A federated internet archive, I’m wondering whether I should build it myself. With so many journalists being banned for reporting the gaza genocide we need more ways to combat censorship.
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I wish there was an actually decent CRM that’s very lightweight and doesn’t limit on number of users when selfhosting. I didn’t dig super deep into it myself but some folks I know where trying to help a non-profit get setup with something like this for the people the non-profit serves. The options were pretty sparse. Civicrm seemed ok but doesn’t work like at all on mobile (it does have an ugly app).
I think they ultimately just built something basic on top of pocketbase but that’s not something non-techy people could do easily.
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ASCOM wireless bridge. There are proprietary and source available solutions but no true open source one.
An open BIOS/UEFI for arm systems, shit just a standard way to boot an iso would be enough.
An application that would make donating to FOSS projects, especially GPL-licensed works (or at least: those not trying to cater to corporations) in desperate need of support, effortless. In that: a periodic budget can be determined, time spent actively using applications is tracked, an application’s userbase is taken into consideration (as their cumulative income may eat too much into budgets: possibly better spent supporting smaller projects), and personal preference can be given (including an option to filter license types); as to rank the applications based on perceived value, and fraction the budget accordingly.
I would be happy to support projects that I actively, or to a lesser degree, rely on. But the process of taking all steps required to support a project is simply too manual, and outright unmanageable, when trying to take into account all system components. I really want the incentives to shift from MIT to GPL, so that maintainers don’t effectively end up being controlled by corporate paychecks; and are rather supported by individual end users. This should in theory make FOSS more resilient to any future restrictions to source access, which could hamper the long-term parity of forks, seeking to strip anti-features.
Devs should provide some info for donating directly in-app (something like this example below, and definitely give a few choices not paypal only. For me, whenever there is available buymeacoffee (in app I frequently use), I make donation with cc.
We have Monero and Bitcoin, both are Free Software and public infrastructure that have been running for over a decade with little to no issues at all. I have donated myself to many projects over the last 4 years using these methods.
But FOSS advocates and leftists hate money so much they prefer donate through centralized, data-mining, corporate-owned, KYC-ridden, transaction-censoring payment processor that freezes funds on a whim like PayPal, GitHub or Patreon using state issued currency that funds wars like petrodollar is…
I’d like a federated ecosystem for game mods that uses torrents for file downloads to reduce server load. Something to act as a safe haven in case NexusMods enshittifies. It’d also allow more diverse sets of rules through servers, so you could have versions of Nexus, LoversLab, etc. all sharing a framework instead of everything running smoothly for one and not the others.
Plus, NexusMods have really dropped the ball with regards to permissions. Their default permissions are set up so that if you’re a mod author, other authors need to ask you for permission to use your mod as a dependency. Not just crediting you and linking to your mod, but asking permission beforehand. I don’t see how anyone can look an that and not see it as insanely hypocritical
i wish cars had more of a conventional computer, more sensors, modular expansion, and completely open.
you would see some pretty cool shit.
There is a project called Open ECU that does some of this but I think its scope is very limited
A high-quality FOSS version of Reaper (DAW) that can use the expensive audio production plugins. Right now that’s where all Linux DAWs run short - the best plugins are only for Windows, or for Cubase. Running them through some VSTi Linux wrapper never quite works correctly.
Maybe something like After Effects with all the plugins and tools. Right now the software itself exists in Kdenlive, just not all the addons people have written for After Effects.
But pretty much everything else I use is already FOSS.
I want FOSS camera firmware so bad. imagine what we could do with them then! obviously that why it’s not foss…
In case of your are looking for a cinema camera there’s cinepi . I use cinemate for my camera, but there are multiple projects using cinepi
There is also magic Lantern for some Cannon cameras
magic lantern sounds awesome, though very finicky. I‘m playing around with CHDK which is similar in its functionality, but targeting a different set of canon cameras, and it’s far less capable. I’d just love to be able to reuse my awesome canon RF lenses for other things, but that‘ll require a reverse engineering effort. I know that some people did that for canon EF, and mby one could build off that, but it’s probably a lot of effort still. I’ve seen the cinepi, and i find it very intriguing, but i don’t wanna have to spend lots of money on new lenses, because those i got already were too expensive, and if i go cheap (if thats possible at all), i might be loosing features i like. Still, awesome concept. I’ll have to try it eventually!
I’m surprised there’s no foss camera firmware
first came a not of federated services to mind, not that’s really necessary foss. but what would be cool is foss firmware or really open api for any hardware you buy… Home “smart” appliances, printers, cars infotainment system, etc, etc
foss nas software that isn’t corporate controlled or vibe coded (looking at you true nas and open media vault)
how did open media vault get lumped into this?
unfortunately the max length of comments is to limited to answer this question… ;)
Yet you did just one phrase that said nothing. If you got such a list, by all means, fill out the max comment length. Feel free even to make a second comment if needed!
ok, seems that i forgot an important part to my message: /s
Wish Linux on mobile was just as mature as on desktop.
To be fair, it’s not much of linux’s fault, but mostly due to shitty hardware restrictions and proprietary drivers
due to shitty hardware restrictions
regulatory restrictions?
Yeah, from what I understand, hardware manufacturers need to ensure that no one uses the mobile chip to send on reserved frequencies. And the way they typically do that, is with a proprietary, undocumented driver for the mobile chip. So, you basically need to reverse engineer that for each mobile chip, to be able to make calls and such…
Yes because of isps
Same. I’ve got an FLX1s, and I’d love to recommend it to people, but it’s just too buggy. It’s got a lot of potential, and I’m still excited about the project, but I have to reboot the phone a couple of times a day because it just keeps buggin out.
A foss decentralized marketplace that costed very little or nothing at all to small stores to participate, to fight back against amazon and others
It would be nice to have the same, but for uber-like drivers
Flohmarkt is probably the closest. Basically federated ebay.
Cool stuff. Its a shame not many people are using it.
Something like that is what society needs.
Thanks, I will check it
The software for that is relatively easy
Getting people to use it will be next to impossible. Without a strong marketing budget, it would take decades at beat before even a small percentage of people would be using it (see Linux desktop) as its all word of mouth and initially only the nerds in the know would be using it for years
True, but if we think about it, the “nerds in the know” can be a strong niche for some kind of businesses
I would like to see such a thing. But I would add API for accessing it with a dedicated app. Allows for better performance and features like filtering across multiple shops at once an even allows integration in scripts.
Also food delivery.
In Finland, there used to be “pizza-online” which was really just a directory and ordering system for restaurants that already did delivery themselves.
They took a very small comission, as the site didn’t really do anything except connect restaurant and customer (and provide a review platform). For a long time, they didn’t even have an app.
You’d log in, select a restaurant, browse their menu and place an order. The order goes to the restaurant, and after that the site’s job was done.
It was massively succesful. Every hole in-the-wall pizza place was on there. Finding good food was easy and cheap, and the restaurants reached more customers than ever. And the platform including reviews led to competition in not just price, but quality.
Then pizza-online sold to foodora, and they got shut down, and participating restaurant were no longer allowed to deliver themselves, and the cut taken by the platform skyrocketed.
In Finland, there used to be “pizza-online” which was really just a directory and ordering system for restaurants that already did delivery themselves.
Something like that would be very nice too!
Then pizza-online sold to foodora, and they got shut down, and psrticipating restaurant were no longer allowed to deliver themselves, and the cut taken by the platform skyrocketed.
Oh no…
I think what you want is a CO OP. It would be nice if the software was FOSS of course.
But a coop would make things like uber type services be worker owned.
Also members can make decisoons.
