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  • [AMA] We're Framasoft, we develop PeerTube, ask us anything!

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    meldrik@lemmy.wtfM
    From PeerTube docs: At the beginning of PeerTube, we only supported Web Video (previously known as "WebTorrent") streaming. Due to several limitations of the Web Video system, we had to add HLS with P2P support. Unfortunately, we can't use the same video file for the two methods: we need to transcode 2 different versions of the file (a fragmented mp4 for HLS, and a raw mp4 for Web Videos). So if you enable Web Videos and HLS, the storage will be multiplied by 2. We recommend you to enable HLS (and disable Web Videos if you don't want to store 2 different versions of the same video resolution) because video playback in PeerTube web client is better: Support P2P (using WebRTC) to exchange parts of the video with other users watching the same video to save server bandwidth Support video redundancy by other PeerTube platforms The player can adapt video resolution automatically Video resolution change is smoother It’s probably not WebTorrent you are using, HLS. Also, thank you for running with redundancy! I need to get it setup myself, with some new SSDs.
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    inlinestyle@lemmy.worldI
    Beautiful journey! And very close to the path we’re trying to support. If you’re still exploring alternatives, feel free to try InlineStyle. It’s a small open-source platform from Europe that brings together docs, notes, music (Funkwhale), video (PeerTube), games, email and personal sites. All under one roof, with no ads or trackers. We’d truly love to hear your thoughts, especially on how we can grow this into a real alternative for digital independence, not just a nostalgic step back. Your feedback would mean a lot → https://www.inlinestyle.it/
  • What do you all think about piracy?

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    zerush@lemmy.mlZ
    It's not so easy to answer if piracy is ethical, depends of the context. It's not the same soft from a shady company and from a small dev team or startup. Anyway, due to the overhelming amount of free alternatives, piracy in most of the cases isn't necessary. I'm using an PC since almost 30 years now and never had the need to piracy an soft or pay for it. There are tons of free and OpenSource soft and services out ther, often better as the commercial ones, giveaway campaigns in games (Steam, Itch.io, DigiPen and others are full of good free games) and soft, free music (Bandcamp, Pixelfed, FMA,,,,,), etc. only needs to search a little.
  • Does anyone here know about any FOSS office suite for android?

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    On mobile devices, text markup languages are the way to go. Viewing office suite documents is enough.. editing them is not easy. I have used groff, tex and latex, and typst recently (on Termux, obviously) with various degrees of success. I wonder when we will have FOSS apps that are as usable or more than Google's Docs and Sheets. If your PDF viewer supports re-reading when file is changed (or reloading file every time app comes to foreground, I suppose), typst watch and that viewer open is the closest to a WYSIWYG I could get working.
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    psyhackological@lemmy.mlP
    I do use it for tracking studying time or cycling.
  • PeerTube from your pocket! | JoinPeerTube

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  • Looking for libre altenratives to make presentations

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    mirokhodets@lemmy.mlM
    Google Slides Free and quite convenient. Works in the browser and has mobile apps. However, this is a cloud service, so if you need a completely offline experience, it will not work. OnlyOffice Presentation The free part of OnlyOffice includes a presentation editor. Can be used offline in a mobile app or desktop. The interface is more modern and convenient than Impress. Partially FOSS (client is open), you can disable the cloud. Calligra Stage Part of Calligra Suite is a free office suite with a presentation editor. There are versions for Linux, Windows, but there are no official mobile clients. The interface may seem unusual, but the functionality is decent. WPS Office (free version) Free office with presentation support. The interface is similar to MS Office, convenient and modern. Not fully FOSS, but free and works offline. Deckset (for macOS, paid) A very convenient tool for creating presentations based on Markdown. There is no free alternative on Android, but this is an example of the approach. Marp Markdown-based presentations. Free, cross-platform (there is an Electron version). It requires a little getting used to Markdown, but it is very flexible and convenient for those who like the text approach.
  • I love Dearrow so much.

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    For me its a bit mixed. Maybe "Building a Water Cooled Server Rack for <name>". Its a title after all and should be somewhat unique. Dearrow can sometimes hurt this uniqueness in my case.
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    I did check it out and it's really cool, but here's the big difference [image: 730055cd-1abf-4162-af35-1ab7a5494c83.png] I want to install audacity and it ran all of the commands for search via the package managers. My script will do this: [image: 828603a9-e4e4-4760-8797-8df5eaa6eff8.png] Check the database and finds an entry I made, because as it turns out, the only official audacity package is an AppImage built for Ubuntu 22.04. So it launches a command that retrieves the latest AppImage even if I don't update the database as it tries to fetch the latest version number and download the appimage based on that. [image: ab5a6f04-d607-45d0-9416-15cfb9782fc0.png] Ignore the .1, this is from a VM I test the app on and it's a mess TLDR: mpm runs search commands for all package manager, my script's database was created manually. This means a lot of apps will be missing but when I come across something that's not there, I add it. Whether this approach is a good idea in the long run, I don't know. I just felt like creating a proof of concept of the idea.
  • Wouldn't be without it!

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  • Release v1.5.2 · cylonid/NativeAlphaForAndroid · GitHub

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  • There are great app recommendations here.

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    Gadgetbridge in just about the only one. The problem is that the watches themselves use proprietary BS Bluetooth protocols with their own cryptic values to stop people from decoding their own devices unless you use their app...
  • Any click and drop website maker software?

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    I unfortunately don't have any experience with video in Publii. Hopefully this would be an easy to add feature at some point.
  • What is 2+2 minus 1

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  • Has libremdb been blocked by amazon?

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    Ah no, it's not - I have been fooled by this community-driven approach. They are in a position to enshittify, so this might not be a good long-term solution.
  • YouTube creator apalrd taking up tayga project

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    Not saying it's the same, but this person creates videos, as well as YouTube contents.
  • OK but what does it do?

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    jagged_circle@feddit.nlJ
    It serves butter.
  • I use it all the time when walking a track.

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  • https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.isoron.uhabits/

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    makingstuffforfun@lemmy.mlM
    Wow, this one looks amazing. Thank you.