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amolith

@amolith@nixnet.social

Co-host of Linux Lads (https://linuxlads.com) and Linux Dev Time (https://linuxdevtime.com)

Check out #Willow, my open source and forge-agnostic software release tracker!
https://getwillow.org

:neocat_flag_finsexual: 24, he/him, quite queer :neofox_flag_finsexual:

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fristi, to random
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I'VE MURDERED MY FUNKWHALE INSTANCE :hypermadshake:

it seems funkwhale is becoming more trouble than it is worth trying to make it work on fedora, so I've decided to just shut down the service. No more funky whale 😢

Quite frankly this was sorta coming as the devs were already pretty abysmal at supporting more than just debian, seems they just up and stopped supporting apache as well and quite frankly I'm not interested in being a fucking pseudo-maintainer of a software project I already loathe to hell and back. I don't have that kind of time.

If someone knows of alternative such software, I'm all ears.

amolith,
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@fristi it's definitely not a 1:1 replacement for funkwhale, but i've been liking navidrome for music streaming for a while
https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome

amolith,
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@fristi yos, but i don't know about per-user libraries

amolith, to linuxphones
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The latest episode of @linuxlads includes, among a couple other topics, my thoughts on the that @jimsalter gave me a few weeks ago (thank you again!)
https://linuxlads.com/episodes/112/

amolith, to random
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I'm ready for the next Ubuntu Summit in snowy Riga this November :akko_fistup:

(the forecasts I looked at say it's not actually supposed to snow though :neocat_3c:)

amolith,
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@lanodan :aicool:

amolith, to random
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This was fucking depressing as hell. I knew Australia has some abysmal privacy legislation, but I had no idea that racism and sexism were still so extremely prevalent throughout. The very last thing Marcia said in the episode was just heart-breaking.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/oct/13/the-fight-to-give-indigenous-australians-a-voice-podcast

amolith, to random
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I've sent out a couple feelers to people I'd be interested in commissioning to create a logo and icon for :neocat_comfy_mug:
https://sr.ht/~amolith/willow/

stefano, to opensource
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Dear Open Source software developer,

First of all, let me assure you that I truly appreciate your work. Releasing software under a free license is a gift to us all. It shows that you care about the widespread adoption of your project, and that's quite commendable. However, I have a humble request – please, pretty please, don't release it with the statement, "compiling it is so complex and full of dependencies that the way to use my program is 'docker compose up'."

By doing this, you're limiting access to your software for those who can't use Docker or those who can't/won't use Linux. It's almost like telling someone to click on 'Install.exe.' Surely, you can do better than that.

I trust you'll consider my request. Thanks again for your hard work!

#OpenSource #SoftwareDevelopment #UserExperience #Linux #Docker #Request #Humor #OSS #BSD

amolith,
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@stefano I've been complaining about this for years :crie:

I'm beginning to think the issue is mainly that they write the software for Docker and they don't actually know how to run it without Docker.

amolith,
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@stefano Docker is what they use at work, so Docker is what they reach for first when writing something new. The thought to set it up without Docker doesn't even cross their minds until people comment on it, but at that point, the codebase has matured such that extricating Docker becomes more work than they'd like.

It's perfectly understandable and makes complete sense to me

but it's still annoying :crie:

bladews, to random
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Passwords Passphrases and Entropy https://wiki.secluded.site/hypha/passwords_and_passphrases by @amolith

amolith,
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@wolf480pl @bladews I get the passphrase correct on the first try 90% of the time. Even when I don't, I don't believe I've ever had to attempt it more than thrice, unless I'm just mistakenly entering the password for a completely different machine.

The more you type it, the more it gets into your muscle memory and the easier it'll be.

amolith,
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@wolf480pl @bladews (I'm gayming with some friends, sleep comes after we die)

amolith, to random
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Four more single-use Bluesky codes if anyone wants them

bsky-social-fph2a-feazu
bsky-social-dnq5u-be4c4
bsky-social-6f7fl-crnvg
bsky-social-7nbrt-5k4k5

Johann150, to random

People who have fedi account also bought: unhealthy amount of unused domains

amolith,
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@Johann150 I just bought a new one a day or two ago, getarch.org :neocat_floof_mug:

amolith,
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@Johann150 because getfedora.org exists and getfirefox.com exists so getarch.org needs to exist too :neocat_floof_angel:

amolith, to random
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I decided Arch Linux needed a getfedora.org, so I yoinked getarch.org :cirno_UwU:

amolith, to random
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Once DNS fuckery finishes happening, getarch.org will exist :neocat_floof_cute:

amolith, to random
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I just publicly open sourced a tool I wrote last year

I often log into services to manage things on behalf of clients, so they have to send me their credentials for those services. I dislike asking them to send sensitive information over SMS or email, so I built this. The user fills out a form, that data is parsed and encrypted entirely in their browser using a WASM wrapper for age, the ciphertext is passed to the backend, and the backend forwards it to a list of email addresses.

Please suggest some better names! :neofox_cry_loud:
https://git.sr.ht/~amolith/password-thing/

amolith,
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@adamsdesk I don't think porting it to PHP or JS would be difficult at all. I believe I wrote it in just a week or two of semi-motivated spare time. The hardest part was from before I implemented E2EE; I was trying to minimise how much time the cleartext data spent in RAM. Once I found a good WASM port, it was pretty easy to switch to an E2EE model

Login Transfer -> loxfer? :akko_thonk:

amolith, to random
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Willow, a forge-agnostic software release tracker
https://sr.ht/~amolith/willow/

It's still in an MVP state at the moment; my next priorities are going to be refactoring to use a database rather than a CSV, then adding basic user management.

amolith,
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@floppy Yes, I've run an instance for years on rss.nixnet.services

I don't think adding a new bridge that converts a git repo to an RSS feed is necessarily the best way to go about solving the problem though. There's a lot of other stuff I want to implement that wouldn't be possible with RSS-Bridge as the backend.

linuxlads, to random
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A brand new episode!

Amolith and Mike chat about their news-related habits and tools. A few hypotheticals are thrown around. Then the conversation turns to Amolith's new client and the two new programming languages that he's learning.

https://linuxlads.com/episodes/111/

amolith,
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@positivedinosaur @linuxlads I'm using a Kobo Clara HD, but you're right that I should have mentioned what provides the integration because it's not default.

KOReader is an open source ereader UI and it ships with a wallabag plugin. I've been using it for years on all of my ereaders that don't do note-taking :neocat_floof:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/

amolith, to random
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I incorporated some very helpful suggestions into my passwords/passphrases page so it's more professional, clearer, and reads more smoothly :cirno_UwU:
https://wiki.secluded.site/hypha/passwords_and_passphrases

amolith, to sysadmin
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LXD: Containers for Human Beings
https://secluded.site/lxd-containers-for-human-beings/

This is a blog post version of a talk I presented at both Ubuntu Summit 2022 and SouthEast LinuxFest 2023. I cover why one might want to use VMs, application containers, or system containers, I talk specifics about VM hypervisor types, how application and system containers work, and when I think it's appropriate to use each technology.

#Sysadmin #Containers #VMs #Docker #LXD #Incus

amolith, to random
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Interesting results :akko_think2:

RE: https://nixnet.social/objects/637e7065-74ab-437e-9284-1a7a6874ffd5

amolith,
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I am very much in the minority: I dislike Markdown but haven't found anything else I like more that's as easy to work with :akko_woozy:

looks perfect, but asciidoctor is Ruby and Ruby is pain :akko_cry:

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