Looking for more news sources and blogs to follow via RSS feed reader. Requirements: no Substack, no AI, no corporate bootlicking, no articles about tech unless it’s subversive. Things I’m interested in: international news, joyful weirdness, animal science, anti-fascism, Indigenous news, music and musicians. Already following Unicorn Riot, Doctorow, Sinker, 404 (meh), and ProPublica. #RSS #HiveMind #AskFedi #news

Hey hivemind, I know it's come up before, but what is the preferred Linux installation for gamers, specifically modded Minecraft and, secondarily, Steam? I have to get away from Windows - it's ridiculously bloated and unstable on my hardware.

#hiveMind #linux_gaming #linux

Hey hivemind, I know it's come up before, but what is the preferred Linux installation for gamers, specifically modded Minecraft and, secondarily, Steam? I have to get away from Windows - it's ridiculously bloated and unstable on my hardware.

#hiveMind #linux_gaming #linux

Looking for more news sources and blogs to follow via RSS feed reader. Requirements: no Substack, no AI, no corporate bootlicking, no articles about tech unless it’s subversive. Things I’m interested in: international news, joyful weirdness, animal science, anti-fascism, Indigenous news, music and musicians. Already following Unicorn Riot, Doctorow, Sinker, 404 (meh), and ProPublica. #RSS #HiveMind #AskFedi #news

#Email #Sysadmin #Hivemind, brainstorm with me the best way to achieve per-client passwords with #saslauthd!

The ultimate goal is to replicate Fastmail’s per-app IMAP and SMTP passwords, where the same login user can successfully authenticate with a list of passwords that I’ll manage externally.

I’m already using saslauthd in ldap mode, but LDAP tends to hold as fundamental that a user has only one password. saslauthd also has pam mode, but PAM (and especially the PAM MySQL and Postgres modules) also barf if your database query returns more than one row. getpwent and kerberos modes I can’t see being much use.

What about the rimap mode? Do I want to write a dummy IMAP server that backs onto a database for auth? Yuck, but all the other options seem yucker.

Maloney clause: I’ve done a lot of reading of specs and source already, so you’re unlikely to help if you’re just going to do a web search. Paste chatbot slop at me to get blocked.

Whilst waiting for weather to clear would love to spend some time prepping Loops/peertube clips, editing together music, text etc with some very short videos I've shot (very roughly -> don't expect BBC style nature documentaries), while in the middle of fieldwork.

EDIT: I just discovered @Framasoft have added creator mode to the @peertube app! Awesome work - will test it out right now. If it works from #Antarctica, guess it will work anywhere?

What are your recommendations for easy lightweight + ideally #FOSS apps for video editing on an android phone? Don't mind paying but privacy is essential...

#HiveMind #FediRecommends

Whilst waiting for weather to clear would love to spend some time prepping Loops/peertube clips, editing together music, text etc with some very short videos I've shot (very roughly -> don't expect BBC style nature documentaries), while in the middle of fieldwork.

EDIT: I just discovered @Framasoft have added creator mode to the @peertube app! Awesome work - will test it out right now. If it works from #Antarctica, guess it will work anywhere?

What are your recommendations for easy lightweight + ideally #FOSS apps for video editing on an android phone? Don't mind paying but privacy is essential...

#HiveMind #FediRecommends

Does anyone have a remote desktop solution for #Linux and #Wayland that actually works?

#RustDesk disconnects after about 10 seconds, and #DWService gives me a garbled screen.

This is attempting to connect to a Fedora 43 Plasma laptop. Trying to support a family member that's clear across the country, RIP me lol.

No, I can't just use VNC/RDP and tailscale. If I had thought of it when I was setting it up, that would've been great. XD

Any ideas, #HiveMind?

P.S. I might try "Rabbit Remote Control" next chance I get.
https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl

Does anyone have a remote desktop solution for #Linux and #Wayland that actually works?

#RustDesk disconnects after about 10 seconds, and #DWService gives me a garbled screen.

This is attempting to connect to a Fedora 43 Plasma laptop. Trying to support a family member that's clear across the country, RIP me lol.

No, I can't just use VNC/RDP and tailscale. If I had thought of it when I was setting it up, that would've been great. XD

Any ideas, #HiveMind?

P.S. I might try "Rabbit Remote Control" next chance I get.
https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl

Ok #HiveMind, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out #PipeWire.

Is there an idiots guide to "connect the audio output of program X to the input of program Y?"

I used to know how to do it with pacmd, but PipeWire is the shiny object du jour for the linux dev crows and so I have to learn a new thing. :eyeroll:

I just want to take the sound output of the #SDR program I'm using (SDR++) and pipe it into #wsjtx for decoding #WSPR signals (assuming I can get them 😁 )

#AskFedi #AmateurRadio

Ok #HiveMind, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out #PipeWire.

Is there an idiots guide to "connect the audio output of program X to the input of program Y?"

I used to know how to do it with pacmd, but PipeWire is the shiny object du jour for the linux dev crows and so I have to learn a new thing. :eyeroll:

I just want to take the sound output of the #SDR program I'm using (SDR++) and pipe it into #wsjtx for decoding #WSPR signals (assuming I can get them 😁 )

#AskFedi #AmateurRadio

Is there a good non-AI alternative to #Zoom? I don’t mind paying for a good product but I don’t want to pay Zoom for invasive AI BS. It has to be something that my non-techie clients can easily use on their end; I can handle tech but many of my clients cannot. I will be hosting meetings, they will be attendees. #HiveMind #AskFedi

#HIVEMIND: Passkeys - worth using?

#AskFedi

A few years ago there was an interesting essay where the author retraced how "web design" split in to "front-end" and "back-end" and with that the labour also split along gender lines with corresponding differences in compensation and status. I did not save it for some reason and this is impossible to find with search.

Anyone recall this one?

#askfedi #hivemind

A few years ago there was an interesting essay where the author retraced how "web design" split in to "front-end" and "back-end" and with that the labour also split along gender lines with corresponding differences in compensation and status. I did not save it for some reason and this is impossible to find with search.

Anyone recall this one?

#askfedi #hivemind

Over the summer our 6 year old asked me to read to him from The Official Ubuntu Book (which I co-authored). On the page about the #Mycroft assistant device, I mentioned I had one. He was entranced.

Well, yes, I do. A Mark 1. It's been in my closet since I got it. It might be too old to run #OVOS. Or the hardware is dodgy. Maybe I should consider #HiveMind 🤔 Hey, someone upgraded it to use a RPi4.

What kind of hole am I digging for myself here?

Over the summer our 6 year old asked me to read to him from The Official Ubuntu Book (which I co-authored). On the page about the #Mycroft assistant device, I mentioned I had one. He was entranced.

Well, yes, I do. A Mark 1. It's been in my closet since I got it. It might be too old to run #OVOS. Or the hardware is dodgy. Maybe I should consider #HiveMind 🤔 Hey, someone upgraded it to use a RPi4.

What kind of hole am I digging for myself here?