#Open Source Software

[river-taxbird]

Have YOU got an old Windows PC Microsoft has told you can't run Windows 11? It's time to give it a new life!

How to install Windows 11 on unsupported PC Hardware using Rufus. You can also disable some other Windows 11 bullshit like data harvesting and needing a Microsoft account.

It has been in the news a lot lately that Windows 11 isn't allowed to be installed on PCs without certain requirements, including the TPM 2.0, a chip that was only included in PCs made in 2018 or later. This means that once Windows 10 stops receiving security updates, those PCs will not be able to (officially) run a safe, updated version of Windows anymore. This has led to an estimated 240 million PCs bound for the landfill. Thanks Microsoft! I get you don't want to be seen as the insecure one, but creating this much waste can't be the solution.

(I know nerds, Linux is a thing. I love you but we are not having that conversation. If you want to use Linux on an old PC you are already doing it and you don't need to tell me about it. People need Windows for all sorts of reasons that Linux won't cut.)

So lately I have been helping some under privileged teens get set up with PCs. Their school was giving away their old lab computers, and these kids would usually have no chance to afford even a basic computer. They had their hard drives pulled so I have been setting them up with SSDs, but the question was, what to do about the operating system? So I looked into it and I found out there IS actually a way to bypass Microsoft's system requirement and put Windows 11 on PCs as old as 2010.

You will need: Rufus: An open source ISO burning tool.

A Windows 11 ISO: Available from Microsoft.

A USB Flash Drive, at least 16GB.

A working PC to make the ISO, and a PC from 2018 or older you want to install Windows 11 on.

Here is the guide I used, but I will put it in my own words as well.

Download your Windows 11 ISO, and plug in your USB drive. It will be erased, so don't have anything valuable on it. Run Rufus, select your USB drive in the Device window, and select your Windows 11 ISO with the Select button. (There is supposed to be a feature in Rufus to download your ISO but I couldn't get it to work.?

Choose standard windows installation, and follow the screenshot for your settings. Once you are done that, press Start, and then the magic happens. Another window pops up allowing you to remove the system requirements, the need for a microsoft account, and turn off data collecting. Just click the options you want, and press ok to write your iso to a drive.

From there you just need to use the USB drive to install windows. I won't go into details here, but here are some resources if you don't know how to do it.

Boot your PC from a USB Drive

Install Windows 11 from USB Drive

If you had a licensed copy of Windows 10, Windows 11 will already be licensed. If you don't, then perhaps you can use some kind of... Activation Scripts for Microsoft software, that will allow you to activate them. Of course I cannot link such tools here. So there you go, now you can save a PC made from before 2018 from the landfill, and maybe give it to a deserving teen in the process. The more we can extend the lives of technology and keep it out of the trash, the better.

Additional note: This removes the requirement for having 4GB Minimum of RAM, but I think that requirement should honestly be higher. Windows 11 will be unusable slow on any system with below 8GB of RAM. 8GB is the minimum I think you should have before trying this but it still really not enough for modern use outside of light web and office work. I wouldn't recommend trying this on anything with 4GB or less. I am honestly shocked they are still selling brand new Windows 11 PCs with 4GB of ram. If you're not sure how much RAM you have, you can find out in the performance tab of Task Manager in Windows, if you click the More Details icon on the bottom right. If you don't have enough, RAM for old systems is super cheap and widely available so it would definitely be worth upgrading if you have a ram starved machine you'd like to give a new life.

[bynux]

/* Filename: Discipline.scala */ for (i <- 1 to 1000) { println( f"$i%4d: I will not use code to cheat." ); } // >:3

[artemisblackwing]

If you hate capitalism, or just really like free stuff that's cool, check this out:

Have any of your gotten frustrated by Google's Play store? If so, check out F-Droid

It's a store that has open source apps which are described honestly by their creators because they're not trying to sell you something. It actually lists "anti-features" of apps right after the "features" list so you know all the flaws too.

I found the Saber notes app on it, which is actually also on Google Play but is drowned out there by all the other more annoying less functional apps.

[ezomind-the-other-one]

@rosewind2007 here's the promised fanart for https://archiveofourown.org/works/47718772

@ everyone else, I can explain:

-> the fic linked above is about Murderbot discovering that people made fanfics of the documentary by Dr Bharadwaj, and they ship it with Gurathin

(Made with Gephi by desecrating the airports database provided in the examples. Layout algorithm is Force Atlas.)

[pencil2d-software]

Pencil2D 0.7.0 is out!

📢Change is inevitable…and after 3.5+ years and more than 480+ changes…

🎉Pencil2D 0.7.0 has been officially released!🎉

This version brings many volunteered backlog features, improvements & needed critical fixes.

You can read all about it in our release blog post ⤵️

We know it's been long overdue, but this release was massive while laying out the foundation for better things moving forward.

Nightly builds already have new changes and improvements too, so check them side by side if you run into any issues w/ release.

[estranhossonhos]

Currently venturing on Mastodon. Great alternative to 99.9% of all current social media platforms. 100% recommend if you are looking to decentralize social media + run away from every platform owned by those crazy greedy multimillionaires + that only wants to gather/sell data =» to properly manipulate you, the media and world politics.

Sidenote: I will not be hold accountable for consequences of my reactions if I witness another person trivializing the “refugee” by referring to themselves because of the whole tiktok ban and zuckerberg's latest statements. and by the way Wake-up people: amazon, google, meta, microsoft, the 1001 musk's capital “ventures”, trump and all right-wing meat bags like him, that hoarder richnesses beyond our wildest imagination, while billions of people are fighting to survive every-fucking-single-day, while those 1% are using us for their entertainment! All of their fake social-consciousness, “goodwill”, donations publicity stunts, … it's all bullshit. Their evil-doings are not recent either. They are just no longer afraid of showing their true colours because they are above the law. In fact, they are the law. And we are choosing to remain numb, while trying to fight against this machine, and crying about one less available social media to infinite scroll into oblivion.

Don't want to sound like a broken record nor cringy, but ...

[gleefulsketch]

Am I crazy for wanting to switch from my main art and animation setup to a FOSS/Linux one in terms of software?

[frog707]

Please hold

The project to convert my buildscripts to Kotlin is on hold because I have an EXCITING NEW PROJECT.

Earlier this month (June 2024) Mazhar Akbar drew my attention to his performance comparison between JMonkeyEngine and Godot on a physics-intensive workload. The comparison favored Godot by a large margin. I was skeptical at first, but gradually I became convinced that, in order to level the field, JMonkeyEngine needs a new physics engine, one based on Jolt Physics instead of Bullet.

So now I'm coding all-new JVM bindings for Jolt. Jolt is an open-source software project of some complexity (about 100,000 lines of C++ code), so this could take awhile. Please hold. But not your breath.

I'm having a blast!

[forestal-ramblings]

Trying to learn about Linux and open source software because my 2014 MacBook air is struggling and I feel like I need a computer science degree to get a basic OS installed in this machine.

[thursdayisbetterthanfriday]

OpenStreetMap - An open source online street map

Google Maps is incredibly useful - but did you know there's an open source equivalent? OpenStreetMap has been running for quite some time, and is a community driven replacement for Google, Bing and Apple maps. https://www.openstreetmap.org/

It's accessible via website, but there's also an app version which you can get for your phone which can be used similarly to Google Maps. The sat-nav functions aren't as good as other company-based products, but it does contain very good local-level information.

I've personally used it when hiking, visiting foreign cities in Europe and to create personal maps for tourist attractions, bookshops and good rock collecting spots. You can also download map data which can be used offline even if you don't have mobile signal.

They also have a community stories part of their website dedicated to the people who have used the project: https://www.openstreetmap.org/diary

If you want to support community led, open source, mapping software - do take a look at the funding page at: https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/

[drprawedha]

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Apa yang mungkin membuat desainer meninggalkan sebuah proyek OSS (Open-Source Software)?

Desainer dari studi harian menghadapi banyak tantangan, terutama berkaitan dengan komunikasi, delegasi, manajemen proyek/produk, dan nilai dari pekerjaan mereka dibandingkan dengan waktu yang diinvestasikan oleh mereka.

Desainer sering kali menyatakan kekecewaan ketika semua waktu mereka dihabiskan untuk mengomentari detail khusus dari artefak atau dokumen desain (misalnya, tombol ini di UI melakukan X, studi kelayakan ini berarti kita tahu X tentang pengguna, dll.) atau membenarkan mengapa desain harus dilakukan dalam OSS.

Pekerjaan desain dilakukan dan terus dilakukan dalam perangkat lunak desain terbuka (bukan perangkat lunak tertutup seperti Adobe). Namun, alat desain sumber terbuka ini dianggap "tidak sebaik alat tertutup."

Desain ditinggalkan agar orang lain dapat mengerti dan melanjutkannya.

Meninggalkan OSS dalam "keadaan yang lebih baik" dari segi desain (hal ini akan bersifat unik dan spesifik untuk setiap OSS).

Memastikan bahwa pemelihara OSS mengetahui cara dan apa yang telah dilakukan, dan proyek diserahkan secara perlahan dan hati-hati. Jangan "menghilang" dan bantu agar pengetahuan tetap terjaga.

Mengetahui bahwa desain akan berubah setelah Anda pergi. OSS adalah tentang berbagi dan bersedia menerima perubahan.

Merencanakan struktur OSS untuk tidak hanya mengakui kontribusi desain tetapi juga mendokumentasikannya dengan baik.

Menginspirasi desainer untuk terlibat dalam OSS.

Sebagian besar desainer menyatakan keinginan untuk tidak pernah sepenuhnya meninggalkan proyek OSS dan mereka idealnya ingin tetap berperan sebagai penasihat dan dapat menjawab pertanyaan saat dibutuhkan. Bagi banyak orang, partisipasi dalam OSS adalah alasan etis atau sosial.

Rekomendasi Mendesak

Sebagai proyek OSS yang tertarik menerima kontribusi desain, tinjau dan perhatikan cara-cara di mana desainer memutuskan apakah akan menawarkan desain untuk proyek OSS. Beberapa indikator ini untuk desainer mencakup 'Apakah proyek ini jelas mengenai masalah apa yang ingin mereka selesaikan oleh desainer?' dan 'Apakah OSS ini proyek satu orang dan masih aktif?' Lihat bagian 'Bagaimana desainer memutuskan apakah mereka ingin berkontribusi atau bekerja pada proyek OSS?'

Disarikan dari :

@erioldoesdesign eriol@superbloom.designgithub.com/sprblm/Diary-Studies-Designers-in-OSS

[thoughtportal]

use the RGBA brushes in Krita to paint an impasto textured still life

[bynux]

[strawberrielove]

Day 22 of Freetober - Knight - Freetober is a month-long art challenge dedicated to creating art in open source programs during October (like Inktober :)) started by the Creative Freedom Summit team. I drew this in Krita, I would love to accumulate the skills to create in Blender or even vector art in Inkscape. But alas I'm still learning. If you're looking for a free easy art program to render, paint or just do lineart like this, Krita might be for you ;)

The drawing is referenced from the fantasy cosplayer Honeyswordcosplay on Instagram!

[theexodvs]

Mom: How do I avoid viruses and hackers?

Me: Try to seek out FOSS when you need to download a new program, use Firefox and/or Brave when browsing, use a VPN, disable pop-ups…

Mom: I know! Pathological avoidance of the EXE extension!

[pencil2d-software]

Animators & developers get ready for testing!

🚨With a new version closing in, there's a lot that could go wrong...

That's why Pencil2D 0.7.0 Release Candidate is ready for testing right now❗️

Visit our blog now for more info to help testing!✏️⤵️

#opensource #2danimation #foss #animationsoftware