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Switch 2, sure, but -- have you plugged a tiny piano into a Nintendo DS and used some powerful homebrew software and custom scripts to make a handheld experimental music instrument?

A little-known Nintendo DS piano peripheral meets homebrew sound:

cdm.link/nintendo-ds-piano/




Never lose your phone again. 🧭

#PhoneTrack for #Nextcloud lets you monitor device locations in real time: privately, securely, and on your own server.

📍 Live tracking
🗺️ Geofencing & alerts
📩 GPX import/export
🤝 Share with others
And more!

👉 apps.nextcloud.com/apps/phonet…

in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻

#PhoneTrack is great. I have been using it as described, on my server, for more than a year. It took me some time to quite understand how the various settings influence the granularity of the tracking, but I have arrived at a setup that is pretty much what the tracker on Google Maps can do--but without Google involved. Sharing with others (on the same server) also works well. Replacing the PhoneTrack Android app is also quite possible if desired. I have arrived on a mostly-working self-written app for this, feeding into the #Nextcloud backend.

in reply to It's FOSS

Always read the PKGBUILDs whenever installing anything from AUR.


Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/mast…

#Mastercard #Gaming #PCGaming

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

hi Liam, if your toot, the headline and the lead-in say exactly the same thing, two of them are unnecessary. It's really annoying for a potential reader to read the same sentence 3 times and not know anything more about the article


itch.io to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/itch…

#itchio #Gaming #PCGaming



How does a government agency ensure perfect grammar in sensitive documents, while keeping data private?

With Collabora Online, @nextcloud, and the Duden Korrektor. ☑️ Discover how the Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum achieved GDPR compliance, robust data control, and seamless collaboration in a secure, on-premise environment.

Read the full case study: collaboraonline.com/case-studi…

#CollaboraOnline #DigitalSovereignity




#Research finds tropical #forests matter to us all! They suck out #carbondioxide and ensure we can breathe, drink and eat. Yet they're fast disappearing! Resist #extinction every time you shop, be #vegan 🍉🍑 #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🔥🤮⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2023/08/…


Valve finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valv…

#Steam #Valve #Gaming #PCGaming

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Good. It was literally quicker to open YouTube and search for "<game title> trailer" on the older player. And don't get me started on the mobile experience...


What is a #tippingpoint, and why should we care? #Ecosystems are subject to disturbances and major shifts. #Pesticide run off from #palmoil pollutes local rivers, depleting the oxygen fish need to survive #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🔥🧐⛔️ palmoildetectives.com/2021/04/…


does anyone else love alien looking flowers? i love a pretty bouquet as well, but there’s something so captivating about flowers that look straight out of a sci fi movie. what other species have crazy looking flowers? allforgardening.com/1390861/do… #flowers


Tycoon strategy game Car Park Capital gets a new trailer and publisher announcement gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/tyco…

#CarParkCapital #Gaming #PCGaming



The new Nexus Mods app adds collections creation, library searching and more improvements gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-…

#NexusMods #OpenSource #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Modding



Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free…

#PixiEditor #OpenSource #GameDev #Art #Linux



Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/loss…

#LosslessScaling #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #SteamDeck

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.socialv Hei, ich verwende eine RX 850 GPU bringt mir Lossless Scaling da etwas oder geht das nur mit neuerer Hardware?


Valve reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valv…

#Steam #Gaming #PCGaming



Valve makes Steam Library customisation a little easier in the latest Steam Beta gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valv…

#Steam #SteamOS #PCGaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #Gaming



Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for July 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/here…

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming #Linux



Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/deve…

#DuckStation #PlayStation #Emulator #Emulation





Battlefield 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/batt…

#Battlefield6 #EA #Linux #SteamOS #FPS #AntiCheat

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

There will be cheats after the second public test.
Besides, it's EA whoever plays their buggy games has no deserved to use Windows.




This is interesting that in Elixir it is preferred to implement constants with function definitions.

hexdocs.pm/elixir/module-attri…



Many thanks to @controlfreak for closing down RFFF25 with what chat seemed to reckon was a bit of a barn burner. Outstanding chat banter, comraderie and support everyone!

Tea was spilt and the offending mug remained on stream along with the chief engineer [roll of gaffers tape], we learnt about cymbal restraint, and had a bit of a synthpop sing song to boot.

Keep up with control freak studio at music.control.org

#RFFF25 this is was community sounds like.



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📣 Tor Browser 15.0a1 is here: We’ve rebased to Firefox ESR 140, rolled out important security fixes, and brought Android builds up to speed from day one.
This alpha is the foundation for our next stable release–test it now:
🔗 blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-…


Lord Hunt smashing it out of the court! YES to sortition!

youtube.com/shorts/MMi6Nd9UtkQ…



Introducing “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructure” 🌱

⏳ The ecology of time as a form of collective sustainability: sharing servers, sharing knowledge, sharing efforts—sustainability requires community, not individualism.

#AutonomousTechnologies

Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…



Presentamos "Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias" 🌱

⏳ Ecología del tiempo como forma de sostenibilidad colectiva: compartir servidores, compartir saberes, compartir esfuerzos, la sostenibilidad necesita comunidad, no individualismo.

#TecnologíasAutónomas

Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…



Lately I've been working on trying to add some speed / performance hacks to #DOSBox. The idea is a bit similar to the old DOSIDLE.EXE / POWER.EXE TSRs: detect when the system is idle or busy-looping, and give up the rest of the CPU cycles until something interesting happens (next frame, next BIOS tick, whatever).

There are a bunch of timing sources on the IBM PC and it's tricky to get them all, but as a proof of concept - here's the delay loop from GORILLA.BAS:

'Rest:
' pauses the program
SUB Rest (t#)
s# = TIMER
t2# = MachSpeed * t# / SPEEDCONST
DO
LOOP UNTIL TIMER - s# > t2#
END SUB

So, it busy-loops until the timer tick. In DOSBox I modified the BIOS INT 1A handler so that if the emulated machine requests the time twice and the same tick comes up, it's probably spinning, so I take away all the remaining cycle budget and sleep instead. And it actually works! Host CPU usage drops significantly - or, if you put it in Turbo Mode, the game plays WAY faster!




#Forests cool the planet, like natural #aircon. What happens when you cut them down? #Deforestation heats areas up to 4.5℃! Keep forests standing ! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🧐🙊⛔️ #BoycottGold 🥇🪙🧐🙊🚫 @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2022/08/…
in reply to Palm Oil Detectives

thanks for letting us know. Palm oil is unhealthy - so we'd be roasting on the inside if we eat it as the planet heats up to cook us better. I prefer to live my life raw, so I don't want to be cooked. I'm actively working on quelching palm oil consumption, but it's an uphill battle - they put it in so many products!


🎤 Last chance to speak at #NextcloudConf25!

Got a cool app, workflow, or insight to share? We would love to hear from you!

Submit your idea for a lightning talk or hands-on workshop:

📅 27-28 Sept
📍 Berlin, Germany
Submissions close Aug 3!

👉 nextcloud.com/conference-2025/



Your Linux gaming rig needs these demon-slaying dungeon crawlers! 🎮🔥

itsfoss.com/diablo-like-games/

#linux #linuxgaming

in reply to It's FOSS

Why did you focus exclusively on Steam? With, "FOSS," in your publication's name, I would have expected and wanted you to point people towards DRM-free games on GOG and Itch as much as possible.


Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use #RSS.

citationneeded.news/curate-wit…

#RSS

in reply to It's FOSS

Microsoft has an authenticator app? That's new. How do you guys know about Microsoft shit so much? I thought you're Linux and Open Source fans.
I guess I am following the wrong crowd. 😔
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Introducing “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructure” 🌱

🧠 This idea clashes with ecological limits, and breaking with this cultural narrative is essential for building community-based alternatives that are fairer and more caring towards the planet.

#UnequalInfrastructure

Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…

in reply to Sursiendo

a 'must read' article.

Our current president, Gabriel #Boric, signed the #escazu agreement ( Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe ) that is, nothing less than, the agreement that will help enabling all these environmental issues to be addressed in our country.

in reply to Sergio

@sezamoracl hola Sergio! peces escribir en español si quieres 😀

y compartir algún link de tu preferencia! El Acuerdo de Escazú se viene promoviendo desde hace unos 7 años ... y ganando adhesiones. Al final es visto por muchos movimientos sociales como un instrumento más de la financiarización de la naturaleza justo por lo que dices

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