So I was setting up this new laptop, and after security updates I went on cleaning the trash through Powershell, and after removing all unwanted packages I was going to let a note on the desktop and there was no Notepad in the context menu... oops, I messed up I thought, I must have removed stuff I shouldn't, so just to be safe I did a factory reset and this time read very carefully every package before removing, and again no Notepad! And I notice there was no Paint nor Calculator either... so turn out new Win11 is shipped with Outlook, Maps, Solitaire Collection, People (whatever the hell that is), and even some IE, Zune and Skype legacy packages, but not with Notepad?! You actually have to download it from Microsoft Store... and now they all come with Copilot lol
Anyway, this sounds like a great opportunity to look for some FOSS alternatives!
What do you guys use and recommend?

Good video, very much worth watching despite the length. New UI will look something like this:

with an option for a more classic look.

Looks like an enourmous UX improvement too, and a rewrite to QT and eliminating a lot of technical debt will make development faster.

My family hosts a modest Audiobookshelf server. When we tried to move from our old Plex server to ABS it was a nightmare. Our library had been built slowly over years and file organization/metadata was a mess. It took us several tools and many hours to get everything in decent shape. I was frustrated that nobody had made a single tool to scrub and clean up an audiobook library. So, I made one!

Notable features:

• Fetch new metadata interactively from Audible or Goodreads
• Generate metadata files
• Recursively find and process files
• Combine chapter files into a single book file
• Convert files to .m4b

This is my first foray into an open source project. I know it's not pretty, and many of the features on my initial wishlist never got finished. But I have the core functionality working enough for my needs, which means I've been putting a lot less time into it. I decided to just release it to the world as is. May it save you much time!

The link

Ultimate Audiobooks is licensed under GPL-3.0

Looking for an open-source alternative for image viewing so I can get rid of the AI‑embedded Windows Photos. I did some research and I'm trying IrfanView, but it needs separate plugins for AVIF, WebP, etc. Nomacs' last update was 2020. I'm going to try ImageGlass and XnView, but I wonder if there is some software that's more widely recommended - like VLC, but for images.

Hi!

Pls recommend tools wich are good to use for publishing .md files as sites? Could be static but threes-structured (Beside git and nextcloud, of course)

would like to "publish notebook" from obsidian over internet

I saw https://vitepress.dev/ but for noobs it's hard to get use to it

Thank you

Meshtastic: Off-Grid Mesh Communication Network

Meshtastic is a decentralized wireless mesh networking protocol that enables long-range, low-power communication over unlicensed radio bands using LoRa technology[^1]. Created by Kevin Hester in early 2020, the project aims to provide text messaging and data transmission capabilities in areas without existing infrastructure[^1].

Key Features

• Long-range communication (331km record achieved)[^3]
• Encrypted messaging
• No phone required for mesh communication
• Decentralized architecture without dedicated routers
• Extended battery life, particularly with NRF52-based devices
• Optional GPS location tracking
• Environmental sensor support

Hardware Options

The system supports various hardware platforms:

1. ESP32-based devices

• Lower initial cost
• Limited battery life (approximately 8-14 hours on 18650 battery)[^7]
• Examples: Heltec V3, T-beam

2. NRF52-based devices

• Superior power efficiency (up to 16 days on single 18650 battery)[^7]
• Higher cost
• Examples: RAK Wisblock 4630, T-Echo

Real-World Applications

The Mars Society uses Meshtastic T-Echo radios for communication during analog astronaut missions in remote areas where traditional communication infrastructure is unavailable[^1]. Other applications include:

• Hiking communication in remote areas
• Emergency communication during natural disasters
• Backup municipal communication systems
• Environmental monitoring through sensor networks

Technical Limitations

• Requires line-of-sight between devices
• Limited to text messaging (no internet replacement)
• Bandwidth constraints can cause network congestion
• Network reliability depends on node density

Network Capacity

The system has demonstrated ability to handle between 2,000 and 2,500 nodes simultaneously at large events like DEF CON, using "Short Turbo" mode for quicker broadcast bursts[^1].

Security Considerations

Messages can be encrypted, but users should implement their own application layer encryption for sensitive communications. The default public MQTT server makes traffic visible, though encrypted[^7].

[^1]: Meshtastic - Wikipedia [^3]: Introduction | Meshtastic [^7]: LoRa Meshtastic

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/19584461

As long as a project is not organized as a legal or commercial entity, the CRA requires only a basic "readme" with a security contact. There is no legal risk for individual contributors simply sharing code online or in publications, even when they receive payment for writing an article, as long as the software itself is not monetized or organized.

[ ...] the CRA's focus is on commercial manufacturers and distributors. That means businesses that integrate open source code into EU products must fully comply with documentation, incident response, and lifecycle management requirements. This includes publishing Software Bills Of Materials (SBOMs), patching vulnerabilities within regulated timeframes, and responding proactively to security incident reports.

[...] manufacturers must act on vulnerabilities, even if the upstream maintainer does not fix the issue. Manufacturers selecting open source code for their products must understand the code, support it, and respond to regulatory reporting requirements. This may, Kroah-Hartman observed, increase pressure on companies to use actively supported open source projects or stick closer to mainstream, well-resourced communities."

[...] it's coming soon for companies. Manufacturers are going to care in September of next year. They're going to start panicking in the summer of next year, and things are going to start hitting the fan."

They'll want developers to shoulder the burden the CRA will place on them. But you don't have to do that. It's their problem, not yours as a programmer.

The overworked maintainers of Libxml2, ImageMagick, or contributors to such industry-wise important things as the real-time kernel patches, might enjoy to read this.

The important thing is: Change licenses to copyleft ones, such as GPLv3 or AGPL. By this way, industrial manufacturers are not only obliged to patch their stuff (via the EU CRA), but also, if they sell the result in a product, to re-contribute patches. Win-win!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/29620910

cross-posted from: https://subscribeto.me/videos/watch/ba3783f5-f87e-4895-92e4-12677fdaf4f7

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Certainly not an essencial app, butt anyway cool to customize the Desktop, it permits to use animated, interactive or parallax backgrounds for our desktop. Capanle also to convert in seconds normal images in parallax images. Lightweight (depends naturally which image and videos we use as background, but the app put it in pause when we have an fullscreen app or game working.

Howdy Comrades, brothers, sisters and fellow heathens! I have a question. Is there an open source app like Migu that streams video torrents instead of downloading them? Like for more than just anime?

If you didn't know, there's an app on Droidify called Migu that streams anime torrents in real time instead of downloading them. It's awesome! De-centralyzed media!!!!

What open source software do you use for streaming media?

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Con un’interfaccia intuitiva, funzionalità avanzate e un approccio focalizzato sulla collaborazione, ONLYOFFICE Docs è la scelta ideale per chi cerca un’alternativa solida e flessibile alle soluzioni tradizionali.

La suite ONLYOFFICE Docs: tutto ciò che serve per lavorare meglio

ONLYOFFICE Docs è una suite per ufficio sicura e professionale, composta da quattro editor principali – per Documenti di testo, Fogli di calcoli, Presentazioni, Moduli compilabili e file PDF, che coprono tutte le esigenze quotidiane di creazione e gestione dei file di lavoro.

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Cross posted from https://programming.dev/post/37923169

Publication about the monopoly of GitHub and the fact developers should move elsewhere if they care about their freeedom and the freedom of FLOSS projects

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.buddyverse.net/post/10438

I recently upgraded my network from a basic router to a Netgear GS108E Gigabit switch. Backups are now way faster, which is great… but now I’ve run into a new problem.

I run Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) in a VM on one of my servers (let’s call it Proxmox 2). PBS has 100 GB of cache storage since I’m using S3 as a datastore - it stores chunks locally before uploading to S3.

Here’s the issue: I try to backup a VM from another server (Proxmox 1). The VM’s storage is 300 GB, but actual usage is under 30 GB. Everything works fine until it hits 34% (104 GB of data). At that point, the PBS VM and the host server itself become completely unreachable. I have to force power off and restart.

I understand why PBS might crash – my VM has 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU cores, and my internet is only around 60–70 Mbps—but why would the host server hang as well?

Has anyone experienced something like this? Could it be networking, storage, or something else in Proxmox causing the host to become unresponsive when PBS gets busy? Any ideas or advice would be appreciated!

For further context: https://lemmy.buddyverse.net/post/5455

Basically just the title. Steam input is really fantastic for mapping controllers and I use it all the time, but for non steam games or other use cases I was wondering if there's another software that can do the same thing? I know I can still use steam for this and I do, it works great as well, I just like using open source!