Open Source

How a hidden prompt injection in CONTRIBUTING.md revealed that 40% of pull requests to a popular GitHub repository were generated by AI bots

Preface: I know MediaWiki isn't part of the Fediverse, but the community is intended to be two parts (MediaWiki/nodeBB forums) and the forums will be federated. I could not find any active communities within the fediverse related to MediaWiki or wikis in general, so I figured this community might suffice, since ultimately this community as a whole will be federated through the forum.

Hello everyone, I have started on the journey to set up a community that focuses on open-licensed projects (open source/creative commons) where members can collaborate and network to help get their projects while contributing to a library of openly licensed projects.

The community is two parts: a MediaWiki & a nodeBB forum.
The idea is to have the wiki act as a hub to build/document open source projects, where individuals can contribute and help each other out in small ways, without necessarily needing to commit to a long term project - the community can work together to make small contributions to many projects to help the collective, rather then requiring individuals to formally commit to one or two projects long term. The forum is there to help people more easily communicate and network, and compliment the wiki as a collaboration platform/community building.

This project quickly got over my head, as it started out as an idea to create a forum to try and build a community for building up my open source projects. But the idea expanded and is now evolving to it's current state. I am figuring things out as I go, and have managed to get things mostly ready, but I have largely relied on LLMs and forums to get me this far. I am not experienced in wiki's or moderating a forum. I have found 2 other people who were interested in the project, so there are currently 3 of us that have been working to get this community platform up and running - but none of us are experienced in administrating MediaWiki or its settings.

The request:
I am hoping to find at least one "MediaWiki power-user" who can ensure we are following best practices, not opening ourselves up to vulnerabilities, etc. If someone who is potentially passionate in what we are trying to create, we would love to add another member (or a few) to our team to help ensure we are prepared to launch the community successfully.

In addition to setting up the community, it would obviously be nice you would also be interested in helping us moderate and maintain our community as we evolve.

I don't have any expectations for commitments, as this is simply a hobby project - whatever & whenever you can help.

Note: this endeavor is purely a hobby project, and I am just one person who is trying to find a few others who want to help contribute - this is by no means a business or intended as a source of revenue.

The wiki has registration closed at the moment, since we are still setting things up (be advised, some of the content may be broken or placeholder text), but if you want to check out more about our project to see if its something you are interested in: https://unfinishedprojects.net/

I hope someone might be interested :) . . . and if not, I am always open to simple feedback or suggestions if you have any, but don't have the time to actually help with the project.

If you are interested, please don't hesitate to reach out, and I'd be happy to discuss it further and details about joining the team. I obviously want to be careful about who I hand out permissions to, but overall, I believe that the more people and experience we have, the better; as long as you're a team player and want what is best for the project :D

QGIS has quickly grown into one of those "I can't believe this is free" programs. 4.0 was a big step moving from QT5 to QT6. If you haven't tried QGIS in like 10 years I highly recommend seeing if it meets your needs. As far as I can tell ESRI hasn't done anything particularly evil yet but when I asked their reps what they are excited for in upcoming versions of ArcGIS all they had to tell me was my two least favorite letters. Just like any private company it's only a matter of time before enshitification sets in so if for no other reason than to avoid single vendor lock in you should give QGIS a try today!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/58932519

Hey everyone, with the new Discord changes, I decided it was a great excuse for me to finally try to ditch discord. I mostly used discord for my creative endeavors through the years (collaborating on projects, help with software - looking at you Blender and Godot, and etc) but now I really only have my small community that I was trying to start back up based on my board game project.

As someone who drifts from project to project, and often tries to find other people who want to participate in projects - this forum is meant to fill two needs:

1. A communication and contributor hub for the various open source and creative commons projects I am currently working on, as well as a centralized location to access information and assets for said projects.
2. A place for other creative individuals to network, collaborate, and share their own projects - or even simply chat and meet like minded individuals.

I am a huge advocate for the creative commons, open source software, and the overall Libre community that counters the capitalist models that are so prevalent in the online space. While members of this community don't need to share these same ideals, I would like to foster a community that can lift up and encourage others who contribute to this space. It would be nice if we could create a community where people help and contribute to each others creative endeavors and improve the FOSS/CC community.

And honestly, I kind of miss the days when forums were the primary form of communication, before discord - so I am excited to see if this community can take off at all.

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The community is non existent at the moment, but if any of you would be willing to check it out and stick around for a while to see if we can grow - I would be greatly appreciative. If anyone has feedback for improvement or ideas for direction of the forum, I would love to hear any and all constructive criticism.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42562289

La Suite Meet: https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet

Supports resolutions up to 4k and capture from SDI, HDMI, webcam, JACK & Pulse audio, IP stream, X11 screen and Windows DirectShow devices. The site allows you to download the software and offers video tutorials.

My university is pushing for us to ensure that all our documents are accessibility-friendly. I write all my documents in LaTeX and have been taking the steps and measures to ensure that everything I generate is tagged, has alt text, and colour-blind-friendly.

Unfortunately, it seems the only way I can check for PDF-UA compatibility is with Acrobat Pro which the uni does not provide for us. What's more is that I use Linux and Acrobat doesn't work in that OS.

Is there a Linux-friendly libre software that can check if my PDF document is compatible with the machine-checkable requirements of Matterhorn Protocol?

Hi all,

I'm working on OpenSquawk, an open-source project building an AI air-traffic-control assistant for MSFS & X-Plane.

Core tech: voice-to-text, intent parsing, text-to-speech, Node.js backend + Nuxt front-end + .NET bridge.

If you have skills in Js, C#/.NET, Node/Nuxt, or speech/NLP and want to help steer this to completion - drop a message here or DM me. Happy to show the codebase, roadmap, issues.

Thanks also for any thoughts on this!

At the start of this year I made a decision: I was going to write a book. Not just “I’ve got a book in me” but an actual novel-length, finished thing. Nine months later I had a manuscript, and every step of the way I used free and open-source software.

The core of the writing was in LibreOffice Writer. I split the book into arcs, wrote each one in its own file, and set myself a minimum of 1,000 words a week. LibreOffice’s word count in the corner was my pace-keeper. I’d draft scenes in a scratch file, then paste them into the arc once they were done.

Nextcloud made the whole thing possible because I live between two machines. My home PC never leaves the house, and my travel laptop never comes inside. With Nextcloud syncing everything, I could pick up wherever I left off. Nextcloud Notes was a lifesaver too—if I had a scene idea while out running errands, I could throw it into the notes app and it was waiting for me when I got home.

Editing was a mix of tools. I ran my first full-manuscript edit with the WritingTool plugin in LibreOffice. For cleanup, Notepad++ was great for find-and-replace jobs: stripping double line breaks, fixing quotes, stuff like that. I leaned on autocorrect to catch curly quotes after pasting, then did a second pass chapter by chapter to hunt down tense shifts.

Formatting for stores was its own battle. LibreOffice’s MOBI export left some junk behind, so I cracked the files open in Sigil and fixed CSS issues and duplicate titles. For the cover I shot a photo, layered and blurred it in GIMP, and then laid out the text in LibreOffice Draw.

That toolchain carried me from blank page to finished book. The result is Future Sepsis, my first sci-fi novel. It’s starting to show up on storefronts now if you want to see what a FOSS-powered workflow can produce.

Is there an alternative of airdrop on android?

My understanding of airdrop (could be wrong) is that it is able to share files even without internet connection. (does not connect to wifi or cellular network)

Is there an open source alternative of airdrop on android that can share files / clipboard without internet connection? just transfer directly from one device to another?

thanks a lot

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32747656

syncthing does not support ignore file by size. Is there an alternative for syncing between windows and android that takes little memory like syncthing?

all tips are welcome. Or links to tutorials that do this or anything really.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32632017

Is there a good latex ocr model that I can run with Ollama?

I have tried https://github.com/lukas-blecher/LaTeX-OCR but the result is just not promising. Is there a good Open Source latex ocr tools that I could use with ease?

I am hoping that there is a ollama llm with image support that specializes on latex ocr.

thanks a lot in advance!

HestiaPi is the only purchasable open source thermostat that is mostly plug and play as far as my research has found. I'm looking to get rid of my Nest V1. I haven't had it on WIFI for 4 or 5 years because it wouldn't take my password after a version update around then. I did a hard reset after that and it is running its out if the box smart mode now.

My biggest concern with HestiaPi is that its GitHub looks stagnant. Does anyone have any experience with HestiaPi? Is it secure and stable? Are there any other projects that I'm missing out there? FWIW, I am not into home automation and don't want any solutions in that respect.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23743663

Complete rewrite for legal reasons, so only Geekbench is supported

Hello everyone! I noticed that many people here are willing and interested in contributing to the open source world with amazing talents, but unable to find a good project to contribute to.

So I was wondering if it would be a good idea for us to group up together, and create a club where we could explore different open source projects, and contribute to it, while contributing to the good of the community we use.

Experienced contributors could also contribute and assist in beginners by mentoring on the method of contributing to open source too.

What do you say?