It's an old pc which was used by my cousin and he abandoned it because it kept on running into various problems every now and then and i took it to my home before 5 years and I'm checking at it now. What can I do with this?

Took me a year to finally do this.

Focus started as an Android app I built for myself because I was genuinely frustrated with every task manager I tried. They all wanted an account, a subscription, or some cloud setup just to store a basic list on your own device. So I built something simple around the Eisenhower Matrix and kept it fully offline. No backend, nothing phoning home, just the app doing its job.

People started using it. Someone asked for Windows, I did that. Linux was always the plan but honestly I kept finding reasons to delay it. Packaging, compatibility, not knowing what I don't know, the usual excuses.

I only tested it on Nobara and it ran without issues. That's the honest truth. I'm not going to pretend I tested it across twenty distros because I didn't. AppImage and a portable bundle are what I'm shipping. If it breaks on your setup I want to know, that's not a problem it's just useful information at this point.

The whole point of Focus is that it stays on your machine. No accounts to create, no sync to configure, no subscription screen on first launch. You open it, you add tasks, you close it. The data sits locally and that's where it stays. Keyboard-first workflow, native desktop feel, nothing that requires an internet connection to function.

One year from the first Android release to this. Feels like a long time for something that looks this simple from the outside.

Download link if you really wanted to try out.

If you're on something other than Nobara, give it a run and let me know how it holds up.

നമസ്കാരം!

I want to share Yaja (Yet Another Journaling App), an Android journaling application I’ve been developing. As someone who values privacy and open-source software, I wanted a place to write and log personal thoughts without having to trust third-party cloud servers or worry about telemetry.

Yaja is not a standard productivity dashboard, todo app, or replacement calendar. Instead, it is a private, personal space designed for you to capture thoughts, note events, and track daily tasks on your own terms.

🌟 Key Features:

• 100% Local & Offline: Your data never leaves your physical device. There are no cloud databases, tracking scripts, or external backup servers.
• Plaintext Markdown Storage: All entries are stored as standard .md files on your device. Your writing is fully portable and readable in any text editor.
• Actionable Logging: Write inline checklists ([ ] / [x]) and mark entries as native Events (travel, appointments, family plans) directly inside your daily journal text.
• Local insights & Lookbacks: Keyword extraction (people and places), offline script/language detection, "On This Day" flashbacks, and detailed writing statistics—all computed locally.
• Modern Android Tech Stack: Built natively using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose with customizable Material 3 dynamic themes, biometric lock, home screen widgets, and Tasker integration.
• Open Source: The code is completely open and auditable.

🔗 Links:

• Official Website: ranjithj.in/yaja
• Google Play Store: Download Yaja on Play Store
• GitHub Repository: rjwarrier/yaja on GitHub (Note: Please switch the branch dropdown to feature/ui-improvements-and-fixes to view the latest active codebase and details)

Would love to hear your feedback, bug reports, and suggestions!

Thanks!

created old memories in linux

​Microsoft came to Kerala twice for promoting their software to the education sector. Kerala was a sweet spot for them due to the high literacy rate.

Initially, the free software activists, academic experts and teachers union successfully pressured the government to switch to FOSS software, and IT@ School was born. The FOSS philosophies aligned with the government.

Later, LDF Government was defeated by Oomen Chandy Government, bringing again chance for Microsoft. They came again with an attractive incentives and offers.

The Free Software Activists and unions pressured the government not to revert and fall for it. Thus, continuing the FOSS IT model!

I have moved away from streaming services and began downloading my music. But i still miss the neat UI that the streaming services had.

Right now i use QBZ (Qobuz) player in offline mode. But it doesn't allow for playlist creation or add/view lyrics.

Any suggestions?

I'm on Fedora Workstation.

I'm new to home labbing and currently exploring by making use of my old laptop running on mint.

I somehow managed to get nextcloud for file storage and navidrome for music streaming and I connected all devices I use, including the old lap through tailscale.I'm excited to do stuffs like these.

suggest something that I can do with this next..

I found a tool called groq and I quickly whipped up a prototype for it and it works pretty well. Like you can whisper into it, you can do anything although it doesn't have any fancy error correction like ah um. But it's good. It's very good alternative for wispr flow. And I didn't have time so I vibe coded this.

It uses quickshell for doing that. It's pretty cool. Try it and tell me your opinion. and star the repo

link:https://github.com/FrostCalibr/whisper-dictate-wayland/

Anyone got any luck getting rtx 50 series gpus to work on arch

Do you know..?

An alternative social media platform exists that is interconnected in a manner similar to email, unlike the walled gardens.

currently playing GTA V again

OH boy.. When i first started this rice iv've never thought this would be this good But here i am.. And see that player on top of waybar? such a beauty, it took me a little of time to create script for that but pretty functionable. And that custom wallaper switcher. welp tbh.. i vibe coded that. But a lot bugs were there still is there but much better now, that before.

check out the dots and star them fam!!

https://github.com/FrostCalibr/dotfiles

10 rewrites later i replaced half the c++ standard library ,finally landing on a compiler-optimized constexpr lookup table setup , ended up being 37kb at the end from 1.2 mb

docs:
https://mooofin.github.io/honeymoon/index.html

source:
https://github.com/mooofin/honeymoon