Software recommendations

I’m looking for FOSS software that runs on Linux that’ll search a directory for similar images and videos, incl.

• almost identical images or videos
• images or videos that are a lower quality version of another image or video
• images or videos that are a crop of another image or video
• videos that are a trim of another video

I don’t want it to choose the best of these and delete the rest, but output a machine-readable report of the files that I can process myself with a shell script or something like that.

The use case is that I’m compulsively downloading memes and other images such as promotional art or even background photos from social media and websites all the time, and until recently I mostly neglected organising them. So I want to start that process by eliminating the duplicates.

It’s important that I keep the info on where the original files were since I did occasionally do small feats of organising, like specific folders for specific things, and I’d like to prioritise moving them into these specific folders even if a higher quality version exists elsewhere.

Occasionally i need a 3D spreadsheet for something that's very hard or tedious to do in a regular 2D spreadsheet like LibreOffice Calc. The only relevant program i can find is Xcubes (no Linux support) or Minecraft i guess if i try hard enough to make spreadsheets in it (a block of floating lecterns, or maybe signs on glass).

Does anyone know a program that can organize data in more than two dimensions, even if it lacks stuff like the math operations that make Calc or Excel better than graph paper? Better if it's FOSS but i'll take what i can get.

I'm currently learning Python, but in the meantime I still want to try a simple simulation of my ideas. I just need a program that lets me create particles and forces with whatever properties and interactions I want that I can then simulate. I'm on Linux

I'm looking for either free/open source software, file format, or other lightweight solution, that allows me to express dependencies between arbitrary things. It should then let me see who is dependent on what.

For instance, I want to start recording which accounts I have with different providers. I would like to map out which knows my different email addresses, phone numbers etc. If I change my phone number or email, or move house, this would let me keep track of what to update.

But that's just an example, ideally I want to support arbitrary dependencies between anything.

I'm currently inclined to use graphviz. However, that's very visualisation-centric. I would like a way to map out these dependencies in an arbitrary way and then generate graphs as one out of many byproducts.

Example of how this could work in my head:

phone1: +447123456789
phone2: +447987654321
email1: ambitiousslab1@example.org
email2: ambitiousslab2@example.org
address: 1 Example Street, UK, EX4 4PL

bank:
 - email1
 - phone2
 - address

electricity-provider:
 - address
 - email2

credit-card-company:
 - address
 - phone1
 - email1

Then, I could generate graphs with graph-dependencies email1 or graph-dependencies bank. Or, I could say find-dependencies email and that would print bank, credit-card-company.

Is anyone aware of such a tool, or solved this problem in a different way? Bonus points if it's packaged already for Debian.

I have a bunch of music in m4a, webm and some mp4 and i want to add the singers, albums, etc just to do easier the search sometimes, wich foss software is best for this task? Preferable Linux

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/32373635

Hi,

I'm looking for a soft to create ASCII diagram like (or better) https://asciiflow.com/

ideally:

• FLOSS
• for linux
• offline
• no javascript.

I've found a candidate ascii-draw and it's write in Python ❤️ 🐍, but it's only available as flatpack.. :/

Bonus points: Multi platform, Android-iOS... I usually use Thunderbird, but I'd like to explore other options. FOSS not mandatory

Hello, everyone. I'm trying to shift to RSS for news and looking for the best way to access a feed across multiple devices.

Most recommendations I've seen are for Feedly, but the free version has some limitations like sponsored ads and no more than 100 sources. It also seems to be very corporate and starting to integrate AI into its model.

I've heard that Friendica can integrate RSS into your social feed. Does anyone have experience using Friendica as an RSS feed?

Any other good options that can sync an RSS feed across devices?

Hard requirements:

• doesn't cost money
• works with my Odin B600 exercise bike (some apps only work with a specific brand of equipment)
• adjustable resistance, including on flat sections
• display time, length of ride, speed, average speed, gradient, and height meters

Would very much prefer, but not dealbreakers:

• real world routes
• videos of routes with variable playback speed based on my pace
• in absence of the above, ability to record data in the background rather than stop when I switch to another app

Nice to have but not necessary

• FOSS or at least not too data-predatory

Apps I've tried so far

• Kino: DEFINITELY my favorite so far, it has pretty much everything I want, but it's paid and my trial runs out soon
• Trainerday: Freemium, free version doesn't fulfill the third hard requirement
• MyWhoosh: ticks ALMOST all boxes, but the lack of variable resistance on flats is a dealbreaker and that combined with the overwhelming number of "rivals" to overtake at any moment had me overexerting myself to the point where I had to stop from both exhaustion and risk of injury after significantly less time/distance than I'm usually capable of when doing higher resistance and lower cadence

As the title says, I'm looking for something I can use to access a cloud image folder from many devices. Something lightweight without much bloat and good privacy features and no ads with a decent storage limit (and that doesn't compress HD photos to hell)

Free is best but paid is okay too.

I feel like there's an obvious answer here but I've yet to find one.

So before anyone mentions it, yes I really did want to put Linux on it (MX Linux is my current favorite), but the person it's for is not very computer savvy and I don't feel like doing tech support, so fuck it, they can keep using Windows.

But before I hand it off, I was wondering what else I should install (and/or what stupid Windows settings to disable) to make it as usable and secure as reasonably possible.

So far I'm thinking Firefox + uBlock Origin, and maybe Avast unless someone has a less annoying free antivirus.

Not looking for the “best one” in terms of quality of software but more the most used and popular one, ie. an alternative that’s fleshed out.

TMDB is owned by a for profit company so I’d prefer something else.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18448635

Hi,

I was a very long time I didn't need to created a animated gif... I had a program before to take a static images (.jpg, .png etc..) and convert then into an animated gif..

All the web search engine push for online (aka SaaSS) tool 🤮

Do you know a program that do that ( Linux )

Thanks.

Hello all. I'm looking for (a) program(s) to manage & document things in life. Mainly these features are what I need:

• Diary, random notes(like a wiki?) with version control
• TODO list, auto added to diary at that time period
• Ability to attach images and text files to those diary, notes
• Calendar with schedule synced with TODO
• Easy backup, preferably in plaintext or simple db
• Text search

Currently I'm using SeaMonkey and my phone(android) to manage calendar (so two separated ones), a paper note to write diaries and use dokuwiki for random notes. This setup is too complicated and isn't productive at all.

I do think my requirements are kinda abstract, and there most likely isn't a single program that can do all this. Although basic I'm a novice FreeBSD & Emacs+evil user so *nix-only or text-based utilities are okay. I'm not aware of any program that meets these needs, is there anything that resembles what I'm thinking? Thanks!

I am looking for a note talking app to keep work notes in. My requirements are:

• Allow hierarchical organization of notes (like project1, project1/build, project1/configure) and easy to navigate to different notes.
• Allow basic formatting (heading, code block).
• Run locally
• (Optionally) Have a table of contents for quick navigation

Obsidian looked promising and had the additional benefit of storing notes in Markdown format for easy export. Unfortunately, I would need to buy a commercial license in order to store work-related information.

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The goal: See upcoming events from various NYC venues in one place, possibly my Google Calendar

The problem: Bars and venues all use different sites and apps to manage their event calendars, forcing me to check each venue's website individually. It sucks!

My best guess at a solution: Find a way to convert the venue's websites/calendars to RSS, then use IFTTT to convert the RSS feeds to Google Calendar entries.

1. Is that the correct solution?
2. Does anyone know the best way to convert these sites to RSS?

Here are the calendars that I need to convert:

• Barbes

• Rockwood

• Union Hall

• The Skint This one actually has RSS, but it combines multiple events into each RSS entry

• Starr Bar

• Jalopy Theatre

• Art Cards

• Art Net

• NY Art World

And one newsletter:

• Nonsense NYC

These venues already use Google Calendar, so I've successfully imported them:

• House of Yes

• Union Docs

• Branded Saloon

• Sid Gold's Request Room

Thank you Software Options!

I'm interested in recommendations for apps to share ideas, links, screenshots, text,... with my wife.

Use cases: sharing possible vacation spots, things we need to buy for our kid, interesting articles about specific topics, useful links regarding a project we're both working on and so on.

Currently it's all cluttered in text messages.

I've looked into

• Nextcloud Deck
• Trello (my current top pick)
• ClickUp
• Notion

and a few others but most of these tools are geared towards project management while I'm looking for something more versatile/"creative".

Here is what I need:

• Android and Windows Client or preferably Webapp
• Easy sharing from Android and browser
• Possibility to create different workspaces/topics/channels
• Decent and simple UI
• FOSS is a plus
• Doesn't have to bee free
• Not selfhosted

Thanks everybody!

I've recently wanted a more programmable one, as my work recently broke the shared calendar (but haven't broke the rss feed for it, yet!). Suggestions?

Hi, I'm looking for an app in which you can have shared timers with other users across both iOS and Android. A website could also work, especially if it's a pwa.

Hi, I'm looking for a time sheet tracking software on either linux or android that can track data like what I was working on and what times I worked on it. Preferably foss.

Example: worked on debugging x from hh:mm to hh:mm on yyyy-mm-dd and hh:mm to hh:mm on yyyy-mm-dd.

I don't care about the exact format, it just needs to contain all the information in the example.

Thanks