Notices tagged with opensource

Saw a few comments today from devs venting their frustration at managing #OpenSource projects.

Particularly end-user programs where comments are often DMs or repo chat with no "customer service" buffer

While it's important to be open to constructive criticism and offer helpful suggestions, at some point, folks need to understand that they're talking to human beings and boundaries should be respected

@ashfurrow wrote this very helpful advice on how to do exactly that

https://ashfurrow.com/blog/asking-for-help-in-open-source/

did you know that Neocities is 100% #opensource?!

https://github.com/neocities/neocities

“JPL Open Source Rover Project”

Now I just need a spare bit of cash to get mine to Mars

https://github.com/nasa-jpl/open-source-rover

#OpenSource

Here's some art I commissioned by the amazing @joaogarciart

Highly recommended @krita artist.

#art #opensource

Huh. The #freemium service that I use for #RSS (for free) is embedding ads when syncing with the service thru third-party apps. I'm kinda impressed. [The service is #Inoreader.]

The service is a bit too generic for me to feel compelled to pay for it, so I hope that my ad views and clicks may float their boats in the meantime. [This is a preview of my thought that tech funding, especially #openSource funding, can fail merely because a necessary degree of artfulness of the tech is lacking.]

Looks like the C.H.I.P might be back, thanks to the Pro version being #opensource

There’s a company called Source Parts that’s selling a clone (sadly, on Amazon right now, hopefully elsewhere soon)

Still, the Pi Zero W now has everything the original did and is more reliable to source for new projects

https://hackaday.com/2018/07/20/the-c-h-i-p-returns-maybe/

@charlyblack "good tech" is a pretty broad brief. I was responding specifically to #datafarm corporations being a) tempting targets because they aggregate loads of data they don't need to run their service and store it when they don't need to, and b) easy to hack because of security-by-obscurity approaches. #OpenSource alone doesn't fix that, but I'm saying #SoftwareFreedom, in the broadest sense of the term, mandates fixing it.

@enkiv2 my family and most of my friends are on the other side of the world. Unless I want to spend a fortune on postage, toll calls, and flghts, the only way to spend more time with them is via the net. True, I don't have to use FB for that, and I don't. But what to us? I suspect talking about potential replacements that are fundamentally different from FB (non-profit/ cooperative, #FreeCode / #OpenSource etc) would make the essay more useful to most people.

Why has no one told me about #BitBar [https://getbitbar.com/] for #macOS I just found it on [#AlternativeTo] https://alternativeto.net/

#opensource #customization

@cmj There's just that one more thing I think you're missing which is #monoculture. This is why developing other #opensource systems is important.

This is a nice article on getting OpenWRT running on a LogiLink WC0030A IP camera

https://blog.tho.ms/hacks/2016/08/28/openwrt-on-logilink-wc0030a.html

Running the motors is still iffy and audio doesn't work (yet), but it's worth checking out

I'll need to install a security camera system soon and it would be great if the whole stack from the DVR to the switch to the cameras themselves could run #OpenSource software

#HardwareHacking #DIY

A fully fledged security camera system used to cost thousands, but cheaper equipment and ZoneMinder have made all of that much more affordable

I know #ZoneMinder isn't everyone's cup of tea. It does have a steep learning curve, but it's pretty much a professional grade DVR system. Better than most commercial offerings

Best of all, it's #OpenSource and actually gets updates so you're not a sitting duck for malware

But Microsoft have been doing #Linux and #OpenSource for years, they’re one of the good guys now ... #YeahRight
“Microsoft paid $97 million to settle a lawsuit for denying benefits to over eight thousand perma-temps [workers employed years on a series of temp contracts]”, #StevenHill, #OursToHackAndOwn

But Microsoft have been doing #Linux and #OpenSource for years, they’re one of the good guys now ... #YeahRight
“Microsoft paid $97 million to settle a lawsuit for denying benefits to
over eight thousand perma-temps [workers employed years on a series of temp contracts]”, #StevenHill, #OursToHackAndOwn

I know it's a dangerous nit-picky audit trail to start down, but I hate it when I find out that a #charity I donate to spends money on #proprietary software. It makes me want to stop donating, because I know there's a huge amount of money being wasted on something that can and should be $0. Like, without question, $0, if not supportive of #opensource.

(And yes, I know sometimes charitable orgs get $0 proprietary software, but rarely is it $0 across the board.)

- Kdenlive
- Darktable
- Krita
- Blender

The future of #OpenSource multimedia production is looking bright