moving from Apache2 modified with Commons Clause to Redis Source Available License (RSAL)
3 votes -
Regarding EGLStreams support in KWin
6 votes -
What DE and distro do you use and why?
I'm curious as to what the Tildes Linux/BSD community (and I suppose other answers like Windows or MacOS would be acceptable, though they may feel a bit more dry) use for their desktop. I imagine...
I'm curious as to what the Tildes Linux/BSD community (and I suppose other answers like Windows or MacOS would be acceptable, though they may feel a bit more dry) use for their desktop. I imagine that Ubuntu and Gnome will dominate the answers as you would expect, but maybe you'll surprise me. Personally, I'm on Arch Linux with i3-gaps. I use Arch because I enjoy the DIY aspect of Linux as well as the aur and slim nature of Arch. I'd also be lying if I didn't say I use it partially just because I like the "pacman" pun.
As for i3-gaps, I think that WMs are generally more customizable and good for 'ricing', plus they go with my workflow and are convenient in that they load faster and the likes, though I have to admit I have only ever used i3 (I've been considering trying out bspwm). So, what do you guys use? You can also of course share more information such as your shell or DM if you wanted, though I highly doubt anyone cares what display manager you us or anything.
24 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 -
sr.ht is now sourcehut
17 votes -
Starting an Open Source Side Project
10 votes -
On building your favourite web browser from source
25 votes -
What Makes BeOS and Haiku Unique
20 votes -
Details about the event-stream incident
23 votes -
Open Source is Not About You
18 votes -
Solus Blog: In Full Sail
10 votes -
Setting the Record Straight: containers vs. Zones vs. Jails vs. VMs
7 votes -
GNU project announces Kind Communication Guidelines
15 votes -
MongoDB switches its open-source license from AGPLv3 to the newly created "Server Side Public License"
10 votes -
CirnOS - a minimal OS made specifically for the Raspberry PI
10 votes -
Haiku OS R1/beta1 has been released — first non-nightly release since 2012
33 votes -
GnuPG can now be used to perform notarial acts in the state of Washington
15 votes -
License Zero: In defense of the forgotten third way in open software licensing
4 votes -
Getting started with qemu
9 votes -
Scaling Mercurial at Facebook (2014)
7 votes -
Learna project reverts blacklisting in license
14 votes -
castling.club: play Chess via Mastodon (ActivityPub)
10 votes -
Google Cloud grants $9M in credits for the operation of the Kubernetes project
3 votes -
The Commons Clause will destroy open source
6 votes -
JPL's Open Source Build-it-Yourself Rover
9 votes -
It’s time for the open source community to get real
22 votes -
Personal Wikis
I have been looking for some software where I can brain dump all the things I need to remember on a constant basis so I can easily find it again in the future. A personal wiki basically. I am...
I have been looking for some software where I can brain dump all the things I need to remember on a constant basis so I can easily find it again in the future. A personal wiki basically. I am wondering what any of you tilderians are using?
The things I am looking for:
Absolute requirements:
- Open Source: I want to be in control of the data myself, and I want to be able to hack on it myself as the need arises.
- Self Hostable: Goes hand-in-hand with with open sourceness, I want the data to live on the server in my apartment, under my own control.
- An API of some sort so I can programmatically add/read/modify data.
Nice to haves:
- Revision history of some sort.
- Common/simple data format for easy backup and longevity.
- Web interface, with mobile compatibility.
- Lightweight as possible, so I can run it on a low powered server.
Does anything know anything like that?
Options I have heard of:
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FOSS Alternatives
I got into FOSS recently and have been researching replacements for common proprietary software. Along with reddit (r/privacytoolsio) I have used alternativeto.net & privacytools.io. I would love...
I got into FOSS recently and have been researching replacements for common proprietary software. Along with reddit (r/privacytoolsio) I have used alternativeto.net & privacytools.io. I would love to make a list on Tildes for anyone that is also interested in this stuff.
Telegram -> Signal: signal.org
Discord -> Riot: riot.im (surprised this isn't as popular)
Google -> FindX: findx.com (there are many others but this is my favorite)
.................searX: searx.me
Reddit -> Tildes: tildes.net (obviously)
Chrome -> Firefox: mozilla.org (there are many others but this is my favorite)
LastPass -> Bitwarden: bitwarden.com (my personal favorite but there are others)
Photoshop -> GIMP: gimp.org
FireAlpaca -> Krita: krita.org
Microsoft Office -> LibreOffice: libreoffice.org
Windows Media Player -> VLC: videolan.org (Best FOSS ever)
uTorrent -> qBittorrent: qbittorrent.org
...................Deluge: deluge-torrent.org
Adobe Illustrator -> Inkscape: inkscape.org
Adobe Premiere Pro -> Blender: blender.org (mainly 3d stuff but can be used as animation)
Windows -> Linux: ubuntu.com (ubuntu is just one distro, there are so many)
Adobe Audition -> Audacity: audacityteam.org
..............................Ardour: ardour.org
Github -> Gitlab: gitlab.com
Trello -> Taiga: taiga.io
Fraps -> OBS: obsproject.com
Gmail -> ProtonMail: protonmail.com
Youtube Client -> NewPipe: newpipe.schabi.org
Outlook -> Thunderbird: thunderbird.net
Adblock+ -> uBlock Origin: (you can get it in your browser's addon store)
Unity -> Godot Engine: godotengine.org
USD -> Bitcoin: bitcoin.org (I would suggest an altcoin like Stellar though)
... anything else? any programs you don't know a FOSS alternative to that I can find?66 votes -
The Tragedy of systemd
13 votes -
Reading the NSA’s codebase: LemonGraph review
5 votes -
Michael MacInnis: Oh a new Unix shell - BSDCan 2018
6 votes -
Battle of the Schedulers: Linux's CFS vs FreeBSD's ULE
7 votes -
Google open sources "Filament is a physically based rendering engine for Android, Windows, Linux and macOS"
9 votes -
An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs
28 votes -
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
16 votes -
NetBSD 8.0 Release Candidate 2
7 votes -
GIF-for-CLI: Convert GIFs to animated ASCII art.
7 votes -
OpenBSD on my fanless desktop computer - Roman Zolotarev
6 votes