alturp

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by alturp 9d ago
I actually really like not having backlight, forcing me to use non-directional yellow light during the night reading sessions. I wish all electronic screen were like that.
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by alturp 10d ago
> "Over the years it has been clear that we in the “open source” camp (as opposed to the “free software” camp) were wrong all along. We won the debate, and gained little for users or developers. All that our efforts did was to make
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by alturp 12d ago
In my primary school in Istanbul, we had chess classes weekly on Fridays as the last class. The timeslot and our kind Ukrainian teacher was making it impossible to concentrate. As a result I never able to become a child prodigy but I have v
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Latest F-Droid Update Implements GNU Taler Support(f-droid.org)
27 points by alturp 12d ago|1 comments
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by alturp 12d ago
"As part of our NLnet-funded GNU Taler project, we’ve completed a deliverable: exploring and implementing Taler support in the F-Droid client. App developers can try this now by getting an account for receiving Taler-based donations an
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by alturp 12d ago
I can think of mailbox.org and posteo.de . I use mailbox.org with custom domai for two years now and it works as intended from mail side.
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Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts(techcrunch.com)
2 points by alturp 7mo ago|1 comments
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by alturp 7mo ago
Announcement: https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2026-02-06-update-on-deve...
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by alturp 8mo ago
Always my problem with Tailscale and similar solutions is that I already run VPNs in my personal devices and especially with android devices, I need to switch between two VPNs, which I find a friction that I do not want. Does anybody know a
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by alturp 8mo ago
exactly and in case of free software it is not even competition with financial incentive and (not always) so many projects can live long without a good output because of this. i think many people do not appreciate the usefulness of 'no
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by alturp 8mo ago
The so-called fragmentation people criticizes in the comments is also a strength for free software systems in long term.
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by alturp 8mo ago
I am using Classic iPod using Rockbox, it is basically drag and drop without Apple's gatekeeping. I also changed battery and increase storage capacity using iFlash adapters. Although I am very happy with this setup, I recommend you che
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by alturp 8mo ago
Unfortunately, it is not FOSS but I find Obsidian with kanban plugin a killer. They do release their Android app from Github, and some custom ROMs allows you to disallow network permission. Also for Linux version, you can use Flatpak releas
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by alturp 8mo ago
Audio jacks have to come back.
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by alturp 8mo ago
I recently switched to an iPod and have a Samba server that I can use to access my music library on the go if needed, via WireGuard. Honestly, I could not be more happier with it. I think there are very few advantages for technically inclin
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by alturp 8mo ago
Isn't it? I am totally looking forward to a grammar checker that can compete with DeepL or Grammarly that can run locally and not heavy on resources. This will complete the holy trinity of local and free natural language editing; trans
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by alturp 8mo ago
Thanks for clarification!
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by alturp 8mo ago
Does it also remove Firefox's translation models that uses local CPU? I find that feature very useful and totally obliterated my dependence on Chrome's translate features. Models are surprisingly good, especially for languages lik
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by alturp 8mo ago
here is mine; https://altug.helidoni.org I learned hosting and building websites with this project :)