No.537959
In this thread, we recommend free replacements for proprietary cuckware.
I begin: redshift > f.lux
No.537965
No.537968
>>537959
how do i get redshift to start automatically? also how do i actually do stuff while it's goin... so i type in the command to run redshift in the command prompt, but then i can't do anything because when i have to ctrl c to type any other commands and that makes it stop
No.537974
>>537968
redshift <settings> &, autostard depends on your DE/WM, usually xinitrc.
No.537976
>>537974
>autostard
Jesus christ. I'm done with coffee for now.
No.537978
>>537968
Depends on your environment
nohup reshift & in terminal
or redshift in .Xsession
or create .desktop file in your autostart
or use redshift-gui
It all depends on your environment
No.537982
>>537978
What's nohup? I usually use just command &
No.537985
Mumble > Teamspeak
Now someone recommend me a good open todo app that supports complicated reminder frequencies and notifies me on my phone. I currently use Todoist and it's the only thing stopping me from switching from f-droid > google play store.
No.537989
No.537992
>>537982
This is basically Linux 101. nohup stops the application from receiving SIGHUP (which terminates the process) when terminal is closed.
Pretty sure redshift doesn't work when you close the terminal, check ps -e | grep redshift. You think it's working because it handles SIGHUP and SIGTERM differently (resetting display on SIGTERM and doing nothing on SIGHUP).
No.537993
>>537985
>Now someone recommend me a good open todo app that supports complicated reminder frequencies
cerebral cortex
No.537994
>>537992
Thank you and sorry for being a faggot, I should maybe just read the fucking manpage.
No.537995
>>537993
Tried that. Full of bugs. Lost all my data and missed some important bills.
No.537998
>>537985
Free software lags behind very bad when it comes to mobile or web applications
I'm looking for a way to replace Trello & Evernote myself but can't find anything semi-sane except for half-baked clones.
No.538007
>>537965
Systemd isn't proprietary
No.538015
tin cans taped together with wet spaghetti > lynxchan
No.538017
What a good replacement for windows?
No.538020
No.538024
>>538017
none if you value your time
No.538036
Pale Moon > Edgy Internet Explorer
LibreOffice > MsOffice
Thunderbird > Outlook
VLC > Windows Media Player
ImageGlass > Windows Picture Viewer
Akelpad > Notepad
Peazip > Windows Decompression Software
Paint.net v3.5/Pinta > Paint
RSSOwl > Windows RSS Reader
SumatraPDF > Adobe Reader
Bleachbit/Eraser > CCleaner
Open Hardware Monitor v0.4.0 > CPU Temp Gadget
KVIrc > facebook/msn messenger
>Proceed to install botnet
>Don't let it run anything except for games
No.538038
No.538041
>>538024
>none if you value your time
>forced updates
>forced reboots
>installing them takes forever
stay cucked, cuckfag
No.538042
No.538075
>>537998
I know this is probably too autistic for you, but I also didn't like any alternatives. How I manage my notes:
~/Documents/Notes
Inside I have directories for categories/labels, then inside those are Markdown files. They are simple text files which can be nicely formatted in many different ways. I use SublimeText + plugin to format markdown files into HTML GitHub flavored style. You can do the same thing manually with GRIP utility. If you want something more vanilla use PANDOC.
The whole Notes directory is also a git repository so I have version control.
This setup is pretty flexible and you can easily sync to other devices via something like Syncthing.
No.538078
>>538036
>RSSOwl
I tried it last week, would even open. Now I use QuiteRSS which is also open source (C++, Qt, WebKit, SQLite).
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No.538082
>>538036
>Pale Moon
>VLC
What the fuck are you doing nigger
No.538087
>>538036
mpv > mpc-hc > VLC
Nomacs > ImageGlass
mingw-zip >7zip > peazip
Hexchat > KVIrc
Lighter is better.
No.538094
>>538041
>cuck cuck cuck xdddd
Quality post
No.538098
GNU needs a competent replacement for foobar2000 so badly. Deadbeef just doesn't cut it.
No.538101
Is there a notes application as good as the one on the mac? The one that comes with mint is shit. I'd like one that supports drag and drop of images and export to pdf or html. So far I've been forced to just use LibreOffice impress and while it gets the job done it's kind of cumbersome.
No.538116
>>537985
>>537993
>>537998
Emacs Org-mode is good for to-do lists. There is even some mobile phone app for org-mode. But I think that it (android app) does not give automatic warnings about things.
No.538153
>>538075
I don't mind using markdown files or git but I also need a less painfull access from everywhere (e.g. android & web browser) + Evernote allows saving web articles with one click from both desktop and mobile. Mobile notifications are also good but I could use something else for that. I know you can always ssh to your machine but it's unproductive, especially from a phone with no keyboard.
No.538159
Libre alternative for shithub?
No.538161
No.538162
>>538159
>GitLab
Fully featured, but a bit slow at times (needs good hardware).
>Gogs
A bit more lightweight, but not as mature to GitLab.
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No.538208
>>537992
>ps -e | grep redshift
Use pgrep.
No.538276
>ITT: extreme autism
oy vey the nsa is going to botnet me because I have this version of software instead of some faggot's fly by night knock-off
No.538280
>>538015
Hi Josh... Ready to visit the farm?
No.538386
No.538620
>>538024
Windows is only free because your data has more value.
No.538632
>>538087
>mpv is greater than mpc-hc in any reality
No.538640
>>538075
>>538159
>alternative
We don't describe free software as an “alternative” to proprietary, because that word presumes all the “alternatives” are legitimate and each additional one makes users better off. In effect, it assumes that free software ought to coexist with software that does not respect users' freedom.
We believe that distribution as free software is the only ethical way to make software available for others to use. The other methods, nonfree software and Service as a Software Substitute subjugate their users. We do not think it is good to offer users those “alternatives” to free software.
No.538652
>>538632
Isn't it the other way around? Usually mpc users refuse to use superior mpv because it has no gui.
No.538659
>>538652
>superior mpv
Maybe when you're a baby. You're watching videos, why the fuck wouldn't you use a GUI?
>>538656
>implying that because something is linux accessible it's better
No.538660
>>538659
knee-jerk saged it
No.538662
You can use smplayer with mpv
No.538669
>>538036
now stop using Windows
>>538159
https://jxself.org/goodbye-gitorious.shtml
I like Fossil. It replaces Git altogether
No.538676
>>538036
Icecat > Pale Moon
No.538704
>>538674
>teehee le sour grapes!
Back at you my inferior video player friend.
No.538787
Is there a linux alternative to CPUGenie?
No.538791
>>538787
Powertop, for example.
Why are you using the name field?
No.539979
>>537959
windows > GNU/buckshot to the head
No.539983
>>539979
This isn't /g/, nigger.>>539979
No.539986
>>539983
Exactly, so go back there.
No.540677
>>538386
Speaking of, what's the notnet version of Youtube?
No.540678
>>538036
>Pale Moon
>free
As much as I like it, it's actually "proprietary open-source", which means that there are non-free blobs inserted into its MPL code.
No.540683
>>540678
I never heard that before. Can you elaborate?
No.540684
>>537998
There are FOSS Evernote clients such as NixNote that work on Linux. I've used it and it works great.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nevernote/
If you want something that's offline, try Kontact.
No.540688
>>540683
I'm not entirely sure how I can elaborate. There are proprietary and closed-source binary blobs in Pale Moon. Just like the main fork of Linux. Most of the source code is free software, but parts of it aren't. If you've ever tried to run pminstaller on a fully free distro like Trisquel, you probably noticed that Pale Moon is doesn't work correctly. That's because the binary blobs were removed.
No.540689
>>540688
But what do those binary blobs do? Why are they there?
No.540750
>>538007
>Systemd isn't proprietary
>yet
No.540753
what's a more light weight alternative to VLC but with some good functionality?
I'd miss VLC because of the bazillions of customization options.
No.540889
>>540750
>I have no idea what the systemd issue is about but I'm going to post anyway
No.540891
>>540753
I use mpv. You customize it using command line flags and configuration files, though, so only use it if that's your thing.
No.540913
>>537968
linux mint, the debian based ubuntu fork, has a statup programs list you can add commands to
No.540993
>>538659
>>538087
>zip
use tar
irssi > Hexchat > KVIrc
>>538659
>Maybe when you're a baby
whoa BAZIGA /tech/ rn = btfo
>You're watching videos, why the fuck wouldn't you use a GUI?
MPV is a GUI, it's just not the same kind that windows users are used to.
MPC-HC makes the same mistake as vlc, which is that it packages its own codecs. The installer alone is 12.8MB, compared to mpv's 3.7MB when completely unpacked.
Also, mpv's IPC socket features make it unmatched when integrating it with other programs or the rest of the OS in general.
No.540995
>>540993
>>zip
>use tar
Are you retarded?
No.540997
>>538098
Just use cmus, faggot
No.540999
>>540984
tt-rss + newsbeuter > newsbeuter
No.541000
>>540993
Irssi can't do vertical splitscreen.
weechat > irssi
No.541001
No.541005
Any decent TUI based email client?
No.541015
>>541005
Have you tried mutt?
No.541073
>>540995
tar plus your choice of compression is almost always better than zip. Between tar.xz and tar.lrz it's very difficult to beat in terms of compression ratio, and tar.lz4 is difficult to beat in terms of compression/decompression speed.
Even plain tar is better than zip because it preserves file modes.
The only reason to use zip over tar is if you're either a windows user or are bending over for windows users. Every other OS can deal with them and for the file mode support alone it's superior.
Or is this just a reTARded pun?
>>541000
I've not used weechat so I'll let you have that one
>>541015
Mutt's nice. I started using it at work and never looked back.
It does need quite a bit of setting up though.
No.541085
>>541000
>cd /usr/ports/irc/weechat
>weechat % sudo make
>
>...
>
>=> ruby-2.1.8.tar.xz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby.
>=> Attempting to fetch http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.1/ruby-2.1.8.tar.xz
>^C
Into the trash it goes.
No.541086
>>541085
>sudo make
Do builds as an unprivileged user.
No.541096
Has there ever been a saucy alternative to Revo Uninstaller?
In before install gentoo
No.541131
>>541096
Geek Uninstaller?
No.541165
>>541096
dpkg > portage > revo unmemer
No.543680
>dpkg > portage
dpkg can't resolve dependencies for shit and its error output is near useless. Portage's binary package management blows that out of the water.
No.543827
>>543680
Portage has currently two inconvenients:
-Slow as fuck.
-Doesn't check for dependencies on unmerge.
Still a lot better than dpkg.
No.543832
kdenlive > sony vegas
>>540753
I use baka-mplayer
it's truly amazing and I can' t live without it, it also supports youtube-dl so you can just stream any shit you want.
>>540993
weechat > irssi > Hexchat > KVIrc
No.543859
>>540999
>
>tt-rss + newsbeuter > newsbeuter
How do you combine those two?
No.543869
>>543832
I rendered an album with KDEnlive once, it still produced the same spacing between mp3s as WMM.
Sony Vegas is best for professional editing & rendering by a long shot.
No.543920
>>540993
>MPV comes smaller, which means it's good!
>Pssh I'd never install codecs ever forever
>it can use the internet and stuff! Look at how shiny it is too!
>What's a playlist?
>Why shouldn't you use a manual to learn literally fucking everything about the program? Using an elegant and/or simple GUI which just werks and has everything you need right in front of you is soooo Windows amirite?
The level of retardation in your post is making me want to vomit anon. Please be kind to other users and think before posting.
No.544101
pijul > git
if you're measuring speed and can actually get it to compile
No.544378
>>543827
>-Doesn't check for dependencies on unmerge.
That's your fault for using unmerge.
There's depclean (-c) which is identical to unmerge except it checks dependencies.
>>543920
>MPV comes smaller, which means it's good!
It doesn't "mean it's good" but it's definitely a point in its favour.
>Pssh I'd never install codecs ever forever
I'm arguing the exact opposite. If something comes with builtin codecs, you need to wait for the maintainers to update the codecs in the software package, AND you have the problem of duplicated codecs on your system, AND any security flaw in the codecs will take much longer to get patched for that specific media player.
Do yourself a favour and use a media player which uses your system's codecs. Then not only will it have a great library of codecs, but the time between upstream and packaging will be much shorter (because there's one less link in the chain and it doesn't need to be hard-coded into the media player).
That and you won't experience the media player specific bugs that VLC was so often ridiculed for.
>it can use the internet and stuff! Look at how shiny it is too!
I didn't mention that at all. I talked about IPC sockets. That has absolutely nothing to do with internet connectivity, and if you don't know what it is you should probably get a basic grounding in computing before you make more of a fool of yourself.
>What's a playlist?
mpv does playlists.
>Why shouldn't you use a manual to learn literally fucking everything about the program?
muh user unfriendly xDDDDDDD
mpv "just works". Want to watch a youtube video? Launch mpv with that url. Want to pause a video? Click pause. Want to switch subtitles or audio? There's a button for that too. It's only the advanced features which require reading up on and 99% of the time nobody is going to care about those.
More importantly, a GUI doesn't make things easier. If you've ever seen VLC's advanced open dialog, you'll know that there's a lot in there which you can only understand by reading the manual. There's no way to abstract away from that which is inherently complex.
>>544101
I'm suspicious of this. Git has a metric fuck ton of features which make it usable, and I imagine any NIH workalike will be incomplete and clunky by comparison.
No.547367
>>540677
>Youtube
MediaGoblin I guess, I've been meaning to find something like that for a while.
No.547369
What's a good replacement for AutoCAD?
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No.547432
No.547449
>>547376
>all of these qt5 packages
Thanks, Anon. That is basically what i am looking for. I don't really need 3D, but it would've been nice if there was some at least some 3D or pseudo support.
Also: Why are there so many projects for qt5?
No.547470
>>537959
Who uses anything other than f.lux in the first place?
No.547607
>>544378
>muh user unfriendly xDDDDDDD
>muh use the man page for everything ever made xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Your average Linux user everyone.
No.547703
>>547607
That's not what I said and you know it. How the fuck do you manage to be so tech-illiterate and so actually-illiterate at the same time?
Or are you going to such depths pretending to be retarded just to defend mpc-hc and your own use of Windows?