I just discovered a screen recording software in Flathub using the GPU efficiently that works great out of the box on on Wayland, even the hotkeys.

• GPU Screen Recorder (GUI, Flatpak)
• gpu-screen-recorder (CLI, Git)

Actually, GPU Screen Recorder is a CLI tool that can easily be automated with scripts. I did not try that yet. The Flatpak version comes with a GUI (GTK) and has a new alternative GUI that resembles the Nvidia Shadowplay look (and looks the same).

I use the Desktop Portal, which will ask me to record a window or application instead the entire screen (but can do that too). It does not require root access for that.

Over the past year as I've gotten into linux and self-hosting as a hobby, I've found an interest in using terminals and the "minimalist" feeling it gives me. Recently I found out there are terminal based web browsers and I'm really interested in the stripped down nature of web browsing it offers.

I already tried out W3M but I know there are a few others such as Lynx and Browsh.

I'm interested in hearing about other people's experiences with terminal web browsers, the pro's and con's and also the reasons for using them.

Frames are fetched from Smega Drive.

From About the Smega Drive:

1,625,013 frames and 33,003 subtitles have been smashed together into what might be the most important website on the entire Internet. We are proud to present to you The Smega-Drive, a complete archive of Red Dwarf screenshots, and meme maker to boot.

So, it works like this. We've based the indexing and the search system on the subtitles from the DVDs / Blu-Rays, so you can look for a quote (or a small part of a quote) and with any luck you will find the subtitle screen you need, along with previews of frames that that subtitle covers. Alternatively, you can use the episode browser.

Context: I'm currently using an older Samsung phone to convert h264 dashcam videos to HEVC/h265 to save space. These are many, 10 minute long videos, and the process is incredibly labour intensive, since I have to do each one manually.

The conversion itself is really fast (maybe 2-3 minutes), and the results are excellent (usually half the size with the same quality).

Question: Is there software for Linux that can convert at similar speeds, preferably batched? Handbreak has been incredibly slow.

Caveat: I'm using a Framework 13 (11th gen Intel) laptop with an Intel integrated graphics card, so I can't really leverage that in the same way a dedicated GPU can be. But still, I can only imagine that my laptop should be able to outperform my super old phone! LOL

I'm not really looking to compress the videos (I've experimented, and the quality loss from an already "poor" source just doesn't cut it). HEVC/h265 conversion would be ideal.

Is there anything else I can try?

I've been having a hard time looking for a pdf viewer that has a specific feature, and have been meaning to ask for a good enough one to use instead.

The feature i was looking for is viewing a directory of files at once without having to open multiple files at once and navigate from tabs, sort of like a file explorer and a pdf viewer in one, which might be a lot to ask.

What I'm asking for right now is what software would you use if you needed to read plenty of pdf files from the same source?

If you don't have anything specific that solves this, I'd still like to know if there is a "good enough" pdf viewer, as the browser doesn't feel like a good enough solution for my problem.

• Note that i do not need to edit the files, just view them.

While looking for open source dive log applications on F-Droid (in preparation for my Advanced Open Water Certification) and I found an app called Subsurface and apparently it is as developed by none other than Linus Torvalds himself.

I also found this neat YouTube video of Dirk Hohndel talking about scuba diving with Linus.

Hello my name is Daniel Hanrahan and I am wondering if my games here are fun and they do allow add-on mods. If you are wondering yes these games are the final product but that does not mean it won’t get updates because there is always a chance of that happening. Do you think these games follow both the modular and malleable philosophies for software or tools in general Sincerely, Daniel Hanrahan

Bowling_Mega_Mix: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Bowling_Mega_Mix Untitled_Knight_Game: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Untitled_Knight_Game The_Game_Of_Trusters: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/The_Game_Of_Trusters Quest_For_Chalice: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Quest_For_Chalice Bug_Invasion: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Bug_Invasion

Hello my name is Daniel Hanrahan and I created a barter facilitator application and do you think it is the future of commerce: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Barter_Facilitator Sincerely, Daniel Hanrahan

Self-hostable Wakatime alternative for code time tracking

I searched the whole internet for a good wakatime alternative that is open-source and doesn't have a bad UI while being lightweight and fast.

I was unable to find anything good so that's why I built Ziit a code time tracking software with a minimal and clean UI heavily inspired by Plausible Analytics because most people are already familiar with that UI.

I appreciate every star and welcome feedback or bug reports. https://github.com/0PandaDEV/Ziit

If you want to use it but don't want to self-host it, you can make an account on the public instance at https://ziit.app/

Welcome to Codidact, the community-run, open-source Q&A platform. We're working together to build communities around high-quality, peer-reviewed questions, answers, articles, and other content. Codidact puts people first; we're here to help you share knowledge and get curated answers in a friendly environment.

I'm looking to get a used router on which to install libreCMC, but the list of supported hardware is quite short. I'd prefer to find something locally, and I doubt that I'd be able to find these particular models. However, I do not intend to use WiFi at all, so I wonder, are there any more recent routers that work 100% with libreCMC except for the WiFi? Preferably something with at least 4 Ethernet ports.

Thanks!

EDIT: What I want to know is which routers do not require any non-free firmware for any of the hardware other than the WLAN. Does anyone know of where to find such information, or how to tell based on the specifications of a router that has not actually been tested with libreCMC?

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/20989376

Where Soatok goes over why checklists are meaningless when trying to figure out if something is private or just for comparisons in general.

Open Letter collecting signatures: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of #AI Technologies in #Academia (25 June 2025).

"With this letter we take a principled stand against the proliferation of so-called 'AI' technologies in universities. As an educational institution, we cannot condone the uncritical use of AI by students, faculty, or leadership. We also call for reconsidering any direct financial relationships between Dutch universities and AI companies."

https://openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e

@foss

CoMaps shares core functionality with Organic Maps. It allows users to plan and navigate trips entirely offline. It's entirely free to use, with no ads, and it collects no personal data. Additionally, its efficient design ensures minimal battery consumption, making it suitable for travelers seeking private, uninterrupted navigation.

What sets CoMaps apart is a fully transparent governance approach. All decisions about the app's development are made publicly, with users and contributors having a voice in its future direction. This focus on community engagement aims to deliver value for its users rather than prioritize profit.

Hi everyone, I have some exciting new things about Postiz!

Postiz is a social media scheduling tool supporting 19 social media channels:

Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, YouTube, Pinterest, Dribbble, Slack, Discord, Warpcast, Lemmy, Telegram, VK, Nostr.

https://github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-app/

Here is what's new:

• New Editor - The Previous editor was clunky, with many hacky hooks, real technical debt, I spent two days (monk mode), and created something awesome, UI and UX also changed.

• Overall better UI / UX - showing the amount of characters/characters left.

• OIDC fixed, working well now :)

• Sets, you can define a template of a message that will be posted later

• X - added option to select who can reply to your post, post to an X community

• BlueSky - Upload videos to BlueSky

• Integrations - you can work with an integration such as Heygen to generate content for you; you can see more here.

• Drag and drop pictures directly on the editor now shows progress in "%"

• Alt and thumbnails for media - This is the initial release, which currently allows you to add alt and thumbnails for pictures, but these changes are not yet reflected on the backend.

Everything as usual is available on the open-source :)

This is an interesting spin on trying to optimize power efficiency. It's similar to TLP, but instead of trying to optimize everything, it simply targets the CPU.

On a laptop running on battery, cpufreq can go into a low-power energy saving mode, but still boost the CPU for demanding tasks without the need to manually set the CPU to performance mode. This makes it a more 'set it and forget it' app.

This should also work on desktops, and could save you a few watts if you mostly use it to idle around in a browser all day, and only occasionally stress the CPU with a game or other task.

If you don't care about automatically switching to a higher performance mode and instead want to prioritize power savings, such as on a laptop, TLP is still possibly better in that regard (and if you do go that route, be sure to use the TLP GUI

I heard of a few wikis and desktop apps which are FOSS, some has UI's which look a bit old for, there are a few things like logseq I might try but from trying for a bit, i dont know how suitable it is for my usecase, but I want something that would be more specialized or at the very least have features that would be amazing for world building, (on a desktop app preferably but self hosted works too), like timelines, references to other pages, common stuff like Tags, Categories, and Taxonomies, graph view potentially, good search, templates. I don't need all the features I listed, just some or what your think aligns with what I am looking for.

I'm asking for a friend, since I also am interested.

"Speaking of food tracking, anyone know of anything simple that will let me do that. Used to have one but they all turned into sub fees and pushing upgrades and meal plans and crap

I just want to be able to select an apple or compile ingredients totals into a sandwich recipe I don't need to pay $8 a month for that"

I might as well look for FOSS ones

The NOVA-Core driver as the basis for a modern, Rust-written open-source NVIDIA GPU driver for the upstream Linux kernel and eventual successor to the reverse-engineered Nouveau DRM driver has a new co-maintainer.