Looking for a #FOSS #pomodoro timer for #KDE?
#KTeaTime is not a pomodoro timer per se, but it does an amazing job of both staying out of the way and being where you need it.
I mean, supposedly it's for making tea, but don't let that confuse you—I haven't found a better desktop application for running pomodoro sprints (Tomato tea-s) yet. 😁 😁

#libremonday #opensource #freesoftware

For today's #LibreMonday I'd like to call attention to Eidetic: an #opensource #Android #application currently available through #FDroid that is a wonderfully short, delightful memory game.
It also doubles as a cool party trick, if you give it to someone unsuspecting. The blank stares when the numbers get hidden are priceless 😇😇

https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.hathibelagal.eidetic/

Eidetic | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

A simple Android app that helps you improve your working memory

The addition of dark mode in #LibreOffice 25.2 earlier this year took me by surprise at the time, but today I opened a Google Sheets document and... I'm honestly appalled that it still doesn't have a dark mode! 😂
Good job setting a higher bar of user expectations to the @libreoffice team, and long live #opensource going where even large companies are too afraid to! 💚✨
#libremonday

When Google Authenticator started nagging to back up codes on Google's cloud—and thus to tie them all to one account which can also reset their passwords, a single point of failure 2FA is all about avoiding—it was writing on the wall to move away from it.

Thankfully, @ente Auth does not nag me to backup; yet I retain the option to do that to servers under my control.

Long live #FOSS! We get to have both a cloud-free & nag-free life and the option to use a cloud if we want! 🎉
#libremonday #app

For today's #libremonday, I'd like to give a shoutout to https://github.com/tonymet/gcloud-lite —while gcloud tooling is useful only for Google's own proprietary cloud, for the few poor souls who have to use that particular cloud software, having a distribution of gcloud that doesn't take an AAA game's worth of disk space is quite appreciated. It is little bits of software like this that give me hope that even corporate cultures can be reformed by open source software one day, even if they are proprietary now.
GitHub - tonymet/gcloud-lite: gcloud-lite is a distribution of the google cloud platform (GCP) CLI that strips unnecessary dependencies to reduce the size by > 75%, with significant cost & time savings.

gcloud-lite is a distribution of the google cloud platform (GCP) CLI that strips unnecessary dependencies to reduce the size by > 75%, with significant cost & time savings. - tonymet/gcloud-...

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Okay, what. I finally got a Bluetooth dongle that works with #linux (a TPLink UB400), and straight away, out of the box, I can:
Connect to bluetooth headphones and listen to music.
Connect my phone, and.. get music from the phone playing on the computer? With no configuration?
I. am. in. awe. - all my devices are working together! 😮😮
For reasons, today's #libremonday shoutout goes to #pipewire (again 🥲) and #bluez. Thanks to everyone who made Bluetooth work this well! 🎉 🎉
It's #libremonday again!
Ever wanted a camera that lets you manually control the focus and exposure settings for that one perfect shot from your mobile device? That can save RAW images, including individual HDR shots? Or perhaps, just a camera that doesn't always open Google Photos instead of your gallery app?
All of that, and more, is #OpenCamera - a delightful to use, GPL-licensed #foss Camera app, available on F-droid, customizable to fit you, in every way!
https://opencamera.org.uk/
Open Camera

Even needed an image of your signature for a document? If you are anything like me, that's a long process, involving signing scratch paper, taking a photo, editing it, ... all for one signature just as insecure as if you reused the previous one!
If you are on #linux however, you can try https://github.com/Wazzaps/fingerpaint out! It allows making such images using your laptop's touchpad, saving time and paper, while keeping the spirit of making an unique signature for each document.
#FOSS rocks! #libremonday
GitHub - Wazzaps/fingerpaint: Draw using your laptop's touchpad

Draw using your laptop's touchpad. Contribute to Wazzaps/fingerpaint development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Aves Libre is a #foss #opensource gallery and metadata explorer for Android
Like many others, I got fed up with Google's constant backup nags, and switched to find:
* A beautiful, sleek, and performant design. (I can quickly find landscape photos with the Mosaic view! 🥳)
* A customizable photo-action toolbar.
* A way to browse photos by country or size or anything else.
* A peace of mind it won't randomly send my photos to Google.
Check it out! https://github.com/deckerst/aves
#libremonday #aveslibre
GitHub - deckerst/aves: Aves is a gallery and metadata explorer app, built for Android with Flutter.

Aves is a gallery and metadata explorer app, built for Android with Flutter. - deckerst/aves

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I remember I started toying around with @GIMP when I was still around 6~10 yo, and I spent many many hours just looking through menus and learning the various filters and tools.
It wasn't all intuitive, but trial and error went a long way; I still remember the joy of finally figuring out that tiny selection mask button!
Yet, a markedly more fun moment was seeing mom try to coax a Windows-based image editor to crop images, while GIMP did that with ease. Really, #FOSS is a superpower! #libremonday