this #AskFedi may be one for my #blind friends:
are there any well-supported (read: old, if you must) dictation programs for #Linux that will do speech-to-text? everything i'm turning up is "AI". even the self-described privacy-respecting ones send data through "cloud" servers. and... no. no thank you.
the transcription doesn't even need to be very good. i can script-scrub some janky text if i need to.
but like... no accessibility-friendly dictation software in #Debian repositories? weird to me.

I haven‘t progressed far with my grapheneOS phone.

Is there a group for like minded users here? I follow grapheneOS but the account doesn’t seem focused on actually figuring out cool things regarding the phone.

For instance, how is the PlayStore mirror provided on the phone different from a non-mirror? I’m not technical and simply would like to find apps in a non-Google way.

Still looking for a music app …

#grapheneOS #askFedi #music

Which option will you select?

#Poll #FediPoll #AskFedi #ok2boost

#AskFedi

looking for free, slow paced games that run on an old thinkpad x250 with linux and can be played without mouse or quick keyboard interactions

@downey FairEmail

#LazyFed #AskFedi #Android #Thunderbird #Mozilla #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

Has anyone gotten a WireGuard VPN setup to work using systemd's netdev and network files (rather than wg-quick@ template units)?

#AskFedi #Linux #Systemd #Debian #WireGuard #VPN

🤔 What are the best open source mail clients for Android these days? Sadly I can't in good faith keep using Thunderbird as long as it stays affiliated with increasingly-shady Mozilla.

#LazyFed #AskFedi #Android #Thunderbird #Mozilla #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

#AskFedi

Your opinion of TVs at restaurants (assuming they're playing something neutral or positive to you)?

#AskFedi — Looking for a platform recommendation!

I help lead a small nonprofit supporting #neurodivergent #students and #parents. We are 100% volunteer, and we produce a few different series of events throughout the year.

We need better ways to communicate with (paid) members and (unpaid) “friends”.

What platform/tools could I use to, for example, let someone RSVP or express interest in an event series, check the box to get auto reminders and text notifications re: all events in that series. For example: “event is tomorrow at 9am. See you there!” or “it’s raining! We’re meeting at x instead.”

Ideally this platform could also do email. One-off campaigns/blasts with simple segmentation (members and/or friends) and maybe some automations (like a welcome flow for new members).

We can pay a reasonable amount; doesn’t have to be FOSS/self-hosted/linux/etc. 😜

(I’ve asked a similar question here before, but I think we have made progress clarifying our specific needs.)

Any thoughts on #CreditKarma or alternatives out there?

I used to like using it, but now that it's owned by Intuit (a company I despise), I'd rather look for alternatives, or just do without. XD

#HiveMind / #AskFedi

For a given document, saved as OpenDocument, in LibreOffice, is there a hopefully convenient way to *locally* (no cloud service) find out which (if any) features it uses which can not be represented in the strict standard ODF format but only in Extended? (For example: if one switches from ODF "1.4 Extended" to "1.4" what breaks?)

It's fine if it's just a list like "this document uses the following features somewhere that require Extended".

#DuckDuckFedi #AskFedi #LibreOffice #OpenDocument #ODF

is linux ableist? how?

some backstory: i was talking to a friend who was thinking of switching away from windows 10 to a mac because windows 11 is... well, terrible for a slew of reasons. i, perhaps too excitedly, brought up linux. they were talking about wanting something that works and i said i struggled with too and linux is actually much easier to use than i thought it'd be.

they then called me ableist for recommending linux because its assumptive that someone who is neurodivergent like them would have an easy time with linux at all. that how linux works itself is inaccessible and ableist in of itself (whereas macs and windows are not). i tried opening up a more in depth conversation about it but they werent available for it. so i figured id ask here, because im really confused, and would like to learn more

#askfedi #Linux #ableism #help

I find myself on the market for a new phone. I also find myself at point where I can #deGoogle at an increased speed.

My #AskFedi question, importantly, with this caveat: I'm NOT a programmer and have no affinity with 'computer touching' outside my digital sovereignty.

If I want to go #FairPhone 6 with #Murene ICM with an acct with #ProtonMail , which frequently used apps might I run into trouble with? Any warnings for a tech noob?

(I've already read Dutch banking apps work well)

is there a programming languages that (in order of priority):

• is compiled
• has the option to use multiple different package repositories to pull dependencies from
• has python-esque syntax
• has a mature sql orm
• has a mature data de/serialization library

(this list already excludes Rust & C/C++ in its mind)

🔁

#AskFedi #AskProgrammers #Programming

Does anyone have an iPad alternative suggestions? I'm really tired of iOS. Apple sucks.

All what I do on my iPad are just
writing shit on PDFs
using One Note once a while
use browser to download PDFs from moodle
Video call once or twice a month
Be able to do file backups

The most important feature for me will be the ability to write things on PDFs smoothly in quantity, preferable if I don't need to download any extra software for that. Anything else I'm willing to work around it. Price Range below 500€ preferable around 200€

Please save me from using ever iOS again in my life. #askFedi

@Tusky is there a way to export settings so they can be imported into a new installation?

#askFedi
#tusky

How many domains have you registered, total, to date?

#Poll #AskFedi #Domains #Internet #SelfHosting

Now when cooking beans in the microwave, do you take the paper label off the can or leave it on?

Don't want to mess up the microwave, you know.

#AskFedi

Alright fedi, I have another one for you.

What's your favorite Linux tablet (or tablet that I can install Linux on) that you draw on? I'm specifically looking for something I can run Krita on and use for that purpose, but I would also use it for reading ebooks/comics.

It has to be fully independent, so no computer required. It has to have to have an HD screen. It has to run Linux, preferably Debian, as that's my favorite. It can't just be an android tablet unless it's possible to install Linux on it.

For context, I'm going to give up my ipad with apple pencil and want to replace that experience.

Bonus points if it comes with a stylus, but if not, please recommend one.

#linux #drawingtablet #tablet #debian #art #drawing #foss #askfedi #duckduckfedi

Hey #HiveMind / #AskFedi,

Following up to an earlier question, can anyone tell me if they've gotten visual voicemail reliably working on any #FOSS #Android dialer program (or dedicated FOSS vVM program, if such a thing exists)?

It doesn't have to be your OS'es stock dialer, but it has to be a FOSS one. Not "Google Dialer" or "${cellular_carrier} Visual Voicemail."

It would work like 10% of the time when I was with AT&T, but now not at all with Mint Mobile (T-Mobile #MVNO).

Maybe I should make it into a #Poll to get more interest ;)

J'ai toujours pas eu de réponse à la question que j'avais posée y'a environ un mois :
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a comme bonne musique libre ?
(tous genres, mais de préférence relativement accessible au grand public)

#AskFedi

Hey #AskFedi / #HiveMind,

Anyone got any pointers for setting up #VisualVoicemail on #Android #AOSP or #LineageOS-derived dialers with #MintMobile, or #TMobile or other T-mobile #MVNOs?

I called the number, set up my PIN and greeting, but I just keep getting "Can't activate visual voicemail" in the dialer, even after going to Voicemail in the settings, turning off Visual voicemail, and turning it on again.

When I was on AT&T, it would occasionally be able to fetch the VMs, but often fail. I'm hoping it might work better with Mint/Tmo. XD

I'm on #IodéOS (based on Lineage).

Is there anybody who still has the #SUSE Linux Enterprise 8 and 9 x86_64 ISOs? Only can find some outdated and corrupted i386 files..

Asking for a fun project

#AskFedi #Linux #SLES #RetroComputing

Any #Aristotelian #scholars on #fedi?

Can anyone recommend a good translation of the #Nicomachean #Ethics?

William David Ross' #translation is 99ç on #Kobo.

#AskFedi #HiveMind #Philosophy

Completionists of Fedi, what is the most ridiculous thing you've ever achieved to satisfy your inner completionist?

#askfedi

Anyone has recommendations for road trip albums/playlists? 🏞️🚗💨🎵 #roadtrip #askfedi

Boosts welcome!

Alright, I need fedis help here

My OpenWRT for my servers router decided to die, which made me realize that I really need to fix something that is redudant.

Preferably something rack-mounted, something that can run OPNsense - and not something that costs to much.

Ideas?

#askfedi #opnsense #firewall

Need help from Lisp wizards — looks like I'm missing something simple and obvious (but not so obvious for beginner). I'm trying to build (with ECL) the simple program, which uses ql:quickload to load parse-number, then prints "Hello world". It builds without errors, but resulting binary could not be executed — it prints error message about unknown "ql:quickload" function.

QuickLisp was installed like described in the official documentation. It works in SBCL, it works in ECL REPL and it has the necessary lines in the ~/.eclrc:

;;; The following lines added by ql:add-to-init-file:
#-quicklisp
(let ((quicklisp-init (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp"
(user-homedir-pathname))))
(when (probe-file quicklisp-init)
(load quicklisp-init)))
(ql:quickload '(:slite) :silent t)

The program, itself, runs successfully if I just evaluate the next code in the REPL:

(ql:quickload '(:parse-number) :silent t)

(defpackage :test
(:use :cl))

(in-package :test)

(defun toplevel ()
(print "Hello world"))

(progn
(toplevel)
(ext:quit))

And it compiles:

ecl --eval '(progn (compile-file "test.lisp" :system-p t) (c:build-program "test" :lisp-files '"'"'("test.o")) (quit))'
;;; Loading #P"/home/drag0n/quicklisp/setup.lisp"
;;; Loading #P"/usr/local/lib/ecl-24.5.10/asdf.fas"
;;;
;;; Compiling test.lisp.
;;; OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=2, Space=0, Speed=3, Debug=0
;;;
;;; Finished compiling test.lisp.
;;;

But doesn't print "Hello world":

./test

Condition of type: UNDEFINED-FUNCTION
The function QUICKLISP-CLIENT::QUICKLOAD is undefined.
No restarts available.

Top level in: #<process TOP-LEVEL 0x8295a3f80>.
>

#AskFedi #CommonLisp #ECL #QuickLisp

Alt...

~/g/dotfiles/bin/.cl-bin:master*? λ cat test.lisp (ql:quickload '(:parse-number) :silent t) (defpackage :test (:use :cl)) (in-package :test) (defun toplevel () (print "Hello world")) (progn (toplevel) (ext:quit)) ~/g/dotfiles/bin/.cl-bin:master*? λ ecl --eval '(progn (compile-file "test.lisp" :system-p t) (c:build-program "test" :lisp-files '"'"'("test.o")) (quit))' ;;; Loading #P"/home/drag0n/quicklisp/setup.lisp" ;;; Loading #P"/usr/local/lib/ecl-24.5.10/asdf.fas" ;;; ;;; Compiling test.lisp. ;;; OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=2, Space=0, Speed=3, Debug=0 ;;; ;;; Finished compiling test.lisp. ;;; ~/g/dotfiles/bin/.cl-bin:master*? λ ./test Condition of type: UNDEFINED-FUNCTION The function QUICKLISP-CLIENT::QUICKLOAD is undefined. No restarts available. Top level in: #<process TOP-LEVEL 0x8295a3f80>. >

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

I see the #fedi announcement by a commercial marketing agency of a venture capital based app store joining the fediverse.

Is the #fediverse we have capable of avoiding #enshittification as it grows and attracts an increasing number of corporations, who make it their market?

Is our #ActivityPub landscape resistant to corporate capture and eventual takeover and domination? Just like the Corporate Web, also decentralized.

There are nice niches on the web, like a bloggosphere, bulletin boards, and news readers, that all still exist. But web as a whole is predominantly corporate, arguably not commons based, for the people by the people.

Social experience design defines "commons based" as "where people are in control of their future on a path of healthy evolution and natural growth". A core principle is being sustainable at all times, and timely acknowledge and mitigate risks.

Is fediverse commons based? Did we cocreate the Future of Social networking?

#SX #SocialCoding #poll #AskFedi

Has anyone ever come across an Android media player that's both

1. Open Source (preferrably in the F-Droid store) and,
2. lets you rate (exact scale doesn't matter, binary, 5 stars, whatever) things from the now-playing page and saves those ratings either to file metadata or has a desktop equivalent that can sync them with itself?

I want to be able to quickly go through music and decide if it deserves a closer listen later or is bad and I should just delete it. Mostly to have a sort of pre-screen that I can do easily while on my bicycle (where I need to pay attention and can't dig through menus, but can hit "Like" or "4 star" and swipe to the next track). The only thing I'm aware of that can do this is Mediamonkey (which is not open source).

#AskFedi #OpenSource #FLOSS #Android #FDroid

Dear Fedi friends,

The normalization of "vibe coding" in certain environments is pushing me in the exact opposite direction.

I, a normie (ok maybe a semi-technical person), would like to learn some basic computer programming.

I need some advice about where to start because I'm a little clueless in this regard. Maybe it will help to share my goals, so that you can tailor your advice:

1) I'd like to become much more proficient using CLI... so that one day for example I could migrate a #YunoHost app to a new server without breaking anything

2) I'd like to be able to confidently run remote backups with rsync

3) Security: I need to learn how to turn my VPS or Raspi into a fortress

4) Eventually I'd like to learn #FreeBSD

Where does one even start?

I'm based in Paris, France, speak French, English and Italian, but remote learning is preferable because my child is in school only 4 days a week and has 2-week holidays every 6 weeks of school (thanks to the French educational system, don't ask me).

I'm super motivated to learn all these things, I just don't know where to start.

#AskFedi #MySoCalledSudoLife #NoAI

Can anyone recommend a fairly simple, privacy-respecting to-do list for Android, preferably available through F-droid, and preferably not needing a subscription? I see several apps in the "Task" section of F-Droid, but I don't know which apps are the most stable and usable.

I'm not trying to manage a house-building project: I just need to keep on top of everyday housekeeping tasks for a while.

Thanks!

#ToDo #ToDoList #ToDoApp #AskFedi

There's a ladybug following me everywhere since yesterday.

She roamed near me as I did a video call from my child's room yesterday morning.

Today she flew on my computer monitor and wandered around for a bit. Then I went to shower and she followed me to the bathroom, planting itself on the window. She's very cute.

Do you have any ladybug care tips? How can I help her with food and water?

(My mom says it's still too cold to bring her outside... my 5-year-old is smitten too) 🐞

#AskFedi

My eldest teen is giving me presentations and sending memos on why they should have TikTok

Should I let them have TikTok?

Boost Ok

#askFedi

@osm_tech We're trying to move away from Google Maps for putting pins in a map. I have built a frontend with Leaflet but how to we build the backend so that we won't hammer your servers?

I tried this guide: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Cate/Creating_your_own_server_on_Gnu/Linux but trying to get all those dependencies installed is not trivial to put it mildly. Is there an easier way to do this?

I have found the maps we need at https://download.geofabrik.de but we need a server program

#AskFedi #OSM

Alt...

2 map views with a couple of colored pins in it

Some #foobar2000 help needed, so I #AskFedi.
I have two separate libraries, one for stereo, one for multi-channel in /media/music and /media/surround, respectively. Those folders are monitored.
Now if an album exists both as 2.0 and 5.1, the library view shows both, so I set up filters (%path% HAS /media/music and %path HAS /media/surround), which I applied to two ReFacets in two tabs. The question is how can I get folder view in there, so I can drill down as artist/album/path/to/song.ext? Without folder view I get columns which I don't like, because I like 'em sorted as Artist, The/Album, The, not The Artist/The Album.
Any ideas?

Salut, peuple de gauche ! 😝

Qu'est-ce que vous connaissez comme journaux pour enfants, genre Mon Quotidien / Mon Petit Quotidien ?
En papier et/ou numérique.

Si vous avez des suggestions de magazines divers, je prends aussi. J'avais entendu parlé de Tchika mais il ne semble plus être sorti de numéro depuis un certain temps.

#jeCherche #fediQuestion #askFedi #question #enfant #enfants #jeunesse #presseJeunesse #journaux #monQuotidien #Tchika

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

What domain would you prefer? for a #fediverse linktree, I want to buy a domain

#askfedi

Backlinks to quote posts.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues/132

#AskFedi #FediIdea #fediverse #ActivityPub

Dear #Frontend people, I do apologise for this question in advance because I am profoundly ignorant in this matter:

If a developer opts for writing a Node.js app with Electron, would they *in principle* have the option of repackaging it as a server-based app instead?

Or is an Electron app so far removed from a "normal" web app running in a browser that that's crazytalk, as such a thing would amount to a complete rewrite?

(Boosts & comments appreciated.)

#AskFedi

Just curious: can anyone who has used both kindle e-readers and the kindle store and kobo e-readers and the kobo/rakuten store compare them for me?

I'm thinking along these lines:

• selection of books
• price of books
• evilness of the company ;)
• physical properties/features of the e-readers themselves

Any ideas? @joel?

#AskFedi #HiveMind #eBooks #eReaders

i am once again asking if there is one (1) single solitary GUI static site generator aside from Publii

as in, you can install the program and end up with, like, a folder of static HTML, without ever having to type something into a terminal

(web-based is ok too)

#AskFedi #GUI #SSG

#DeltaChat experimentations and questions

I attempted to install Delta Chat on my Pixel 9 running GrapheneOS and I couldn't get the QR code pairing to work.

So I attempted the "restore from backup" method and it worked seamlessly and instantaneously.

Since Delta Chat doesn't require a phone number or an email address, I wonder what are the best practices to ensure you don't lose access to your account? (In case you lose your main phone)?

I have it set up on my iPhone, on my second phone running GrapheneOS, on two Macs in Paris and now on a MacMini in Italy... so 5 devices in total.

How often do you run backups? Shall I do them every week? Any other advice to share?

#AskFedi #MySoCalledSudoLife

Y’all. I want to explore Netlify alternatives. I don’t deploy apps there, only websites. I love being able to push to GIT repos and have them publish to my server, so I want wanna give that up.

Any solid recommendations?

#Development #Websites #Hosting #Netlify #AskFedi

Please recommend me a #Linux desktop for my daughter’s laptop. #Ubuntu just refused to boot yesterday. Also all that #snap shenanigans… Looks like I need something more stable, but less harsh than #Debian. #Mint maybe?

#UbuntuDesktop #LinuxDesktop #LinuxDistribution #AskFedi

Do you think Loops will pass TikToks Portability API rules?

#AskFedi #Loops

Alt...

Who can apply? Our Data Portability API is available to qualified applicants globally, but currently only covers data for TikTok users in the EEA and UK. Applicants must fulfill the following criteria to qualify for access: • Have a well-defined use case that requires access to one or more of the listed scopes • Serve TikTok users in the EEA or UK and be able to distinguish them (the API will not return data for users outside the EEA or UK) • Provide high-fidelity UX mockups and pass a privacy and security review to ensure user safety

Hey All!

What's your favorite Icon Set? I'm looking for something slick and colorful without being overboard. Feel free to suggest anything though, I might fall in love.

#AskFedi #AskLinux #Linux #KDE #Gnome