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X-Post Hello together, I'm member of the maintenance team of Back In Time (deb: backintime) a rsync-based backup software. We are in the middle of preparing the next release to hit the upcoming Ubuntu release in time. The project offers a GUI translated into more than 40 languages, which are...

I recently got back into online dating because I recently encountered situations where I realized the women I've been talking to weren't for me. Sadly, the site I tried out (alovoa.com) sucks because of how limiting it is in terms of features, and most of the women are too far from me. Rather...

True Confession: I am not much of a Linux desktop user. Sure, I always have a Linux desktop in a virtual machine and use it often enough. (I have some Linux experience with servers.) My primary desktop is a Mac, and I run mostly Mac applications. Right now, I am at a crossroads where I must...

Microsoft Expression Media 2 is a photo cataloguing application that I must replace. I do not use many features. Here is what I do with it: Drag a folder of photo files and display them in a grid of small thumbnail images. Double-click a photo thumbnail to see a "full size" window-scaled view...

I've been gone for a while, and actually made tons of progress on some projects of mine! I've also gotten rid of Windows entirely a few months ago, and am now using Fedora Silverblue without any issue, using Distrobox to access other Linux distributions and anything that I would normally layer...

fheroes2 is a recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine. This open-source multi-platform project written with C++ from a scratch is aimed to fully replicate the original game with meaningful changes for gameplay, graphics and logic (including support for high-resolution graphics...

A while back, I was in the process of selling physical releases of games like 0 AD, but then I put it off because I got busy with working my day job. While I'm still interested in doing that, completing odd jobs for people, and getting other gigs set up, I'm wondering if I really need an LLC...

I would like to learn your ideas about this topic. Can open source programs (like Kdenlive, Shotcut, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, LMMS, Ardour and etc.) be use for professional work? Can we make money with this programs? I am interested in open source programs and video/photo editing. But I don't...

In a nutshell: When it comes to the FOSS / FOSH friendliness, should one prefer Intel over AMD, or vice versa? Which is the way to go considering the degrees of freedom in hardware? Sorry for the inconvenience, I am still a novice on Linux and at the moment, buying my first pre-installed Linux...

Hi Everyone! I have created a free linux tool called "howdoi". Using this you can get quick answers to common linux related questions, right inside your terminal by typing "howdoi [your question]" Here is a screenshot of it in action; I recently switched from Windows to Linux and often...

Hey there, fellas! I was just serfing around the Internet and found this weird stuff (in Russian). Let me explain for those who don't understand Russian: guys from Russia made smth like an ubuntu distribtive, named it like "Russian operating system" and started to sell it for 5000 RUB (about 87...