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Kitty 0.50 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
Kitty 0.50 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't know if the Dev uses LLMs (EDIT: He does) but he's been very lackadaisical about security. His code is often messy or takes shortcuts (I'm not a programmer, I just read what other folks who do have programming skills have brought up with him as issues). And he's been crazy hostile in some bug reports to the point of being nasty and dismissive (including important security bugs). I don't use Kitty because it's overkill for my needs (I've recently switched from Konsole to Foot) but the lazy security is making me seriously look into alternatives to Calibre because I no longer trust having it on my machine. Do an internet search for something like Kovid Goyal hostility or security issues and you'll quickly come across discussions and bug reports demonstrating his shit attitude.

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    • Trapped on Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
    [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Unfortunately most people won't notice it affecting their user experience until it's too late. A lot of the manipulation and take over is happening quietly in the background. I'm still using Linux, albeit a more independent and systemd-less flavour. Buy I'm also not afraid to jump to BSD if and when the need arises. Personally I would prefer the community fought back more so Linux stays FOSS and community first. The tech world is already shitty enough as it is without losing Linux to the techbros as well. Apathy is a shortcut to that which is why I recommend folks read the history and learn for themselves what's needed.

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    • Join the Attention Strike - 27th November in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
    [EU] Apparently from 20 Nov, pay later apps need to view past purchases and income to function in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
    What is the current way to download from music streamers like deezer, spotify, qobuz etc. Preferably lossless and preferably with a GUI. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    If you don't share back then sure, it's a problem. Since I do, I don't see an issue with using things like Sockseek to build your library first and then start sharing. I had zero flac files when I started. Sldl jump started my library. As I've ripped CDs, gained more, and run them through Picard, I've been able to build it up even more and share rarer music. Not everyone using projects like Sockseek are leechers and there are plenty of leechers using Nicotine as well. Personally I would rather just not bother with gate keeping leechers and lead by example. (Especially when it could inadvertently negatively affect newbies).

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    • Trapped on Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
    [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    What's best for the ecosystem can often be at odds with what's best for corporations. When they're spending a lot of money on devs, what they want can get rammed through even if its detrimental. The age verification crap is just the latest example. But if you go down the systemd rabbit hole you'll find decades long examples. Or look at who sits in the Linux Foundation board (and who the top funders of the Foundation are). There's lots more but there's only so much I can say before I start sounding like a tin foil hat crazy. Not to mention you shouldn't trust random internet strangers and should go read more on the corporate takeover of Linux yourself. It's the only way to truly understand how big and deep the problems are. I can't do that for you and certainly not easily in this format. There are just some journeys you have to take yourself. Learning from history is one of them.

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    • 117 year old original carpet in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
    Trapped on Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
    [–] 19 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    I've been daily using Linux for more than 13 years at this point but I too am concerned at the direction some things are going in. I'm on Artix and happy there for the time being. But I definitely have started keeping an eye on BSD so its always in my back pocket if the need arises. We now have a laptop with GhostBSD on it so we can get and stay familiarised with it. But our biggest issue at the moment is gaming and Steam (yes, I could not use Steam but I'm happy with it and like using it).

    It feels like it sucks so much that finally after years of encouraging others to switch to Linux that its finally starting to become more mainstream but its right at a time when mega corps are also sinking their claws in so deeply that its finally having a really negative effect on the ecosystem (their claws have been in for years but the community has mostly kept them at bay, apart from freaking systemd, for the most part up until now).

    Also depressing that people are uneducated on the long controversial history of corporations sticking their greedy noses into the FOSS space to the detriment of all, and not understanding why this stuff is so very important for the future of Linux and FOSS generally.

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    What is the current way to download from music streamers like deezer, spotify, qobuz etc. Preferably lossless and preferably with a GUI. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    [–] 24 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Is there a particular reason for downloading from streaming services? If not and lossless is important to you, it might be easier to use something like Soulseek (via Nicotine) and get flac files. There are some projects like SockSeek that can automate downloads (I used it when it was called sldl to convert my YouTube playlists into a local flac music library).

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    HBO Max has really turned to shit since the Skydance takeover in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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    Health tracking apps? (sh.itjust.works)
     

    Do any privacy respecting, powerful, health/chronic illness tracking apps exist?

    I've used Bearable and Flaredown in the past. I'm able to (somewhat) use my Garmin sports watch with Gadgetbridge (but I only use it for heart rate and sleep). But now I'm needing to try and find patterns in my health again. Yeah, there's still Bearable but I don't like the way it's set out and I don't think it's open-source. Flaredown seems to be dying? There's no android app any more anyway (which isn't absolutely necessary anyway). I've seen suggestions for Guava but it gives me ick vibes (yet to read the privacy policy) and it has AI in it which I will not at all trust not to accidentally leak health information.

    Something Obsidian md (PC) based would be fine but I don't know of any plugins that can algorithmically pick up and display patterns and correlations from data.

    EDIT: For clarity, I don't mean things like Garmin's app for tracking steps, sleep, exercise, etc. I mean apps (phone or PC) that allow you to have a food diary, track pain levels, illness, sleep, water intake, stress, menstrual cycles, symptoms, etc. - more for tracking chronic health issues and finding correlations, patterns or behaviours that result in worse symptoms or symptom improvement. :)

    Suggestions? Ideas for alternative methods to using apps?

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    Secure hosting and software for a private forum/community? (sh.itjust.works)
     

    So I am the web admin for a non-profit that deals with and discusses private medical information. My country has laws around keeping this information safe which ironically I take more seriously than a lot of the public health services I personally interact with but I digress.

    With all the push for increased surveillance lately and my trying to keep pushing people towards safer alternatives, the idea I've had for setting up a private forum is starting to become more important (maybe that and my yearning for the internet of old where people on the internet were people and not a high chance of being a bot). Currently the orgs main discussion is on Facebook (yep, don't get me started on that - I did not decide that, it was many years ago and I've always hated that it excluded people who don't use FB).

    We have shared hosting for the website but this severely limits options. All the software that I can install on shared hosting through cpanel has resulted in ugly, difficult to use options or gotchas like not being able to make the community private (i.e. people will want to talk about their own medical situations with other group members, not the whole world).

    So my next steps are to investigate what hosting infrastructure is secure and what software will best allow for a private and secure community. I was considering Discourse but this might be overkill and I don't know if posts and DMs can be encrypted, etc. Interested in suggestions for other forum or community software that is better.

    I could get AWS for non-profits but it's Amazon and I don't trust them as far as I can kick them so I don't know how safe it would be to have or if encryption would help mitigate the Amazon factor.

    My knowledge of these sorts of things is pretty outdated (I'm mostly just a web des).

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    I just wanted to compare FOSS Linux budgeting software (sh.itjust.works)
     

    Instead YouTube gives me literally nothing but AI spam. :/

    I scrolled down a bit more and got this: https://i.postimg.cc/fJcPhG45/Screenshot-20251118-150802.png

    Scrolled down some more and this: https://i.postimg.cc/v1khnhRp/Screenshot-20251118-151325.png

    I kept scrolling until I ran out of relevant results. Not a single video was legit. I don't think I've ever seen so much AI slop in one search term and by the gods there is a lot of crap on YouTube.

    Anyone have a good comparison video? I'm just wanting a decent comparison of Actual, Firefly III and possibly HomeBank. Feel free to also give me your 2 cents on whatever you use :)

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    How to remove 'anti-piracy' footers from complex PDFs? (sh.itjust.works)
     

    I have some sewing patterns that I would like to share (and hopefully swap) but all of the PDFs have a

    "This was purchased by John Doe john.doe@email.com #ordernumber - if you are not John Doe, please dob in the person you got this from to company@example.com so we can sick our lawyers on them"

    sorta footer on every single page.

    Obviously for privacy reasons (and because I don't actually want lawyers sicked onto me), I need to remove this footer.

    These are often complex PDFs with more than a hundred pages and multiple layers.

    I managed to successfully remove the editing password (not user/viewing password, just can't edit without password) with qpdf --decrypt. But removing that footer has left me at a dead end. I have even tried manually removing every single instance of those footers using Master PDF Editor but saving the file flattened it and you are no longer able to show/hide layers which is essential for correct printing. (Please don't ask me how many different PDF editors I have tried because it has been so so SO many I have lost count).

    Not that I really want to have to manually edit this out on what could amount to over a thousand pages but searching for a command to remove a certain phrase has come up empty. Even Master PDF Editor doesn't seem to have a bulk remove or search and replace function (just search).

    I use Linux btw.

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    App for downsizing MP3s automatically when copying to a phone? (sh.itjust.works)
     

    I'm ditching streaming services and just going with local music. However all my CDs are converted to either flac or 320kbps mp3 files on my PC and thus far too large for the limited storage I have on my phone.

    I was hoping there might be an app that would automatically downconvert to something like 128kbps and then copy over to the Music directory on my phone. A bit like how Calibre can automatically convert eBook files (e.g. mobi to epub) and then send them to your ereader?

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