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I've been experimenting with #otk and #PicoGL. I'm trying to see if otk can use PicoGL as a back end in place of a full-fledged #OpenGL implementation. If it works, the otk #GUI library could be used on machines that don't support OpenGL or Mesa including #embedded systems that use #NanoX.

What ultra-lightweight cross-platform #C/C++ GUI do you use? Some nice ones are:
#RayGUI https://github.com/raysan5/raygui
#nuklear https://github.com/immediate-mode-ui/nuklear
#OTK https://otk.sourceforge.net/
#pdcurses https://pdcurses.org/ with BSD libform & libmenu or
#stfl https://clifford.at/stfl
#TurboVision https://tvision.sourceforge.net/
#fltk https://www.fltk.org/
#AskFedi

4/5 I thought of #LFS with #musl, but modern #Linux builds continue to increase in complexity over time. Multiple dependencies and languages are often required to build programs from source. Most Linux distributions appear to be moving away from support for older hardware.

3/5 A #DOS based system such as #FreeDOS could be an option. It is an #OpenSource OS and can run on low resource hardware. However, #XFDOS already fills this niche.

2/5 I considered making a #PortableApps friendly collection of my favorite #FOSS programs for #Windows. However, Windows doesn't seem to be an ideal target. Newer versions don't support older, low resource computers well. It would require users to already own a non-Free OS just to run #FreeSoftware. ReactOS is Free and Windows-compatible but it isn't designed for distro spins. Wine on Linux requires more resources than a targeted Linux distro.

Another fun idea for #NewYearsEve is to play some #Karaoke tunes. #ABCNotation is great for creating your own Karaoke #midi files. #TiMidity++ is a helpful midi player. What's your favorite #FOSS Karoke software. #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@thomasadam Not thrilled that a lot of the #GUI libraries are dropping #X11 support. I prefer cross platform options and dropping one backend means less portability to environments. I'm switching my own desktop to more lightweight GUI options like #FLTK and #SDL. At least those support X11 for now. #pdcurses also supports X11 via SDL.

Does anyone know of any recipe books or forums for #supertasters? Are you a supertaster? I'm unable to find much in the way of resources. I'm considering trying to create a #recipe swap for supertasters so we can share tried and true recipes for the holidays. Anyone else interested? #AskFedi #AskFediverse #ARFID #SPD #SensoryProcessingSensitivity

If anyone's interested, we have a thread going on #ItsFOSS about the new #Android policy changes: https://itsfoss.community/t/android-policy-changes/14940

I'm working on building the #Xorg server #XWin natively on #Windows using #MinGW. I have a 32 bit version that works fine and I'm attempting to get a 64 bit version built. I know there are a few other projects like #XMing and #VcXsrv that also have native builds of the Xorg server. I need XWin for work where I'm limited to using a Windows machine and trying to Xforward information to it. Is anyone else using XWin or interested in using an X server on Windows? #AskFedi

Any recommendations for tutorials, examples, etc. for setting up and learning to use #BIRT as a #reporting tool? Hoping to convince them to use it at work instead of a proprietary solution. Thanks. #AskFedi #AskFediverse #report #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Here's a list of some of the more lightweight #graphics editors for low resource computers and editors that work well for younger age groups:
https://pulkomandy.tk/projects/GrafX2
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lodepaint/
https://tuxpaint.org/
https://rendera.sourceforge.net/
https://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/
https://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/#rgbPaint
Have a favorite lightweight graphics editor for low resources computers? Please share it.
#FLOSS #FOSS #retrocomputing #SDL #FLTK

I'm currently working on trying to build #UnixODBC, #FreeTDS and #PSQLODBC on #AIX from source. Found out it builds on Windows as well, so I'm building and testing it on AIX, Windows and Linux platforms. Would love to hear about others experiences using FreeTDS. #AskFedi #AskFediverse #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

@dff Searching the #unixODBC site, it looks like there was a text/#csv #ODBC driver called #SQI with LGPL license. I'm not seeing the code in the latest version of unixODBC even though the driver is listed at their site. However, much older versions of unixODBC had a txt subdirectory under Drivers with the code. Wonder if anyone's using this driver and how hard it would be to get it built and working. #AskFedi #AskFediverse

The talk about #browsers and #Open #web protocols for #DFD2025 prompted me to write about my trials and tribulations over the years finding #FLOSS web browsers I can build from source and modify. So, here's a short article on my search for low resource, easy to build web browsers: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/30709.html
#gemini #FreeSoftware #DFF #DocumentFreedomDay2025

@dff bard https://github.com/festvox/bard is a lightweight ebook reader that uses FLITE text-to-speech library to read ebooks. It supports epub, html and text files.
#DFF #DFD2025 #FLOSS

@dff sox https://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/ is wonderful tool for converting audio files from one format to another
#DFF #DFD2025 #FLOSS

@dff While it's no longer actively developed, nanosvg is still a great lightweight #C library for working with #SVG formats:
https://github.com/memononen/nanosvg
#DFF #DFD2025 #FLOSS

@dff pdftxt https://litcave.rudi.ir/ and pdfconcat are some interesting lightweight tools for working with #PDF. pdftxt uses libmupdf and can be used in conjunction with #grep to search PDF files.
#DFF #DFD2025 #FLOSS

@dff wkhtmltopdf https://wkhtmltopdf.org/ lets you create a #PDF from your #HTML/CSS documents. You can create our own PDF ebooks using it.
#DFF #DFD2025 #FLOSS

I've been checking out how projects like #Busybox-w32, #msys and #GNUWin32 handle links in their utility programs like ln & ls. The comparison is very interesting. I really like Busybox-w32's use of hard links and how they show up with ls -i. They've done a wonderful job getting Busybox working on Windows. I'm investigating if Busybox-w32 can be used in place of msys when building #FLOSS #C projects with #mingw.

I build a lot of #FLOSS #C programs from source. I've been looking into replacing #msys on #Windows with #busybox-w32 ash and some alternatives to core utilities. I've been wanting to get rid of msys for a while and use natively built utilities that don't require Cygwin style DLLs. There are projects like #gnuwin32 and #GOW. Anyone else interested in this sort of thing?

Another useful #writing tool I almost forget to mention is wc. You'll find it on #Linux and #BSD distros. On Windows, #msys and #cygwin offer a version. There are several implementations of wc out there including versions in Busybox and Toybox. If you want to build it yourself or modify it, sbase has a straight forward version:
https://git.suckless.org/sbase/file/wc.c.html
Have a happy #SoftwareFreedomDay2024 #SFD #SoftwareFreedomDay #DFF #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

@[email protected] Hi Ben. I believe we've chatted by email before and I loved your Rogue Class Linux distribution. #pdcurses might be an interesting alternative to a GUI on #FreeDOS. There's also Allegro as an alternative to FLTK. Nano-x used Allegro as a backend library on DOS. What languages/compilers are you using for DOS development?

Wondering if anyone's interested in #FLOSS for older systems like #DOS and #FreeDOS? I really liked the #XFDOS distribution based on #FLTK and #nano-x with FreeDOS. I know the lead developer of XFDOS is no longer active, but it would be nice to see some development continue on this project. Is anyone else besides me interested in this sort of thing?

#askfedi #askfediverse

Have several libraries that are on my list for updating build scripts. It's kind of like #BLFS but cross-platform. Would be curious if anyone else builds their #FLOSS libraries and programs from scratch and if anyone would like to compare notes on doing so. The code I work with seldom compiles out of the box without patches. Would be nice to share steps and patches with others similar to what the BLFS project does. #OpenSource #FOSS #MinGW #C #FreeSoftware