Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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Linuxiac ☛ TigerVNC 1.14.1 Released with Key Bugfixes and Enhancements
TigerVNC, a high-speed remote display system that allows users to view and interact with remote computers, has just announced the release of version 1.14.1, addressing several regressions found in previous versions.
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Jan Piet Mens ☛ Jan-Piet Mens :: Notes to self: GNOME keyring and libsecret
I dug into GNOME’s keyring a bit in order to find a way on Linux to implement the portion of my otp shell script which obtains the age private key for decripting TOTP codes on the command line.
GNOME Keyring is “a collection of components in GNOME that store secrets, passwords, keys, certificates and make them available to applications. It is integrated with the user’s login, so that their secret storage can be unlocked when the user logins into their session”. libsecret is library for storing and retrieving passwords and other secrets. It communicates with the “secrets” service using D-Bus which stores them in ~/.local/share/keyrings/.
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Leon Mika ☛ An Alternative Arrangement to Cursor Movement in Terminal Applications
I appreciate why many programs support Vim’s navigation control, using HJKL to move the cursor. A classic case of a successful application, built in an earlier time, with an earlier keyboard layout, still making an impact in the software ecosystem today.
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Licensing / Legal
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Masayuki Hatta ☛ “Copyleft” in the context of GenAI
At that time a question came to my mind. Is there a concept in the field of AI implementation that is equivalent to copyleft?
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