Discord’s new age gating policy might be a real opportunity for open source but it’s not clear that we have anything that can compete, the complex and bizarre tale of an AI agent writing a blog post attacking a FOSS maintainer, why we lost some trust in a major tech publication, the Firefox AI kill switch arrives, and a quick KDE Korner.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-374/

#podcast #linux #opensource

@latenightlinux

On the off chance of being the 251st person to recommend fluxer:

Same GUI as discord.

It even has young people shit like Plutonium instead of Nitro...

...but missing native mobile apps might be a heavy obstacle for now.

Currently, you can use it on iOS and Android as a progressive web app via Chrome and Safari.

Selfhosting is possible and its license is GNU AGPL v3

https://fluxer.app/

#fluxer #discord #selfhost #foss

Fluxer: A chat app that puts you first

Fluxer is a free and open source instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities.

Fluxer
@patnat @latenightlinux I thought I heard that Fluxer was vibecoded, isnt it?

@Numerfolt

Heard nothing like that.

The dev apparently used the bug bounty of 2000€ for fixing a bug in Discord to fund his own company developing fluxer.

@latenightlinux

@Numerfolt @patnat @latenightlinux Apparently not vibe coded as such, but the author does describe using LLMs to aid their development:
https://blog.fluxer.app/how-i-built-fluxer-a-discord-like-chat-app/#:~:text=The%20LLMephant%20in%20the%20room
How I built Fluxer, a Discord-like chat app

Fluxer is a free and open source instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities.

Fluxer Blog