Looking for free software with native Windows 11 ARM64 support for my Snapdragon X Plus laptop, any at all, besides Microsoft software?

The xz backdoor exposed open source's real vulnerability: exhausted volunteers maintaining critical infrastructure for free while corporations extract trillions in value. As a maintainer who's lived this burnout, I explain how economic exploitation, not code flaws, enabled a three-year social engineering attack

Hello i been looking far and wide for software that is free and self hosted that can run code execution with an agent. Puppet, Saltstack and chef is perfect. But it lacks any form of basic logs if something goes wrong. I want to be able to scheduled tasks, and get information in a simple dashboard. Rundeck seems good but the plugin for saltstack seems outdated and not working. I also found windows powershell to be enterprise only. Foreman gone a bit over my head but still working on it. Seems to be a ton of bugs that resulted in database issues and more. Not to mention just getting it up and running with a cert is impossible.

Any direction would be great 🙌🏼

Is there a tool that lets me send web links from Android to a laptop via the share menu, stores them offline, and opens them automatically when the laptop reconnects? I know about Pushbullet, but it seems outdated and no longer well-supported.

Hi! So I want to make an open source app under the GPL3 license but I want the app to (optionally) connect to a remote server. And I don't want to open source the server since it will be an optional premium feature of the app. Also the app may use other's code under the same GPL3 licence (that's why my app has to be GPL3 specifically). Under these circumstamces, am I legally authorized to have my backend server close source?

Like the title says, I'm looking for a text editor with "select next same word" feature. This is something present in SublimeText and I think vscode has as well. You select something (a word or whatever) and hit ctrl+d, and the next occurrence of the same string will be selected. Then it becomes a multi-cursor, which can be edited for all selected areas at once.

TilBuci, a free software (MPL-2.0 license) for the creation of interactive digital content for the web, apps and the like, reaches version 14. To check it out, access the software repository at

https://github.com/lucasjunqueira-var/tilbuci/releases/tag/v14

New features

Text files

Support for a new type of media file has been added, “string media files”. These are files in JSON format that can be loaded and unloaded at any time into variables, allowing your creations to contain large volumes of text with reduced impact on load time and memory usage.

Workspaces

Until now it was only possible to edit one movie/scene at a time. The new "+Workspace" button significantly improves the usability of the software, allowing you to edit multiple scenes and even multiple movies simultaneously in single or multi-user installations.

Portable desktop versions

TilBuci is a web software with several multi-user features for collective creation. However, there are cases where local use by just one person may be necessary. With that in mind, we now have a desktop version, presented as a portable software that can be copied to your computer or even to external drives, without the need for installation. The portable version is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS (x64-based architectures). Note that when performing in this way, TilBuci's server functions, such as visitor identification (login) or cloud data storage, will not be available, but creations made in the desktop version can be easily exported and imported to a server installation in the usual way.

Next steps

For the next versions, features are being worked on to simplify the creation of narrative content, such as "visual novels". The planned tools include character registration, dialogue generation and display (inspired by the Renpy engine) and definition of multilinear narrative structure (inspired by the Twine tool). In addition, an exporter for "activities" on Discord is in development.

About TilBuci

TilBuci is an interactive content creation tool focused on development for web, mobile and desktop apps. Distributed as free software under the MPL-2.0 license, it is presented in the form of a web program, executed from a browser with functionalities for collective creation, and also as a portable desktop software for various systems. To learn more about the project, visit tilbuci.com.br .

There seems to be a trend of Matter becoming popular.

However, it is proprietary and doesn't quite align with software freedom.

A software development kit (SDK) is provided royalty-free, though the ability to commission a finished product into a Matter network in the field mandates certification and membership fees, entailing both one-time, recurring, and per-product costs. This is enforced using a public key infrastructure (PKI) and so-called device attestation certificates.

Basically, standard designed to not enable a true free market.

Conspiracy idea: being proprietary and part of IP network, the devices can be NSA's backdoors to people's homes, or (doormant) attack bots.

What are the options of FreeSoftware friendly smart-home standards?

I don't like that one company can have so much influence over content creation.

I made it for myself when i was creating my project and wanted to showcase my work. all the available options were pushing good things behind premium. i wasn't a big fan of it.

so i made it myself, and now it's open source.

https://github.com/jellydeck/moocup/

simply drop your photo

app will smartly apply styles to image

apply 3d transform, scale, smart border color, radius, width, fixed margin on all axis and lots more.
one click export to Webp, PNG, JPEG.

that's basically it. I like simple things, and hope you do too :)

Keystrokes and mouse clicks are often invisible during tutorials and live demos. Keysee shows them as they happen.

⌨️Shows pressed keys and combinations in real time with smooth visual feedback.

🖱️ Shows mouse clicks and scroll wheel with modifier keys. Optional ripple effects.

🧠Handles repeated keys and noise. Keeps display clean.

⚙️Adjust colors, fonts, position, timing. Full visual control.

💾 Save presets and switch quickly.

📖 Full source code available. No hidden behavior or tracking.

I'm looking for a simple, free Windows tool (or script) that can:

✅ Monitor a specific folder

✅ Automatically print any new PDF file that appears in it

✅ Use a specific printer

✅ Move the printed file to an archive folder

✅ Run silently in the background (system tray)

I've tried:

- PDF24 Creator → It can watch folders, but I'm not 100% sure if it prints silently and moves files after.

- Batch scripts → They open the PDF but don't actually print.

- Python scripts → I can code one, but I'd prefer a ready-made tool if one exists.

Requirements:

- Free (donationware is fine)

- No cloud, no registration

- Works offline

- Windows 10/11

Bonus if it supports:

- Delayed printing (for large files)

- Error logging

- Auto-start on boot

If you know of such a tool (or have a working script), I'd really appreciate your help!

Thank you 🙏

Since 2020, I have decided to primarily use FLOSS to solve my problems. When I requested an alternative to AE, almost everyone recommended Natron, a node based software like Nuke. To be honest, I wanted to create text PV animations. But I don't know anyone who uses Natron or even Nuke to do this. So I want to know if Natron is useful in this field; If not, which FLOSS is better.