I can't tell y'all how much I love #Emacs. It was the first interface that really intrigued me. It was the first interface where I felt like there was so much I could learn about. And Emacspeak brought it to life for me. Headings spoken by a deeper voice. Italics spoken by a higher, rather fuzzy voice. Bold spoken by a deep voice, almost like headings. Because headings are bold, and large. A calendar where I could move around the actual calendar, not just a list of events. Want to know what date next Friday is? Find Friday of this week, and simply press Down arrow. Or C-n if you're really into Emacs. And there it is. Oh and Nov-mode (nov.el). I can't say enough about that package. An EPUB reader that doesn't choke on a huge book. And Markdown-mode and Org-mode, and even HTML-mode. With Emacspeak, I could hear the syntax highlighting. That way, I knew if I didn't close a bracket pair, or quotes, not only by the punctuation itself, but how the voice sounds.

And now Emacspeak hasn't been updated in a year. Luckily, I think T.V. Raman has made fixes up to Emacs 30. But beyond that, I don't know. I hope it's not abandoned forever. I maybe could use Emacs through Orca, or BRLTTY, or maybe Speechd-el, if I can figure out how it's supposed to be set up and used well. But it feels like such a pail imitation of Emacspeak. But then, unconfigured Emacs doesn't feel all that special either.

#Emacs #foss #Emacspeak #accessibility #blind #linux

@hackaday My Commodore 64 from 1983. Understanding EVERYTHING, and changing ANYTHING, was realistically within reach for every user-owner. I didn't, but I COULD have. Everything was accessible and mutable.

That unmediated integrity between transparent machine and autonomous user was the magic.

The growing popularity of #retrocomputing is not mere nostalgia. It is a return to this value.

The passion for #foss #libre software is not mere stridency. It is a return to this value.

#emacs

What #unixlike operating systems do you know which are easy to port? Something like #NetBSD. I wonder if there is anything written in #commonlisp or #rust

There are some options but I'm not sure how much easy are they to port. I've heard many positive comments about bare metal development using Rust. I wonder how is common lisp in this regard.

I have extensive programming experience but not on bare metal or kernel programming.

Boosts for wider participation in the discussion are welcome.

#foss #baremetal #baremetalprogramming #programming #baremetaldevelopment #cs #operatingsystem #operatingsystems #operatingsystemprogramming #bsd #linux #kernel #kernelprogramming

This took me three months (a month longer than I had hoped), but I finally have merged it into the main branch!

This patch rewrites the Emacs Lisp lexer and parser in Scheme using Scheme code that is 100% compliant with the #R7RS standard, so it should now work across all compliant Scheme implementations. Previously the old parser relied on #Guile -specific regular expressions.

This patch also implements a new feature where a stack trace is printed when an error occurs. This of course makes debugging much, much easier. Previously the old parser did not keep track of where code evaluation was happening, it simply produced lists without source location information. The new parser constructs an abstract syntax tree (AST) and source locations are attached to the branches of the tree which can be used in error reporting and stack traces.

Next I will make whatever minor tweaks might be necessary to get my Emacs Lisp interpreter run on other Scheme implementations, in particular MIT Scheme, Gambit, Stklos, and Gauche. I would also like to try to get it running on Chicken and Chez, although these are going to be a bit more tricky.

Then I will continue with the task of implementing a new declarative GUI library.

#tech #software #FOSS #FunctionalProgramming #Lisp #Scheme #SchemeLang #EmacsLisp #Emacs #Schemacs #GuileScheme

"YoU cAn SeLf-HoSt iT!"

But I just WANT TO RUN IT, without the complexity, overhead, and fragility of the network! @zef

In conceptual terms, this trend has become absurd without being funny.

But in practical terms, it is a major impediment to the Four Freedoms of Free Software, especially to the Zeroth Freedom: "to run the program as you wish."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition

#libresoftware #foss #floss #localfirst

As with India there s a good news with twist
#zerodha a bootstrapped indian #unicorn without external funding without external funding is launching for #FOSS
The twist [s]
- founder is allegedly trying to get close to the current #rightwing gov, for a banking license
- word is that its influenced by the opensource model of #Meta
https://floss.fund/blog/announcing-floss-fund/

New blogpost: "Installing postmarketOS with full disk encryption on a OnePlus 6"

The start of my adventure with @postmarketOS, bringing Linux-based life back to an old phone.

postmarketOS isn’t just a fun technical project - although it is a fun technical project - it is part of an important movement of recognising and mitigating the impact of electronic waste and excess consumerism, and giving perfectly functional hardware a new lease of life, without ads or trackers.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/05/installing-postmarketos-with-full-disk-encryption-on-a-oneplus-6/

#postmarketOS #Linux #FOSS

I've written up my thoughts on installing postmarketOS with full disk encryption on a OnePlus 6, and I'll post them tomorrow.

tl;dr: it is a joy on relatively modern hardware, and I am greatly looking forward to experimenting more with it.

#pmOS #postmarketOS #Linux #FOSS

Perseverance pays off!

I have - after quite a lot of fiddling - got @postmarketOS booting on a OnePlus6, with full disk encryption enabled.

I am really excited to give this a try.

#pmOS #postmarketOS #Linux #FOSS

eyes are the linux of the soul #foss

I had a post go "viral" (or its equivalent here) about how to install Linux instead of throwing your Windows 10 machine away, and keep getting non alt-text reply guys posting this, I think, to try to troll me. (I assume they are the 3-4 actual Windows fanboys who made it to the Fediverse).

But, actually, I think it's hilarious. It's great advice, actually... I don't see why you can't just use Linux for a lot of things. 🤪

#linux #FOSS

Alt...

Joke post NIST STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL 866 Fediverse Post www.nist.tov/srm Actually I don't see why you can't just use Linux.

New blogpost: "Updating my nginx config for Pi-hole 6.x"

My existing nginx config did not work when I upgraded to version 6.x of Pi-hole. So I fixed it.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/04/updating-my-nginx-config-for-pi-hole-6x/

#DNS #adblocker #Pihole #nginx #Linux #FOSS

END OF 10

"Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.

Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date GNU/Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come.

Installing an OS may sound difficult, but you don't have to go it alone! With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!"

https://endof10.org/

#Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux #FOSS

Alt...

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Alt...

If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date GNU/Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come. Installing an OS may sound difficult, but you don't have to go it alone! With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!

Have you signed the petition to the Open Source Initiative to publish the Full 2025 Election Results? You should.

https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025

@ed @osi Publish the results!

#OSI #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware for the win

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

"This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like"

https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/

mentioning @jaredwhite @anildash @ghost @caseynewton @molly0xfff @404mediaco @Daojoan @theindex @dangillmor @ryanbroderick @micahflee @melaniebartos @kleisli

I'd love to hear what you think about #AdoptAWriter ✨

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog #resistance #SaveSocial

can i Replace #Matlab & Simulink -with Octave - since the later one is Open Source - Raspberry Pi Forums

"You can replace part of Matlab with Octave but Simulink-like functionality isn't part of Octave. There are similar open source projects like XCos but nothing is as good as the product that Mathworks produce."
They charge because they re good , #foss is yet to get there https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=231431#:~:text=You%20can%20replace%20part%20of%20Matlab%20with%20Octave%20but%20Simulink%2Dlike%20functionality%20isn%27t%20part%20of%20Octave.%20There%20are%20similar%20open%20source%20projects%20like%20XCos%20but%20nothing%20is%20as%20good%20as%20the%20product%20that%20Mathworks%20produce.

Yes the only problem with this way in india that #civilsociety here is barley organised enough to pay for #foss #india
Afaik

#PSA: the #QUIK #SMS [app] has been updated, and it's way better than before.

I used to have problems with it because the pictures it sent via #MMS were of far poorer quality than the other programs I tried (including the #AOSP default Messaging app), but they seem to have fixed that.

They also have added a nice big button to trigger your phone's native dictation service (you can turn that off if you don't want it, or don't have one).

It has successfully replaced the proprietary SMS program I was using before, which makes me quite glad.

#Android #FOSS

🌐📡 Open Source Experiences 📡🌐

A podcast for your morning, afternoon, and all other UTC offsets. This episode features the BSD community's renowned leader for all things CFT, OpenZFS, FreeBSD, and many more Open Source topics in-between: Michael Dexter - @dexter

"Open doesn't Always Mean Accessible", from My Open Source Experience Podcast

So then, let's listen to tales of OSS in the episode! Links to various syndicated apps below.

- Podverse: https://podverse.fm/episode/kr9LJXJi3
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/my-open-source-experience-podcast/id1726085697
- ACast: https://shows.acast.com/my-open-source-experience-podcast/episodes/open-doesnt-always-mean-accessible

#foss #oss #OpenSource #linux #freebsd #bsd #software #engineering #podcast #interview

Not world domination yet but still an interesting trend.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html

#LibreOffice #foss

just saw a notification from #browserpass that I need recover something after some update they had and once I clicked it i didn't open any tab , now I ve no idea what it was telling me to do
#UI matters even for #foss

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

#PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 2: creator edition)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/peertube-the-fediverses-decentralized-video-platform-part-2-creator-edition/

My PeerTube account: @elena

mentioning @Framasoft @peertube @paige @srosset @MakerTube

#ActivityPub #tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog

Dear #FreeBSD users,

What shell(as in text shell in the Terminal) do you use?

Best Regards,
Farooq the Chickenkiller.

#BSD #Linux #FOSS #opensource #freesoftware