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vanous··on SubEthaEdit 5 – native open-source text editor with live collaboration feature
macOS only as per GH tagline:

General purpose plain text editor for macOS.

vanous··on Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
Yes it is, see here: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/build-deploy-gitea

Gitea can run locally.

vanous··on Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
Great question. Let me copy/paste explanation of one of the founders:

Collaboration platforms like SourceForge, GitHub, and GitLab enabled and facilitated the development and organization of free software projects. But as developers of free software we fell into a trap – we poured invaluable source code, documentation and last not least a huge and steady stream of data about our personalities, interests and social networks into proprietary platforms. These platforms are no charities, they operate to fulfill the commercial objectives of their founders and owners, outside of our control. They are valued and sold for billions of dollars. Codeberg is trying to fix that. The nonprofit Codeberg e.V. has been founded as independent non-government organization to launch and build a free home for Free and Open Source Software.

Also see this short SFSCon talk:

https://www.sfscon.it/talks/codeberg-a-free-home-for-free-pr...

vanous··on Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
We are missing the trees for the forest here. I think that Codeberg is not communicating their core values the best way and my understanding is: to be an open source, ethical, safe home for open source projects under Non-Profit Collaboration Community. If your repo were ever (even temporarily) disabled by a false or intentionally bullying DMCA take down request, you would know right away why every single word in the above sentence is important. And, hosted in Europe, under EU laws.

This is a nice summary: https://blog.codeberg.org/codebergorg-launched.html

Suggestions on how to make the messaging of Codebeberg clearer would be appreciated, Codeberg has an issue about this in their tracker: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/75

Edit: added link to Codeberg issue tracker

vanous··on OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming
It is really awesome and fast development. I am hoping it ends up cross platform (Linux) and not only OSX specific.
vanous··on Spain's hospital IT systems under “massive attack” (in Spanish)
And, because nation wide state of emergency has been declared few weeks ago, even small law breaking stuff is a crime. So people running these bot networks might not have realized that if caught, penalty can easily be 10x the usual rate.
vanous··on Look4Sat – satellite tracker for Android inspired by Gpredict
Izzy is wonderful for maintaining so many apps in his F-Droid repositories, definitively worth adding to your F-Droid.
vanous··on Instagram took down private unofficial APIs via DMCA
This is why codeberg was started.

https://codeberg.org/

vanous··on Wine 5.0
Maybe the list is short, but even just having Acrobat Reader (for its 3D capsbilities, which unfortunately cannot be substituted by any software in Linux), would be a great.
vanous··on 13.3" full color ePaper display
Started appearing in most supermarket chains in the Czech Republic. B/W and also dual colored.
vanous··on Ask HN: Any Pebble Alternatives?
Gadgetbridge supports many watches and bands (including Pebble). Join us on our journey for owning our data.
vanous··on Ask HN: Any Pebble Alternatives?
Yes, it is in the wiki...

https://github.com/MNVolkov?tab=repositories

And also here on the forum (Google translate link):

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...

vanous··on Ask HN: Any Pebble Alternatives?
I would suggests Amazfit Bip. Amazing battery life, steps, hr, gps, notifications, no need for official app (use Gadgetbridge) and can flash alternative firmware for which you can develop in c.

https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfi...

The following link takes you to a Wiki page about BipOS. In the wiki is all you might need to know: https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfi...

vanous··on Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game
The inability to use even password manager's keyboard has forced me (and probably more people) to use much weaker passwords then usual. Also, the 32 chars limit...

Thanks for the game.

vanous··on Some users say they're getting rid of Fitbit because they don't trust Google
>but "local storage" would certainly be my requirement.

[x] Check :)

Gadgetbridge intentionally does not have network permissions. There is a manual and periodical data export allowing you to push your data for further storage, processing, visualizing etc.

vanous··on Some users say they're getting rid of Fitbit because they don't trust Google
Thank you for mentioning Gadgetbridge [1]! Interestingly enough, i find people mentioning Gadgetbridge under very many recent smart band/watch/gadget related articles here on NH.

Gb is under constant development - improvements and new devices are being added all the time, thanks to the main developer who is really good with the deep BLE stuff. The app provides a great value in notifications (and their filters), steps/sleep/activity collecting and visualizing, button actions and more. We are looking for help, however, with some of the obvious things like nicer activities listing, simpler imports of data exported from other services etc, so feel free to stop by the Matrix chat or on Codeberg/Github.

[1] https://blog.freeyourgadget.org/

vanous··on Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool
Link to repository: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource
vanous··on PeerTube v2
Unfortunately yes. Look at Librepay's "How it works for creators" paragraph:

"We currently support processing payments through Stripe and PayPal."

vanous··on PeerTube v2
Unfortunately, there is no alternative. Everybody uses PayPal or Stripe on the backend...
vanous··on Bash-lib: Library for bash utility methods and tools
Sultan seems less like bash and more like a Python to me. Not having to pass everything as a list of tokens feels nicer.
vanous··on Bash-lib: Library for bash utility methods and tools
Thanks for this, very interesting!
vanous··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
Same here. Not only pure number but distribution is what I watch.

Having another family member to pull you out for a walk has been beneficial.

After some time, we have raised the goal to 10000. Now keeping 13k monthly average is not unusual now

I have a feeling that most people use these bands primarily for notifications and I started the same way but then it helped me to become more active.

vanous··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
Sorry to post the same link twice here but since you asked... Look at Gadgetbridge and supported devices. I just also posted a link to the new relase... please see here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21381818
vanous··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
Look at Gadgetbridge and supported devices. I just also posted a link to the new relase... please see here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21381818
vanous··on Czech Trail Marking System (2006)
What i consider a good thing is that distances are shown in kilometers, rather then hours. Mountain trails might sometimes be marked in hours, as the hilly terrain adds it's time toll significantly, but for the most part, it is kilometers, which means that can very easily estimate how long it will take you to your destination while walking/running/biking...

But not all signage is great that in CZ. For example driving roads are mostly marked by "destination cities" at intersections rather then by road numbers (except of highway exits), so when planning a road trip, you must create an itinerary of towns to pass through, rather then simply following a map of roads.

vanous··on Ask HN: What are your favorite Linux applications?
Amazing, thank you!
vanous··on Ask HN: What are your favorite Linux applications?
Freecad and Meshlab for 3D editing. KeepassXC for password management. Gnome Shell extensions: - KdeConnect (phone sync/remote access) - Argos (script based utilities for top bar)
vanous··on My OpenStreetMap Workflow: Mapping the Village of Marmari, Evia
Thank you for the OSM Go! Tip.
vanous··on Apple Watch Series 5
Exactly. Actually, the Amazefit Bip can go even much longer (six weeks) if you don't use GPS daily and as a benefit, fully FLOSS (unofficial) companion app Gadgetbridge ( http://gadgetbridge.org/ )
vanous··on Ask HN: For a note taking app, would you prefer standalone desktop or a web app?
Choose some good structure storage / format.

I have been looking into org mode but without Emacs, thinking of making a backed, to which I would connect via web app and also ttk based app. Syncing with syncthing, on mobile orgzly works pretty well.

Good luck !

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