FOSS Day One Journal Alternative
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/46344922
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good open source journaling app that can rival Day One? I'm looking for something end-to-end encrypted—I know Day One claims to be E2E, but I'm not sure I trust it. I use Joplin for my general note taking, but It's not really a suitable alternative for journaling.
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I will never understand the internet's hive mind hate boner for this game. People bitch about CoD, Fortnight, and having nothing new to play, but then something new comes out and it's immediately a failure since it didn't instantly pass CoD's player count.
The damn thing has been out all of like 36 hours. It's like everyone in the gaming community has the attention and patience of a Netflix exec now.
Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
We, the Xfce team are excited to share some great news!
After careful consideration, we’ve decided on a meaningful way to use the generous donations from our community: funding longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a brand-new Wayland compositor for Xfce.
This initiative will utilize a significant portion of the project’s donated funds, but we believe it’s an important investment in Xfce’s future.
The goal is, that xfwl4 will offer the same functionality and behavior as xfwm4 does, or as much as possible considering the differences between X11 and Wayland. Using xfwl4 should feel just like using xfwm4 on X11. We even plan to reuse the existing xfwm4 configuration dialogs and xfconf settings to ensure a seamless transition.
Xfwl4 will not be based on the existing xfwm4 code. Instead, it will be written from scratch in rust, using smithay building blocks.
Additional news articles on the topic:
- Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce
- Xfwl4: the roadmap for a Xfce Wayland compositor
- Xfce Begins Work on xfwl4, a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor
- Xfce Desktop Environment Is Getting a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor
Xfce Desktop Environment Is Getting a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor - 9to5Linux
Xfce desktop environment is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called Xfwl4, which will be included in the Xfce 4.22 release.Marcus Nestor (9to5Linux)
Experts warn the world is at its closest of Armageddon today then ever before
Experts warn the world is at its closest of Armageddon today then ever before
In 2026 nuclear experts Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Glenn Diesen have warned that nuclear war is closer today than it has ever been in the past. They have warned that…LLB staff reporter (London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com)
Alberta justices speak up about independence after premier muses about directing the courts
“Court of Appeal and King’s Bench [judges] are chosen by the federal government. In fact, I just wrote a letter to [Prime Minister] Mark Carney saying maybe we should look at a way, now that we’ve got some openings on King’s Bench, for us to have a joint process to choose those judges so we start choosing judges in Alberta that reflect the values of how we want them to operate here.”
Emphasis mine.
Like wtf... that is exactly what is NOT supposed to happen. They shouldn't be ruling on values, they should be ruling on the god damn law.
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One of the reasons I no longer work at a non profit group of homeless shelters in the US is because the board fucking contracted consulting with a private security company that worked with and had many IDF people in it, for our shelter security protocols.
That and I was adamantly opposed to using any Microsoft service to handle any of our data on our homless and in need 'clients'.
I was about 5 years ahead of the curve on 'MSFT is a data / PII security nightmare', just look at basically all of Europe right now, but you can perhaps imagine how that attitude doesn't fly so well in Seattle.
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Davos, Carney and the staged revolt against American hegemony
Davos, Carney and the staged revolt against American hegemony
Does Carney’s WEF speech herald a sincere embrace of multipolarity — and rejection of US hegemony — or a mere rebranding of empire?Thomas Fazi
"Staged" is the right word here.
You should've seen him during the debates before the elections.
He talks left and walks right.
Alex Pretti’s murder was an attack on press freedom
Alex Pretti’s murder was an attack on press freedom
Officials’ anti-recording playbook is an update of the old anti-whistleblowing oneFreedom of the Press
Tom Homan Accidentally Makes Crucial Admission on That $50K Cash Bribe
Tom Homan Accidentally Makes Crucial Admission on That $50K Cash Bribe
Trump’s border czar was asked on Fox News about accepting a bag full of cash. His answer said it all.The New Republic
Just did my first in place upgrade. It was super easy.
Been using Linux off and on for years. Back when Windows 10 got EOL'd, I decided to go all in. I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't like Mint/Cinnamon, so I went with MX 23 + Plasma.
Now that MX 25 has been out for a bit, I figured I'd try my first in place upgrade: mxlinux.org/wiki/in-place-upgr…
The instructions said the process would be "a little bumpy," but it really wasn't at all - I'm comfortable with a command line.
Only issue was that my icons were all blank after the upgrade. (I figured a theme got upgraded and the old icon paths were invalid.) All I had to do was go into settings and pick a new icon pack.
Since this was my first time, I don't really know if that was typical for in place upgrades. I'm sure I'll find out eventually, haha.
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Totally +1 for MX. I've tried a few distros over the years, and sure plenty of woes 'could' be the recent growing pains into Wayland, etc ... but thus far, MX has been so fucking easy it's almost concerning.
The only thing I'd slightly gripe about so far is the highly limited options at install time. No multiple partition setup or nearly any alternative choices ... but that can also be viewed as a positive.
From the standpoint of, "I just want this shit to work", it's been excellent.
I was also looking at cinnamon, but I wanted a KDE Plasma option. Then I ran into MX and figured why not try? A couple of very simple and fast installs later, and two different laptops are now running it.
The extreme ease at installing nvidia drivers was just icing on the cake for how easy the rest went.
Yeah, all this exactly.
My desktop is pretty old, but I still use it for blender and 3D printing stuff. I don't need anything too complex - just stability (including compatibility with my Nvidia card). No need for complex partitioning, partly because all my files are on my NAS. And the antiX package manager is much better than Synaptics - I should figure out if it works on other flavors of Debian, too..
I've played with tons of distros. I run Bazzite for gaming, and I love Endeavour for productivity. But I keep going back to MX on anything a little older.
First time i hear about MX Linux tbh. I check it out though see what it is about.
For me personally I am more a fan of a rolling distro on the desktop.
Thief of $90M in seized U.S.-controlled crypto is gov't contractor's son
Thief of $90M in seized U.S.-controlled crypto alleged to be government crypto contractor's son
Two crypto thieves decided to settle an argument over who was wealthier by screensharing as they transferred crypto between wallets to prove ownership.Web3 is Going Just Great
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona on Tuesday, according to a Pima County Sheriff spokeswoman.Mirna Alsharif (NBC News)
I don't agree with that definition of "oversaturated". Yes, hero shooters demand way too much time investment from the player but at the end of the day there are seven of them at most.
And that leads to a problem I forgot to mention in the main post: Even if a hero shooter starts out as a good game, it can still be ruined down the line. Combine that with a lack of alternatives and you are effectively stuck with the game you have picked years ago. You don't like what Overwatch turned into? Too bad, take it or leave it.
Also the insane commitment demand isn't fundemental to the genre, it's a consequence of the blockbuster approach developers insist upon taking with this type of game.
How would you define oversaturated then? Since you counted them up and said seven isn't a lot, is there a certain number that's a cutoff?
Oversaturation should be relative to what the market will bear. They're absolutely right that the time commitment is what really matters here. You might not think seven sounds like a lot, but no one's committing to grinding battle passes in seven live services at once.
If we were talking about something like visual novels, seven isn't a lot because you'll finish one and move on to the next. But seven live services is a lot of live services, because it's more than what people will play.
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/42272628
ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work permits, asylum seekers, permanent residents (people holding “green cards”), naturalized citizens, and even citizens by birth. ICE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on surveillance technology to spy on anyone—and potentially everyone—in the United States. It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against such an overwhelming force. But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology. ....
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have …Techdirt
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in reply to Giuseppe Lasagna • • •Journiv looks promising. It's not yet e2e but it's on the roadmap github.com/orgs/journiv/projec…
Esit: it's not free, sorry.
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in reply to jaredwhite • • •Thank you!
I didn't bother looking at the license. I assumed it was openn source.
It's source available which is good and better than proprietary but as a free alternative is better.
I really like it but that changes things for me, thanks again! Journiv can decide some day to not publish the code and that's the problem for me.
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in reply to illusionist • • •That is the distinction between Open Source and Free (as in Freedom) Software. I prefer the spanish/latin/french term Libre to refer to what you call "truly open source".
Open source is indeed frequently used by big and smaller companies to do what I call OpenWashing. Yes the source code is available somewhere but the licence is so restrictive that it doesn't respect my freedom and thus isn't Libreware / Free Software.
Also copyleft for the win!
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in reply to jaredwhite • • •Journiv looks pretty cool and i want to try it, but I only use FOSS software whenever possible and Journiv is not under an open source license. The debatably-FOSS license covers the server and prohibits commercial use, which i dont like but maybe could live wirh, but the web client's license is not debatable: it is clearly not FOSS because it's proprietary software owned and copyrighted by Swalab Tech and is not licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.
Here's an LLM's summary of why it's not FOSS:
... show moreThe PolyForm‑Noncommercial 1.0.0 is a non‑commercial license that blocks any commercial use of the code without a separate written agreement. That places it near the bottom of most freedom scales, such as the Open Source Definition or the Free Software Definition. FOSS people would point out that the licence allows use, copy and modification for personal or non‑commercial purposes but disallows commercial deployment or monetised use, so it fails the “freedom” test. The licence also requires
Journiv looks pretty cool and i want to try it, but I only use FOSS software whenever possible and Journiv is not under an open source license. The debatably-FOSS license covers the server and prohibits commercial use, which i dont like but maybe could live wirh, but the web client's license is not debatable: it is clearly not FOSS because it's proprietary software owned and copyrighted by Swalab Tech and is not licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.
Here's an LLM's summary of why it's not FOSS:
The PolyForm‑Noncommercial 1.0.0 is a non‑commercial license that blocks any commercial use of the code without a separate written agreement. That places it near the bottom of most freedom scales, such as the Open Source Definition or the Free Software Definition. FOSS people would point out that the licence allows use, copy and modification for personal or non‑commercial purposes but disallows commercial deployment or monetised use, so it fails the “freedom” test. The licence also requires contributors to assign all rights to the owner, which removes copyright retention and any freedom to license derivatives. Because the web client is explicitly excluded from the licence and cannot be hosted or redistributed as part of a service, the package is effectively a hybrid licence that is not accepted as open source. On a freedom scale of 0 to 100, it would be roughly 10–20, and FOSS communities would typically call it “not open source” or “proprietary‑style” and advise against using it in a truly FOSS project.
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in reply to Mike Wooskey • • •I was going to submit Journiv for review at It's Really FOSS but one of their conditions to accept a project is that the project claims to be open source - and I can't find anywhere that Journiv claims to be open source!
In this discussion on Journiv's github Swalab Tech says:
Frontend Source · journiv · Discussion #51
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in reply to Giuseppe Lasagna • • •GitHub - xp4u1/memoria: Sleek, minimalist diary with private, secure, self-hosted data.
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