Sometimes I just sit down and realise:

• Tinkering with Linux eventually resulted in my dream job
• Many FOSS tools I use are made by awesome individuals, most of them working on things on their free time
• I trust my devices more now that I use these tools
• Since I run tools like Nextcloud myself, I can trust that my data is not being misused
• I have knowhow to help my friends and family to keep their data safe (sometimes I wish they would follow my advice but anyway lol)
• Since I dont use corpo social media, none of the crap around it concerns me
• I am just generally happier since I do not have worry about any of the techbro nonsense

Makes me feel oddly sated. Calm.

Is any of it perfect? No. But I take these always over the user-hostile corpo solutions.

So people who work on all of these free tools: Thank you. :)

@jloc0 @thesaigoneer @r1w1s1 @dobbie003

For the record I'm happy to stick with ktown for now. I usually run just plain labwc or for kicks labwc/noctalia, which with recent updates labwc has now working workspaces. I'm thinking about contibuting to nocatalia because the only missing piece is a ~/.config/labwc/themerc-override file with noctalia's selection of colour schemes.

..and #noctalia made me laugh today here on this rainy day..

@jloc0 @thesaigoneer @dobbie003

#gif

All good @jloc0 @r1w1s1 @dobbie003 @thesaigoneer

Certainly understandable.

@jloc0 I was at some point going to install your #kde6 but I realised it was gone when I did an update/upgrade and Falkon was using Qt5. :bunnesad:
So I took the plunge and installed #ktown It's working fine and falkon behaves now. Running as the wayland session. I'm not a huge fan of big DEs but I'll keep it around until/if it ever makes -current.

BTW, @r1w1s1 I ran the check depends script and about the same as amount as last time is slightly broken. All apps still functional though.

#slackware #plasma
@dobbie003 @thesaigoneer

be careful opening the links from non-verified (and verified too) sources. #security #it #phishing

@jloc0 @thesaigoneer @dobbie003

The new #mpd frontend is starting to take shape, however it is really still in the concept phase. Right now all the setup is done with #pyqt6 then it hands over to #quickshell via a Popen() call, where the pid is saved and everything dies (reasonably) gracefully on exit.

What needs to be done is the integration of the QML gui into the python scripts via QtQuick. That will really bring it out of concept and into development 🤓

https://youtu.be/9HAGDz1gxEI

#slackware #QtQuick #python

RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

I've always said: the best way to get people to realise how flawed #ChatGPT is, is to get them to ask it something about a topic they are experts in.

#AI

@dobbie003 @jloc0 @thesaigoneer
My cava sound animation is now real 😈
It has a python backend with pycairo overwriting a temp file every 50ms.
The mixer is now integrated into the application.

https://youtu.be/oHw8_CFweM8

#slackware #mpd #quickshell #python

@thesaigoneer @dobbie003 @jloc0

I'm kindof not surprised. Never been a huge fan of xfce, it's like the DE you have when not having a DE 😏 , which is probably a bit harsh because we all know how much work it is to try to bring a team together and make something credible.
That said, if they pull this off then it will be a master stroke. They are going the rust/smithay instead of C/wlroots.
More: https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/115972592277075459

Thoughts @thesaigoneer @dobbie003 @jloc0
❓

@volpeon been sitting in the closet too long. 🕸️

Rock Posters have created a moving tribute poster, RIP Rob Hirst 1955-2026, honouring the Herculean Midnight Oil drummer, which has been pinned up around the major cities of Australia.

@thesaigoneer @dobbie003 exactly about the money by planned obsolescence. I kept an old samsung Galaxy W (2012 or so) going for 3 years on updated CyanogenMod ROMS.

@thesaigoneer 🤦‍♂️ forgot my fasffetch/config.json 😕
It shows some Qt stuff.

#fastfetch #slackware

@thesaigoneer here it is is with #labwc #slackware

@thesaigoneer Yeah Noctalia is pretty cool. It's what got me started on #quickshell

@josh good on furniture when you bang knees, hips, head etc. 🤕

@thesaigoneer I made a pledge to myself that I'll post no new code to github. A lot of my stuff there that isn't forked will be sunset anyway; it's old and not worth the effort.

Seen this around without alt text, so I yoinked it to post it myself.

Edit: Based on the earliest mention known and reminded to me (thank you!):
https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115742732861618099