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  • F2P Roleplay Enforced Open Source MMORPG | Illarion

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    https://illarion.org/general/us_startpage.php
  • F2P Roleplay Enforced Open Source MMORPG | Illarion

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  • Silex Desktop — new Open Source No-Code project

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    @vinocosmo @[email protected] hey that's great!Would you contact me by email and we can arrange a meeting ?alex [at] lexoyo.me
  • OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Program

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

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    I see many people have asked about monatization. I want to use peertube more, but feel kinda guilty for wasting bandwidth, without contributing. So I haven't started watching creators that are both on YouTube and Peertube on Peertube yet. I also use Grayjay with Chromecast, so I guess I don't seed the content either Do you have any plans for a donation model that shares the donations with multiple instances based on views or settings from the user? In a perfect world I would just pay 10€ or another amount per month, and that would be distributed based on traffic to both instances and creators.
  • What do you all think about piracy?

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    That's fair, in all honesty it's a great tool. But in the end it's not worth it.
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    I also like the idea of installing software "as intended by their developers" and I don't like Linux distros that make a lot of changes and customizations. That's why I like Slackware for example, a distro that remains "pure" and intervenes as little as possible. Good idea!
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    Interesting options if you’re into self-hosting (I’m not atm)
  • 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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    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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  • 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.