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Devuan – Debian Without Systemd
https://www.devuan.org/
#ycombinator #debian #jessie #ascii #beowulf #chimaera #daedalus #excalibur #fork #devuan #sysvinit #openrc #systemd #freedom #init_freedom #sysadmin #gnu #linux #distribution #open_source #free_software #compatibility #portable #embedded #minimal #compact

Gutenprint Discontinues macOS Support
https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/p_FAQ_OS_X.php
#ycombinator #The_Gimp #Gimp #Print #Gimp_Print #Gutenprint #Printers #Linux #Free_Software #Epson #Canon #PCL #PostScript #ESCP #Dyesub

https://B8D.es/

New XR Landscape to the #art_Creation #ASV #XR from European #Cultural_Heritage Project "Malagueira: Heritage for All" of #UÉvora

Create your own Landscapes with an HACK4XR workflow ~ ~ ~
+info→https://b8d.es/mod/page/view.php?id=188

After #Mozilla_Hubs breakdown, this alternative fom @CAPTIC allows the #free_software @aframevr code to be modified on the fly ~ ~ ~

Tried a sketch for my new library

#sweethome3d #FreeSofrware #free_software

Open Source как жизнь и душа «Фланта»: как и почему мы вносим вклад в проекты с открытым кодом

Узнайте, как команда «Фланта» активно участвует в разработке и поддержке Open Source-проектов, создавая инструменты, которые помогают сообществу и развивают облачные технологии.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/flant/articles/860158/

#deckhouse #open_source #werf #контрибьютинг #kubernetes #flant #открытый_код #открытый_исходный_код #free_software #cncf

mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player
https://mpv.io/
#ycombinator #mpv #mplayer #download #media_player #player_download #encoder #video #video_player #multimedia #multicast #Windows #Linux #Unix #BSD #Mac #macOS #OS_X #OSX #Streaming #DVD #Matroska #MPEG #MPEG2 #MPEG4 #H264 #DivX #MKV #m2ts #open_source #free_software #floss #free

Sugar: An activity-focused, open-source software learning platform for children
https://www.sugarlabs.org/
#ycombinator #Sugar_Labs #Sugar #Sugarlabs #Education #Opensource #OpenSource #Sugar_activities #activities #Sugar_OS #Sugarizer #Sugar_on_Stick #SOAS #FOSS #Free_software #software_libre #Free_Libre_Software #Constructionism #GSOC #GCI #Outreachy #Sugar_Software #Learning

So apparently server administrators on the #Fediverse won’t be able to name custom emoji in their native languages and expect them to work in Mastodon, because according to @Gargron non-ASCII signs are hard to input and diacritics shouldn’t change the meaning of words:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/28572#issuecomment-1878952504

No, in my view emoji identifiers shouldn’t be ‘straightforward to input for everyone’. Custom emoji are local to a server; they should be straightforward to input for the users of that server. People from other servers don’t ever have to type their names (unless their administrators choose to add them to their own server), so their ability to type them is completely irrelevant.

Why should a server made specifically for people speaking Russian or Japanese have to use ASCII for their emoji identifiers? Their users have no trouble typing Cyrillic or Kanji signs; it’s what they already do when they make a post; it’s how they normally talk. Why force them to use a different language/alphabet when typing emoji identifiers?

Moreover, linking the username issue makes no sense whatsoever. Usernames are typed across servers and it makes sense to impose stricter technical limitations so more people can read, write and recognise them. This is not the case for emoji; you rarely ever need to type other servers’ emoji identifiers. Normally you don’t even get to see them; you only get to see the picture they represent! Assuming server admins do their job responsibly, there is zero added confusion for anyone involved.

I understand that Unicode is complex, language support is challenging and compromises might be necessary at times. But can we please accept the existence of different languages and writing systems as a reality that we should try to accommodate for, rather than change or circumvent? Yes, a and á are different signs. Yes, they might radically change the meaning of a word. That’s not a proposition for us to accept or reject; that’s the reality of our multilingual world, and should be the basis of our discussion.

#lang_en #accessibility #a11y #custom_emoji #development #emoji #emojos #free_software #internationalisation #internationalization #i18n #languages #localisation #localization #l10n #Mastodon #multilingual #programming #software #Unicode

Who said #GPL or #copyleft scares companies?

https://hub.libre.computer/t/freebsd-on-libre-hardware/1929/4

#FSF #FOSS #OSI #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #free_software #copyright #licencing #licensing #software_licensing

Here's my first #flipstarter campaign :)

https://code4crypto.googol.cash

code4crypto is going to be a self-hostable software for programming contests. It can be self hosted by anyone and the prize is in #cryptocurrency

My goal if the campaigns(with this one being the first) funded is having community funded contests with crypto prizes.

#contest
#crowdfund #opensource #foss #self_host #selfhost #programming #btc #bch #bitcoin_cash #bitcoin #crypto #free_software

Here's my first #flipstarter campaign :)

https://code4crypto.googol.cash

code4crypto is going to be a self-hostable software for programming contests. It can be self hosted by anyone and the prize is in #cryptocurrency

My goal if the campaigns(with this one being the first) funded is having community funded contests with crypto prizes.

#contest
#crowdfund #opensource #foss #self_host #selfhost #programming #btc #bch #bitcoin_cash #bitcoin #crypto #free_software

Here's my first #flipstarter campaign :)

https://code4crypto.googol.cash

code4crypto is going to be a self-hostable software for programming contests. It can be self hosted by anyone and the prize is in #cryptocurrency

My goal if the campaigns(with this one being the first) funded is having community funded contests with crypto prizes.

#contest
#crowdfund #opensource #foss #self_host #selfhost #programming #btc #bch #bitcoin_cash #bitcoin #crypto #free_software

Huldigt dem GNU-König

Richard Stallman gibt sich am 11. Mai in Bern die Ehre.

#Stallman #GNU #König #Heiligkeit #Free_Software #Bern #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/huldigt-dem-gnu-koenig

What do you think about the future of LXDE? Will it continue or die out? Even though I haven't used it ever, I am personally interested in it, as I use three of its components, PCManFM, LXTerminal and LXAppearance. I don't want these three to die out.
#GNU_Linux #linux #open_source #free_software #lxde #terminal_emulator #file_manager