there's a minecraft mod called litematica that allows you to export things you've built in the game to share with others.
i've been working on a project that allows you to import these litematica schematics into vintage story. it's still at a very early stage, but i've got the basic concept working 
Litematica - Minecraft Mod
A client-side schematic mod with extra features for creative mode workModrinth
Southern Pudu Pudu puda
Darting around and hiding on the forest floor, the Southern Pudu, known as püdü or püdu in Mapudungun (the language of the indigenous Mapuche people), is the world’s second-smallest #deer species. …Palm Oil Detectives
Your Raspberry Pi can do more than projects and servers. Check out the best desktop OS choices for it.
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Your Raspberry Pi Can Be a Real Desktop (If You Pick the Right OS)
Here are the operating system choices when you want to use Raspberry Pi in a desktop setup.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
Calling all Nextcloud translators! ✏️
We need your support for our next major release to bring Nextcloud to as many languages as possible, with translations as close to 100% complete as we can get.
Read more 👉 help.nextcloud.com/t/hello-tra…
New to translating at Nextcloud and want to join the translation community? Start here👉:nextcloud.com/translation/
⚠️ Developers: Please respect the string freeze!
Please retoot and help make Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter (v33) a truly multilingual success!
Hello Translators and Nextcloud users, next major release of Nextcloud release 32 (or Hub 25) coming soon
Hi everyone, the Nextcloud development team is in the process of preparing the upcoming major release v32.Nextcloud community
The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-…
#Godot #GodotEngine #Gaming #OpenSource #GameDev
The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades
Game developers should take a look at the brand new Godot Engine 4.6 release, bringing a big refresh to the popular cross-platform open source game engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Thomas’s Langur Presbytis thomasi
Thomas’s Langur, also known as the North Sumatran Leaf #Monkey is famous for their bold facial stripes giving them a handsome profile. These monkeys are endemic to the lush forests of northern Suma…Palm Oil Detectives
🌟 Actualización 2026 – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con #SoftwareLibre 🌟
¡Ya casi termina! Tienes tiempo de sumar o actualizar tus datos hasta el 31 de enero próximo.
Este directorio es una plataforma para conectar y visibilizar a quienes utilizan recursos libres en sus proyectos de diseño. Si conoces a alguien que debería estar incluido, ¡asegúrate de compartirle la #convocatoria! sursiendo.org/2025/12/actualiz…
Actualización 2026 – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con Software Libre | Sursiendo
El directorio puede consultarse en este enlace. Regresamos un año más (¿ya sería tradición?) con la convocatoria para actualizar nuestro Directorio de…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
🇮🇷 Update: Brief returns of internet access are driving spikes in Snowflake usage. Please help us run more proxies if you can. ❄️ snowflake.torproject.org
The easiest ways to run Snowflake is by using Tor Browser, Orbot, or installing the browser add on in your current browser. Extra capacity helps people in Iran stay connected when the network comes back online.
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Won't someone please think of the unloved AI bot.
Heartbreaking 💔
"Tech leaders remain divided over whether AI has consciousness."
I can solve that for you right now - they do not. Jeez. The absolute madness coming out of the AI sector is hilarious.
Users Tux_Linux and Szybet have been working on a new firmware for the PineNote called QuillOS, it uses hrdl's kernel tree along with a custom user interface built on the Niri tiling window manager. It's currently still in development which you can follow the progress of in their Discord server (discord.gg/WbB9ZFYNRG).
There is an additional demonstration on YouTube for those interested.
Join the Quill OS Discord Server!
Check out the Quill OS community on Discord - hang out with 536 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.Discord
Stop Killing Games final verified vote count for the EU petition is just under 1.3 million gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop…
#StopKillingGames #Gaming #PCGaming
Stop Killing Games final verified vote count for the EU petition is just under 1.3 million
The team running the Stop Killing Games initiative have given a status update on the EU petition vote count, and it's good news for everyone involved.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa…
#Linux #LinuxGaming #Mesa #OpenSource
Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers
The latest main stable update to Mesa is here for users of open source graphics drivers, with Mesa 25.3.4 bringing essential bug fixes.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-…
#Linux #KDE #VR #Plasma #OpenSource
The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced
Recently I covered the draft code to add a full VR mode into the KDE Plasma desktop, and it has only continued to get more advanced with recent updates.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev poncle gets a new trailer and upcoming demo gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vamp…
#VampireCrawlers #VampireSurvivors #Gaming #PCGaming
Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev poncle gets a new trailer and upcoming demo
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a bit of a mouthful isn't it? There's a new trailer to show it off, and details of a demo.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/star…
#STARWARS #BattlefrontII #PCGaming #FPS
STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source
Games die and publishers move on, but STAR WARS Battlefront II released in 2017 from DICE and EA now has an open source private server and modding tool.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/banj…
#BanjoKazooie #PCGaming #Retro #OpenSource #Nintendo
Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support
Bringing another Nintendo classic to PC, the community has delivered with Banjo-Kazooie via the Banjo: Recompiled project that's now available.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Before today, I never posted a pet or food photo onto social media. Just never had the urge
After breaking the ice with my earlier pet photo, I’m following up with this jar of homemade Saurkraut #ferment
This one is currently 2 weeks old- first taste today and it’s good but still has some maturing to do to achieve the zing I really like
Any fellow fermenters out there in the Forkiverse? whether experienced or just curious, I’m always up to chat about it and would love to see your creations
GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-p…
#Proton #GEProton #OpenSource #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck
GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes
GE-Proton 10-29 has arrived to bring more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux with a bunch of fixes and improvements throughout.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wine…
#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026
After the big release of the stable Wine 11 earlier in January, the work begins again on development releases with Wine 11.1 now available.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Your AUR update shouldn't take 30 GB. Here's the fix.
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The Curious Case of AUR Fetching 30 GB for Electron Updates
No one has time for a 30 GB update, right?Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
From Unity to Ubuntu Touch, these discontinued Ubuntu projects still spark nostalgia today.
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7 Projects Killed by Ubuntu (But I Still Miss Them)
Over the span of the past 15 years, Ubuntu started several projects. Not all of them are active today. And yet, they live in our memory.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
Great compilation!
I guess most of those failed not because they were bad, but were really different of what Linux should be, they tried too much to be just like Apple and naturally failed, but I am glad to see that now we are getting much better things like those that are much better and not proprietary!
Probably, my favorite on the list is Unity, however, it also failed due to their other products fail... But I think GNOME is much better nowadays! Unity felt like Windows 8 UI.
PZ Cussons
PZ Cussons is a British-owned global retail giant. They own well-known supermarket brands in personal care, cleaning, household goods and toiletries categories, such as Imperial Leather, Morning Fr…Palm Oil Detectives
From tracing fleeting processes to spotting network issues, these utilities make hard problems easy to see.
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12 eBPF-Powered CLI Utilities That Every Modern Linux Sysadmin Should Master
Classic Linux tools are always there, but eBPF is the natural upgrade as it looks directly in the kernel. Once you start using these tools, it’s hard to imagine managing Linux systems without them.Neville Ondara (It's FOSS)
Blue-streaked Lory Eos reticulata
Brilliantly coloured and full of energy, the Blue-streaked Lory (Eos reticulata) is a striking and unique #parrot living in the forests of the Banda Sea Islands, #Indonesia. Their scarlet plumage i…Palm Oil Detectives
Hello #Mastodon! 👋 This is my #Introduction here.
I'm a solo dev making my first #Cozy game for Steam called #Catomino.
Honestly, I’m kinda obsessed with how these cats jiggle 🐈✨
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Sunda Clouded Leopard Neofelis diardi
Gliding through the rainforest canopy like a phantom predator, the Sunda Clouded Leopard moves with unmatched grace, making them one of the least understood big cats in the world. Their spectacular…Palm Oil Detectives
levels of objectively good:
- the hashtag was trending on twitter
- there was a popular meme using a screenshot from it
- "from the director who interned at the studio who made THE GODFATHER"
- the meme has remained popular for over three years
- it's a new york times bestseller
- the box art has a quote like "it's a [...] good [...] movie!"
- has a "game of the year edition"
- the box art has a quote like "...a good movie!"
- fresh on rotten tomatoes
- people discussing it online abbreviate its name (everyone knows what LOTR is)
- certified fresh on rotten tomatoes
- 3.5/5 on letterboxd
- the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
- people who don't even know what it is quote it
- constant spinoffs and adaptations are made of wildly varying quality
- 4/5 on letterboxd
“Fear not the those without papers, but those without conscience.”
- Amanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026
Declining primate numbers are threatening Brazil’s Atlantic forest
#Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, is facing severe threats due to deforestation and habitat fragmentation. This has led to a sharp decline in prim…Palm Oil Detectives
**Republicans Will Detonate Their Secret Weapon at the Midnight Hour to Stop Women from Voting **
Imagine arriving at your polling place in November only to be turned away because you changed your name when you got married. You’ve voted for 20 years with valid identification. Nothing matters. The SAVE Act passed the House in April, and 69 million American women are about to discover their names don’t match their birth certificates while the deadline to fix the problem has already closed...
Twenty years of voting with valid ID, Social Security records, tax returns, and a mortgage in your name mean nothing when the system decides your marriage certificate makes you unverifiable.
This scenario becomes reality for millions of American women if Republicans deploy the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act in the final weeks before the 2026 midterms.
Republicans Will Detonate Their Secret Weapon at the Midnight Hour to Stop Women from Voting
The Republican Senate will pass the SAVE Act at the midnight hour before the midterms, and tens of millions of women will discover their names don’t match their birth certificates when fixing the crisis has become impossible.W. A. Lawrence (Glass Empires By W. A. Lawrence)
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NTFSPlus aims to bring faster and cleaner NTFS support to Linux.
What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for Linux Users?
NTFSPlus is a fresh implementation of the classic in-kernel ntfs driver. Can it end the current NTFS woes for Linux users?Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
Sambar deer Rusa unicolor
The majestic Sambar deer, cloaked in hues ranging from light brown to dark gray, are distinguished by their rugged antlers and uniquely long tails. Adorned with a coat of coarse hair and marked by …Palm Oil Detectives
—Paul Krugman
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#trump #miller #noem #bovino #ice
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i had the most irritating bug.
when i imported minecraft builds with ladders in them, the ladders would all be backwards (facing the wrong wall). whenever i fixed it, it would cause builds with stairs in them to import the stairs backwards. fixing backwards stairs would re-break ladders.
so the problem is: minecraft and vintage story disagree on what an "east-facing ladder" means, but they do agree on what "east-facing stairs" are. so i have to explicitly flip ladders around in the code.
there's nothing wrong with either game's interpretation of "x-facing ladder", but it's annoying that they disagree.
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in vintage story, torches are blocks* that can be floor- or wall-mounted. they last for 48 hours. they store how many hours they have left, and also the last time the game checked how long they've got remaining. the time remaining is stored in fractions of a day, which i'm sure my french followers are happy to hear.
unfortunately, if you create a build with torches in it, export it, fast forward time more than 48 hours, then import that build, the torches will instantly be extinguished.
meanwhile, in minecraft, torch blocks* last forever.
i don't know if this will work, but i'm gonna try exporting minecraft torches as having 999 billion hours remaining.
*almost everything in both games is "a block", regardless of whether or not it's block shaped
time of day in decimal units
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i haven't played minecraft in a really long time, so i'm learning all sorts of new things.
you can put cobblestone in a furnace to get stone. everyone knows this. i got into the habit of calling stone "cooked stone" because of this.
it turns out you can now put stone in a furnace to make smooth stone. they have added cooked cooked stone.
deep fried stone? baked stone? sous vided stone?
Smooth Stone – Minecraft Wiki
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ladies, gentlemen, and those who know better... i present: the vintage story schematic converter webapp! 🎉
vintage-schematics-ebbbbb.gitl…
i've never used webassembly before, so excuse the jank. and also excuse the design.
you can also download a desktop app for linux and windows: vintage-schematics-ebbbbb.gitl…
vintage-schematics webapp
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i've made a huge amount of progress on this project.
here's what an imported huge mushroom looked like two weeks ago, compared to what an imported village looks like now.
Huge Mushroom – Minecraft Wiki
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i just added support for a new format 🎉
you can now import schematics in the vanilla MC structure file format. this means you can import the individual procedurally generated chunks that make up structures like villages and woodland mansions.
funnily enough, i wasn't even meaning to add this. i noticed litematica can export to a format called "vanilla", and i assumed they meant some sort of built-in schematic format (like how VS has
/we export blah.jsonbuilt in to the game). i implemented the format (in under 40 minutes 😎) without even knowing what it was.Structure file – Minecraft Wiki
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in case anyone had any doubt that i know nothing about modern web development:
i found that the webapp was loading the entire webassembly bundle twice. because i included it in two "entry points", the bundler was generating two copies of it.
the wasm bundle is 1.4MB.
i fixed it (which took me nearly an hour), and also replaced the
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i've added schematic file support! 🎉
i don't know how many people will want to import files using this ancient format, but why not
figuring out the pre-"flattening" data format has been a type 3 fun challenge
Schematic file format – Minecraft Wiki
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10% of the converter webapp consists of the NBT parsing crate i'm using. for this reason, i have decided to spend the past few days writing my own NBT parser.
NBT is a weird format; or rather, the way people use it is weird.
every value in an NBT file has a name. names are stored as length-prefixed strings, let's say you wanted to write the integer
7. you have to give it a name, so maybe you write this:03 00 04 64 61 74 61 00 00 00 07this means:
03: this is an integer00 04: its name is four bytes long64 61 74 61: its name isdata00 00 00 07: its value is 7in practice, the NBT file will contain something like this:
0A 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 07 00this means:
0A: this is a compound (like an object in JSON or a dict in python)00 00its name is zero bytes long03: the first field of this compound is an integer00 00: this field's name is zero bytes long00 00 00 07: its value is 700: end of compoundminecraft's assets contain 1,202 NBT files. i ran a script to check the first three bytes of each file (after decompressing them). all 1,202 files start with
0A 00 00(a nameless compound).