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Welcome to the /foss channel! 

This is a place for any discussions related to FOSS (free and open source software). 

Everyone is welcome to join in and participate, ask questions, share knowledge and have fun! 💾 😺

I was kinda waiting for this to happen... 😹 🙈 

Letting LLMs run amok with root is probably not a great idea, but an interesting read nonetheless!

Be an open source absolutist 

https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1711737838889242880

airstack

I made the source code for my Dagster Moxie Fan Token Earnings Offchain -> Dune data pipeline available on GitHub.

- how to query multiple pages of Fan Token Auction data from the Airstack GraphQL API
- how to lookup associated Moxie Lifetime Earnings data in batches for efficiency
- produce a CSV file suitable for upload into Dune from the above data
- using the DuneClient to upload the CSV data as a table

Warning: I'm a python and dagster noob 😀 

https://github.com/ryanjshaw/moxie-dune-ft-earnings-pipeline

Thanks @rjs 
Always loved /foss philosophy.
Grew up with it. And big community culture.
One day i to will pay forward

Husband, dad, dev • @dune.eth wizard • Ultimate Ⓜ️oxie Dashboard https://tinyurl.com/moxiedash •  I'm just zis guy, you know?

Considering putting in a devcon talk proposal about free software alternatives to common non-free software. Are there other widely-used non-free things apart from warpcast and metamask or would I basically be bitching about those two for 20 mins?

I really like the name "FOSS" because "open source" describes what it is but not why it matters

In the past decade or so Ubuntu desktop has gone from endless pain to only rarely painful

Currently stuck on an issue with my NetworkManager but years ago I remember being constantly derailed by this sort of stuff

Are you more of an ideological free software activist or a practical open source advocate?

macOS

new open-source window manager for MacOS, looks pretty slick. didn't test it yet
https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop

A new BETA version of the popular streaming/recording software OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) is out! 

OBS is /foss software for video recording & live streaming for Windows, Mac & Linux.

v30.2. Beta 3 fixes a Windows memleak and crash issues.

A new BETA version of the popular streaming/recording software OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) is out! 

OBS is /foss software for video recording & live streaming for Windows, Mac & Linux.

v30.2. Beta 3 fixes a Windows memleak and crash issues.

https://obsproject.com/

It's been busy days for mod trackers, because OpenMPT, a Windows-based music tracker has a new version!

Changes: small bugfix release mostly focussed on improving playback compatibility with various formats.

It's been busy days for mod trackers, because OpenMPT, a Windows-based music tracker has a new version!

Changes: small bugfix release mostly focussed on improving playback compatibility with various formats.

https://openmpt.org/

A new version of Schism Tracker is out, version 20240609.

Changes: mostly fixes.

ST is an Impulse Tracker based module music tracker--you know, for making .MODs and .IT and .S3M!

A new version of Schism Tracker is out, version 20240609.

Changes: mostly fixes.

ST is an Impulse Tracker based module music tracker--you know, for making .MODs and .IT and .S3M!

https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/releases/tag/20240609

Gotta up my game here in /foss ... these are rookie numbers kid.

Next week I start putting regular daily effort into announcing more FOSS news and tidbits.

If you're a free & open source fan, I encourage you to contribute--all FOSSy topics welcome!